Session Coloring Bar with ICT Macro [dani]The Session Coloring Bar is customizable Pine Script indicator designed to visually enhance your charts by applying unique colors to specific trading sessions or timeframes. This tool allows traders to easily identify and differentiate between macro sessions (e.g., 24-hour cycles) and custom-defined sessions (e.g., Session A, Session B), making it ideal for analyzing market activity during specific periods.
In the context of trading, the term "ICT Macro" , as discussed by Michael J. Huddleston (ICT), refers to specific timeframes or "windows" where market behavior often follows predictable patterns. Traders typically focus on the last 10 minutes of an hour and the first 10 minutes of the next hour (e.g., 0150-0210 , 0050-0110 , or 0950-1010 ) to identify key price movements, liquidity shifts, or market inefficiencies.
This script highlights these macro timeframes, enabling traders to visually analyze price action during these critical periods. Use this tool to support your strategy, but always combine it with your own analysis and risk management.
With this indicator, you can:
Highlight Macro Sessions : Automatically color bars based on predefined 24-hour macro sessions.
Customize Session Settings : Define up to three custom sessions (A & B) with individual start/end times, visibility toggles, and unique bar colors.
Timeframe Filtering : Hide session coloring above a specified timeframe to avoid clutter on higher timeframes.
Personal Notes : Add comments to each session for better organization and quick reference.
Dynamic Color Logic : Bars are colored based on their direction (up, down, or neutral) within the active session.
How to Use:
Enable/Disable Sessions :
Use the Show Coloring toggle to enable or disable session coloring for Macro, Session A, Session B, or Session C.
Set Session Times :
Define the start and end times for each session in the format HHMM-HHMM (e.g., 1600-0930 for an overnight session).
Choose Colors :
Assign unique colors for upward (Bar Up) and downward (Bar Down) bars within each session.
Adjust Timeframe Visibility :
Use the Hide above this TF input to specify the maximum timeframe where session coloring will be visible.
Add Notes :
Use the Comment field to add personal notes or labels for each session.
Example Use Cases:
Overnight Sessions :
Highlight overnight trading hours (e.g., 1600-0930) to analyze price action during low liquidity periods.
Asian/European/US Sessions : Define separate sessions for major trading regions to track regional market behavior.
Macro Analysis : Use the predefined 24-hour macro sessions to study hourly price movements across a full trading day.
Disclaimer:
The Session Coloring Bar is not a trading signal generator and does not predict market direction or provide buy/sell signals. Instead, it is a visualization tool designed to help you identify and analyze specific trading sessions or timeframes on your chart. By highlighting key sessions and their corresponding price movements, this indicator enables you to focus on periods of interest and make more informed trading decisions.
Thank you for choosing this indicator! I hope it becomes a valuable part of your trading toolkit. Remember, trading is a journey, and having the right tools can make all the difference. Whether you're a seasoned trader or just starting out, this indicator is designed to help you stay organized and focused on what matters most—price action. Happy trading, and may your charts be ever in your favor! 😊
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Multitimeframe Fair Value Gap – FVG (Zeiierman)█ Overview
The Multitimeframe Fair Value Gap – FVG (Zeiierman) indicator provides a dynamic and customizable visualization of institutional imbalances (Fair Value Gaps) across multiple timeframes. Built for traders who seek to analyze price inefficiencies, this tool helps highlight potential entry points, unmitigated gaps, and directional bias using smart volume logic and adaptive visual elements.
A Fair Value Gap (FVG) forms when there's a three-candle sequence in which a market imbalance leaves a "gap" between the wicks of candle 1 and candle 3. These areas are often considered footprints of institutional activity, and this indicator gives you the tools to track them with surgical precision across any timeframe you choose—regardless of the one you're viewing.
This indicator also includes a trend filter powered by a low-pass Butterworth filter, enabling traders to distinguish between countertrend vs. trend-aligned FVGs for more intelligent decision-making. On top of that, it features a dynamic FVG table for live tracking and bull/bear volume power visualization inside each gap, adding powerful clarity to market intent.
█ How It Works
The indicator analyzes the open, high, low, close, and volume of candles from a user-selected timeframe. It identifies Fair Value Gaps based on wick logic and only confirms those that meet customizable strength criteria. Once detected, the indicator visualizes each FVG with dynamically extending boxes, optional buy/sell volume bars, and a real-time mitigation check.
⚪ Multitimeframe Logic
Users can analyze FVGs from a higher or lower timeframe regardless of their current chart.
This is achieved using request.security() to fetch OHLCV data from the chosen timeframe.
⚪ Wick Sensitivity & Impulse Filter
The script measures the wick size of potential FVG candles and compares them to a running average. Only FVGs with wick sizes above a certain sensitivity threshold (user-controlled) are plotted. This ensures only meaningful price dislocations (e.g., strong impulsive moves) are shown, reducing noise.
⚪ Midpoint Mitigation Logic
FVGs are marked as "mitigated" when the price revisits the gap area. Traders can choose whether full gap closure or just a midpoint touch is required. This allows faster reactivity in real-time trading environments.
⚪ Bull & Bear Power – Volume-Weighted Visualization
Every Fair Value Gap box includes sub-bars representing the estimated buy and sell effort that created the gap. These are calculated using the candle's close in relation to its high/low range and volume:
Buy Volume % ≈ effort from low to close
Sell Volume % ≈ effort from high to close
Each sub-bar inside the FVG:
Is color-coded (UpCol for bullish, DnCol for bearish)
Is drawn proportionally to the strength of buyers or sellers
Visually displays who was in control during the imbalance
⚪ FVG Table – Dynamic On-Chart Overview
The indicator includes an optional on-chart table that displays all currently active (unmitigated) FVGs in a side panel format:
Automatic updates as gaps are formed and mitigated
Color-coded rows to show bullish vs. bearish FVGs
Timestamps to know precisely when the gap formed
User-controlled position via Table Left and Table Right
This is a gap watchlist overlay, giving traders a concise view of current inefficiencies without manually scanning the chart.
⚪ FVG Trend Filter (Butterworth Smoother)
Using a two-pole Butterworth low-pass filter, the indicator computes a trendline based on average FVG values, offering a smooth but responsive directional signal.
Passband Ripple (dB): Controls sensitivity and overshoot tolerance
Cutoff Frequency (0–0.5): Sets how quickly the trendline reacts
The trendline helps categorize each FVG:
Trend up → favor bullish FVGs
Trend down → favor bearish FVGs
It adds an extra dimension to FVG entries, helping distinguish between trend-aligned and countertrend signals.
█ How to Use
⚪ Identify Institutional Gaps
Use this tool to identify areas where institutions may have left imbalances behind quickly.
These areas often become:
Strong support/resistance zones
Areas where price might react sharply
Targets for liquidity sweeps or retracements
⚪ React to Trend or Countertrend
The built-in trendline helps categorize each FVG:
Trend up → Bullish FVGs have higher validity
Trend down → Bearish FVGs have higher validity
⚪ Volume Context via Bull/Bear Power
Each Fair Value Gap is more than just a price imbalance — it’s a story of effort and intent. The Bull/Bear Power feature visualizes the buy and sell pressure behind each FVG, helping you understand how the gap was formed and who was in control.
A bullish FVG with a strong buy effort suggests continuation potential — buyers dominated the move.
A bullish FVG with a dominant sell effort could signal a trap or reversal — sellers may have overwhelmed the breakout.
These insights allow you to confirm imbalance strength, spot traps early, and add confidence to entries based on dominant volume profiles.
Instead of viewing gaps as static zones, this feature turns each into a live volume map — a visual breakdown of who moved the market and whether that move had conviction.
⚪ Plan with the FVG Table
The FVG Table acts as your on-chart control center for tracking active imbalances. When enabled, it provides a clear summary of all unmitigated Fair Value Gaps, helping you stay organized and focused during fast-moving sessions.
Track live and historical gaps: See exactly when and where each FVG formed.
Monitor older, still-valid zones: Gaps off-screen but not mitigated remain in play — perfect for anticipating future reactions.
Gauge market bias at a glance: The balance of bullish vs. bearish FVGs helps you understand overall directional pressure.
Plan entries confidently: Use the table to reference all zones for risk management, confluence stacking, or layered execution strategies.
Instead of manually scanning your chart, the FVG Table offers a clean, at-a-glance overview of the market’s inefficiencies — giving you the structure needed to act with precision.
█ Settings
FVG Timeframe
Select any timeframe to source FVGs independent of your current chart.
