I've noticed this too. I wonder why it's so much more common in Europe (and elsewhere) for people to sit in-front of futures DOMs than in the US? I am guessing it is simply the amount of market-impacting events occurring around a workable European timezone (which includes being able to work US hours)? DOM traders in US are all in stocks seems like.
Hey tommo, good to have you posting in the thread. From what I've seen at prop shops, when people say that, they're usually referring to orders once getting worked idiotically or aggressively vs. a very big & slow order getting worked over a whole session in a mind-numbing grind.
DOM scalping is still a viable strategy, the game has changed quite a bit, and you will have to continue to recreate your own edge. The old DOM strategies are mostly dead--- entering in current strategies that fit today's markets. For any would be scalper, it is more than worth the effort. You also don't have to basically play a commission war game if you pick the right markets...