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The order flow desk · The Order Flow Course

From the course to the screen

How the course works, the facts about Indian markets that every lesson relies on, the FNOTrader screen that answers each question, and how to practise on the demo account before risking money.

What you get

Watch or read

Every lesson has a video, and below it the complete lesson in text with animations — use whichever suits you.

Indian market reality

NIFTY futures and options, 5-level snapshot depth, an estimated aggressor side, and the order types brokers actually allow.

Animated concepts

Every mechanism — the queue, a footprint bar forming, imbalances, absorption, a sweep — shown step by step.

The real screens

Each idea ends on the FNOTrader screen that shows it, captured from the live apps with numbered callouts.

Setups with numbers

Ten setups written as context, trigger, entry, invalidation, scratch and management, so you can test them.

A quiz in every module

Five questions at the end of each module, with the reasoning behind every answer.

Indian market ground rules

Every lesson relies on these facts. Exchange rules, lot sizes and costs change, so check the current values when you trade.

Trade the contract, not the index
NIFTY spot is an index value; nobody can trade it. You read order flow on NIFTY futures and on individual option contracts, each with its own order book. Weekly expiries exist only for NIFTY (NSE) and SENSEX (BSE); BANKNIFTY options are monthly. Lot sizes change, so always read the current lot size from the contract.
Your data is a snapshot
Broker feeds give 5-level depth (20-level at some brokers) as periodic snapshots. You do not get order-by-order data or an exchange-tagged aggressor side. Buy and sell volume in any Indian footprint is classified by comparing each trade with the quote at that moment — a very good estimate, not an exchange fact. Read it that way.
No hidden icebergs on NIFTY
Disclosed-quantity (iceberg) orders have generally not been available in NSE F&O, and a broker’s “iceberg” is just a series of visible slices. What you will actually see is replenishment: size that keeps reappearing at the same price.
Use only orders that cap your price
Stop-loss market orders are not available for options at most brokers. Use stop-loss limit orders, plain limit orders, and market orders sent with a price cap (Mkt Protect in QuikTrade). Never send an unprotected market order.
Know the clock (IST)
The continuous session runs 09:15–15:30. The equity cash market opens with a pre-open call auction from 09:00. The closing price is the volume-weighted average of the last 30 minutes (15:00–15:30), not the last trade. MCX runs 09:00 to 23:30, or to 23:55 when the US is not on daylight saving time.
Count every cost
Brokerage, STT, exchange charges, SEBI fees, stamp duty, GST and slippage are part of every result. Check current rates in FNOTrader’s brokerage calculator; fast setups with small targets live or die on costs.
Recognise manipulation, never use it
Spoofing, layering and other misleading order placement are prohibited under SEBI’s rules on fraudulent and unfair trade practices. The course shows you how to spot them so you are not fooled by them.
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The Indian trading day (IST)

From analysis to execution

The same seven questions, in the same order. Each has one place to look.

StepQuestionFNOTrader screen
1. ContextWhere is value? Where are yesterday’s levels? What kind of day is it?Market & Volume Profile
2. ParticipationIs the move broad, and what are options positioning and IV saying?Options Analytics, Volatility Analytics
3. TriggerWho is aggressive, and is that aggression failing?Footprint Charts (+ Depth of market)
4. ExecutionEntry with capped slippage, a planned stop and a scratch rule.QuikTrade Terminal (Demo account first)
5. ManagementGroup SL, trailing and profit lock while the trade runs.QuikTrade Terminal
6. ReviewJournal, best and worst point reached, execution cost.QuikTrade journal
7. ValidationDoes the level-based part of the setup hold up over years?Algo & Backtesting

The setup definition standard

Every setup in this course is written with numbers, so that you — and anyone else reading your rules — would take exactly the same trade. Here is buying absorption at support (NIFTY futures, 5-minute footprint, 1-point rows) as an example:

RuleStarting value
LocationPrice within 5 points of a marked support: prior VAL, PDL, naked POC or IB low
AggressionBar delta below −1.5 × its 20-bar average absolute delta
ConcentrationAt least 35% of the bar's volume in the lowest 2 rows
No progressBar low no more than 3 points below the previous bar's low
ConfirmationNext bar closes above the absorption bar's POC, with delta turning positive
EntryLimit order at the absorption bar's POC on a pullback, or capped market order on the confirming close
Invalidation2 points below the absorption bar's low
ScratchNo move of +1R within 3 bars, or a new bar with stronger selling that holds below the entry
TargetsFirst: developing POC or VWAP. Second: the next high-volume node or prior VAH
These numbers are starting points. Test them in replay and on the demo account, then write down your own values in your playbook.
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The same rules, animated

Practise on the demo account

Before any real money, run the setups on QuikTrade’s demo account with the same rules you would use live.

RuleDetail
WhereThe QuikTrade Terminal ₹1 Cr Demo account. Paper first; real money only after your numbers say so.
InstrumentNIFTY futures, 1 lot. Read the current lot size from the contract on the day.
Risk per tradePick a fixed rupee amount you could lose comfortably every time, for example ₹3,000–₹5,000. Your stop comes from the setup’s structure; the size comes from the stop.
Daily limitPick a daily loss limit, for example ₹10,000. When it is reached, you stop for the day.
OrdersLimit orders, or market orders with Mkt Protect. No unprotected market orders.
Log every tradePlanned vs actual fill (slippage), initial risk, best and worst point reached (MFE / MAE), how it ended (target, stop, scratch or time) and the costs.
ReviewAfter 20 demo trades, work out win rate, average win and loss, expectancy, profit factor and drawdown (Module 12).