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Nick1984

Tape colours and symbols

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This is targeted specifically at James the resident tape reading guru.

 

When you're reading the tape what do the symbols and colours mean?

I get that the green prints are the longs and the Red the shorts.

 

I see in the videos that you have white prints as well not sure what these are.

 

Also sometimes you see a red or green print with a + or a - at the end. What do these symbols represent?

 

 

Cheers,

 

Nick

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The green means contracts at the ask and the red means contracts at the bid. So in a fast market, you may see alot of market orders at the bid indicating panic selling. After a decline, look for contracts at the ask which would indicate short covering.

 

White prints are transactions that take place in between the bid and ask. It may sound off since the YM trades at 1 pt intervals. But let's say the bid is @ 17000 and the ask is @ 17002. A trader sends a market order to buy but is filled at 17001. This 17001 print would show in white.

 

I believe the + and - signals are just indicating whether the current print was a uptick vs downtick from the previous print. Hope this helps.

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