Cutrim TheoryCutrim Theory
Created by Dalpiaz-BR , this indicator is based on the Probabilistic Theory developed by the renowned Brazilian trader Ronal Cutrim. The indicator aims to provide a detailed analysis of market imbalances and candlestick patterns across different timeframes, utilizing multi-timeframe data and dynamic information tables. It is designed to help traders identify favorable market conditions and make informed decisions in their trades.
Indicator Description
The Cutrim Theory is an advanced indicator that combines candlestick pattern analysis, and market imbalances to give a clear view of market conditions. The tool uses multi-timeframe data and displays dynamic tables to facilitate visual analysis on the main chart and histogram.
Key Features:
Multi-Timeframe Imbalance Analysis:
The indicator calculates buy and sell imbalances based on the number of green and red candles in different timeframes.
Users can choose to display all imbalances, only the last imbalance, or turn off this feature.
Dynamic and Flexible Tables:
Main Table: Shows detailed data for different timeframes, such as the percentage of bullish and bearish candles, the size of the last candle, and the average candle size.
Dynamic Table Position: The table on the main chart can be set to automatically move based on the current price position (upper or lower). Users can also manually set the position.
Histogram Table: Displays a summary of key information in an additional table on the histogram.
Visualization of Averages and Candle Sizes:
Displays histograms and moving average lines for candle sizes, providing a clear visualization of current market volatility.
Imbalance Signals:
The indicator also adds "Buy" and "Sell" labels directly on the main chart when an imbalance is detected, helping traders spot trading opportunities.
Customizable Settings:
Imbalance Options: "Turn Off All," "Last Imbalance," or "All Imbalances."
Main Table Positions: "top_left," "top_right," "bottom_left," "bottom_right," or "Dynamic."
Signal Messages: Customize the "Buy" and "Sell" messages.
Benefits:
Provides a clear and intuitive view of market conditions across multiple timeframes.
Facilitates the detection of imbalances and market shifts.
Highly configurable to meet the needs of different types of traders.
This script is a powerful addition to any trader's toolbox who seeks a detailed and multi-timeframe analysis based on Ronal Cutrim's Probabilistic Theory. Enjoy and adjust according to your trading style!
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Structure Pro+ (BOS, CHoCH, FVG, OB)Structure Pro+ (BOS, CHoCH, FVG, OB)
Structure Pro+ is a comprehensive Pine Script indicator designed for traders who utilize Smart Money Concepts (SMC) in their analysis. This powerful tool automatically identifies and visualizes key market structure elements, helping you gain deeper insights into price action and potential institutional movements.
Key Features:
Break of Structure (BOS): Clearly identifies trend continuation by marking points where price breaks a previous swing high in an uptrend or a swing low in a downtrend.
Change of Character (CHoCH): Pinpoints potential trend reversals when price breaks a swing point against the prevailing trend, signaling a shift in market sentiment.
Fair Value Gap (FVG) / Imbalance: Automatically highlights areas where price has moved quickly, leaving behind "imbalances" that often act as magnet zones for future price action.
Mitigation Logic: FVGs are dynamically tracked and can be set to disappear from the chart once mitigated (when price returns to fill the gap).
Order Block (OB): Detects and marks potential institutional order blocks, which are crucial supply and demand zones that frequently act as strong support or resistance levels.
Customizable Settings: Tailor the indicator to your specific trading style with extensive input options, including:
Pivot sensitivity (leftBars, rightBars)
Color and line style for BOS/CHoCH
FVG display options, including color and mitigation behavior
Order Block display options and colors
Label sizing for clarity
Integrated Alerts: Stay informed with built-in alert functionalities for:
BOS occurrences (Bullish/Bearish)
CHoCH occurrences (Bullish/Bearish)
Confluent events: BOS + FVG and CHoCH + FVG, providing high-probability trade setups when structure breaks align with imbalances. The confluenceLookback setting allows you to define the maximum distance between these events for an alert.
Why Use Structure Pro+?
This indicator simplifies the complex process of identifying SMC concepts on your charts. By automatically drawing BOS, CHoCH, FVG, and OB, Structure Pro+ helps you:
Validate your directional bias with clear visual cues.
Identify potential entry and exit points around significant structural levels.
Enhance your market understanding based on institutional footprints.
Receive timely notifications for high-probability setups, so you never miss a critical market event.
Structure Pro+ is an invaluable tool for any trader looking to refine their analysis with Smart Money Concepts.
[TehThomas] - ICT VI / FVG / IFVG / Liquidity📌 Overview
This TradingView indicator is designed to help traders spot key price inefficiencies and liquidity events based on ICT (Inner Circle Trader) concepts. The script automatically highlights important areas on the chart, such as Volume Imbalances (VI), Fair Value Gaps (FVG), Inverted Fair Value Gaps (IFVG), and Liquidity Sweeps, giving traders a clear view of where price might react.
By marking these zones visually, the indicator serves as a liquidity map, showing where smart money could be targeting orders or rebalancing price action.
🔑 How the Script Works
The indicator detects four major market inefficiencies and liquidity patterns, each offering valuable insights into how price might behave:
1️⃣ Volume Imbalance (VI)
Bullish VI: When the current candle has higher volume than the previous candle in an upward move, this suggests demand is pushing the price up, creating potential buying opportunities.
Bearish VI: When the current candle has higher volume than the previous candle in a downward move, this suggests supply is pushing the price down, highlighting potential selling opportunities.
How to take trades:
Buy: Enter a long position when a bullish VI appears and the price is near a support zone or key level (such as the previous swing low or FVG).
Sell: Enter a short position when a bearish VI appears and the price is near a resistance zone or key level (such as the previous swing high or FVG).
2️⃣ Fair Value Gap (FVG)
Bullish FVG: A gap in price action where the low of the second candle is higher than the high of the first candle. Price tends to return to fill these gaps before continuing upward.
Bearish FVG: A gap in price action where the high of the second candle is lower than the low of the first candle. Price tends to return to fill these gaps before continuing downward.
How to take trades:
Buy: Enter long after a pullback into a bullish FVG zone and if price action shows signs of rejection (such as bullish candlestick patterns or strong momentum).
Sell: Enter short after a pullback into a bearish FVG zone and if price action shows signs of rejection (such as bearish candlestick patterns or strong downward momentum).
3️⃣ Inverted Fair Value Gap (IFVG)
An Inverted Fair Value Gap (IFVG) refers to a Fair Value Gap (FVG) that has already been filled or broken through by price action. Essentially, it is a gap that has been revisited by price and has now been mitigated or broken.
Example:
For Continuation: After price fills the gap, it may continue in the same direction. If price breaks through a bullish FVG and shows continuation, it may signal that the market is still in a strong uptrend.
For Reversal: If the price returns to an inverted FVG after breaching it, and then starts showing signs of reversal (e.g., reversal candlestick patterns, or a shift in momentum), this could signal an entry point in the opposite direction.
How to take trades:
Buy: Consider entering long when price returns to an IFVG zone that aligns with other bullish confluences, such as a bullish VI or liquidity sweep.
Sell: Consider entering short when price returns to a bearish IFVG zone that aligns with other bearish confluences, such as a bearish VI or liquidity sweep.
4️⃣ Liquidity Sweeps
Liquidity sweeps occur when the market temporarily breaks a key high or low to trigger stop-loss orders or lure traders into the wrong direction before reversing.
How to take trades:
Buy: If a liquidity sweep breaks a key resistance or swing high but fails to close above it, enter long when price begins to reverse in the opposite direction, ideally near a previous support or FVG zone.
Sell: If a liquidity sweep breaks a key support or swing low but fails to close below it, enter short when price begins to reverse in the opposite direction, ideally near a previous resistance or FVG zone.
🎯 Trade Setup and Confirmation Strategy
Here’s how to combine these concepts for high-probability trade setups:
Liquidity Sweeps + Volume Imbalances:
If a liquidity sweep occurs in conjunction with a volume imbalance (especially on a higher timeframe), this can act as a confirmation signal to enter the trade.
Example: A liquidity sweep breaks a previous high, but the price fails to close above it. If this happens alongside a break of a Volume imbalance (VI) , it could be a strong signal to sell.
FVG/IFVG Mitigation + Liquidity Sweeps:
Price often returns to mitigate imbalances, and when a liquidity sweep occurs near an unfilled gap, it could trigger a reversal.
Example: After an upward trend, a bearish liquidity sweep breaks a previous swing low, and price then revisits a bearish FVG and creates an IFVG, signaling an opportunity to buy.
Directional Bias (Higher Timeframe Analysis):
Always consider the higher timeframe trend to confirm trade direction. A bullish FVG or bullish VI on the lower timeframe aligns with a bullish trend on the higher timeframe.
Confluence with Key Levels:
When these patterns align with important price levels such as support, resistance, or previously identified swing highs/lows, it enhances the probability of a successful trade.
⚙️ How It Helps in Trading Strategy
The indicator assists in several aspects of trading:
Liquidity Hunts: Price often sweeps liquidity before making major moves.
Entry Confirmation: Use imbalances or sweeps as extra confluence for trade entries.
Mitigation Zones: Price frequently returns to fill inefficiencies before reversing.
Directional Bias: Bullish or bearish gaps align with the higher timeframe narrative.
🔍 ICT Concepts Included
✅Volume Imbalance (VI): High-volume inefficiencies.
✅Fair Value Gap (FVG): Standard price gaps.
✅Inverted Fair Value Gap (IFVG): Filtered large price gaps.
✅Liquidity Sweeps: Stop-hunting patterns by smart money.
⚠️ Disclaimer
This indicator is built for educational purposes and should not be considered financial advice. Trading carries risk, and no tool guarantees profits. Always use proper risk management and perform your own analysis before entering any trade.
HTF Candles & ReversalsThis is a comprehensive multi-timeframe analysis tool designed to give you a broader perspective on market structure directly from your main chart. It overlays candles from up to six user-defined higher timeframes (HTF) and includes a built-in indicator to spot potential price reversals. This allows you to analyze the bigger picture and make more informed decisions without constantly switching between different chart layouts.
Key Features
Multi-Timeframe Candle Display: Renders candles from up to six different higher timeframes (the defaults are 5m, 15m, 1H, 4H, 1D, and 1W). You can see how the current price action fits within the larger trend.
Reversal Pattern Detection: The script identifies and highlights potential bullish and bearish reversal patterns. This works on both your main chart's candles and the displayed HTF candles, helping you spot potential shifts in momentum on multiple scales.
Imbalance (FVG) Highlighting: Automatically detects and draws Fair Value Gaps (FVGs) on the HTF candles, pointing out areas of inefficient price action that may act as magnets for future price movement.
Full Customization: You have complete control over the visual elements. Adjust the colors for candle bodies, borders, and wicks. Change the positioning of the HTF display, and toggle labels, timers, and imbalance boxes to create a clean workspace that fits your trading style.
How to Use This Indicator
Gain Market Context: Use the HTF candles to quickly gauge the dominant trend. For example, if the 4H and 1D candles are bullish, you might look for buying opportunities on your lower timeframe chart. The highs and lows of these HTF candles often serve as strong support and resistance levels.
Identify Reversals:
Triangles on the Main Chart: A green triangle below a candle suggests a potential bullish reversal, while a red triangle above suggests a potential bearish reversal. This pattern appears when a candle makes a new low/high but closes stronger/weaker than the previous one.
Colored HTF Candles: When an HTF candle is colored (lime for bullish, orange for bearish), it indicates that a reversal pattern has formed on that specific higher timeframe, which could signal a more significant change in market direction.
Utilize Imbalances: The highlighted FVG boxes can be treated as areas of interest. Price often revisits these zones, making them potential targets for trades or areas to watch for a reaction.
Settings Breakdown
Candle Color: Independently set the colors for bullish and bearish candle bodies, borders, and wicks.
Layout: Use the HTF Distance setting to control how far the displayed candles appear from the current price action.
Labels: Choose whether to display the timeframe name and a countdown timer for each HTF candle. You can position these labels at the top, bottom, or both.
Imbalances: Toggle the visibility of the FVG boxes and customize their color.
Reversal Indicator: Enable or disable the reversal triangles on your main chart and the special coloring for reversal candles on both the main chart and the HTF displays.
Disclaimer: This tool is intended for technical analysis and educational purposes. It does not provide financial advice or generate guaranteed trading signals. Always use risk management and conduct your own analysis before entering any trade.
IU Smart Flow SystemDESCRIPTION
The IU Smart Flow System is a powerful and dynamic order flow-based strategy designed to capture high-probability trades by analyzing bullish and bearish imbalances, trend direction, and RSI strength. It identifies trading opportunities by aligning order flow conditions with the prevailing trend and momentum, making it suitable for trend-following and momentum-based trading.
