Alpha X Quant EngineAlpha X Quant Engine
A high-integrity execution framework combining volatility triggers, momentum dynamics, and structural bias.
🔷 Purpose
Alpha X Quant Engine is built to detect asymmetric trade opportunities with precision. It filters high-conviction entries using data-driven momentum and volatility logic, combined with price structure awareness.
🔷 Core Principles
1. Volatility Surge Detection
Leverages Z-score analysis of volume to identify market “spikes” that often precede structural breaks or reversals.
2. Momentum Alignment
Tracks short-term and high/low MA slope dynamics via Z-score normalization and ROC (rate-of-change) momentum to confirm directional bias.
3. Structural Confluence
Utilizes fair value gap (FVG) bias and wick-trap rejection logic to determine whether price is breaking with conviction or faking out.
🔷 Trade Types Supported
Breakout Continuations
Reversal Traps
Expansion Triggers
Fair Value Gap Validations
🔷 Why It Works
Alpha X is not reactive—it’s anticipatory. By requiring multi-signal alignment, it filters noise and reduces false entries, delivering high-integrity trade setups adaptable to trend and chop.
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Bid/Ask Volume Tension with Rolling Avg📊 Bid/Ask Volume Tension with Rolling Average
This indicator is designed to help traders identify pivotal moments of buildup, exhaustion, or imbalance in the market by calculating the tension between buy and sell volume.
🔍 How It Works:
Buy volume is approximated when the candle closes higher than or equal to its open.
Sell volume is approximated when the candle closes below its open.
Both are smoothed using an EMA (Exponential Moving Average) for noise reduction.
Tension is calculated as the absolute difference between smoothed buy and sell volume.
A rolling average of tension shows the baseline for normal behavior.
When instant tension rises significantly above the rolling average, it often signals:
A build-up before a large move
Aggressive order flow imbalances
Potential reversals or breakouts
🧠 How to Use:
Watch the orange line (instant tension) for spikes above the aqua line (rolling average).
Purple background highlights show when tension exceeds a customizable multiple of the average — a potential setup zone.
Use this indicator alongside:
Price action (candlestick structure)
Support/resistance
Liquidity zones or order blocks
⚙️ Settings:
Smoothing Length: Controls the responsiveness of buy/sell volume smoothing.
Rolling Avg Window: Defines the lookback period for the baseline tension.
Buildup Threshold: Triggers highlight zones when tension exceeds this multiple of the average.
🧪 Best For:
Spotting pre-breakout tension
Detecting volume-based divergences
Confirming order flow imbalances
FeraTrading Compression Indicator v1.3🧠 Overview:
The FeraTrading Compression Indicator v1.3 identifies early-stage directional breakouts that follow periods of volatility contraction. This tool is built for intraday traders looking to catch clean breakouts out of tight consolidations. It doesn’t just detect compression—it confirms when that compression is being forcefully released with directional intent.
By combining volatility filtering, trend structure via EMAs, body dominance checks, and an optional session filter, the indicator isolates breakout signals with a high degree of confluence. Users can optionally enable a Signal Flip mode to invert long/short logic—useful in mean-reverting environments or inverse structures.
⚙️ How It Works:
🔹 Volatility Compression Detection:
Compression is detected using a relative ATR comparison between short-term and long-term range averages.
When the short-term range falls below a threshold, the market is considered to be compressing.
This approach is fully adaptive—self-scaling across different asset types and timeframes.
🔹 Breakout Confirmation Logic:
A breakout is confirmed only when the following conditions align:
Range Expansion:
The breakout candle must exceed the long-term average range—confirming actual price expansion.
Strong Candle Body:
The body must represent a significant portion of the candle’s range, confirming momentum and directionality.
EMA Trend Alignment:
The script checks that a fast EMA is properly aligned with a slower EMA and that the candle closes beyond the fast EMA in the correct direction.
Optional Session Filter (08:30–11:30 EST):
Focuses signals to the high-volume portion of the day, increasing reliability. Can be disabled for full-session use.
Signal Flip Option:
Reverses signal logic for assets that often fade breakouts or move counter to structural expectations.
🧪 Built-In Backtester:
The script includes a bar-level backtester, enabling users to simulate SL/TP outcomes and visualize strategy performance directly on the chart.
🧮 Logic & Assumptions:
Trades enter at the open of the signal bar.
SL/TP levels are applied immediately.
If both are hit on the same bar, SL is assumed to hit first (for realism).
An optional setting closes trades at the end of day.
📊 Visual Feedback:
TP and SL levels are plotted in real time.
A stats box displays:
Win rate
Total trades
Max drawdown
Cumulative PnL
This provides an instant read on strategy behavior using your exact market view.
🎯 What Makes It Original:
Compression breakout logic without oscillators: Signals are built from candle structure, EMA alignment, and raw volatility—no lagging tools required.
Real-time SL/TP backtesting: Built-in engine allows traders to test performance without switching tools or exporting data.
Modular logic design: Session filters, signal flip, and compression strictness can be tailored to different markets and conditions.
Minimal input, deep logic: Two volatility filters, two EMAs, and a candle body check combine into a layered signal system that adapts in real time.
This balance of simplicity and structural precision makes it highly versatile for active day traders across asset classes.
✅ How to Use:
Add the script to any chart (1m–15m ideal).
Watch for triangle signals:
Green = bullish breakout
Red = bearish breakout
Toggle session filters or signal flip as needed.
Enable the backtester to visualize edge over time.
Combine with structure, liquidity zones, or volume tools for confluence.
This indicator is best deployed during active market hours when breakout momentum has the highest chance of follow-through.
💎 Why It’s Worth Paying For
The FeraTrading Compression Indicator v1.3 is not just another breakout tool—it is a modular signal system with embedded trade testing logic, built specifically for real-world trading environments.
What makes it premium:
Live confluence-based signals with real volatility and momentum context
Custom-built SL/TP backtester with chart-based visual performance feedback
Non-repainting, directional logic with trend and structure confirmation
Adaptive signal behavior via session and flip toggles
Designed for real execution, not just visual alerts
The blend of signal accuracy, trade simulation, and structural adaptability makes this script more than an entry indicator—it’s a breakout testing and execution framework, ready to plug into any strategy.
✅ Compliance & Originality
This script was written entirely from scratch using original compression logic, trend structure filtering, and trade simulation. It does not reuse any public code, open-source snippets, or repackaged modules. All calculations, condition checks, visuals, and stats logic are unique to this tool. EMA's and ATR were used in filter logic, yet they are only 2 of many filters used, all of the others being fully custom built.
⚠️ Risk Disclaimer & Access Policy
This tool does not predict market direction or guarantee trade results. It provides a rule-based breakout signal structure designed to align with price expansion logic.