Sensitivity
Filter FVGs by how impulsive the move is — it helps you eliminate weak gaps.
Mitigated on Mid
Control whether gaps are removed at midpoint touch or full fill.
Table Settings
Control the table position and width. Cleanly view all active FVGs.
FVG Style
Customize gap box colors, length, and bullish/bearish overlays.
Trend Filter
Enable or disable the smoothed FVG-based trendline with customizable smoothing controls.
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Disclaimer
The content provided in my scripts, indicators, ideas, algorithms, and systems is for educational and informational purposes only. It does not constitute financial advice, investment recommendations, or a solicitation to buy or sell any financial instruments. I will not accept liability for any loss or damage, including without limitation any loss of profit, which may arise directly or indirectly from the use of or reliance on such information.
All investments involve risk, and the past performance of a security, industry, sector, market, financial product, trading strategy, backtest, or individual's trading does not guarantee future results or returns. Investors are fully responsible for any investment decisions they make. Such decisions should be based solely on an evaluation of their financial circumstances, investment objectives, risk tolerance, and liquidity needs.
Swing Structure + Session Sweeps“Scalper-Friendly Trend & Sweep Detector”
Swing Structure + Session Sweeps with TEMA Cloud
This powerful all-in-one tool is designed for intraday traders, swing traders, and scalpers who want to spot high-probability reversals, trend continuations, and liquidity sweeps with confluence.
🔹 Core Features
Multi-layered TEMA Cloud (9, 20, 34, 50) for clear trend structure
Dynamic Bull/Bear labels when the trend flips
Centerline for TEMA 20 to visualize core trend direction
Session-based liquidity sweep detection (Asia, London, NY)
Volume and absorption dots to catch hidden pressure
Swing high/low detection (external and internal)
Visual VWAP, daily highs/lows, and customizable session zones
Optional alerts for volume spikes, absorption, and reversal sweeps
📈 Use it to:
Confirm directional bias
Anticipate pullbacks and breakouts
Identify volume-backed reversals
Align trades with session strength and swing confluence
⚙️ Built for scalpers, intraday opportunists, and precision chartists alike.
Advanced HFT Detection with VWAP & SpreadsExplanation of the HFT Detection Strategy
🔹 1. Key Indicators Used in the Strategy
It's works by combining VWAP, moving averages (SMA), volume spikes, and price jumps to detect potential HFT activity.
✅ (A) VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price)
VWAP acts as a benchmark price that professional traders and institutions use to execute large orders.
If price is above VWAP, buyers are in control → Bullish trend
If price is below VWAP, sellers are in control → Bearish trend
HFT algorithms often place buy orders above VWAP and sell orders below VWAP to follow momentum.
➡️ Why VWAP? It ensures that signals follow the institutional trading trend.
✅ (B) Moving Averages (SMA)
Moving averages smooth out price data and help in detecting short-term momentum changes.
Fast Moving Average (5-period SMA): Reacts quickly to price changes
Slow Moving Average (20-period SMA): Identifies trend direction
➡️ Why SMA? It filters noise and confirms short-term trend shifts.
✅ (C) Volume Spike Detection
High-frequency trading is often accompanied by large volume surges. We define a volume spike as:
📌 Current Volume > 2× Average Volume of last 20 bars
➡️ Why Volume? HFTs execute rapid buy/sell orders when they detect liquidity, leading to sudden volume bursts.
✅ (D) Price Jump Detection (Sudden Volatility)
HFT algorithms often exploit quick price movements. We check if the price has moved more than twice the ATR (Average True Range) in the last 5 bars.
➡️ Why ATR? It helps to detect abnormal price movements compared to normal volatility.
🔹 2. Trading Signal Logic
Now that we have VWAP, moving averages, volume, and price movement filters, we generate buy and sell signals based on conditions.
✅ (A) Buy Signal Condition
A BUY signal is triggered when:
✔ Fast SMA crosses above Slow SMA → Short-term trend is turning bullish
✔ Volume spike occurs → HFTs are active
✔ Sudden price jump detected → High volatility
✔ Price is above VWAP → Confirms bullish trend
➡️ Why this works? It confirms that institutional traders & HFTs are buying aggressively.
✅ (B) Sell Signal Condition
A SELL signal is triggered when:
✔ Fast SMA crosses below Slow SMA → Short-term trend is turning bearish
✔ Volume spike occurs → HFTs are selling aggressively
✔ Sudden price drop detected → High volatility
✔ Price is below VWAP → Confirms bearish trend
➡️ Why this works? It confirms that institutional traders & HFTs are selling aggressively.
🔹 3. Visual Representation (Plotting Signals & VWAP)
Once we detect buy and sell signals, we mark them on the chart.
✅ (A) Buy/Sell Markers
🟢 Buy → Green upward arrow below the candle
🔴 Sell → Red downward arrow above the candle
✅ (B) VWAP Line on Chart
We also plot VWAP as a blue line to visualize trend direction.
✅ (C) Highlighting Volume Spikes
To easily spot HFT activity, we highlight volume spike bars with a blue background.
🔹 4. How to Use This Strategy?
1️⃣ Apply this script on a 1-minute or 5-minute intraday chart.
2️⃣ Look for BUY signals above VWAP and SELL signals below VWAP.
3️⃣ Verify that the volume spikes before taking action.
4️⃣ Use stop-loss & risk management (e.g., stop-loss at recent low/high).
🚀 Summary: Why This Strategy Works?
✅ VWAP ensures we follow institutional traders
✅ Volume spikes confirm sudden liquidity inflows
✅ Price jumps detect fast market moves caused by HFT bots
✅ Moving averages smooth out short-term trend shifts
02 SMC + BB Breakout (Improved)This strategy combines Smart Money Concepts (SMC) with Bollinger Band breakouts to identify potential trading opportunities. SMC focuses on identifying key price levels and market structure shifts, while Bollinger Bands help pinpoint overbought/oversold conditions and potential breakout points. The strategy also incorporates higher timeframe trend confirmation to filter out trades that go against the prevailing trend.
Key Components:
Bollinger Bands:
Calculated using a Simple Moving Average (SMA) of the closing price and a standard deviation multiplier.
The strategy uses the upper and lower bands to identify potential breakout points.
The SMA (basis) acts as a centerline and potential support/resistance level.
The fill between the upper and lower bands can be toggled by the user.
Higher Timeframe Trend Confirmation:
The strategy allows for optional confirmation of the current trend using a higher timeframe (e.g., daily).
It calculates the SMA of the higher timeframe's closing prices.
A bullish trend is confirmed if the higher timeframe's closing price is above its SMA.
This helps filter out trades that go against the prevailing long-term trend.
Smart Money Concepts (SMC):
Order Blocks:
Simplified as recent price clusters, identified by the highest high and lowest low over a specified lookback period.
These levels are considered potential areas of support or resistance.
Liquidity Zones (Swing Highs/Lows):
Identified by recent swing highs and lows, indicating areas where liquidity may be present.
The Swing highs and lows are calculated based on user defined lookback periods.
Market Structure Shift (MSS):
Identifies potential changes in market structure.
A bullish MSS occurs when the closing price breaks above a previous swing high.
A bearish MSS occurs when the closing price breaks below a previous swing low.
The swing high and low values used for the MSS are calculated based on the user defined swing length.
Entry Conditions:
Long Entry:
The closing price crosses above the upper Bollinger Band.
If higher timeframe confirmation is enabled, the higher timeframe trend must be bullish.
A bullish MSS must have occurred.
Short Entry:
The closing price crosses below the lower Bollinger Band.
If higher timeframe confirmation is enabled, the higher timeframe trend must be bearish.
A bearish MSS must have occurred.
Exit Conditions:
Long Exit:
The closing price crosses below the Bollinger Band basis.
Or the Closing price falls below 99% of the order block low.
Short Exit:
The closing price crosses above the Bollinger Band basis.
Or the closing price rises above 101% of the order block high.
Position Sizing:
The strategy calculates the position size based on a fixed percentage (5%) of the strategy's equity.
This helps manage risk by limiting the potential loss per trade.
Visualizations:
Bollinger Bands (upper, lower, and basis) are plotted on the chart.
SMC elements (order blocks, swing highs/lows) are plotted as lines, with user-adjustable visibility.
Entry and exit signals are plotted as shapes on the chart.
The Bollinger band fill opacity is adjustable by the user.
Trading Logic:
The strategy aims to capitalize on Bollinger Band breakouts that are confirmed by SMC signals and higher timeframe trend. It looks for breakouts that align with potential market structure shifts and key price levels (order blocks, swing highs/lows). The higher timeframe filter helps avoid trades that go against the overall trend.
