Scout Regiment - KSI# Scout Regiment - KSI Indicator
## English Documentation
### Overview
Scout Regiment - KSI (Key Stochastic Indicators) is a comprehensive momentum oscillator that combines three powerful technical indicators - RSI, CCI, and Williams %R - into a single, unified display. This multi-indicator approach provides traders with diverse perspectives on market momentum, overbought/oversold conditions, and potential reversal points through advanced divergence detection.
### What is KSI?
KSI stands for "Key Stochastic Indicators" - a composite momentum indicator that:
- Displays multiple oscillators normalized to a 0-100 scale
- Uses standardized bands (20/50/80) for consistent interpretation
- Combines RSI for trend, CCI for cycle, and Williams %R for reversal detection
- Provides enhanced divergence detection specifically for RSI
### Key Features
#### 1. **Triple Oscillator System**
**① RSI (Relative Strength Index)** - Primary Indicator
- **Purpose**: Measures momentum and identifies overbought/oversold conditions
- **Default Length**: 22 periods
- **Display**: Blue line (2px)
- **Key Levels**:
- Above 50: Bullish momentum
- Below 50: Bearish momentum
- Above 80: Overbought
- Below 20: Oversold
- **Special Features**:
- Background color indication (green/red)
- Crossover labels at 50 level
- Full divergence detection (4 types)
**② CCI (Commodity Channel Index)** - Dual Period
- **Purpose**: Identifies cyclical trends and extreme conditions
- **Dual Display**:
- CCI(33): Short-term cycle - Green line (1px)
- CCI(77): Medium-term cycle - Orange line (1px)
- **Default Source**: HLC3 (typical price)
- **Normalized Scale**: Mapped from ±100 to 0-100 for consistency
- **Interpretation**:
- Above 80: Strong upward momentum
- Below 20: Strong downward momentum
- 50 level: Neutral
- Divergence between periods: Trend change warning
**③ Williams %R** - Optional
- **Purpose**: Identifies overbought/oversold extremes
- **Default Length**: 28 periods
- **Display**: Magenta line (2px)
- **Scale**: Inverted and normalized to 0-100
- **Best For**: Short-term reversal signals
- **Default**: Disabled (enable when needed for extra confirmation)
#### 2. **Standardized Band System**
**Three-Level Structure:**
- **Upper Band (80)**: Overbought zone
- Strong momentum area
- Watch for reversal signals
- Divergences here are most reliable
- **Middle Line (50)**: Equilibrium
- Separates bullish/bearish zones
- Crossovers indicate momentum shifts
- Key decision level
- **Lower Band (20)**: Oversold zone
- Weak momentum area
- Look for bounce signals
- Divergences here signal potential reversals
**Band Fill**: Dark background between 20-80 for visual clarity
#### 3. **RSI Visual Enhancements**
**Background Color Indication**
- Green background: RSI above 50 (bullish bias)
- Red background: RSI below 50 (bearish bias)
- Optional display for cleaner charts
- Helps identify overall momentum direction
**Crossover Labels**
- "突破" (Breakout): RSI crosses above 50
- "跌破" (Breakdown): RSI crosses below 50
- Marks momentum shift points
- Can be toggled on/off
#### 4. **Advanced RSI Divergence Detection**
The indicator includes comprehensive divergence detection for RSI only (most reliable oscillator):
**Regular Bullish Divergence (Yellow)**
- **Price**: Lower lows
- **RSI**: Higher lows
- **Signal**: Potential upward reversal
- **Label**: "涨" (Up)
- **Most Common**: Near oversold levels (below 30)
**Regular Bearish Divergence (Blue)**
- **Price**: Higher highs
- **RSI**: Lower highs
- **Signal**: Potential downward reversal
- **Label**: "跌" (Down)
- **Most Common**: Near overbought levels (above 70)
**Hidden Bullish Divergence (Light Yellow)**
- **Price**: Higher lows
- **RSI**: Lower lows
- **Signal**: Uptrend continuation
- **Label**: "隐涨" (Hidden Up)
- **Use**: Add to existing longs
**Hidden Bearish Divergence (Light Blue)**
- **Price**: Lower highs
- **RSI**: Higher highs
- **Signal**: Downtrend continuation
- **Label**: "隐跌" (Hidden Down)
- **Use**: Add to existing shorts
**Divergence Parameters** (Fully Customizable):
- **Right Lookback**: Bars to right of pivot (default: 5)
- **Left Lookback**: Bars to left of pivot (default: 5)
- **Max Range**: Maximum bars between pivots (default: 60)
- **Min Range**: Minimum bars between pivots (default: 5)
### Configuration Settings
#### KSI Display Settings
- **Show RSI**: Toggle RSI indicator
- **Show CCI**: Toggle both CCI lines
- **Show Williams %R**: Toggle Williams %R (optional)
#### RSI Settings
- **RSI Length**: Period for calculation (default: 22)
- **Data Source**: Price source (default: close)
- **Show Background**: Toggle green/red background
- **Show Cross Labels**: Toggle 50-level crossover labels
#### RSI Divergence Settings
- **Right Lookback**: Pivot detection right side
- **Left Lookback**: Pivot detection left side
- **Max Range**: Maximum lookback distance
- **Min Range**: Minimum lookback distance
- **Show Regular Divergence**: Enable regular divergence lines
- **Show Regular Labels**: Enable regular divergence labels
- **Show Hidden Divergence**: Enable hidden divergence lines
- **Show Hidden Labels**: Enable hidden divergence labels
#### CCI Settings
- **CCI Length**: Short-term period (default: 33)
- **CCI Mid Length**: Medium-term period (default: 77)
- **Data Source**: Price calculation (default: HLC3)
- **Show CCI(33)**: Toggle short-term CCI
- **Show CCI(77)**: Toggle medium-term CCI
#### Williams %R Settings
- **Length**: Calculation period (default: 28)
- **Data Source**: Price source (default: close)
### How to Use
#### For Basic Momentum Trading
1. **Enable RSI Only** (primary indicator)
- Focus on 50-level crossovers
- Enable crossover labels for signals
2. **Identify Momentum Direction**
- RSI > 50 = Bullish momentum
- RSI < 50 = Bearish momentum
- Background color confirms direction
3. **Look for Extremes**
- RSI > 80 = Overbought (consider selling)
- RSI < 20 = Oversold (consider buying)
4. **Trade Setup**
- Enter long when RSI crosses above 50 from oversold
- Enter short when RSI crosses below 50 from overbought
#### For Divergence Trading
1. **Enable RSI with Divergence Detection**
- Turn on regular divergence
- Optionally add hidden divergence
2. **Wait for Divergence Signal**
- Yellow label = Bullish divergence
- Blue label = Bearish divergence
3. **Confirm with Price Structure**
- Wait for support/resistance break
- Look for candlestick patterns
- Check volume confirmation
4. **Enter Position**
- Enter after confirmation
- Stop beyond divergence pivot
- Target next key level
#### For Multi-Oscillator Confirmation
1. **Enable All Three Indicators**
- RSI (momentum)
- CCI dual (cycle analysis)
- Williams %R (extremes)
2. **Look for Alignment**
- All above 50 = Strong bullish
- All below 50 = Strong bearish
- Mixed signals = Consolidation
3. **Identify Extremes**
- All indicators > 80 = Extreme overbought
- All indicators < 20 = Extreme oversold
4. **Trade Reversals**
- Enter counter-trend when all aligned at extremes
- Confirm with divergence if available
- Use tight stops
#### For CCI Dual-Period Analysis
1. **Enable Both CCI Lines**
- CCI(33) = Short-term
- CCI(77) = Medium-term
2. **Watch for Crossovers**
- Green crosses above orange = Bullish acceleration
- Green crosses below orange = Bearish acceleration
3. **Analyze Divergence Between Periods**
- Short-term rising, medium falling = Potential reversal
- Both rising together = Strong trend
4. **Trade Accordingly**
- Follow crossover direction
- Exit when lines converge
### Trading Strategies
#### Strategy 1: RSI 50-Level Crossover
**Setup:**
- Enable RSI with background and labels
- Wait for clear trend
- Look for retracement to 50 level
**Entry:**
- Long: "突破" label appears after pullback
- Short: "跌破" label appears after bounce
**Stop Loss:**
- Long: Below recent swing low
- Short: Above recent swing high
**Exit:**
- Opposite crossover label
- Or predetermined target (2:1 risk-reward)
**Best For:** Trend following, clear markets
#### Strategy 2: RSI Divergence Reversal
**Setup:**
- Enable RSI with regular divergence
- Wait for extreme levels (>70 or <30)
- Look for divergence signal
**Entry:**
- Long: Yellow "涨" label at oversold level
- Short: Blue "跌" label at overbought level
**Confirmation:**
- Wait for price to break structure
- Check for volume increase
- Look for candlestick reversal pattern
**Stop Loss:**
- Beyond divergence pivot point
**Exit:**
- Take partial profit at 50 level
- Exit remainder at opposite extreme or divergence
**Best For:** Swing trading, range-bound markets
#### Strategy 3: Triple Oscillator Confluence
**Setup:**
- Enable all three indicators
- Wait for all to reach extreme (>80 or <20)
- Look for alignment
**Entry:**
- Long: All three below 20, first one crosses above 20
- Short: All three above 80, first one crosses below 80
**Confirmation:**
- All indicators must align
- Price at support/resistance
- Volume spike helps
**Stop Loss:**
- Fixed percentage or ATR-based
**Exit:**
- When any indicator crosses 50 level
- Or at predetermined target
**Best For:** High-probability reversals, volatile markets
#### Strategy 4: CCI Dual-Period System
**Setup:**
- Enable both CCI lines only
- Disable RSI and Williams %R for clarity
- Watch for crossovers
**Entry:**
- Long: CCI(33) crosses above CCI(77) below 50 line
- Short: CCI(33) crosses below CCI(77) above 50 line
**Confirmation:**
- Both should be moving in entry direction
- Price breaking key level helps
**Stop Loss:**
- When CCIs cross back in opposite direction
**Exit:**
- Both CCIs enter opposite extreme zone
- Or trailing stop
**Best For:** Catching trend continuations, momentum trading
#### Strategy 5: Hidden Divergence Continuation
**Setup:**
- Enable RSI with hidden divergence
- Confirm existing trend
- Wait for pullback
**Entry:**
- Uptrend: "隐涨" label during pullback
- Downtrend: "隐跌" label during bounce
**Confirmation:**
- Price holds key moving average
- Trend structure intact
**Stop Loss:**
- Beyond pullback extreme
**Exit:**
- Regular divergence appears (reversal warning)
- Or trend structure breaks
**Best For:** Adding to positions, trend trading
### Best Practices
#### Choosing Which Indicators to Display
**For Beginners:**
- Use RSI only
- Enable background color and labels
- Focus on 50-level crossovers
- Simple and effective
**For Intermediate Traders:**
- RSI + Regular Divergence
- Add CCI for confirmation
- Use dual perspectives
- Better accuracy
**For Advanced Traders:**
- All three indicators
- Full divergence detection
- Multi-timeframe analysis
- Maximum information
#### Oscillator Priority
**Primary**: RSI (22)
- Most reliable
- Best divergence detection
- Good for all timeframes
- Use this as your main decision maker
**Secondary**: CCI (33/77)
- Adds cycle analysis
- Great for confirmation
- Dual-period crossovers valuable
- Use to confirm RSI signals
**Tertiary**: Williams %R (28)
- Extreme readings useful
- More volatile
- Best for short-term
- Use sparingly for extra confirmation
#### Timeframe Considerations
**Lower Timeframes (1m-15m):**
- More signals, less reliable
- Use tight divergence parameters
- Focus on RSI crossovers
- Quick entries and exits
**Medium Timeframes (30m-4H):**
- Balanced signal frequency
- Default settings work well
- Best for divergence trading
- Swing trading optimal
**Higher Timeframes (Daily+):**
- Fewer but stronger signals
- Widen divergence ranges
- All indicators more reliable
- Position trading best
#### Divergence Trading Tips
1. **Wait for Confirmation**
- Divergence alone isn't enough
- Need price structure break
- Volume helps validate
2. **Best at Extremes**
- Divergences near 80/20 levels most reliable
- Mid-level divergences often fail
- Combine with support/resistance
3. **Multiple Divergences**
- Second divergence stronger than first
- Third divergence extremely powerful
- Watch for "triple divergence"
4. **Timeframe Alignment**
- Check higher timeframe for direction
- Trade divergences in direction of larger trend
- Counter-trend divergences riskier
### Indicator Combinations
**With Moving Averages:**
- Use EMAs (21/55/144) for trend
- KSI for entry timing
- Enter when both align
**With Volume:**
- Volume confirms breakouts
- Divergence + volume divergence = Stronger
- Low volume at extremes = Reversal likely
**With Support/Resistance:**
- Price levels for targets
- KSI for entry timing
- Divergences at levels = Highest probability
**With Bias Indicator:**
- Bias shows price deviation
- KSI shows momentum
- Both diverging = Strong reversal signal
**With OBV Indicator:**
- OBV shows volume trend
- KSI shows price momentum
- Volume/momentum divergence powerful
### Common Patterns
1. **Bullish Reversal**: All oscillators oversold + RSI bullish divergence
2. **Bearish Reversal**: All oscillators overbought + RSI bearish divergence
3. **Trend Acceleration**: RSI > 50, both CCIs rising, Williams %R not extreme
4. **Weakening Trend**: RSI declining while price rising (pre-divergence warning)
5. **Strong Trend**: All oscillators stay above/below 50 for extended period
6. **Consolidation**: Oscillators crossing 50 frequently without extremes
7. **Exhaustion**: Multiple oscillators at extreme + hidden divergence failure
### Performance Tips
- Start simple: RSI only
- Add indicators gradually as you learn
- Disable unused features for cleaner charts
- Use labels strategically (not always on)
- Test different RSI lengths for your market
- Adjust divergence parameters based on volatility
### Alert Conditions
The indicator includes alerts for:
- RSI crossing above 50
- RSI crossing below 50
- RSI regular bullish divergence
- RSI regular bearish divergence
- RSI hidden bullish divergence
- RSI hidden bearish divergence
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## 中文说明文档
### 概述
Scout Regiment - KSI（关键随机指标）是一个综合性动量振荡器，将三个强大的技术指标 - RSI、CCI和威廉指标 - 组合到一个统一的显示中。这种多指标方法为交易者提供了市场动量、超买超卖状况和通过高级背离检测发现潜在反转点的多元视角。
### 什么是KSI？
KSI代表"关键随机指标" - 一个综合动量指标：
- 显示多个振荡器，标准化到0-100刻度
- 使用标准化波段（20/50/80）便于一致解读
- 结合RSI用于趋势、CCI用于周期、威廉指标用于反转检测
- 专门为RSI提供增强的背离检测
### 核心功能
#### 1. **三重振荡器系统**
**① RSI（相对强弱指数）** - 主要指标
- **用途**：测量动量并识别超买超卖状况
- **默认长度**：22周期
- **显示**：蓝色线（2像素）
- **关键水平**：
- 50以上：看涨动量
- 50以下：看跌动量
- 80以上：超买
- 20以下：超卖
- **特殊功能**：
- 背景颜色指示（绿色/红色）
- 50水平穿越标签
- 完整背离检测（4种类型）
**② CCI（顺势指标）** - 双周期
- **用途**：识别周期性趋势和极端状况
- **双重显示**：
- CCI(33)：短期周期 - 绿色线（1像素）
- CCI(77)：中期周期 - 橙色线（1像素）
- **默认数据源**：HLC3（典型价格）
- **标准化刻度**：从±100映射到0-100以保持一致性
- **解读**：
- 80以上：强劲上升动量
- 20以下：强劲下降动量
- 50水平：中性
- 周期间背离：趋势变化警告
**③ 威廉指标 %R** - 可选
- **用途**：识别超买超卖极值
- **默认长度**：28周期
- **显示**：洋红色线（2像素）
- **刻度**：反转并标准化到0-100
- **最适合**：短期反转信号
- **默认**：禁用（需要额外确认时启用）
#### 2. **标准化波段系统**
**三层结构：**
- **上轨（80）**：超买区域
- 强动量区域
- 注意反转信号
- 此处的背离最可靠
- **中线（50）**：均衡线
- 分隔看涨/看跌区域
- 穿越表示动量转变
- 关键决策水平
- **下轨（20）**：超卖区域
- 弱动量区域
- 寻找反弹信号
- 此处的背离预示潜在反转
**波段填充**：20-80之间的深色背景，增强视觉清晰度
#### 3. **RSI视觉增强**
**背景颜色指示**
- 绿色背景：RSI在50以上（看涨偏向）
- 红色背景：RSI在50以下（看跌偏向）
- 可选显示，图表更清爽
- 帮助识别整体动量方向
**穿越标签**
- "突破"：RSI向上穿越50
- "跌破"：RSI向下穿越50
- 标记动量转变点
- 可开关
#### 4. **高级RSI背离检测**
指标仅为RSI（最可靠的振荡器）提供全面背离检测：
**常规看涨背离（黄色）**
- **价格**：更低的低点
- **RSI**：更高的低点
- **信号**：潜在向上反转
- **标签**："涨"
- **最常见**：在超卖水平附近（30以下）
**常规看跌背离（蓝色）**
- **价格**：更高的高点
- **RSI**：更低的高点
- **信号**：潜在向下反转
- **标签**："跌"
- **最常见**：在超买水平附近（70以上）
**隐藏看涨背离（浅黄色）**
- **价格**：更高的低点
- **RSI**：更低的低点
- **信号**：上升趋势延续
- **标签**："隐涨"
- **用途**：加仓现有多头
**隐藏看跌背离（浅蓝色）**
- **价格**：更低的高点
- **RSI**：更高的高点
- **信号**：下降趋势延续
- **标签**："隐跌"
- **用途**：加仓现有空头
**背离参数**（完全可自定义）：
- **右侧回溯**：枢轴点右侧K线数（默认：5）
- **左侧回溯**：枢轴点左侧K线数（默认：5）
- **最大范围**：枢轴点之间最大K线数（默认：60）
- **最小范围**：枢轴点之间最小K线数（默认：5）
### 配置设置
#### KSI显示设置
- **显示RSI**：切换RSI指标
- **显示CCI**：切换两条CCI线
- **显示威廉指标 %R**：切换威廉指标（可选）
#### RSI设置
- **RSI长度**：计算周期（默认：22）
- **数据源**：价格源（默认：收盘价）
- **显示背景**：切换绿色/红色背景
- **显示穿越标签**：切换50水平穿越标签
#### RSI背离设置
- **右侧回溯**：枢轴检测右侧
- **左侧回溯**：枢轴检测左侧
- **回溯范围最大值**：最大回溯距离
- **回溯范围最小值**：最小回溯距离
- **显示常规背离**：启用常规背离线
- **显示常规背离标签**：启用常规背离标签
- **显示隐藏背离**：启用隐藏背离线
- **显示隐藏背离标签**：启用隐藏背离标签
#### CCI设置
- **CCI长度**：短期周期（默认：33）
- **CCI中期长度**：中期周期（默认：77）
- **数据源**：价格计算（默认：HLC3）
- **显示CCI(33)**：切换短期CCI
- **显示CCI(77)**：切换中期CCI
#### 威廉指标 %R 设置
- **长度**：计算周期（默认：28）
- **数据源**：价格源（默认：收盘价）
### 使用方法
#### 基础动量交易
1. **仅启用RSI**（主要指标）
- 关注50水平穿越
- 启用穿越标签获取信号
2. **识别动量方向**
- RSI > 50 = 看涨动量
- RSI < 50 = 看跌动量
- 背景颜色确认方向
3. **寻找极值**
- RSI > 80 = 超买（考虑卖出）
- RSI < 20 = 超卖（考虑买入）
4. **交易设置**
- RSI从超卖区向上穿越50时做多
- RSI从超买区向下穿越50时做空
#### 背离交易
1. **启用RSI和背离检测**
- 打开常规背离
- 可选添加隐藏背离
2. **等待背离信号**
- 黄色标签 = 看涨背离
- 蓝色标签 = 看跌背离
3. **用价格结构确认**
- 等待支撑/阻力突破
- 寻找K线形态
- 检查成交量确认
4. **进入仓位**
- 确认后进入
- 止损设在背离枢轴点之外
- 目标下一个关键水平
#### 多振荡器确认
1. **启用全部三个指标**
- RSI（动量）
- CCI双周期（周期分析）
- 威廉指标 %R（极值）
2. **寻找一致性**
- 全部在50以上 = 强劲看涨
- 全部在50以下 = 强劲看跌
- 信号混合 = 盘整
3. **识别极值**
- 所有指标 > 80 = 极度超买
- 所有指标 < 20 = 极度超卖
4. **交易反转**
- 所有指标在极值一致时逆势进入
- 可能的话用背离确认
- 使用紧密止损
#### CCI双周期分析
1. **启用两条CCI线**
- CCI(33) = 短期
- CCI(77) = 中期
2. **观察穿越**
- 绿色线穿越橙色线向上 = 看涨加速
- 绿色线穿越橙色线向下 = 看跌加速
3. **分析周期间背离**
- 短期上升，中期下降 = 潜在反转
- 两者同时上升 = 强趋势
4. **相应交易**
- 跟随穿越方向
- 线条汇合时退出
### 交易策略
#### 策略1：RSI 50水平穿越
**设置：**
- 启用RSI及背景和标签
- 等待明确趋势
- 寻找回调至50水平
**入场：**
- 多头：回调后出现"突破"标签
- 空头：反弹后出现"跌破"标签
**止损：**
- 多头：近期波动低点之下
- 空头：近期波动高点之上
**离场：**
- 出现相反穿越标签
- 或预定目标（2:1风险收益比）
**适合：**趋势跟随、明确市场
#### 策略2：RSI背离反转
**设置：**
- 启用RSI和常规背离
- 等待极端水平（>70或<30）
- 寻找背离信号
**入场：**
- 多头：超卖水平出现黄色"涨"标签
- 空头：超买水平出现蓝色"跌"标签
**确认：**
- 等待价格突破结构
- 检查成交量增加
- 寻找K线反转形态
**止损：**
- 背离枢轴点之外
**离场：**
- 在50水平部分获利
- 其余在相反极值或背离处离场
**适合：**波段交易、震荡市场
#### 策略3：三重振荡器汇合
**设置：**
- 启用全部三个指标
- 等待全部达到极值（>80或<20）
- 寻找一致性
**入场：**
- 多头：三个全部低于20，第一个向上穿越20
- 空头：三个全部高于80，第一个向下穿越80
**确认：**
- 所有指标必须一致
- 价格在支撑/阻力位
- 成交量激增有帮助
**止损：**
- 固定百分比或基于ATR
**离场：**
- 任一指标穿越50水平时
- 或在预定目标
**适合：**高概率反转、波动市场
#### 策略4：CCI双周期系统
**设置：**
- 仅启用两条CCI线
- 禁用RSI和威廉指标以保持清晰
- 观察穿越
**入场：**
- 多头：CCI(33)在50线下方向上穿越CCI(77)
- 空头：CCI(33)在50线上方向下穿越CCI(77)
**确认：**
- 两者都应朝入场方向移动
- 价格突破关键水平有帮助
**止损：**
- CCI反向穿越时
**离场：**
- 两条CCI进入相反极值区域
- 或移动止损
**适合：**捕捉趋势延续、动量交易
#### 策略5：隐藏背离延续
**设置：**
- 启用RSI和隐藏背离
- 确认现有趋势
- 等待回调
**入场：**
- 上升趋势：回调期间出现"隐涨"标签
- 下降趋势：反弹期间出现"隐跌"标签
**确认：**
- 价格守住关键移动平均线
- 趋势结构完整
**止损：**
- 回调极值之外
**离场：**
- 出现常规背离（反转警告）
- 或趋势结构破坏
**适合：**加仓、趋势交易
### 最佳实践
#### 选择显示哪些指标
**新手：**
- 仅使用RSI
- 启用背景颜色和标签
- 关注50水平穿越
- 简单有效
**中级交易者：**
- RSI + 常规背离
- 添加CCI确认
- 使用双重视角
- 更高准确度
**高级交易者：**
- 全部三个指标
- 完整背离检测
- 多时间框架分析
- 信息最大化
#### 振荡器优先级
**主要**：RSI (22)
- 最可靠
- 最佳背离检测
- 适用所有时间框架
- 用作主要决策依据
**次要**：CCI (33/77)
- 添加周期分析
- 确认效果好
- 双周期穿越有价值
- 用于确认RSI信号
**第三**：威廉指标 %R (28)
- 极值读数有用
- 更波动
- 最适合短期
- 谨慎使用以获额外确认
#### 时间框架考虑
**低时间框架（1分钟-15分钟）：**
- 更多信号，可靠性较低
- 使用紧密背离参数
- 关注RSI穿越
- 快速进出
**中等时间框架（30分钟-4小时）：**
- 信号频率平衡
- 默认设置效果好
- 最适合背离交易
- 波段交易最优
**高时间框架（日线+）：**
- 信号较少但更强
- 扩大背离范围
- 所有指标更可靠
- 最适合仓位交易
#### 背离交易技巧
1. **等待确认**
- 仅背离不够
- 需要价格结构突破
- 成交量帮助验证
2. **极值处最佳**
- 80/20水平附近的背离最可靠
- 中间水平背离常失败
- 结合支撑/阻力
3. **多重背离**
- 第二次背离强于第一次
- 第三次背离极其强大
- 注意"三重背离"
4. **时间框架对齐**
- 检查更高时间框架方向
- 顺大趋势方向交易背离
- 逆势背离风险更大
### 指标组合
**与移动平均线配合：**
- 使用EMA（21/55/144）确定趋势
- KSI用于入场时机
- 两者一致时进入
**与成交量配合：**
- 成交量确认突破
- 背离 + 成交量背离 = 更强
- 极值处低成交量 = 可能反转
**与支撑/阻力配合：**
- 价格水平作为目标
- KSI用于入场时机
- 水平处的背离 = 最高概率
**与Bias指标配合：**
- Bias显示价格偏离
- KSI显示动量
- 两者都背离 = 强反转信号
**与OBV指标配合：**
- OBV显示成交量趋势
- KSI显示价格动量
- 成交量/动量背离强大
### 常见形态
1. **看涨反转**：所有振荡器超卖 + RSI看涨背离
2. **看跌反转**：所有振荡器超买 + RSI看跌背离
3. **趋势加速**：RSI > 50，两条CCI上升，威廉指标不极端
4. **趋势减弱**：价格上升时RSI下降（背离前警告）
5. **强趋势**：所有振荡器长时间保持在50上方/下方
6. **盘整**：振荡器频繁穿越50无极值
7. **衰竭**：多个振荡器在极值 + 隐藏背离失败
### 性能提示
- 从简单开始：仅RSI
- 学习时逐渐添加指标
- 禁用未使用功能以保持图表清晰
- 策略性使用标签（不总是开启）
- 为您的市场测试不同RSI长度
- 根据波动性调整背离参数
### 警报条件
指标包含以下警报：
- RSI向上穿越50
- RSI向下穿越50
- RSI常规看涨背离
- RSI常规看跌背离
- RSI隐藏看涨背离
- RSI隐藏看跌背离
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## Technical Support
For questions or issues, please refer to the TradingView community or contact the indicator creator.