Always use your own risk management practices and trade plans. This script is meant as a supportive tool, not a financial advisory system.
🔒 Why This Script Is Invite-Only and Closed-Source
To preserve the tool’s edge and prevent unauthorized replication, the script is invite-only and closed-source.
The following features are proprietary:
Compression zone and range expansion filter logic
Real-time SL/TP backtesting engine
Signal flip and session filtering integration
Confluence layering using structure, volatility, and body-based validation
Opening the source would expose key mechanics and reduce the integrity of the strategy’s edge. Closed access ensures the system remains performant, exclusive, and trusted by serious traders.
FeraTrading Compression Flow v1🧠 Overview:
The FeraTrading Compression Flow v1 identifies moments in the market where volatility contracts and directional momentum builds beneath the surface. It detects when price compresses into a tight range, then confirms when momentum, volatility, and trend alignment combine to signal a high-probability breakout. Once all conditions are met, the indicator activates a persistent directional bias, shown visually with colored dynamic bands.
This isn’t just another squeeze or Bollinger-style compression indicator—it adds multi-layered confirmation logic and unique bias persistence mechanics, helping traders stay aligned with trend-based breakout phases rather than just spotting volatility drops.
⚙️ How It Works:
🔹 Volatility Compression Detection:
Uses a relative ATR filter to detect when the market is in contraction.
Compares short-term range behavior to a longer-term average using a customizable multiplier.
Avoids standard band-width logic (like BB/KC), instead relying on raw candle volatility for more adaptive compression detection.
🔹 Breakout Confirmation Logic:
A breakout is confirmed only when all of the following align:
Strong Candle Body: Filters out indecision bars and ensures clear directional intent.
EMA Trend Structure: Fast EMA must be properly aligned with the slow EMA, and price must close beyond the fast EMA in the breakout direction.
Range Burst: Breakout candle must exceed historical range norms, confirming an actual volatility expansion—not a false breakout.
Each layer is required—no single condition is enough—creating a highly selective confirmation system that filters out noise.
🔹 Bias Persistence Mechanism:
Once a valid breakout is confirmed, the script activates a persistent directional bias (bullish or bearish).
The bias does not flip unless an opposing breakout confirms.
This eliminates premature resets and allows traders to hold trend alignment visually until true reversal conditions are met.
🎨 Visual Behavior:
📈 Band Calculations:
Bands are drawn using smoothed highs and lows, plus or minus a scaled ATR-based buffer.
They adjust dynamically to both price scale and volatility, expanding and contracting naturally with the market.
🎨 Band Coloring:
Green bands = Bullish breakout confirmed
Red bands = Bearish breakout confirmed
No color = Compression detected, but no directional breakout yet
These are not support/resistance levels. They are momentum flow visualizations, providing a clean, unobtrusive way to track trend phases post-compression.
💡 What Makes It Unique:
Multi-confirmation logic: Combines compression, candle strength, trend direction, and volatility surge into one system.
Bias memory: Maintains directional bias until structurally invalidated—not just until the next indecisive bar.
Volatility-scaled bands: Makes this system flexible across all assets and timeframes, without constant tweaking.
No lagging oscillators: Instead of using MACD/RSI, it reads real-time momentum through body-to-range relationships and EMA stacking.
Minimal input, maximum output: With only two adjustable inputs, the script remains simple to deploy while offering deep contextual information.
✅ How to Use It:
Add the indicator to any chart (15m and lower preferred).
Watch for band color changes:
Green = Bullish breakout phase
Red = Bearish breakout phase
Use band direction as a trend alignment filter.
Avoid trading against active bias unless part of a confirmed reversal setup.
Adjust the Input Multiplier to fine-tune compression strictness (lower = stricter, higher = more permissive).
This indicator is especially useful following periods of consolidation and works well when layered with structure, supply/demand zones, or volume overlays.
💎 Why It’s Worth Paying For
The FeraTrading Compression Flow v1 offers a uniquely structured approach to breakout detection. While most compression indicators only highlight low-volatility zones, this script confirms breakouts through confluence, activates persistent bias, and provides a visual flow overlay that dynamically adjusts to the market.
Key distinctions include:
A custom ATR-based compression filter that adapts to any asset
Breakout confirmation from price structure, EMAs, and body dominance
A bias persistence engine that filters out false flips and maintains trend visibility
Dynamic bands that scale based on both price and volatility—not just moving averages
This combination cannot be replicated with built-in indicators or open-source scripts. It reflects real trade experience, structural logic, and volatility awareness built into a visual format designed to reduce overtrading and improve signal trust.
✅ Compliance & Originality
This script was built entirely in-house using original logic. Every calculation—from compression detection to bias activation—is proprietary and coded from scratch. No open-source libraries or reused components are present. Band rendering, bias conditions, and signal architecture were designed specifically for this model. EMA's and ATR were used in filter logic, yet they are only 2 of many filters used, all of the others being fully custom built.
The script uses no external data sources and is built entirely on native Pine Script logic.
⚠️ Risk Disclaimer & Access Policy
This tool is a visual momentum and structure tracking overlay. It does not predict future price movement and should not be used in isolation to make trading decisions. Always apply proper risk management, position sizing, and market awareness.
Past performance does not guarantee future results.
🔒 Why This Script Is Invite-Only and Closed-Source
The compression detection logic, multi-step breakout confirmation, and persistent bias engine represent proprietary intellectual property developed for high-clarity directional tracking.
Releasing this logic would expose the core detection methods to copycats and diminish its edge. Access is restricted to protect:
The custom compression logic
The confluence-based breakout filters
The bias state engine and dynamic band visualizations
Closed-source protection ensures this tool retains its uniqueness and value for serious traders.
Currency Volatility Index (CVI)This Currency Volatility Index (CVI) indicator aggregates the realized volatility of the eight “major” FX pairs into a single, tradable series—much like an FX-version of the VIX. Here’s what it does step by step:
Inputs & Settings
• Volatility Length (default 20 days): the lookback over which daily log-returns’ standard deviation is computed.
• Data Timeframe (default Daily): the resolution at which price data is fetched for each pair.
• Smoothing Length (default 5): the period of a simple moving average applied to the raw, averaged volatility (in %).
Pair-by-Pair Volatility Calculation
For each hard-coded symbol (EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY, USDCHF, AUDUSD, USDCAD, NZDUSD, EURGBP):
Pull the series of daily closes.
Compute the series of log-returns: ln(today’s close / yesterday’s close).
Calculate the standard deviation of those log-returns over your lookback.
Annualize it (×√252) to convert daily volatility into an annualized figure.
Aggregation
The eight annualized volatilities are averaged (equal weights).