In essence, the strategy attempts to identify high-probability breakout trades by combining momentum (Bollinger Bands) with structural analysis (SMC) and trend confirmation.
Key User-Adjustable Parameters:
Bollinger Bands Length
Standard Deviation Multiplier
Higher Timeframe
Higher Timeframe Confirmation (on/off)
SMC Elements Visibility (on/off)
Order block lookback length.
Swing lookback length.
Bollinger band fill opacity.
This detailed description should provide a comprehensive understanding of the strategy's logic and components.
***DISCLAIMER: This strategy is for educational purposes only. It is not financial advice. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Use at your own risk. Always perform thorough backtesting and forward testing before using any strategy in live trading.***
ICT Order Blocks v2 (Debug)Josh has a very large PP xD
Understanding Order Blocks (OBs) - The ICT Perspective
This document delves into the concept of Order Blocks (OBs) from the perspective of the ICT methodology. It outlines what OBs are, their significance in trading, and how the "ICT Order Blocks v2 (Refined)" indicator functions to identify and visualize these critical price levels. By understanding OBs, traders can better navigate market movements and make informed decisions based on institutional trading behavior.
What is an Order Block (OB)?
Within ICT methodology, an Order Block represents a specific price candle where significant buying or selling interest from institutions (Smart Money) is believed to have occurred. They are potential areas where price might return and react.
Bullish Order Block: Typically the last down-closing candle before a strong, impulsive upward move (displacement). It suggests institutions may have absorbed selling pressure and initiated long positions here.
Bearish Order Block: Typically the last up-closing candle before a strong, impulsive downward move (displacement). It suggests institutions may have distributed long positions or initiated short positions here.
Why are OBs Significant (ICT View)?
Institutional Footprint: They mark potential zones of large order execution.
Support/Resistance: Unmitigated OBs can act as sensitive price levels where reactions are expected. Bullish OBs may provide support; Bearish OBs may provide resistance.
Origin of Moves: They often mark the origin point of significant price swings.
Liquidity Engineering: Institutions might drive price back to OBs to mitigate earlier positions or to engineer liquidity before continuing a move.
Common Refinements
ICT often emphasizes higher probability OBs that are associated with:
Displacement: The move away from the OB is sharp and decisive.
Fair Value Gaps (FVGs): An FVG forming immediately after the OB strengthens its validity.
OB Mitigation: This refers to price returning to the level of the Order Block after its formation. Price might react at the edge (proximal line) or the 50% level (mean threshold) of the OB. An OB is often considered fully mitigated or invalidated if price trades decisively through its entire range, especially with a candle body closing beyond it.
How the "ICT Order Blocks v2 (Refined)" Indicator Works
This indicator automates the detection and visualization of the most recent unmitigated Order Block of each type (Bullish/Bearish), incorporating optional filters.
Detection:
It looks at the relationship between the candle two bars ago ( ), the previous candle ( ), and potentially the current candle ( ).
Bullish OB: Identifies if candle was a down-close (close < open ) AND candle broke above the high of candle (high > high ).
Bearish OB: Identifies if candle was an up-close (close > open ) AND candle broke below the low of candle (low < low ).
Accuracy Filters (Optional Inputs):
These filters help identify potentially higher-probability OBs:
Require Fair Value Gap (FVG)?: If enabled, the indicator checks if an FVG formed immediately after the OB candle ( ). Specifically, it looks for a gap between candle and candle (low > high for Bullish OB confirmation, high < low for Bearish).
Require Strong Close Breakout?: If enabled, it requires the breakout candle ( ) to close beyond the range of the OB candle ( ). (close > high for Bullish, close < low for Bearish). This suggests stronger confirmation.
Storing the Most Recent OB:
When an OB is detected and passes any enabled filters, its details (high, low, formation bar index) are stored. Crucially, this indicator only tracks the single most recent valid unmitigated OB of each type (one Bullish, one Bearish) using var variables. If a newer valid OB forms, it replaces the previously stored one.
Drawing Boxes:
If a valid Bullish OB is being tracked (and Show Bullish OBs is enabled), it draws a box (box.new) using the high and low of the identified OB candle ( ). The same process applies to Bearish OBs (Show Bearish OBs enabled). The boxes automatically extend to the right (extend.right) and their right edge is updated on each new bar (box.set_right) until they are mitigated. Labels ("Bull OB" / "Bear OB") are displayed inside the boxes.
Mitigation & Box Deletion:
The indicator checks if the current closing price (close ) has moved entirely beyond the range of the tracked OB.
Mitigation Rule Used: A Bullish OB is considered mitigated if close < bull_ob_low. A Bearish OB is considered mitigated if close > bear_ob_high. Once an OB is marked as mitigated, the indicator stops tracking it and its corresponding box is automatically deleted (box.delete) from the chart.
This indicator provides a dynamic visualization of the most recent, potentially significant Order Blocks that meet the specified criteria, helping traders identify key areas of interest based on ICT principles.
Arbitrage Spot-Futures Don++Strategy: Spot-Futures Arbitrage Don++
This strategy has been designed to detect and exploit arbitrage opportunities between the Spot and Futures markets of the same trading pair (e.g. BTC/USDT). The aim is to take advantage of price differences (spreads) between the two markets, while minimizing risk through dynamic position management.
[Operating principle
The strategy is based on calculating the spread between Spot and Futures prices. When this spread exceeds a certain threshold (positive or negative), reverse positions are opened simultaneously on both markets:
- i] Long Spot + Short Futures when the spread is positive.
- i] Short Spot + Long Futures when the spread is negative.
Positions are closed when the spread returns to a value close to zero or after a user-defined maximum duration.
[Strategy strengths
1. Adaptive thresholds :
- Entry/exit thresholds can be dynamic (based on moving averages and standard deviations) or fixed, offering greater flexibility to adapt to market conditions.
2. Robust data management :
- The script checks the validity of data before executing calculations, thus avoiding errors linked to missing or invalid data.
3. Risk limitation :
- A position size based on a percentage of available capital (default 10%) limits exposure.
- A time filter limits the maximum duration of positions to avoid losses due to persistent spreads.
4. Clear visualization :
- Charts include horizontal lines for entry/exit thresholds, as well as visual indicators for spread and Spot/Futures prices.
5. Alerts and logs :
- Alerts are triggered on entries and exits to inform the user in real time.
[Points for improvement or completion
Although this strategy is functional and robust, it still has a few limitations that could be addressed in future versions:
1. [Limited historical data :
- TradingView does not retrieve real-time data for multiple symbols simultaneously. This can limit the accuracy of calculations, especially under conditions of high volatility.
2. [Lack of liquidity management :
- The script does not take into account the volumes available on the order books. In conditions of low liquidity, it may be difficult to execute orders at the desired prices.
3. [Non-dynamic transaction costs :
- Transaction costs (exchange fees, slippage) are set manually. A dynamic integration of these costs via an external API would be more realistic.
4. User-dependency for symbols :
- Users must manually specify Spot and Futures symbols. Automatic symbol validation would be useful to avoid configuration errors.
5. Lack of advanced backtesting :
- Backtesting is based solely on historical data available on TradingView. An implementation with third-party data (via an API) would enable the strategy to be tested under more realistic conditions.
6. [Parameter optimization :
- Certain parameters (such as analysis period or spread thresholds) could be optimized for each specific trading pair.
[How can I contribute?
If you'd like to help improve this strategy, here are a few ideas:
1. Add additional filters:
- For example, a filter based on volume or volatility to avoid false signals.
2. Integrate dynamic costs:
- Use an external API to retrieve actual costs and adjust thresholds accordingly.
3. Improve position management:
- Implement hedging or scalping mechanisms to maximize profits.
4. Test on other pairs:
- Evaluate the strategy's performance on other assets (ETH, SOL, etc.) and adjust parameters accordingly.
5. Publish backtesting results :
- Share detailed analyses of the strategy's performance under different market conditions.
[Conclusion
This Spot-Futures arbitrage strategy is a powerful tool for exploiting price differentials between markets. Although it is already functional, it can still be improved to meet more complex trading scenarios. Feel free to test, modify and share your ideas to make this strategy even more effective!
[Thank you for contributing to this open-source community!
If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to comment or contact me directly.
