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Alright, so i know this is an ambiguous question but i’ve looked or tried to look everywhere to no avail.
So i’m currently in a trading combine in step 2 and i’ve noticed the use of large blocks of contracts to either support a price above or keep price below a certain point. I’m familiar with spoofing and layering and i’m not under the impression that all of these may be illegitimate or book manipulation. But sometimes, and literally only for a fraction or a second, these large blocks will appear, disappear, and reappear. Or a large block of contracts will appear on a pullback before price reverses. You can literally see it visualized on Tradovate’s chart in real time where it looks like someone is just keying in, and then cancelling the orders repeatedly
Is this to try and trick the algos? Or is it algos itself? Institutions trying to throw their weight around?
I’m sure majority of them are legitimate orders. But i don’t know of many people and/or entities that would plop down 254 /NQ contracts on the sell side for recreation. Is it possibly market makers rebalancing? Or other vendors delta hedging? Any insight is appreciated.
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