In Orderflow trading, the biggest edge is identifying where smart money enters the market.
Price doesn’t move because retail traders buy or sell—price moves when large orders hit the market.

A Large Lot Tracker is a critical footprint concept that exposes:

• Hidden institutional entries
• Algorithmic absorption
• True breakout attempts
• Fakeouts and traps
• Points where the trend is born

This is one of the highest-accuracy smart money detection tools inside the footprint chart.

🎯 What Is a Large Lot Tracker?

Large Lot Tracker highlights unusually big trade sizes executed at a single price level inside a footprint candle.
These trades are:

• Placed by institutions, funds, HFT engines or market makers
• Often hidden inside multiple small prints
• Executed via iceberg or split-fill orders

When these large prints cluster, they reveal major accumulation or distribution levels.

🧠 Why Large Lots Matter More Than Delta

Delta shows aggression, but large lots show INTENT.

A market can have positive delta but no real institutional involvement = weak move.
But if a single large print—e.g., 850 contracts—appears at the low of the candle →
Smart money is building a position.

🧩 How Large Lot Tracker Works (Simple Explanation)

Inside a footprint cell:

• Normal trades = random retail activity
• Large lots = institutional entries, typically 5–20× normal size

Example:

The system flags these abnormal prints because they break the normal volume distribution.

🏦 Types of Large Lot Events (Very Important)

1. Absorption Large Lots

• Large buy orders on the bid
• Large sell orders on the ask
  Meaning: Smart money is absorbing opposite side orders.
  This is accumulation/distribution.

2. Aggression Large Lots

• Large buy orders on the ask (lifting offers)
• Large sell orders on the bid (hitting bids)
  Meaning: Institutional entry with direction.
  Trend continuation often follows.

3. Trap Large Lots

• Large lots appear at the top or bottom after liquidity sweep
  Meaning: Smart money is trapping late traders and reversing direction.

🔍 Where to Find Large Lots in Footprint

Large lots often appear in four critical locations:

⭐ 1. At the low of the candle → Reversal likely

Bullish institutions protect the zone.

⭐ 2. At the high of the candle → Short trap or distribution

Bearish institutions start selling.

⭐ 3. At mid-candle → Absorption before breakout

Hidden build-up before a fast move.

⭐ 4. Near POC → Position building

Smart money preparing for a large trend.

🎯 How to Trade Using Large Lot Tracker

Setup 1: Large Lot Reversal

1. Price sweeps liquidity
2. A huge print appears at the extreme
3. Next candle shows bullish or bearish imbalance
4. Enter with stop below the large lot level

Super high accuracy.

Setup 2: Large Lot Breakout Confirmation

1. Price approaches resistance
2. Large lots hit the ask aggressively
3. Delta explodes
4. Breakout becomes real (not fake)

Enter after retest.

Setup 3: Absorption + Large Lot Combo

Most powerful smart money signal:

• Price stays in a tight range
• Multiple large lots appear on the same price
• Candle closes weak, but footprint shows huge absorption

Next candle → massive breakout.

Setup 4: Trend Continuation Large Lot

During an uptrend:

• Large lots appear at pullback lows
• Footprint shows defending volume

Enter on next imbalance.

📌 Stop-Loss Placement

SL should be placed just beyond the large lot price level because:

• If the level breaks, smart money changed its plan.
• Large lots act like mini support/resistance.

💰 Take Profit Strategy

TP1 → Next volume cluster
TP2 → Next imbalance
TP3 → Opposite side liquidity
TP4 → Trend target (FVG / swing high/low)

🧠 Advanced Pro Tips

✔ Combine Large Lot Tracker + CVD

If large lots buy but CVD is falling → trap.

✔ Large Lots + Imbalance = confirmed entry**

This combo is almost institutional quality.

✔ Look for repeated large lots at same level

This is massive accumulation.

✔ Use 15m → 5m → 1m for execution

Higher timeframe large lots = stronger moves.

🚫 Mistakes Traders Make

❌ Trading only on size without context
❌ Ignoring market structure
❌ Not checking whether the large lot is absorption or aggression
❌ Entering without a confirmation imbalance

⭐ Conclusion

Large Lot Tracker is one of the best tools to see exactly what smart money is doing behind the candles.

It reveals:

• Where big players buy/sell
• Trap zones
• Reversal points
• Breakout confirmations
• Absorption patterns

Mastering this will take your footprint trading accuracy to an elite level.