Mastering Trading Metrics: How Real Money Flows Guide Better Entries

Friends, in this video I will discuss the key metrics we use for trading analysis. What is trading? Simply put — making money with money. The market can only move up or down. Therefore, even if we made decisions by flipping a coin — Long on heads, Short on tails — over the long run, we would be correct 50% of the time. The goal of market analysis is to open positions more effectively than a coin flip. Some analyze by drawing lines and rectangles on charts. I analyze financial metrics. Because the market isn’t images, it’s a redistribution of capital. Working with money, it makes sense to study how money behaves. So, the logical question is: what metrics reveal this? I identify 7 key indicators: 1. Volume — the actual amount of money traded in a given period. 2. Open Interest — real money entering the market when new Long and Short positions are opened. 3. Imbalances — skewed amounts of money on one side, buyers or sellers. 4. Liquidations — lost money on one side and earned on the other. 5. Liquidity Clusters — money "frozen" at certain levels, set by limit orders or stop-losses. 6. Funding — an additional fee paid or earned for holding a position, which also influences market regulation. 7. Delta of Longs and Shorts — the difference between bullish and bearish positions. At certain moments, this is critical because one side will lose money while the other profits. The market always redistributes money from the weak to the strong. It’s designed to make the crowd repeatedly mistake. Our task is to see where these mistakes accumulate and turn that insight to our advantage. In this video, I’ll show how we apply this approach practically. How to identify quality entry points based on real monetary metrics. Enjoy the viewing. And as always, let it be fiery if it was helpful.