Smart Candle SizeIndicator Description: Smart Candle Size
The Smart Candle Size is a technical indicator designed for traders who seek to analyze market momentum and optimize their strategies based on candle size, trend direction, and risk management parameters. This indicator combines several analytical tools to offer a deeper understanding of price movements, facilitating the identification of potential trading opportunities.
What Does the Indicator Do?
The indicator analyzes each candle in relation to the previous one, evaluating whether the size and position of the current candle meet certain predefined criteria. By incorporating an Exponential Moving Average (EMA) as a trend filter and adjusting variables such as candle size proportion, maximum candle size, and minimum distance from the EMA, the indicator helps identify market conditions that may be favorable for entering or exiting a trade.
How Does the Indicator Work?
Candle Size Comparison:
Size Proportion: The indicator compares the size of the current candle to the previous one. If the current candle is proportionally larger based on the set value (e.g., 1.3 times larger), it is considered significant.
Trend Filter with EMA:
Exponential Moving Average (EMA): An adjustable-length EMA is used to determine the general market trend. Bullish signals are considered when the price is above the EMA, and bearish signals when it is below.
Additional Filters:
Maximum Candle Size: Limits the size of candles considered to avoid the influence of unusually large candles.
Minimum Distance from EMA: Ensures that the price is sufficiently away from the EMA to avoid signals in congested zones.
Calculation of Stop-Loss and Take-Profit Levels:
Based on the configured ticks, the indicator calculates and visually displays the SL and TP levels on the chart.
Visual Signals:
Candle Coloring: Candles that meet the criteria are dynamically colored (green for bullish and red for bearish).
Buy/Sell Labels: "W" labels are displayed for possible bullish opportunities and "X" for bearish ones.
EMA Visualization:
A shading is added around the EMA to provide an additional visual reference on the trend.
How to Use the Indicator?
Parameter Configuration:
Adjust the Size Proportion to set how much larger the current candle must be compared to the previous one.
Define the EMA Length according to your trading strategy.
Set the Maximum Candle Size and Minimum Distance from EMA to filter out unwanted signals.
Configure the SL and TP Ticks to automatically calculate the stop-loss and take-profit levels.
Signal Interpretation:
Green Candles (Bullish): Indicate possible buying opportunities if all criteria are met.
Red Candles (Bearish): Indicate possible short-selling opportunities.
Use the "W" and "X" labels as additional visual confirmation.
Trade Planning:
Use the SL and TP levels displayed on the chart to plan your orders and manage risk.
Visual Customization:
Select the Chart Mode (Light or Dark) to adapt the indicator to your visual preferences.
Example Configuration for AUDJPY
As an example, here is a configuration applied to the AUDJPY currency pair:
Size Proportion: 1.3
EMA Length: 27
Maximum Candle Size: 120
Minimum Distance from EMA: 141
SL Ticks: 100
TP Ticks: 300
This configuration can be used as a starting point and adjusted according to the specific characteristics of AUDJPY and the individual trader's preferences.
What Makes This Indicator Original?
Integration of Multiple Filters: Combines candle size comparison with trend and volatility filters to offer more refined signals.
Extensive Customization: Allows adjustment of multiple parameters to suit different assets and trading styles.
Intuitive Visualization: Provides clear visual signals and SL/TP levels directly on the chart, facilitating decision-making.
Built-in Risk Management: By calculating and displaying SL and TP levels, the indicator aids in planning and risk management for each trade.
Additional Considerations
Not a Standalone Indicator: It is recommended to use this indicator in conjunction with other technical and fundamental analyses for better decision-making.
Prior Testing: Before using it on a real account, it is advisable to test the indicator on a demo account to familiarize yourself with its functionality and adjust parameters as necessary.
Limitations: Like all technical indicators, it does not guarantee results and should be used as a support tool.
Conclusion
The Smart Candle Size is a versatile tool that offers a combination of price action analysis and risk management. By providing significant details on how it works and how it can be customized, traders can leverage its features to complement their trading strategies across different markets and time frames.
Compatible with TradingView and ready for immediate use, this indicator can be a valuable addition to your set of trading tools.
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Smart Oscillator PremiumThe Smart Oscillator Premium indicator is a clever oscillator that helps you estimate the direction of trends. It is adaptive to a variety of markets and timeframes and provides rich and colorful visuals using a vibrant color scheme. Aiming to keep things simple, the oscillator only needs one parameter, the length of your base moving average, which defaults to 32.
Overview
As seen in the image above we provide key metrics to assist in choosing smart entry and exit points.
Key Features:
Get a better idea of the trend direction.
Spot divergences in price movements from your chosen moving average.
Using our Smart Candle technology better estimate tops and bottoms.
Using our Whale Sonar technology spot opportunities to enter and exit.
Smart Bollinger Bands using custom Fibonacci levels.
While we believe our default theme is attractive, we expose all style settings to the user to meet their preferences.
Alerts for divergences, with more coming soon.
Road Map:
While we believe this indicator should currently be used in a discretionary manner, we are currently working towards providing you with automated entry/exit signals. We also believe user feedback is a big part of the development process. You can leave us any suggestions or features you may want implemented via our Discord server.
Disclaimer:
By using this script you acknowledge past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results and there are many more factors that go into being a profitable trader.
Access:
See the authors instructions below to get access to our Premium Indicator suite.
Smart Money Index (SMI)It came to my attention that one very common implementation of SMI was incorrect; rather than subtracting the first hour delta and adding the last hour delta it subtracts the whole day delta and adds the last 30m delta. While this indicator might have had some use, it is not what I understand to be the actual Smart Money Index and so I post this as a correction for use in other scripts.
Smart labelling - Candlestick FunctionOftentimes a single look at the candlestick configuration happens to be enough to understand what is going on. The chandlestick function is an experiment in smart labelling that produces candles for various time frames, not only for the fixed 1m, 3m , 5m, 15m, etc. ones, and helps in decision-making when eye-balling the chart. This function generates up to 12 last candlesticks , which is generally more than enough.
Mind that since this is an experiment, the function does not cover all possible combinations. In some time frames the produced candles overlap. This is a todo item for those who are unterested. For instance, the current version covers the following TFs:
Chart - TF in the script
1m - 1-20,24,30,32
3m - 1-10
5m - 1-4,6,9,12,18,36
15m - 1-4,6,12
Tested chart TFs: 1m, 3m ,5m,15m. Tested securities: BTCUSD , EURUSD
Smart Money Index (50)Added MA50 to help interpret Smart Money Flow Index. Original SMI script by HPotter, idea of MA50 gotten from Troy Bombardia.
Smart Money Trend- Plot a series of Smart Money Trend Lines to indicate Different Periods of Support & Resistance:]
Red : Very Short Term Trend
Lime : Short Term Trend (Swing Life Line)
Blue : Mid Term Trend
Black : Long Term Trend (Bull Bear Life Line)
- Plot a series of Smart Money Signal to indicate Buying/Holding/Selling Alerts:
Bottom Arrow Up : Temporary oversold
Bottom Stars : Buy Signal
Top Blue Cross/Diamond : Hold Signal (Trigger Sell Signal when signal disappeared)
Top Red Cross : Sell Signal
SmartPlusSmartPlus
Overview
The SmartPlus indicator is a complete framework for intraday traders. It combines key market reference points (VWAP, moving averages, and the first 15-minute high/low range) with predictive levels based on historical daily moves. Together, these elements allow traders to build directional bias, spot breakouts, and manage risk throughout the session.
Key Features
1. VWAP (Volume-Weighted Average Price)
- Plots the intraday VWAP in real time.
- VWAP acts as a central “fair value” reference point for institutional order flow.
- Price trading above VWAP generally suggests bullish bias, while below VWAP leans bearish.
2. Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs)
- Two configurable EMAs are included:
- Fast EMA (default: 21 periods)
- Slow EMA (default: 34 periods)
- Each EMA is plotted with a single, user-selectable color for clarity.