The resulting number is then multiplied by 100 to express it as a percentage.
Smoothing & Plotting
A simple moving average over the aggregated volatility smooths out spikes.
The smoothed CVI (%) is plotted as a standalone line below price charts.
Visualization Aids
A small table in the top-right corner shows each pair’s current volatility in percent.
A dynamic label on the final bar prints the latest CVI value directly on the chart.
Why use it?
Gives a one-stop measure of overall FX market turbulence.
Helps you compare “quiet” vs. “volatile” regimes across currencies.
Expanded Cloud [LuxAlgo]The Expanded Cloud tool allows traders to identify and follow trends accurately. It is based on the well-known Donchian Channels, but with enhanced features.
It features a trailing cloud that expands with the price and a trading stats dashboard.
🔶 USAGE
The tool is super easy to use. Traders can identify bigger or smaller trends just by adjusting the length from the settings panel.
Trend identification is based on Donchian Channels. An uptrend is indicated when the cloud is located below the price, while a downtrend is indicated when the cloud is above it.
Dots signal the start of a new trend, and the width of the clouds identifies the strength of the price expansion. The wider the cloud, the bigger the move.
The expanded cloud, due to its visual, can also act as a trailing stop.
🔹 Trend Identification
As we can see in the chart above, different length values identify different trends on the same BTC daily chart. Larger values identify larger trends.
🔹 Cloud Expansion
From the settings panel, traders can adjust how the clouds expand based on the Expansion % parameter. It accepts values from 0 to 100, which controls how much of the expansion is taken into account. Higher values will make the cloud expand and get closer to the price faster.
When the cloud moves opposite to the direction of the indicated trend (e.g: the cloud decreases while being below the price), it is often indicative of the end of a retracement, and we can expect the price to move with the indicated trend.
The chart above shows the effect of different Expansion % values.
🔹 Dashboard
The trading statistics dashboard informs traders of key metrics derived from the tool. The following are notable:
PNL: Theoretical profit or loss from all trends identified by the tool in the right scale units.
EXPECT.: Expected value of each trade. It is derived from win rate and risk-to-reward metrics.
AVG: 1st TOUCH: The average number of bars from the beginning of a new trend until the price touches the cloud for the first time.
🔶 SETTINGS
Length: Length for trend detection
Expansion %: Percentage of price expansion for cloud formation
Source: Source of the data
🔹 Dashboard
Show Dashboard: Enable/disable the statistics dashboard
Location: Dashboard location
Size: Dashboard size
NASDAQ Reaper📈 NASDAQ Reaper – The Ultimate Wall Street Killer
The NASDAQ Reaper is a highly advanced Smart Money Concepts (SMC) + Price Action based indicator, engineered for traders who demand accuracy, precision, and real-time edge in the NASDAQ (NQ) market.
This tool was crafted for serious traders looking to dominate the charts with institutional-grade logic, featuring:
✅ Smart Buy/Sell Zones
✅ Opening Range Breakout (ORB) Detection
✅ Volume Confirmation for Strong Entries
✅ Real-Time Entry & Exit Signals
✅ Trend & Momentum Alignment (Multi-Timeframe Logic)
✅ Trailing TP & SL with Visual Feedback
✅ Backtest Module for Strategy Validation
💡 Designed to filter noise and highlight only high-probability setups, NASDAQ Reaper helps you stay one step ahead of retail traders and ride the moves the smart money makes.
🔔 Works best on:
• 5M, 15M, and 30M charts
• London and New York sessions
• Scalping or intraday swing strategy
Whether you're aiming for 50+ tick scalps or sniper entries aligned with trend reversals, this is your secret weapon to level up your trading game.
CM Volume Projection Indicator with ATRCM Volume Projection Indicator
Description:
Elevate your trading analysis with the CM Volume Projection Indicator, a pioneering tool crafted for Trading View charts. This closed-source indicator redefines volume analysis by delivering dynamic, real-time volume forecasts, offering traders a nuanced understanding of market momentum across diverse timeframes and assets.
Key Features:
Dynamic Volume Projection: Utilizes a proprietary algorithm to generate both original and adjusted volume projections, blending current bar elapsed time with historical averages. This creates a tailored forecast that adapts to market conditions, surpassing the limitations of static volume bars.
Percentage-Based Time Adjustment: Incorporates a customizable time factor based on the percentage of remaining candle duration (default 16.67%), enabling precise scaling across timeframes. This innovative approach minimizes overestimation by adjusting projections dynamically as the candle nears completion.
Volume Change Percentage: Introduces a unique metric by comparing current volume to the proportional volume at the same elapsed time in the previous candle, capturing intrabar momentum shifts that traditional indicators, reliant on full candle data, overlook.
Adaptive Spike Factor: Enhances responsiveness by adjusting projections based on volume spikes relative to a moving average, while stabilizing low-volume periods, ensuring reliability in volatile markets.
Fully Customizable Settings: Offers user-controlled adjustments via the strategy bar—including historical averaging period, minimum adjustment factor, spike threshold, moving average type (SMA or EMA), cap threshold percentage, and scaling factor—allowing tailored application without script access.
Visual Customization: Provides color-coded bars and labels for clear interpretation, with optional debug and elapsed time displays for advanced analysis.
How It Works and Adds Value:
The CM Volume Projection Indicator combines a linear scaling of previous candle volume (proportional to elapsed time) with a dynamic cap based on the remaining time percentage, refined by a squared time factor and volatility adjustments. This synergy creates an original intrabar forecasting model that:
Forecasts in Real-Time: Provides forward-looking projections, aiding anticipation of volume trends within the current candle, adaptable to any timeframe.
Delivers Intrabar Precision: Tracks momentum shifts by comparing elapsed-time volumes, offering a granularity static indicators like OBV or volume bars cannot match.
Adapts Across Timeframes: Uses percentage-based caps to ensure consistency, reducing misleading spikes during volatile periods, a step beyond traditional moving average-based tools.
Empowers Strategy: Integrates current volume, moving averages, and adaptive adjustments into a versatile metric, giving traders a strategic edge in diverse market conditions.
Ideal For:
Day traders and scalpers seeking real-time volume insights across short timeframes.
Swing traders analyzing momentum shifts within candles on various durations.
Technical analysts customizing indicators for diverse assets and market environments.
This indicator enhances market analysis as a valuable additional tool, success depends on your strategy and risk management. Explore its potential by adjusting settings via the strategy bar to suit your trading style and leverage its innovative projections in today’s dynamic markets.
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.
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.
