Leo

Large limit orders on the DOM can be spoofed, so I don't enter based on them alone. Instead, I cross-reference with time & sales to confirm whether those orders are actually absorbing flow. When I see real absorption, price stalling at a level with high trade activity printing on T&S, that's a high-confidence entry signal.

Most traders use footprint imbalances to get in, but they're equally powerful for getting out. When you're in a trade and the imbalance starts flipping, ask imbalance turning into bid imbalance, or delta diverging from price, that's the market telling you the auction is losing conviction. I Scale out or exit before the crowd catches on.