Order Flow Trading Course By Mike Valtos

Course Overview

This course delivers a mentor-style, execution-centric walkthrough of how to decode market order flow — the “who’s buying, who’s selling, and when they step in” — and use that insight to execute high-probability trades with defined risk in futures or other volume-rich markets. Mike Valtos draws on decades of institutional trading experience (at banks and commodity houses) and shows how to read order-flow footprints, recognise institutional absorption, price rejection zones, market imbalance and structural entry points. According to the course description: “Learn how to identify high-probability trading opportunities … interpret market imbalance developments … quickly read the order flow chart and identify market direction.”

Core Concepts

The programme is built around three interconnected pillars:

Order Flow Fundamentals & Reading Market Internals – You’ll learn how to interpret footprint / volume-by-price charts (bid/ask execution) where institutional liquidity resides, how to spot absorption (liquidity being taken), how to understand why markets behave the way they do (buyers vs sellers) and where price is rejected or accepted.

Trade Setup & Execution via Order Flow Signals – The method emphasises identifying structural zones via order flow (rejection, absorption, imbalance), then using them as entry-triggers, stop-zones and profit targets. The idea is to trade with the flow of institutional activity rather than against it, thereby increasing the odds of low-risk, high-reward trades.

Risk Management, Psychology & Market Context – Valtos emphasises that understanding order flow is not enough; you must treat trades with discipline — define entry, stop, target; understand market structure; manage your risk; only trade when the odds and flow align. The course highlights that trading becomes significantly clearer once you can “see what other traders are doing” via order flow.

Course Modules / Content Overview

While the exact official module list might vary, the described progression includes:

• Introduction & orientation: Why order flow and what it shows you that price alone doesn’t
• Basics of order flow: footprint charts, bid/ask volume, absorption, rejection
• Intermediate – detecting structural zones: where price is being accepted or rejected, trade triggers
• Trade setups & execution: reading real-time order flow, entry/stop/target logic, trend vs. range conditions
• Risk & trade management: how to size, when to stay out, how to manage losers and winners
• Advanced refinements: institutional behavior, complex setups, adapting to various instruments
• System integration: building order flow into your trading plan, consistent execution

According to one source the curriculum is “20 lessons” in one version.

Instructor’s Insight:

Mike Valtos brings institutional-level experience (years at major banks and commodity houses) to his teaching. His teaching style blends detailed market-internals (order flow) with simple, clear trade setups and a disciplined execution mindset. He emphasises that order flow gives you insight into what the “big money” is doing — and when aligned with your entries, you trade with the flow rather than against it. For traders seeking a structural edge, his course offers a path beyond conventional indicators into actual market-driven behaviour.

Order Flow Trading Course By Mike Valtos