What is Order Block?
The last opposing candle before an impulsive move — the footprint institutions leave behind.
An order block is the final candle or small cluster of candles moving against the trend immediately before a strong, impulsive move in the trend's direction — the last down-candle before a rally, or the last up-candle before a drop. The logic: institutions filling large positions leave unfinished business at the origin of the move, and when price returns to that zone, it often reacts there.
Not every last candle qualifies. A valid order block should launch a move that breaks structure, ideally follows a liquidity sweep (the institutions collected counterparties first), and leaves an imbalance (fair value gap) as evidence of aggression. Order blocks are zones of interest, not entry buttons: professionals wait for price to return and confirm — often with a lower-timeframe change of character — before committing risk.
Roman Urdu mein
Order block impulsive move se theek pehle wali aakhri opposite candle hoti hai — rally se pehle ki aakhri red candle, ya girawat se pehle ki aakhri green candle. Yeh woh zone hai jahan institutions ne apni positions bhari hoti hain. Lekin yeh entry ka button nahi — price wapas aane par confirmation ka intezar karein, tabhi risk lein.
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