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Order book
The table of live buy and sell orders together with their volumes.
How to read the number
It shows how many securities buyers and sellers are ready to trade right now, and at what prices.
When the metric lies
A large order in the book can be pulled a second before execution — depth is not a promise.
Also known as: order book, depth of market, level 2