ICT Gold Trading ToolFirst, I recall the original code had elements like Break of Structure, Fair Value Gaps, Premium/Discount Zones, Liquidity Pools, and Buy/Sell signals. The user had previous feedback pointing out issues in the code, like incorrect timeframe usage for BOS and FVG inaccuracies. They also suggested improvements, which were incorporated into a revised version.
So, the brief note should highlight the main components of the tool without getting too technical. The user probably wants this for a quick overview, maybe to share with others or for their own reference. They might be a trader familiar with ICT concepts, so using terms like BOS or FVG is okay without explaining each one.
I need to mention that the tool combines multiple ICT strategies into one indicator. It uses higher timeframes for BOS, which is important for structure. FVG detection was corrected in the revised code, so I should note that it identifies 3-candle patterns. The zones and liquidity pools help in identifying market extremes and areas where price might reverse. The buy/sell signals are based on a combination of BOS and zones, which adds confluence.
Also, the user might appreciate knowing that the tool is customizable with inputs for periods, making it adaptable to different trading styles. Emphasizing that it's for visual assistance and not standalone signals is crucial to remind users to use additional analysis.
RSI with Trend LinesThe RSI with Trend Lines indicator is a tool designed to analyze the behavior of the Relative Strength Index (RSI) combined with dynamic trend lines. This indicator not only provides the standard RSI reading but also identifies pivot points on the RSI and draws bullish and bearish trend lines based on these points. It also includes customizable options for adjusting trend lines, displaying the RSI moving average, and highlighting key levels such as overbought, oversold, and the center line.
This indicator is ideal for finding and identifying clear trends in the RSI and taking advantage of market breakout or consolidation signals. It also includes a table with the POC value, which represents the price level at which the most trading activity has occurred, indicating the highest liquidity and highest trading volume.
Key Features:
1. Basic RSI:
• Calculates the RSI using a configurable period length (default 14).
• Colors the RSI based on its direction (green for rising, red for falling) and its position relative to the center line (50).
2. Key Levels:
• Displays overbought (70 and 80), oversold (20 and 30), and the center line (50) levels for easy visual interpretation.
3. RSI Moving Average:
• Enables and configures an RSI moving average (SMA, EMA, WMA, or ALMA) to smooth out fluctuations and detect clearer trends.
4. Dynamic Trend Lines:
• Identifies pivot points on the RSI and draws bullish and bearish trend lines.
• Trend lines can be extended into the future or limited to the visible range.
• Includes options to display broken lines (trends that are no longer valid) and customize the style (solid or dashed).
5. Pivot Points:
• Displays the high and low pivot points on the chart for a better understanding of trend changes.
6. Advanced Customization:
• Adjust the pivot point period.
• Control the number of pivot points to consider for trend lines.
• Customize the line thickness and style.
How to Use the Indicator:
1. RSI Interpretation:
• Overbought Zone (RSI > 70): Indicates that the asset may be overvalued and could correct downward.
• Oversold Zone (RSI < 30): Suggests that the asset may be undervalued and could rebound.
• Centerline Crossover (50): A cross above 50 indicates bullish strength, while a cross below suggests weakness.
2. Trend Lines:
• Bullish Lines: Drawn when the RSI forms ascending low pivot points. These lines represent dynamic support.
• Bearish Lines: These are drawn when the RSI forms descending high pivot points. These lines represent dynamic resistance.
• Broken Lines: When a trend line becomes invalid (the RSI breaks the line), they are displayed in a dotted style to highlight the breakout.
3. Possible Trading Signals:
• Buy: When the RSI breaks an upward downtrend line.
• Sell: When the RSI breaks a downward uptrend line.
• Trend Confirmation: When the RSI stays within a valid trend line, it suggests that the current trend is strong.
4. A chart with the POC value:
• The point of control is a price level at which the highest trading volume occurs in a given time period. It is a key component of the Volume Profile indicator, which displays volume by price.
• Use of the POC in trading:
• The POC is used to identify areas of high interest and liquidity for trading.
• The POC provides information about the equilibrium point where buyers and sellers are most evenly matched.
• Therefore, it can be considered a zone of interest, meaning it can act as support or resistance.
Sweep DetectorThe Sweep Detector identifies liquidity sweeps by detecting when a swing high or low is broken only by the wick of a candle, ensuring the body does not close beyond the level. It highlights these sweep points with markers and draws a line from the broken level to the candle that triggered the sweep. This helps traders spot potential reversals and liquidity grabs in the market.
Luma Signals – Orderflow ImbalanceLuma Signals – Imbalance Detector
The Luma Signals – Imbalance Detector highlights price inefficiencies where buying or selling pressure dominates, causing rapid market movements. These imbalances can act as potential support and resistance zones or indicate areas where liquidity needs to be filled.
🔹 Key Features:
✔ Identifies Bullish & Bearish Imbalances – Blue candles indicate strong buying pressure, red candles indicate strong selling pressure.
✔ Clear Market Structure – Normal bullish candles appear in light gray, normal bearish candles in white.
✔ Dynamic Orderflow Analysis – Helps traders spot high-volatility price movements and potential reversals.
✔ No repainting & lightweight – The indicator works in real-time without altering past data.
📊 How to Use:
Trend Confirmation: If an imbalance aligns with a strong trend, it may indicate trend continuation.
Liquidity Gaps: Price often revisits imbalances before continuing its movement.
Scalping & Intraday Trading: Identify key reaction points for short-term trades.
Intrabar Volume Distribution [BigBeluga]Intrabar Volume Distribution is an advanced volume and order flow indicator that visualizes the buy and sell volume distribution within each candlestick.
🔔 Before Use:
Turn off the background color of your candles for clear visibility.
Overlay the indicator on the top layout to ensure accurate alignment with the price chart.
🔵 Key Features:
Inside Bar Volume Visualization:
Each candlestick is divided into two columns:
Left column displays the sell % volume amount.
Right column displays the buy % volume amount.
Provides a clear representation of buyer-seller activity within individual bars.
Percentage Volume Labels:
Labels above each bar show the percentage share of sell and buy volume relative to the total (100%).
Quickly assess market sentiment and volume imbalances.
Point of Control (POC) Levels:
Orange dashed lines mark the POC inside each bar, indicating the price level with the highest traded volume.
Helps identify key liquidity zones within individual candlesticks.
Multi-Timeframe Volume Analysis:
The indicator automatically uses a timeframe 20-30 times lower than the current one to gather detailed volume data.
For each higher timeframe candle, it collects 20-30 bars of lower timeframe data for precise volume mapping.
Each bar is divided into 100 volume bins to capture detailed volume distribution across the price range.
Bins are filled based on the aggregated volume from the lower timeframe data.
Lookback Period:
Allows traders to select how many bars to display with delta and volume information.
The beginning of the selected lookback period is marked with a gray line and label for quick reference.
Indicator displays up to 80 bars back
🔵 Usage:
Order Flow Analysis: Monitor buy/sell volume distribution to spot potential reversals or continuations.
Liquidity Identification: Use POC levels to locate areas of strong market interest and potential support/resistance.
Volume Imbalance Detection: Pay attention to percentage labels for quick recognition of buyer or seller dominance.
Scalping & Intraday Trading: Ideal for traders seeking real-time insight into order flow and volume behavior.
Historical Analysis: Adjust the lookback period to analyze past price action and volume activity.
Intrabar Volume Distribution is a powerful tool for traders aiming to gain deeper insight into market sentiment through detailed volume analysis, allowing for more informed trading decisions based on real-time order flow dynamics.
Float Turnover Signal
The *Float Turnover Signal* indicator helps traders analyze the relationship between price changes and trading volume relative to the stock's free float. It generates signals based on turnover ratios, providing insights into liquidity-driven price movements.
**How It Works**
- The indicator calculates the **percentage change** in closing price from two days ago to the previous day.
- It retrieves the **free float** (the number of publicly available shares) from TradingView.
- It then calculates the **turnover percentage**, which represents the previous day's trading volume as a percentage of the free float.
- The **turnover ratio** is derived by dividing the price change percentage by the turnover percentage.
- Based on this ratio, the indicator generates **color-coded signals**:
- 🟢 **Green Signal** – Indicates a balanced turnover ratio (0.8 to 1.2), suggesting a stable price-volume relationship.
- 🟡 **Yellow Signal** – Indicates a near-optimal but not perfect ratio (0.6-0.8 or 1.2-1.5), suggesting caution.
**Customization & Features**
✅ **Adjustable Signal Display** – Users can choose how many recent bars will display signals using the `"Number of Bars to Display Signal"` setting.
✅ **Works on Any Timeframe** – The indicator adapts to different chart resolutions.
