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In order flow analysis, the distinction between aggressive and passive buyers/sellers is an important one:

Aggressive Buyers/Sellers:
- Aggressive buyers/sellers are market order flow that is actively taking liquidity from the market at the best available prices.
- This order flow is considered more urgent and shows strong buying/selling pressure.
- Aggressive buyers are hitting offers and aggressive sellers are hitting bids by taking whatever is available in the order book.
- This type of order flow can quickly move prices as it is removing resting orders from the book.

Passive Buyers/Sellers:
- Passive buyers/sellers are order flow that is providing liquidity to the market by placing resting limit orders.
- This order flow is considered less urgent as the orders are not immediately taking liquidity.
- Passive buyers are placing bid orders below the market and passive sellers are placing offer orders above the market.
- This order flow aims to get filled if prices move in their direction but does not remove existing orders.

The key difference is that aggressive order flow impacts prices immediately by consuming liquidity, while passive order flow is non-immediate and provides liquidity to the market.

Generally, markets where aggressive buyers are overwhelming aggressive sellers signal strong upside pressure and potential continuation. The opposite is true when aggressive selling dominates.

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