## 技术支持
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[ArchLabs] Support & Resitance Levels Support & Resistance Levels — SR-v1.100
Smart, auto-managed zones for clean market structure
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🔍 What this indicator does
This script automatically finds and maintains high-quality support & resistance zones on your chart, so you don’t have to keep redrawing levels by hand.
It:
• Detects major swing highs and lows (pivots)
• Builds support and resistance zones (not just thin lines)
• Filters out overlapping / redundant levels
• Tracks how price interacts with those zones in real time
• Marks and alerts:
• ✅ Breakouts
• 🚨 False breakouts
• 🔁 Retests
• Flips broken support → resistance and resistance → support automatically
You get a clean structural map of the market, continuously updated.
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🧠 How levels are built (conceptually)
1. The indicator looks back over a configurable window and finds significant highs and lows (pivots).
2. From each confirmed pivot, it creates:
• A core level price (horizontal line)
• A price area around it (shaded zone), sized relative to recent price range/volatility
3. It then checks for overlaps between existing levels and new candidates:
• If a new level is too close to an existing one (within your overlap threshold), it gets discarded.
• This keeps only the most meaningful, non-redundant levels on the chart.
4. A cap of around 10 levels per side (support / resistance) keeps the view readable.
The result: a curated set of zones that actually matter, not a wall of lines.
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🎨 Visuals on the chart
You’ll see:
• Support zones
• Line: bullish color (default green)
• Area: semi-transparent band below/around the line
• Resistance zones
• Line: bearish color (default red)
• Area: semi-transparent band above/around the line
Colors are customizable for:
• Level line
• Zone area
• Breakout highlight
• Retest label
This makes it easy to visually separate support vs resistance and quickly spot key reactions.
⸻
⚡ Dynamic behavior & level lifecycle
Each level goes through a natural “life cycle,” which the indicator tracks for you:
1. Active zone
• The level is valid and extended to the right as long as price stays “engaged” with it (using smoothed highs/lows to avoid noise).
2. Extension / pause
• When price pulls away from the level far enough, the extension can temporarily stop so the level doesn’t stretch indefinitely without interaction.
• If price comes back into the zone with meaningful action, the level can resume extension.
3. Break & role reversal
• When price cleanly breaks the level (based on smoothed price, not just a wick), the zone is:
• Stopped and locked in place
• Marked as broken
• Immediately cloned and flipped:
• Broken support becomes a new resistance zone at the same area.
• Broken resistance becomes a new support zone.
This gives you automatic role-reversal levels without manually redrawing anything.
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🧷 Event tags & alerts
The indicator tracks three key interactions with each zone:
1. Breakouts (optional)
When price decisively breaks a level:
• A small breakout label appears on/near the level:
• Support broken → bearish breakout style
• Resistance broken → bullish breakout style
• An alert message is fired (if alerts are enabled on the script)
Use this to catch true structural breaks that may signal trend continuation or regime change.
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2. False breakouts (optional)
False breakouts are marked when price:
• Wicks through a level, but
• Fails to close beyond it and quickly returns inside the zone
When detected:
• A 🚨 FB label appears at the level
• The label tracks with price while the false breakout is active
• An alert can fire each time this behavior is confirmed
This is very useful for reversal traders and anyone fading failed breakouts.
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3. Retests (optional)
Retests are detected when:
• Price re-enters a zone after previously moving away from it
• The candle comes back into the area for the first time in this new approach
The script:
• Marks the retest with a “T” label in a distinct color for support vs resistance
• Brings that level to the top of the internal priority list, keeping fresh retests visually and logically “hot”
Traders often use these as high-probability reaction points (e.g., breakout → retest → continuation).
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⚙️ Key settings
All inputs are grouped for clarity:
Support / Resistance Levels
• Pivots Lookback
Controls how far back the indicator looks for swing highs/lows.
• Higher value → fewer, stronger levels
• Lower value → more reactive, more levels
• Overlap Multiplier (Pips)
Sets how aggressively overlapping levels are merged/ignored.
• Higher value → fewer levels, more consolidation
• Lower value → more granular levels
• Auto Overlap
When enabled, the script automatically adjusts the overlap threshold based on timeframe:
• Intraday lower timeframes → tighter filtering
• Higher/intra-session → more appropriate scaling
This lets you drop the indicator on multiple timeframes without constantly retuning.
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Level Event Toggles
• Breakout Labels & Alerts (on/off)
• False Breakout Labels & Alerts (on/off)
• Retest Labels & Alerts (on/off)
Turn on only what fits your style.
Scalpers might want all three; swing traders may prefer only breakouts + retests.
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Support / Resistance Colors
Separate color groups for:
• Line & area of support levels
• Line & area of resistance levels
• Visual styling for breakouts
• Visual styling for retests
You can match your existing chart theme or build a dedicated SR layout.
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📈 How to use it in your trading
Here are a few practical ways to integrate this indicator:
• Context map
Use it as a structural overlay on any symbol/timeframe to see where price is likely to react.
• Breakout + retest setups
• Wait for a level to break with a breakout label.
• Then watch for a T (retest) label into the flipped zone.
• Combine with your own confirmation (price action, volume, oscillators, etc.).
• Mean-reversion & fade trades
• Hunt for false breakout (FB) labels on key levels.
• These are often good spots to fade aggressive moves that lose momentum.
• Confluence builder
• Combine zones with trend tools, VR/DC, moving averages, or higher timeframe structure.
• A breakout/retest at a level that also lines up with higher TF structure can be especially meaningful.
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✅ Summary
Support & Resistance Levels (SR-v1.100) is designed to be:
• Clean – no cluttered spaghetti of lines
• Adaptive – zones evolve with the market and flip roles automatically
• Actionable – breakout, false breakout, and retest events are clearly marked and alert-ready
• Flexible – works on any market and timeframe with simple, intuitive inputs
Drop it on your chart, tune the lookback & overlap to your style, and let it handle the heavy lifting of structural mapping while you focus on decisions.
Advanced Intraday Darvas BoxThis indicator applies a modern Darvas Box strategy for intraday traders, using non-repainting pivot detection combined with strong filters to reduce chart noise:
Confirmed swing highs and lows: Boxes only form when genuine swing pivots appear, ensuring fully non-repainting signals.
Minimum box height: Small, "noise" boxes are filtered out using ATR multiples for meaningful zones.
Trend filter: Choose EMA, SMA, or VWAP to lock boxes and breakouts to market direction.
Volume confirmation: Boxes are only confirmed when volume is above a user-defined threshold, highlighting high-participation moves.
Breakout filter: Signals trigger only if the breakout candle closes substantially beyond the box, reducing false breakouts.
Limited box display: Recent boxes only, keeping your chart clean and readable.
Features & Inputs
Pivot sensitivity: Set the number of bars for swing calculation.
Box filtering: Specify the minimum ATR multiple for box size.
Trend selection: EMA, SMA, VWAP, or None.
Volume filter & threshold: Activate for greater breakout confidence.
Breakout/Breakdown strength: Set how far price must close beyond the box to signal power.
Maximum boxes: Control the number of active boxes to keep the chart clear.
How to Add and Use
Add to Chart:
Click the “Add to Favorite Scripts” star to mark this indicator.
Open your desired intraday chart (1m–30m works best).
Click “Indicators,” search for “Advanced Intraday Darvas Box,” and add to your chart.
Customize Inputs:
Use the settings gear ⚙️ to adjust pivot sensitivity, trend logic, box filtering, and volume confirmation.
Lower minimum box height or pivot length for more frequent signals. Raise them for sparser, higher conviction setups.
Reading Darvas Boxes:
Box Edges: Horizontal lines mark resistance (top) and support (bottom) of detected zones.
Shaded regions: Highlight the most relevant trading zones and where price could coil before breakout.
Breakout labels (↑/↓): These appear only when price makes a powerful, confirmed move beyond the box edge—aligned with trend.
Alerts: Turn on chart alerts using the “Strong Bullish Breakout” or “Strong Bearish Breakdown” alert conditions for automated signal monitoring.
Best Practices:
Use Darvas boxes to complement price action analysis. Combine with candlestick patterns, volume spikes, and other price structure.
Only trade strong breakout signals confirmed by volume and market direction.
Avoid excessive boxes—adjust "Max Boxes" and filters for your instrument and timeframe.
Important
This indicator is non-repainting and built for display clarity and clean signals.
No brokerage automation, no external linking, and pure price/volume logic—fully compliant with TradingView House Rules.
Always test settings and confirmations before using for live decision-making.
chanlun缠论 - 笔与中枢Overview
The Chanlun (缠论) Strokes & Central Zones indicator is an advanced technical analysis tool based on Chinese Chan Theory (Chanlun Theory). It automatically identifies market structure through "strokes" (笔) and "central hubs" (中枢), providing traders with a systematic framework for understanding price movements, trend structure, and potential reversal zones.
Theoretical Foundation
Chan Theory is a sophisticated price action methodology that breaks down market movements into hierarchical structures:
Local Extremes: Swing highs and lows identified through lookback periods
Strokes (笔): Valid price movements between opposite extremes that meet specific criteria
Central Hubs (中枢): Consolidation zones formed by overlapping strokes, representing key support/resistance areas
Key Components
1. Local Extreme Detection
Identifies swing highs and lows using a configurable lookback period (default: 5 bars)
Only considers extremes within the specified calculation range
Forms the foundation for stroke construction
2. Stroke (笔) Identification
The indicator applies a multi-stage filtering process to identify valid strokes:
Stage 1 - Extreme Consolidation:
Merges consecutive extremes of the same type (high or low)
Keeps only the most extreme value (highest high or lowest low)
Stage 2 - Stroke Validation:
Ensures minimum bar gap between strokes (default: 4 bars)
Alternative validation: 2+ bars with >1% price change
Eliminates noise and insignificant price movements
Color Coding:
White Lines: Regular up/down strokes
Yellow Lines: Strokes that form part of a central hub
Customizable width and colors for different stroke types
3. Central Hub (中枢) Formation
A central hub forms when at least 3 consecutive strokes have overlapping price ranges:
Formation Rules:
Stroke 1:
Stroke 2:
Stroke 3:
Hub Upper = MIN(High1, High2, High3)
Hub Lower = MAX(Low1, Low2, Low3)
Valid if: Hub Upper > Hub Lower
Hub Extension:
Subsequent strokes that overlap with the hub extend it
Hub ends when a stroke no longer overlaps
Creates rectangular zones on the chart
Visual Representation:
Green rectangular boxes: Mark the time and price range of each central hub
Dashed extension lines: Show the latest hub boundaries extending to the right
Price labels on axis: Display exact hub upper and lower boundary values
4. Extreme Point Markers (Optional)
Red markers for tops (▼)
Green markers for bottoms (▲)
Marks every validated stroke extreme point
Useful for detailed structure analysis
5. Information Table (Optional)
Displays real-time statistics:
Symbol name
Current timeframe
Lookback period setting
Minimum gap setting
Total stroke count
Parameter Settings
Performance Settings
Max Bars to Calculate (3600): Limits historical calculation to improve performance
Local Extreme Lookback Period (5): Bars used to identify swing highs/lows
Min Gap Bars (4): Minimum bars required between valid strokes
Display Settings
Show Strokes: Toggle stroke line visibility
Show Central Hub: Toggle hub box visibility
Show Hub Extension Lines: Toggle dashed boundary lines
Show Extreme Point Marks: Toggle top/bottom markers
Show Info Table: Toggle statistics table
Color Settings
Full customization of:
Up/down stroke colors and widths
Hub stroke colors and widths
Hub border and background colors
Extension line colors
Trading Applications
Trend Structure Analysis
Uptrend: Series of higher highs and higher lows connected by strokes
Downtrend: Series of lower highs and lower lows connected by strokes
Consolidation: Formation of central hubs indicating range-bound movement
Support and Resistance Identification
Central Hub Zones: Act as strong support/resistance areas
Hub Upper Boundary: Resistance level in consolidation, support after breakout
Hub Lower Boundary: Support level in consolidation, resistance after breakdown
Price tends to react at these levels due to market structure memory
Breakout Trading
Bullish Breakout: Price closes above hub upper boundary
Previous resistance becomes support
Entry on retest of upper boundary
Stop loss below hub zone
Bearish Breakdown: Price closes below hub lower boundary
Previous support becomes resistance
Entry on retest of lower boundary
Stop loss above hub zone
Reversal Detection
Hub Formation After Trend: Signals potential trend exhaustion
Multiple Hub Levels: Create probability zones for reversals
Stroke Count: Excessive strokes within hub suggest weakening momentum
Position Management
Use hub boundaries for stop loss placement
Scale out positions at hub edges
Re-enter on retests of broken hub levels
Interpretation Guide
Strong Trending Market
Long, clear strokes with minimal overlap
Few or no central hubs forming
Strokes consistently in same direction
Wide spacing between extremes
Consolidating Market
Multiple central hubs forming
Short, overlapping strokes
Yellow hub strokes dominate the chart
Narrow price range
Trend Transition
Hub formation after extended trend
Stroke direction changes frequently
Hub boundaries being tested repeatedly
Potential reversal zone
Advanced Usage Techniques
Multi-Timeframe Analysis
Higher Timeframe: Identify major hub zones for overall market structure
Lower Timeframe: Find precise entry points within larger structure
Alignment: Trade when lower timeframe strokes align with higher timeframe hub breaks
Hub Quality Assessment
Wide Hubs: Strong consolidation, higher probability support/resistance
Narrow Hubs: Weak consolidation, may break easily
Extended Hubs: More strokes = stronger zone
Isolated Hubs: Single hub = potential pivot point
Stroke Analysis
Stroke Length: Longer strokes = stronger momentum
Stroke Speed: Fewer bars per stroke = explosive moves
Stroke Clustering: Many short strokes = indecision
Best Practices
Parameter Optimization
Adjust lookback period based on timeframe and volatility
Lower periods (3-4): More strokes, more noise, faster signals
Higher periods (7-10): Fewer strokes, cleaner structure, slower signals
Confirmation Strategy
Don't trade on strokes alone
Combine with volume analysis
Use candlestick patterns at hub boundaries
Wait for breakout confirmation
Risk Management
Always place stops outside hub zones
Use hub width to size positions (wider hub = smaller position)
Exit if price re-enters broken hub from wrong direction
Avoid Common Pitfalls
Don't trade within central hubs (range-bound, unpredictable)
Don't ignore higher timeframe hub structures
Don't chase strokes after they've extended far from hub
Don't trust single-stroke hubs (need 3+ strokes for validity)
Performance Considerations
Max Bars Limit: Set to 3600 to balance detail with performance
Safe Distance Calculation: Only draws objects within 2000 bars of current price
Object Cleanup: Automatically removes old drawing objects to prevent memory issues
Efficient Arrays: Uses indexed arrays for fast lookup and processing
Ideal Market Conditions
Best Performance:
Liquid markets with clear structure (major forex pairs, indices, large-cap stocks)
Trending markets with periodic consolidations
Medium to high volatility for clear stroke formation
Less Effective:
Extremely choppy, directionless markets
Very low timeframes (< 5 minutes) with excessive noise
Illiquid instruments with erratic price action
Integration with Other Indicators
Complementary Tools:
Volume Profile: Confirm hub significance with volume nodes
Moving Averages: Use for trend bias within stroke structure
RSI/MACD: Momentum confirmation at hub boundaries
Fibonacci Retracements: Hub levels often align with Fib levels
Advantages
✓ Objective Structure: Removes subjectivity from market structure analysis
✓ Visual Clarity: Color-coded strokes and clear hub zones
✓ Multi-Timeframe Applicable: Works on all timeframes from minutes to months
✓ Complete Framework: Provides entry, exit, and risk management levels
✓ Theoretical Foundation: Based on proven Chan Theory methodology
✓ Customizable: Extensive parameter and visual customization options
Limitations
⚠ Learning Curve: Requires understanding of Chan Theory principles
⚠ Lag Factor: Strokes confirm after price movements complete
⚠ Parameter Sensitivity: Different settings produce significantly different results
⚠ Choppy Market Struggles: Can generate excessive hubs in range-bound conditions
⚠ Computation Intensive: May slow down on lower-end systems with max bars setting
Optimization Tips
Timeframe Selection
Scalping: 5-15 minute charts, lookback period 3-4
Day Trading: 15-60 minute charts, lookback period 4-5
Swing Trading: 4-hour to daily charts, lookback period 5-7
Position Trading: Daily to weekly charts, lookback period 7-10
Volatility Adjustment
High volatility: Increase minimum gap bars to reduce noise
Low volatility: Decrease lookback period to capture smaller moves
Visual Optimization
Use contrasting colors for different market conditions
Adjust line widths based on chart resolution
Toggle markers off for cleaner appearance once familiar with structure
Quick Start Guide
For Beginners:
Start with default settings (5 lookback, 4 min gap)
Enable "Show Info Table" to track stroke count
Focus on identifying clear hub formations
Practice waiting for price to break hub boundaries before trading
For Advanced Users:
Optimize lookback and gap parameters for your instrument
Use hub strokes (yellow) to identify key consolidation zones
Combine with multiple timeframes for confirmation
Develop entry rules based on hub breakout/retest patterns
This indicator provides a complete structural framework for understanding market behavior through the lens of Chan Theory, offering traders a systematic approach to identifying high-probability trading opportunities.