✅ **Helps Identify Volume-Driven Moves** – Ideal for spotting potential breakouts, liquidity shifts, and confirming price action validity.
USDT.D + USDT.C ALL TIMEFRAMESThis indicator combines the dominance of USDT (USDT.D) and USDC (USDC.D) to track total stablecoin market share across all timeframes. It displays the combined dominance as candlesticks, providing a clearer view of market liquidity shifts and investor sentiment.
📌 How to Use:
Green candles indicate rising stablecoin dominance (potential risk-off sentiment).
Red candles indicate declining stablecoin dominance (potential risk-on sentiment).
Works on all timeframes, from intraday scalping to macro trend analysis.
This tool is essential for traders looking to analyze stablecoin liquidity flow, identify market turning points, and refine trading strategies based on stablecoin dominance behavior. 🚀
STRAW Volume Spike IndicatorThis is basically a:
High-Volume Impulse Detector
The High-Volume Impulse Detector is a refined tool designed to highlight key moments of explosive volume surges in the market, specifically calibrated for assets like Bitcoin on the 15-minute timeframe. Unlike generic volume-based indicators, this script doesn’t just flag high volume—it intelligently adapts to market dynamics by incorporating a custom-moving average baseline and highlighting instances where volume exceeds a significant threshold relative to the average.
Key Features
✅ Adaptive Volume Benchmark – Uses a dynamic moving average to filter out noise and pinpoint meaningful volume spikes.
✅ Impulse Confirmation – Only highlights volume bars that exceed the 50% threshold above the baseline, ensuring signals capture real liquidity shifts.
✅ Smart Color Coding – Differentiates high-impact bullish and bearish volume with distinct visual cues for easy market structure identification.
✅ Designed for Order Block Traders – Helps validate liquidity-driven price movements essential for refining order block and break-of-structure strategies.
Unlike conventional volume overlays, this tool helps traders connect volume surges to key structural shifts, making it an ideal companion for those navigating momentum shifts, market inefficiencies, and institutional footprints.
⚡ Best used on BTC 15m for tracking aggressive volume-driven moves in real-time.
Sunil 2 Bar Breakout StrategyDetailed Explanation of the Sunil 2 Bar Breakout Strategy
Introduction
The Sunil 2 Bar Breakout Strategy is a simple yet effective price-action-based approach designed to identify breakout opportunities in financial markets. This strategy analyzes the movement of the last three candles to detect momentum and initiates trades in the direction of the breakout. It is equipped with a built-in stop-loss mechanism to protect capital, making it suitable for traders looking for a structured and disciplined trading system.
The strategy works well across different timeframes and asset classes, including indices, stocks, forex, and cryptocurrencies. Its versatility makes it ideal for both intraday and swing trading.
Core Concept
The strategy revolves around two primary conditions: breakout identification and risk management.
Breakout Identification:
Long Trade Setup: The strategy identifies bullish breakouts when:
The current candle's closing price is higher than the previous candle's closing price.
The high of the previous candle is greater than the highs of the two candles before it.
Short Trade Setup: The strategy identifies bearish breakouts when:
The current candle's closing price is lower than the previous candle's closing price.
The low of the previous candle is lower than the lows of the two candles before it.
Risk Management:
Stop-Loss: For each trade, a stop-loss is automatically set:
For long trades, the stop-loss is set to the low of the previous candle.
For short trades, the stop-loss is set to the high of the previous candle.
This ensures that losses are minimized if the breakout fails.
Exit Logic:
The trade is closed automatically when the stop-loss is hit.
This approach maintains discipline and prevents emotional trading.
Strategy Workflow
Entry Criteria:
Long Entry: A long trade is triggered when:
The current close is greater than the previous close.
The high of the previous candle exceeds the highs of the two candles before it.
Short Entry: A short trade is triggered when:
The current close is less than the previous close.
The low of the previous candle is below the lows of the two candles before it.
Stop-Loss Placement:
For long trades, the stop-loss is set at the low of the previous candle.
For short trades, the stop-loss is set at the high of the previous candle.
Trade Management:
Trades are exited automatically if the stop-loss level is hit.
The strategy avoids re-entering trades until new breakout conditions are met.
Default Settings
Position Sizing:
The default position size is set to 1% of the account equity. This ensures proper risk management and prevents overexposure to the market.
Stop-Loss:
Stop-loss levels are automatically calculated based on the previous candle’s high or low.
Timeframes:
The strategy is versatile and works across multiple timeframes. However, it is recommended to test it on 15-minute, 1-hour, and daily charts for optimal performance.
Key Features
Automated Trade Execution:
The strategy handles both trade entry and exit automatically based on pre-defined conditions.
Built-In Risk Management:
The automatic stop-loss placement ensures losses are minimized on failed breakouts.
Works Across Markets:
The strategy is compatible with a wide range of instruments, including indices, stocks, forex, and cryptocurrencies.
Clear Signals:
Entry and exit points are straightforward and based on objective conditions, reducing ambiguity.
Versatility:
Can be used for both day trading and swing trading, depending on the chosen timeframe.
Best Practices for Using This Strategy
Backtesting:
Test the strategy on your chosen instrument and timeframe using TradingView's Strategy Tester to evaluate its performance.
Market Conditions:
The strategy performs best in trending markets or during periods of high volatility. Avoid using it in range-bound or choppy markets.
Position Sizing:
Use the default position size (1% of equity) or adjust based on your risk tolerance and account size.
Instrument Selection:
Focus on instruments with good liquidity and volatility, such as indices (e.g., NIFTY, BANKNIFTY), forex pairs, or major cryptocurrencies (e.g., Bitcoin, Ethereum).
Potential Enhancements
To make the strategy even more robust, consider adding the following optional features:
Stop-Loss Multiplier:
Allow users to customize the stop-loss distance as a multiple of the default level (e.g., 1.5x the low or high of the previous candle).
Take-Profit Levels:
Add user-defined take-profit levels, such as a fixed risk-reward ratio (e.g., 1:2).
Time Filter:
Include an option to restrict trading to specific market hours (e.g., avoid low-liquidity times).
Conclusion
The Sunil 2 Bar Breakout Strategy is an excellent tool for traders looking to capitalize on breakout opportunities while maintaining disciplined risk management. Its simplicity, combined with its effectiveness, makes it suitable for traders of all experience levels. By adhering to the clearly defined rules, traders can achieve consistent results while avoiding emotional trading decisions.
This strategy is a reliable addition to any trader’s toolbox and is designed to work seamlessly across different market conditions and instruments.
MEMEQUANTMEMEQUANT
This script is a comprehensive and specialized tool designed for tracking trends and money flow within meme coins and DEX tokens. By combining various features such as trend lines, Fibonacci levels, and category-based indices, it helps traders make informed decisions in highly volatile markets.
Key Features:
1. Category-Based Indices:
• Tracks the performance of token categories like:
• AI Agent Tokens
• AI Tokens
• Animal Tokens
• Murad Picks
• Each category consists of leader tokens, which are selected based on their higher market cap and trading volume. These tokens act as benchmarks for their respective categories.
• Visualizes category indices in a line chart to identify trends and compare money flow between categories.
2. Fibonacci Correction Zones:
• Highlights key retracement levels (e.g., 60%, 70%, 80%).
• These levels are crucial for identifying potential reversal zones, commonly observed in meme coin trading patterns.
• Fully customizable to match individual trading strategies.
3. Trend Lines:
• Automatically detects major support and resistance levels.
• Separates long-term and short-term trend lines, allowing traders to focus on significant price movements.
4. Enhanced Info Table:
• Provides real-time insights, including:
• % Distance from All-Time High (ATH)
• Current Trading Volume
• 50-bar Average Volume
• Volume Change Percentage
• Displays information in an easy-to-read table on the chart.
5. Customizable Settings:
• Users can adjust transparency, colors, and ranges for Fibonacci zones, trend lines, and the table.
• Enables or disables individual features (e.g., Fibonacci, trend lines, table) based on preferences.
How It Works:
1. Tracking Money Flow Across Categories:
• The script calculates the market cap to volume ratio for each category of tokens to help identify the dominant trend.
• A higher ratio indicates greater liquidity and stability, while a lower ratio suggests higher volatility or price manipulation.
2. Identifying Retracement Patterns:
• Leverages common retracement behaviors (e.g., 70% correction levels) observed in meme coins to detect potential reversal zones.
• Combines this with trend line analysis for additional confirmation.