- Crossovers or alignment between price, VWAP, and EMAs help define market structure.
3. Smart Bar Coloring
- Candles automatically change color when conditions align:
- Bull Zone: Price above VWAP, Fast EMA, and Slow EMA.
- Bear Zone: Price below VWAP, Fast EMA, and Slow EMA.
- Fluorescent bar coloring helps highlight momentum zones visually without additional analysis.
4. First 15-Minute High/Low/Mid (Automatic)
- Automatically detects the first 15 minutes of each new trading day (no manual input required).
- Plots horizontal lines for:
- First 15-Minute High (green)
- First 15-Minute Low (red)
- Midpoint of that range (gray)
- Once the initial 15-minute window ends, these levels remain projected throughout the session as breakout or support/resistance zones.
- Alerts trigger when price breaks above the high or below the low after the window.
5. Daily Support/Resistance Forecast
- Uses a rolling lookback of recent daily ranges (default: 126 days).
- Tracks average up moves and down moves from the daily open.
- Optionally incorporates standard deviation for wider confidence bands.
- Plots forecast levels above/below the current day’s open for reference.
Trading Logic (How to Use)
- Bullish Bias:
- Price is above VWAP, above both EMAs, and ideally above the first 15-minute high.
- This setup suggests trend continuation or breakout opportunities on the long side.
- Bearish Bias:
- Price is below VWAP, below both EMAs, and ideally below the first 15-minute low.
- This setup suggests downward pressure or breakout opportunities on the short side.
- Neutral / Caution Zone:
- Price caught between VWAP, EMAs, or inside the 15-minute range often signals indecision.
- Best to wait for confirmation or breakout before committing to trades.
Expectations After Using It
- The script provides context and structure, not trading signals.
- It highlights where price is relative to meaningful market levels so traders can act with greater confidence.
- Combining VWAP, EMAs, and the 15-minute breakout framework helps traders stay aligned with the market’s natural rhythm.
Disclaimer
This script is a tool for market analysis and educational purposes only.
It does not constitute financial advice, trading recommendations, or guaranteed profitability.
Markets are inherently risky, and past patterns do not ensure future results.
Always combine this tool with sound risk management, personal research, and professional guidance before making any trading decisions.
SMART4TRADER - Bill Williams Market Facilitation IndexThis indicator is written by 🔴 correct formula and for the correctness of the data is used by the Security function for the correct data request name from the open schedule, and not as usual with a similar ticker.
1️⃣ volume grows and MFI grows ➖ Green bar occurs when a growing volume and market dynamics. It signals us forward (down or up), that is, the number of transactions in the market is growing and they move the market in one specific side. Usually this bar is useless to enter the market, as the movement is already going, but it is very useful to determine the correctness of our entrance. In other words, if we are already in the market and see "green light" when a market hiking, for example, down, then we can be confident in the correctness of our entrance.
2️⃣ volume decreases and MFI decreases - Fuchsia (pink) ➖ "fading" bar appears in case of falling interest in the market in players, that is, the number of transactions (teak volume) decreases, and the market freezes (motion slows down). In trade, this bar is practically useless, although it often appears on the top of the first wave of Elliot.
3️⃣ volume decreases, and MFI grows - gray ➖ "fake" bar manifests when the activity of the market is growing with a decrease in volumes. This is an ambiguous bar and no sense from him. It is just necessary to understand that the market is moving, despite the decline in the activity of participants.
4️⃣ volume is growing, and MFI is reduced - blue ➖ "squatting" bar, perhaps the most interesting bar, since all movements end in a squatting bar, which may be, but not necessarily at the very bottom (vertex), and maybe near (one two bars). As stated in the book of Bill Williams, all the main trends end with the "squat" bar, which is among one of the three bars in the top or base.
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Этот индикатор написано по 🔴ПРАВИЛЬНОЙ ФОРМУЛЕ🔴 и для корректности данных используется функция SECURITY для правильного запроса данных имено с открытого графика, а не как обычно с похожего тикера.
1️⃣ Объем растет и MFI растет ➖ зеленый бар возникает при растущем объеме и динамике рынка. Он сигнализирует нам движение вперед (вниз или вверх), то есть количество сделок на рынке растет и они двигают рынок в одну определенную сторону. Обычно этот бар бесполезен для входа в рынок, так как движение уже идет, но он очень полезен для определения правильности нашего входа. Иными словами, если мы уже в рынке и видим «зеленый свет» при походе рынка, например, вниз, то мы можем быть уверенным в правильности нашего входа.
2️⃣ Объем снижается и MFI снижается – фуксия (розовый) ➖ «Увядающий» бар появляется в случае падения интереса к рынку у игроков, то есть количество сделок (тиковый объем) уменьшается, и рынок замирает (движение замедляется). В торговле этот бар практически бесполезен, хотя он часто появляется на вершине первой волны Эллиота.
3️⃣ Объем снижается, а MFI растет – серый ➖ «Фальшивый» бар проявляется, когда активность рынка растет при снижении объемов. Это неоднозначный бар и толку от него особо никакого нет. Просто надо понимать, что рынок движется, несмотря на снижение активности участников.
4️⃣ Объем растет, а MFI снижается – синий ➖ «Приседающий» бар, пожалуй, самый интересный бар, так как все движения заканчиваются приседающим баром, который может быть, но не обязательно в самом дне (вершине), а может быть рядом (один-два бара). Как говорится в книге Билла Вильямса, все основные тренды заканчиваются «приседающим» баром, который находится среди одного из трех баров в вершине или основании.
SMART4TRADER-US STOCKSThe indicator is intended to evaluate the stock market , as it takes into account the data on the BUY and SELL of all US shares. In the indicator, you can select various methods for providing data.
Priority = (BUY - SELL) with a intraday cumulative effect.
Ratio = (BUY / SELL) with a intraday cumulative effect.
Delta = (BUY - SELL) on each candle.
Volume = (BUY + SELL) on each candle.
Cumulative = (BUY - SELL) with cumulative for all available history.
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Индикатор предназначен для оценки фондового рынка , так как в себе учитывает данные о покупка и продажах всех акций США. В индикаторе можно выбрать различные методы предоставления данных.
PRIORITY = (BUY - SELL) с накопительным эффектом внутри дня.
RATIO= (BUY / SELL) с накопительным эффектом внутри дня.
DELTA= (BUY - SELL) на каждой свече.
VOLUME= (BUY + SELL) на каждой свече.
CUMULATIVE= (BUY - SELL) с накопительным за всю доступную историю на графике.
SMART4TRADER-INDEX PATTERN BREAKOUT MULTIThis indicator is designed to analyze the breakdown of previous values of the candles, not only on the selected tool, but also on others. The indicator is well used on the indices of the stock market. In the default indicator, recommended indexes are configured.
The indicator summarizes the results of the analysis of all tools and shows in the form of columns that are above and \ or below the zero line. Additionally, the indicator has two horizontal lines above zero (green) and two horizontal lines below zero (red). The breakdown of these nearest to zero lines signals the possible beginning of the move towards which the column is directed. If the column reached the left line, this means that a very strong trend is noticeable on all the tools selected in the settings.
Additionally, the indicator has a blue line that shows the average value of the columns both above and below the zero line. And also added Hull Moving Average Period (9).
BUY signal:
HIGH > HIGH(1) и LOW > LOW(1)
SELL signal:
HIGH < HIGH(1) и LOW < LOW(1) и LOW < LOW(2)
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Этот индикатор предназначен для анализа пробития предыдущих значений свечей, не только на выбранном инструменте, но и на других. Индикатор хорошо использовать на индексах фондового рынка. В индикаторе по умолчанию настроены рекомендуемые индексы для анализа.