TraderDemircan Auto Fibonacci RetracementDescription:
What This Indicator Does:This indicator automatically identifies significant swing high and swing low points within a customizable lookback period and draws comprehensive Fibonacci retracement and extension levels between them. Unlike the manual Fibonacci tool that requires you to constantly redraw levels as price action evolves, this automated version continuously updates the Fibonacci grid based on the most recent major swing points, ensuring you always have current and relevant support/resistance zones displayed on your chart.Key Features:
Automatic Swing Detection: Continuously scans the specified lookback period to find the most significant high and low points, eliminating manual drawing errors
Comprehensive Level Coverage: Plots 16 Fibonacci levels including 7 retracement levels (0.0 to 1.0) and 9 extension levels (1.115 to 3.618)
Top-Down Methodology: Draws from swing high to swing low (right-to-left), following the traditional Fibonacci retracement convention where 100% is at the top
Dual Labeling System: Shows both exact price values and Fibonacci percentages for easy reference
Complete Customization: Individual toggle controls and color selection for each of the 16 levels
Flexible Display Options: Adjust line thickness (1-5), style (solid/dashed/dotted), and extension direction (left/right/both)
Visual Swing Markers: Red diamond at the swing high (starting point) and green diamond at the swing low (ending point)
Optional Trend Line: Connects the two swing points to visualize the overall price movement direction
How It Works:The indicator employs a sophisticated swing point detection algorithm that operates in two stages:Stage 1 - Find the Swing Low (Support Base):
Scans the entire lookback period to identify the lowest low, which becomes the anchor point (0.0 level in traditional retracement terms, though displayed at the bottom of the grid).Stage 2 - Find the Swing High (Resistance Peak):
After identifying the swing low, searches for the highest high that occurred after that low point, establishing the swing range. This creates a valid price movement range for Fibonacci analysis.Fibonacci Calculation Method:
The indicator uses the top-down approach where:
1.0 Level = Swing High (100% retracement, the top)
0.0 Level = Swing Low (0% retracement, the bottom)
Retracement Levels (0.236 to 0.786) = Potential support zones during pullbacks from the high
Extension Levels (1.115 to 3.618) = Potential target zones below the swing low
Formula: Price = SwingHigh - (SwingHigh - SwingLow) × FibonacciLevelThis ensures that 0.0 is at the bottom and extensions (>1.0) plot below the swing low, following standard Fibonacci retracement convention.Fibonacci Levels Explained:Retracement Levels (0.0 - 1.0):
0.0 (Gray): Swing low - the base support level
0.236 (Red): Shallow retracement, first minor support
0.382 (Orange): Moderate retracement, commonly watched support
0.5 (Purple): Psychological midpoint, significant support/resistance
0.618 (Blue - Golden Ratio): The most important retracement level, high-probability reversal zone
0.786 (Cyan): Deep retracement, last defense before full reversal
1.0 (Gray): Swing high - the initial resistance level
Extension Levels (1.115 - 3.618):
1.115 (Green): First extension, minimal downside target
1.272 (Light Green): Minor extension, common profit target
1.414 (Yellow-Green): Square root of 2, mathematical significance
1.618 (Gold - Golden Extension): Primary downside target, most watched extension level
2.0 (Orange-Red): 200% extension, psychological round number
2.382 (Pink): Secondary extension target
2.618 (Purple): Deep extension, major target zone
3.272 (Deep Purple): Extreme extension level
3.618 (Blue): Maximum extension, rare but powerful target
How to Use:For Retracement Trading (Buying Pullbacks in Uptrends):
Wait for price to make a significant move up from swing low to swing high
When price starts pulling back, watch for reactions at key Fibonacci levels
Most common entry zones: 0.382, 0.5, and especially 0.618 (golden ratio)
Enter long positions when price shows reversal signals (candlestick patterns, volume increase) at these levels
Place stop loss below the next Fibonacci level
Target: Return to swing high or higher extension levels
For Extension Trading (Profit Targets):
After price breaks below the swing low (0.0 level), use extensions as profit targets
First target: 1.272 (conservative)
Primary target: 1.618 (golden extension - most commonly reached)
Extended target: 2.618 (for strong trends)
Extreme target: 3.618 (only in powerful trending moves)
For Counter-Trend Trading (Fading Extremes):
When price reaches deep retracements (0.786 or below), look for exhaustion signals
Watch for divergences between price and momentum indicators at these levels
Enter reversal trades with tight stops below the swing low
Target: 0.5 or 0.382 levels on the bounce
For Trend Continuation:
In strong uptrends, shallow retracements (0.236 to 0.382) often hold
Use these as low-risk entry points to join the existing trend
Failure to hold 0.5 suggests weakening momentum
Breaking below 0.618 often indicates trend reversal, not just retracement
Multi-Timeframe Strategy:
Use daily timeframe Fibonacci for major support/resistance zones
Use 4H or 1H Fibonacci for precise entry timing within those zones
Confluence between multiple timeframe Fibonacci levels creates high-probability zones
Example: Daily 0.618 level aligning with 4H 0.5 level = strong support
Settings Guide:Lookback Period (10-500):
Short (20-50): Captures recent swings, more frequent updates, suited for day trading
Medium (50-150): Balanced approach, good for swing trading (default: 100)
Long (150-500): Identifies major market structure, suited for position trading
Higher values = more stable levels but slower to adapt to new trends
Pivot Sensitivity (1-20):
Controls how many candles are required to confirm a swing point
Low (1-5): More sensitive, identifies minor swings (default: 5)
High (10-20): Less sensitive, only major swings qualify
Use higher sensitivity on lower timeframes to filter noise
Individual Level Toggles:
Enable only the levels you actively trade to reduce chart clutter
Common minimalist setup: Show only 0.382, 0.5, 0.618, 1.0, 1.618, 2.618
Comprehensive setup: Enable all levels for maximum information
Visual Customization:
Line Thickness: Thicker lines (3-5) for presentation, thinner (1-2) for trading
Line Style: Solid for primary levels (0.5, 0.618, 1.618), dashed/dotted for secondary
Price Labels: Essential for knowing exact entry/exit prices
Percent Labels: Helpful for quickly identifying which Fibonacci level you're looking at
Extension Direction: Extend right for forward-looking analysis, left for historical context
What Makes This Original:While Fibonacci indicators are common on TradingView, this script's originality comes from:
Intelligent Two-Stage Detection: Unlike simple high/low finders, this uses a sequential approach (find low first, then find the high that occurred after it), ensuring logical price flow representation
Comprehensive Level Set: Includes 16 levels spanning from retracement to extreme extensions, more than most Fibonacci tools
Top-Down Methodology: Properly implements the traditional Fibonacci retracement convention (high to low) rather than the reverse
Automatic Range Validation: Only draws Fibonacci when both swing points are valid and in the correct temporal order
Dual Extension Options: Separate controls for extending lines left (historical context) and right (forward projection)
Smart Label Positioning: Places percentage labels on the left and price labels on the right for clarity
Visual Swing Confirmation: Diamond markers at swing points help users understand why levels are positioned where they are
Important Considerations:
Historical Nature: Fibonacci retracements are based on past price swings; they don't predict future moves, only suggest potential support/resistance
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Fibonacci levels work partly because many traders watch them, creating actual support/resistance at those levels
Not All Levels Hold: In strong trends, price may slice through multiple Fibonacci levels without pausing
Context Matters: Fibonacci works best when aligned with other support/resistance (previous highs/lows, moving averages, trendlines)
Volume Confirmation: The most reliable Fibonacci reversals occur with volume spikes at key levels
Dynamic Updates: The levels will redraw as new swing highs/lows form, so don't rely solely on static screenshots
Best Practices:
Don't Trade Blindly: Fibonacci levels are zones, not exact prices. Look for confirmation (candlestick patterns, indicators, volume)
Combine with Price Action: Watch for pin bars, engulfing candles, or doji at key Fibonacci levels
Use Stop Losses: Place stops beyond the next Fibonacci level to give trades room but limit risk
Scale In/Out: Consider entering partial positions at 0.5 and adding more at 0.618 rather than all-in at one level
Check Multiple Timeframes: Daily Fibonacci + 4H Fibonacci convergence = high-probability zone
Respect the 0.618: This golden ratio level is historically the most reliable for reversals
Extensions Need Strong Trends: Don't expect extensions to be hit unless there's clear momentum beyond the swing low
Optimal Timeframes:
Scalping (1-5 minutes): Lookback 20-30, watch 0.382, 0.5, 0.618 only
Day Trading (15m-1H): Lookback 50-100, all retracement levels important
Swing Trading (4H-Daily): Lookback 100-200, focus on 0.5, 0.618, 0.786, and extensions
Position Trading (Daily-Weekly): Lookback 200-500, all levels relevant for long-term planning
Common Fibonacci Trading Mistakes to Avoid:
Wrong Swing Selection: Choosing insignificant swings produces meaningless levels
Premature Entry: Entering as soon as price touches a Fibonacci level without confirmation
Ignoring Trend: Fighting the main trend by buying deep retracements in downtrends
Over-Reliance: Using Fibonacci in isolation without confirming with other technical factors
Static Analysis: Not updating your Fibonacci as market structure evolves
Arbitrary Lookback: Using the same lookback period for all assets and timeframes
Integration with Other Tools:Fibonacci + Moving Averages:
When 0.618 level aligns with 50 or 200 EMA, confluence creates stronger support
Price bouncing from both Fibonacci and MA simultaneously = high-probability trade
Fibonacci + RSI/Stochastic:
Oversold indicators at 0.618 or deeper retracements = strong buy signal
Overbought indicators at swing high (1.0) = potential reversal warning
Fibonacci + Volume Profile:
High-volume nodes aligning with Fibonacci levels create robust support/resistance
Low-volume areas near Fibonacci levels may see rapid price movement through them
Fibonacci + Trendlines:
Fibonacci retracement level + ascending trendline = double support
Breaking both simultaneously confirms trend change
Technical Notes:
Uses ta.lowest() and ta.highest() for efficient swing detection across the lookback period
Implements dynamic line and label arrays for clean redraws without memory leaks
All calculations update in real-time as new bars form
Extension options allow customization without modifying core code
Format.mintick ensures price labels match the symbol's minimum price increment
Tooltip on swing markers shows exact price values for precision
Choch Pattern Levels WITH ALERTS [credit to: @BigBeluga]🔵 OVERVIEW
The Choch Pattern Levels WITH ALERTS indicator automatically detects Change of Character (CHoCH) shifts in market structure — crucial moments that often signal early trend reversals or major directional transitions. It plots the structural break level, visualizes the pattern zone with triangle overlays, and tracks delta volume to help traders assess the strength behind each move. Now, an additional feature of alerts have been included!
🔵 CONCEPTS
CHoCH Pattern: A bullish CHoCH forms when price breaks a previous swing high after a swing low, while a bearish CHoCH appears when price breaks a swing low after a prior swing high.
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Break Level Mapping: The indicator identifies the highest or lowest point between the pivot and the breakout, marking it with a clean horizontal level where price often reacts.
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Delta Volume Tracking: Net bullish or bearish volume is accumulated between the pivot and the breakout, revealing the momentum and conviction behind each CHoCH.
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Chart Clean-Up: If price later closes through the CHoCH level, the zone is automatically removed to maintain clarity and focus on active setups only.
🔵 FEATURES
Automatic CHoCH pattern detection using pivot-based logic.
Triangle shapes show structure break: pivot → breakout → internal high/low.
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Horizontal level marks the structural zone with a ◯ symbol.
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Optional delta volume label with directional sign (+/−).
Green visuals for bullish CHoCHs, red for bearish.
Fully auto-cleaning invalidated levels to reduce clutter.
Clean organization of all lines, labels, and overlays.
User-defined Length input to adjust pivot sensitivity.
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NEW! - alert system inserted to Pinescript for either: any triangle forms or whether a bullish "green" triangle or bearish "red" triangle forms - providing real-time alerts for whenever timeframe chart you've selected while creating the alert.
🔵 HOW TO USE
Use CHoCH levels as early trend reversal zones or confirmation signals.
Treat bullish CHoCHs as support zones, bearish CHoCHs as resistance.
Look for high delta volume to validate the strength behind each CHoCH.
Combine with other BigBeluga tools like supply/demand, FVGs, or liquidity maps for confluence.
Adjust pivot Length based on your strategy — shorter for intraday, longer for swing trading.
🔵 CONCLUSION
Choch Pattern Levels WITH ALERTS highlights key structural breaks that can mark the start of new trends. By combining precise break detection with volume analytics and automatic cleanup, it provides actionable insights into the true intent behind price moves — giving traders a clean edge in spotting early reversals and key reaction zones with real-time alerts for precision to evaluate and enter markets.
Smart VWAP FVG SystemSmart VWAP FVG System - Professional Multi-Filter Trading Indicator
📊 OVERVIEW
The Smart VWAP FVG System is an advanced multi-layered trading indicator that combines institutional volume analysis, multi-timeframe VWAP trend confirmation, and Fair Value Gap detection to identify high-probability trade entries. This indicator uses a sophisticated filtering mechanism where signals appear only when multiple independent confirmation criteria align simultaneously.
Recommended Timeframe: 5-minute (M5) or higher. The indicator works best on M5, M15, and M30 charts for intraday trading.
🎯 ORIGINALITY & PURPOSE
This indicator is original because it combines three distinct analytical methods into a unified decision-making system:
Market Profile Volume Analysis - Identifies institutional accumulation/distribution zones
Dual VWAP Filtering - Confirms trend direction using two independent VWAP calculations
Fair Value Gap Detection - Validates institutional interest through price inefficiency zones
The key innovation is the directional filter system: the primary Market Profile generates BUY-ONLY or SELL-ONLY states based on higher timeframe value area reversals, which then controls which signals from the main system are displayed. This creates a multi-timeframe confluence that significantly reduces false signals.
Unlike simple indicator mashups, each component serves a specific purpose:
Market Profile → Direction bias (trend filter)
Primary VWAP (Session) → Short-term trend confirmation
Secondary VWAP (Week) → Medium-term trend confirmation
FVG Detection → Institutional activity validation
🔧 HOW IT WORKS
1. Primary Market Profile Filter (Higher Timeframe)
The indicator calculates Market Profile on a higher timeframe (default: 1 hour) to determine the overall market structure:
Value Area High (VAH): Top 70% of volume distribution
Value Area Low (VAL): Bottom 70% of volume distribution
Point of Control (POC): Price level with highest volume
When price reaches VAH and reverses down → SELL-ONLY mode activated
When price reaches VAL and reverses up → BUY-ONLY mode activated
This higher timeframe filter ensures you're trading in the direction of institutional flow.
2. Dual VWAP System
Two independent VWAP calculations provide multi-timeframe trend confirmation:
Primary VWAP (Session-based): Resets daily, tracks intraday momentum
Secondary VWAP (Week-based): Resets weekly, confirms longer-term trend
Filter Logic:
BUY signals require: Price > Primary VWAP AND Price > Secondary VWAP
SELL signals require: Price < Primary VWAP AND Price < Secondary VWAP
This dual confirmation prevents counter-trend trades during ranging conditions.
3. Fair Value Gap (FVG) Detection
FVG zones identify price inefficiencies where institutional orders were executed rapidly:
Bullish FVG: Gap between candle .high and candle .low (upward imbalance)
Bearish FVG: Gap between candle .high and candle .low (downward imbalance)
The indicator monitors recent FVG formation (lookback: 50 bars) and requires:
Bullish FVG present for BUY signals
Bearish FVG present for SELL signals
FVG zones are displayed as colored boxes and automatically marked as "mitigated" when price fills the gap.
4. Main Trading Signal Logic
The secondary Market Profile (default: 1 hour) generates the actual trading signals:
BUY Signal Conditions:
Price reaches Value Area Low
Reversal pattern confirmed (minimum 1 bar)
Price > Primary VWAP
Price > Secondary VWAP (if filter enabled)
Recent Bullish FVG detected (if filter enabled)
Primary MP Filter = BUY-ONLY or NEUTRAL
SELL Signal Conditions:
Price reaches Value Area High
Reversal pattern confirmed (minimum 1 bar)
Price < Primary VWAP
Price < Secondary VWAP (if filter enabled)
Recent Bearish FVG detected (if filter enabled)
Primary MP Filter = SELL-ONLY or NEUTRAL
All conditions must be TRUE simultaneously for a signal to appear.
📈 VISUAL ELEMENTS
On Chart:
🟢 Green Triangle (▲) = BUY Signal
🔴 Red Triangle (▼) = SELL Signal
🟦 Blue horizontal lines = Value Area zones
🟡 Yellow line = Point of Control (POC)
🟩 Green boxes = Bullish FVG zones
🟥 Red boxes = Bearish FVG zones
🔵 Blue line = Primary VWAP (Session)
⚪ White line = Secondary VWAP (Week)
Info Panel (Top Right):
Real-time status display showing:
Filter Direction (BUY ONLY / SELL ONLY / NEUTRAL)
Active timeframes for both MP filters
FVG filter status and count
VWAP positions (ABOVE/BELOW)
Signal enablement status
Alert status
⚙️ KEY SETTINGS
MP/TPO Filter Settings (Primary Indicator)
MP Filter Time Frame: 60 minutes (controls directional bias)
Filter Value Area %: 70% (standard Market Profile calculation)
Filter Alert Distance: 1 bar
Filter Min Bars for Reversal: 1 bar
Filter Alert Zone Margin: 0.01 (1%)
FVG Filter Settings
Use FVG Filter: Enabled (toggle on/off)
FVG Timeframe: 60 minutes (1 hour)
FVG Filter Mode: Both (require bullish FVG for BUY, bearish for SELL)
FVG Lookback Period: 50 bars (how far back to search)
Show FVG Formation Signals: Optional visual markers
Max FVG on Chart: 50 zones
Show Mitigated FVG: Display filled gaps
Market Profile Settings
Higher Time Frame: 60 minutes (for main signals)
Percent for Value Area: 70%
Show POC Line: Enabled
Keep Old MPs: Enabled (maintain historical profiles)
Primary VWAP Filter
Use Primary VWAP Filter: Enabled
Primary VWAP Anchor Period: Session (resets daily)
Primary VWAP Source: HLC3 (typical price)
Secondary VWAP Filter
Use Secondary VWAP Filter: Enabled
Secondary VWAP Anchor Period: Week (resets weekly)
Secondary VWAP Filter Mode: Both
Secondary VWAP Line Color: White
Trading Signals
Show Trading Signals on Chart: Enabled
Show SELL Signals: Enabled
Show BUY Signals: Enabled
Alert Distance: 1 bar
Min Bars for Reversal: 1 bar
Alert Zone Margin: 0.01 (1%)
Retest Search Period: 20 bars
Min Bars Between Retests: 5 bars
Show Only Retests: Disabled
Alert Settings
Enable Trading Notifications: Enabled
VAH Reversal Alert: Enabled (SELL signals)
VAL Reversal Alert: Enabled (BUY signals)
Time Filter Settings
Filter Alerts By Time: Optional (exclude specific hours)
⚠️ IMPORTANT WARNINGS & LIMITATIONS
1. Repainting Behavior
CRITICAL: This indicator uses lookahead=barmerge.lookahead_on to access higher timeframe data immediately for FVG detection. This is necessary to provide real-time FVG zone visualization but has the following implications:
FVG zones may shift slightly until the higher timeframe candle closes
FVG detection signals are preliminary until HTF bar confirmation
The main trading signals (triangles) appear on confirmed bars and do not repaint
Best Practice: Always wait for the current timeframe bar to close before acting on signals. The filter status and FVG zones are informational but may adjust as new data arrives.