3. Leader Tokens as Indicators:
• Each category is represented by its leader tokens, which have historically higher liquidity and market cap. This allows the script to accurately reflect the overall trend in each category.
When to Use:
• Trend Analysis: To identify which category (e.g., AI Tokens or Animal Tokens) is leading the market.
• Reversal Zones: To spot potential support or resistance levels using Fibonacci zones.
• Money Flow: To understand how capital is moving across different token categories in real time.
Who Is This For?
This script is tailored for:
• Traders specializing in meme coins and DEX tokens.
• Those looking for an edge in trend-based trading by analyzing market cap, volume, and retracement levels.
• Anyone aiming to track money flow dynamics between different token categories.
Future Updates:
This is the initial version of the script. Future updates may include:
• Support for additional token categories and DEX data.
• More advanced pattern recognition and alerts for volume and price anomalies.
• Enhanced visualization for historical data trends.
With this tool, traders can combine money flow analysis with the 60-70% retracement strategy, turning it into a powerful assistant for navigating the fast-paced world of meme coins and DEX tokens.
This script is designed to provide meaningful insights and practical utility for traders, adhering to TradingView’s standards for originality, clarity, and user value.
Time-Based VWAP (TVWAP)(TVWAP) Indicator
The Time-Based Volume Weighted Average Price (TVWAP) indicator is a customized version of VWAP designed for intraday trading sessions with defined start and end times. Unlike the traditional VWAP, which calculates the volume-weighted average price over an entire trading day, this indicator allows you to focus on specific time periods, such as ICT kill zones (e.g., London Open, New York Open, Power Hour). It helps crypto scalpers and advanced traders identify price deviations relative to volume during key trading windows.
Key Features:
Custom Time Interval:
You can set the exact start and end times for the VWAP calculation using input settings for hours and minutes (24-hour format).
Ideal for analyzing short, high-liquidity periods.
Dynamic Accumulation of Price and Volume:
The indicator resets at the beginning of the specified session and accumulates price-volume data until the end of the session.
Ensures that the TVWAP reflects the weighted average price specific to the chosen session.
Visual Representation:
The indicator plots the TVWAP line only during the specified time window, providing a clear visual reference for price action during that period.
Outside the session, the TVWAP line is hidden (na).
Use Cases:
ICT Scalp Trading:
Monitor price rebalances or potential liquidity sweeps near TVWAP during important trading sessions.
Mean Reversion Strategies:
Detect pullbacks toward the session’s average price for potential entry points.
Breakout Confirmation:
Confirm price direction relative to TVWAP during kill zones or high-volume times to determine if a breakout is supported by volume.
Inputs:
Start Hour/Minute: The time when the TVWAP calculation starts.
End Hour/Minute: The time when the TVWAP calculation ends.
Technical Explanation:
The indicator uses the timestamp function to create time markers for the session start and end.
During the session, the price-volume (close * volume) is accumulated along with the total volume.
TVWAP is calculated as:
TVWAP = (Sum of (Price × Volume)) ÷ (Sum of Volume)
Once the session ends, the TVWAP resets for the next trading period.
Customization Ideas:
Alerts: Add notifications when the price touches or deviates significantly from TVWAP.
Different Colors: Use different line colors based on upward or downward trends.
Multiple Sessions: Add support for multiple TVWAP lines for different time periods (e.g., London + New York).
Enhanced VIP-like IndicatorSettings Breakdown Tutorial: Optimizing a Trading Strategy
This guide explains the key trading strategy settings and how to customize them based on your trading style and goals. Each parameter is essential for tailoring the strategy to market conditions and your risk appetite.
1. Short Moving Average Length (Default: 9)
• Purpose: Tracks short-term trends using a small number of candles.
• Settings Tips:
• Smaller Values (e.g., 9): Quickly react to price changes, useful for fast-moving markets.
• Larger Values (e.g., 12-15): Generate smoother signals for less volatile trades.
2. Long Moving Average Length (Default: 21)
• Purpose: Identifies long-term trends.
• Settings Tips:
• Higher Values (e.g., 50): Spot broader trends at the expense of slower signals.
• Trend Analysis: The interaction of short and long MAs helps determine bullish or bearish trends (e.g., bullish when short MA crosses above long MA).
3. Higher Timeframe MA Length (Default: 200)
• Purpose: Filters long-term trends on a higher timeframe (e.g., daily).
• Settings Tips:
• 200 Periods: Standard for defining bullish (price above) or bearish (price below) markets.
• Adjustable: Use 100 for faster responses or stick with 200 for reliability.
4. Higher Timeframe (Default: 1 Day)
• Purpose: Defines the timeframe for the higher moving average.
• Settings Tips:
• Shorter Timeframes (e.g., 4 Hours): More frequent trading signals.
• Daily Timeframe: Best for swing trading and identifying macro trends.
5. RSI Length (Default: 14)
• Purpose: Measures momentum over a specific number of candles.
• Settings Tips:
• Lower Values (e.g., 7): More sensitive to price changes, ideal for quick trades.
• Higher Values (e.g., 20): Smooth signals for more stable markets.
6. RSI Overbought (70) and Oversold (30) Levels
• Purpose: Marks thresholds for overbought and oversold conditions.
• Settings Tips:
• Stricter Levels (e.g., 80/20): Fewer, higher-quality signals.
• Looser Levels (e.g., 65/35): More frequent signals, suitable for active trading.
7. Pivot Left Bars (5) and Pivot Right Bars (5)
• Purpose: Confirms pivot points (support/resistance) based on surrounding candles.
• Settings Tips:
• Higher Values (e.g., 10): Stronger but less frequent pivot points.
• Lower Values: More responsive, for traders seeking quick pivots.
8. Take Profit Percentage (Default: 2%)
• Purpose: Defines the profit level to exit trades.
• Settings Tips:
• Higher Values (e.g., 5%): For swing traders holding positions longer.
• Lower Values (e.g., 1%): For scalpers focusing on quick trades.
9. Minimum Volume (Default: 1,000,000)
• Purpose: Ensures sufficient liquidity for trading.
• Settings Tips:
• Lower Values: For lower-volume markets.
• Higher Values: Reduces risk in high-liquidity assets.
10. Stop Loss Percentage (Default: 1%)
• Purpose: Sets the maximum acceptable loss per trade.
• Settings Tips:
• Lower Values (e.g., 0.5%): Reduces risk, suited for conservative trading.
• Higher Values (e.g., 2%): Allows more price fluctuation, ideal for volatile markets.
11. Entry Conditions
• Options:
• MA Crossover & RSI: Combines trend-following and momentum for well-rounded signals.
• Pivot Breakout: Focuses on support/resistance breakouts for high-impact trades.
• Settings Tips:
• Trend-Following Traders: Use MA Crossover & RSI.
12. Exit Conditions
• Options:
• Opposite Signal: Exits when the trade’s opposite condition occurs (e.g., bullish to bearish).
• Fixed Take Profit/Stop Loss: Exits based on predefined profit/loss thresholds.
• Settings Tips:
• Opposite Signal: Ideal for trend-following strategies.
Summary
Customizing these settings aligns the strategy with your trading goals. Test configurations in a demo environment before live trading to refine the approach and optimize results. Always balance profit potential with risk management.
• Fixed Levels: Better for strict risk management.
• Breakout Traders: Opt for Pivot Breakout.
Uptrick: Volatility Reversion BandsUptrick: Volatility Reversion Bands is an indicator designed to help traders identify potential reversal points in the market by combining volatility and momentum analysis within one comprehensive framework. It calculates dynamic bands around a simple moving average and issues signals when price interacts with these bands. Below is a fully expanded description, structured in multiple sections, detailing originality, usefulness, uniqueness, and the purpose behind blending standard deviation-based and ATR-based concepts. All references to code have been removed to focus on the written explanation only.
Section 1: Overview
Uptrick: Volatility Reversion Bands centers on a moving average around which various bands are constructed. These bands respond to changes in price volatility and can help gauge potential overbought or oversold conditions. Signals occur when the price moves beyond certain thresholds, which may imply a reversal or significant momentum shift.
Section 2: Originality, Usefulness, Uniqness, Purpose
This indicator merges two distinct volatility measurements—Bollinger Bands and ATR—into one cohesive system. Bollinger Bands use standard deviation around a moving average, offering a baseline for what is statistically “normal” price movement relative to a recent mean. When price hovers near the upper band, it may indicate overbought conditions, whereas price near the lower band suggests oversold conditions. This straightforward construction often proves invaluable in moderate-volatility settings, as it pinpoints likely turning points and gauges a market’s typical trading range.