This system utilizes a unique combination of:
- Order flow score to gauge market imbalance
- Trend filter using SMA and ATR to confirm market direction
- RSI to ensure entry only during strong momentum
USER INPUTS:
- Imbalance Length: Defines the lookback period for calculating bullish and bearish imbalances. (Default: 10)
- Trend Length: Determines the length of the SMA to evaluate the trend direction. (Default: 50)
- RSI Length: Specifies the RSI period to assess momentum strength. (Default: 14)
LONG CONDITIONS:
Long entries are triggered when:
- Order flow score is positive, indicating bullish imbalance
- Price is above the bullish trend level (SMA + ATR), confirming an uptrend
- RSI is above 50, indicating bullish momentum
- No active short position is currently open
SHORT CONDITIONS:
Short entries are triggered when:
- Order flow score is negative, indicating bearish imbalance
- Price is below the bearish trend level (SMA - ATR), confirming a downtrend
- RSI is below 50, indicating bearish momentum
- No active long position is currently open
WHY IT IS UNIQUE:
- Imbalance-Based Approach: Unlike traditional strategies that rely solely on price action, this system evaluates bullish and bearish imbalances to anticipate order flow direction.
- Adaptive Trend Filter: The combination of SMA and ATR dynamically adjusts to market volatility, providing a reliable trend confirmation mechanism.
- Momentum Validation with RSI: Ensures that entries are taken only in the direction of strong momentum, reducing false signals.
HOW USERS CAN BENEFIT FROM IT:
- Enhanced Trade Accuracy: Aligning order flow, trend, and momentum reduces false signals and improves trade success rates.
- Versatile Application: Suitable for various markets and timeframes, making it adaptable to different trading styles.
- Clear Trade Signals: Provides clear entry labels and alerts, ensuring traders never miss a potential opportunity.
- Visual Clarity: The filled region between bullish and bearish trends highlights trend direction, enhancing decision-making.
GAPs and AVPIs by BULL┃NETThe B | N - GAPA (GAPs and AVPIs by BULL|NET)
indicator helps traders to identify gaps between bars and imbalances in price and
volume.
read the 2 Disclaimers before use!
Disclaimer BullNett:
The information provided in this document is for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, or trading advice. Any use of the content is at your own risk. No liability is assumed for any losses or damages resulting from reliance on this information. Trading financial instruments involves significant risks, including the potential loss of all invested capital. There is no guarantee of profits or specific outcomes. Please conduct your own research and consult a professional financial advisor if needed.
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Gaps and imbalances are considered important price levels or ranges because the
price usually tends to close gaps and to get rid of imbalances sooner or later. At the
same time, gaps can deliver support or resistance and tell you a lot about market
sentiment.
Knowing where gaps and imbalances are or have been is vital for successful trading.
Read bevor use!!
Concepts and Functionality:
AVPI: Assumed Volume Price Imbalance
The price curve on a chart is like waves on the ocean. It goes up and
down and sometimes it is smooth. More wind means higher waves and if
the wind slows down the waves get smaller. An under sea earthquake
can cause a tsunami which is the exception of the rule: Extremely higher
waves without more wind.
This is what we consider an AVPI. The price is rising or falling sharply at
a single bar with only slightly increased or even decreased volume. The
change in price seems to be rather the result of a single event than of a
broader change in market sentiment. Such an imbalance is subject to be
corrected sooner or later: the price will return to where the imbalance
started. The Gap will get closed.
AVPIs can be spotted in any timeframe across any asset. And most
importantly you will usually see them at any broker for the same asset.
No matter whether you look i.e. at the original Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDX)
chart or at the corresponding charts of CFD brokers.
Using the historical display feature of the indicator you will spot price
ranges where a couple of bearish and bullish AVPIs take turns. This is
usually the result of bears and bulls fighting for dominance. Play with the
historical display and the replay feature of TradingView to get a feeling
how things developed depending on who won the fight.
Candle Gaps
If the high and low of two consecutive candles do not overlap we talk
about a candle gap. Other than AVPIs which can be spotted across any
broker Candle Gaps are specific to a broker, the asset and the chart.
If you spot the same Candle Gap across different brokers and the original
chart, i.e. NASDAQ:NDX if you trade the Nasdaq, the Gap can be
considered meaningful and important because it marks a price range in
the market that hasn’t been traded at all (nobody was willing to sell or
buy in that price range).
Candle Gaps are usually closed within a very
short time. Often, you can see these gaps being filled on the same day,
but depending on the asset, they can also remain open for days.
Body Gaps
If you compare the high or low of the current bar with the open or close
of the bar before you will see there are times where the current extreme
does not overlap with the body of the previous bar. This is called a Body
Gap.
If the Body Gap extends a Candle Gap (see impressions section below)
to the body of the previous bar you should consider the Body Gap to be
a bigger Candle Gap.
If several Body Gaps occur in quick succession in a trend they indicate
acceleration and maybe an upcoming exhaustion of the trend.
Combined with the B | N – TREX by BULL|NETT you might find a good trend entry (see
impressions section below).
Single Body Gaps usually do not have much impact other than indicating
the price will likely turn quickly to close the Gap.
It is important to note Body Gaps should always be verified in the 1
minute time frame. You might see a body gap in the 3 minute timeframe
but not below because of the calculation of the Body in the higher time
frame. (see impressions section below)
AVPI OPTIONS
Default assumption for an AVPI:
• If the current bar height (high – low) is at least three times bigger
(growth >= 200%) than the height of the bar before (high –
low )
• And the current bar body (open – close or close – open) measures
at least 70% of its total height (high - low)
• And the growth of volume since the last bar (volume – volume ) is
not bigger than 1.5 times (growth <= 50%) the growth of the current
bar height
Example:
Current bar height: 13205.10 Previous bar height: 2500.60 Growth of
height = 13205.10 / 2500.60 = 5.28 times bigger Growth of height in
percent (GoH) = 13205.10 * 100 / 2500.60 – 100 = 428.08%
Current bar height: 13205.10 Current bar body: 11007.72 Proportion of
body (PoB): 11007.72 * 100 / 13205.10 = 83.36%
Current bar volume: 608470.00 Previous bar volume: 357365.00 Change
in volume: 608470 * 100 / 357365 – 100 = 70.27% Max. change in
volume allowed: 428.08 * 50% = 214%
Condition check: Growth of height (GoH) in percent 428.08% > 200%
Proportion of body 83.36% > 70% Growth of volume (GoV) 70.27% <
214%
All conditions are true and we can assume a volume to price imbalance.
The following settings allow you to modify the calculation parameters.
The defaults deliver highly reliable results across all markets and assets.
Any changes may end in displaying false results.
Settings:
● Maximum GoV in percent The default maximum growth of volume is
50% of the growth of height. You can change it down to 25% in steps of
1%. This setting decreases the allowed maximum growth of volume. The
calculation becomes more strict.
● Minimum GoH in percent The default minimum growth of height of the
current bar compared to the previous bar is 200%. You can change the
setting between 150% and 250%. The previous bar is taken as 100%. A
growth by 100% means the current bar height is two times the height of
the previous bar. If the previous bar has a height of 50 points, a growth of
200% expects the current height to be 150 (50 + 2 * 50) points. A setting
of 150% results in 125 (50 + 50 + 25) points, and 250% gives 175 (50 +
2 * 50 + 25) points.
● Minimum PoB in percent The default minimum proportion of the current
bar's body of its height is 70%. You can choose a value between 65%
and 90%. The height of the bar (high – low) is always 100%. If you
reduce the setting, you allow a smaller body (larger wicks). If you raise
the setting, you demand a larger body (less wicks).
● AVPIs By default, AVPI calculation and display are enabled. For
backtesting purposes, you can switch them off.
The two color fields allow you to differentiate between AVPIs with
increasing and decreasing volume. A lower volume at the current bar
than at the previous bar while the bar height is growing can tell you
something about the market sentiment in higher timeframes.
The text color field allows you to change the color of the range display in
the AVPI box.
● AVPI Insight By default, you will see a small 🛈 in the middle of the
AVPI bar. The tooltip of the label contains all parameters as shown in the
example calculation above. If you don’t need it, you can disable this
feature. The other two fields determine the color and size of the 🛈.
— Body and Candle Gap Options
● Body Gaps By default, the display of Body Gaps is enabled. You can
disable it for backtesting purposes. Change the color of the box and text
to your liking.
● Candle Gaps By default, the display of Candle Gaps is enabled. You
can disable it for backtesting purposes. Change the color of the box and
text to your liking.
— HISTORICAL OPTIONS
All historical options are for backtesting and learning purposes only.
● Show past AVPIs If enabled, the live display of AVPIs is switched off.
Select the number of the latest AVPIs to display. You can differentiate
between bullish (up) and bearish (down) AVPIs. Past AVPIs will be
displayed in their dimension at the moment they occurred.
● Show past Body Gaps If enabled, the live display of Body Gaps is
switched off. Select the number of the latest Body Gaps to display. You
can differentiate between bullish (up) and bearish (down) Body Gaps.
Past Body Gaps will be displayed in their dimension at the moment they
occurred.
● Show past Candle Gaps If enabled, the live display of Candle Gaps is
switched off. Select the number of the latest Candle Gaps to display. You
can differentiate between bullish (up) and bearish (down) Candle Gaps.
Past Candle Gaps will be displayed in their dimension at the moment
they occurred.
— DISPLAY OPTIONS
● 2 Decimals To streamline the appearance of prices, they are set to
display two decimals only. Numbers get rounded! However, trading
currency pairs or crypto assets might need to display the full amount of
decimals. In this case, simply disable the setting “2 Decimals.”
● Show Gap Range By default, each Gap Box will contain its range.
Depending on the direction (up/down), the range is displayed from
Bottom to Top or vice versa. If you want a cleaner chart, you can disable
the range.
— NERDS ONLY
These options are for nerdy pro-traders. For most of them, you need
knowledge about the Pine Protocol Console. If you have no idea what I
am talking about, these features are not for you.
● Bar Details In replay mode, you will see the details of the current bar in
the pine protocol.
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Disclaimer BullNett:
The information provided in this document is for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, or trading advice. Any use of the content is at your own risk. No liability is assumed for any losses or damages resulting from reliance on this information. Trading financial instruments involves significant risks, including the potential loss of all invested capital. There is no guarantee of profits or specific outcomes. Please conduct your own research and consult a professional financial advisor if needed.
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SmartTrade - ALMCorpHello everyone! I’d like to introduce my creation—the Smart Trade indicator. I’ve identified certain patterns and discovered that specific moving averages, at certain deviations, can have a strong impact on price. So, what does this indicator do?
It uses the daily timeframe as the basis for displaying levels. For each cryptocurrency, a unique deviation coefficient is calculated for each level. Essentially, we take two deviation zones—the buy zone and the sell zone—treating them as 0 and 1, respectively. From there, we can plot internal levels based on the Fibonacci sequence.
To summarize:
The indicator displays two main zones (buy/sell).
It also shows internal Fibonacci levels, which exert strong influence on price movements.
For convenience, each level is marked with its corresponding numerical value.
Key Levels for Altcoins: The 0.25–0.5 Range and Imbalance
For many altcoins, the most critical levels are 0.25 and 0.5. Prices tend to stay within this range most of the time—breaking beyond these levels signals a market imbalance, which is usually short-lived.
Example Scenario:
Normal Movement: Price moves between 0.25 (support) and 0.5 (resistance).
Downside Break (Imbalance): If price falls below 0.25 into the buy zone (green area), the failure to hold 0.25 creates a strong imbalance. This typically forces price back up into its usual range.
Upside Break (Imbalance): Similarly, if price breaks above 0.5 (e.g., reaching 0.75), this also creates imbalance, and price tends to revert back down into its standard range.
Conclusion:
Most altcoins trade primarily between 0.25 and 0.5.
A breakout in either direction usually results in a temporary imbalance, which the market quickly corrects.
By recognizing these patterns, we can make more informed trading decisions.
Visualizing Imbalances – From Small to Large
In the chart above, I’ve highlighted all imbalances, ranging from minor to major.
Why This Indicator is Perfect for Spot Trading
I’ve developed a trading strategy for this indicator that displays:
Buy signals (with entry zones)
Average entry price
Sell signals
How the Buy Signals Work:
BUY 1 – Triggered when price touches the upper boundary of the buy zone.
BUY 2 – Activated when price reaches the middle of the buy zone.
BUY 3 – Executed when price tests the lower boundary of the buy zone.
This structured approach ensures you capitalize on optimal entry points while managing risk.
Understanding the Average Entry Line & Profit-Taking System
You may have noticed an additional line on the chart above, displayed alongside the buy signals. This is the average entry line, which represents your mean entry price—calculated based on executing equal-sized purchases at each buy signal (BUY 1, BUY 2, BUY 3).