2. Minimum Timeframe
Do NOT use on timeframes below 5 minutes (M5)
Recommended: M5, M15, M30 for intraday trading
Higher timeframes (H1, H4) can also be used but will generate fewer signals
3. Multiple Filters Can Block Signals
By design, this indicator is conservative. When all filters are enabled:
Signals appear ONLY when all conditions align
You may see extended periods with no signals
This is intentional to reduce false positives
If you see no signals:
Check the Info Panel to see which filters are failing
Consider adjusting FVG lookback period
Temporarily disable FVG filter to test
Verify VWAP filters match current market trend
4. Market Profile Limitations
Market Profile requires sufficient volume data
Low-volume instruments may produce unreliable profiles
Value Areas update only on higher timeframe bar close
Works best on liquid markets (major forex pairs, indices, crypto)
📖 HOW TO USE
Step 1: Add to Chart
Apply indicator to M5 or higher timeframe chart
Ensure chart shows volume data
Use standard candles (NOT Heikin Ashi, Renko, etc.)
Step 2: Configure Settings
Primary MP Filter TF: Set to 60 (1 hour) minimum, or 240 (4 hour) for swing trading
Main MP TF: Set to 60 (1 hour) for intraday signals
FVG Timeframe: Match or exceed main MP timeframe
Leave other settings at default initially
Step 3: Understand the Info Panel
Monitor the top-right panel:
FILTER STATUS: Shows current directional bias
NEUTRAL = Both signals allowed
BUY ONLY = Only green triangles will appear
SELL ONLY = Only red triangles will appear
FVG Filter: Shows if bullish/bearish gaps detected recently
VWAP positions: Confirms trend alignment
Step 4: Take Signals
For BUY Signal (Green Triangle ▲):
Wait for green triangle to appear
Check Info Panel shows ✓ for BUY signals
Confirm current bar has closed
Enter long position
Stop loss: Below recent VAL or swing low
Target: Previous Value Area High or 1.5-2× risk
For SELL Signal (Red Triangle ▼):
Wait for red triangle to appear
Check Info Panel shows ✓ for SELL signals
Confirm current bar has closed
Enter short position
Stop loss: Above recent VAH or swing high
Target: Previous Value Area Low or 1.5-2× risk
Step 5: Risk Management
Risk per trade: Maximum 1-2% of account equity
Position sizing: Adjust based on stop loss distance
Avoid trading: During major news events or time filter periods
Multiple confirmations: Look for confluence with price action (support/resistance, trendlines)
🎓 UNDERLYING CONCEPTS
Market Profile Theory
Developed by J. Peter Steidlmayer in the 1980s, Market Profile organizes price and volume data to identify:
Value Areas: Where 70% of trading activity occurred
POC: Price level with highest acceptance (most volume)
Imbalances: When price moves away from value quickly
This indicator uses TPO (Time Price Opportunity) calculation method to build the volume profile distribution.
VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price)
VWAP represents the average price weighted by volume, showing where institutional traders are positioned:
Price above VWAP = Bullish (institutions accumulated lower)
Price below VWAP = Bearish (institutions distributed higher)
Using dual VWAP (Session + Week) creates multi-timeframe trend alignment.
Fair Value Gaps (FVG)
Also known as "imbalance" or "inefficiency," FVG occurs when:
Price moves so rapidly that a gap forms in the candlestick structure
Indicates institutional order flow (large market orders)
Price often returns to "fill" these gaps (rebalance)
The 3-candle FVG pattern (gap between candle and candle ) is widely used in ICT (Inner Circle Trader) methodology and Smart Money Concepts.
🔍 CREDITS & CODE ATTRIBUTION
This indicator builds upon established technical analysis concepts and combines multiple methodologies:
1. Market Profile / TPO Calculation
Concept Origin: J. Peter Steidlmayer (Chicago Board of Trade, 1980s)
Code Inspiration: TradingView's public domain Market Profile examples
Modifications: Custom filtering logic for directional bias, dual timeframe implementation
2. VWAP Calculation
Concept Origin: Standard financial instrument (widely used since 1980s)
Code Base: TradingView built-in ta.vwap() function (public domain)
Modifications: Dual VWAP system with independent anchor periods, custom filtering modes
3. Fair Value Gap Detection
Concept Origin: Inner Circle Trader (ICT) / Smart Money Concepts methodology
Code Implementation: Original implementation based on 3-candle gap pattern
Features: Multi-timeframe detection, automatic mitigation tracking, visual zone display
4. Pine Script Framework
Language: Pine Script v6 (TradingView)
Built-in Functions Used:
ta.vwap() - Volume weighted average price
request.security() - Higher timeframe data access
ta.change() - Period detection
ta.cum() - Cumulative volume
time() - Timestamp functions
Note: All code is original implementation. While concepts are based on established trading methodologies, the combination, filtering logic, and execution are unique to this indicator.
📊 RECOMMENDED INSTRUMENTS
Best Performance:
Major Forex Pairs (EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY)
Stock Indices (ES, NQ, SPX, DAX)
Major Cryptocurrencies (BTCUSD, ETHUSD)
Liquid Stocks (high daily volume)
Avoid:
Low-volume altcoins
Illiquid stocks
Exotic forex pairs with wide spreads
⚡ PERFORMANCE TIPS
Start Conservative: Enable all filters initially
Reduce Filters Gradually: If too few signals, disable Secondary VWAP filter first
Match Timeframes: Keep MP Filter TF and FVG TF at same value
Backtest First: Review historical performance on your preferred instrument/timeframe
Combine with Price Action: Look for support/resistance confluence
Use Time Filter: Avoid low-liquidity hours (optional setting)
🚫 WHAT THIS INDICATOR DOES NOT DO
Does not guarantee profits - No trading system is 100% accurate
Does not predict the future - Based on historical patterns
Does not replace risk management - Always use stop losses
Does not work on all instruments - Requires volume data and liquidity
Does not provide exact entry/exit prices - Signals are zones, not precise levels
Does not account for fundamentals - Purely technical analysis
📜 DISCLAIMER
This indicator is provided for educational and informational purposes only. It is not financial advice, and past performance does not guarantee future results.
Trading Risk Warning:
All trading involves risk of loss
You can lose more than your initial investment (leverage products)
Only trade with capital you can afford to lose
Always use appropriate position sizing and risk management
Consider seeking advice from a licensed financial advisor
Technical Limitations:
Indicator may repaint FVG zones until HTF bar closes
Signals are based on historical patterns that may not repeat
Market conditions change and no system works in all environments
Volume data quality varies by exchange/broker
By using this indicator, you acknowledge these risks and agree that the author bears no responsibility for trading losses.
📞 SUPPORT & UPDATES
Questions? Comment on this publication
Issues? Describe the problem with chart screenshot
Feature Requests? Suggest improvements in comments
Updates: Will be published as new versions using TradingView's update feature
📝 VERSION HISTORY
Version 1.0 (Current)
Initial public release
Multi-filter system: MP + Dual VWAP + FVG
Directional bias filter
Real-time info panel
Comprehensive alert system
Time-based filtering
Thank you for using Smart VWAP FVG System!
Happy Trading! 📈
Close-Only Market StructureDYOR NFA
Function of the Close-Only Market Structure Script
The script is a custom indicator designed to display the market's structural trend based only on closing prices, ignoring price wicks (highs and lows) to focus on conviction.
pivotLengthInt Input: This user setting controls the sensitivity of the structure detection. It determines how many bars to look left and right to define a swing point (e.g., a setting of 5 means a bar's close must be the highest/lowest of the 5 preceding and 5 succeeding bars).
Swing Point Identification (SH/SL): It uses the ta.pivothigh() and ta.pivotlow() functions on the close price series to define Swing Highs (SH) and Swing Lows (SL).
Structure Tracking (structureType): It compares the most recent confirmed SH and SL against the immediately preceding ones (prevSH and prevSL) to classify the trend as one of the following four states:
HH (Higher High, Higher Low): Strong Uptrend
LL (Lower High, Lower Low): Strong Downtrend
HL/LH: Complex structure, consolidation, or reversal zones.
Structure Lines: It plots two continuous stepped lines (lastSH and lastSL) that hold the price of the most recent confirmed swing points, visually defining the current structure boundaries.
BOS Detection (Break of Structure): It identifies and plots a marker (BOS) when the current bar's close definitively breaks (closes above) the lastSH or closes below the lastSL, signaling a continuation of the trend or a major structural change.
Visual Confirmation:
Plots small SH/SL labels at the confirmed swing points.
Plots small HH/HL/LH/LL labels at the swing points to show the confirmed structural state.
Applies a light background color (green for bullish/ranging-up, red for bearish/ranging-down) for an at-a-glance view of the bias.
Alerts: It provides conditions for setting up notifications when a Bullish BOS or Bearish BOS occurs.
🚀 How to Use the Script
Open TradingView: Go to the chart where you want to apply the indicator.
Open Pine Editor: Click the Pine Editor tab at the bottom of the screen.
Paste and Save:
Copy the final, corrected Pine Script code.
Delete any existing code in the editor and paste the new code.
Click the Save button (or name the script) and then click Add to Chart.
Adjust Settings:
On the chart, hover over the indicator name ("Close-MS v6") and click the Gear Icon (Settings).
Pivot Lookback (L&R): Change this value to adjust sensitivity:
Smaller number (e.g., 3): More swings detected, structure changes faster, more noise.
Larger number (e.g., 10): Fewer swings detected, structure is more significant, less noise (recommended for higher timeframes).
Interpret the Chart:
The Red Stepped Line shows your current resistance (SH).
The Green Stepped Line shows your current support (SL).
Green Background: General bullish bias (making Higher Highs/Lows).
Red Background: General bearish bias (making Lower Highs/Lows).
BOS Triangle: Signals that the price has closed and validated a break of the previous structural high or low.
Set Alerts (Optional):
Click the Alert button (bell icon) on the TradingView toolbar.
Set the Condition to the indicator ("Close-MS v6").
Select the specific Alert Condition you want to monitor (e.g., "Bullish BOS" or "Bearish BOS").
Pinbar MTF - No Repaint# Pinbar MTF - No Repaint Indicator
## Complete Technical Documentation
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## 📊 Overview
**Pinbar MTF (Multi-Timeframe) - No Repaint** is a professional-grade TradingView Pine Script indicator designed to detect high-probability pinbar reversal patterns with advanced filtering systems. The indicator is specifically engineered to be **100% non-repainting**, making it reliable for both live trading and backtesting.
### Key Features
✅ **Non-Repainting** - Signals only appear AFTER bar closes, never disappear
✅ **Three-Layer Filter System** - ATR, SWING, and RSI filters
✅ **Automatic SL/TP Calculation** - Based on risk:reward ratios
✅ **Real-time Alerts** - TradingView notifications for all signals
✅ **Visual Trade Management** - Lines, labels, and areas for entries, stops, and targets
✅ **Backtesting Ready** - Reliable historical data for strategy testing
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## 🎯 What is a Pinbar?
A **Pinbar (Pin Bar/Pinocchio Bar)** is a single candlestick pattern that indicates a potential price reversal:
### Bullish Pinbar (BUY Signal)
- **Long lower wick** (rejection of lower prices)
- **Small body at the top** of the candle
- Shows buyers rejected sellers' attempt to push price down
- Forms at support levels or swing lows
- Entry signal for LONG positions
### Bearish Pinbar (SELL Signal)
- **Long upper wick** (rejection of higher prices)
- **Small body at the bottom** of the candle
- Shows sellers rejected buyers' attempt to push price up
- Forms at resistance levels or swing highs
- Entry signal for SHORT positions
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## 🔧 How the Indicator Works
### 1. **Pinbar Detection Logic**
The indicator analyzes the **previous closed bar ** to identify pinbar patterns:
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Bullish Pinbar Requirements:
- Lower wick > 72% of total candle range (adjustable)
- Upper wick < 28% of total candle range
- Close > Open (bullish candle body)
Bearish Pinbar Requirements:
- Upper wick > 72% of total candle range (adjustable)
- Lower wick < 28% of total candle range
- Close < Open (bearish candle body)
```
**Why check ?** By analyzing the previous completed bar, we ensure the pattern is fully formed and won't change, preventing repainting.
---
### 2. **Three-Layer Filter System**
#### 🔍 **Filter #1: ATR (Average True Range) Filter**
- **Purpose**: Ensures the pinbar has significant size
- **Function**: Only signals if pinbar range ≥ ATR value
- **Benefit**: Filters out small, insignificant pinbars
- **Settings**:
- Enable/Disable toggle
- ATR Period (default: 7)
**Example**: If ATR = 50 pips, only pinbars with 50+ pip range will signal.
---
#### 🔍 **Filter #2: SWING Filter** (Always Active)
- **Purpose**: Confirms pinbar forms at swing highs/lows
- **Function**: Validates the pinbar is an absolute high/low
- **Benefit**: Identifies true reversal points
- **Settings**:
- Swing Candles (default: 3)
**How it works**:
- For bullish pinbar: Checks if low is lowest of past 3 bars
- For bearish pinbar: Checks if high is highest of past 3 bars
**Example**: With 3 swing candles, a bullish pinbar must have the lowest low among the last 3 bars.
---
#### 🔍 **Filter #3: RSI (Relative Strength Index) Filter**
- **Purpose**: Confirms momentum conditions
- **Function**: Prevents signals in extreme momentum zones
- **Benefit**: Avoids counter-trend trades
- **Settings**:
- Enable/Disable toggle
- RSI Period (default: 7)
- RSI Source (Close, Open, High, Low, HL2, HLC3, OHLC4)
- Overbought Level (default: 70)
- Oversold Level (default: 30)
**Logic**:
- Bullish Pinbar: Only signals if RSI < 70 (not overbought)
- Bearish Pinbar: Only signals if RSI > 30 (not oversold)
---
### 3. **Stop Loss Calculation**
Two methods available:
#### Method A: ATR-Based Stop Loss (Recommended)
```
Bullish Pinbar:
SL = Pinbar Low - (1 × ATR)
Bearish Pinbar:
SL = Pinbar High + (1 × ATR)
```
**Benefit**: Dynamic stops that adapt to market volatility
#### Method B: Fixed Pips Stop Loss
```
Bullish Pinbar:
SL = Pinbar Low - (Fixed Pips)
Bearish Pinbar:
SL = Pinbar High + (Fixed Pips)
```
**Settings**:
- Calculate Stop with ATR (toggle)
- Stop Pips without ATR (default: 5)
---
### 4. **Take Profit Calculation**
Take Profit is calculated based on Risk:Reward ratio:
```
Bullish Trade:
TP = Entry + (Entry - SL) × Risk:Reward Ratio
Bearish Trade:
TP = Entry - (SL - Entry) × Risk:Reward Ratio
```
**Example**:
- Entry: 1.2000
- SL: 1.1950 (50 pip risk)
- RR: 2:1
- TP: 1.2100 (100 pip reward = 50 × 2)
**Settings**:
- Risk:Reward Ratio (default: 1.0, range: 0.1 to 10.0)
---
## 📈 Visual Elements
### On-Chart Displays
1. **Signal Markers**
- 🟢 **Green Triangle Up** = Bullish Pinbar (BUY)
- 🔴 **Red Triangle Down** = Bearish Pinbar (SELL)
- Placed directly on the pinbar candle
2. **Entry Labels**
- Green "BUY" label with entry price
- Red "SELL" label with entry price
- Shows exact entry level
3. **Stop Loss Lines**
- 🔴 Red horizontal line
- "SL" label
- Extends 20 bars forward
4. **Take Profit Lines**
- 🟢 Green horizontal line
- "TP" label
- Extends 20 bars forward
5. **Risk/Reward Areas** (Optional)
- Red shaded box = Risk zone (Entry to SL)
- Green shaded box = Reward zone (Entry to TP)
- Visual risk:reward visualization
6. **Info Table** (Top Right)
- Displays current settings
- Shows filter status (ON/OFF)
- Real-time RSI value
- Quick reference panel
---
## 🔔 Alert System
Three alert types available:
### 1. Combined Alert: "Pinbar Signal (Any Direction)"
- Fires for BOTH bullish and bearish pinbars
- **Best for**: General monitoring
- **Message**: "Pinbar Signal Detected on {TICKER} at {PRICE}"
### 2. Bullish Alert: "Bullish Pinbar Alert"
- Fires ONLY for BUY signals
- **Best for**: Long-only strategies
- **Message**: "BUY Signal on {TICKER} at {PRICE}"
### 3. Bearish Alert: "Bearish Pinbar Alert"
- Fires ONLY for SELL signals
- **Best for**: Short-only strategies
- **Message**: "SELL Signal on {TICKER} at {PRICE}"
---
## ⚙️ Input Parameters Reference
### **Filters Group**
| Parameter | Default | Range | Description |
|-----------|---------|-------|-------------|
| ATR Filter on Pinbar Range? | ✅ ON | Boolean | Enable/disable ATR filter |
| ATR Period | 7 | 1+ | Lookback period for ATR calculation |
| Swing Candles | 3 | 1+ | Bars to check for swing high/low |
| RSI Filter on Pinbar? | ❌ OFF | Boolean | Enable/disable RSI filter |
| RSI Period | 7 | 2+ | Lookback period for RSI calculation |
| RSI Source | Close | Multiple | Price data for RSI (Close/Open/High/Low/etc) |
| RSI Overbought Level | 70 | 50-100 | Upper threshold for RSI filter |
| RSI Oversold Level | 30 | 0-50 | Lower threshold for RSI filter |
### **Pinbar Detection Group**
| Parameter | Default | Range | Description |
|-----------|---------|-------|-------------|
| Shadow % vs Body | 72 | 50-95 | Minimum wick size as % of total range |
### **Visualization Group**
| Parameter | Default | Range | Description |
|-----------|---------|-------|-------------|
| Show SL and TP Lines? | ✅ ON | Boolean | Display stop loss and take profit lines |
| Show SL and TP Area? | ❌ OFF | Boolean | Show shaded risk/reward boxes |
### **Risk Management Group**
| Parameter | Default | Range | Description |
|-----------|---------|-------|-------------|
| Risk:Reward Ratio | 1.0 | 0.1-10.0 | Target profit vs risk (1.0 = 1:1, 2.0 = 1:2) |
| Calculate Stop with ATR? | ✅ ON | Boolean | Use ATR for stop calculation |
| Stop Pips without ATR | 5 | 1+ | Fixed pip stop when ATR disabled |
---
## 🚫 Non-Repainting Architecture
### What is Repainting?
**Repainting** occurs when an indicator's historical signals differ from what appeared in real-time. This makes backtesting unreliable and can lead to false confidence in a strategy.
