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Behind the Scenes: How Institutional Dark Liquidity Impacts Retail Trading

When retail traders open a chart, they see candlesticks, volume bars, and order books — but what they don’t see is the massive invisible flow of institutional trades happening off-exchange in what’s known as dark pools. These hidden transactions, forming part of dark liquidity, influence market prices, liquidity depth, and volatility far more than most […]

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How Reliable Are Volume Profile, Footprint, Order Block, and VWAP Tools for Retail Traders Compared to Institutional Flow?

Every retail trader dreams of seeing what institutions see.Tools like Volume Profile, Footprint charts, Order Blocks, and VWAP promise to reveal where “smart money” is buying or selling. But how much truth is there in that belief? In reality, institutions and retail traders do not operate on the same data layer.What retail sees as “institutional […]