Where to Sell? Smart Profit-Taking Rules
While precise entries are critical, knowing when to exit is equally important. Here’s how the system works:
Primary Take-Profit Level (0.375)
Historically, this level offers the optimal balance for quick profit-taking.
Adaptive Exit Strategy
If the position is unprofitable by the time of closure, the system automatically shifts the exit to the next higher level (0.5).
This ensures you lock in greater gains when the market favors your trade.
Advanced Performance Tracking & Asset Selection
The indicator provides comprehensive trade analytics, displayed in the bottom-right information panel:
Trade count tracking (total number of executed trades)
Cumulative profitability (combined returns across all trades)
Average profitability per trade (total returns ÷ trade count)
How to Leverage This Data
These metrics allow you to:
Identify high-potential assets
Example: Asset A shows 5% average profit/trade vs. Asset B with 40% → prioritize Asset B for spot trading.
Filter for optimal volatility
Higher average profitability often correlates with stronger momentum/volatility.
Multi-Market Utility
While designed for spot trading, the indicator’s imbalance detection (described earlier) also works for:
Futures market analysis
Entry point identification
[TehThomas] - Fair Value GapsThis script is designed to automatically detect and visualize Fair Value Gaps (FVGs) on your chart in a clean, intuitive, and highly responsive way. It’s built with active traders in mind, offering both dynamic updates and customization options that help you stay focused on price action without being distracted by outdated or irrelevant information.
What Are Fair Value Gaps?
Fair Value Gaps are areas on a chart where there’s an inefficiency in price, typically formed when price moves aggressively in one direction, leaving a gap between the wicks of consecutive candles. These gaps represent imbalanced price action where not all buy or sell orders were efficiently matched. As a result, they often become magnet zones where price returns later to "fill" the imbalance before continuing in its intended direction. Many traders use them as points of interest for entries, re-entries, or anticipating reversals and consolidations.
This concept is frequently used in Smart Money and ICT-based trading models, where understanding how price seeks efficiency is crucial to anticipating future moves. When combined with concepts like liquidity, displacement, and market structure, FVGs become powerful tools for technical decision-making.
Script Features & Functionality
1. Live Updating Gaps (Dynamic Shrinking)
One of the core features of this script is its ability to track and dynamically shrink Fair Value Gaps as price trades into them. Instead of leaving a static zone on your chart, the gap will adjust in real-time, reflecting the portion that has been filled. This gives you a much more accurate picture of remaining imbalance and avoids misleading zones.
2. Automatic Cleanup After Fill
Once price fully fills an FVG, the script automatically removes it from the chart. This helps keep your workspace clean and focused only on relevant price zones. There’s no need to manually manage your gaps, everything is handled behind the scenes to reduce clutter and distraction.
3. Static Mode Option
While dynamic updating is the default, some traders may prefer to keep the original size of the gap visible even after partial fills. For that reason, the script includes a toggle to switch from live-updating (shrinking) mode to static mode. In static mode, FVGs stay fixed from the moment they are drawn, giving you a more traditional visual reference point.
4. Multi-Timeframe Support (MTF)
You can now view higher timeframe FVGs, such as those from the 1H or 4H chart, while analyzing lower timeframes like the 5-minute. This allows you to see key imbalances from broader market context without having to flip between charts. FVGs from higher timeframes will be drawn distinctly so you can differentiate them at a glance.
5. Cleaner Visualization
The script is designed with clarity in mind. All drawings are streamlined, and filled gaps are removed to maintain a minimal, distraction-free chart. This makes it easier to combine this tool with other indicators or price-action-based strategies without overloading your workspace.
6. Suitable for All Market Types
This script can be used on any asset that displays candlestick-based price action — including crypto, forex, indices, and stocks. Whether you're scalping low-timeframe setups or swing trading with a higher timeframe bias, FVGs remain a useful concept and this script adapts to your trading style.
Use Case Examples
On a 5-minute chart, display 1-hour FVGs to catch major imbalance zones during intraday trading.
Combine the FVGs with liquidity levels and inducement patterns to build ICT-style trade setups.
Use live-updating gaps to monitor in-progress fills and evaluate whether a zone still holds validity.
Set the script to static mode to perform backtesting or visual replay with historical setups.
Final Notes
Fair Value Gaps are not a standalone trading signal, but when used with market structure, liquidity, displacement, and order flow concepts, they provide high-probability trade locations that align with institutional-style trading models. This script simplifies the visualization of those zones so you can react faster, stay focused on clean setups, and eliminate unnecessary distractions.
Whether you’re trading high volatility breakouts or patiently waiting for retracements into unfilled imbalances, this tool is designed to support your edge with precision and flexibility.
Multitimeframe Fair Value Gap – FVG (Zeiierman)█ Overview
The Multitimeframe Fair Value Gap – FVG (Zeiierman) indicator provides a dynamic and customizable visualization of institutional imbalances (Fair Value Gaps) across multiple timeframes. Built for traders who seek to analyze price inefficiencies, this tool helps highlight potential entry points, unmitigated gaps, and directional bias using smart volume logic and adaptive visual elements.
A Fair Value Gap (FVG) forms when there's a three-candle sequence in which a market imbalance leaves a "gap" between the wicks of candle 1 and candle 3. These areas are often considered footprints of institutional activity, and this indicator gives you the tools to track them with surgical precision across any timeframe you choose—regardless of the one you're viewing.
This indicator also includes a trend filter powered by a low-pass Butterworth filter, enabling traders to distinguish between countertrend vs. trend-aligned FVGs for more intelligent decision-making. On top of that, it features a dynamic FVG table for live tracking and bull/bear volume power visualization inside each gap, adding powerful clarity to market intent.
█ How It Works
The indicator analyzes the open, high, low, close, and volume of candles from a user-selected timeframe. It identifies Fair Value Gaps based on wick logic and only confirms those that meet customizable strength criteria. Once detected, the indicator visualizes each FVG with dynamically extending boxes, optional buy/sell volume bars, and a real-time mitigation check.
⚪ Multitimeframe Logic
Users can analyze FVGs from a higher or lower timeframe regardless of their current chart.
This is achieved using request.security() to fetch OHLCV data from the chosen timeframe.
⚪ Wick Sensitivity & Impulse Filter
The script measures the wick size of potential FVG candles and compares them to a running average. Only FVGs with wick sizes above a certain sensitivity threshold (user-controlled) are plotted. This ensures only meaningful price dislocations (e.g., strong impulsive moves) are shown, reducing noise.
⚪ Midpoint Mitigation Logic
FVGs are marked as "mitigated" when the price revisits the gap area. Traders can choose whether full gap closure or just a midpoint touch is required. This allows faster reactivity in real-time trading environments.
⚪ Bull & Bear Power – Volume-Weighted Visualization
Every Fair Value Gap box includes sub-bars representing the estimated buy and sell effort that created the gap. These are calculated using the candle's close in relation to its high/low range and volume:
Buy Volume % ≈ effort from low to close
Sell Volume % ≈ effort from high to close
Each sub-bar inside the FVG:
Is color-coded (UpCol for bullish, DnCol for bearish)
Is drawn proportionally to the strength of buyers or sellers
Visually displays who was in control during the imbalance
⚪ FVG Table – Dynamic On-Chart Overview
The indicator includes an optional on-chart table that displays all currently active (unmitigated) FVGs in a side panel format:
Automatic updates as gaps are formed and mitigated
Color-coded rows to show bullish vs. bearish FVGs
Timestamps to know precisely when the gap formed
User-controlled position via Table Left and Table Right
This is a gap watchlist overlay, giving traders a concise view of current inefficiencies without manually scanning the chart.
⚪ FVG Trend Filter (Butterworth Smoother)
Using a two-pole Butterworth low-pass filter, the indicator computes a trendline based on average FVG values, offering a smooth but responsive directional signal.
Passband Ripple (dB): Controls sensitivity and overshoot tolerance
Cutoff Frequency (0–0.5): Sets how quickly the trendline reacts
The trendline helps categorize each FVG:
Trend up → favor bullish FVGs
Trend down → favor bearish FVGs
It adds an extra dimension to FVG entries, helping distinguish between trend-aligned and countertrend signals.
█ How to Use
⚪ Identify Institutional Gaps
Use this tool to identify areas where institutions may have left imbalances behind quickly.
These areas often become:
Strong support/resistance zones
Areas where price might react sharply
Targets for liquidity sweeps or retracements
⚪ React to Trend or Countertrend
The built-in trendline helps categorize each FVG:
Trend up → Bullish FVGs have higher validity
Trend down → Bearish FVGs have higher validity
⚪ Volume Context via Bull/Bear Power
Each Fair Value Gap is more than just a price imbalance — it’s a story of effort and intent. The Bull/Bear Power feature visualizes the buy and sell pressure behind each FVG, helping you understand how the gap was formed and who was in control.
A bullish FVG with a strong buy effort suggests continuation potential — buyers dominated the move.
A bullish FVG with a dominant sell effort could signal a trap or reversal — sellers may have overwhelmed the breakout.
These insights allow you to confirm imbalance strength, spot traps early, and add confidence to entries based on dominant volume profiles.
Instead of viewing gaps as static zones, this feature turns each into a live volume map — a visual breakdown of who moved the market and whether that move had conviction.
⚪ Plan with the FVG Table
The FVG Table acts as your on-chart control center for tracking active imbalances. When enabled, it provides a clear summary of all unmitigated Fair Value Gaps, helping you stay organized and focused during fast-moving sessions.
Track live and historical gaps: See exactly when and where each FVG formed.
Monitor older, still-valid zones: Gaps off-screen but not mitigated remain in play — perfect for anticipating future reactions.
Gauge market bias at a glance: The balance of bullish vs. bearish FVGs helps you understand overall directional pressure.
Plan entries confidently: Use the table to reference all zones for risk management, confluence stacking, or layered execution strategies.
Instead of manually scanning your chart, the FVG Table offers a clean, at-a-glance overview of the market’s inefficiencies — giving you the structure needed to act with precision.
█ Settings
FVG Timeframe
Select any timeframe to source FVGs independent of your current chart.
Sensitivity
Filter FVGs by how impulsive the move is — it helps you eliminate weak gaps.
Mitigated on Mid
Control whether gaps are removed at midpoint touch or full fill.
Table Settings
Control the table position and width. Cleanly view all active FVGs.
FVG Style
Customize gap box colors, length, and bullish/bearish overlays.
Trend Filter
Enable or disable the smoothed FVG-based trendline with customizable smoothing controls.
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Disclaimer
The content provided in my scripts, indicators, ideas, algorithms, and systems is for educational and informational purposes only. It does not constitute financial advice, investment recommendations, or a solicitation to buy or sell any financial instruments. I will not accept liability for any loss or damage, including without limitation any loss of profit, which may arise directly or indirectly from the use of or reliance on such information.
All investments involve risk, and the past performance of a security, industry, sector, market, financial product, trading strategy, backtest, or individual's trading does not guarantee future results or returns. Investors are fully responsible for any investment decisions they make. Such decisions should be based solely on an evaluation of their financial circumstances, investment objectives, risk tolerance, and liquidity needs.
Open Interest Footprint IQ [TradingIQ]Hello Traders!
Th e Open Interest Footprint IQ indicator is an advanced visualization tool designed for cryptocurrency markets. It provides a granular, real-time breakdown of open interest changes across different price levels, allowing traders to see how aggressive market participation is distributed within each bar.
Unlike standard footprint charts that rely solely on volume, this indicator offers unique insights by focusing on the interaction between price action and changes in open interest (OI) — a leading metric often used to infer trader intent and positioning.
How it works
The Open Interest Footprint IQ processes lower timeframe price and open interest data to build a footprint-style chart that shows how traders are positioning themselves within each candle.
Here’s a breakdown of the process:
1. Granular OI & Price Sampling
The script retrieves lower-timeframe data (1-minute, 1-second, or 1-tick, based on your setting).
For each candle, it captures:
High and low prices
Price change direction
Change in open interest (OI)
2. Classifying Trader Behavior
For each lower-timeframe segment, the indicator determines the type of positioning occurring based on price movement and OI change:
If price is moving up and open interest is increasing, it suggests that long positions are being opened. This is considered a "Longs Opening" event, labeled as UU (Up/Up).
If price is moving up but open interest is decreasing, it indicates that short positions are being closed. This is referred to as UD (Up/Down), or "Shorts Closing."
If price is moving down and open interest is increasing, it signals that short positions are being opened. This is known as DU (Down/Up), or "Shorts Opening."
If price is moving down while open interest is also decreasing, it means that long positions are being closed. This is labeled as DD (Down/Down), or "Longs Closing."
These are stored in separate arrays and displayed at specific price levels.
It is particularly useful for identifying:
Where longs or shorts are opening/closing positions
Stacked imbalances (indicative of potential absorption or exhaustion)
Value area zones and POC (Point of Control) based on OI, not volume
This footprint runs on your choice of sub-bar granularity and is ideal for high-frequency trading, scalping, and entries based on order flow dynamics.