Индикатор суммирует результаты анализа всех инструментов и показывает в виде столбиков, которые находиться выше и\или ниже нулевой линии. Дополнительно на индикаторе есть две горизонтальные линии выше нуля (зеленый) и две горизонтальные линии ниже нуля (красный). Пробитие этих ближайших к нулю линий сигнализирует о возможном начале движения в сторону, в которую направлен столбик. Если столбик достиг крайней линии, то это значит, что очень сильный тренд заметен на всех инструментах выбранных в настройках.
Дополнительно в индикаторе есть синяя линия, которая показывает среднее значение столбиков как выше, так и ниже нулевой линии. А также добавлена HULL MOVING AVERAGE период (9).
Сигнал на покупку:
HIGH > HIGH(1) и LOW > LOW(1)
Сигнал на продажу:
HIGH < HIGH(1) и LOW < LOW(1) и LOW < LOW(2)
SMART4TRADER-INDEX PATTERN BREAKOUTThe indicator for the TREND market (indices, stocks) works on DAY charts and older
Shows signals to enter a position:
If HIGH is greater than HIGH of the previous candle and LOW is greater than LOW of the previous candle = BUY
If LOW is less than LOW of the previous candle and LOW is less than LOW of the before last candle and HIGH is less than HIGH of the previous candle = SELL
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Индикатор для ТРЕНДОВЫХ рынок (индексы, акции) работает на ДНЕВНЫХ графиках и старше
Показывает сигналы на вход в позицию:
Если HIGH больше HIGH прошлой свечи и LOW больше LOW прошлой свечи = BUY
Если LOW меньше LOW прошлой свечи и LOW меньше LOW позапрошлой свечи и HIGH меньше HIGH прошлой свечи = SELL
ICT Donchian Smart Money Structure (Expo)█ Concept Overview
The Inner Circle Trader (ICT) methodology is focused on understanding the actions and implications of the so-called "smart money" - large institutions and professional traders who often influence market movements. Key to this is the concept of market structure and how it can provide insights into potential price moves.
Over time, however, there has been a notable shift in how some traders interpret and apply this methodology. Initially, it was designed with a focus on the fractal nature of markets. Fractals are recurring patterns in price action that are self-similar across different time scales, providing a nuanced and dynamic understanding of market structure.
However, as the ICT methodology has grown in popularity, there has been a drift away from this fractal-based perspective. Instead, many traders have started to focus more on pivot points as their primary tool for understanding market structure.
Pivot points provide static levels of potential support and resistance. While they can be useful in some contexts, relying heavily on them could provide a skewed perspective of market structure. They offer a static, backward-looking view that may not accurately reflect real-time changes in market sentiment or the dynamic nature of markets.
This shift from a fractal-based perspective to a pivot point perspective has significant implications. It can lead traders to misinterpret market structure and potentially make incorrect trading decisions.
To highlight this issue, you've developed a Donchian Structure indicator that mirrors the use of pivot points. The Donchian Channels are formed by the highest high and the lowest low over a certain period, providing another representation of potential market extremes. The fact that the Donchian Structure indicator produces the same results as pivot points underscores the inherent limitations of relying too heavily on these tools.
While the Donchian Structure indicator or pivot points can be useful tools, they should not replace the original, fractal-based perspective of the ICT methodology. These tools can provide a broad overview of market structure but may not capture the intricate dynamics and real-time changes that a fractal-based approach can offer.
It's essential for traders to understand these differences and to apply these tools correctly within the broader context of the ICT methodology and the Smart Money Concept Structure. A well-rounded approach that incorporates fractals, along with other tools and forms of analysis, is likely to provide a more accurate and comprehensive understanding of market structure.
█ Smart Money Concept - Misunderstandings
The Smart Money Concept is a popular concept among traders, and it's based on the idea that the "smart money" - typically large institutional investors, market makers, and professional traders - have superior knowledge or information, and their actions can provide valuable insight for other traders.
One of the biggest misunderstandings with this concept is the belief that tracking smart money activity can guarantee profitable trading.
█ Here are a few common misconceptions:
Following Smart Money Equals Guaranteed Success: Many traders believe that if they can follow the smart money, they will be successful. However, tracking the activity of large institutional investors and other professionals isn't easy, as they use complex strategies, have access to information not available to the public, and often intentionally hide their moves to prevent others from detecting their strategies.
Instantaneous Reaction and Results: Another misconception is that market movements will reflect smart money actions immediately. However, large institutions often slowly accumulate or distribute positions over time to avoid moving the market drastically. As a result, their actions might not produce an immediate noticeable effect on the market.
Smart Money Always Wins: It's not accurate to assume that smart money always makes the right decisions. Even the most experienced institutional investors and professional traders make mistakes, misjudge market conditions, or are affected by unpredictable events.
Smart Money Activity is Transparent: Understanding what constitutes smart money activity can be quite challenging. There are many indicators and metrics that traders use to try and track smart money, such as the COT (Commitments of Traders) reports, Level II market data, block trades, etc. However, these can be difficult to interpret correctly and are often misleading.
Assuming Uniformity Among Smart Money: 'Smart Money' is not a monolithic entity. Different institutional investors and professional traders have different strategies, risk tolerances, and investment horizons. What might be a good trade for a long-term institutional investor might not be a good trade for a short-term professional trader, and vice versa.
█ Market Structure
The Smart Money Concept Structure deals with the interpretation of price action that forms the market structure, focusing on understanding key shifts or changes in the market that may indicate where 'smart money' (large institutional investors and professional traders) might be moving in the market.
█ Three common concepts in this regard are Change of Character (CHoCH), and Shift in Market Structure (SMS), Break of Structure (BMS/BoS).
Change of Character (CHoCH): This refers to a noticeable change in the behavior of price movement, which could suggest that a shift in the market might be about to occur. This might be signaled by a sudden increase in volatility, a break of a trendline, or a change in volume, among other things.
Shift in Market Structure (SMS): This is when the overall structure of the market changes, suggesting a potential new trend. It usually involves a sequence of lower highs and lower lows for a downtrend, or higher highs and higher lows for an uptrend.
Break of Structure (BMS/BoS): This is when a previously defined trend or pattern in the price structure is broken, which may suggest a trend continuation.
A key component of this approach is the use of fractals, which are repeating patterns in price action that can give insights into potential market reversals. They appear at all scales of a price chart, reflecting the self-similar nature of markets.
█ Market Structure - Misunderstandings
One of the biggest misunderstandings about the ICT approach is the over-reliance or incorrect application of pivot points. Pivot points are a popular tool among traders due to their simplicity and easy-to-understand nature. However, when it comes to the Smart Money Concept and trying to follow the steps of professional traders or large institutions, relying heavily on pivot points can create misconceptions and lead to confusion. Here's why:
Delayed and Static Information: Pivot points are inherently backward-looking because they're calculated based on the previous period's data. As such, they may not reflect real-time market dynamics or sudden changes in market sentiment. Furthermore, they present a static view of market structure, delineating pre-defined levels of support and resistance. This static nature can be misleading because markets are fundamentally dynamic and constantly changing due to countless variables.
Inadequate Representation of Market Complexity: Markets are influenced by a myriad of factors, including economic indicators, geopolitical events, institutional actions, and market sentiment, among others. Relying on pivot points alone for reading market structure oversimplifies this complexity and can lead to a myopic understanding of market dynamics.
False Signals and Misinterpretations: Pivot points can often give false signals, especially in volatile markets. Prices might react to these levels temporarily but then continue in the original direction, leading to potential misinterpretation of market structure and sentiment. Also, a trader might wrongly perceive a break of a pivot point as a significant market event, when in fact, it could be due to random price fluctuations or temporary volatility.
Over-simplification: Viewing market structure only through the lens of pivot points simplifies the market to static levels of support and resistance, which can lead to misinterpretation of market dynamics. For instance, a trader might view a break of a pivot point as a definite sign of a trend, when it could just be a temporary price spike.
Ignoring the Fractal Nature of Markets: In the context of the Smart Money Concept Structure, understanding the fractal nature of markets is crucial. Fractals are self-similar patterns that repeat at all scales and provide a more dynamic and nuanced understanding of market structure. They can help traders identify shifts in market sentiment or direction in real-time, providing more relevant and timely information compared to pivot points.