Yet Bollinger Bands alone can falter in conditions marked by abrupt volatility spikes or sudden gaps that deviate from recent norms. Intraday news, earnings releases, or macroeconomic data can alter market behavior so swiftly that standard-deviation bands do not keep pace. This is where ATR (Average True Range) adds an important layer. ATR tracks recent highs, lows, and potential gaps to produce a dynamic gauge of how much price is truly moving from bar to bar. In quieter times, ATR contracts, reflecting subdued market activity. In fast-moving markets, ATR expands, exposing heightened volatility on each new bar.
By overlaying Bollinger Bands and ATR-based calculations, the indicator achieves a broader situational awareness. Bollinger Bands excel at highlighting relative overbought or oversold areas tied to an established average. ATR simultaneously scales up or down based on real-time market swings, signaling whether conditions are calm or turbulent. When combined, this means a price that barely crosses the Bollinger Band but also triggers a high ATR-based threshold is likely experiencing a volatility surge that goes beyond typical market fluctuations. Conversely, a price breach of a Bollinger Band when ATR remains low may still warrant attention, but not necessarily the same urgency as in a high-volatility regime.
The resulting synergy offers balanced, context-rich signals. In a strong trend, the ATR layer helps confirm whether an apparent price breakout really has momentum or if it is just a temporary spike. In a range-bound market, standard deviation-based Bollinger Bands define normal price extremes, while ATR-based extensions highlight whether a breakout attempt has genuine force behind it. Traders gain clarity on when a move is both statistically unusual and accompanied by real volatility expansion, thus carrying a higher probability of a directional follow-through or eventual reversion.
Practical advantages emerge across timeframes. Scalpers in fast-paced markets appreciate how ATR-based thresholds update rapidly, revealing if a sudden price push is routine or exceptional. Swing traders can rely on both indicators to filter out false signals in stable conditions or identify truly notable moves. By calibrating to changes in volatility, the merged system adapts naturally whether the market is trending, ranging, or transitioning between these phases.
In summary, combining Bollinger Bands (for a static sense of standard-deviation-based overbought/oversold zones) with ATR (for a dynamic read on current volatility) yields an adaptive, intuitive indicator. Traders can better distinguish fleeting noise from meaningful expansions, enabling more informed entries, exits, and risk management. Instead of relying on a single yardstick for all market conditions, this fusion provides a layered perspective, encouraging traders to interpret price moves in the broader context of changing volatility.
Section 3: Why Bollinger Bands and ATR are combined
Bollinger Bands provide a static snapshot of volatility by computing a standard deviation range above and below a central average. ATR, on the other hand, adapts in real time to expansions or contractions in market volatility. When combined, these measures offset each other’s limitations: Bollinger Bands add structure (overbought and oversold references), and ATR ensures responsiveness to rapid price shifts. This synergy helps reduce noisy signals, particularly during sudden market turbulence or extended consolidations.
Section 4: User Inputs
Traders can adjust several parameters to suit their preferences and strategies. These typically include:
1. Lookback length for calculating the moving average and standard deviation.
2. Multipliers to control the width of Bollinger Bands.
3. An ATR multiplier to set the distance for additional reversal bands.
4. An option to display weaker signals when the price merely approaches but does not cross the outer bands.
Section 5: Main Calculations
At the core of this indicator are four important steps:
1. Calculate a basis using a simple moving average.
2. Derive Bollinger Bands by adding and subtracting a product of the standard deviation and a user-defined multiplier.
3. Compute ATR over the same lookback period and multiply it by the selected factor.
4. Combine ATR-based distance with the Bollinger Bands to set the outer reversal bands, which serve as stronger signal thresholds.
Section 6: Signal Generation
The script interprets meaningful reversal points when the price:
1. Crosses below the lower outer band, potentially highlighting oversold conditions where a bullish reversal may occur.
2. Crosses above the upper outer band, potentially indicating overbought conditions where a bearish reversal may develop.
Section 7: Visualization
The indicator provides visual clarity through labeled signals and color-coded references:
1. Distinct colors for upper and lower reversal bands.
2. Markers that appear above or below bars to denote possible buying or selling signals.
3. A gradient bar color scheme indicating a bar’s position between the lower and upper bands, helping traders quickly see if the price is near either extreme.
Section 8: Weak Signals (Optional)
For those preferring early cues, the script can highlight areas where the price nears the outer bands. When weak signals are enabled:
1. Bars closer to the upper reversal zone receive a subtle marker suggesting a less robust, yet still noteworthy, potential selling area.
2. Bars closer to the lower reversal zone receive a subtle marker suggesting a less robust, yet still noteworthy, potential buying area.
Section 9: Simplicity, Effectiveness, and Lower Timeframes
Although combining standard deviation and ATR involves sophisticated volatility concepts, this indicator is visually straightforward. Reversal bands and gradient-colored bars make it easy to see at a glance when price approaches or crosses a threshold. Day traders operating on lower timeframes benefit from such clarity because it helps filter out minor fluctuations and focus on more meaningful signals.
Section 10: Adaptability across Market Phases
Because both the standard deviation (for Bollinger Bands) and ATR adapt to changing volatility, the indicator naturally adjusts to various environments:
1. Trending: The additional ATR-based outer bands help distinguish between temporary pullbacks and deeper reversals.
2. Ranging: Bollinger Bands often remain narrower, identifying smaller reversals, while the outer ATR bands remain relatively close to the main bands.
Section 11: Reduced Noise in High-Volatility Scenarios
By factoring ATR into the band calculations, the script widens or narrows the thresholds during rapid market fluctuations. This reduces the amount of false triggers typically found in indicators that rely solely on fixed calculations, preventing overreactions to abrupt but short-lived price spikes.
Section 12: Incorporation with Other Technical Tools
Many traders combine this indicator with oscillators such as RSI, MACD, or Stochastic, as well as volume metrics. Overbought or oversold signals in momentum oscillators can provide additional confirmation when price reaches the outer bands, while volume spikes may reinforce the significance of a breakout or potential reversal.
Section 13: Risk Management Considerations
All trading strategies carry risk. This indicator, like any tool, can and does produce losing trades if price unexpectedly reverses again or if broader market conditions shift rapidly. Prudent traders employ protective measures:
1. Stop-loss orders or trailing stops.
2. Position sizing that accounts for market volatility.
3. Diversification across different asset classes when possible.
Section 14: Overbought and Oversold Identification
Standard Bollinger Bands highlight regions where price might be overextended relative to its recent average. The extended ATR-based reversal bands serve as secondary lines of defense, identifying moments when price truly stretches beyond typical volatility bounds.
Section 15: Parameter Customization for Different Needs
Users can tailor the script to their unique preferences:
1. Shorter lookback settings yield faster signals but risk more noise.
2. Higher multipliers spread the bands further apart, filtering out small moves but generating fewer signals.
3. Longer lookback periods smooth out market noise, often leading to more stable but less frequent trading cues.
Section 16: Examples of Different Trading Styles
1. Day Traders: Often reduce the length to capture quick price swings.
2. Swing Traders: May use moderate lengths such as 20 to 50 bars.
3. Position Traders: Might opt for significantly longer settings to detect macro-level reversals.
Section 17: Performance Limitations and Reality Check
No technical indicator is free from false signals. Sudden fundamental news events, extreme sentiment changes, or low-liquidity conditions can render signals less reliable. Backtesting and forward-testing remain essential steps to gauge whether the indicator aligns well with a trader’s timeframe, risk tolerance, and instrument of choice.
Section 18: Merging Volatility and Momentum
A critical uniqueness of this indicator lies in how it merges Bollinger Bands (standard deviation-based) with ATR (pure volatility measure). Bollinger Bands provide a relative measure of price extremes, while ATR dynamically reacts to market expansions and contractions. Together, they offer an enhanced perspective on potential market turns, ideally reducing random noise and highlighting moments where price has traveled beyond typical bounds.
Section 19: Purpose of this Merger
The fundamental purpose behind blending standard deviation measures with real-time volatility data is to accommodate different market behaviors. Static standard deviation alone can underreact or overreact in abnormally volatile conditions. ATR alone lacks a baseline reference to normality. By merging them, the indicator aims to provide:
1. A versatile dynamic range for both typical and extreme moves.
2. A filter against frequent whipsaws, especially in choppy environments.
3. A visual framework that novices and experts can interpret rapidly.
Section 20: Summary and Practical Tips
Uptrick: Volatility Reversion Bands offers a powerful tool for traders looking to combine volatility-based signals with momentum-derived reversals. It emphasizes clarity through color-coded bars, defined reversal zones, and optional weak signal markers. While potentially useful across all major timeframes, it demands ongoing risk management, realistic expectations, and careful study of how signals behave under different market conditions. No indicator serves as a crystal ball, so integrating this script into an overall strategy—possibly alongside volume data, fundamentals, or momentum oscillators—often yields the best results.
