Order Flow Charts; Tracking the Generals
                       We are going to  assume  that  the  institution  thatinitiated the AOL sell order received a  call  from  other  brokerage  firmsthat there was another seller of AOL in the market.  The  order  flow  chartwill give you a thumbnail sketch of the information flow  that  takes  placebetween buy side, (institutions) sell side, (brokerage firms) and  the  NYSEfloor, or in the case of a Big  Cap  OTC  stock,  possibly  a  major  marketmaker.                       As a day trader you don’t  get  that  information  soyou must understand and be able to identify  the  dynamics  which  tell  youthat the Generals are  active  in  the  stock  and  whether  it  is  a  highprobability trade.