The key takeaway here is not that pivot points should be entirely avoided or that they're useless. They can provide valuable insights and serve as a useful tool in a trader's toolbox when used correctly. However, they should not be the sole or primary method for understanding the market structure, especially in the context of the Smart Money Concept Structure.
█ Fractals
Instead, traders should aim for a comprehensive understanding of markets that incorporates a range of tools and concepts, including but not limited to fractals, order flow, volume analysis, fundamental analysis, and, yes, even pivot points. Fractals offer a more dynamic and nuanced view of the market. They reflect the recursive nature of markets and can provide valuable insights into potential market reversals. Because they appear at all scales of a price chart, they can provide a more holistic and real-time understanding of market structure.
In contrast, the Smart Money Concept Structure, focusing on fractals and comprehensive market analysis, aims to capture a more holistic and real-time view of the market. Fractals, being self-similar patterns that repeat at different scales, offer a dynamic understanding of market structure. As a result, they can help to identify shifts in market sentiment or direction as they happen, providing a more detailed and timely perspective.
Furthermore, a comprehensive market analysis would consider a broader set of factors, including order flow, volume analysis, and fundamental analysis, which could provide additional insights into 'smart money' actions.
█ Donchian Structure
Donchian Channels are a type of indicator used in technical analysis to identify potential price breakouts and trends, and they may also serve as a tool for understanding market structure. The channels are formed by taking the highest high and the lowest low over a certain number of periods, creating an envelope of price action.
Donchian Channels (or pivot points) can be useful tools for providing a general view of market structure, and they may not capture the intricate dynamics associated with the Smart Money Concept Structure. A more nuanced approach, centered on real-time fractals and a comprehensive analysis of various market factors, offers a more accurate understanding of 'smart money' actions and market structure.
█ Here is why Donchian Structure may be misleading:
Lack of Nuance: Donchian Channels, like pivot points, provide a simplified view of market structure. They don't take into account the nuanced behaviors of price action or the complex dynamics between buyers and sellers that can be critical in the Smart Money Concept Structure.
Limited Insights into 'Smart Money' Actions: While Donchian Channels can highlight potential breakout points and trends, they don't necessarily provide insights into the actions of 'smart money'. These large institutional traders often use sophisticated strategies that can't be easily inferred from price action alone.
█ Indicator Overview
We have built this Donchian Structure indicator to show that it returns the same results as using pivot points. The Donchian Structure indicator can be a useful tool for market analysis. However, it should not be seen as a direct replacement or equivalent to the original Smart Money concept, nor should any indicator based on pivot points. The indicator highlights the importance of understanding what kind of trading tools we use and how they can affect our decisions.
The Donchian Structure Indicator displays CHoCH, SMS, BoS/BMS, as well as premium and discount areas. This indicator plots everything in real-time and allows for easy backtesting on any market and timeframe. A unique candle coloring has been added to make it more engaging and visually appealing when identifying new trading setups and strategies. This candle coloring is "leading," meaning it can signal a structural change before it actually happens, giving traders ample time to plan their next trade accordingly.
█ How to use
The indicator is great for traders who want to simplify their view on the market structure and easily backtest Smart Money Concept Strategies. The added candle coloring function serves as a heads-up for structure change or can be used as trend confirmation. This new candle coloring feature can generate many new Smart Money Concepts strategies.
█ Features
Market Structure
The market structure is based on the Donchian channel, to which we have added what we call 'Structure Response'. This addition makes the indicator more useful, especially in trending markets. The core concept involves traders buying at a discount and selling or shorting at a premium, depending on the order flow. Structure response enables traders to determine the order flow more clearly. Consequently, more trading opportunities will appear in trending markets.
Structure Candles
Structure Candles highlight the current order flow and are significantly more responsive to structural changes. They can provide traders with a heads-up before a break in structure occurs
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SMC Community [algoat] — Smart Money ConceptsEmpower your trading with the core principles of the Smart Money Concepts through interactive features and highly customizable settings.
The indicator's strength lies in the unique SMC Core algorithm, a calculation based on real price action data, capturing every tick from small intraday fluctuations to significant high timeframe movements.
algoat SMC Core is our continually evolving, specialized structure mapping algorithm, serving as the backbone of our price action related publications.
⭐ Key Features
Swing Market Structure: Change of Character, Break of Structure
Recognize and visualize real-time market structures with swing elements. Identify and mark key structural changes in the market to visually highlight shifts in market trends and patterns. This feature is designed to alert you to significant changes in the market's behavior, signaling a potential shift from accumulation to distribution phases, or vice versa. It helps traders adapt their strategies based on evolving market dynamics.
Order Flow: Structure Fractal
Connect the successive structural high and low levels, visualizing the intricate flow of market movements. This feature highlights fractal structures within the market, enabling traders to detect significant price action patterns.
Structure Range: Determine Discount, Premium, and Equilibrium Zones
This feature provides a unique way of visualizing price areas where a security could be overbought or oversold (premium or discount zones) and where the price is expected to be fair and balanced (equilibrium zone). Distance from the current price is displayed in percentage terms, which can assist traders with crucial data for risk management and strategic planning. The Range function helps you identify the most favorable price zones for entries and set your stop-loss and take-profit levels more accurately.
Liquidity Grabs: Reveal Hidden Manipulation Attempts
Identify uncovered market areas where high liquidity trading may take place. Liquidity Grabs help track "smart money" footprints by identifying levels where large institutional traders may have induced liquidity traps. Understanding these traps can aid in avoiding false market moves and optimizing trade entries.
Institutional Interest Zones: Order Blocks and Fair Value Gaps
Uncover areas where bigger orders may be lined up. Reveal zones of interest ordered by volume strength. Receive warnings about market price imbalances.
▸ Order Blocks pinpoint crucial zones where large institutional investors ("smart money") have shown strong buying or selling interest recently. These blocks can serve as a tool for identifying key areas for potential trade entries or exits.
▸ Fair Value Gaps detect discrepancies between the perceived market value and the actual market price, revealing potential areas for price correction. With its mitigation settings, you can fine-tune the FVG detection according to the magnitude of value misalignment you consider significant.
Mitigation types dictate how price interacts with a zone, with order blocks requiring a close through (indicating stronger price movement) and fair value gaps requiring a wick through (hinting at weak rejection).
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⭐ Why SMC?
In the ever-evolving trading landscape, mainstream methods and strategies can quickly become outdated as they are widely adopted. Liquidity is constantly sought after, and the best source for this is exploring and exploiting trading strategies that are widely accepted and applied. Currently, one of these strategies is the SMC (Supply, Demand, and Price Action).
It's no coincidence that our educational materials incorporate concepts such as liquidity grabs (LG) and Smart Money Traps (SMT). As the application of SMC gains popularity among retail traders, trading with this approach becomes more challenging. Therefore, the recent focus has been on reforming the SMC methodology, as it is the only method that relies on real price movements and will always work when applied correctly.
The indicator reflects our personal use and deep comprehension of Smart Money Concepts. It provides streamlined tools for tracking algorithmic trends with modern visualizations, without unnecessary clutter.
▸ What does the proper application of SMC entail?
Many SMC traders associate their key areas of interest with the market structure, which is generally considered acceptable. However, depending solely on a single foundation can lead to significant deviations, which may cause notable impacts on trading results. Moreover, if the basis for the market structure calculation is inaccurate, the consequences can be even more severe. It's akin to risking money on a lottery ticket, believing it will be a winner.
Our methodology is different, and it may ensure longevity in the financial markets. The structure remains crucial, but it is not the sole foundation of everything; instead, it serves as a validation tool. Each calculation, such as order blocks (OB), Fair Value Gaps (FVG), liquidity grabs (LG), range analysis, and more, is independent and unique, separate from the structure. However, validation must ultimately come from the structure itself.
