K3 - Quarterly Theory 90 Minute SSMT

The K3 indicator is designed for intraday traders applying the 90-Minute Sequential Smart Money Technique (90SSMT), a concept related to the Quarterly Theory (QT) framework. Built for use primarily on the 5-minute chart, K3 plots high, low, and equilibrium levels (i.e. the primary price levels (PPLs)) for each 90-minute segment of the trading day. The PPLs are utilized by traders to generate QT trade setups, supporting more granular precision than typical daily or 15-minute cycle tools.

✅ Unique Features

1. Custom Visibility for Each 90-Minute Cycle
K3 allows users to toggle on or off the levels for each 90-minute interval, giving maximum control over visual clarity and strategic focus. Since QT emphasizes that each market segment is influenced primarily by the preceding one, traders often disregard early-session levels in later periods. K3 provides complete control over this process, enabling traders to declutter and dynamically adapt charts throughout the day.

Equilibrium Plotting for Each 90-Minute Cycle
K3 also plots equilibrium lines (midpoints) for each completed 90-minute segment using dashed lines plotted in real time. These levels represent a central concept in QT, helping traders identify premium and discount zones within each 90-minute cycle where retracements and reversals of price often occur. This feature allows the trader to consider QT setups derived from price action near the equilibrium of a 90-minute cycle of price action.
Currently, no public indicators on TradingView combine segment-specific level toggling and dynamic equilibrium plotting for each 90-minute cycle, making K3 a unique tool for QT practitioners.

📘 Conceptual Background

K3 is designed to support traders using 90SSMT, where divergences between correlated assets’ highs, lows and equilibrium levels within intraday cycles are used to detect smart money footprints. It’s often combined with other QT-based tools like:

• Precision Swing Point (PSP)
  
• Terminus Price Divergence (TPD) (a concept developed by Jacob Speculates)
  

Some advanced users also apply 90-minute equilibrium levels when assessing 90SSMT, though this technique has not been publicly confirmed or endorsed by Traderdaye or Jacob Speculates.

📍 K3 Plotted Levels

• Q1 High / Low / Equilibrium (gray lines, dashed midpoint)
  
• Q2 High / Low / Equilibrium (pink lines, dashed midpoint)
  
• Q3 High / Low / Equilibrium (light green lines, dashed midpoint)
  
• Q4 High / Low / Equilibrium (light blue lines, dashed midpoint)
  

K3 is invite-only and closed-source, utilizing proprietary logic to segment the trading day into 90-minute windows, dynamically compute equilibrium, and provide segment-specific level visibility. These features are tailored for advanced QT-based workflows that demand high-precision structure recognition.

K3 was developed in alignment with methods introduced by Traderdaye, who was inspired by the Inner Circle Trader (ICT) methodology.