Key Features
Footprint Visualization
At each price level within a candle:
Long/short opening and closing behavior is broken down.
Delta (net open interest change) is displayed both numerically and color-coded.
Optional gradient coloring shows intensity and type of flow (longs/shorts opened/closed).
Cumulative or per-bar reset modes allow you to track OI evolution over time.
The image above explains the information that each Footprint box shows across a candlestick!
Each footprint box shows:
OI Delta
OI Delta %
Longs Opened (LO)
Longs Closed (LC)
Shorts Opened (SO)
Shorts Closed (SC)
The image above explains the color-coding feature of the indicator.
Boxes are color coded to show which position action
dominated at the price area.
For this example:
Green boxes = Long positions being opened dominated
Purple boxes = Long positions being closed dominated
Red boxes = Short positions being opened dominated
Yellow boxes = Short positions being closed dominated
All colors are customizable.
Additionally, for traders who are only interested in whether OI increased/decreased, a "two-color" option is available in the settings.
For the two-color option, footprint boxes can be one of two colors. Showing whether OI increased or decreased at the level.
Cumulative Levels
Open Interest Footprint IQ contains a "Cumulative Levels" feature that tracks/stores open interest change at tick levels over time, rather than resetting per bar.
With the "Cumulative Levels" feature enabled, traders can see open interest changes persist across all candlesticks. This feature is useful for determining whether longs opening, longs closing, shorts opening, or shorts closing are dominating at particular price areas over time rather than on a single bar.
A useful feature to see if shorts/longs are favoring certain price throughout the day, week, month, etc.
Input Settings Explained
Granularity (Dropdown: Granularity)
Options: 1-Minute, 1-Second, 1-Tick
Determines how finely the script samples the lower timeframe data to construct the footprint.
For precision:
1-Tick = Highest accuracy, but more resource-intensive.
1-Second/1-Minute = Suitable for broader or more zoomed-out analysis.
Tick Level Distance (Tick Level Distance (0 = Auto))
Defines the vertical spacing between levels in the footprint chart.
If 0, the script uses an automatic calculation based on ATR to adapt to volatility.
Set a manual value (e.g., 5) to control the height granularity of each level in ticks.
Cumulative Levels (Toggle)
If enabled, the footprint builds cumulatively over time, rather than resetting per candle.
Use case: Visualize ongoing buildup of OI activity across a session or day.
Cumulative Levels Reset TF (Timeframe)
Sets the reset interval for the cumulative view (e.g., reset daily, hourly, etc.)
Works only when Cumulative Levels is enabled.
Delta Box Display Settings
Show Delta Percentage
Toggles the display of the percentage change in OI across the footprint level.
Helpful to gauge how aggressive positioning is relative to total OI at that level.
Show Longs/Shorts (Opened/Closed)
Show Longs Opened: Displays OI increase in up candles (price ↑, OI ↑).
Show Longs Closed: Displays OI decrease in down candles (price ↓, OI ↓).
Show Shorts Opened: OI increase in down candles (price ↓, OI ↑).
Show Shorts Closed: OI decrease in up candles (price ↑, OI ↓).
These behaviors are color-coded to give traders instant context:
Blue-green for longs opening.
Purple for longs closing.
Red for shorts opening.
Yellow for shorts closing.
Value Area & POC
Value Area % (Value Area %)
Controls how much cumulative open interest is used to define the value area.
Example: 70% means the smallest range of prices that contains 70% of total OI in that bar will be marked.
Helps identify zones of interest, support/resistance, and institutional levels.
The image above explains how to identify the VAH/VAL/POC shown by Open Interest Footprint IQ.
VAH = Upper 🞂
POC = ●
VAL = Lower 🞂
Imbalances
Imbalance Percentage
Defines the minimum delta % required at a level to be marked as an imbalance.
If the net open interest change at a level exceeds this threshold, a visual marker appears.
Stacked Imbalance Count
If the number of consecutive imbalance levels meets this count, a “Stacked Imbalance” alert will trigger.
This can signal aggressive buying or selling pressure, potential breakout zones, or institutional absorption.
Color Settings
Longs Opened / Closed, Shorts Opened / Closed
Customize the color palette for each order flow behavior.
These colors appear in the background gradient of the footprint boxes.
Up/Down Only Mode
Toggle to override all behavior-based colors with a single Up Color and Down Color.
Useful if you prefer a simple bull/bear view.
Up Color / Down Color
If "Up/Down Only" is enabled, these two colors are used to represent all net positive or negative deltas.
Special Notes
Crypto only: This script works only with crypto tickers on TradingView.
For other assets (stocks, futures), a warning message will appear instead.
OI data must be available from the exchange (many perpetual pairs support this).
If the footprint is too small or invisible, increase your tick level spacing in the settings.
Alerts
When a stacked imbalance is detected, an alert is fired ("Stacked Imbalance").
This feature is useful for automated systems, bots, or simply staying informed of potential trade setups.
And that's all for now!
If you have any questions or features you'd like to see feel free to share them in the comments below!
Thank you traders!
XSN Liquidity & VoidsThis indicator is a powerful tool for traders using Smart Money Concepts (SMC). It automatically identifies and plots key areas of liquidity and price imbalances directly on your chart, helping you to visualize the market's structure with ease and precision.
Core Concept: The Liquidity-Imbalance Relationship
This tool is built on the SMC principle of the relationship between the engineering of liquidity and resulting market imbalances. The script visualizes this critical process by:
Plotting key liquidity pools (Major and Internal swing points) from user-defined timeframes.
Showing when this liquidity is 'swept' by price action.
Highlighting Fair Value Gaps (FVGs), or imbalances, that often form immediately after a liquidity sweep.
By combining liquidity lines and FVGs into a single tool, traders can more easily identify high-probability setups where a liquidity grab leads to a market reversal or continuation into an FVG.
Key Features
Multi-Timeframe Major & Internal Liquidity: Automatically plot significant swing highs and lows (pivots) from any timeframe you choose (e.g., 15m, 1H, 4H) onto your current chart.
Automatic Sweep Detection: Lines are automatically marked as 'swept' when price trades through them. Unswept lines extend to the right, while swept lines are fixed in time and change their style for a clean chart.
Recent Sweep Highlighting : The indicator keeps the last few major liquidity sweeps highlighted in their original bright color to help you focus on the most recent price action.
Historical Confluence Labels: Automatically adds labels (e.g., D-HIGH, W-LOW) to liquidity lines that align with previous Daily, Weekly, or 4-Hour highs and lows, signifying areas of major historical importance.
Liquidity Voids / FVGs (Current Timeframe): Instantly identifies and draws Fair Value Gaps (FVGs) on your current chart timeframe, highlighting areas where price may be drawn to.
How to Use This Indicator
Identify Targets: Watch for price to gravitate towards the red (major) and purple (internal) liquidity lines. These represent pools of buy-side and sell-side liquidity.
Confirm Sweeps: A 'sweep' occurs when price wicks through a line, which then changes its appearance. This often signals a reversal or continuation.
Find Confluence: Pay close attention to the historical labels (D-HIGH, W-LOW, etc.). Sweeps of these levels are often significant market events.
Analyze Voids: Use the FVG boxes to identify price imbalances. Price will often seek to fill these voids, making them excellent targets or areas of interest for entries.
An enhanced version of this tool with real-time alerts and auto multi-timeframe FVG analysis is also available.
[GetSparx] Lacuna Pro⚡ Lacuna Pro – Institutional Liquidity Framework
This indicator is a premium Smart Money Concepts (SMC) trading toolkit designed to help traders identify high-probability entry and exit zones by visualizing real-time market inefficiencies. It combines Fair Value Gaps (FVGs), Break of Structure (BOS), Change of Character (CHoCH), and Supply & Demand Zones into a unified, configurable framework.
Unlike many public indicators that simply "overlay concepts", this indicator implements strict internal validation to filter out noise and provide only institutional-grade levels — making it a valuable execution layer for SMC-based strategies.
🧠 What the Script Does – and Why the Combination Matters
This is more than just a combination of known SMC tools — it's a complete workflow assistant:
-FVGs highlight where liquidity is likely resting due to institutional imbalance.
-BOS & CHoCH define structural context: whether the market is trending or shifting.
-Supply & Demand Zones show where institutions are likely to react.
-Each component works together to create a layered confluence system:
-FVG inside a Demand Zone after a Bullish CHoCH → High-probability Long Setup
-Bearish BOS into a Supply Zone + fresh Bearish FVG → High-probability Short Setup
📘 Core Concepts Explained
Fair Value Gap (FVG)
FVGs occur when price moves with strong momentum and leaves a gap between candles — suggesting inefficiency. Bullish FVGs lie below price; bearish ones above. Price often returns to these levels before continuing.
An FVG is detected when a three-candle sequence reveals a price imbalance:
- Bullish : Candle 2’s low is higher than Candle 1’s high
- Bearish : Candle 2’s high is lower than Candle 1’s low
These setups indicate a sudden burst of institutional momentum, often causing price to revisit the gap for rebalancing.
Break of Structure (BOS)
A BOS signals trend continuation when price breaks the previous swing high or low in the direction of the current trend.
The script uses a 3-bar pivot system to detect local swing highs and lows — a swing high forms when the highest candle is flanked by two lower highs on each side (and vice versa for swing lows).
A BOS is confirmed when price closes beyond the most recent swing point in alignment with the current trend direction.
Change of Character (CHoCH)
A CHoCH signals a potential trend reversal by breaking a structure level in the opposite direction of the prevailing trend.
It is detected when price breaks the most recent opposing swing and simultaneously flips the internal trend state.
CHoCH events always take precedence over BOS to avoid conflicting signals.
The internal trend engine ensures that these structural shifts are valid and not caused by random volatility.
Supply & Demand Zones
These zones mark institutional interest and are formed using precise price action rules — not arbitrary support/resistance.
A valid zone begins when a small-bodied base candle (such as a star or doji) appears at a local swing point. This candle must be followed by a strong impulse candle — either a bullish engulfing (for demand) or bearish breakout (for supply).
- Demand Zone : From the base candle's low to the impulse candle's high
- Supply Zone : From the base candle's high to the impulse candle's low
These zones represent likely institutional entries or exits, often acting as magnets or rejection areas. Once price decisively breaks through a zone, it is automatically removed — keeping the chart clean and relevant.
Zone Detection Logic – When a Zone Is Drawn or Skipped
Below are the precise rules used to determine whether a Supply or Demand Zone is valid and shown on the chart
A Supply or Demand Zone is only drawn if all of the following conditions are met:
-A small-bodied base candle forms at a local high or low (body size below threshold)
-The base candle is followed by a strong impulse candle (engulfing or breakout)
-The impulse direction matches the expected context (e.g., bearish impulse from swing high = Supply)
-The candle wicks do not invalidate the structure (e.g., no long opposing wick that retraces the move)
-The zone meets the minimum size threshold based on % or ATR filter
If any of these criteria are not satisfied, the zone is skipped to avoid false or weak levels.
This ensures only clean, institutional-grade Supply & Demand Zones are shown on the chart.
(e.g. small-bodied star + bullish engulfing at swing low = Demand Zone, or bearish breakout at swing high = Supply Zone).
🔍 Core Functionality & Original Features
1. 📉 Fair Value Gaps (FVGs) – Dynamic, Validated, and Clean
Unlike scripts that draw every gap, this script applies strict quality control to ensure only meaningful FVGs appear:
Minimum Threshold Filtering
Filters out small or noisy gaps by requiring each FVG to exceed a % or ATR-based size threshold. Prevents micro-gap clutter on lower timeframes.
Momentum Candle Verification
Requires a strong middle candle (candle 2) between two extremes. Large opposing wicks invalidate the setup.
Partial Fill Adjustment
When price partially fills a gap, the FVG box automatically shrinks to show only the remaining imbalance. If fully filled, the box is removed.
Multi-Timeframe Overlays
View institutional gaps from 15m, 1H, 4H, or Daily overlaid onto any chart for top-down analysis and entry refinement.
2. 🧱 Structural Shifts – BOS & CHoCH
Structural logic is built around pivot detection with real-time trend state awareness:
Pivot Logic (Customizable Strength)
Local highs/lows are detected using pivot length (default: 3 bars left/right). Breaks are only confirmed if they align with the internal trend state.
BOS = Continuation
Breaks a swing in trend direction (e.g., HL → HH → BOS at previous HH)
CHoCH = Reversal
Breaks a structure against trend (e.g., HH → HL → break of HL = Bearish CHoCH)
Conflict Resolution
If both BOS and CHoCH could trigger, CHoCH takes priority. This avoids false positives and ensures a single, clear structure signal per swing.
