#教学

Imbalance in financial markets means that either buyers or sellers dominate in a transaction, meaning there is a difference between supply and demand quantities.

The existence of imbalance drives price movement. Furthermore, even the smallest price change is a manifestation of imbalance. When at the current position on a price chart, the number of buy or sell orders exceeds the counterparty's pending orders (which is the essence of imbalance), they will be filled against the counterparty's orders at the next price level. Price then begins to shift. This situation continues until a balance point of equal supply and demand is reestablished.