Market Acceptance Zones [Interakktive]Market Acceptance Zones (MAZ) identifies statistical price acceptance — areas where the market reaches agreement and price rotates rather than trends.
Unlike traditional support/resistance tools, MAZ does not assume where price "should" react. Instead, it highlights regions where multiple internal conditions confirm balance: directional efficiency drops, effort approximately equals result, volatility contracts, and participation remains stable.
This is a market-state diagnostic tool, not a signal generator.
█ WHAT THE ZONES REPRESENT
MAZ (ATF) — Chart Timeframe Acceptance
A MAZ marks an area where price displayed rotational behaviour and the auction temporarily agreed on value. These zones often act as compression regions, fair-price areas, or boundaries of consolidation where impulsive follow-through is less likely.
Use ATF MAZs to:
- Identify rotational environments
- Avoid chasing price inside balance
- Frame consolidation prior to expansion
MAZ • HTF / MAZ • 2/3 — Multi-Timeframe Acceptance (AMTF)
When Multi-Timeframe mode is enabled, MAZ evaluates acceptance on:
- The chart timeframe
- Two higher structural timeframes
If the minimum consensus threshold is met (default: 2 of 3), the zone is classified as AMTF. These zones represent stronger agreement and typically decay more slowly than single-timeframe acceptance.
AMTF zones are structurally stronger and are useful for:
- Higher-quality rotation areas
- Pullback framing within trends
- Context alignment across timeframes
H • MAZ — Historic Acceptance Zones
Historic MAZs represent older acceptance that has transitioned out of active relevance. These zones are hidden by default and can be enabled to provide long-term memory context.
█ AUTO MULTI-TIMEFRAME LOGIC
When MTF Mode is set to Auto, MAZ uses a deterministic structural mapping based on the current chart timeframe:
- 5m → 15m + 1H
- 15m → 1H + 4H
- 1H → 4H + 1D
- 4H → 1D + 1W
- 1D → 1W + 1M
This ensures consistent higher-timeframe context without manual configuration. Advanced users may switch to Manual mode to define custom timeframes.
█ ZONE LIFECYCLE
MAZ zones are dynamic and maintain an internal lifecycle:
- Active — Acceptance remains relevant
- Aging — Acceptance quality is degrading
- Historic — Retained only for memory context
Zones track price interaction and re-acceptance, which can stabilise or strengthen them. Weak or stale zones are automatically removed to keep the chart clean.
█ HOW TRADERS USE MAZ
MAZ is designed to provide structure, not entries.
Common applications include:
- Avoiding chop when price is inside acceptance
- Framing expansion after clean breaks from MAZ
- Identifying higher-quality rotational pullbacks (AMTF zones)
- Defining objective invalidation using zone boundaries
█ SETTINGS OVERVIEW
Market Acceptance Zones — Core
- Acceptance Lookback
- ATR Length
- Zone Frequency (Conservative / Balanced / Aggressive)
Market Acceptance Zones — Zones
- Maximum Zones
- Fade & Stale Bars
- Historic Zone Visibility (default OFF)
Market Acceptance Zones — Timeframes
- MTF Mode (Off / Auto / Manual)
- Manual Higher Timeframes
- Minimum Consensus Requirement
Market Acceptance Zones — Visuals
- Neon / Muted Theme
- Zone Labels & Consensus Detail
- Optional Midline Display
█ DISCLAIMER
This indicator is a market context and diagnostic tool only.
It does not generate trade signals, entries, or exits.
Past acceptance behaviour does not guarantee future price action.
Always combine with independent analysis and proper risk management.
Interakktive
Market Participation Gradient [Interakktive]Market Participation Gradient (MPG) is a diagnostic oscillator that measures the quality and intensity of market participation by combining price efficiency with activity (volume or a FX-safe proxy) into a single 0–100 score.
Most tools tell you "how much activity exists." MPG focuses on "how effective that activity is," helping you differentiate clean directional participation from absorbed / inefficient participation where effort produces limited directional progress.
█ WHAT IT DOES
- Produces a 0–100 participation score (higher = stronger participation environment)
- Uses color as state context (not buy/sell)
- Classifies participation into four tiers for quick readability
- Includes an optional status-line HUD for at-a-glance context without chart clutter
█ WHAT IT DOES NOT DO
- NO buy/sell signals
- NO entries/exits
- NO alerts by default
- NO repainting / no lookahead (diagnostic context only)
█ HOW TO READ MPG
Level (0–100)
- Higher values = stronger participation environment
- Lower values = thin, drifting participation environment
Color (state language, not direction)
- Teal = Clean participation (efficient movement)
- Magenta = Absorbed participation (high activity, low efficiency)
- Amber = Building / transition state
- Grey = Thin / neutral state
█ TIER SYSTEM
MPG uses four tiers:
- THIN (0–20): low participation environment
- BUILDING (20–40): participation emerging / transitional
- STRONG (40–65): solid participation environment (quality becomes more meaningful)
- EXTREME (65+): very high participation environment (contextually important during events or late-cycle pushes)
█ QUALITY ASSESSMENT (STRONG / EXTREME)
Within STRONG and EXTREME tiers, MPG evaluates participation quality:
- Clean (Teal): Efficiency > 55%
- Absorbed (Magenta): Efficiency < 30% AND Activity > 1.5×
- Neutral (Grey): otherwise (mixed quality)
█ STATUS LINE HUD
MPG can display key values in TradingView's status line:
- Minimal: MPG (0–100) + Tier (0–3)
- Full: adds Direction (-1/0/1) and Quality (-1/0/1)
This provides quick context without tables or on-chart panels.
█ HOW IT WORKS (METHODOLOGY)
MPG combines two independent measurements:
1. Efficiency (0–1)
Efficiency = |Net Displacement| / Total Path Length
- High efficiency = price moved more directly
- Low efficiency = price moved less directly (more back-and-forth)
2. Activity (centered at 1.0)
Activity = Current Volume / Average Volume
- Activity > 1 = above-average activity
- Activity < 1 = below-average activity
FX / indices fallback: If volume is unreliable/unavailable, MPG uses a range-based proxy: (High–Low) / ATR (capped) to prevent distortion.
3. Participation Score (0–100)
Participation = Efficiency × √Activity × 100
The square root applies diminishing returns so activity alone cannot dominate without efficiency support.
█ SETTINGS
Core
- ATR Length — normalization baseline
- Efficiency Lookback — bars used for efficiency
- Volume Average Length — baseline for activity
- Smoothing Length — EMA smoothing (1 = minimal smoothing)
Visuals
- Histogram / Line / Tier Bands toggles
- Optional pane background tint (default OFF)
- Theme: Cinematic (subtle) or Vivid (brighter)
HUD
- Status Line HUD toggle
- HUD Detail: Minimal or Full
█ SUITABLE MARKETS
Works on any market with price data. For symbols with unreliable volume (common in FX), MPG automatically uses the range/ATR activity proxy.
█ RELATED (INTERAKKTIVE)
- MER — Market Efficiency Ratio (pure efficiency)
- ERD — Effort–Result Divergence (effort vs outcome)
- VSI — Volatility State Index (expansion/contraction context)
█ DISCLAIMER
This indicator is for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Always do your own research and use appropriate risk management.