We employ individual and high-quality filters: before a function calculation is validated by the structure, it must undergo rigorous testing based on its own set of validation conditions. This approach aims to enhance robustness and accuracy, providing traders with a reliable framework for making informed trading decisions.
▸ An example of structure validation: Order Block with "Swing Sensitivity"
These order blocks will only be displayed and utilized by the script if there is a swing structure validation with a valid break. In other words, the presence of a confirmed swing Change of Character (ChoCh) or Break of Structure (BoS) is essential for the Order Block to be considered valid and relevant.
This approach ensures that the order blocks are aligned with the overall market structure and are not based on isolated or unreliable price movements. Whether it's Fair Value Gaps (FVG), Liquidity Grabs (LG), Range calculations, or other functionalities, the same underlying principle holds true. The background structure calculation serves as a validation mechanism for the data and insights generated by these functions, ensuring they adhere to the specific criteria and rules established within our methodology. By incorporating this robust validation process, traders can have confidence in the reliability and accuracy of the information provided by the indicator, allowing them to make informed trading decisions based on validated data and analysis.
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👉 Usage - the general approach
Determine your trading style and build your basic strategy:
The indicator helps you understand your trading style, whether it's swing trading, scalping or another approach. By analyzing the SMC indicator, you gain valuable information about potential market trends, entry and exit points, and overall market sentiment.
Steps:
Identify Trading Style: Determine whether you are a swing trader, scalper, or long-term investor. This will influence how you use the indicator.
Analyze Market Trends: Use the SMC indicator to observe market trends and identify potential entry and exit points.
Adapt Strategies: Adjust your strategies based on the market dynamics revealed by the SMC indicator, such as changes in order flow or market structure.
👉 Example of usage
In the following chart, you'll notice how we've utilized the indicator to formulate a strategic trading approach. We've employed Order Blocks equipped with volume parameters to identify crucial market zones. Simultaneously, we've leveraged swing/internal market structures to gain insights into potential long- and short-term market turnarounds. Lastly, we've examined trend line liquidity zones to pinpoint probable impulses and breakouts within ongoing trends.
Now we can see how the price descended to the order block with the highest volume, which we had previously marked as our point of interest for an entry. As the price closed below the median Order Block, we noted its mitigation. After an internal CHoCH, it's directing us towards the main Order Block as a target.
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🧠 General advice
Trading effectively requires a range of techniques, experience, and expertise. From technical analysis to market fundamentals, traders must navigate multiple factors, including market sentiment and economic conditions. However, traders often find themselves overwhelmed by market noise, making it challenging to filter out distractions and make informed decisions. By integrating multiple analytical approaches, traders can tailor their strategies to fit their unique trading styles and objectives.
Confirming signals with other indicators
As with all technical indicators, it is important to confirm potential signals with other analytical tools, such as support and resistance levels, as well as indicators like RSI, MACD, and volume. This helps increase the probability of a successful trade.
Use proper risk management
When using this or any other indicator, it is crucial to have proper risk management in place. Consider implementing stop-loss levels and thoughtful position sizing.
Combining with other technical indicators
Integrate this indicator with other technical indicators to develop a comprehensive trading strategy and provide additional confirmation.
Conduct Thorough Research and Backtesting
Ensure a solid understanding of the indicator and its behavior through thorough research and backtesting before making trading decisions. Consider incorporating fundamental analysis and market sentiment into your trading approach.
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⭐ Conclusion
We hold the view that the true path to success is the synergy between the trader and the tool, contrary to the common belief that the tool itself is the sole determinant of profitability. The actual scenario is more nuanced than such an oversimplification. A word to the wise is enough: developed by traders, for traders — pioneering innovations for the modern era.
Risk Notice
Everything provided by algoat — from scripts, tools, and articles to educational materials — is intended solely for educational and informational purposes. Past performance does not assure future returns.
SMT Oscillator: Smarter Money Divergence Detector [PhenLabs]📊Phenlabs - SMT Oscillator: Smarter Money Divergence Detector
Version: PineScript™v6
📌Description
The SMT Oscillator is a sophisticated tool designed to identify smart money divergence between two correlated assets. By analyzing the momentum and volume-weighted price action of a primary and secondary symbol, traders can spot subtle shifts in market dynamics that often precede significant price movements. This indicator is built to provide a clearer, more filtered view of inter-market relationships, solving the common problem of false signals and market noise. Its primary purpose is to equip traders with a quantifiable edge in detecting potential reversals or continuations that are not obvious on a standard price chart.
🚀Points of Innovation
Dual-Symbol Divergence Core: Directly compares momentum (RSI or MACD) between two user-selected symbols to pinpoint true SMT divergence.
Volume-Weighted Analysis: Integrates volume delta into the divergence calculation, giving more weight to moves backed by significant market participation.
Entropy Filter for Noise Reduction: Employs an entropy calculation to filter out low-quality signals during choppy or consolidating market conditions.
Predictive Forecast Line: Utilizes a linear regression model to project the oscillator’s future trajectory, offering a forward-looking glimpse of potential momentum shifts.
Customizable Signal Sensitivity: Allows fine-tuning of overbought and oversold levels to adapt to different market volatilities and trading styles.
Integrated Signal Alerts: Provides built-in alerts for bullish/bearish zero crosses and overbought/oversold conditions.
🔧Core Components
Momentum Engine: The user can select either RSI or MACD as the underlying engine for the divergence calculation, allowing for flexibility in analysis.
Normalization Function: Price data from both symbols is normalized using percentage change to ensure a true “apples-to-apples” comparison, regardless of their nominal price differences.
Divergence Calculator: The core algorithm that subtracts the secondary symbol’s momentum from the primary’s and normalizes the result using the combined standard deviation.
Smoothing Mechanism: An Exponential Moving Average (EMA) is applied to the raw oscillator output to reduce choppiness and provide a clearer signal line.
🔥Key Features
Multi-Asset Comparison: Go beyond single-asset analysis by comparing correlated pairs like ES/NQ or BTC/ETH to uncover hidden trading opportunities.
Heatmap Visualization: An optional heatmap mode provides an intuitive visual representation of divergence strength, making it easier to gauge market sentiment at a glance.
Configurable Lookback and Timeframe: Adjust the lookback period and analysis timeframe to suit your specific strategy, from short-term scalping to long-term trend analysis.
Signal Markers: Visual markers are plotted directly on the chart for bullish and bearish zero-line crossovers, providing clear entry and exit signals.
🎨Visualization
SMT Oscillator Line: The primary visual element, colored blue for bullish (positive) divergence and orange for bearish (negative) divergence.
Zero Line: A solid horizontal line at the zero level, indicating the equilibrium point between the two assets. Crossovers of this line signal a shift in relative strength.
Overbought/Oversold Zones: Dotted lines at the +80 and -80 levels (customizable) that highlight extreme divergence readings, often indicating potential exhaustion points.
Forecast Line: A predictive line that plots the anticipated path of the oscillator, giving traders an advanced warning of potential changes in momentum.
📖Usage Guidelines
Setting Categories
Primary Symbol
Default: (Chart Symbol)
Description: The main asset you are analyzing. Leave blank to use the symbol currently on your chart.
Secondary Symbol
Default: CME_MINI:ES1! (used with NASDAQ futures due to inherent heavy correlation
Description: The asset to compare against the primary symbol.
Lookback Period
Default: 14
Range: 8-100
Description: Controls the calculation window for momentum (RSI/MACD). Higher values result in a smoother, less sensitive oscillator.
Divergence Type
Default: RSI
Options: RSI, MACD
Description: Choose the momentum indicator to use for the divergence calculation.
Enable Volume Weighting
Default: true
Description: When enabled, gives more weight to divergence signals that are accompanied by significant volume.
✅Best Use Cases
Identifying high-probability reversal points by spotting divergence in overbought or oversold territory.
Confirming the strength of a trend by observing sustained positive or negative divergence.