NEIROCTO Impulse Watcher (Alert Ready)//@version=5
indicator("NEIROCTO Combo Watcher (Pump vs Dump)", overlay=true)
// === RSI и его производные ===
rsi = ta.rsi(close, 14)
rsi_sma = ta.sma(rsi, 5)
rsi_up = rsi > rsi_sma
rsi_down = rsi < rsi_sma
// === Волатильность ===
volatility = math.abs(close - close ) / close * 100
volatility_trigger = volatility > 3
// === Объёмы ===
volume_sma = ta.sma(volume, 20)
volume_up = volume > volume_sma
// === Условие пампа ===
pump_condition = rsi > 45 and rsi_up and volatility_trigger and volume_up
// === Условие отката ===
dump_condition = rsi < 40 and rsi_down and volatility_trigger and volume_up
// === Фон ===
bgcolor(pump_condition ? color.new(color.green, 85) : na)
bgcolor(dump_condition ? color.new(color.red, 85) : na)
// === Метки ===
plotshape(pump_condition, title="🚀 PUMP Signal", location=location.belowbar, color=color.green, style=shape.labelup, text="🚀")
plotshape(dump_condition, title="⚠️ DUMP Signal", location=location.abovebar, color=color.red, style=shape.labeldown, text="⚠️")
// === Алерты ===
alertcondition(pump_condition, title="🚀 NEIROCTO: Возможен памп!", message="🚀 RSI ↑, Волатильность >3%, Объёмы высокие — возможен памп!")
alertcondition(dump_condition, title="⚠️ NEIROCTO: Возможен откат!", message="⚠️ RSI ↓, Волатильность >3%, объёмы растут — возможен откат!")
FINRA Short Volume (Daily)FINRA Short Volume (Daily)
This indicator displays the daily short sale volume reported by FINRA for a specific U.S. stock.
🔍 Key Features:
Pulls official FINRA short volume using FINRA: _SHORT_VOLUME
Updates daily, regardless of chart timeframe
Useful for tracking short-selling activity over time
📈 Use Cases:
Identify spikes in short volume that may precede price volatility
Monitor persistent shorting pressure
Combine with price action or other sentiment indicators for squeeze potential
⚠️ Note: This data only includes short sales reported to FINRA — it may not reflect total market-wide short interest. For broader context, use this with other data sources like short interest as a % of float or borrow rates.
Fast_VwapThis is a Pine Script indicator that calculates and displays Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) with several advanced features, including multiple anchoring methods, deviation bands, and optional machine learning enhancements.
Core Components
1. VWAP Calculation
The indicator calculates VWAP using the standard formula:
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VWAP = Σ(Price × Volume) / Σ(Volume)
Where price can be customized (default is HLC3 - the average of high, low, and close).
2. Anchoring Methods
The indicator offers four ways to reset/start the VWAP calculation:
Session: Resets at the start of each new trading day (most common)
Lowest Low: Resets when a new 10-bar low occurs
Highest High: Resets when a new 10-bar high occurs
Fixed Length: Resets after a specified number of bars (default 20)
3. Deviation Bands
The indicator can show standard deviation bands around the VWAP:
Upper band = VWAP + (Standard Deviation × Multiplier)
Lower band = VWAP - (Standard Deviation × Multiplier)
4. Machine Learning Enhancements
Two optional ML methods can be applied to smooth the VWAP:
Simple Average: Uses an EMA (Exponential Moving Average) of the VWAP
KNN (K-Nearest Neighbors): A simplified implementation that looks at recent values to adjust the current VWAP
How It Works
Inputs: The user can configure all parameters including price source, anchoring method, band settings, and ML options.
Anchoring: The script first determines when to reset the VWAP calculation based on the selected anchoring method.
VWAP Calculation: Using the anchoring points, it calculates the cumulative price×volume and total volume to compute the VWAP and standard deviation bands.
ML Processing: If enabled, the raw VWAP value is smoothed using either a simple EMA or a KNN algorithm that looks at the most similar recent values.
Visualization: The final VWAP line is plotted along with optional deviation bands and colored fills between the bands and VWAP line.
Use Cases
Intraday Trading: When anchored to session, helps identify fair value during the trading day
Swing Trading: When using fixed length or high/low anchoring, can identify support/resistance
Trend Confirmation: Deviation bands help identify overbought/oversold conditions relative to volume-weighted price
The combination of traditional VWAP with machine learning smoothing makes this a unique tool that can potentially reduce noise while maintaining the volume-weighted price information that makes VWAP valuable.
A deviation band is a statistical tool that creates upper and lower boundaries around a central line (in this case, the VWAP) based on how much prices typically vary from that average.
How It Works
Standard Deviation Calculation
The indicator calculates how much prices deviate from the VWAP:
Measures the "spread" or volatility of prices around the VWAP
Uses the mathematical formula for standard deviation
Creates bands at a specific distance from the VWAP line
What Deviation Bands Tell You
Statistical Significance
~68% of price action typically stays within 1 standard deviation
~95% stays within 2 standard deviations
When price touches the bands, it's statistically "unusual"
Trading Signals
Price hits upper band: Potentially overbought, consider selling
Price hits lower band: Potentially oversold, consider buying
Price stays within bands: Normal price action
Price breaks outside bands: Strong momentum move
Dynamic Adjustment
High volatility periods: Bands automatically widen
Low volatility periods: Bands automatically narrow
Volume changes: Affects both VWAP and band calculations
Orange Line (Default)
What it is: The main VWAP line with machine learning enhancement
Purpose: This is the core signal line - the Volume Weighted Average Price that's been processed through your selected ML method (Simple Average, KNN, or None)
Blue Line (Default)
What it is: Upper deviation band
Purpose: Shows potential resistance level - when price reaches this band, it may indicate overbought conditions
Red Line (Default)
What it is: Lower deviation band
Purpose: Shows potential support level - when price reaches this band, it may indicate oversold conditions
DTC_SVVolume is the footprint of smart money.
This indicator helps you track it with surgical precision. DTC_SV is a powerful, all-in-one volume intelligence tool built for traders who rely on volume expansion, institutional candle footprints, and relative strength logic.
Inspired by the Traders Reality framework, this script detects and color-codes vector candles (high-volume momentum candles), provides real-time stats in a clean dashboard, and offers bar-by-bar context for smart money involvement.
🧠 Core Features
📊 Smart Vector Candle Detection
Automatically highlights candles with 1.5x or 2x relative volume.
Dynamic color coding (Green, Red, Blue, Purple) to indicate type and strength.
🟦 Live Volume Histogram with MA
Volume bars show strength and weakness with clarity.
20-period volume moving average line included for trend context.
💬 Volume Labels on Bars
Real-time labels on each vector candle showing absolute volume and % above average.
Helps you see the punch behind every candle.
📈 Advanced Dashboard Panel (Top/Bottom Corner)
Stay data-aware without clutter. The live table shows:
✅ RVOL % – Relative Volume of the current bar.