### How This Indicator Prevents Repainting
1. **Closed Bar Analysis**
- All calculations use ` ` offset (previous bar)
- Only analyzes COMPLETED candles
- Signals appear on the bar AFTER the pinbar closes
2. **Confirmed Swing Points**
- Waits for sufficient bar history before signaling
- Only checks historical bars that cannot change
- Prevents premature swing detection
3. **Static Alert Timing**
- Alerts fire only after bar completion
- No conditional logic that changes historically
- Same results in replay mode and live trading
### Verification Method
To verify non-repainting behavior:
1. Apply indicator to chart
2. Note signal locations and prices
3. Refresh browser / reload chart
4. **Signals remain in exact same locations**
---
## 💼 Trading Strategy Guidelines
### Entry Rules
**For Bullish Pinbar (LONG):**
1. Wait for green triangle to appear
2. Enter at close of pinbar (shown in label)
3. Alternative: Enter on break of pinbar high
4. Place stop loss at red SL line
5. Set target at green TP line
**For Bearish Pinbar (SHORT):**
1. Wait for red triangle to appear
2. Enter at close of pinbar (shown in label)
3. Alternative: Enter on break of pinbar low
4. Place stop loss at red SL line
5. Set target at green TP line
### Risk Management
- **Position Sizing**: Risk only 1-2% of account per trade
- **Stop Loss**: Always use the calculated SL (never move it wider)
- **Take Profit**: Use calculated TP or trail stop after 1:1 RR
- **Multiple Timeframes**: Confirm signals on higher timeframe
### Best Practices
✅ **DO:**
- Wait for bar to close before entering
- Trade in direction of higher timeframe trend
- Use on liquid markets with clear support/resistance
- Combine with price action analysis
- Keep a trading journal
❌ **DON'T:**
- Enter before bar closes (prevents seeing full pattern)
- Trade against strong trends
- Ignore the filters (they improve win rate)
- Risk more than 2% per trade
- Trade every signal (be selective)
---
## 📊 Backtesting & Data Export
### Available Data Points
The indicator exports these values for strategy development:
| Output | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| Bullish Signal | 1 = BUY signal, 0 = No signal |
| Bearish Signal | 1 = SELL signal, 0 = No signal |
| Bull SL | Stop loss level for long trades |
| Bull TP | Take profit level for long trades |
| Bull Entry | Entry price for long trades |
| Bear SL | Stop loss level for short trades |
| Bear TP | Take profit level for short trades |
| Bear Entry | Entry price for short trades |
### How to Use in Strategy
These values can be accessed by Pine Script strategies using:
```pine
indicator_values = request.security(syminfo.tickerid, timeframe.period,
)
```
---
## 🎓 Understanding the Filters
### Why Use Multiple Filters?
Single-indicator systems often generate too many false signals. This indicator uses a **confluence approach**:
1. **Pinbar Pattern** = Price rejection detected
2. **+ SWING Filter** = Rejection at key level
3. **+ ATR Filter** = Significant move
4. **+ RSI Filter** = Favorable momentum
**Result**: Higher probability setups with better risk:reward
### Filter Optimization
**Conservative Settings** (Fewer, Higher Quality Signals):
- ATR Filter: ON
- Swing Candles: 5
- RSI Filter: ON
- Shadow %: 75%
**Aggressive Settings** (More Signals, More Noise):
- ATR Filter: OFF
- Swing Candles: 2
- RSI Filter: OFF
- Shadow %: 65%
**Balanced Settings** (Recommended):
- ATR Filter: ON
- Swing Candles: 3
- RSI Filter: OFF (or ON for trending markets)
- Shadow %: 72%
---
## 🔍 Troubleshooting
### "No Signals Appearing"
**Possible Causes:**
1. Filters are too strict
2. No pinbars forming on chart
3. Insufficient bar history
**Solutions:**
- Reduce Shadow % to 65%
- Reduce Swing Candles to 2
- Disable ATR or RSI filters temporarily
- Check that chart has enough data loaded
### "Too Many Signals"
**Solutions:**
- Enable ATR filter
- Increase Swing Candles to 4-5
- Enable RSI filter
- Increase Shadow % to 75-80%
### "Signals Appearing Late"
**This is normal behavior!** The indicator:
- Analyzes previous closed bar
- Signals appear on the bar AFTER the pinbar
- This is what prevents repainting
- Signal latency is 1 bar (by design)
---
## 📝 Technical Specifications
**Indicator Type:** Overlay (displays on price chart)
**Pine Script Version:** 5
**Max Labels:** 500
**Max Lines:** 500
**Repainting:** None (100% non-repainting)
**Data Window Values:** 8 exported values
**Alert Types:** 3 (Combined, Bullish, Bearish)
**Performance:**
- Lightweight script (fast execution)
- Works on all timeframes
- Compatible with all markets (Forex, Crypto, Stocks, Futures)
- No data snooping bias
---
## 🎯 Use Cases
### 1. **Swing Trading**
- Timeframe: Daily, 4H
- Filter Settings: All enabled
- Best for: Catching major reversals
### 2. **Day Trading**
- Timeframe: 15m, 1H
- Filter Settings: ATR + SWING only
- Best for: Intraday reversals
### 3. **Scalping**
- Timeframe: 5m, 15m
- Filter Settings: SWING only (aggressive)
- Best for: Quick reversals (requires experience)
### 4. **Position Trading**
- Timeframe: Weekly, Daily
- Filter Settings: All enabled + high RR (2:1 or 3:1)
- Best for: Long-term trend reversal catches
---
## 🏆 Advantages Over Other Pinbar Indicators
✅ **Guaranteed Non-Repainting** - Many pinbar indicators repaint; this one never does
✅ **Automatic SL/TP** - No manual calculation needed
✅ **Multi-Layer Filtering** - Reduces false signals significantly
✅ **Visual Trade Management** - Clear entry, stop, and target levels
✅ **Flexible Configuration** - Adaptable to any trading style
✅ **Alert System** - Never miss a setup
✅ **Backtesting Ready** - Reliable historical data
✅ **Professional Grade** - Suitable for live trading
---
## 📚 Educational Resources
### Recommended Reading on Pinbars
- "The Pin Bar Trading Strategy" by Nial Fuller
- "Price Action Trading" by Al Brooks
- TradingView Education: Price Action Patterns
### Practice Recommendations
1. Paper trade signals for 20+ trades before live trading
2. Backtest on different timeframes and markets
3. Keep detailed records of all trades
4. Analyze winning vs losing setups
5. Refine filter settings based on results
---
## ⚖️ Disclaimer
This indicator is a tool for technical analysis and does not guarantee profits. Trading involves substantial risk of loss. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
- Always use proper risk management
- Never risk more than you can afford to lose
- Consider your trading experience and objectives
- Seek independent financial advice if needed
---
## 📧 Version Information
**Current Version:** 1.0
**Last Updated:** 2024
**Compatibility:** TradingView Pine Script v5
**Status:** Production Ready
---
## 🔄 Future Enhancements (Potential)
Possible future additions:
- Multi-timeframe confirmation option
- Volume filter integration
- Customizable color schemes
- Win rate statistics display
- Partial profit taking levels
- Trailing stop functionality
---
## 📖 Quick Start Guide
### 5-Minute Setup
1. **Add to Chart**
- Open TradingView
- Go to Pine Editor
- Paste the code
- Click "Add to Chart"
2. **Configure Settings**
- Open indicator settings (gear icon)
- Start with default settings
- Enable "Show SL and TP Lines"
3. **Set Alert**
- Right-click indicator name
- Click "Add Alert"
- Select "Pinbar Signal (Any Direction)"
- Configure notification method
4. **Test**
- Scroll back on chart
- Verify signals make sense
- Check that signals don't repaint
5. **Trade** (After Practice!)
- Wait for alert
- Verify signal quality
- Enter, place SL/TP
- Manage trade
---
## 🎯 Final Thoughts
The **Pinbar MTF - No Repaint** indicator is designed for serious traders who value:
- **Reliability** over flashy signals
- **Quality** over quantity
- **Honesty** over false promises
This indicator will NOT:
- Make you rich overnight
- Win every trade
- Replace proper trading education
This indicator WILL:
- Identify high-probability reversal setups
- Save you analysis time
- Provide consistent, non-repainting signals
- Help you develop a systematic trading approach
**Success in trading comes from:**
1. Proper education (60%)
2. Risk management (30%)
3. Technical tools like this indicator (10%)
Use this tool as part of a complete trading plan, not as a standalone solution.
Hidden Impulse═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
HIDDEN IMPULSE - Multi-Timeframe Momentum Detection System
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OVERVIEW
Hidden Impulse is an advanced momentum oscillator that combines the Schaff Trend Cycle (STC) and Force Index into a comprehensive multi-timeframe trading system. Unlike standard implementations of these indicators, this script introduces three distinct trading setups with specific entry conditions, multi-timeframe confirmation, and trend filtering.
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ORIGINALITY & KEY FEATURES
This indicator is original in the following ways:
1. DUAL-TIMEFRAME STC ANALYSIS
Standard STC implementations work on a single timeframe. This script
simultaneously analyzes STC on both your trading timeframe and a higher
timeframe, providing trend context and filtering out low-probability signals.
2. FORCE INDEX INTEGRATION
The script combines STC with Force Index (volume-weighted price momentum)
to confirm the strength behind price moves. This combination helps identify
when momentum shifts are backed by genuine buying/selling pressure.
3. THREE DISTINCT TRADING SETUPS
Rather than generic overbought/oversold signals, the indicator provides
three specific, rule-based setups:
- Setup A: Classic trend-following entries with multi-timeframe confirmation
- Setup B: Divergence-based reversal entries (highest probability)
- Setup C: Mean-reversion bounce trades at extreme levels
4. INTELLIGENT FILTERING
All signals are filtered through:
- 50 EMA trend direction (prevents counter-trend trades)
- Higher timeframe STC alignment (ensures macro trend agreement)
- Force Index confirmation (validates volume support)
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HOW IT WORKS - TECHNICAL EXPLANATION
SCHAFF TREND CYCLE (STC) CALCULATION:
The STC is a cyclical oscillator that combines MACD concepts with stochastic
smoothing to create earlier and smoother trend signals.
Step 1: Calculate MACD
- Fast MA = EMA(close, Length1) — default 23
- Slow MA = EMA(close, Length2) — default 50
- MACD Line = Fast MA - Slow MA
Step 2: First Stochastic Smoothing
- Apply stochastic calculation to MACD
- Stoch1 = 100 × (MACD - Lowest(MACD, Smoothing)) / (Highest(MACD, Smoothing) - Lowest(MACD, Smoothing))
- Smooth result with EMA(Stoch1, Smoothing) — default 10
Step 3: Second Stochastic Smoothing
- Apply stochastic calculation again to the smoothed stochastic
- This creates the final STC value between 0-100
The dual stochastic smoothing makes STC more responsive than MACD while
being smoother than traditional stochastics.
FORCE INDEX CALCULATION:
Force Index measures the power behind price movements by incorporating volume:
Force Raw = (Close - Close ) × Volume
Force Index = EMA(Force Raw, Period) — default 13
Interpretation:
- Positive Force Index = Buying pressure (bulls in control)
- Negative Force Index = Selling pressure (bears in control)
- Force Index crossing zero = Momentum shift
- Divergences with price = Weakening momentum (reversal signal)
TREND FILTER:
A 50-period EMA serves as the trend filter:
- Price above EMA50 = Uptrend → Only LONG signals allowed
- Price below EMA50 = Downtrend → Only SHORT signals allowed
This prevents counter-trend trading which accounts for most losing trades.
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THE THREE TRADING SETUPS - DETAILED
SETUP A: CLASSIC MOMENTUM ENTRY
Concept: Enter when STC exits oversold/overbought zones with trend confirmation
LONG CONDITIONS:
1. Higher timeframe STC > 25 (macro trend is up)
2. Primary timeframe STC crosses above 25 (momentum turning up)
3. Force Index crosses above 0 OR already positive (volume confirms)
4. Price above 50 EMA (local trend is up)
SHORT CONDITIONS:
1. Higher timeframe STC < 75 (macro trend is down)
2. Primary timeframe STC crosses below 75 (momentum turning down)
3. Force Index crosses below 0 OR already negative (volume confirms)
4. Price below 50 EMA (local trend is down)
Best for: Trending markets, continuation trades
Win rate: Moderate (60-65%)
Risk/Reward: 1:2 to 1:3
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SETUP B: DIVERGENCE REVERSAL (HIGHEST PROBABILITY)
Concept: Identify exhaustion points where price makes new extremes but
momentum (Force Index) fails to confirm
BULLISH DIVERGENCE:
1. Price makes a lower low (LL) over 10 bars
2. Force Index makes a higher low (HL) — refuses to follow price down
3. STC is below 25 (oversold condition)
Trigger: STC starts rising AND Force Index crosses above zero
BEARISH DIVERGENCE:
1. Price makes a higher high (HH) over 10 bars
2. Force Index makes a lower high (LH) — refuses to follow price up
3. STC is above 75 (overbought condition)
Trigger: STC starts falling AND Force Index crosses below zero
Why this works: Divergences signal that the current trend is losing steam.
When volume (Force Index) doesn't confirm new price extremes, a reversal
is likely.
Best for: Reversal trading, range-bound markets
Win rate: High (70-75%)
Risk/Reward: 1:3 to 1:5
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SETUP C: QUICK BOUNCE AT EXTREMES
Concept: Catch rapid mean-reversion moves when price touches EMA50 in
extreme STC zones
LONG CONDITIONS:
1. Price touches 50 EMA from above (pullback in uptrend)
2. STC < 15 (extreme oversold)
3. Force Index > 0 (buyers stepping in)
SHORT CONDITIONS:
1. Price touches 50 EMA from below (pullback in downtrend)
2. STC > 85 (extreme overbought)
3. Force Index < 0 (sellers stepping in)
Best for: Scalping, quick mean-reversion trades
Win rate: Moderate (55-60%)
Risk/Reward: 1:1 to 1:2
Note: Use tighter stops and quick profit-taking
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HOW TO USE THE INDICATOR
STEP 1: CONFIGURE TIMEFRAMES
Primary Timeframe (STC - Primary Timeframe):
- Leave empty to use your current chart timeframe
- This is where you'll take trades
Higher Timeframe (STC - Higher Timeframe):
- Default: 30 minutes
- Recommended ratios:
* 5min chart → 30min higher TF
* 15min chart → 1H higher TF
* 1H chart → 4H higher TF
* Daily chart → Weekly higher TF
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STEP 2: ADJUST STC PARAMETERS FOR YOUR MARKET
Default (23/50/10) works well for stocks and forex, but adjust for:
CRYPTO (volatile):
- Length 1: 15
- Length 2: 35
- Smoothing: 8
(Faster response for rapid price movements)
STOCKS (standard):
- Length 1: 23
- Length 2: 50
- Smoothing: 10
(Balanced settings)
FOREX MAJORS (slower):
- Length 1: 30
- Length 2: 60
- Smoothing: 12
(Filters out noise in 24/7 markets)
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STEP 3: ENABLE YOUR PREFERRED SETUPS
Toggle setups based on your trading style:
Conservative Trader:
✓ Setup B (Divergence) — highest win rate
✗ Setup A (Classic) — only in strong trends
✗ Setup C (Bounce) — too aggressive
Trend Trader:
✓ Setup A (Classic) — primary signals
✓ Setup B (Divergence) — for entries on pullbacks
✗ Setup C (Bounce) — not suitable for trending
Scalper:
✓ Setup C (Bounce) — quick in-and-out
✓ Setup B (Divergence) — high probability scalps
✗ Setup A (Classic) — too slow
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STEP 4: READ THE SIGNALS
ON THE CHART:
Labels appear when conditions are met:
Green labels:
- "LONG A" — Setup A long entry
- "LONG B DIV" — Setup B divergence long (best signal)
- "LONG C" — Setup C bounce long
Red labels:
- "SHORT A" — Setup A short entry
- "SHORT B DIV" — Setup B divergence short (best signal)
- "SHORT C" — Setup C bounce short
IN THE INDICATOR PANEL (bottom):
- Blue line = Primary timeframe STC
- Orange dots = Higher timeframe STC (optional)
- Green/Red bars = Force Index histogram
- Dashed lines at 25/75 = Entry/Exit zones
- Background shading = Oversold (green) / Overbought (red)
INFO TABLE (top-right corner):
Shows real-time status:
- STC values for both timeframes
- Force Index direction
- Price position vs EMA
- Current trend direction
- Active signal type
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TRADING STRATEGY & RISK MANAGEMENT
ENTRY RULES:
Priority ranking (best to worst):
1st: Setup B (Divergence) — wait for these
2nd: Setup A (Classic) — in confirmed trends only
3rd: Setup C (Bounce) — scalping only
Confirmation checklist before entry:
☑ Signal label appears on chart
☑ TREND in info table matches signal direction
☑ Higher timeframe STC aligned (check orange dots or table)
☑ Force Index confirming (check histogram color)
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STOP LOSS PLACEMENT:
Setup A (Classic):
- LONG: Below recent swing low
- SHORT: Above recent swing high
- Typical: 1-2 ATR distance
Setup B (Divergence):
- LONG: Below the divergence low
- SHORT: Above the divergence high
- Typical: 0.5-1.5 ATR distance
Setup C (Bounce):
- LONG: 5-10 pips below EMA50
- SHORT: 5-10 pips above EMA50
- Typical: 0.3-0.8 ATR distance
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TAKE PROFIT TARGETS:
Conservative approach:
- Exit when STC reaches opposite level
- LONG: Exit when STC > 75
- SHORT: Exit when STC < 25
Aggressive approach:
- Hold until opposite signal appears
- Trail stop as STC moves in your favor
Partial profits:
- Take 50% at 1:2 risk/reward
- Let remaining 50% run to target
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WHAT TO AVOID:
❌ Trading Setup A in sideways/choppy markets
→ Wait for clear trend or use Setup B only
❌ Ignoring higher timeframe STC
→ Always check orange dots align with your direction
❌ Taking signals against the major trend
→ If weekly trend is down, be cautious with longs
❌ Overtrading Setup C
→ Maximum 2-3 bounce trades per session
❌ Trading during low volume periods
→ Force Index becomes unreliable
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ALERTS CONFIGURATION
The indicator includes 8 alert types:
Individual setup alerts:
- "Setup A - LONG" / "Setup A - SHORT"
- "Setup B - DIV LONG" / "Setup B - DIV SHORT" ⭐ recommended
- "Setup C - BOUNCE LONG" / "Setup C - BOUNCE SHORT"
Combined alerts:
- "ANY LONG" — fires on any long signal
- "ANY SHORT" — fires on any short signal
Recommended alert setup:
- Create "Setup B - DIV LONG" and "Setup B - DIV SHORT" alerts
- These are the highest probability signals
- Set "Once Per Bar Close" to avoid false alerts
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VISUALIZATION SETTINGS
Show Labels on Chart:
Toggle on/off the signal labels (green/red)
Disable for cleaner chart once you're familiar with the indicator
Show Higher TF STC:
Toggle the orange dots showing higher timeframe STC
Useful for visual confirmation of multi-timeframe alignment
Info Panel:
Cannot be disabled — always shows current status
Positioned top-right to avoid chart interference
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EXAMPLE TRADE WALKTHROUGH
SETUP B DIVERGENCE LONG EXAMPLE:
1. Market Context:
- Price in downtrend, below 50 EMA
- Multiple lower lows forming
- STC below 25 (oversold)
2. Divergence Formation:
- Price makes new low at $45.20
- Force Index refuses to make new low (higher low forms)
- This indicates selling pressure weakening
3. Signal Trigger:
- STC starts turning up
- Force Index crosses above zero
- Label appears: "LONG B DIV"
4. Trade Execution:
- Entry: $45.50 (current price at signal)
- Stop Loss: $44.80 (below divergence low)
- Target 1: $47.90 (STC reaches 75) — risk/reward 1:3.4
- Target 2: Opposite signal or trail stop
5. Trade Management:
- Price rallies to $47.20
- STC reaches 68 (approaching target zone)
- Take 50% profit, move stop to breakeven
- Exit remaining at $48.10 when STC crosses 75
Result: 3.7R gain
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ADVANCED TIPS
1. MULTI-TIMEFRAME CONFLUENCE
For highest probability trades, wait for:
- Primary TF signal
- Higher TF STC aligned (>25 for longs, <75 for shorts)
- Even higher TF trend in same direction (manual check)
2. VOLUME CONFIRMATION
Watch the Force Index histogram:
- Increasing bar size = Strengthening momentum
- Decreasing bar size = Weakening momentum
- Use this to gauge signal strength
3. AVOID THESE MARKET CONDITIONS
- Major news events (Force Index becomes erratic)
- Market open first 30 minutes (volatility spikes)
- Low liquidity instruments (Force Index unreliable)
- Extreme trending days (wait for pullbacks)
4. COMBINE WITH SUPPORT/RESISTANCE
Best signals occur near:
- Key horizontal levels
- Fibonacci retracements
- Previous day's high/low
- Psychological round numbers
5. SESSION AWARENESS
- Asia session: Use lower timeframes, Setup C works well
- London session: Setup A and B both effective
- New York session: All setups work, highest volume
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INDICATOR WINDOWS LAYOUT
MAIN CHART:
- Price action
- 50 EMA (green/red)
- Signal labels
- Info panel
INDICATOR WINDOW:
- STC oscillator (blue line, 0-100 scale)
- Higher TF STC (orange dots, optional)
- Force Index histogram (green/red bars)
- Reference levels (25, 50, 75)
- Background zones (green oversold, red overbought)
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PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION
For best results:
Backtesting:
- Test on your specific instrument and timeframe
- Adjust STC parameters if win rate < 55%
- Record which setup works best for your market
Position Sizing:
- Risk 1-2% per trade
- Setup B can use 2% risk (higher win rate)
- Setup C should use 1% risk (lower win rate)
Trade Frequency:
- Setup B: 2-5 signals per week (be patient)
- Setup A: 5-10 signals per week
- Setup C: 10+ signals per week (scalping)
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CREDITS & REFERENCES
This indicator builds upon established technical analysis concepts:
Schaff Trend Cycle:
- Developed by Doug Schaff (1996)
- Original concept published in Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities
- Implementation based on standard STC formula
Force Index:
- Developed by Dr. Alexander Elder
- Described in "Trading for a Living" (1993)
- Classic volume-momentum indicator
The multi-timeframe integration, three-setup system, and specific
entry conditions are original contributions of this indicator.
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DISCLAIMER
This indicator is a technical analysis tool and does not guarantee profits.
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Always:
- Use proper risk management
- Test on demo account first
- Combine with fundamental analysis
- Never risk more than you can afford to lose
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SUPPORT & QUESTIONS
If you find this indicator helpful, please:
- Leave a like and comment
- Share your feedback and results
- Report any bugs or issues
For questions about usage or optimization for specific markets,
feel free to comment below.
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PRO Scalper(EN)
## What it is
**PRO Scalper** is an intraday price–action and liquidity map that helps you see where the market is likely to move **now**, not just where it has been.
It combines five building blocks that professional scalpers often watch together:
1. **Session Volume-Weighted Average Price (VWAP)** — the intraday “fair value” anchor.
2. **Opening Range** — the first minutes of the session that set the day’s balance.
3. **Trend filter** — higher-timeframe bias using **Exponential Moving Averages (EMA)** and optional **Average Directional Index (ADX)** strength.
4. **Two independent Supply/Demand zone engines** — zones are drawn from confirmed swing pivots, with midlines and **touch counters**.
