{"id":6440,"date":"2026-10-09T20:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T18:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=6440"},"modified":"2026-10-09T20:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T18:11:09","slug":"what-is-order-flow-in-trading","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/fr\/resources\/glossary\/what-is-order-flow-in-trading\/","title":{"rendered":"Qu'est-ce que le flux d'ordres en trading ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Flux d'ordres<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> est la configuration et le volume des ordres d'achat et de vente qui transitent par un march\u00e9 en temps r\u00e9el. Les traders utilisent les donn\u00e9es de flux d'ordres pour voir o\u00f9 la pression d'achat et de vente se concentre \u00e0 des niveaux de prix sp\u00e9cifiques, ce qui leur donne une vision de l'offre et de la demande \u00e0 court terme qui n'est pas visible sur un simple graphique de prix standard. L'analyse du flux d'ordres est particuli\u00e8rement courante dans le trading de contrats \u00e0 terme (futures) et d'actions, o\u00f9 la structure du march\u00e9 rend la profondeur et les donn\u00e9es de transaction facilement disponibles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L'analyse du flux d'ordres implique g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement plusieurs sources de donn\u00e9es. La profondeur du march\u00e9 (DOM) montre les ordres d'achat et de vente en attente \u00e0 chaque niveau de prix, r\u00e9v\u00e9lant o\u00f9 d'importants ordres en attente peuvent agir comme support ou r\u00e9sistance. Les donn\u00e9es de \"Time and Sales\" (temps et ventes) enregistrent chaque transaction ex\u00e9cut\u00e9e avec le prix, la taille et si elle a touch\u00e9 l'offre (bid) ou la demande (ask). Les graphiques \"Footprint\" affichent le volume \u00e9chang\u00e9 \u00e0 chaque prix \u00e0 l'int\u00e9rieur de chaque barre, permettant aux traders de voir o\u00f9 des achats ou des ventes agressifs ont eu lieu. Ensemble, ces vues permettent aux traders de comprendre comment les participants actifs se positionnent en temps r\u00e9el.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le trading de flux d'ordres est une approche populaire parmi les traders financ\u00e9s sur les contrats \u00e0 terme, o\u00f9 les donn\u00e9es sont largement disponibles et les strat\u00e9gies ont tendance \u00e0 \u00eatre d'une dur\u00e9e suffisamment courte pour s'inscrire dans les r\u00e8gles de risque des prop firms.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"glossary-category":[131],"class_list":["post-6440","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","glossary-category-trader-glossary"],"acf":{"target_keyword":"order flow","glossary_post_image":"","key_takeaway":"Key Takeaway","key_takeaway_description":"Order flow is the pattern and volume of buy and sell orders moving through a market in real time. Traders use depth of market, time and sales, and footprint charts to read short-term supply and demand pressure. ","faq":"<b>What tools do order flow traders typically use?<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main tools are the depth of market (DOM), which shows pending orders at each price level, time and sales data showing every executed trade, and footprint charts that display volume traded inside each price bar. Advanced platforms also provide heatmaps, cumulative delta, and volume profile tools that build on the same underlying order data.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Is order flow trading only for futures traders?<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No, but futures markets are where order flow data is most widely available and most commonly used, since centralized exchange trading produces consistent transaction data. Equities traders also use order flow extensively. Forex order flow is more limited because the market is over-the-counter, which means complete depth data is less accessible than it is in exchange-traded markets.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Can order flow strategies work on a prop firm account?<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, provided the firm's platform supports the required data feeds and the trader's execution is tight enough to overcome spread and slippage costs. Order flow strategies often produce frequent trades, which can help with minimum trading day requirements, but can also expose the account to higher cumulative transaction costs. Traders should confirm the specific tools and data feeds available before purchasing a challenge.<\/span>"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/6440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-category?post=6440"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}