📈 Daily Trend – Based on position vs 10 & 20 EMA (from daily timeframe).
🔍 Distance to Daily EMA 10/20 – % deviation from mean.
♻️ Avg Recovery of Last 5 Vectors – A key signal for mean reversion plays.
📊 Session RVOL – How current volume stacks up within today’s session.
🧮 Avg Volume of Last 10 Vector Candles – Measures momentum strength.
🔁 Today vs Previous Day Total Volume – Real-time market participation pulse.
🚀 Use Cases
Identify true institutional candles during fake retail moves.
Measure when liquidity is being injected, not just price pushing.
Gauge whether current moves are sustainable or manipulated.
Time your entries using volume spikes + price action confluence.
Track vector candle recovery zones and exhaustion potential.
ATR Buy, Target, Stop + OverlayATR Buy, Target, Stop + Overlay
This tool is to assist traders with precise trade planning using the Average True Range (ATR) as a volatility-based reference.
This script plots buy, target, and stop-loss levels on the chart based on a user-defined buy price and ATR-based multipliers, allowing for objective and adaptive trade management.
*NOTE* In order for the indicator to initiate plotted lines and table values a non-zero number must be entered into the settings.
What It Does:
Buy Price Input: Users enter a manual buy price (e.g., an executed or planned trade entry).
ATR-Based Target and Stop: The script calculates:
Target Price = Buy + (ATR × Target Multiplier)
Stop Price = Buy − (ATR × Stop Multiplier)
Customizable Timeframe: Optionally override the ATR timeframe (e.g., use daily ATR on a 1-hour chart).
Visual Overlay: Lines are drawn directly on the price chart for the Buy, Target, and Stop levels.
Interactive Table: A table is displayed with relevant levels and ATR info.
Customization Options:
Line Settings:
Adjust color, style (solid/dashed/dotted), and width for Buy, Target, and Stop lines.
Choose whether to extend lines rightward only or in both directions.
Table Settings:
Choose position (top/bottom, left/right).
Toggle individual rows for Buy, Target, Stop, ATR Timeframe, and ATR Value.
Customize text color and background transparency.
How to Use It for Trading:
Plan Your Trade: Enter your intended buy price when planning a trade.
Assess Risk/Reward: The script immediately visualizes the potential stop-loss and target level, helping assess R:R ratios.
Adapt to Volatility: Use ATR-based levels to scale stop and target dynamically depending on current market volatility.
Higher Timeframe ATR: Select a different timeframe for the ATR calculation to smooth noise on lower timeframe charts.
On-the-Chart Reference: Visually track trade zones directly on the price chart—ideal for live trading or strategy backtesting.
Ideal For:
Swing traders and intraday traders
Risk management and trade planning
Traders using ATR-based exits or scaling
Visualizing asymmetric risk/reward setups
How I Use This:
After entering a trade, adding an entry price will plot desired ATR target and stop level for visualization.
Adjusting ATR multiplier values assists in evaluating and planning trades.
Visualization assists in comparing ATR multiples to recent support and resistance levels.
[JHF] SQZMOMPRO SQZMOMPRO is a sophisticated, momentum-based technical indicator designed for traders seeking to identify potential trend reversals, momentum shifts, and periods of market consolidation (squeezes) across multiple timeframes. By combining a momentum oscillator, Bollinger Bands, Keltner Channels, and a Percentage Volume Oscillator (PVO), it provides a comprehensive view of price momentum and volume dynamics.
Overview
The SQZMOMPRO indicator is a powerful tool that integrates momentum analysis, volatility-based squeeze detection, and volume confirmation to help traders identify high-probability trading opportunities. It combines:
A momentum oscillator based on price deviations from a linear regression and moving average.
Bollinger Bands and Keltner Channels to detect periods of low volatility (squeezes), signaling potential breakouts.
A Percentage Volume Oscillator (PVO) to confirm momentum signals with volume trends.
A Rate of Change (ROC) line to highlight the speed of momentum shifts.
Visual cues like reversal signals and confluence backgrounds for actionable insights.
This indicator is ideal for swing traders, day traders, and those analyzing trends across multiple timeframes (hourly, 4-hour, daily, weekly, monthly). It is plotted below the price chart (non-overlay) and includes customizable alerts for key conditions.
Key Features
Multi-Timeframe Support: Automatically adjusts parameters for hourly, 4-hour, daily, weekly, and monthly charts, ensuring optimal settings for each timeframe.
Squeeze Detection: Identifies periods of low volatility (squeezes) using Bollinger Bands and Keltner Channels, categorized as Wide, Normal, Narrow, or Very Narrow.
Momentum Oscillator: Tracks price momentum relative to a baseline, with a signal line to highlight trend reversals.
PVO Confluence: Optionally integrates the Percentage Volume Oscillator to confirm momentum signals with volume trends.
Rate of Change (ROC): Displays the smoothed rate of change of momentum for enhanced readability.
Visual Cues: Includes color-coded squeeze dots, momentum/signal lines, reversal markers, and optional confluence backgrounds.
Alerts: Configurable alerts for squeeze conditions, trend reversals, and volume-confirmed signals.
How It Works
1. Momentum Oscillator
The momentum oscillator is calculated as follows:
Source: Closing price.
Baseline: A combination of the midpoint of the highest high and lowest low over a specified period, adjusted by a simple moving average (SMA).
Momentum: Linear regression of the price deviation from this baseline over a timeframe-specific period (shorter for smaller timeframes to be more responsive).
Signal Line: A 5-period SMA of the momentum value, used to identify crossovers.
Interpretation:
Momentum > Signal: Bullish momentum (plotted in green by default).
Momentum < Signal: Bearish momentum (plotted in red by default).
Crossovers: Momentum crossing above the signal line suggests a bullish reversal; crossing below suggests a bearish reversal.
2. Squeeze Detection
Squeezes occur when volatility contracts, often preceding significant price moves. The indicator compares:
Bollinger Bands: Calculated using an SMA and 2 standard deviations of the closing price.
Keltner Channels: Calculated using an SMA and multiples of the Average True Range (ATR) for different squeeze thresholds (Wide, Normal, Narrow, Very Narrow). This method steers away from the likes of classical SQZPRO which only uses an approximation of the Average True Range and heavily affects the squeeze sensitivity due to the way they calculate their Keltner Channel (our Keltner Channel are true to the way they are supposed to be calculated).
Squeeze Conditions:
Wide Squeeze: Bollinger Bands are inside Keltner Channels with a high ATR multiplier.
Normal Squeeze: Bollinger Bands are inside Keltner Channels with a moderate ATR multiplier.
Narrow Squeeze: Bollinger Bands are inside Keltner Channels with a low ATR multiplier.
