Shakone and Robster970 are pointing two major points for this behaivor. When the market, on an aggregate is long, ie were trending higher because of the buying, market participants will naturally place limit orders to exit at a certain price. Hence causing more ask orders than bid orders...
Guys,
I have been trading stocks and commodities for a while and I am still confused with Level II. Its really good at telling you market liquidity but not so much for market direction. I have actually been noticing the opposite of conventional wisdom -- Level II seems to be a contrarian...
Guys,
I have been trading stocks and commodities for a while and I am still confused with Level II. Its really good at telling you market liquidity but not so much for market direction. I have actually been noticing the opposite of conventional wisdom -- Level II seems to be a contrarian...