Order Book Imbalance Analytics for Polymarket Traders
Analyze Polymarket order book imbalance to detect directional pressure, liquidity skew, and potential signal confirmation.
Order book imbalance analytics measures whether bid-side or ask-side depth dominates at a point in time. For Polymarket traders, imbalance can help identify directional pressure before the displayed probability fully adjusts.
Common Imbalance Metrics
- Top-of-book bid size versus ask size
- Total bid depth versus ask depth near mid
- Depth-weighted imbalance across multiple levels
- Imbalance changes before price movement
How to Use It
Imbalance should be treated as a filter, not a standalone guarantee. It works best when combined with spread, volume, market interval, and reference price movement.