5. **Order-flow style visuals**:
* **Delta bubbles** (green/red circles) show where buying or selling pressure was unusually strong, using a safe **delta proxy** (no external feeds).
* **Liquidity densities** (subtle rectangular bands) highlight clusters of large activity that often act as magnets or barriers and disappear when “eaten” by strong moves.
This mix gives you a **complete intraday picture**: the mean (VWAP), the day’s initial balance (Opening Range), the higher-timeframe push (trend filter), the nearby fuel or brakes (zones), and the live pressure points (bubbles and densities).
---
## Why these components
* **VWAP** tracks where the bulk of traded value sits. Price tends to rotate around it or accelerate away from it — a perfect compass for scalps.
* **Opening Range** frames the early auction. Many intraday breaks, fades and retests start at its boundaries.
* **EMA bias + ADX strength** separates trending conditions from chop, so you can keep only the zones that agree with the bigger push.
* **Pivot-based zones (two pairs at once)** are simple, objective and fast. Midlines help with confirmations; touch counters quantify how many times the zone was tested.
* **Bubbles and densities** add the “effort” layer: where the push appeared and where liquidity is concentrated. You see **where** a move is likely to continue or fail.
Together they reduce ambiguity: **context + level + effort** — all on one screen.
---
## How it works (plain language)
* **VWAP** resets each day and is calculated as the cumulative sum of typical price multiplied by volume divided by total volume.
* **Opening Range** is either automatic (a multiple of your chart timeframe) or a manual number of minutes. While it is forming, the highest high and lowest low are captured and plotted as the range.
* **Trend filter**
* **EMA Fast** and **EMA Slow** define directional bias.
* **ADX (optional)** adds “trend strength”: only when the Average Directional Index is above the chosen threshold do we treat the move as strong. You can source this from a higher timeframe.
* **Zones**
* There are **two independent pairs** of pivots at the same time (for example 10-left 10-right and 5-left 5-right).
* Each detected pivot creates a **Supply** (from a swing high) or **Demand** (from a swing low) box. Box depth = **zone depth × Average True Range** for adaptive sizing; the boxes **extend forward**.
* Midline (optional dashed line inside the box) is the “balance” of the zone.
* **“Only in trend”** mode can hide boxes that go against the higher-timeframe bias.
* The **touch counter** increases when price revisits the box. Labels show the pair name and the number of touches.
* **Bubbles**
* A safe **delta proxy** measures bar pressure (for example, range-weighted close vs open).
* A **quantile filter** shows only unusually large pressure: choose lookback and percentile, and the script draws a circle sized by intensity (green = bullish pressure, red = bearish).
* **Densities**
* The script marks heavy activity clusters as **subtle bands** around price (depth = fraction of Average True Range).
* If price **breaks** a density with volume above its moving average, the band **disappears** (“eaten”), which often precedes continuation.
---
## How to use — practical playbooks
> Recommended chart: crypto or index futures, one to five minutes. Use **one hour** or **fifteen minutes** for the higher-timeframe bias.
### 1) Trend pullback scalp (continuation)
1. Enable **Only in trend** zones.
2. In an uptrend: wait for a pullback into a **Demand** zone that overlaps with VWAP or sits just below the Opening Range midpoint.
3. Look for **green bubbles** near the zone’s bottom or a fresh **density** under price.
4. Enter on a candle closing **back above the zone midline**.
5. Stop-loss: below the bottom of the zone or a small multiple of Average True Range.
6. Targets: previous swing high, Opening Range high, fixed risk multiples, or VWAP.
Mirror the logic for downtrends using Supply zones, red bubbles and densities above price.
### 2) Reversion with liquidity sweep (fade)
1. Bias neutral or countertrend allowed.
2. Price **wicks through** a zone boundary (or an Opening Range line) and **closes back inside** the zone.
3. The bubble color often flips (absorption).
4. Enter toward the **inside** of the zone; stop beyond the sweep wick; first target = zone midline, second = opposite side of the zone or VWAP.
### 3) Opening Range break and retest
1. Wait for the Opening Range to complete.
2. A break with a large bubble suggests intent.
3. Look for a **retest** into a nearby zone aligned with VWAP.
4. Trade continuation toward the next zone or the session extremes.
### 4) Density “eaten” continuation
1. When a density band **disappears** on high volume, it often means the resting liquidity was consumed.
2. Trade in the direction of the break, toward the nearest opposing zone.
---
## Settings — quick guide
**Core**
* *ATR Length* — used for zone and density depths.
* *Show VWAP / Show Opening Range*.
* *Opening Range*: Auto (multiple of timeframe minutes) or Manual minutes.
**Trend Filter**
* *Mode*: Off, EMA only, or EMA with ADX strength.
* *Use higher timeframe* and its value.
* *EMA Fast / EMA Slow*, *ADX Length*, *ADX threshold*.
* *Plot EMA filter* to display the moving averages.
**Zones (two pairs)**
* *Pivot A Left / Right* and *Pivot B Left / Right*.
* *Zone depth × ATR*, *Extend bars*.
* *Show zone midline*, *Only in trend zones*.
* Labels automatically show the touch counters.
**Bubbles**
* *Show Bubbles*.
* *Quantile lookback* and *Quantile percent* (higher percent = stricter filter, fewer bubbles).
**Densities**
* *Metric*: absolute delta proxy or raw volume.
* *Quantile lookback / percent*.
* *Depth × ATR*, *Extend bars*, *Merge distance* (in ATR),
* *Break condition*: volume moving average length and multiplier,
* *Midline for densities* (optional dashed line).
---
## Tips and risk management
* This script **does not use external order-flow feeds**. Delta is a **proxy** suitable for TradingView; tune quantiles per symbol and timeframe.
* Do not trade every bubble. Combine **context (trend + VWAP + Opening Range)** with **level (zone)** and **effort (bubble/density)**.
* Set stop-losses beyond the zone or at a fraction of Average True Range. Predefine risk per trade.
* Backtest your rules with a strategy script before using real funds.
* Markets differ. Parameters that work on Bitcoin may not transfer to low-liquidity altcoins or stocks.
* Nothing here is financial advice. Scalping is high-risk; slippage and over-trading can quickly damage your account.
---
## What makes PRO Scalper unique
* Two **independent** zone engines run in parallel, so you can see both **larger structure** and **fine intraday levels** at the same time.
* Clean **“only in trend” rendering** — zones and midlines against the bias can be hidden, reducing clutter and hesitation.
* **Touch counters** convert “feel” into numbers.
* **Self-contained order-flow visuals** (bubbles and densities) that require no extra data sources.
* Careful defaults: subtle colors for densities, clearer zones, and responsive auto Opening Range.
---
(RU)
## Что это такое
**PRO Scalper** — это индикатор для внутридневной торговли, который показывает **контекст и ликвидность прямо сейчас**.
Он объединяет пять модулей, которыми профессиональные скальперы пользуются вместе:
1. **VWAP** — средневзвешенная по объему цена за сессию, «справедливая стоимость» дня.
2. **Opening Range** — первая часть сессии, задающая баланс дня.
3. **Фильтр тренда** — направление старшего таймфрейма по **экспоненциальным средним** и при желании по силе тренда **Average Directional Index**.
4. **Две независимые системы зон спроса/предложения** — зоны строятся от подтвержденных экстремумов (пивотов), имеют **среднюю линию** и **счетчик касаний**.
5. **Визуализация «ордер-флоу»**:
* **Пузыри дельты** (зеленые/красные круги) — места повышенного покупательного/продажного давления, рассчитанные через безопасный **прокси-дельты**.
* **Плотности ликвидности** (ненавязчивые прямоугольные ленты) — скопления объема, которые нередко притягивают цену или удерживают ее и исчезают, когда «разъедаются» сильным движением.
Итог — **полная картинка момента**: среднее (VWAP), баланс дня (Opening Range), старшая сила (фильтр тренда), ближайшие уровни топлива/тормозов (зоны), текущие точки усилия (пузыри и плотности).
---
## Почему именно эти элементы
* **VWAP** показывает, где сосредоточена стоимость; цена либо вращается вокруг него, либо быстро уходит — идеальный ориентир скальпера.
* **Opening Range** фиксирует ранний аукцион — от его границ часто начинаются пробои, возвраты и ретесты.
* **EMA + ADX** отделяют тренд от «пилы», позволяя оставлять на графике только зоны по направлению старшего таймфрейма.
* **Зоны от пивотов** просты, объективны и быстры; средняя линия помогает подтверждать разворот, счетчик касаний переводит субъективность в цифры.
* **Пузыри и плотности** добавляют слой «усилия»: где именно возник толчок и где сконцентрирована ликвидность.
Комбинация **контекста + уровня + усилия** уменьшает двусмысленность и ускоряет принятие решения.
---
## Как это работает (простыми словами)
* **VWAP** каждый день стартует заново: сумма «типичной цены × объем» делится на суммарный объем.
* **Opening Range** — автоматический (кратный минутам вашего таймфрейма) или вручную заданный период; пока он формируется, фиксируются максимум и минимум.
* **Фильтр тренда**
* Две экспоненциальные средние задают направление.
* **ADX** (по желанию) добавляет «силу». Источник можно взять со старшего таймфрейма.
* **Зоны**
* Одновременно работает **две пары** пивотов (например 10-лево 10-право и 5-лево 5-право).
* От пивота строится зона **предложения** (от максимума) или **спроса** (от минимума). Глубина зоны = **коэффициент × Average True Range**; зона тянется вперед.
* Внутри рисуется **средняя линия** (по желанию).
* Режим **«только по тренду»** скрывает зоны против старшего направления.
* **Счетчик касаний** увеличивается, когда цена снова входит в зону; подпись показывает пару и количество касаний.
* **Пузыри**
* Используется безопасный **прокси-дельты** — измерение «напряжения» внутри свечи.
* Через **квантильный фильтр** выводятся только необычно сильные места: настраиваются окно и процент квантиля; размер кружка — сила, цвет: зеленый покупатели, красный продавцы.
* **Плотности**
* Крупные активности отмечаются **ненавязчивыми прямоугольниками** (глубина — доля Average True Range).
* Если плотность **пробивается** объемом выше среднего, она **исчезает** — часто это предвещает продолжение.
---
## Как пользоваться — практические схемы
> Рекомендация: крипто или фьючерсы, таймфрейм 1–5 минут. Для старшего фильтра удобно взять **1 час** или **15 минут**.
### 1) Скальп на откат по тренду
1. Включите **«только по тренду»**.
2. В восходящем тренде дождитесь отката в **зону спроса**, желательно рядом с **VWAP** или серединой **Opening Range**.
3. Подтверждение — **зеленые пузыри** у нижней границы зоны или свежая **плотность** под ценой.
4. Вход после закрытия свечи **выше средней линии** зоны.
5. Стоп-лосс: за нижнюю границу зоны или небольшой множитель Average True Range.
6. Цели: предыдущий максимум, верх Opening Range, фиксированные R-множители, либо VWAP.
Для нисходящего тренда зеркально: зоны предложения, красные пузыри и плотности над ценой.
### 2) Контрдвижение с «выбиванием ликвидности»
1. Нейтральный или контртрендовый режим.
2. Цена **выносит хвостом** границу зоны (или линию Opening Range) и **закрывается обратно внутри**.
3. Цвет пузыря часто меняется (поглощение).
4. Вход внутрь зоны; стоп — за хвост выбивания; цели: средняя линия, противоположная граница зоны или VWAP.
### 3) Пробой Opening Range + ретест
1. Дождитесь завершения диапазона.
2. Сильный пробой с крупным пузырем — признак намерения.
3. Ищите **ретест** в зоне по тренду рядом с линией диапазона и VWAP.
4. Торгуйте продолжение к следующей зоне.
### 4) Продолжение после «съеденной» плотности
1. Когда прямоугольник плотности **исчезает** на повышенном объеме, это значит, что ликвидность поглощена.
2. Торгуйте в сторону пробоя к ближайшей противоположной зоне.
---
## Настройки — краткая шпаргалка
**Core**
— Длина Average True Range (для размеров зон и плотностей).
— Включение VWAP и Opening Range.
— Длина Opening Range: автоматическая (кратная минутам ТФ) или ручная.
**Trend Filter**
— Режим: выкл., только средние, либо средние + ADX.
— Источник со старшего таймфрейма и его значение.
— Длины средних, длина ADX и порог силы.
— Показать/скрыть линий средних.
**Zones (две пары одновременно)**
— Пара A: лев/прав; Пара B: лев/прав.
— Глубина зоны × Average True Range, продление по барам.
— Средняя линия, режим **«только по тренду»**.
— Подписи со счетчиком касаний.
**Bubbles**
— Вкл./выкл., окно поиска и процент квантиля (чем выше процент — тем реже пузыри).
**Densities**
— Метрика: абсолютная прокси-дельты или чистый объем.
— Окно/квантиль, глубина × Average True Range, продление,
— Порог объединения (в Average True Range),
— Условие «разъедания» по объему,
— Средняя линия плотности (по желанию).
---
## Советы и риски
* Индикатор **не использует внешние потоки ордер-флоу**. Дельта — **прокси**, подходящая для TradingView; подбирайте квантили под инструмент и таймфрейм.
* Не торгуйте каждый пузырь. Склейте **контекст (тренд + VWAP + Opening Range)** с **уровнем (зона)** и **усилием (пузырь/плотность)**.
* Стоп-лосс — за границей зоны или по Average True Range. Риск на сделку задавайте заранее.
* Перед реальными деньгами протестируйте правила в стратегии.
* Разные рынки ведут себя по-разному; настройки из Биткоина могут не подойти малоликвидным альткоинам или акциям.
* Это не инвестиционная рекомендация. Скальпинг — высокий риск; проскальзывание и переизбыток сделок быстро наносят ущерб капиталу.
---
## Чем уникален PRO Scalper
* Две **одновременные** системы зон показывают и **крупную структуру**, и **точные локальные уровни**.
* Режим **«только по тренду»** чистит экран от лишних уровней и ускоряет решение.
* **Счетчики касаний** дают количественную опору.
* **Самодостаточные визуализации усилия** (пузыри и плотности) — без сторонних источников данных.
* Аккуратная цветовая схема: плотности — мягко, зоны — ясно; Opening Range — адаптивный.
Пусть он станет вашей «картой местности» для быстрых и дисциплинированных решений внутри дня.
First-Move-Wrong Toolkit [CHE] First-Move-Wrong Toolkit — Session-bound sweep rejection with structure confirmation
Summary
This indicator marks potential “first move wrong” reversals during a defined trading session. It looks for a quick sweep beyond the prior day high or low, or the opening range high or low, followed by rejection and a basic structure confirmation. Optional rules require a retest and a VWAP reclaim in the direction of the trade idea. The script renders session levels as right-extended lines, signals as labels, optional SL/TP guide lines for visualization, and background tints during sweep events. Pivots are confirmed using swing width, which reduces repaint risk compared to live swings.
Motivation: Why this design?
Intraday reversals often start with a liquidity sweep around obvious highs or lows. Acting on the sweep alone can be noisy, while waiting for structure break and a retest can be slow. This tool balances both by checking a sweep and rejection at session-relevant levels, then requiring a simple structure cue and, optionally, a retest and a VWAP filter. The goal is a clear, rule-based signal layer that is easy to audit on chart without hidden state.
What’s different vs. standard approaches?
Baseline reference: Simple sweep detectors or basic CHOCH markers that ignore session context and liquidity anchors.
Architecture differences:
Session-aware opening range tracking that finalizes after the chosen minutes from session start.
Daily previous high and low pulled without lookahead, then extended forward as visual anchors.
Confirmed pivot highs and lows to avoid repaint from live, unconfirmed swings.
Optional retest rule using crossover or crossunder at the trigger level.
Optional VWAP filter to demand reclaim in the intended direction.
Global label cooldown to prevent clusters of signals.
Practical effect: Fewer one-off flips around noisy levels, clearer alignment with session structure, and compact visual feedback through lines, labels, and tints.
How it works (technical)
Levels: During the defined session, the script builds an opening range high and low until the configured minute mark after session start, then freezes those levels for the day. It also fetches the previous day high and low from the daily timeframe without lookahead and extends them forward.
Sweep and rejection: A sweep is defined as price moving beyond a target level and then rejecting back inside on the same bar. The script checks this condition separately for highs and lows against opening range and previous-day levels.
Structure validation: Confirmed pivot highs and lows are computed using a symmetric swing width. A bearish idea requires a prior sweep of a high plus a break through the last confirmed swing low. A bullish idea requires a prior sweep of a low plus a break through the last confirmed swing high.
Optional retest: If enabled, a bearish signal needs a cross under the bearish trigger level; a bullish signal needs a cross over the bullish trigger level.
VWAP filter (optional): The script requires a reclaim of VWAP in the intended direction when enabled.
State handling: Opening range values, previous-day lines, and the label cooldown timestamp are stored in persistent variables. Lines are created once and updated each bar to extend forward.
Repaint considerations: Pivots confirm only after the specified swing width, reducing repaint. The daily level request is performed without lookahead. Signals use closed-bar checks implied by crossover and crossunder logic.
Parameter Guide
Session (local) — Defines the active trading window. Default nine to seventeen. Narrower windows focus on the main session drive.
Opening Range (min) — Minutes from session start to finalize OR levels. Default fifteen. Shorter values react faster; longer values stabilize levels.
Use PrevDay H/L levels — Toggle previous-day anchors. On by default.
Use OR H/L levels — Toggle opening range anchors. On by default.
Equal H/L tolerance (ticks) — Intended tolerance for equal highs or lows. Default one. (Unknown/Optional) in current signals.
Swing width — Bars on both sides for confirmed pivots. Default two. Larger values reduce noise but confirm later.
Require CHOCH after sweep — Enforces structure break after a sweep. On by default.
Prefer retest entries — Requires crossover or crossunder of the trigger level. On by default.
VWAP filter — Demands a reclaim of VWAP in signal direction. Off by default.
TP in R (guide) — Multiplier for visual TP guides. Default one. Visualization only.
Show levels / Show signals / Show R-guides — Rendering toggles. R-guides are visual aids, not orders.
Label cooldown (bars) — Minimum bars between labels. Default five. Higher values reduce clusters.
Palette inputs — Colors and transparencies for levels, labels, VWAP, and tints.
Reading & Interpretation
Lines: Dotted lines represent opening range high and low after the OR window completes. Dashed lines represent previous-day high and low.
Signals: “Long” labels appear after a low-side sweep with rejection and structure confirmation, subject to optional retest and VWAP rules. “Short” labels mirror this on the high side.
Background tints: Red-tinted bars indicate a high-side sweep and rejection. Green-tinted bars indicate a low-side sweep and rejection.
R-guides: Circles display a visual stop level at the bar extreme and a target guide based on the selected multiple. They are informational only.
Practical Workflows & Combinations
Session reversal scans: During the first hour, watch for sweeps around previous-day or opening range levels, then wait for structure confirmation and optional retest.
Trend following with filters: Combine signals with higher-timeframe structure or a moving average regime check. Ignore signals against the dominant regime.
Exits and stops: Use the visual stop as a reference near the sweep extreme; adapt the target guide to volatility and market conditions.
Multi-asset / Multi-TF: Works on intraday timeframes for liquid futures, indices, forex, and large-cap equities. Start with default settings and adjust swing width and OR minutes to instrument volatility.
Behavior, Constraints & Performance
Repaint/confirmation: Pivots confirm after the swing window completes. Signals occur only when conditions are met on closed bars.
security()/HTF: Daily previous-day levels are requested without lookahead to reduce repaint.
Resources: Uses persistent variables and line updates per bar; no heavy loops or arrays.
Known limits: Signals can arrive later when swing width is large. Gaps around session boundaries may distort OR levels. VWAP behavior may vary with partial sessions or illiquid assets.
Sensible Defaults & Quick Tuning
Starting point: Session nine to seventeen, opening range fifteen minutes, swing width two, CHOCH required, retest on, VWAP off, cooldown five bars.
Too many flips: Increase swing width, enable VWAP filter, or raise label cooldown.
Too sluggish: Reduce swing width or shorten the opening range window.
Too many session-level hits: Disable either previous-day levels or opening range levels to simplify context.
What this indicator is—and isn’t
This is a session-aware visualization and signal layer focused on sweep-plus-structure behavior. It is not a complete trading system and does not manage orders, risk, or portfolio exposure. Use it with market structure, risk limits, and execution rules that fit your process.
Disclaimer
The content provided, including all code and materials, is strictly for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as, and should not be interpreted as, financial advice, a recommendation to buy or sell any financial instrument, or an offer of any financial product or service. All strategies, tools, and examples discussed are provided for illustrative purposes to demonstrate coding techniques and the functionality of Pine Script within a trading context.
Any results from strategies or tools provided are hypothetical, and past performance is not indicative of future results. Trading and investing involve high risk, including the potential loss of principal, and may not be suitable for all individuals. Before making any trading decisions, please consult with a qualified financial professional to understand the risks involved.
By using this script, you acknowledge and agree that any trading decisions are made solely at your discretion and risk.
Do not use this indicator on Heikin-Ashi, Renko, Kagi, Point-and-Figure, or Range charts, as these chart types can produce unrealistic results for signal markers and alerts.