Styling & Visibility
All structure lines and labels are customizable — colors, line style (solid/dashed), and which signals to display (BOS/CHoCH/both).
3. 🧠 Supply & Demand Zones – Smart Detection & Maintenance
These zones are generated using strict price action logic, not arbitrary support/resistance lines:
-Formation Conditions
-Small-bodied "base candle" at a local high/low
-Followed by an impulse candle (bullish/bearish engulfing or breakout)
-Zone Bounds
- Demand : From base candle low to impulse high
- Supply : From base candle high to impulse low
Automatic Cleanup
Once price decisively pierces a zone, it’s automatically removed from the chart. This keeps the display relevant and clutter-free.
Multi-Timeframe Zones
Toggle zones from your current timeframe or overlay from 1H, 4H, and Daily — ideal for confluence stacking.
Zone Compression Filtering
Optional compression % ensures overlapping zones are combined logically to reduce redundancy.
🧩 How It Works Together – Practical Usage Flow
This indicator is designed to follow a structured workflow used by institutional-style traders:
Trend Structure
Identify trend using BOS and CHoCH on your timeframe.
Liquidity Zones
Look for supply/demand zones aligning with the structural bias.
Execution Areas
Wait for an unfilled FVG in confluence with the above conditions.
📸 Screenshot Captions
Screenshot 1: CHoCH + Demand Zone + Bullish FVG
📌 Reversal Setup with Confluence
A Bullish CHoCH confirms a structural shift. Price enters a Demand Zone and reacts from an unfilled Bullish FVG, creating a high-probability long opportunity.
Screenshot 2: Bearish BOS + FVG Fill
📌 Trend Continuation Confirmation
Price breaks a swing low, triggering a Bearish BOS. A Bearish FVG forms and price returns to fill it before continuing lower — validating the trend and the gap.
Screenshot 3: Multi-Timeframe Overlay (FVGs from 1H and 4H)
📌 Top-Down Liquidity Mapping
Overlaid 1H and 4H FVGs provide institutional-level insight on lower timeframes. Combined with structure signals, this supports precise entry alignment across timeframes.
As price partially fills a bullish gap, the FVG box auto-adjusts to show only the remaining imbalance. Fully filled zones are automatically removed, keeping the chart clean.
Screenshot 4: Supply Zone Rejection
📌 Institutional Supply in Action
Price enters a Supply Zone formed from a base candle + bearish impulse. A sharp rejection confirms active sell-side interest at this level. Zone opgevuld box verdwijnt
Screenshot 5: Bullish BOS + Internal Trend Logic
📌 Trend Continuation with Structure Awareness
A Higher Low forms, followed by a Higher High, triggering a Bullish BOS. The internal trend engine confirms direction and filters false reversals.
Screenshot 6: Zone Compression Logic
📌 Smart Zone Consolidation
Closely overlapping supply zones are merged using compression logic to prevent clutter. Only the strongest institutional levels remain visible.
⚙ Full Customization Panel
You can configure:
-FVG display per timeframe + color scheme
-BOS/CHoCH styling, label text, and detection toggles
-Zone settings: visibility, compression %, length
-Auto-cleanup behavior for FVGs and zones
🔐 Why Invite-Only?
This indicator contains original logic not available in public indicators, including:
-Momentum-candle verified FVGs
-Real-time partial fill trimming
-Auto-removal of invalidated structure/zones
-Conflict-aware BOS/CHoCH logic
-Multi-timeframe overlays with internal state tracking
-Proprietary compression-based zone filtering
This script is part of a private paid offering. It is not based on reused or repackaged educational code. The logic and structure management are exclusive to this implementation.
⚠ Disclaimer
This tool is for educational and analytical use only. It does not provide financial advice or trading signals. Always use proper risk management and do your own due diligence.
ICT Institutional Order Flow (fadi)ICT Institutional Order Flow indicator is intended to provide wholistic view to better analyze order flow and where price may go to next. The concept follows ICT principles.
ICT Market Structure
ICT breaks down Pivot points into three categories:
Short Term High/Low (STH/STL) is a 3 candle pattern with a low with higher low on each side (STL), or a high with lower high on each side (STH)
Intermediate Term High/Low (ITH/ITL) uses the calculated STH/STL and marks any STH that has lower or STH on each side, and STL that has higher STL on each side
Long Term High/Low (LTH/LTL) uses the calculated ITH/ITL and marks any ITH that has lower or ITH on each side, and ITL that has higher ITL on each side
Note: ICT also states that if a STH wicks into and closes (almost?) a FVG, he marks it as ITH even if it does not have STH on reach side. This scenario is not covered by this indicator
Liquidity
liquidity is usually present under pivot points. The more prominent the pivot point, the more likely higher values liquidity pools reside under/above it. Liquidity under ITL and LTL as an example, will have better indication of which liquidity the price may seek next.
Displacement
Displacement registers above average move in the price resulting in strong visible move. If requiring a FVG is enabled (in settings), then the displacement could possibly (but never guaranteed) be used to visually recognize a move as it develops.
Full Credit: The calculation for Displacement is derived from TFO's Visualizing Displacement
Imbalances
Imbalances can come in different forms. This indicator identifies three type of imbalances:
1. FVG
2. Volume Imbalance
3. Open Gaps
Imbalances completes the picture by help visualize strong moves, where possible pivot points may develop, and how to enter or manage a trade.
FXC Order Block Finder █ OVERVIEW
The FXC Order Bock Finder finds and draws institutional order blocks according to the Smart Money Concept. Order blocks are zones where institutions have most likely left some orders that need to be filled at a later point in time. In These order blocks or POIs can be used to either place limit orders or to look for instant entries as price comes to retest the zone. It works on all time frames but higher time frames tend to be more precise.
█ HOW DOES IT WORK?
The indicator waits for a break of structure (BOS) and then prints a zone if there's an engulfing pattern and an open imbalance. Basically it draws zones where a fake move followed by aggressive buying or selling happened and Imbalances were left open.
█ WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE?
Apart from the fact that I haven’t found any indicator that is able to properly draw order blocks most indicators do re-paint which doesn’t make any sense in the case of the Smart Money Concept.
Furthermore does this indicator have settings that let’s you adjust how the order blocks are drawn. From wick to end of the imbalance or candle close to imbalance. Also you can set how many candles it takes into consideration for the imbalance in case the imbalance starts after the engulfing pattern has formed. And you can set how many candles have to checked to determine a BOS or an internal BOS by using fractal breaks.
█ HOW TO USE IT?
Either place sell limits at the lower end of the order block with SL slightly above the OB and buy limits at the upper end of the OB with SL slightly below the OB. Target a fixed Risk Reward Ratio or trade it to the next order block. By using multi time frame analysis you can determine the overall direction of the market and prevent low probability trades. Also worth mentioning is that order blocks that have been created during high volume sessions tend to result in way better trades than with order blocks that have been printed during the Asia session.
█ ADDITIONAL INFO
As soon as price retested an order block the order block is mitigated and therefore not valid anymore. Also order blocks that are too far back in time are less probable to deliver good trades. In general the win rate tends not to be too high using this method but more often than not there's a reaction as price taps into an order block and trades with high RRR are quite often. As always in trading, proper money management and risk management is key.
█ DISCLAIMER
This is not financial advice. The Indicator spots these zones according to the smart money concept . However there's absolutely no guarantee that a nice order blocks results in a good trade.
█ Examples
Trademania - PVSRA IndicatorTrademania - PVSRA Indicator
The Trademania - PVSRA Indicator is based on a proven MT4 indicator suite that has been in use since 2013. Over time, it has been expanded with additional features and tools. Originally developed for the Forex market, it also works well for cryptocurrencies, stocks, and other assets. The goal of this indicator is to combine classic chart analysis with PVSRA analysis, allowing for a clean mixed chart analysis. Traders gain access to a wide range of important information and can use it to form their trading assumptions. The indicator is designed to make it as simple as possible: identifying price levels at the breakout of key support/resistance, for confirmations above/below an imbalance, or recognizing and validating standard structures.
Important: This indicator is designed to be used across all timeframes. It works equally well for scalping on lower timeframes and for larger timeframes, such as spot trading on the 4H or daily chart.
The following core features are available:
- PVSRA Candles
- Dynamic Zones for PVSRA Candles (Imbalance)
- Market sessions with high/low points
- Integrated EMAs (daily, weekly, higher time frames)
- Fully customizable EMAs
- Pivot points with mid/50% level
- Price ranges from yesterday and last week
- Average daily range (also available for weekly and monthly)
- Psychological levels (for Forex)
- Daily open
- High/Low Point of Control (POC) indicators for wicks and candle bodies
- WIL (Weekly Interest Level) - High/Low of the Asian session
- On-chart labels for nearly all elements
Key Features:
- PVSRA, integrated POC levels, and WIL levels distinguish this indicator.
- Integrated EMAs and the daily, weekly, high time frame EMAs can be supplemented or replaced by custom EMAs for maximum flexibility.
Special Feature:
- Lite Mode for better visibility and simplified chart analysis.
Instructions and Notes
PVSRA Candles
Display volume or tick volume on the chart.
- Candles with more than 200% average volume of the last 10 candles, where the product of candle spread and volume is greater than the last 10 candles/timeframes, are shown in green (bullish) and red (bearish).
- Blue and purple candles show the same with 150% average volume of the last 10 candles.
**Note:** To obtain valid information, the trading volume should be as large as possible. If you're viewing the chart of an exchange with low trading volume, you can use the PVSRA override to display the volume from another exchange. For example, you can view the Phemex chart but display the tick/volume of the Binance chart as PVSRA/Vector candles.
Dynamic Zones for PVSRA Candles (Imbalance)
Zones that match the color of the respective vector candle display imbalance on the chart.
- In PVSRA analysis, it is assumed that such imbalances will be revisited and corrected. It can be customized whether this should happen with candle wicks or just the candle bodies.
Market Sessions with High/Low Points (DST)
Relevant market sessions: Sydney/NZX, Tokyo, Hong Kong, EU, New York, as well as the Brinks sessions pre EU/NY, are marked with high/low points and labeled on the chart.
- In PVSRA/Mixed analysis, these represent important liquidity zones of the individual trading sessions, often serving as key support/resistance levels.
WIL (Weekly Interest Level) - High/Low of the Asian Session
The new WIL levels represent the market open/Asian session of the new trading week: Sydney open to Hong Kong close.
- This forms an important price range for the trading week and is always a key breakout zone or rejection area in mixed analysis. Additional liquidity is needed to break through these levels.
- Higher effort against the start of the week – an imbalance (above/below).
High/Low Point of Control (POC) Indicators for Wicks and Candle Bodies
Additionally, the indicator includes pivot-based POC markers at key highs/lows on the chart.
- A POC is generated from the candle footprint (1000 resolution) and displayed on the chart.
- **Note:** If the POC is in a wick, it is shown as a line; if the POC is only in the candle body, it is displayed in small text.
- In mixed analysis, POCs in volume-heavy wicks are always a key indication of price levels that will be revisited and a potential enhancer for a wick-fill upwards or downwards.
EMA/Pivot Points/Psychological Levels Classic/Average Ranges:
Daily/ADR - Weekly/AWR / High/Low values for day/week, as well as the daily open of the current trading day, form the foundation of the indicator.
- Base structures that account for imbalance must break certain price levels to confirm or invalidate a previous movement (bullish or bearish).
- 13/50/200/800 EMA retrace: Breaking these in either direction without addressing an imbalance on the opposite side requires confirmation after the break.
- Pivot-level trading operates on the same principle.
- **Note:** Pivot levels in this indicator have additional M-levels, which represent 50% markers to provide better insights into potential retraces or upward moves.
- For example: Breaking M1, retracing, and confirming at M1 with a target at M2.
To recognize a standard 3-level rise or retrace scenario in mixed analysis, as well as a potential extended chart progression, these levels are essential.
**Note:** Average ranges such as High/Low ADR are particularly important levels where interruptions are expected. Profit-taking, long/short, is common at these points, independent of standard structures. This also applies to the high/low levels of the last trading day and the weekly versions of these levels.
The daily open helps identify possible SPOT/Futures gaps (depending on the asset, such as a missing futures market over the weekend: NAS/DAX).
Important:
The Lite Mode is designed to help traders reduce the chart to essential core functions (PVSRA/EMA/WIL/Psy/Daily Open/Hi-Lo) to apply classic TA effectively and strengthen a mixed analysis or challenge certain assumptions regarding confirmation and imbalance.
**Note:** It is recommended to additionally use a MACD indicator to identify potential trends and momentum.
- For example, a positive MACD trend supporting a 50 EMA breakout with a target of the 200 EMA under positive imbalance (standard mixed pattern).
To cater to personal preferences or trading strategies, it is possible to add custom EMA values to the indicator without the need for a second or third separate indicator.
