StoxSupport, buy zone, target and R:R in Live Flow charts
Every Live Flow stock chart lists four key levels in its stats. Where each level comes from, how the buy zone uses the most recent order block, how R:R is worked out, and how to use them for risk.
Click any stock card on Live Flow and its chart opens with a stats table that includes four numbers: Support 1, Buy zone, Target 1 and R:R (for falling stocks: Resistance 1, Sell zone, Target 1, R:R). They turn "this stock is moving" into "this is where the idea is wrong, and this is what it might pay".
The card itself shows only the last two hours of 1-minute candles and their 1-minute order blocks, to keep it quick to read; the levels below, the liquidity lines and VWAP are all in the chart (Session, 1m, 15m and 1h tabs).
Where the levels come from
Live Flow does not invent levels. It collects the prices that intraday traders already watch for each stock:
- today's open, high and low
- today's VWAP (volume-weighted average price)
- the point of control: the price where the most volume traded today
- yesterday's high, low and close
- the edges of the most recent order block (below)
Prices below the current price are support candidates; prices above are target candidates. Levels sitting almost on top of the price (closer than a fraction of the stock's typical 5-minute range) are skipped, because a stop two paise away is not a stop.
Support 1 (or Resistance 1)
For a rising stock, Support 1 is the nearest of those levels below the price. If price falls back through it, the reason the stock looked strong is in doubt. For a falling stock, Resistance 1 is the nearest level above.
The buy zone and order blocks
An order block is the last candle that moved against the trend just before a strong move with it. On 5-minute bars, Live Flow marks a bullish order block when a down-candle is followed, within three candles, by a close above both its high and the high of the six candles before it, and at least half of a typical 5-minute range above its high. The block stays valid until a later candle closes below its low. The buy zone is the most recent still-valid block below the current price: the area where buyers last stepped in decisively. For a falling stock it is the mirror image (an up-candle, then a close below its low and the prior six candles' low), shown as the sell zone.
If no such block exists yet, Live Flow uses the most recent down-candle that was followed by any close above its high (for a falling stock, an up-candle followed by a close below its low). If there is none of those either, the zone is a narrow band at Support 1.
The stock's chart (hover or tap a stock on Live Flow) draws every order block of the day as a box over the part of the session where it formed and held. Only the current zone is labelled.
Many traders wait for price to come back into the zone rather than chase it. A stock that never returns to its zone was simply missed; chasing it far above the zone worsens the R:R.
Target 1
Target 1 is the nearest candidate level on the other side: above the price for a rising stock (often today's high, yesterday's high or a level above), below it for a falling one.
Liquidity lines and levels behind the setup
On the chart, liquidity means prices where stop orders are likely to be resting: just beyond levels that many traders can see. Buy stops (short sellers' stops and breakout buy orders) collect above highs; sell stops collect below lows. The chart marks:
- PDH / PDL: yesterday's high and low
- SH / SL: today's swing highs and lows (a 5-minute high not beaten by the two candles either side of it; a swing low is the mirror image)
- EQH / EQL: equal highs or lows, two or more swing points within about a tenth of a typical 5-minute range of each other, where stops pile up
It shows the nearest few lines on each side that price has not reached, plus the two it took out most recently. When price trades through a line, the line stops at that candle and is marked ×: the stops there have been triggered.
The chart also marks up to three levels behind the setup (P1–P3): further candidate levels beyond Support 1 (above Resistance 1 for a falling stock), taken from the same list of levels plus the other valid zones and untaken liquidity. They show where price could pause if it comes back.
R:R, reward to risk
R:R = distance to Target 1 ÷ distance to Support 1, both measured from the current price.
| Price | Support 1 | Target 1 | Risk | Reward | R:R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ₹500 | ₹495 | ₹515 | ₹5 | ₹15 | 1:3.0 |
| ₹500 | ₹490 | ₹505 | ₹10 | ₹5 | 1:0.5 |
R:R changes every minute with the price: it improves as price moves back toward support and worsens as price runs toward the target.
Using the levels for risk
- Size from the stop. Decide the most you will lose on one trade, then divide by the distance to Support 1. That gives the quantity. A wide stop means a smaller position, not a wider loss.
- Skip poor R:R. Below about 1:1.5, you need to be right most of the time to make money.
- Respect the level. If price closes back through Support 1 (or Resistance 1), the setup no longer applies. Live Flow will redraw the levels; the old trade idea is gone.
These levels are mechanical. They do not know about news, results or the wider market trend. Use them as a framework for your own risk rules, not as instructions.
This article is for education only. It is not investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Check figures against the company's filings and consult a SEBI-registered adviser before investing.