Best regards and happy trading
Chervolino
VWAP Deviation Oscillator [BackQuant]VWAP Deviation Oscillator
Introduction
The VWAP Deviation Oscillator turns VWAP context into a clean, tradeable oscillator that works across assets and sessions. It adapts to your workflow with four VWAP regimes plus two rolling modes, and three deviation metrics: Percent, Absolute, and Z-Score. Colored zones, optional standard deviation rails, and flexible plot styles make it fast to read for both trend following and mean reversion.
What it does
This tool measures how far price is from a chosen VWAP and expresses that gap as an oscillator. You can view the deviation as raw price units, percent, or standardized Z-Score. The plot can be a histogram or a line with optional fills and sigma bands, so you can quickly spot polarity shifts, overbought and oversold conditions, and strength of extension.
VWAP modes track a session VWAP that resets (4H, Daily, Weekly) or a rolling VWAP that updates continuously over a fixed number of bars or days.
Deviation modes let you choose the lens: Percent, Absolute, or Z-Score. Each highlights different aspects of stretch and mean pressure.
Visual encoding uses a 10-zone color palette to grade the magnitude of deviation on both sides of zero.
Volatility guards compute mode-specific sigma so thresholds are stable even when volatility compresses.
Why this works
VWAP is a high signal anchor used by institutions to gauge fair participation. Deviations around VWAP cluster in regimes: mild oscillations within a band, decisive pushes that signal imbalance, and standardized extremes that often precede either continuation or snapback. Expressing that distance as a single time series adds clarity: bias is the oscillator’s sign, risk context is its magnitude, and regime is the way it behaves around sigma lines.
How to use it
Trend following
Favor the side of the zero line. Bullish when the oscillator is above zero and making higher swing highs. Bearish when below zero and making lower swing lows. Use +1 sigma and +2 sigma in your mode as strength tiers. Pullbacks that hold above zero in uptrends, or below zero in downtrends, are often continuation entries.
Mean reversion
Fade stretched readings when structure supports it. Look for tests of +2 sigma to +3 sigma that fail to progress and roll back toward zero, or the mirror on the downside. Z-Score mode is best when you want standardized gates across assets. Percent mode is intuitive for intraday scalps where a given percent stretch tends to mean revert.
Session playbook
Use Daily or Weekly VWAP for intraday or swing context. Rolling modes help when the asset lacks clean session boundaries or when you want a continuous anchor that adapts to liquidity shifts.
Key settings
VWAP computation
VWAP Mode = 4 Hours, Daily, Weekly, Rolling (Bars), Rolling (Days). Session modes reset the VWAP when a new session begins. Rolling modes compute VWAP over a fixed trailing window.
Rolling (Lookback: Bars) controls the trailing bar count when using Rolling (Bars).
Rolling (Lookback: Days) converts days to bars at runtime and uses that trailing span.
Use Close instead of HLC3 switches the price reference. HLC3 is smoother. Close makes the anchor track settlement more tightly.
Deviation measurement
Deviation Mode
Percent : 100 * (Price / VWAP - 1). Good for uniform scaling across instruments.
Absolute : Price - VWAP. Good when price units themselves matter.
Z-Score : Standardizes the absolute residual by its own mean and standard deviation over Z/Std Window . Ideal for cross-asset comparability and regime studies.
Z/Std Window sets the mean and standard deviation window for Z-Score mode.
Volatility controls
Percent Mode Volatility Lookback estimates sigma for percent deviations.
Absolute Mode Volatility Lookback estimates sigma for absolute deviations.
Minimum Sigma Guard (pct pts) prevents the percent sigma from collapsing to near zero in extremely quiet markets.
Visualization
Plot Type = Histogram or Line. Histogram emphasizes impulse and polarity changes. Line emphasizes trend waves and divergences.
Positive Color / Negative Color define the palette for line mode. Histogram uses a 10-bucket gradient automatically.
Show Standard Deviations plots symmetric rails at ±1, ±2, ±3 sigma in the current mode’s units.
Fill Line Oscillator and Fill Opacity add a soft bias band around zero for line mode.
Line Width affects both the oscillator and the sigma rails.
Reading the zones
The oscillator’s color and height map deviation to nine graded buckets on each side of zero, with deeper greens above and deeper reds below. In Percent and Absolute modes, those buckets are scaled by their mode-specific sigma. In Z-Score mode the bucket edges are fixed at 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, and 2.8.
0 to +1 sigma weak positive bias, usually rotational.
+1 to +2 sigma constructive impulse. Pullbacks that hold above zero often continue.
+2 to +3 sigma strong expansion. Watch for either trend continuation or exhaustion tells.
Beyond +3 sigma statistical extreme. Requires structure to avoid fading too soon.
Mirror logic applies on the negative side.
Suggested workflows
Trend continuation checklist
Pick a session VWAP that matches your timeframe, for example Daily for intraday or Weekly for position trades.
Wait for the oscillator to hold the correct side of zero and for a sequence of higher swing lows in the oscillator (uptrend) or lower swing highs (downtrend).
Buy pullbacks that stabilize between zero and +1 sigma in an uptrend. Sell rallies that stabilize between zero and -1 sigma in a downtrend.
Use the next sigma band or a prior price swing as your target reference.
Mean reversion checklist
Switch to Z-Score mode for standardized thresholds.
Identify tests of ±2 sigma to ±3 sigma that fail to extend while price meets support or resistance.
Enter on a polarity change through the prior histogram bar or a small hook in line mode.
Fade back to zero or to the opposite inner band, then reassess.
Notes on the three modes
Percent is easy to reason about when you care about proportional stretch. It is well suited to intraday and multi-asset dashboards.
Absolute tracks cash distance from VWAP. This is useful when instruments have tight ticks and you plan risk in price units.
Z-Score standardizes the residual and is best for quant studies, cross-asset comparisons, and threshold research that must be scale invariant.
What the alerts can tell you
Polarity changes at zero can mark the start or end of a leg.
Crosses of ±1 sigma identify overbought or oversold in the current mode’s units.
Zone changes signal an upgrade or downgrade in deviation strength.
Troubleshooting and edge cases
If your instrument has long flat periods, keep Minimum Sigma Guard above zero in Percent mode so the rails do not vanish.
In Rolling modes, very short windows will respond quickly but can whip around. Session modes smooth this by resetting at well known boundaries.
If Z-Score looks erratic, increase Z/Std Window to stabilize the estimate of mean and sigma for the residual.
Final thoughts
VWAP is the anchor. The deviation oscillator is the narrative. By separating bias, magnitude, and regime into a simple stream you can execute faster and review cleaner. Pick the VWAP mode that matches your horizon, choose the deviation lens that matches your risk framework, and let the color graded zones guide your decisions.
CNagda-MomentumX - Institutional FlowMomentumX is designed to empower traders with a deeper understanding of market movements by focusing on Institutional Flow and advanced market structure analytics. The core goal is to identify and visualize where major market participants are operating, and to translate these complex footprints into clear, actionable trading signals — all in real time.
Real-time institutional activity mapping
Actionable entry and exit signals based on live market structure
Intuitive dashboard and dynamic chart visuals
Fully customizable modules for trend, liquidity, and order blocks
Core Logic Design
At the heart of MomentumX lies a robust algorithmic engine built to capture and surface institutional trading behavior. By leveraging advanced mathematical models, the indicator calculates institutional volume ratios and price momentum to pinpoint aggressive moves from large participants.
Institutional Volume & Price Momentum:
Utilizes custom volume indicators and price change analysis to detect strong buying or selling pressure, filtering out retail noise.
Liquidity Grab Detection & Activity Zones:
The script identifies liquidity grabs by monitoring abrupt price sweeps at major support/resistance levels—often where institutions trigger stop hunts or reversals. All critical activity zones are automatically color-coded on the chart for instant recognition.
Dashboard Visualization:
A fully dynamic dashboard table overlays live scores for accumulation, distribution, strength, and weakness—giving traders a real-time scan of market health.
Trendline & Order Block Architecture:
The logic auto-detects pivot highs/lows to draw smart trendlines, while the order block system highlights key reversal areas and breaker zones—making market structure clear and actionable.
MomentumX is packed with high-performance modules, each engineered to simplify complex market behavior and enhance decision-making for traders:
Institutional Flow Signals:
Instantly identifies spots where institutional players drive momentum, using unique volume and price activity analytics.
Bullish/Bearish Liquidity Grab Detection:
Marks abrupt price moves that signal stop hunts or reversals, letting traders anticipate snap-backs or trend shifts.
Trendline Auto-Detection:
Smartly draws trendlines based on significant swing highs and lows, automatically adjusting as price evolves.
Order Block System (Rejection/Breaker):
Spots and highlights key reversal zones with order block rectangles, confirming rejections or breakouts at strategic levels.
Dashboard and Bar Coloring:
A clean dashboard overlay presents live market scores, while dynamic bar coloring makes trend, strength, and high-activity periods instantly visible.
User Input Toggles for Each Module:
Every major feature is fully customizable—enable or disable modules to match individual trading setups or preferences.
Scripting/Development
MomentumX’s scripting process is modular, enabling clarity, scalability, and fast optimization throughout development:
Initialization & Inputs:
Start by defining all user input options, module toggles, color settings, and calculation parameters—ensuring maximum flexibility early on.
Core Calculation Functions:
Script advanced institutional volume and price momentum algorithms. Build out swing length logic, market state filters, and activity scoring methods.
Detection Engines:
Develop and integrate engines for liquidity grabs, automated trendline detection, and order block identification—each with dedicated functions for speed and precision.
Visual Overlays & Plotting:
Implement powerful plotting logic for colored bars, score dashboards, trendlines, reversal zones, and liquidity markers—making every data point clear and actionable on the chart.
Testing Handlers:
Add diagnostic panels and debug outputs to refine calculations and assure accuracy in every market environment.
Sample Trade Setups (Usage)
Cnagda MomentumX delivers clarity for multiple trading styles by providing timely, actionable setups grounded in institutional behavior and market structure. Here’s how traders can leverage the indicator for confident decision-making:
Liquidity Grab Reversal
Enter trades around detected liquidity grabs when price sweeps major support/resistance and the dashboard signals a momentum shift.
Example: Wait for a bullish/Bearish grab near market lows/high, with institutional flow turning positive/negative—enter long/short for potential mean reversion.
Order Block Breakout
Trade breakouts when price cleanly rejects or flips key order block zones highlighted on the chart.
Example: Short at a marked breaker block after a rejection signal, confirmed by a downward institutional activity spike.
Trendline Continuation
Ride established market moves by entering on trendline confirmations plotted by the auto-detect system.
Example: Go long after a trendline retest, confirmed by a green bar color and dashboard strength score.
Dashboard Confirmation
Combine dashboard metrics (strength, accumulation, distribution) with bar color overlays for multi-factor entries.
Example: Enter trades only when all market signals align in real time for maximum probability.
For Short Entry check -- Weakness : For Long Entry Check - Strength With Other Indications
MomentumX is not just another indicator – it’s your edge for reading the market like an insider. By transparently mapping institutional flow, uncovering hidden liquidity zones, and color-coding every major structure shift, MomentumX transforms complexity into actionable clarity. Whether you’re scalping, swing trading, or investing, you’ll gain a decisive, real-time advantage on every chart.
Embrace smarter decisions, adapt to changing market conditions instantly, and join a new generation of technically empowered traders.
Customize, observe, and let the market reveal opportunities in a way you’ve never experienced before.
Happy Trading
Effort vs Result TRFxThe Effort vs Result (EVR) indicator is designed to identify high-probability reversal signals based on volume and price action dynamics. It highlights points where the market “effort” (high volume) does not correspond to an immediate “result” (price continuation), providing actionable trade setups for both bullish and bearish scenarios.
Features:
Detects bullish EVR signals when a previous high-volume sell candle is followed by a strong bullish candle that sweeps the previous low.
Detects bearish EVR signals when a previous high-volume buy candle is followed by a strong bearish candle that sweeps the previous high.
Sticky arrows plot automatically above or below the candle, ensuring the signal moves with the price bar.
Considers inside bars, wick size, and relative volume to filter low-quality setups.
Fully compatible with multiple timeframes.
Inputs:
Volume Multiplier: Sets how much higher the current candle’s volume should be compared to the previous candle to count as high volume.
Min Wick % of Candle: Minimum wick size relative to the candle body to filter insignificant bars.
Max Inside Bars to Ignore: Number of inside bars between the previous candle and the EVR candle to ignore minor consolidations.
Usage:
(Green Arrow): Enter long when a green arrow appears below the candle. Place stop-loss slightly below the previous swing low.
(Red Arrow): Enter short when a red arrow appears above the candle. Place stop-loss slightly above the previous swing high.
Can be combined with support/resistance levels, trendlines, or other technical indicators for higher accuracy.
Benefits:
Simple and clean visual signals with tiny arrows that move with candles.
Helps traders identify high-probability reversal points based on volume and price action.
Ideal for intraday and swing trading strategies.
Katz Candle Momentum Reversal Indicator v4.1Katz Candle Momentum Reversal Indicator (CMRI) v4.1
Overview
The Katz CMRI is a comprehensive trading indicator designed to identify trend direction, momentum shifts, and potential market reversals. It combines several different concepts into a single, cohesive visual tool.
At its core, the indicator uses a custom Line Break chart calculation to filter out market noise and a Heikin-Ashi-style formula to smooth price action. This combination helps to more clearly define the underlying trend. The main output is a dynamic, multi-colored trend line accompanied by various signals that appear directly on your chart. It's designed to help traders stay with the trend while also spotting key moments of expansion, contraction, and potential reversal.
How to Interpret the Indicator
The indicator has several key visual components:
Main Trend Line: This is the thick, central line that changes color.
Green: Indicates a bullish (upward) trend.
Red: Indicates a bearish (downward) trend.
Faded/Light Colors: Suggest a potential loss of momentum or a pullback within the trend.
White: Signals a significant break in the trend structure.
Trend Cloud: The shaded area between the main trend line and the white midline (mid). A green cloud shows the trend is above the midpoint, while a red cloud shows it's below.
Upper/Lower Bands: The aqua (Trend Up) and yellow (Trend Down) lines represent the recent highs and lows of the established trend. When price is pushing against these bands, it signals trend strength.
Background Colors:
Gray: A "Contraction Zone." This indicates that the trend is losing momentum and consolidating, warning of potential chop or a reversal.
Blue: An "Expansion Event." This highlights a sudden increase in momentum in the direction of the trend.
Signal Shapes:
Diamonds: These are the primary entry signals. A green diamond below a candle signals a potential long entry, while a red diamond above a candle signals a potential short entry.
⬆️⬇️ Arrows: These are secondary momentum signals. They can be used as confirmation that the trend is continuing.
Trading Strategy & Rules
This strategy uses the primary diamond signals for entries and trend changes for exits.
Long Trade (Buy) Rules
Entry: Wait for a green diamond to appear below the price candles. For confirmation, the main trend line should turn solid green, and the price should ideally be above the white midline.
Exit:
Stop Loss: Place a stop loss below the recent swing low or below the candle where the green diamond appeared.
Take Profit: Consider exiting the trade when a red diamond appears above the candles, signaling a potential trend reversal. Alternatively, a trader might exit if the background turns gray (Contraction Zone), indicating the bullish momentum has faded.
Short Trade (Sell) Rules
Entry: Wait for a red diamond to appear above the price candles. For confirmation, the main trend line should turn solid red, and the price should ideally be below the white midline.
Exit:
Stop Loss: Place a stop loss above the recent swing high or above the candle where the red diamond appeared.
Take Profit: Consider exiting the trade when a green diamond appears below the candles. A gray "Contraction Zone" can also serve as an early warning to exit as bearish momentum wanes.
Indicator Filters Explained
The indicator includes a "Trend Filter Type" setting that allows you to adjust its sensitivity. This can help reduce false signals in choppy markets.
Raw: This is the most sensitive setting. It will generate a trend change signal as soon as the basic conditions are met. Use this for scalping or in strongly trending markets, but be aware that it may produce more false signals.
OutStep: This is the default, balanced setting. It adds an extra layer of confirmation by requiring the main trend line itself to be moving in the direction of the new trend. For example, a new green signal will only be confirmed if the trend line's value is higher than its previous value. This helps filter out weak signals.
FullStep: This is the most conservative and filtered setting. It includes the "OutStep" logic and adds further conditions related to the upper and lower trend bands. This setting will produce the fewest signals, but they are generally the highest quality, making it suitable for swing trading or avoiding choppy market conditions.
Disclaimer
This indicator is a tool for technical analysis and should not be considered financial advice. All trading involves substantial risk, including the possible loss of principal. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The signals generated by this indicator are for educational and informational purposes only. You are solely responsible for any trading decisions you make. Use this indicator at your own risk.
Structural Liquidity Signals [BullByte]Structural Liquidity Signals (SFP, FVG, BOS, AVWAP)
Short description
Detects liquidity sweeps (SFPs) at pivots and PD/W levels, highlights the latest FVG, tracks AVWAP stretch, arms percentile extremes, and triggers after confirmed micro BOS.
Full description
What this tool does
Structural Liquidity Signals shows where price likely tapped liquidity (stop clusters), then waits for structure to actually change before it prints a trigger. It spots:
Liquidity sweeps (SFPs) at recent pivots and at prior day/week highs/lows.
The latest Fair Value Gap (FVG) that often “pulls” price or serves as a reaction zone.
How far price is stretched from two VWAP anchors (one from the latest impulse, one from today’s session), scaled by ATR so it adapts to volatility.
A “percentile” extreme of an internal score. At extremes the script “arms” a setup; it only triggers after a small break of structure (BOS) on a closed bar.
Originality and design rationale, why it’s not “just a mashup”
This is not a mashup for its own sake. It’s a purpose-built flow that links where liquidity is likely to rest with how structure actually changes:
- Liquidity location: We focus on areas where stops commonly cluster—recent pivots and prior day/week highs/lows—then detect sweeps (SFPs) when price wicks beyond and closes back inside.
- Displacement context: We track the last Fair Value Gap (FVG) to account for recent inefficiency that often acts as a magnet or reaction zone.
- Stretch measurement: We anchor VWAP to the latest N-bar impulse and to the Daily session, then normalize stretch by ATR to assess dislocation consistently across assets/timeframes.
- Composite exhaustion: We combine stretch, wick skew, and volume surprise, then bend the result with a tanh transform so extremes are bounded and comparable.
- Dynamic extremes and discipline: Rather than triggering on every sweep, we “arm” at statistical extremes via percent-rank and only fire after a confirmed micro Break of Structure (BOS). This separates “interesting” from “actionable.”
Key concepts
SFP (liquidity sweep): A candle briefly trades beyond a level (where stops sit) and closes back inside. We detect these at:
Pivots (recent swing highs/lows confirmed by “left/right” bars).
Prior Day/Week High/Low (PDH/PDL/PWH/PWL).
FVG (Fair Value Gap): A small 3‑bar gap (bar2 high vs bar1 low, or vice versa). The latest gap often acts like a magnet or reaction zone. We track the most recent Up/Down gap and whether price is inside it.
AVWAP stretch: Distance from an Anchored VWAP divided by ATR (volatility). We use:
Impulse AVWAP: resets on each new N‑bar high/low.
Daily AVWAP: resets each new session.
PR (Percentile Rank): Where the current internal score sits versus its own recent history (0..100). We arm shorts at high PR, longs at low PR.
Micro BOS: A small break of the recent high (for longs) or low (for shorts). This is the “go/no‑go” confirmation.
How the parts work together
Find likely liquidity grabs (SFPs) at pivots and PD/W levels.
Add context from the latest FVG and AVWAP stretch (how far price is from “fair”).
Build a bounded score (so different markets/timeframes are comparable) and compute its percentile (PR).
Arm at extremes (high PR → short candidate; low PR → long candidate).
Only print a trigger after a micro BOS, on a closed bar, with spacing/cooldown rules.
What you see on the chart (legend)
Lines:
Teal line = Impulse AVWAP (resets on new N‑bar extreme).
Aqua line = Daily AVWAP (resets each session).
PDH/PDL/PWH/PWL = prior day/week levels (toggle on/off).
Zones:
Greenish box = latest Up FVG; Reddish box = latest Down FVG.
The shading/border changes after price trades back through it.
SFP labels:
SFP‑P = SFP at Pivot (dotted line marks that pivot’s price).
SFP‑L = SFP at Level (at PDH/PDL/PWH/PWL).
Throttle: To reduce clutter, SFPs are rate‑limited per direction.
Triggers:
Triangle up = long trigger after BOS; triangle down = short trigger after BOS.
Optional badge shows direction and PR at the moment of trigger.
Optional Trigger Zone is an ATR‑sized box around the trigger bar’s close (for visualization only).
Background:
Light green/red shading = a long/short setup is “armed” (not a trigger).
Dashboard (Mini/Pro) — what each item means
PR: Percentile of the internal score (0..100). Near 0 = bullish extreme, near 100 = bearish extreme.
Gauge: Text bar that mirrors PR.
State: Idle, Armed Long (with a countdown), or Armed Short.
Cooldown: Bars remaining before a new setup can arm after a trigger.
Bars Since / Last Px: How long since last trigger and its price.
FVG: Whether price is in the latest Up/Down FVG.
Imp/Day VWAP Dist, PD Dist(ATR): Distance from those references in ATR units.
ATR% (Gate), Trend(HTF): Status of optional regime filters (volatility/trend).
