Its better not to confirm flow on expiry day, RBI announcements, budget, election result or any big event day which may impact uncertain movements.
Its better not to confirm flow before 10AM IST and after 2:30PM IST for intraday .
When to confirm the flow?
Intraday: Just before 10 seconds to 15 seconds of flow time
Weekly: Just 10-15 minutes before from 3:30PM IST of last trading day of that week, mostly on friday if there is no trading holiday.
How long flow can be hold?
As long as against flow is not showing or, moving against the flow around 0.50%(intraday flow), 2%(weekly flow) based on future/spot value.
How much can move with the flow?
Flow mostly move around .15%(intraday basis), 2%(weekly basis), this % does varry time to time, check more for statistics her https://tradinginv.com/stat