Disclaimer and Educational Use
This script is intended for educational and informational purposes. It does not constitute financial advice, nor does it guarantee trading success. Sudden economic events, low-liquidity times, and unexpected market behaviors can all undermine technical signals. Traders should use proper testing procedures (backtesting and forward-testing) and maintain disciplined risk management measures.
Real-Time HTF Volume Footprint [BigBeluga]Real-time HTF Volume Footprint Profile is designed to provide a comprehensive view of higher timeframe volume profiles on your current chart. It overlays critical volume information from larger timeframes (like daily, weekly, or monthly) onto lower timeframe charts, helping you spot significant levels where volume is concentrated, acting as potential support or resistance.
🔵 Key Features:
HTF High and Low Zones: The indicator highlights the high and low of the chosen higher timeframe with clear zones, marking them with boxes. These zones help you see the broader market structure at a glance.
Volume Profile within HTF Range: Each higher timeframe range displays a volume profile, showing the distribution of volume at each price level. The most-traded price is highlighted in blue, known as the Point of Control (POC), indicating the price level with the highest activity.
Dynamic POC Option: Activate Dynamic POC to observe how the Point of Control shifts over time, giving insight into changing market interests and potential price direction.
Timeframe Flexibility: Select from daily, weekly, and monthly ranges (and more) to overlay their footprint profiles on your lower timeframe chart. This helps you tailor the indicator to the trading horizon that suits your strategy.
Info Table: Table shows a traders which timeframe is selected with last high and low of the selected timeframe
Visual Clarity with Custom Colors: The indicator uses subtle fills and distinct colors to ensure volume profile data integrates seamlessly into your chart without overwhelming other indicators or price data.
🔵 When to Use:
The HTF Volume Footprint Profile is essential for traders who want to bridge the gap between high-timeframe and intraday analysis. By visualizing HTF volume distribution on lower timeframes, this tool helps you:
Spot potential liquidity zones where price might react.
Identify support and resistance levels within HTF ranges.
Monitor PoC shifts that indicate changes in market behavior.
Track how current price aligns with significant volume clusters, providing a clear edge for volume-based strategies.
This indicator empowers traders to analyze lower timeframes with the context of higher timeframe volume profiles, providing a solid basis for identifying critical support and resistance levels shaped by large volume clusters. Whether you’re looking to spot liquidity zones or align your trades with broader market trends, HTF Volume Footprint Profile equips you with a strategic view.
Previous Key Levels (fadi)Previous Key Levels indicator is a highly configurable OHLC levels tool designed to provide traders with the ability to plot multiple levels while minimizing screen clutter. This indicator is perfect for those who want to monitor various timeframes simultaneously without overloading their charts with unnecessary information.
How to Use It
This indicator offers traders the flexibility to track up to 6 higher timeframes (HTFs) and multiple candles for each timeframe. For example, a trader can choose to monitor the OHLC of the last four 4-hour candles, providing a comprehensive view of significant price levels over different periods.
Key Features
Highly Configurable: Customize the number of timeframes and candles to suit your trading strategy.
Minimal Screen Clutter: Efficiently plot multiple levels without overwhelming your chart.
Flexible Application: Ideal for identifying support and resistance levels, liquidity sweeps, target levels, and more, adapting to various trading styles.
Traders have diverse trading styles and preferences. Some may use these levels to identify support and resistance zones, while others might look for liquidity sweeps or set target levels. By offering a high degree of customization, the Previous Key Levels indicator caters to the unique needs of individual traders, helping them make informed decisions based on historical price action across multiple timeframes.
Timeframe Settings
Toggle to track 6 HTF settings and the number of candles to track for each.
Limit to next HTFs only can be used to limit the HTF levels displayed based on the current timeframe.
Hide Above will disable the indicator above the specified interval.
Offset to Left and Right are used to specify where the level line starts and ends based on the current candle.
Offset between HTFs extends HTF levels to become more readable.
HTF Settings
Choice of the OHLC levels to track.
Specify the color, line style, and line width for each level.
Mark the start of that level, for example, draw a vertical line where the 4H candle has started.
Trace back to draw optional lines to track back to the origin of the level.
Label Settings
Highly configurable labels that allow traders to customize the labels to their liking.
Label color, background, and size.
Customize using up to 9 configurable parts.
Fading Levels
To prevent clutter, the indicator offers the option to change the transparency of the levels based on their distance from the current price. The distance is calculated based on a configurable Average True Range (ATR).
Change Transparency to a percentage of its current color.
Range should be within X candles will fade any level that is X candles length away from the current price.
ATR length used in calculation will calculate the average size of candles in the calculation.
Weekly Covered Calls Strategy with IV & Delta LogicWhat Does the Indicator Do?
this is interactive you must use it with your options chain to input data based on the contract you want to trade.
Visualize three strike price levels for covered calls based on:
Aggressive (closest to price, riskier).
Moderate (mid-range, balanced).
Low Delta (farthest, safer).
Incorporate Implied Volatility (IV) from the options chain to make strike predictions more realistic and aligned with market sentiment. Adjust the risk tolerance by modifying Delta inputs and IV values. Risk is defined for example .30 delta means 30% chance of your shares being assigned. If you want to generate steady income with your shares you might want to lower the risk of them being assigned to .05 or 5% etc.
How to Use the Indicator with the Options Chain
Start with the Options Chain:
Look for the following data points from your options chain:
Implied Volatility (IV Mid): Average IV for a particular strike price.
Delta:
~0.30 Delta: Closest strike (Aggressive).
~0.15–0.20 Delta: Mid-range strike (Moderate).
~0.05–0.10 Delta: Far OTM, safer (Low Delta).
Strike Price: Identify strike prices for the desired Deltas.
Open Interest: Check liquidity; higher OI ensures tighter spreads.
Input IV into the Indicator:
Enter the IV Mid value (e.g., 0.70 for 70%) from the options chain into the Implied Volatility field of the indicator.
Adjust Delta Inputs Based on Risk Tolerance:
Aggressive Delta: Increase if you want strikes closer to the current price (riskier, higher premium).
Default: 0.2 (20% chance of shares being assigned).
Moderate Delta: Balanced risk/reward.
Default: 0.12 (12%)
Low Delta: Decrease for safer, farther OTM strikes.
Default: 0.05 (5%)
Visualize the Chart:
Once inputs are updated:
Red Line: Aggressive Strike (closest, riskiest, higher premium).
Blue Line: Moderate Strike (mid-range).
Green Line: Low Delta Strike (farthest, safer).
Step-by-Step Workflow Example
Open the options chain and note:
Implied Volatility (IV Mid): Example 71.5% → input as 0.715.
Delta for desired strikes:
Aggressive: 0.30 Delta → Closest strike ~ $455.
Moderate: 0.15 Delta → Mid-range strike ~ $470.
Low Delta: 0.05 Delta → Farther strike ~ $505.
Open the indicator and adjust:
IV Mid: Enter 0.715.
Aggressive Delta: Leave at 0.12 (or adjust to bring strikes closer).
Moderate Delta: Leave at 0.18.
Low Delta: Adjust to 0.25 for safer, farther strikes.
View the chart:
Compare the indicator's strikes (red, blue, green) with actual options chain strikes.
Use the visualization to: Validate the risk/reward for each strike.
Align strikes with technical trends, support/resistance.
Adjusting Inputs Based on Risk Tolerance
Higher Risk: Increase Aggressive Delta (e.g., 0.15) for closer strikes.
Use higher IV values for volatile stocks.
Moderate Risk: Use default values (0.12–0.18 Delta).
Balance premiums and probability.
Lower Risk: Increase Low Delta (e.g., 0.30) for farther, safer strikes.
Focus on higher IV stocks with good open interest.
Key Benefits
Simplifies Strike Selection: Visualizes the three risk levels directly on the chart.
Aligns with Market Sentiment: Incorporates IV for realistic forecasts.
Customizable for Risk: Adjust inputs to match personal risk tolerance.
By combining the options chain (IV, Delta, and liquidity) with the technical chart, you get a powerful, visually intuitive tool for covered call strategies.