Very Narrow Squeeze: Bollinger Bands are inside Keltner Channels with a very low ATR.
No Squeeze: Bollinger Bands are outside Keltner Channels, indicating higher volatility.
Depending on the timeframe, each squeeze level has been manually tweaked to gain an edge, whether you're scalping, in swings or in Leaps.
Visuals: Squeeze conditions are plotted as colored dots on the zero line:
Green: No Squeeze
Black: Wide Squeeze
Red: Normal Squeeze
Yellow: Narrow Squeeze
Purple: Very Narrow Squeeze
3. Percentage Volume Oscillator (PVO)
The PVO measures volume momentum, similar to the MACD but applied to volume through a 14 and 28 ema with volume as the srouce.
Interpretation:
PVO > 0: Increasing volume momentum (bullish).
PVO < 0: Decreasing volume momentum (bearish).
When enabled (Show PVO Confluence), the indicator highlights periods where momentum and PVO align (e.g., bullish momentum with PVO > 0).
4. Rate of Change (ROC)
Formula: Smoothed difference between momentum and signal line, multiplied by a user-defined factor (ROC Multiplier).
Purpose: Enhances readability of momentum shifts, plotted as a blue (positive) or orange (negative) line when enabled.
5. Reversal Signals
Bullish Reversal: Momentum crosses above the signal line, optionally confirmed by PVO > 0. Marked with a green vertical line.
Bearish Reversal: Momentum crosses below the signal line, optionally confirmed by PVO < 0. Marked with a red vertical line.
6. Confluence Background
When Show PVO Confluence is enabled, the background is colored to highlight alignment:
Bullish Confluence: Momentum > Signal and PVO > 0 (green background, darker if ROC is positive).
Bearish Confluence: Momentum < Signal and PVO < 0 (red background, darker if ROC is negative).
Inputs
Basic Configuration:
Display Reversals: Show/hide reversal markers for momentum/signal crossovers (default: true).
Show PVO Confluence: Enable/disable background coloring for momentum and PVO alignment (default: false).
Rate of Change:
Show Rate of Change Line: Display the ROC line (default: false).
ROC Smoothing Length: Smoothing period for ROC (default: 1, min: 1).
ROC Multiplier: Scales ROC for readability (default: 1, min: 1).
Plotline Colors:
Bullish Momentum: Green (default: RGB(0, 255, 0)).
Bearish Momentum: Red (default: RGB(255, 0, 0)).
Signal Line: White (default: RGB(255, 255, 255)).
Squeeze Colors:
No Squeeze: Green.
Wide Squeeze: Black.
Normal Squeeze: Red.
Narrow Squeeze: Yellow.
Very Narrow Squeeze: Purple.
Timeframe-Specific Parameters
The indicator adapts to the chart’s timeframe, using predefined settings.
Hourly, 4-Hour, Daily, Weekly and Monthly (and everything in between) all have custom, tweaked momentum length, ATR length, and squeeze multiplier threshold to suit the sensitivity needed for the current timeframe.
Trading Applications
Squeeze Breakouts:
A transition from a Very Narrow or Narrow Squeeze to No Squeeze often signals a breakout. Combine with momentum crossovers for confirmation.
Example: Enter a long position when a Narrow Squeeze (yellow dots) turns to No Squeeze (green dots) and momentum crosses above the signal line.
Trend Reversals:
Bullish reversal (green line) with PVO > 0 confirms strong buying volume, increasing the likelihood of a sustained uptrend.
Bearish reversal (red line) with PVO < 0 suggests strong selling pressure.
Confluence Trading:
Use confluence backgrounds to trade only when momentum and volume align, reducing false signals.
Example: A bullish confluence (green background) with positive ROC indicates a high-probability long setup.
Divergences:
Look for divergences between price and momentum or PVO. For instance, a higher low in momentum/PVO with a lower low in price suggests a bullish reversal.
Trend Confirmation:
Use the momentum oscillator and ROC to confirm price trends. A rising momentum and positive ROC validate an uptrend.
Alerts
Squeeze Alerts:
🟢 No Squeeze: Volatility is expanding.
⚫ Low Squeeze: Wide squeeze detected.
🔴 Normal Squeeze: Moderate squeeze detected.
🟡 Tight Squeeze: Narrow squeeze detected.
🟣 Very Tight Squeeze: Very narrow squeeze detected.
Reversal Alerts:
🐂 Bullish Trend Reversal: Momentum crosses above signal.
🐻 Bearish Trend Reversal: Momentum crosses below signal.
🐂 Bullish Trend Reversal + 📊 PVO Confluence: Momentum crossover with PVO > 0.
🐻 Bearish Trend Reversal + 📊 PVO Confluence: Momentum crossover with PVO < 0.
Limitations
Lagging Nature: The momentum oscillator and PVO rely on moving averages, which may lag sudden price or volume spikes.
False Signals: Squeezes and crossovers can occur in choppy markets, leading to whipsaws. Confirm with price action or other indicators.
Timeframe Sensitivity: Results vary by timeframe; test settings for your trading style (e.g., shorter lengths for day trading).
How to Use
Add to Chart: Apply the indicator to any TradingView chart (non-overlay).
Customize Settings:
Enable Display Reversals for crossover markers.
Enable Show PVO Confluence for volume confirmation.
Adjust ROC Smoothing and ROC Multiplier for clearer ROC visuals.
Customize colors for better visibility.
Interpret Signals:
Monitor squeeze dots for volatility changes.
Watch for momentum/signal crossovers and confluence backgrounds.
Use ROC to gauge momentum strength.
Set Alerts: Configure alerts for squeezes, reversals, or confluence signals to stay informed.
Example Scenario
Setup: A stock in a Very Narrow Squeeze (purple dots) on the daily chart, with momentum below the signal line and PVO < 0.
Signal: Momentum crosses above the signal line, PVO turns positive, and the squeeze transitions to No Squeeze (green dots).
Action: Enter a long position, targeting the next resistance level, with a stop-loss below recent support. The green confluence background and positive ROC confirm the trade.
Conclusion
The SQZMOMPRO indicator is a versatile tool for traders seeking to capitalize on momentum, volatility, and volume trends. Its multi-timeframe adaptability, visual clarity, and robust alert system make it suitable for various trading strategies. Combine with price action, support/resistance, or other indicators for optimal results. For feedback or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment.
Volatility-Adjusted Momentum Score (VAMS) [QuantAlgo]🟢 Overview
The Volatility-Adjusted Momentum Score (VAMS) measures price momentum relative to current volatility conditions, creating a normalized indicator that identifies significant directional moves while filtering out market noise. It divides annualized momentum by annualized volatility to produce scores that remain comparable across different market environments and asset classes.
