Free trading guides: order flow, SMC, volume profile and indicators Learn the tools traders actually use.

Getting started with the TradingMarble chart

Open the chart, log in, how plans and the one-device rule work, and the first five minutes on the screen.

The toolbar, button by button

Every control on the chart's top bar: symbol, watchlist, bar type, chart style, candle colours, indicators, text on chart, alerts, chain, order book and settings.

Reading zones, arrows and the bottom strip

How to read the shaded zones, their hover cards, the per-candle readings in the bottom strip and the summary arrow.

Using footprint mode

Switching to footprint, box size, colours, imbalances, POC in each bar and finding big trades.

Using the option chain screen

Opening the chain, expiry and strikes, OI, change in OI, IV and Greeks, the summary pill, levels on the chart and watching options.

Setting alerts

Price alerts, alerts on zones and readings, chain alerts, and how you are notified.

Drawing tools and keyboard shortcuts

Trend lines, horizontal lines, boxes, Fibonacci, notes, magnet, locking, templates and every shortcut.

Tabs, multiple charts, sync and layouts

Work with several charts: tabs, split layouts, syncing symbol and crosshair, opening a tab on another screen and saving layouts.

Replay a past day and export

Practise on past sessions with replay, step candle by candle, and save a picture or the data.

Chart help: common problems

Fixes for the usual issues: signed out, plan ended, data not moving, chart too busy, phone layout.

Order flow and structure

ORDER FLOW

Reading a footprint chart

Bid, ask, delta, imbalances, absorption and the point of control.

VOLUME

Volume profile, POC and value area

Where the market agreed on price, and how to trade HVNs and LVNs.

STRUCTURE

Smart Money Concepts

BOS, CHoCH, MSS, inducement, order blocks, FVG and liquidity.

LEVELS

Key intraday levels

Previous day high and low, opening range, pivots and liquidity pools.

LEVELS

Fibonacci and the golden zone

Drawing retracements properly, 0.5–0.618, OTE and extension targets.

OPTIONS

Open interest and the option chain

Walls, build-up, PCR, max pain and the expected move.

Indicators

TREND

Moving averages: SMA and EMA

How they are calculated, crossovers, and when they mislead.

INTRADAY

VWAP

The day's fair price, its bands, and anchored VWAP.

MOMENTUM

RSI

Overbought, oversold, divergence — and trends that ignore 70.

MOMENTUM

MACD

Line, signal, histogram and why it lags.

VOLATILITY

Bollinger Bands

The squeeze, walking the bands and mean reversion.

PRICE ACTION

Candlestick patterns

Hammer, engulfing, doji, stars — and why location decides.

Momentum

MOMENTUM

Stochastic oscillator: how %K and %D work, best settings and how to read it

Learn the stochastic oscillator from zero: the %K and %D formula, overbought 80 and oversold 20, best settings for NIFTY 5-minute and how to avoid false crossovers.

MOMENTUM

CCI indicator (Commodity Channel Index): formula, +100/−100 levels and settings

The CCI indicator (Commodity Channel Index) explained: typical price formula, mean deviation, what +100 and −100 mean, best CCI settings for NIFTY intraday.

MOMENTUM

Williams %R indicator: formula, −20 and −80 levels and how to read it

Williams %R explained from zero: the formula, what −20 overbought and −80 oversold mean, best settings for NIFTY 5-minute and how it differs from stochastic.

Volatility

VOLATILITY

ATR (Average True Range): formula, settings and how to use it for stop loss

Average True Range (ATR) explained from zero: true range formula, Wilder's smoothing, best ATR settings for NIFTY intraday and how traders size an ATR stop loss.

VOLATILITY

Keltner Channels and Donchian Channels: formulas, settings and how to read them

Keltner Channels and Donchian Channels explained: EMA + ATR bands vs highest high and lowest low, best settings for NIFTY 5-minute, the squeeze and breakout ideas.

Trend

Supertrend indicator: formula, best settings for NIFTY and how to read it

Supertrend indicator explained: the ATR band formula, best supertrend settings for NIFTY 5-minute (10,3 vs 7,3), how flips work and why it whipsaws in ranges.

ADX indicator and DMI: how to measure trend strength with +DI and −DI

The ADX indicator and DMI explained from zero: +DI, −DI and ADX formula, what ADX 20, 25 and 40 mean, best settings for NIFTY intraday and common mistakes.

Ichimoku Cloud explained: Tenkan, Kijun, Kumo and Chikou for beginners

Ichimoku Cloud (Ichimoku Kinko Hyo) explained line by line: Tenkan-sen, Kijun-sen, Senkou spans, Chikou, best Ichimoku settings for NIFTY intraday and mistakes.

Parabolic SAR indicator: formula, settings and how to use it as a trailing stop

Parabolic SAR explained from zero: the stop-and-reverse formula, acceleration factor 0.02 and 0.2, best settings for NIFTY 5-minute and how to filter whipsaws.

Volume

VOLUME

On Balance Volume (OBV) indicator: formula, divergence and how to read it

On Balance Volume (OBV) explained: the running volume formula, OBV divergence, OBV breakouts, how to use it on NIFTY futures intraday and how it compares with delta.

VOLUME

Market Profile and TPO Charts Explained for NIFTY Traders

Market profile and TPO charts explained from zero: letters, initial balance, value area, POC, day types and how NIFTY traders read auction structure.

Levels

LEVELS

Pivot points and CPR (Central Pivot Range): formula, narrow CPR and how to trade them

Central Pivot Range (CPR) and pivot points explained: TC, BC, R1-R3 and S1-S3 formula, what a narrow CPR means for NIFTY, virgin CPR and how traders read the levels.