All functions are fully customizable within the indicator settings.
Noon Curve Box with Quadrants & 1st FVGOverview 📜
The Noon Curve Box with Quadrants & 1st FVG is a comprehensive analysis tool built for intraday traders. It automates the process of identifying and visualizing key time-based concepts popularized by ICT (Inner Circle Trader) and other price action methodologies.
While the concepts themselves are public, this script's value lies in its unique automation and clear presentation. It saves you the manual effort of marking session ranges, quadrants, and searching for critical imbalances every single day, allowing you to focus purely on execution.
Underlying Concepts Explained 🧠
This script is built on a few core price action principles:
Time-Based Profiling: The idea that different times of the trading day have different characteristics. The script visually separates the main session into 2-hour quadrants to help you track momentum shifts.
Fair Value Gaps (FVG): An FVG is a three-bar pattern that indicates a price imbalance or inefficiency. It's a foundational concept in many institutional trading methods.
A Bullish FVG (or BISI) forms when there is a gap between the first candle's high and the third candle's low:
Candle 1 HighCandle 3 High
"Silver Bullet" Time Windows: This indicator specifically targets the first FVG formed during the high-impact AM session (9:30-10:00 NY Time) and a corresponding PM session (13:30-14:00 NY Time), as these are often considered high-probability reversal or continuation zones.
Key Features & How It Works ✨
Automated Session Box: The script automatically draws a box around the high and low of your specified trading session (default is 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM New York time). This provides an instant view of the day's operating range.
Dynamic Quadrant Analysis: The session is automatically divided into 2-hour quadrants. Each box is colored based on its internal momentum (close vs. open), providing an at-a-glance summary of buying or selling pressure throughout the day.
Precision FVG Detection:
The script's core logic scans for the very first FVG within the AM (9:30-10:00) and PM (13:30-14:00) windows.
It identifies the exact 3-bar pattern and immediately draws a box marking the imbalance zone. Once the first FVG is found for a window, the script stops searching, ensuring your chart remains clean and focused on the most significant, initial imbalance.
The FVG boxes extend to the current bar, keeping these key levels of interest visible all day.
How to Use This Indicator 🎯
Context: Use the Session Box high and low as your primary intraday support and resistance levels.
Momentum: Use the Quadrant Box colors to gauge the flow of the market. A switch from red to green, for example, can signal a potential shift in control.
High-Probability Setups: The AM and PM First FVG boxes are your key points of interest. These imbalances often act as price magnets. Look for price to return to these zones to find potential entries, as they may act as support (bullish FVG) or resistance (bearish FVG).
Settings and Customization ⚙️
You have full control over all visual elements.
Session Control: Adjust the session time and timezone.
Visual Toggles: Enable or disable the Session Box, Quadrants, and AM/PM FVGs.
Color Customization: Match all elements to your personal chart theme.
History: Limit the number of historical FVG boxes displayed to keep your chart clean.
SMM - Smart Money IndicatorHello Traders,
SMM – Smart Money Indicator is a Smart Money Concepts indicator that is meant to make your trading a bit easier and take the guess work away. Our mission is to save your time with already marking up the chart for you (all automatic). This indicator will help you spot the point of interests a.k.a. Order Blocks, Supply and Demand zones and Fair Value Gaps. Our mission is to create the best Smart Money Concepts indicator on the market. For that we would like to receive your guy’s feedback on it.
Smart Money refers to the capital that institutional investors, central banks, and other professionals or financial institutions control. Market Structure is the foundation of price action trading, understanding price action is fundamental to SMC .
Market Structure based of fractals – We are using fractal-based market structure since it’s way stronger than for example an Eliot wave. So, we only get the clearest break of structure (BoS- Trend continuation) and Change of Character (CHoCH- Possible change of trend)
Features
- Changing the break type to either only the body or body and the wick
- Period of looking back to determine structure (combined with the supply and demand zones)
Multiple Time frame Supply and Demand – Displayed typically as the last up/down candle before a big move in the opposite direction. Great zones to entry from on the lower time frame, also you can target previous demand/supply zones as potential take profit areas.
Features
- Multiple time frame
- Changing the amount of candles to calculate the zones.
- Option to remove mitigated zones / change color
- Extending the HTF Box to current time. (If not mitigated)
Order Blocks – What we use for our lower time frame zones to enter from. It’s basically the same as supply and demand but then on a lower time frame. Most likely once prices come into your higher time frame Supply and Demand zones, we would scale down to the lower time frames and then wait for our pattern to entry.
Features
- Extending the LTF Box to current time. (If not mitigated)
- Options to remove mitigated zones / change color
Fair Value Gaps - Is also known as an imbalance. An FVG is an imbalance of orders for instance, for sellers to complete their trades, there must be buyers and vice versa so when a market receives to many of one kind of order buys or sells, and not enough of the order’s counterpart. When the amount is not balanced and to many orders are put in for one direction, it creates an imbalance where price likes to get back too. We have 2 different options that shows you all the imbalances but also one that only shows the structure breaking imbalances which we see as the most important one.
Features
- Plotting all Fair Value Gaps
- Plotting only structure breaking Fair Value Gaps
Previous Day High and Low – Will mark up the previous day high and low what could indicate that if price breaks out of the previous day high that it will most likely trend upwards. If it breaks below, it will most likely trend down for the upcoming time.
- Showing only the recent previous day high and low
- Showing all the previous high and lows
- Show nothing
Alerts – We’ve made possible that you can also choose to receive an alert on your device once price comes in to one of the supply and demand zones. (Must place the alerts function into your alert management tab on trading view) Only works if you add the alert on when you are on the same time frame as your supply and demand zones.
You can also choose to receive alerts when a supply or demand zone has been created.
Market Internal TrendMIT - Market Internal Trend
I've developed what I consider to be the best market internals, market breadth indicator on Trading View to date :)
Market internals (sometimes referred to as Market Breadth) are built-in indicators of the market, there are the following main indicators:
TICK - Uptick or downtick transaction of market (NYSE/NASDAQ)
ADD - Advancing or declining issues/stocks of the market
VOLD - Up volume or down volume of the issues/stocks of the market
TRIN - Trend of market based on ADD and VOLD
VIX - Volatility of the market
PCN - Options market puts vs calls
What makes this different?
This single compact indicator delivers an "eyes on glass" style presentation to detail extreme movements of TICK, sentiment analysis of ADD and VOLD as well as their trends and report when the market is most likely balanced or an in imbalance. No need to study multiple clouds and amassing a ton of different charts all with similar indicator setups and candle analysis in the heat of the moment.
Use this to determine the overall initial trend at open, watching for imbalance and extreme movement on TICK as a signal to prepare for potential trades. The metrics table is useful to see where potential rejections/bounces may occur on the volatility index.
Extreme tick closures (see below) can provide excellent trim or exit signals for existing trades depending on the market structure of the day (trending or ranging).
How To Use
The main histogram represents the highs and lows of TICK, anything within the +/- $500 region is most likely normal movement while anything outside of that will brighten in color and indicates potential larger reactions. Extreme highs and lows will be represented by white diamonds by default, closures are indicated by bright colored crosses at $0. Price levels should be noted on the securities being traded during TICK extreme movement, these usually act as dynamic support and resistance from my observations but your results may vary (please share in comments your experiences!).
There is a smoothed trend line over the histogram, by default it's white in color, and this represents simply a trend of TICK closures - when it's trending down the market should be following in kind and vice versa; adjust the smoothing length in settings to suit your trading style.
The center line will have colored dots, by default yellow for balanced markets or white for imbalanced markets. When the market is in an imbalance that's when trending moves have been observed and balanced markets are usually choppy with sideways price action not suitable for quick scalp type trading styles.
The upper colored band represents the market overall advancing or declining issues/stocks within the market, by default green tones are bullish for a advancing market and red tones represent bearish market - the brighter the tone the strong the sentiment. There are triangles at all times above this band and that represents a smoothed trend status as compared to the current amount of stocks in advance or decline, if the smoothed trend is above then it's potentially a signal of reversal (red triangles over green band would be bearish reversal and vice versa).
The lower colored band works the exact same as the upper band but it tracks the up and down volume of the issues/stocks within the market, it utilizes the same color and triangle logics as the upper band.
Markets
Currently this will present internals data for NYSE and NASDAQ, I'm still researching other markets internals and their particulars.
The signals on this indicator will best apply to SPY, QQQ, ES, NQ or highly liquid ETFs largely affected by NYSE or NASDAQ - individual stocks may have mixed results depending on how they're moving with major indexes so keep that in mind when watching for sympathy moves with the indicator.
Usage Conditions
All of the market internals are fantastic indicators when day trading, I've had great success on 1-15 minute and even higher for scalps or intra-day swings. Observing the middle dots will save those of you that struggle in choppy markets from being too aggressive when opportunities don't exist.
Use the triangles, diamonds, dots and crosses to your advantage to manage your scalps and intra-day swings, or gain an edge in preparation for entering trades!
I hope this indicator is a benefit to all for day trading, provide any feedback or feature requests in the comments.
Realtime FootprintThe purpose of this script is to gain a better understanding of the order flow by the footprint. To that end, i have added unusual features in addition to the standard features.
I use "Real Time 5D Profile by LucF" main engine to create basic footprint(profile type) and added some popular features and my favorites.
This script can only be used in realtime, because tradingview doesn't provide historical Bid/Ask date.
Bid/Ask date used this script are up/down ticks.
This script can only be used by time based chart (1m, 5m , 60m and daily etc)
This script use many labels and these are limited max 500, so you can't display many bars.
If you want to display foot print bars longer, turn off the unused sub-display function.
Default setting is footprint is 25 labels, IB count is 1, COT high and Ratio high is 1, COT low and Ratio low is 1 and Delta Box Ratio Volume is 1 , total 29.
plus UA , IB stripes , ladder fading mark use several labels.
///////// General Setting ///////////
Resets on Volume / Range bar
: If you want to use simple time based Resets on, please set Total Volume is 0.
Your timeframe is always the first condition. So if you set Total Volume is 1000, both conditions(Volume >= 1000 and your timeframe start next bar) must be met. (that is, new footprint bar doesn't start at when total volume = exactly 1000).
Ticks per row and Maximum row of Bar
: 1 is minimum size(tick). "Maximum row of Bar" decide the number of rows used in one footprint. 1 row is created from 1 label, so you need to reduce this number to display many footprints (Max label is 500).
Volume Filter and For Calculation and Display
: "Volume Filter" decide minimum size of using volume for this script.
"For Calculation and Display" is used to convert volume to an integer.
This script only use integer to make profile look better (I contained Bid number and Ask number in one row( one label) to saving labels. This require to make no difference in width by the number of digits and this script corresponds integers from 0 to 3 digits).
ex) Symbol average volume size is from 0.0001 to 0.001. You decide only use Volume >= 0.0005 by "Volume Filter".
Next, you convert volume to integer, by setting "For Calculation and Display" is 1000 (0.0005 * 1000 = 5).
If 0.00052 → 5.2 → 5, 0.00058 → 5.8 → 6 (Decimal numbers are rounded off)
This integer is used to all calculation in this script.
//////// Main Display ///////
Footprint, Total, Row Delta, Diagonal Delta and Profile
: "Footprint" display Ask and Bid per row. "Total" display Ask + Bid per row.
"Row Delta" display Ask - Bid per row. "Diagonal Delta" display Ask(row N) - Bid(row N -1) per row.
Profile display Total Volume(Ask + Bid) per row by using Block. Profile Block coloring are decided by Row Delta value(default: positive Row Delta (Ask > Bid) is greenish colors and negative Row Delta (Ask < Bid) is reddish colors.)
Volume per Profile Block, Row Imbalance Ratio and Delta Bull/Bear/Neutral Colors
: "Volume per Profile Block" decide one block contain how many total volume.
ex) When you set 20, Total volume 70 display 3 block.
The maximum number of blocks that can be used per low is 20.
So if you set 20, Total volume 400 is 20 blocks. total volume 800 is 20 blocks too.
"Row Imbalance Ratio" decide block coloring. The row imbalance is that the difference between Ask and Bid (row delta) is large.
default is x3, x2 and x1. The larger the difference, the brighter the color.
ex) Ask 30 Bid 10 is light green. Ask 20 Bid 10 is green. Ask 11 Bid 10 is dark green.
Ask 0 Bid 1 is light red. Ask 1 Bid 2 is red. ask 30 Bid 59 is dark green.
Ask 10 Bid 10 is neutral color(gray)
profile coloring is reflected same row's other elements(Ask, Bid, Total and Delta) too.
It's because one label can only use one text color.
/////// Sub Display ///////
Delta, total and Commitment of Traders
: "Delta" is total Ask - total Bid in one footprint bar. Total is total Ask + total Bid in one footprint bar.
