Market Depth vs Order Book Imbalance (OBI)

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Market Depth
intermediate
market_structure

A measure of the volume of open buy and sell orders in an order book at various price levels, indicating how much trading activity the market can absorb without causing significant price movement.

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Order Book Imbalance (OBI)
intermediate
market_structure

Ratio of total buy volume to sell volume in an order book, indicating whether buyers or sellers dominate available liquidity and predicting short-term price direction.

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