How to use it (step‑by‑step)
Keep the Safety toggles ON (default): triggers/visuals on bar‑close, optional confirmed HTF for trend slope.
Choose timeframe:
Intraday (5m–1h) or Swing (1h–4h). On very fast/thin charts, enable Performance mode and raise spacing/cooldown.
Watch the dashboard:
When PR reaches an extreme and an SFP context is present, the background shades (armed).
Wait for the trigger triangle:
It prints only after a micro BOS on a closed bar and after spacing/cooldown checks.
Use the Trigger Zone box as a visual reference only:
This script never tells you to buy/sell. Apply your own plan for entry, stop, and sizing.
Example:
Bullish: Sweep under PDL (SFP‑L) and reclaim; PR in lower tail arms long; BOS up confirms → long trigger on bar close (ATR-sized trigger zone shown).
Bearish: Sweep above PDH/pivot (SFP‑L/P) and reject; PR in upper tail arms short; BOS down confirms → short trigger on bar close (ATR-sized trigger zone shown).
Settings guide (with “when to adjust”)
Safety & Stability (defaults ON)
Confirm triggers at bar close, Draw visuals at bar close: Keep ON for clean, stable prints.
Use confirmed HTF values: Applies to HTF trend slope only; keeps it from changing until the HTF bar closes.
Performance mode: Turn ON if your chart is busy or laggy.
Core & Context
ATR Length: Bigger = smoother distances; smaller = more reactive.
Impulse AVWAP Anchor: Larger = fewer resets; smaller = resets more often.
Show Daily AVWAP: ON if you want session context.
Use last FVG in logic: ON to include FVG context in arming/score.
Show PDH/PDL/PWH/PWL: ON to see prior day/week levels that often attract sweeps.
Liquidity & Microstructure
Pivot Left/Right: Higher values = stronger/rarer pivots.
Min Wick Ratio (0..1): Higher = only more pronounced SFP wicks qualify.
BOS length: Larger = stricter BOS; smaller = quicker confirmations.
Signal persistence: Keeps SFP context alive for a few bars to avoid flicker.
Signal Gating
Percent‑Rank Lookback: Larger = more stable extremes; smaller = more reactive extremes.
Arm thresholds (qHi/qLo): Move closer to 0.5 to see more arms; move toward 0/1 to see fewer arms.
TTL, Cooldown, Min bars and Min ATR distance: Space out triggers so you’re not reacting to minor noise.
Regime Filters (optional)
ATR percentile gate: Only allow triggers when volatility is at/above a set percentile.
HTF trend gate: Only allow longs when the HTF slope is up (and shorts when it’s down), above a minimum slope.
Visuals & UX
Only show “important” SFPs: Filters pivot SFPs by Volume Z and |Impulse stretch|.
Trigger badges/history and Max badge count: Control label clutter.
Compact labels: Toggle SFP‑P/L vs full names.
Dashboard mode and position; Dark theme.
Reading PR (the built‑in “oscillator”)
PR ~ 0–10: Potential bullish extreme (long side can arm).
PR ~ 90–100: Potential bearish extreme (short side can arm).
Important: “Armed” ≠ “Enter.” A trigger still needs a micro BOS on a closed bar and spacing/cooldown to pass.
Repainting, confirmations, and HTF notes
By default, prints wait for the bar to close; this reduces repaint‑like effects.
Pivot SFPs only appear after the pivot confirms (after the chosen “right” bars).
PD/W levels come from the prior completed candles and do not change intraday.
If you enable confirmed HTF values, the HTF slope will not change until its higher‑timeframe bar completes (safer but slightly delayed).
Performance tips
If labels/zones clutter or the chart lags:
Turn ON Performance mode.
Hide FVG or the Trigger Zone.
Reduce badge history or turn badge history off.
If price scaling looks compressed:
Keep optional “score”/“PR” plots OFF (they overlay price and can affect scaling).
Alerts (neutral)
Structural Liquidity: LONG TRIGGER
Structural Liquidity: SHORT TRIGGER
These fire when a trigger condition is met on a confirmed bar (with defaults).
Limitations and risk
Not every sweep/extreme reverses; false triggers occur, especially on thin markets and low timeframes.
This indicator does not provide entries, exits, or position sizing—use your own plan and risk control.
Educational/informational only; no financial advice.
License and credits
© BullByte - MPL 2.0. Open‑source for learning and research.
Built from repeated observations of how liquidity runs, imbalance (FVG), and distance from “fair” (AVWAPs) combine, and how a small BOS often marks the moment structure actually shifts.
Moving Average Signals : Support ResistanceThis indicator plots a Simple Moving Average (default 50-period, adjustable) and highlights potential bounce or rejection signals when price interacts with the SMA.
It is designed to identify moments when price tests the moving average from one side and then continues in the prior direction, signaling a possible continuation trade.
🔴 Red Triangle (Bearish Rejection)
A red triangle is plotted above the bar when:
Price has been trading below the SMA.
Price tests the SMA from below (the high touches or pierces the SMA but closes back below it).
Price then continues lower on the next bar.
This suggests the SMA acted as resistance and the downtrend may resume.
🟢 Green Triangle (Bullish Rejection)
A green triangle is plotted below the bar when:
Price has been trading above the SMA.
Price tests the SMA from above (the low touches or pierces the SMA but closes back above it).
Price then continues higher on the next bar.
This suggests the SMA acted as support and the uptrend may resume.
⚡ HOW TO USE IN TRADING
Trend Confirmation
Use this indicator in trending markets (not choppy ranges).
A rising SMA suggests bullish trend bias; a falling SMA suggests bearish trend bias.
Signal Entry
Green Triangle: Consider long entries when the SMA supports price and a bullish continuation is signaled.
Red Triangle: Consider short entries when the SMA rejects price and a bearish continuation is signaled.
Stop-Loss Placement
Place stops just beyond the SMA or the rejection candle’s high/low.
Example: For a red signal, stop above the SMA or rejection candle’s high.
Take-Profit Ideas
Target prior swing highs/lows or use risk/reward multiples (e.g., 2R, 3R).
You can also trail stops behind the SMA in a strong trend.
Filters for Higher Accuracy (optional)
Confirm signals with volume, momentum indicators (e.g., RSI, MACD), or higher-timeframe trend.
Avoid trading signals against strong higher-timeframe bias.
TRAPPER TRENDLINES — RSIBuilds dynamic RSI trendlines by connecting the two most recent confirmed RSI swing points (highs→highs for resistance, lows→lows for support). Includes optional channel shading for the 30–70 zone, an RSI moving average, clean break alerts, and simple bullish/bearish divergence alerts versus price.
How it works
RSI pivots: A point on RSI is a swing high/low only if it is the most extreme value compared with a set number of bars on the left and the right (the Pivot Lookback).
RSI trendlines:
Resistance connects the last two confirmed RSI swing highs.
Support connects the last two confirmed RSI swing lows.
Lines can be Full Extend (update into the future) or Pivot Only.
Channel block: Optional fill of the 30–70 range for fast visual context.
Alerts:
Breaks of RSI support/resistance trendlines.
Basic bullish/bearish RSI divergences versus price pivots.
Inputs
RSI
RSI Length: Default 14 (standard).
Pivot Lookback: Bars to the left/right required to confirm an RSI swing.
Overbought / Oversold: 70 / 30 by default.
Line Extension: Full Extend or Pivot Only.
Visuals
Show RSI Moving Average / Signal Length: Optional smoothing line on RSI.
RSI/Signal colors: Customize plot colors.
Show 30–70 Channel Block: Toggle the middle-zone fill.
Tint pane background when RSI in channel: Optional subtle background when RSI is between OB/OS.
Divergences & Alerts
Enable RSI TL Break Alerts: Alert conditions for RSI line breaks.
Enable Divergence Alerts: Bullish/Bearish divergence alerts versus price.
Pairing with price for confluence/divergence
For accurate confluence and clearer divergences, align this RSI tool with your price trendline tool (for example, TRAPPER TRENDLINES — PRICE):
Set RSI Pivot Lookback equal to the Pivot Left/Right size used on price.
Example: Price uses Pivot Left = 50 and Pivot Right = 50 → set RSI Pivot Lookback = 50.
Keep RSI Length = 14 and OB/OS = 70/30 unless you have a specific edge.
Interpretation:
Confluence: Price reacts at its trendline while RSI reacts at its own line in the same direction.
Divergence: Price makes a higher high while RSI makes a lower high (bearish), or price makes a lower low while RSI makes a higher low (bullish), using matched pivot windows.
Suggested settings
Higher timeframes (4H / 1D / 1W): Pivot Lookback = 50; optional RSI MA length 14; channel block ON.
Intraday (15m / 30m / 1H): Pivot Lookback = 30; optional RSI MA length 14.
Always mirror your price pivot size to this RSI Pivot Lookback for consistent swings.
Reading the signals
RSI trendline touch/hold: Momentum reacting at structure; look for confluence with price levels.
RSI Trendline Break Up / Down: Momentum shift; consider price structure and retests.
Bullish/Bearish Divergence: Confirm only when pivots are matched and the new swing is confirmed.
Notes & limitations
Pivots require future bars to confirm by design; trendlines update as new swings confirm.
Divergence logic compares RSI pivots to price pivots with the same lookback; mismatched windows can produce false positives.
No strategy entries/exits or performance claims are provided. This is an analytical tool.
Alerts (titles/messages)
RSI: Trendline Break Up — “RSI broke falling resistance line.”
RSI: Trendline Break Down — “RSI broke rising support line.”
RSI: Bullish Divergence — “Bullish RSI divergence confirmed.”
RSI: Bearish Divergence — “Bearish RSI divergence confirmed.”
Quick start
Add the indicator to a separate pane.
Set Pivot Lookback to match your price tool’s pivot size (e.g., 50).
Optionally toggle the RSI MA and Channel Block for clarity.
Enable alerts if you want notifications on RSI line breaks and divergences.
Use with TRAPPER TRENDLINES — PRICE or any price-based trendline tool for confluence/divergence analysis.
Compliance
This script is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Trading involves risk. Past performance does not guarantee future results. No performance claims are made.
TRAPPER TRENDLINES — PRICEDraws dynamic trendlines on price by connecting the two most recent confirmed swing points (highs to highs for resistance, lows to lows for support). Swings are defined with a symmetric left/right pivot window. Old anchors are ignored so lines stay attached to current structure. Optional break alerts are included.
How it works (plain language)
Pivots: A bar is a swing high (or low) only if it’s the most extreme point compared with a set number of bars on the left and the right.
Lines:
Support connects the last two confirmed swing lows.
Resistance connects the last two confirmed swing highs.
Lines can be extended right only or both left & right (toggle).
Recency filter: Only swings within the last N bars are kept. This avoids anchoring to very old pivots far from current price.
Alerts: Optional alerts fire when price closes above resistance or below support.
Inputs
Auto Settings
Auto pivot size by chart timeframe: When ON, the script picks a pivot size suitable for the current timeframe (you can scale it with Auto pivot multiplier). When OFF, the manual left/right inputs are used.
Auto pivot multiplier: Scales the auto pivot size (e.g., 1.5 makes pivots stricter).
Manual Pivots
Pivot Left / Pivot Right: Bars to the left/right required to confirm a swing. Example: Left=50 & Right=50 keeps only major swings.
Recency Filter
Use last N bars for pivots: Swings older than this window are discarded so trendlines stay relevant to current price.
Style
Support/Resistance color: Line colors.
Extend Left & Right: When ON, both endpoints extend; when OFF, lines extend to the right only.
Alerts
Enable Break Alerts: When ON, alert conditions are exposed:
Price: Break Up — close above resistance.
Price: Break Down — close below support.
Suggested settings
Higher timeframes (4H / 1D / 1W):
Manual: Pivot Left = 50, Pivot Right = 50, Use last N bars = 400–800.
Or enable Auto with Auto pivot multiplier = 1.0–1.5.
Intraday (15m / 30m / 1H):
Manual: Pivot Left = 30, Pivot Right = 30, Use last N bars = 300–500.
Or enable Auto with multiplier ≈ 1.0–1.2.
Pairing with RSI for confluence/divergence
This tool is designed to pair with a companion TRAPPER TRENDLINES — RSI (or any RSI trendline script):
To mirror swings, set RSI Pivot Lookback equal to the price Pivot Left/Right you use here.
Example: Price = 50/50 → RSI Pivot Lookback = 50.
Keep RSI at Length 14 with 70/30 channel for clarity.
Confluence: Price holds/rejects at a trendline while RSI trendline agrees.
Divergence: Price prints a higher high (resistance line rising) while RSI prints a lower high (RSI resistance line falling), or vice-versa for lows. Matching pivot windows makes these relationships clear and reduces false signals.
Reading the signals
Trendline touch/hold: Potential reaction area; wait for follow-through.
Break Up / Break Down (alerts): Close beyond the line. Consider retest behavior, higher-timeframe context, and volume/RSI confirmation.
Notes & limitations
Pivots require future bars to confirm (by design). Lines update as pivots confirm.
“Use last N bars” purposely ignores very old swings. Increase this value if you need legacy structure.
Lines are based on two most recent confirmed pivots per side; rapidly changing markets can replace anchors as new swings confirm.
This is a visual/analytical tool. No strategy entries/exits or performance claims are provided.
Compliance
This script is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Trading involves risk. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. No promises of profit, accuracy, or performance are made.
Alerts (titles/messages)
Price: Break Up — “Price broke above resistance trendline.”
Price: Break Down — “Price broke below support trendline.”
Quick start
Add the indicator to your chart.
Choose Auto or set Pivot Left/Right manually.
Set Use last N bars for how far back to consider swings.
Toggle Extend Left & Right to your preference.
(Optional) Add your RSI trendline indicator and match Pivot Lookback with your price pivot size for clean confluence/divergence.
Enable alerts if you want notifications on breaks.
Choch Pattern Levels [BigBeluga]🔵 OVERVIEW
The Choch Pattern Levels indicator automatically detects Change of Character (CHoCH) shifts in market structure — crucial moments that often signal early trend reversals or major directional transitions. It plots the structural break level, visualizes the pattern zone with triangle overlays, and tracks delta volume to help traders assess the strength behind each move.
🔵 CONCEPTS
CHoCH Pattern: A bullish CHoCH forms when price breaks a previous swing high after a swing low, while a bearish CHoCH appears when price breaks a swing low after a prior swing high.
Break Level Mapping: The indicator identifies the highest or lowest point between the pivot and the breakout, marking it with a clean horizontal level where price often reacts.
Delta Volume Tracking: Net bullish or bearish volume is accumulated between the pivot and the breakout, revealing the momentum and conviction behind each CHoCH.
Chart Clean-Up: If price later closes through the CHoCH level, the zone is automatically removed to maintain clarity and focus on active setups only.
🔵 FEATURES
Automatic CHoCH pattern detection using pivot-based logic.
Triangle shapes show structure break: pivot → breakout → internal high/low.
Horizontal level marks the structural zone with a ◯ symbol.
Optional delta volume label with directional sign (+/−).
Green visuals for bullish CHoCHs, red for bearish.
Fully auto-cleaning invalidated levels to reduce clutter.
Clean organization of all lines, labels, and overlays.
User-defined Length input to adjust pivot sensitivity.
🔵 HOW TO USE
Use CHoCH levels as early trend reversal zones or confirmation signals.
Treat bullish CHoCHs as support zones, bearish CHoCHs as resistance.
Look for high delta volume to validate the strength behind each CHoCH.
Combine with other BigBeluga tools like supply/demand, FVGs, or liquidity maps for confluence.
Adjust pivot Length based on your strategy — shorter for intraday, longer for swing trading.
🔵 CONCLUSION
Choch Pattern Levels highlights key structural breaks that can mark the start of new trends. By combining precise break detection with volume analytics and automatic cleanup, it provides actionable insights into the true intent behind price moves — giving traders a clean edge in spotting early reversals and key reaction zones.
Rally/Drop Market Structure (Multi-Timeframe)Rally/Drop Market Structure
Supply and Demand Zones from Bullish/Bearish Breaks
Overview:
The Rally/Drop Market Structure indicator is a powerful price action tool that identifies key structural turning points in the market by detecting bullish and bearish breaks . After each confirmed break, it plots either a demand zone (following a bullish break or rally) or a supply zone (following a bearish break or drop). These zones represent institutional footprints — areas where price is likely to react due to imbalance or unfilled orders.
The indicator is based on synthetic higher timeframe (HTF) candles to provide a more stable and smoothed structural map, improving clarity and signal quality over raw candles.
How It Works:
- A bullish break is defined when price makes a higher high and a higher low (or closes above the previous high depending on your selected mode).
- A bearish break is defined when price makes a lower high and a lower low (or closes below the previous low).
- After a bullish break, the indicator plots a demand zone based on the low and high of the most recent bearish candle — representing where demand stepped in.
- After a bearish break, the indicator plots a supply zone from the most recent bullish candle — indicating where supply took control.
- Optional mitigation logic marks zones as mitigated (or deletes them) once price trades into the opposing side.
- Internal shift detection highlights swing highs and lows , labels structural points (HH, HL, LH, LL), and identifies potential liquidity sweeps .
Features:
- Dynamic plotting of rally-based demand zones and drop-based supply zones
- Toggle to use Highs/Lows or Close-based breaks for structure
- Support for LTF, MTF, and HTF analysis (with selectable timeframe)
- Zone mitigation logic with optional automatic cleanup
- Labeling of key swing points: HH , HL , LH , LL , and LS (Liquidity Sweep)
- Zigzag visualization for structure flow
- Alert-ready for internal shifts, BoS, and zone creation
- Separate styling options for BoS lines, internal shift shapes, and zone colors
How to Use:
- Set your desired HTF candle source (e.g., 1H or 4H) depending on your trading style.
- Use Highs/Lows mode for pure price action structure or Close mode for more conservative signals.
- Observe when a bullish break occurs — a demand zone will form where price previously dropped before rallying. Look for long opportunities if price revisits this zone.
- After a bearish break , a supply zone forms where the rally failed — use this to scout short entries on retests.
- Use BoS lines to confirm structure shifts and validate entry triggers or trend direction.
- Monitor mitigated zones for reduced reliability or avoid them completely by enabling automatic deletion.
- Use alerts to stay notified about key changes without watching the chart constantly.
Recommended Strategies:
- Smart money or ICT-style trading : identify institutional footprints and mitigation setups
- Reversal trading : catch price rejecting off unmitigated zones after structure break
- Trend continuation : enter in the direction of internal structure after pullbacks into zones
- Liquidity sweep confirmation : filter out false breaks using HH/LL with LS detection
Tips:
- Combine this indicator with a higher timeframe bias tool (e.g., moving average, higher timeframe market structure).
- For scalping, use tighter HTFs and reduce the zone duration.
- For swing trading, use larger HTFs (1H, 4H, Daily) and increase zone persistence.
Summary:
The Rally/Drop Market Structure indicator gives you an actionable framework for understanding price structure, market intent, and supply/demand imbalances. Whether you're looking for precision entries, trend confirmation, or smart money concepts, this tool helps simplify complex price behavior into clean, usable structure and zones.
HMA Swing Levels [BigBeluga]An advanced swing structure and trend-following tool built on Hull Moving Average logic, designed to detect major reversals and track dynamic support/resistance zones.
This indicator analyzes price swings using pivot highs/lows and a smoothed HMA trend baseline. It highlights key reversal levels and keeps them active until breached, giving traders a clear visual framework for price structure and trend alignment. The pivots are calculated in real-time using non-lagging logic, making them highly responsive to market conditions.
🔵 CONCEPTS
Combines a fast-reacting Hull Moving Average (HMA) with pivot logic to capture precise directional changes.
Detects non-lagging reversal highs and lows when pivot points form and the HMA direction flips.
Projects these reversal levels forward as horizontal support/resistance lines until broken by price.
Active trend is shown with a step-style trail line that reflects HMA bias over time.
🔵 FEATURES
Swing Level Detection:
Identifies high/low reversals when trend direction changes and plots horizontal zones.
Non-lagging logic of swing points detection:
if h == high and high < h and change > 0
// Detected Swing High
if l == low and low > l and change < 0
// Detected Swing Low
Persistent Support & Resistance Lines:
Each detected swing high or low is extended forward until price invalidates the level. Dotted style is applied once breached.
Color-Coded Trend Trail:
Displays a stepped trend trail using HMA slope: lime = uptrend, blue = downtrend.
Automatic Labeling:
Each reversal level is labeled with its price for clear reference.
Age-Based Line Thickness:
Every level increases in thickness every 250 bars. The longer the level lasts, the stronger it is.
🔵 HOW TO USE
Use green (support) and blue (resistance) levels to frame key reaction zones.
Trade with the trend defined by the trail color: lime for bullish bias, blue for bearish.
Explore where buy or sell orders are stacked
Look for breaks of swing lines to anticipate trend shifts or breakout setups.
Adjust the "Trend Change" input to tune the sensitivity of swing detection.
Adjust the "SwingLevels" input to define how far back to search for valid pivots.
🔵 CONCLUSION
HMA Swing Levels offers a hybrid approach to structural and trend-based trading. With automated non-lagging swing detection, persistent support/resistance tracking, and intuitive HMA-based trend coloring, it provides a powerful visual system for discretionary and systematic traders alike.