Price action

PRICE ACTION

Heikin Ashi candles: formula, how to read them and when to use them

Heikin Ashi candles explained from zero: the HA open, high, low and close formula, reading trend and doji candles on NIFTY 5-minute, and why HA prices differ.

PRICE ACTION

Breakout vs Fakeout: How to Spot a False Breakout

Breakout vs fakeout explained: why false breakouts happen, how volume, delta and retests separate real breakouts from traps, with a NIFTY example.

PRICE ACTION

Liquidity Trap Trading: Bull Traps, Bear Traps and Trapped Traders

Liquidity trap trading explained: how bull traps and bear traps form, why failed breakouts trap buyers and sellers, and how order flow shows trapped traders.

Order flow

Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD): How to Read Cumulative Delta

Cumulative volume delta (CVD) explained: how delta is calculated, how to read CVD divergence and absorption, and how NIFTY futures traders use cumulative delta.

Order Book and DOM (Depth of Market) Explained

Order book and depth of market (DOM) explained: bid, ask, spread, market depth, spoofing and how NSE traders read the order book with the footprint.

Absorption vs Exhaustion in Order Flow: How to Read Both on a Footprint

Absorption vs exhaustion explained: how absorption shows on a footprint, exhaustion prints, iceberg orders and how to tell them apart at key levels.

Delta Divergence: Reading Order Flow Divergence on a Footprint and CVD

Delta divergence explained: candle delta vs price, cumulative delta divergence, how it looks on a footprint chart, real vs weak divergence and NIFTY examples.

NIFTY Footprint Chart: Reading Order Flow on NIFTY and BANKNIFTY

A practical guide to the NIFTY footprint chart: what order flow on NIFTY and BANKNIFTY futures shows, why tick data matters, and how to read it during the session.

Order Flow Imbalance: Stacked, Buying and Selling Imbalances on a Footprint

Order flow imbalance explained: buying vs selling imbalance, the diagonal 300% rule, stacked imbalance on a footprint chart and how it acts as support or resistance.

Options

Option Greeks Explained: Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega

Option Greeks explained simply: delta, gamma, theta, vega and rho with NIFTY examples, how they change near expiry and how option traders use them.

Implied Volatility (IV) and IV Crush Explained

Implied volatility explained: what IV means, IV vs historical volatility, India VIX, IV percentile, skew and why IV crush hits option buyers after events.

Gamma Exposure (GEX) and the Gamma Flip Explained

Gamma exposure (GEX) explained: how dealer hedging works, positive vs negative gamma, the gamma flip level and what GEX can and cannot tell NIFTY traders.

Straddle Chart and Combined Premium: How to Read Them

Straddle chart and combined premium explained: ATM straddle price, expected move, time decay, IV changes and how NIFTY traders read the straddle intraday.

Max pain in options: meaning, calculation and limits for NIFTY expiry

Max pain meaning explained with a worked table: how max pain is calculated from option chain OI, how NIFTY max pain is used near expiry, and where it fails.

PCR ratio: put-call ratio meaning, formula and how to read it for NIFTY

PCR ratio meaning, the put-call ratio formula, OI PCR vs volume PCR, change-in-OI PCR, and what a high or low PCR ratio for NIFTY and BANKNIFTY may suggest.

Futures

FUTURES

Futures Basis, Premium and Rollover Explained

Futures basis, premium and rollover explained for NSE: cost of carry, premium vs discount, rollover percentage and cost, and what rollover data shows traders.

FUTURES

OI buildup: long buildup, short buildup, short covering and long unwinding

Learn open interest analysis with the OI change vs price table: long buildup, short buildup, short covering and long unwinding in NIFTY futures and options.

Structure

STRUCTURE

Multi-Timeframe Analysis: Top-Down Trading Explained

Multi-timeframe analysis explained: how to choose timeframes, the top-down approach, aligning HTF bias with LTF entries and avoiding conflicting signals.

Risk

RISK

Risk Management and Position Sizing for F&O Traders

Risk management and position sizing explained: the 1% rule, lot size calculation for NIFTY futures and options, risk-reward, drawdown and daily loss limits.

RISK

Trading Journal and Trading Psychology: A Practical Guide

How to keep a trading journal and improve trading psychology: what to record, review routines, FOMO, revenge trading, overtrading and building discipline.

Smart Money Concepts

Break of Structure (BOS) in Trading: Real vs Fake Breaks Explained

Break of structure (BOS) explained from zero: swing vs internal structure, body close vs wick break, real vs fake BOS and a worked NIFTY example.

Change of Character (CHoCH) in Trading: CHoCH vs BOS vs MSS

Change of character (CHoCH) explained simply: how it differs from BOS and market structure shift (MSS), real vs weak CHoCH, and a worked BANKNIFTY example.

Fair value gap (FVG): meaning, real vs fake and a trading strategy

Fair value gap meaning explained simply: how an FVG forms, imbalance vs FVG, the 50% consequent encroachment, real vs fake gaps and a NIFTY FVG example.

Inducement (IDM) in Trading: Meaning, Examples and How It Works in SMC

Inducement trading explained: what IDM means in SMC, how inducement relates to liquidity and order blocks, real vs fake setups and a NIFTY inducement example.

Inverse fair value gap (IFVG): meaning, entry and examples

Inverse fair value gap explained: what an IFVG means, inverse fair value gap vs fair value gap, how an IFVG entry is planned and a worked NIFTY example.

Liquidity Sweep in Trading: Meaning, Stop Hunts and How to Read Them

Liquidity sweep meaning explained simply: buy-side and sell-side liquidity, stop hunts, liquidity grab vs sweep, and how a footprint chart shows the reaction.