"Commitment of traders" is variation of "Delta". COT High is reset to 0 when current highest is touched. COT Low is opposite.
Basic concept of Delta is to compare price with Delta. Ordinary, when price move up, delta is positive. Price move down is negative delta.
This is because market orders move price and market orders are counted by Delta (although this description is not exactly correct).
But, sometimes prices do not move even though many market orders are putting pressure on price , or conversely, price move strongly without many market orders.
This is key point. Big player absorb market orders by iceberg order(Subdivide large orders and pretend to be small limit orders.
Small limit orders look weak in the order book, but they are added each time you fill, so they are more powerful than they look.), so price don't move.
On the other hand, when the price is moving easily, smart players may be aiming to attract and counterattack to a better price for them.
It's more of a sport than science, and there's always no right response. Pay attention to the relationship between price, volume and delta.
ex) If COT Low is large negative value, it means many sell market orders is coming, but iceberg order is absorbing their attack at limit order.
you should not do buy entry, only this clue. but this is one of the hints.
"Delta, Box Ratio and Total texts is contained same label and its color are "Delta" coloring. Positive Delta is Delta Bull color(green),Negative Delta is Delta Bear Color
and Delta = 0 is Neutral Color(gray). When Delta direction and price direction are opposite is Delta Divergence Color(yellow).
I didn't add the cumulative volume delta because I prefer to display the CVD line on the price chart rather than the number.
Box Ratio , Box Ratio Divisor and Heavy Box Ratio Ratio
: This is not ordinary footprint features, but I like this concept so I added.
Box Ratio by Richard W. Arms is simple but useful tool. calculation is "total volume (one bar) divided by Bar range (highest - lowest)."
When Bull and bear are fighting fiercely this number become large, and then important price move happen.
I made average BR from something like 5 SMA and if current BR exceeds average BR x (Heavy Box Ratio Ratio), BR box mark will be filled.
Box Ratio Divisor is used to good looking display(BR multiplied by Box Ratio Divisor is rounded off and displayed as an integer)
Diagonal Imbalance Count , D IB Mark and D IB Stripes
: Diagonal Imbalance is defined by "Diagonal Imbalance Ratio".
ex) You set 2. When Ask(row N) 30 Bid(row N -1)10, it's 30 > 10*2, so positive Diagonal Imbalance.
When Ask(row N) 4 Bid(row N -1)9, it's 4*2 < 9, so negative Diagonal Imbalance.
This calculation does not use equals to avoid Ask(row N) 0 Bid(row N -1)0 became Diagonal Imbalance.
Ask(row N) 0 Bid(row N -1)0, it's 0 = 0*2, not Diagonal Imbalance. Ask(row N) 10 Bid(row N -1)5, it's 10 = 5*2, not Diagonal Imbalance.
"D IB Mark" emphasize Ask or Bid number which is dominant side(Winner of Diagonal Imbalance calculation), by under line.
"Diagonal Imbalance Count" compare Ask side D IB Mark to Bid side D IB Mark in one footprint.
Coloring depend on which is more aggressive side (it has many IB Mark) and When Aggressive direction and price direction are opposite is Delta Divergence Color(yellow).
"D IB Stripes" is a function that further emphasizes with an arrow Mark, when a DIB mark is added on the same side for three consecutive row. Three consecutive arrow is added at third row.
Unfinished Auction, Ratio Bounds and Ladder fading Mark
: "Unfinished Auction" emphasize highest or lowest row which has both Ask and Bid, by Delta Divergence Color(yellow) XXXXXX mark.
Unfinished Auction sometimes has magnet effect, price may touch and breakout at UA side in the future.
This concept is famous as profit taking target than entry decision.
But, I'm interested in the case that Big player make fake breakout at UA side and trapped retail traders, and then do reversal with retail traders stop-loss hunt.
Anyway, it's not stand alone signal.
"Ratio Bounds" gauge decrease of pressure at extreme price. Ratio Bounds High is number which second highest ask is divided by highest ask.
Ratio Bounds Low is number which second lowest bid is divided by lowest bid. The larger the number, the less momentum the price has.
ex)first footprint bar has Ratio Bounds Low 2, second footprint bar has RBL 4, third footprint bar has RBL 20.
This indicates that the bear's power is gradually diminishing.
"Ladder fading mark" emphasizes the decrease of the value in 3 consecutive row at extreme price. I added two type Marks.
Ask/Bid type(triangle Mark) is Ask/Bid values are decreasing of three consecutive row at extreme price.
Row Imbalance type(Diamond Mark) are row Imbalance values are decreasing of three consecutive row at extreme price.
ex)Third lowest Bid 40, second lowest Bid 10 and lowest Bid 5 have triangle up Mark. That is bear's power is gradually diminishing.
(This Mark only check Bid value at lowest price and Ask value at highest price).
Third highest row delta + 60, second highest row delta + 5, highest delta - 20 have diamond Mark. That is Bull's power is gradually diminishing.
Sub display use Delta colors at bottom of Sub display section.
////// Candle & POC /////////
candle and POC
: Ordinary, "POC" Point of Control is row of largest total volume, but this script'POC is volume weighted average.
This is because the regular POC was visually displayed by the profile ,and I was influenced LucF's ideas.
POC coloring is decided in relation to the previous POC. When current POC is higher than previous POC, color is UP Bar Color(green).
In the opposite case, Down Bar color is used.
POC Divergence Color is used when Current POC is up but current bar close is lower than open (Down price Bar),or in the opposite case.
POC coloring has option also highlight background by Delta Divergence Color(yellow). but bg color is displayed at your time frame current price bar not current footprint bar.
The basic explanation is over.
I add some image to promote understanding basic ideas.
FVG Range Filter0x278's FVG Range Filter
Overview
The FVG Range Filter is a TradingView indicator designed to identify and display Fair Value Gaps (FVGs) on your chart. FVGs are areas of price imbalance that often act as significant zones for potential price retracement or reversal. This indicator filters out irrelevant gaps, showing only those that are within a specified price range and time frame, making it easier to focus on high-probability trading opportunities.
This guide is crafted to help both novice and experienced traders understand how to use this indicator effectively, even if you're new to the concept of FVG trading. We'll cover what FVGs are, how the indicator works, how to interpret its visual elements, and how to apply it in various trading scenarios.
What are Fair Value Gaps (FVGs)?
Fair Value Gaps occur when the price of an asset moves so quickly in one direction that it leaves a 'gap' or 'void' on the chart where no trading activity occurred. These gaps represent areas of imbalance between supply and demand, often created by strong buying or selling pressure. Traders use FVGs to identify potential areas where price might return to 'fill' the gap, offering opportunities for entries or exits.
Bullish FVG : This happens when price jumps upward, leaving a gap below. It suggests strong buying pressure and often acts as a support zone when price retraces.
Bearish FVG : This occurs when price drops sharply, leaving a gap above. It indicates strong selling pressure and often acts as a resistance zone when price retraces.
How the FVG Range Filter Works
The FVG Range Filter indicator automatically detects these gaps based on a specific three-bar pattern that identifies significant price imbalances. It then applies filters to ensure only relevant FVGs are displayed:
Range Filter : Only shows FVGs whose midpoint is within a user-defined percentage of the current price. This keeps the focus on gaps that are close enough to be actionable.
Time Filter : Only displays FVGs that are younger than a specified number of bars, ensuring you're looking at recent and relevant price action.
Invalidation : Once the price trades through the midpoint of an FVG, the gap is considered 'filled' or invalidated, and it is removed from the chart.
This filtering mechanism declutters your chart, highlighting only the most pertinent FVGs for your trading decisions.
Indicator Settings
The FVG Range Filter offers customizable inputs to tailor its behavior to your trading style:
Display Range (%) : This sets the percentage range from the current price within which FVGs are shown. A lower value (e.g., 1.0%) shows only gaps very close to the current price, while a higher value (e.g., 5.0%) includes gaps further away. Default is 1.0%.
Look-back Bars : This determines how far back in time the indicator looks for FVGs. It also limits how long a gap remains visible if it hasn't been invalidated. Default is 1000 bars.
Show Bullish FVGs : Toggle to display bullish FVGs (green boxes by default). Default is enabled.
Show Bearish FVGs : Toggle to display bearish FVGs (red boxes by default). Default is enabled.
Box Opacity (0-100) : Adjusts the transparency of the FVG boxes on the chart. A value of 0 is fully transparent (invisible), while 100 is fully opaque. Default is 33 for a subtle appearance.
Visual Elements and Interpretation
The indicator draws rectangular boxes on your chart to represent FVGs. Understanding these visual elements is key to using the indicator effectively:
Green Boxes : Represent bullish FVGs. These are areas where price gapped upward, suggesting potential support zones. If price retraces to this area, it might bounce off as buyers step in to defend the level.
Red Boxes : Represent bearish FVGs. These are areas where price gapped downward, indicating potential resistance zones. If price retraces to this area, it might face selling pressure and reverse downward.
Box Position and Extension : Each box starts at the bar where the FVG was detected and extends to the right, updating dynamically as new bars form. This extension helps maintain visibility until the gap is either invalidated or falls out of the look-back period.
Disappearance of Boxes : A box disappears from the chart in two scenarios:
Price Moves Away : If the midpoint of the FVG moves outside the specified display range percentage from the current price, or if the FVG becomes older than the look-back bars limit, the box is removed (though the gap data persists in memory for potential re-display if conditions are met again).
Invalidation : If price trades through the midpoint of the FVG (i.e., the low of a candle goes below the midpoint for a bullish FVG, or the high goes above the midpoint for a bearish FVG), the gap is considered filled, and the box is permanently removed from the chart.
Trading Scenarios with FVG Range Filter
Below are detailed trading scenarios to help you understand how to use the FVG Range Filter in practical situations. These scenarios assume you're trading with the trend or looking for reversals at key levels.
Scenario 1: Bullish FVG as Support for Long Entry
Setup : You're trading a stock in an uptrend on a 15-minute chart. The FVG Range Filter displays a green box (bullish FVG) after a sharp upward move earlier in the day.
Interpretation : This green box indicates a zone of imbalance where price gapped up, likely due to strong buying interest. Since it's still within the display range and look-back period, it's a relevant support zone.
Action : Wait for price to retrace back to the top edge of the green box. Look for confirmation of support, such as a bullish candlestick pattern (e.g., hammer or engulfing) or increased volume, indicating buyers are stepping in.
Entry : Enter a long position near the top of the FVG box, setting a stop-loss just below the bottom of the box to protect against a breakdown.
Target : Aim for the next resistance level or a predefined risk-reward ratio (e.g., 1:2). If another bullish FVG forms above, consider that as a potential target.
Exit : Exit the trade if price breaks below the bottom of the FVG (invalidation), or if the box disappears due to price trading through the midpoint, signaling the gap is filled.
Scenario 2: Bearish FVG as Resistance for Short Entry
Setup : You're trading a cryptocurrency on a 1-hour chart during a downtrend. The indicator shows a red box (bearish FVG) after a sharp downward move a few hours ago.
Interpretation : The red box marks a zone where price gapped down, indicating strong selling pressure. As long as it's within the display range and look-back period, it remains a potential resistance zone.
Action : Wait for price to rally back to the bottom edge of the red box. Look for signs of rejection, such as a bearish candlestick pattern (e.g., shooting star or engulfing) or decreasing volume, suggesting sellers are defending this level.
Entry : Enter a short position near the bottom of the FVG box, placing a stop-loss just above the top of the box to guard against a breakout.
Target : Target the next support level or a favorable risk-reward ratio. If a new bearish FVG appears below, it could serve as a potential target.
Exit : Exit if price breaks above the top of the FVG (invalidation), or if the box disappears because price has traded through the midpoint, indicating the gap is no longer relevant.
Scenario 3: Filtering Out Irrelevant FVGs During Choppy Markets
Setup : You're trading forex on a 5-minute chart during a period of consolidation with no clear trend. The chart shows frequent small price jumps, but the FVG Range Filter displays very few boxes.
Interpretation : The indicator is filtering out FVGs that are either too far from the current price (outside the display range percentage) or too old (beyond the look-back bars). This helps avoid false signals in a non-trending market.
Action : Recognize that the absence of FVGs on the chart suggests no high-probability setups at the moment. Avoid forcing trades based on minor price movements that don't meet the filter criteria.
Entry : Wait for a clear trend to emerge and for new FVGs to appear within the filter parameters before considering any trades.
Target/Exit : Follow the trend direction once FVGs are displayed, using the edges of the boxes as potential entry or exit zones as described in the previous scenarios.
Scenario 4: Using FVGs for Risk Management
Setup : You're already in a long position on an index futures contract on a 30-minute chart, and the FVG Range Filter shows a green box below your entry point.
Interpretation : The green box represents a bullish FVG that could act as a support zone. Since price hasn't yet reached the midpoint (which would invalidate the FVG), it remains a valid reference point for managing risk.
