DOM Explained: How Professional Traders Read Order Flow and Liquidity

Hello traders. Welcome back to KamLukro. Today we're looking at the depth of market or DOM, a tool that reveals what is really happening behind every price move. We will cover how the DOM works, what it shows, and how it exposes the balance between buy and sell limit orders. You will learn to distinguish passive

limit orders from active market orders, a skill that can instantly change the way you read the market. We will also see how the DOM reacts in real time as traders place, cancel, and adjust their orders. So, if this type of content is valuable to you, remember to like the video, subscribe to the channel, and

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content. Before we get into the mechanics, let's anchor the purpose of this lesson. The DOM gives you a live view of how price forms on the chart by showing where liquidity sits and how orders interact. It is not about trading through the DOM. It is about understanding the engine that drives every candle you see.

Now, let's look at the first concept you need to understand. Limit orders are passive offers. When you place an order to buy or sell only if price reaches a level you prefer, you are setting a passive order. These orders wait in the book and help shape the structure of the market even though they do not move

price on their own. If those are the passive orders, the active ones are the market orders. A market order tells the system that you want to buy or sell immediately at the best available price. These orders consume the passive limits waiting in the book. And this interaction is what physically pushes price from one level to the next