Pairs trading by taking a long position on the outperforming asset and a short position on the underperforming one during a divergence.
Risk management by recognizing when a current trend is losing its underlying momentum.
⚠️Limitations
Requires Correlated Assets: The indicator’s effectiveness is highly dependent on the selection of two assets with a known correlation (e.g., ES and NQ).
Not a Standalone System: Divergence signals should be used in conjunction with other forms of analysis (price action, market structure) and not as a complete trading system.
Lagging by Nature: As it is based on moving averages and past price data, the oscillator is inherently lagging and may not capture all rapid price changes.
💡What Makes This Unique
Combined Momentum & Volume: Unlike standard oscillators, it fuses momentum with volume delta for a more robust “Smart Money” perspective.
Noise-Filtering Mechanism: The proprietary entropy filter is a unique feature designed to weed out insignificant market chatter and focus on high-conviction signals.
🔬How It Works
Data Normalization:
The script first normalizes the price data of the two selected symbols into percentage changes. This ensures that the comparison is fair, regardless of the difference in their price scales.
Momentum Calculation:
It then calculates the chosen momentum value (either RSI or MACD histogram) for each of the normalized price series.
Divergence Computation:
The core of the indicator lies in subtracting the momentum of the secondary symbol from the primary one. This raw divergence is then optionally weighted by volume and filtered for market noise (entropy) to produce the final oscillator value.
💡Note:
For best results, use this indicator on adequate timeframes to filter out market noise. Always confirm signals with price action analysis before entering a trade.
SMC Pro - Smart Money Concepts🎯 SMC Pro - Complete Smart Money Concepts Trading System with Trade Alerts
The Most Comprehensive SMC/ICT Indicator Built for Real Traders
After extensive research into what retail and prop firm traders actually need, I've created SMC Pro - a complete Smart Money Concepts indicator that solves the biggest problems with existing SMC tools.
🚀 What Makes This Different:
✅ COMPLETE TRADE SETUP ALERTS - Not just structure breaks! Get full trade setups with:
* Entry, Stop Loss & Target Prices
* Risk/Reward Calculations
* 5-Point Confluence Scoring
* Visual Trade Labels on Chart
✅ INTELLIGENT FILTERING - No more chart spam:
* Minimum structure size filter (ATR-based)
* Minimum bars between signals
* Volume confirmation for order blocks
* Clean, actionable signals only
📊 Core Features:
1. Market Structure Analysis
* Break of Structure (BOS) with smart filtering
* Change of Character (CHoCH) detection
* Clear directional bias identification
* Prevents excessive signal clustering
2. Order Blocks
* Volume-confirmed institutional zones
* Automatic mitigation tracking
* Entry points for trade setups
3. Fair Value Gaps
* ATR-based size filtering
* Automatic fill detection
* Confluence factor for trades
4. Liquidity Zones
* Buy-side & Sell-side liquidity mapping
* Sweep detection with alerts
* Target zones for trades
5. Risk Management Integration
* Automatic R:R calculation
* Position sizing guidance
* Minimum R:R filtering (default 2:1)
🎯 5-Point Trade Confluence System:
1. Market structure alignment
2. Recent structure break (BOS/CHoCH)
3. Order block at current price
4. Fair value gap support
5. Liquidity target available
Minimum score of 3/5 required for trade alerts (adjustable)
⚙️ Smart Settings:
* Swing Length: 10 (default) - adjust for sensitivity
* Min Bars Between Signals: 20 - prevents clustering
* Min Structure Size: 1.0 ATR - filters noise
* Min Confluence Score: 3/5 - quality control
* Target R:R: 2:1 minimum - proper risk management
📱 Alert Types:
* 🎯 Trade Setup Alerts - Complete entry/exit plans
* ✅ Structure Breaks - BOS & CHoCH notifications
* 📊 Order Block Touch - Price at key zones
* 💧 Liquidity Sweeps - Stop hunts detected
💡 Pro Tips:
* Start with default settings
* Use on 15m+ timeframes for cleaner signals
* Increase confluence requirement for prop firm trading
* Enable volume confirmation for higher quality OBs
* Dashboard shows real-time setup status
🔧 If You Get Too Many Signals:
* Increase Swing Length to 15-20
* Increase Min Bars Between to 30-50
* Increase Min Structure Size to 1.5 ATR
* Raise Min Confluence Score to 4 or 5
This indicator is the result of solving real problems traders face with SMC/ICT concepts. It's designed to give you clean, actionable trade setups - not just mark up your chart with zones.
Built with Pine Script v6 for maximum performance and reliability.
Trade with confluence. Trade with confidence. Trade smart. 🎯
DonAlt - Smart Money Toolkit [BigBeluga]DonAlt - Smart Money Toolkit is inspired by the analytical insights of popular crypto influencer DonAlt.
This advanced toolkit integrates smart money concepts with key technical analysis elements to enhance your trading decisions.
🔵 KEY FEATURES:
SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE LEVELS Automatically identifies critical market turning points with significant volume. Levels turn green when the price is above them and red when below, providing a visual cue for key market thresholds.
ORDER BLOCKS: Highlights significant price zones preceding major price movements.
- If the move is down , it searches for the last bullish candle and plots a block from its body.
- If the move is up , it searches for the last bearish candle and creates a block from its body.
These blocks help identify areas of institutional interest and potential reversals.
TRENDLINES: Automatically plots trendlines to identify breakout zones or price accumulation areas.
• Bullish trendlines accumulation form when the current low is higher than the previous low.
• Bearish trendlines accumulation emerge when the current high is lower than the previous high.
• Bullish trendlines Breakout form when the price break above it.
• Bearish trendlines Breakout form when the price break below it.
Volatility Integration: The levels incorporate normalized volatility to ensure only significant zones are highlighted, filtering noise and emphasizing meaningful data.
🔵 WHEN TO USE:
This toolkit is ideal for traders seeking to align with "smart money" strategies by identifying key areas of institutional activity, strong support and resistance zones, and potential breakout setups.
🔵 CUSTOMIZATION:
Toggle the visibility of levels, order blocks, or trendlines to match your trading style and focus.
Colors of the Bull and Bear key features
Extend trendline
Price Action Smart Money Concepts [BigBeluga]THE SMART MONEY CONCEPTS Toolkit
The Smart Money Concepts [ BigBeluga ] is a comprehensive toolkit built around the principles of "smart money" behavior, which refers to the actions and strategies of institutional investors.
The Smart Money Concepts Toolkit brings together a suite of advanced indicators that are all interconnected and built around a unified concept: understanding and trading like institutional investors, or "smart money." These indicators are not just randomly chosen tools; they are features of a single overarching framework, which is why having them all in one place creates such a powerful system.
This all-in-one toolkit provides the user with a unique experience by automating most of the basic and advanced concepts on the chart, saving them time and improving their trading ideas.
Real-time market structure analysis simplifies complex trends by pinpointing key support, resistance, and breakout levels.
Advanced order block analysis leverages detailed volume data to pinpoint high-demand zones, revealing internal market sentiment and predicting potential reversals. This analysis utilizes bid/ask zones to provide supply/demand insights, empowering informed trading decisions.
Imbalance Concepts (FVG and Breakers) allows traders to identify potential market weaknesses and areas where price might be attracted to fill the gap, creating opportunities for entry and exit.
Swing failure patterns help traders identify potential entry points and rejection zones based on price swings.
Liquidity Concepts, our advanced liquidity algorithm, pinpoints high-impact events, allowing you to predict market shifts, strong price reactions, and potential stop-loss hunting zones. This gives traders an edge to make informed trading decisions based on liquidity dynamics.
🔵 FEATURES
The indicator has quite a lot of features that are provided below:
Swing market structure
Internal market structure
Mapping structure
Adjustable market structure
Strong/Weak H&L
Sweep
Volumetric Order block / Breakers
Fair Value Gaps / Breakers (multi-timeframe)
Swing Failure Patterns (multi-timeframe)
Deviation area
Equal H&L
Liquidity Prints
Buyside & Sellside
Sweep Area
Highs and Lows (multi-timeframe)
🔵 BASIC DEMONSTRATION OF ALL FEATURES
1. MARKET STRUCTURE
The preceding image illustrates the market structure functionality within the Smart Money Concepts indicator.
