By name: recipe-track-orderbook-depth version: 1.0.0 description: "Monitor order book depth and bid-ask imbalance for liquidity signals." metadata: openclaw: category: "recipe" domain: "market-data" requires: bins: ["kraken"] skills: ["kraken-market-intel", "kraken-ws-streaming"]
Track Order Book Depth
PREREQUISITE: Load the following skills to execute this recipe:
kraken-market-intel,kraken-ws-streaming
Monitor order book depth for a pair and detect bid-ask imbalance as a liquidity signal.
Steps
- Get a snapshot:
kraken orderbook BTCUSD --count 25 -o json 2>/dev/null - Sum bid volume (top 10 levels) and ask volume (top 10 levels)
- Calculate imbalance ratio: bid_volume / (bid_volume + ask_volume)
- Ratio > 0.6: strong bid-side (buying pressure)
- Ratio < 0.4: strong ask-side (selling pressure)
- Start streaming for continuous monitoring:
kraken ws book BTC/USD --depth 10 -o json 2>/dev/null - Parse each update and recalculate imbalance
- Alert when imbalance crosses threshold
- Optionally compare across pairs (one call per pair):
kraken orderbook BTCUSD --count 10 -o json 2>/dev/nullthenkraken orderbook ETHUSD --count 10 -o json 2>/dev/null