The indicator displays a smoothed VAMS Z-Score line with adaptive standard deviation bands and an information table showing real-time metrics. This dual-purpose design enables traders and investors to identify strong trend continuation signals when momentum persistently exceeds normal levels, while also spotting potential mean reversion opportunities when readings reach statistical extremes.
🟢 How It Works
The indicator calculates annualized momentum using a simple moving average of logarithmic returns over a specified period, then measures annualized volatility through the standard deviation of those same returns over a longer timeframe. The raw VAMS score divides momentum by volatility, creating a risk-adjusted measure where high volatility reduces scores and low volatility amplifies them.
This raw VAMS value undergoes Z-Score normalization using rolling statistical parameters, converting absolute readings into standardized deviations that show how current conditions compare to recent history. The normalized Z-Score receives exponential moving average smoothing to create the final VAMS line, reducing false signals while preserving sensitivity to meaningful momentum changes.
The visualization includes dynamically calculated standard deviation bands that adjust to recent VAMS behavior, creating statistical reference zones. The information table provides real-time numerical values for VAMS Z-Score, underlying momentum percentages, and current volatility readings with trend indicators.
🟢 How to Use
1. VAMS Z-Score Bands and Signal Interpretation
Above Mean Line: Momentum exceeds historical averages adjusted for volatility, indicating bullish conditions suitable for trend following
Below Mean Line: Momentum falls below statistical norms, suggesting bearish conditions or downward pressure
Mean Line Crossovers: Primary transition signals between bullish and bearish momentum regimes
1 Standard Deviation Breaks: Strong momentum conditions indicating statistically significant directional moves worth following
2 Standard Deviation Extremes: Rare momentum readings that often signal either powerful breakouts or exhaustion points
2. Information Table and Market Context
Z-Score Values: Current VAMS reading displayed in standard deviations (σ), showing how far momentum deviates from its statistical norm
Momentum Percentage: Underlying annualized momentum displayed as percentage return, quantifying the directional strength
Volatility Context: Current annualized volatility levels help interpret whether VAMS readings occur in high or low volatility environments
Trend Indicators: Directional arrows and change values provide immediate feedback on momentum shifts and market transitions
3. Strategy Applications and Alert System
Trend Following: Use sustained readings beyond the mean line and 1σ band penetrations for directional trades, especially when VAMS maintains position in upper or lower statistical zones
Mean Reversion: Focus on 2σ extreme readings for contrarian opportunities, particularly effective in sideways markets where momentum tends to revert to statistical norms
Alert Notifications: Built-in alerts for mean crossovers (regime changes), 1σ breaks (strong signals), and 2σ touches (extreme conditions) help monitor multiple instruments for both continuation and reversal setups
Local min atr (Magistr)indicator will help you identify when the price reaches minimum levels, taking into account the current volatility. By using this tool, you will be able to understand when the market is oversold, which creates the perfect conditions to enter a position on the upside after a correction or consolidation.
FVG Candle TYHE42This indicator highlights potential Fair Value Gaps by applying a color change to the body of the candle that aligns with an imbalance in price movement.
When such a gap is detected in the price structure, the corresponding candle is visually marked using a customizable color, allowing for easy identification without cluttering the chart.
Users can adjust the highlight color from the settings to better match their chart style or personal preference.
Market Regime Detector (1D RSI/ATR/MA) - Weekly ConsensusMarket Regime Detector (1D RSI/ATR/MA) — Weekly Consensus
© Łukasz Wędel
🎯 Purpose
This indicator analyzes daily (1D) price data to determine the current market regime — Bullish , Bearish , or Choppy — and displays it on an intraday chart (e.g., 1H).
It acts as a higher‑timeframe trend filter, making trend‑following or range‑trading strategies more robust.
⚡️ How It Works
RSI + ATR Method: Bullish if RSI > Bull Threshold and ATR > Threshold; Bearish if RSI < Bear Threshold and ATR > Threshold; Choppy if RSI is between thresholds and ATR <= Threshold
Moving Averages Method: Bullish if Short‑term MA > Long‑term MA, Bearish if Short‑term MA < Long‑term MA, Choppy if MAs are neutral
Final Regime Decision: Final regime is confirmed if the same state occurs in 5 out of the last 7 daily bars
🕓 Timeframe Compatibility
Works best when applied to a 1H chart (or any intraday timeframe). RSI, ATR, and MA calculations are sourced from the 1D timeframe .
🎨 Visual Output
Green background: Final regime is Bullish
Red background: Final regime is Bearish
Yellow background: Final regime is Choppy
🚨 Alerts
Three alert conditions available:
Final Bull Regime
Final Bear Regime
Final Chop Regime
✅ Why Use This?
Provides a higher‑level trend context for lower‑timeframe trading
Reduces noise by focusing only on confirmed trend regimes
Supports trend‑following and range‑trading strategies
🔥 Ideal For
Swing traders relying on trend and volatility confirmation
Day traders seeking trend context from higher timeframes
Algorithmic strategies that benefit from higher‑level trend filtering
Smart Money Gap [Algo Seeker]Introduction – Originality and usefulness
It is important for traders to diversify their strategies, and having a few approaches for different situations is key to increasing their odds of success.
These days, substantial information and important events happen so fast and so often that all the noise created afterward makes people forget the events that were actually worth remembering.
The same can be said about trading and investing. Every day, there seems to be something new happening and new price action unfolding, which can make it difficult for traders to filter out the noise and stay focused on relevant events. But for every problem, a solution can be born.
🟠 Unique Features & Trading Benefits
The SMG aims to be a system that helps traders filter out what it deems to be irrelevant noise and stay focused on what matters most. In addition, SMG provides multiple plans and ways to act on that information.
The reason it’s called “Smart Money Gap” is because this algorithm is designed to identify the most relevant price action—whether it's earnings, an economic calendar event, a stock-specific development, major news, or institutional activity. It determines which of these situations is the most current and relevant, and it keeps the focus on that. This means that day in and day out, traders and investors can rely on a consistent plan and framework that is automatically drawn up for them, helping them trade with confidence that they’re acting on meaningful price levels. When the algorithm identifies a new event as more important, it will switch focus and build a new system around that.
SMG also goes a step further—it understands that different types of traders, such as scalpers, swing traders, or investors, have different time horizons and risk tolerance regarding how long they plan to hold a position and how much space and time they are willing to give a move. With that in mind, SMG provides different trading modes for these personas, selecting events that match the criteria needed for that specific trader.
For instance, a scalper may benefit from a smaller, more recent event that provides quick entry and exit opportunities—whereas an investor might focus on something more significant and long-term. SMG takes this into consideration and builds its entire framework accordingly.