➤ Solid lines: These represent the core indicator's internal structure, forming the foundation for most other components. They visually depict the overall market direction and identify major reversal points marked by significant price movements (denoted as 'x').
➤ Internal Structure: These represent an alternative internal structure with the potential to drive more rapid market shifts. This is particularly relevant when a significant gap exists in the established swing structure, specifically between the Break of Structure (BOS) and the most recent Change of High/Low (CHoCH). Identifying these formations can offer opportunities for quicker entries and potential short-term reversals.
➤ Sweeps (x): These signify potential turning points in the market where liquidity is removed from the structure. This suggests a possible trend reversal and presents crucial entry opportunities. Sweeps are identified within both swing and internal structures, providing valuable insights for informed trading decisions.
➤ Mapping structure: A tool that automatically identifies and connects significant price highs and lows, creating a zig-zag pattern. It visualizes market structure, highlights trends, support/resistance levels, and potential breakouts. Helps traders quickly grasp price action patterns and make informed decisions.
➤ Color-coded candles based on market structure: These colors visually represent the underlying market structure, making it easier for traders to quickly identify trends.
➤ Extreme H&L: It visualizes market structure with extreme high and lows, which gives perspective for macro Market Structure.
2. VOLUMETRIC ORDER BLOCKS
Order blocks are specific areas on a financial chart where significant buying or selling activity has occurred. These are not just simple zones; they contain valuable information about market dynamics. Within each of these order blocks, volume bars represent the actual buying and selling activity that took place. These volume bars offer deeper insights into the strength of the order block by showing how much buying or selling power is concentrated in that specific zone.
Additionally, these order blocks can be transformed into Breaker Blocks. When an order block fails—meaning the price breaks through this zone without reversing—it becomes a breaker block. Breaker blocks are particularly useful for trading breakouts, as they signal that the market has shifted beyond a previously established zone, offering opportunities for traders to enter in the direction of the breakout.
Here's a breakdown:
➤ Bear Order Blocks (Red): These are zones where a lot of selling happened. Traders see these areas as places where sellers were strong, pushing the price down. When the price returns to these zones, it might face resistance and drop again.
➤ Bull Order Blocks (Green): These are zones where a lot of buying happened. Traders see these areas as places where buyers were strong, pushing the price up. When the price returns to these zones, it might find support and rise again.
These Order Blocks help traders identify potential areas for entering or exiting trades based on past market activity. The volume bars inside blocks show the amount of trading activity that occurred in these blocks, giving an idea of the strength of buying or selling pressure.
➤ Breaker Block: When an order block fails, meaning the price breaks through this zone without reversing, it becomes a breaker block. This indicates a significant shift in market liquidity and structure.
➤ A bearish breaker block occurs after a bullish order block fails. This typically happens when there's an upward trend, and a certain level that was expected to support the market's rise instead gives way, leading to a sharp decline. This decline indicates that sellers have overcome the buyers, absorbing liquidity and shifting the sentiment from bullish to bearish.
Conversely, a bullish breaker block is formed from the failure of a bearish order block. In a downtrend, when a level that was expected to act as resistance is breached, and the price shoots up, it signifies that buyers have taken control, overpowering the sellers.
3. FAIR VALUE GAPS:
A fair value gap (FVG), also referred to as an imbalance, is an essential concept in Smart Money trading. It highlights the supply and demand dynamics. This gap arises when there's a notable difference between the volume of buy and sell orders. FVGs can be found across various asset classes, including forex, commodities, stocks, and cryptocurrencies.
FVGs in this toolkit have the ability to detect raids of FVG which helps to identify potential price reversals.
Mitigation option helps to change from what source FVGs will be identified: Close, Wicks or AVG.
4. SWING FAILURE PATTERN (SFP):
The Swing Failure Pattern is a liquidity engineering pattern, generally used to fill large orders. This means, the SFP generally occurs when larger players push the price into liquidity pockets with the sole objective of filling their own positions.
SFP is a technical analysis tool designed to identify potential market reversals. It works by detecting instances where the price briefly breaks a previous high or low but fails to maintain that breakout, quickly reversing direction.
How it works:
Pattern Detection: The indicator scans for price movements that breach recent highs or lows.
Reversal Confirmation: If the price quickly reverses after breaching these levels, it's identified as an SFP.
➤ SFP Display:
Bullish SFP: Marked with a green symbol when price drops below a recent low before reversing upwards.
Bearish SFP: Marked with a red symbol when price rises above a recent high before reversing downwards.
➤ Deviation Levels: After detecting an SFP, the indicator projects white lines showing potential price deviation:
For bullish SFPs, the deviation line appears above the current price.
For bearish SFPs, the deviation line appears below the current price.
These deviation levels can serve as a potential trading opportunity or areas where the reversal might lose momentum.
With Volume Threshold and Filtering of SFP traders can adjust their trading style:
Volume Threshold: This setting allows traders to filter SFPs based on the volume of the reversal candle. By setting a higher volume threshold, traders can focus on potentially more significant reversals that are backed by higher trading activity.
SFP Filtering: This feature enables traders to filter SFP detection. It includes parameters such as:
5. LIQUIDITY CONCEPTS:
➤ Equal Lows (EQL) and Equal Highs (EQH) are important concepts in liquidity-based trading.
EQL: A series of two or more swing lows that occur at approximately the same price level.
EQH: A series of two or more swing highs that occur at approximately the same price level.
EQLs and EQHs are seen as potential liquidity pools where a large number of stop loss orders or limit orders may be clustered. They can be used as potential reverse points for trades.
This multi-period feature allows traders to select less and more significant EQL and EQH:
➤ Liquidity wicks:
Liquidity wicks are a minor representation of a stop-loss hunt during the retracement of a pivot point:
➤ Buy and Sell side liquidity:
The buy side liquidity represents a concentration of potential buy orders below the current price level. When price moves into this area, it can lead to increased buying pressure due to the execution of these orders.
The sell side liquidity indicates a pool of potential sell orders below the current price level. Price movement into this area can result in increased selling pressure as these orders are executed.
➤ Sweep Liquidation Zones:
Sweep Liquidation Zones are crucial for understanding market structure and potential future price movements. They provide insights into areas where significant market participants have been forced out of their positions, potentially setting up new trading opportunities.
🔵 USAGE & EXAMPLES
The core principle behind the success of this toolkit lies in identifying "confluence." This refers to the convergence of multiple trading indicators all signaling the same information at a specific point or area. By seeking such alignment, traders can significantly enhance the likelihood of successful trades.
MS + OBs
The chart illustrates a highly bullish setup where the price is rejecting from a bullish order block (POC), while simultaneously forming a bullish Swing Failure Pattern (SFP). This occurs after an internal structure change, marked by a bullish Change of Character (CHoCH). The price broke through a bearish order block, transforming it into a breaker block, further confirming the bullish momentum.
The combination of these elements—bullish order blocks, SFP, and CHoCH—creates a powerful bullish signal, reinforcing the potential for upward movement in the market.
SFP + Bear OB
This chart above displays a bearish setup with a high probability of a price move lower. The price is currently rejecting from a bear order block, which represents a key resistance area where significant selling pressure has previously occurred. A Swing Failure Pattern (SFP) has also formed near this bear order block, indicating that the price briefly attempted to break above a recent high but failed to sustain that upward movement. This failure suggests that buyers are losing momentum, and the market could be preparing for a move to the downside.
Additionally, we can toggle on the Deviation Area in the SFP section to highlight potential levels where price deviation might occur. These deviation areas represent zones where the price is likely to react after the Swing Failure Pattern:
BUY – SELL sides + EQL
The chart showcases a bullish setup with a high probability of price breaking out of the current sell-side resistance level. The market structure indicates a formation of Equal Lows (EQL), which often suggests a build-up of liquidity that could drive the price higher.
