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Order Book Imbalance

The ratio between bid-side and ask-side depth in the order book. Values above 0 indicate more buy orders (bid-heavy), while values below 0 indicate more sell orders (ask-heavy). Persistent imbalance can predict short-term price direction.

Definition

The ratio between bid-side and ask-side depth in the order book. Values above 0 indicate more buy orders (bid-heavy), while values below 0 indicate more sell orders (ask-heavy). Persistent imbalance can predict short-term price direction.

Live Data Example </> API
# Order Book Imbalance live data
$ curl command:
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://algotick.dev/v1/signals/imbalance?coin=BTC
Endpoint: /v1/signals/imbalance?coin=BTC
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Current Order Book Imbalance data from the Algo Tick API:

{
  "imbalance": [
    {
      "coin": "BTC",
      "imbalance": 0.345,
      "signal": "ask_heavy",
      "timestamp": "2026-03-12T18:56:02.347Z"
    }
  ],
  "description": "bid/(bid+ask) within 1% of mid"
}
# Fetch this yourself:
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://algotick.dev/v1/signals/imbalance?coin=BTC

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