🟠 Description of the Unique SMG (Continued) – How It Works Together as One System
The true power of SMG begins once a relevant event is identified, and the entire system is automatically displayed on the user’s chart. From that single event, SMG generates a structured framework that produces three distinct strategies. Each of these strategies takes inspiration from fundamentals within trading but gives it our own unique twist inside the SMG system. These strategies can be used individually or in combination, depending on the trader’s style and market context.
🟢 1. Filling the Smart Money Gap
One of the key opportunities is to trade the SMG itself—the “gap” created by the specific event. Gap fills are a strategy that traders and investors like to use. SMG continuously tracks how much of this unique gap has been filled, so users are never confused about how much remains. They can reference the shaded region or the percentage-left box for clarity.
🟢 2. Targeting SMG-Based Extensions and Retracements
When the SMG zone is created, the algorithm simultaneously generates extension and retracement levels tied to that event. These levels remain anchored to the original structure, providing consistent, event-driven targets. Unlike the constantly redrawn lines many traders adjust throughout the day, these levels stay fixed and reflect meaningful price action—not noise.
🟢 3. Executing Trades Based on SMG Volume
Because SMGs are tied to meaningful events, they often remain valid for an extended time. This is where Anchored VWAP becomes critical. From the moment the event occurs, SMG begins calculating volume-based data. The longer the event goes unchanged, the more powerful and influential the Anchored VWAP and its deviation bands become—due to the increasing accumulation of volume over time. These volume layers not only help refine entries and exits—they also serve as additional points of confluence where traders can place stops, take profits, or re-enter trades with greater context and confidence.
In conclusion:
SMG is designed to help traders diversify their portfolio of strategies even further. It creates an entire system that filters out noise and builds a strategy around a key event—and it will stay focused on that event until another becomes more relevant. SMG gives traders the ability to react calmly, with a plan that is automatically laid out for them. This is a special algorithm that we’ve incorporated into our approach for over three years, and we hope users will find it to be a valuable aid in their trading journey.
🟠 How to Use
Initial Setup
🟢 1. Select Trading Mode:
Choose from six built-in personas—Scalp 1, Scalp 2, Swing 1, Swing 2, Invest 1, and Invest 2—based on your trading style. Each persona adjusts the SMG logic to fit the risk profile and time horizon of that specific persona.
1. Scalp: For intraday movements (minutes to hours)
• Best used on faster charts (1-minute to 30-minute)
2. Swing: For medium-term positions (days to weeks)
• Best used on 1-hour to daily charts
3. Investor: For longer-term positions (weeks to months)
• Best used on 1-hour to daily charts
🟢 2. Choose SMG Update Behavior: Bar Close vs Live Update:
By default, SMG waits until all conditions are met and the bar closes before updating. This ensures confirmed structure and helps avoid noise or repainting.
If “Update Before Bar Closes?” is selected, the algorithm updates as soon as all conditions are met — even if the bar hasn’t closed yet. This allows earlier updates but may result in elements that repaint if the conditions don’t hold through the close.
Keep this setting unchecked if you prefer confirmed, non-repainting elements.
🟢 3. Visual Customization:
Customize the appearance of SMG zones, extension labels, and volume-derived levels via the “SMG Zone” and “Anchored VWAP” settings groups. This includes:
1. Zone colors and opacity
2. Label positions
3. Retracement display toggle
4. Anchored VWAP and ±1, ±2, ±3 deviation bands
Extra Notes on User Customization:
• Bull Box Color – the color used when SMG retracement is active
• Final Bull Box Color – the color used when SMG retracement is finished
• Same logic applies to Bear Box Color and Final Bear Box Color
• Retracement % Label – If the label is hard to see, it may be overlapping with the Fib labels depending on your chart zoom. To adjust, bring the Retracement % Label Indent closer to 1 to shift it left. Then increase the Fib Label Indent value to move those labels further right.
🟠 Strategic Execution
Strategy Usage Example
🟢 1. Entry & Exit Tactics Within the SMG
Use the shaded Smart Money Gap as a decision-making framework. Traders may choose to:
1. Fade a retracement (shorting or exiting as price retraces into the SMG)
2. Enter on signs of continuation (rejoining the move after a partial retrace)
3. Wait for the gap to fill completely and reverse
Volume-weighted Anchored VWAP levels add an additional layer—helping assess whether price is entering or rejecting volume consensus zones.
🟢 2. Extension Targeting:
When price resumes in the original direction, SMG plots potential extension levels. These can be used to:
1 Set take-profit or stop-loss targets
2. Spot exhaustion areas
3 Evaluate whether to scale in, take partial profits, or re-enter a position
🟢 3. Volume-Based Execution via Anchored VWAP:
For traders looking to incorporate volume into execution—especially when an SMG has remained active for an extended period—Anchored VWAP and its deviation bands can be used to:
1. Confirm direction or momentum via VWAP slope and interaction
2. Enter or fade positions at volume-backed levels
3. Set dynamic entries or exits as volume builds or thins across deviations
⚠️Optional Update Behavior: Bar Close vs Live Update
By default, SMG waits until all conditions are met and the bar closes before updating. This ensures confirmed structure and helps avoid noise or repainting.
If “Update Before Bar Closes?” is selected, the algorithm updates as soon as all conditions are met — even if the bar hasn’t closed yet. This allows earlier updates but may result in elements that repaint if the conditions don’t hold through the close.
Keep this setting unchecked if you prefer confirmed, non-repainting elements.
⚠️ Interpreting Anchored VWAP Behavior
Anchored VWAP and its deviation bands become more relevant with time as they widen and separate. While tight and accumulating near price, it may be worth holding off on using VWAP for entries or exits until expansion begins.
🟠 Additional Description – SMG Table Overview
The SMG table presents four key pieces of information to help traders quickly understand the current setup at a glance:
1) If the Algo is set for dynamic or bar close
2) Which trading mode they currently have selected
3) What type of SMG gap is displayed
4) how much of the Retracement is done
🟠 Additional Benefits:
🟢 1. Risk Profile Options
Trading personas allow users to instantly switch between different risk profiles—Scalp, Swing, or Investor—at the click of a button. This helps traders quickly align the system to their preferred holding period and risk tolerance without reconfiguring inputs.
🟢 2. Time Efficiency
SMG saves traders time by creating a complete system around each Smart Money Gap. From gap logic to retracement tracking, extension targets, and volume levels—everything needed to trade the SMG is generated at once, eliminating the need for manual setup or separate tools.
The Smart Money Gap represents years of development and refinement aimed at creating a unified, event-driven trading system. It was designed to help traders manage through the constant noise of the market, and we hope that traders benefit from having an additional tool to support and diversify their trading strategy.