The presence of strong buy-side pressure (69%), indicated by the green zone at the bottom, reinforces this bullish outlook. This area represents a key support zone where buyers are outpacing sellers, providing the foundation for a potential upward breakout.
EQL + Bull ChoCh
This chart illustrates a potential bullish setup, driven by the formation of Equal Lows (EQL) followed by a bullish Change of Character (CHoCH). The presence of Equal Lows often signals a liquidity build-up, which can lead to a reversal when combined with additional bullish signals.
Liquidity grab + Bull ChoCh + FVGs
This chart demonstrates a strong bullish scenario, where several important market dynamics are at play. The price begins its upward momentum from Liquidity grab following a bullish Change of Character (CHoCH), signaling the transition from a bearish phase to a bullish one.
As the price progresses, it performs liquidity grabs, which serve to gather the necessary fuel for further movement. These liquidity grabs often occur before significant price surges, as large market participants exploit these areas to accumulate positions before pushing the price higher.
The chart also highlights a market imbalance area, showing strong momentum as the price moves swiftly through this zone.
In this examples, we see how the combination of multiple “smart money” tools helps identify a potential trade opportunities. This is just one of the many scenarios that traders can spot using this toolkit. Other combinations—such as order blocks, liquidity grabs, fair value gaps, and Swing Failure Patterns (SFPs)—can also be layered on top of these concepts to further refine your trading strategy.
🔵 SETTINGS
Window: limit calculation period
Swing: limit drawing function
Mapping structure: show structural points
Algorithmic Logic: (Extreme-Adjusted) Use max high/low or pivot point calculation
Algorithmic loopback: pivot point look back
Show Last: Amount of Order block to display
Hide Overlap: hide overlapping order blocks
Construction: Size of the order blocks
Fair value gaps: Choose between normal FVG or Breaker FVG
Mitigation: (close - wick - avg) point to mitigate the order block/imbalance
SFP lookback: find a higher / lower point to improve accuracy
Threshold: remove less relevant SFP
Equal H&L: (short-mid-long term) display longer term
Liquidity Prints: Shows wicks of candles where liquidity was grabbed
Sweep Area: Identify Sweep Liquidation areas
By combining these indicators in one toolkit, traders are equipped with a comprehensive suite of tools that address every angle of the Smart Money Concept. Instead of relying on disparate tools spread across various platforms, having them integrated into a single, cohesive system allows traders to easily see confluence and make more informed trading decisions.
Hodie Smart Inside BarThe Hodie Smart Inside Bar indicator automatically detects and visually highlights inside bars — candles fully contained within the range of the previous (parent) candle.
How the indicator works:
Inside Bar Identification:
The indicator analyzes each candle and checks if its high is lower than the previous candle’s high, and its low is higher than the previous candle’s low. If this condition is met, the candle is considered an inside bar.
Size Filtering:
To filter out small and insignificant consolidations, the indicator compares the size of the parent candle’s range to the inside bar’s range. Only if the parent candle is significantly larger (2 times or more — adjustable parameter), the inside bar is considered significant.
Zone Drawing:
For each detected inside bar, the indicator draws a rectangular zone bounded by the parent candle’s high and low. This zone automatically extends to the right as new bars appear until the price moves outside the parent candle’s range.
Zone Completion:
Once the price closes above the parent candle’s high or below its low, the zone is considered complete and stops extending.
Visual Aids:
If enabled, the indicator can shade the background of the current inside bar for additional visual emphasis.
A label with the text "IB" appears above the inside bar candle on the chart for easier identification.
Alerts:
Supports alerts when a new inside bar forms.
Alerts help traders notice important signals promptly.
To activate, create an alert on the indicator with the condition “New Inside Bar”.
Benefits of the Indicator:
Inside bars often signal consolidation and potential liquidity accumulation, which may be followed by a strong impulsive breakout. This indicator helps traders quickly identify consolidation zones and prepare for possible price moves.
Trade Entry Check list - Smart Money ConceptThe indicator you see is written to evaluate the input parameters for a trade. Since my own style is smart money, and I always used to write on paper or mentally calculate the necessary inputs for a trade, I wrote this indicator to prevent mental or paper calculations.
This indicator is made up of different sections that you can see in the table and make the necessary changes in the Options section.
The first section is your instrument, which is automatically displayed on every chart.
The next section is the current market, which is written based on smart money and divided into Asia Time, Frankfurt Time, London Time, Lunch Time, and New York Time sections. Depending on our style, we usually do not trade during the Frankfurt Time and Lunch Time sections.
The next section is about the ascending or descending structure of the 4-hour and 15-minute timeframes, which of course, you can change this structure to your desired one.
These two sections have both manual and automatic modes. I went through a lot of trouble for the automatic section, so don't easily skip it and be sure to test it.
The following sections relate to other reasons for entering a trade, which are divided into several sections. The first section is the entry reasons related to my personal strategy, which is completely defined and shows the input calculation in the Calculation section. The second section is your inputs without calculation in the Counter section, and the third section is your personal inputs including the Counter. You have deep access to customizing this table.
Volume Profile & Smart Money Explorer🔍 Volume Profile & Smart Money Explorer: Decode Institutional Footprints
Master the art of institutional trading with this sophisticated volume analysis tool. Track smart money movements, identify peak liquidity windows, and align your trades with major market participants.
🌟 Key Features:
📊 Triple-Layer Volume Analysis
• Total Volume Patterns
• Directional Volume Split (Up/Down)
• Institutional Flow Detection
• Real-time Smart Money Tracking
• Historical Pattern Recognition
⚡ Smart Money Detection
• Institutional Trade Identification
• Large Block Order Tracking
• Smart Money Concentration Periods
• Whale Activity Alerts
• Volume Threshold Analysis
📈 Advanced Profiling
• Hourly Volume Distribution
• Directional Bias Analysis
• Liquidity Heat Maps
• Volume Pattern Recognition
• Custom Threshold Settings
🎯 Strategic Applications:
Institutional Trading:
• Track Big Player Movements
• Identify Accumulation/Distribution
• Follow Smart Money Flow
• Detect Institutional Trading Windows
• Monitor Block Orders
Risk Management:
• Identify High Liquidity Windows
• Avoid Thin Market Periods
• Optimize Position Sizing
• Track Market Participation
• Monitor Volume Quality
Market Analysis:
• Volume Pattern Recognition
• Smart Money Flow Analysis
• Liquidity Window Identification
• Institutional Activity Cycles
• Market Depth Analysis
💡 Perfect For:
• Professional Traders
• Volume Profile Traders
• Institutional Traders
• Risk Managers
• Algorithmic Traders
• Smart Money Followers
• Day Traders
• Swing Traders
📊 Key Metrics:
• Normalized Volume Profiles
• Institutional Thresholds
• Directional Volume Split
• Smart Money Concentration
• Historical Patterns
• Real-time Analysis
⚡ Trading Edge:
• Trade with Institution Flow
• Identify Optimal Entry Points
• Recognize Distribution Patterns
• Follow Smart Money Positioning
• Avoid Thin Markets
• Capitalize on Peak Liquidity
🎓 Educational Value:
• Understand Market Structure
• Learn Volume Analysis
• Master Institutional Patterns
• Develop Market Intuition
• Track Smart Money Flow
🛠️ Customization:
• Adjustable Time Windows
• Flexible Volume Thresholds
• Multiple Timeframe Analysis
• Custom Alert Settings
• Visual Preference Options
Whether you're tracking institutional flows in crypto markets or following smart money in traditional markets, the Volume Profile & Smart Money Explorer provides the deep insights needed to trade alongside the biggest players.
Transform your trading from retail guesswork to institutional precision. Know exactly when and where smart money moves, and position yourself ahead of major market shifts.
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