Action : Adjust your stop-loss to just below the bottom of the green box. This placement uses the FVG as a logical invalidation level, assuming that a break below this support zone negates the bullish premise of your trade.
Entry : No new entry is needed since you're already in the trade.
Target/Exit : Keep your original target unless a new bearish FVG forms above, which might indicate resistance. Exit if price breaks below the FVG or if the box disappears due to invalidation.
Tips for Using the FVG Range Filter
Combine with Trend Analysis : FVGs are most effective when traded in the direction of the prevailing trend. Use higher timeframe analysis or other indicators to confirm the overall market direction before acting on FVGs.
Adjust Settings for Market Conditions : In volatile markets (like cryptocurrencies), you might increase the display range percentage to capture more FVGs. In less volatile markets (like certain stocks), a tighter range might be more appropriate.
Timeframe Selection : The indicator works on all timeframes, but lower timeframes (1-15 minutes) might show more frequent FVGs for scalping, while higher timeframes (1-4 hours) are better for swing trading with larger, more significant gaps.
Confirmation Tools : Don't rely solely on FVGs for entries. Use additional confirmation from price action (candlestick patterns), volume, or other indicators to increase the probability of success.
Monitor Invalidation : If an FVG box disappears from the chart due to price trading through its midpoint, consider it a signal that the gap is no longer relevant. Adjust your strategy accordingly.
Limitations
Not a Standalone System : The FVG Range Filter identifies potential zones of interest but does not provide entry signals, stop-loss, or take-profit levels on its own. It should be used as part of a broader trading strategy.
Market Conditions : FVGs may be less effective in strongly trending markets where price doesn't retrace to fill gaps, or in very choppy markets where too many small gaps are filtered out.
Lag in Detection : Since FVGs are based on a three-bar pattern, there is a slight delay in identifying them after the price movement has occurred.
Good Luck!
The FVG Range Filter is a powerful tool for traders looking to capitalize on price imbalances in the market. By focusing only on relevant Fair Value Gaps within a specified range and time frame, it helps declutter your chart and highlights high-probability zones for potential trades. Whether you're new to FVG trading or an experienced trader, this indicator can enhance your analysis by visually identifying key areas of support and resistance based on market inefficiencies.
Experiment with the settings to match your trading style and market conditions, and always combine the indicator's insights with other forms of analysis for the best results. Happy trading!
Market Push Meter - CoffeeStyleMarket Push Meter - CoffeeKiller Indicator Guide
Welcome traders! This guide will walk you through the Market Push Meter indicator, a sophisticated volume analysis tool developed by CoffeeKiller with the help and assistance of FindBetterTrades that measures and visualizes the ongoing battle between buyers and sellers through volume pressure analysis.
🔔 **Warning: This Is Not a Standard Volume Indicator** 🔔 This indicator analyzes volume pressure in a unique way, combining directional volume with price action to identify market imbalances between buyers and sellers. All credit for the core logic for this indicator goes to FindBetterTrades and his/hers Volume Pressure Histogram (Normalized) (this is my adaptation and style added to that core logic, thus the CoffeeStyle name was added).
Core Concept: Volume Pressure Analysis
The foundation of this indicator lies in measuring the imbalance between buying and selling volume, providing insights into which market participants are exerting more pressure on price movements.
Volume Pressure Columns: Buying vs Selling Force
- Positive Green Columns: Net buying pressure
- Negative Red Columns: Net selling pressure
- Color intensity varies based on pressure strength
- Special coloring for new high/low boundaries
Marker Lines: Dynamic Support/Resistance
- High Marker Line (Magenta): Tracks the highest point reached during buying phases
- Low Marker Line (Cyan): Tracks the lowest point reached during selling phases
- Creates visual boundaries showing pressure extremes
Peak Detection System:
- Triangular markers identify significant local maxima and minima
- Background highlighting shows important pressure peaks
- Helps identify potential reversal points and pressure exhaustion
Reference Lines:
- Overbought Level: Threshold for extreme selling pressure
- Oversold Level: Threshold for extreme buying pressure
- Used to identify potential reversal zones
Core Components
1. Volume Pressure Calculation
- Separation of up-volume and down-volume
- Calculation of net volume pressure
- Smoothing for consistent visualization
- Normalization against total volume for percentage scaling
2. Boundary Tracking System
- Automatic detection of highest values in buying phases
- Automatic detection of lowest values in selling phases
- Step-line visualization of boundaries
- Color-coded for easy identification
3. Peak Detection System
- Identification of local maxima and minima
- Background highlighting of significant peaks
- Triangle markers for peak visualization
- Zero-line cross detection for trend changes
4. Threshold Settings
- Extreme threshold multiplier for identifying significant pressure
- Overbought/oversold levels for potential reversals
- Dynamic color coding based on pressure intensity
- Alert conditions for key pressure levels
Main Features
Volume Analysis Settings
- Customizable volume MA length
- Signal smoothing for clearer readings
- Optional log scale for handling wide range variations
- Adjustable threshold multiplier for sensitivity
Visual Elements
- Color-coded columns showing pressure direction and strength
- Dynamic marker lines for pressure boundaries
- Peak triangles for significant turning points
- Background highlighting for peak identification
- Overbought/oversold reference lines
Signal Generation
- Zero-line crosses for trend change signals
- Boundary breaks for pressure strength
- Peak formation for potential reversals
- Color changes for pressure direction and intensity
- Alert conditions for extreme pressure levels
Customization Options
- Volume analysis parameters
- Marker line visibility and colors
- Peak marker display options
- Log scale toggle for handling various markets
- Overbought/oversold threshold adjustments
Trading Applications
1. Trend Identification
- Volume pressure crossing above zero: buying pressure emerging
- Volume pressure crossing below zero: selling pressure emerging
- Column color: indicates pressure direction
- Column height: indicates pressure strength
- Signal line: confirms overall trend direction
2. Reversal Detection
- Peak triangles after extended trend: potential exhaustion
- Background highlighting: significant reversal points
- Volume pressure approaching marker lines: potential trend change
- Color shifts from bright to muted: decreasing pressure
- Readings beyond overbought/oversold levels: potential reversal zones
3. Pressure Analysis
- Breaking above previous high boundary: accelerating buying pressure
- Breaking below previous low boundary: accelerating selling pressure
- Special coloring (magenta/cyan): boundary breaks indicating strength
- Extreme readings: potential climactic buying/selling
4. Market Structure Assessment
- Consecutive higher peaks: strengthening buying structure
- Consecutive lower troughs: strengthening selling structure
- Peak comparisons: relative strength of pressure phases
- Boundary line steps: market structure levels
Optimization Guide
1. Volume Analysis Settings
- Volume MA Length: Default 25 provides balanced signals
- Lower values (10-15): More responsive, potentially noisier
- Higher values (30-50): Smoother, fewer false signals
- Signal Smoothing Length: Default 8 provides good balance
- Lower values: More responsive to pressure changes
- Higher values: Smoother trend identification
2. Threshold Settings
- Extreme Threshold Multiplier: Default 20.0
- Lower values: More signals, potentially more noise
- Higher values: Fewer signals, but more significant
- Overbought/Oversold Levels: Defaults at 20/-20
- Adjust based on instrument volatility
- Wider settings for more volatile instruments
3. Visual Customization
- Marker Line Colors: Adjust for visibility on your chart
- Peak Marker Color: Default yellow provides good contrast
- Enable/disable background highlights based on preference
- Consider log scale for instruments with wide volume ranges
4. Alert Settings
- Configure alerts for high buying pressure
- Configure alerts for high selling pressure
- Set additional alerts for zero-line crosses
- Consider timeframe when setting alert sensitivity
Best Practices
1. Signal Confirmation
- Wait for zero-line crosses to confirm pressure changes
- Look for peak formations to identify potential reversals
- Check for boundary breaks to confirm strong pressure
- Use with price action for entry/exit precision
- Consider extreme threshold crossings as significant signals
2. Timeframe Selection
- Lower timeframes: more signals, potential noise
- Higher timeframes: cleaner signals, less frequent
- Multiple timeframes: confirm signals across time horizons
- Match to your trading style and holding period
3. Market Context
- Strong buying phase: positive columns breaking above marker line
- Strong selling phase: negative columns breaking below marker line
- Columns approaching zero: potential pressure shift
- Columns beyond overbought/oversold: extreme conditions, potential reversal
4. Combining with Other Indicators
- Use with trend indicators for confirmation
- Pair with price action oscillators for divergence detection
- Combine with traditional volume indicators for validation
- Consider support/resistance levels with boundary lines
Advanced Trading Strategies
1. Boundary Break Strategy
- Enter long when volume pressure breaks above previous high marker line
- Enter short when volume pressure breaks below previous low marker line
- Use zero-line as initial stop-loss reference
- Take profits at formation of opposing peaks
2. Peak Trading Strategy
- Identify significant peaks with triangular markers
- Look for consecutive lower peaks in buying phases for shorting opportunities
- Look for consecutive higher troughs in selling phases for buying opportunities
- Use zero-line crosses as confirmation
3. Extreme Reading Strategy
- Look for volume pressure beyond overbought/oversold levels
- Watch for color changes and peak formations
- Enter counter-trend positions after confirmed peaks
- Use tight stops due to extreme market conditions
4. Volume Color Strategy
- Enter long when columns turn bright green (increasing buying pressure)
- Enter short when columns turn bright red (increasing selling pressure)
- Exit when color intensity fades (decreasing pressure)
- Use marker lines as dynamic support/resistance
Practical Analysis Examples
Bullish Market Scenario
- Volume pressure crosses above zero line
- Green columns grow in height and intensity
- High marker line forms steps upward
- Peak triangles appear at local maxima
- Background highlights appear at significant buying pressure peaks
Bearish Market Scenario
- Volume pressure crosses below zero line
- Red columns grow in depth and intensity
- Low marker line forms steps downward
- Peak triangles appear at local minima
- Background highlights appear at significant selling pressure troughs
Consolidation Scenario
- Volume pressure oscillates around zero line
- Column colors alternate frequently
- Marker lines remain relatively flat
- Few or no new peak highlights appear
- Pressure values remain small
Understanding Market Dynamics Through Market Push Meter
At its core, this indicator provides a unique lens to visualize market pressure through volume analysis:
1. Volume Imbalance: By separating and comparing buying volume (up candles) from selling volume (down candles), the indicator provides insights into which side is exerting more pressure in the market.
2. Normalized Pressure: The indicator normalizes volume pressure as a percentage of total volume, making it more comparable across different market conditions and instruments.
3. Dynamic Boundaries: The marker lines create a visual representation of the "high water marks" of pressure in both directions, helping to identify when markets are making new pressure extremes.
4. Exhaustion Signals: The peak detection system highlights moments where pressure has reached a local maximum or minimum, often precursors to reversals or consolidations.
Remember:
- Combine signals from volume pressure, marker lines, and peak formations
- Use appropriate timeframe settings for your trading style
- Customize the indicator to match your visual preferences and market
- Consider overall market conditions and correlate with price action
This indicator works best when:
- Used as part of a comprehensive trading system
- Combined with proper risk management
- Applied with an understanding of current market conditions
- Signals are confirmed by price action and other indicators
DISCLAIMER: This indicator and its signals are intended solely for educational and informational purposes. They do not constitute financial advice. Trading involves significant risk of loss. Always conduct your own analysis and consult with financial professionals before making trading decisions.
Injected Volume Footprint (IVF)Reading volume footprints to interpret buying and selling pressure involves examining the intensity and timing of buy/sell activity within each candle. Although this IVF indicator does not directly show the sequence of buying and selling events within a single candle (as a true footprint chart would), here’s how you can interpret the volume data presented by IVF to get insights on market pressure:
Step 1: Identifying Strong Pressure
Check Color Intensity:
Darker shades represent higher intensity for both buy and sell volumes.
Look for dark green shades for strong buying pressure and dark red or orange shades for strong selling pressure. This helps you quickly spot candles with a high level of activity on one or both sides.
Check Volume Stacking:
Since buy volumes are above the zero line and sell volumes are below, large differences between the two suggest dominance by one side.
If buy volume is significantly higher (e.g., tall green bar with a small red/yellow bar underneath), buying pressure is dominant. Conversely, if sell volume is larger (tall red/yellow bar with a small green bar above), selling pressure dominates.
Step 2: Interpreting Both Buy and Sell Activity
Simultaneous Pressure:
If you see strong green (buy) and red/yellow (sell) volumes within the same candle, it indicates that there was active trading on both sides during that period.
This scenario might suggest a battle between buyers and sellers—often seen near critical support or resistance levels where both sides are actively defending their positions.
Balance vs. Imbalance:
Balanced Pressure: When buy and sell volumes are similar in size, it indicates a period of indecision or a potential consolidation. This usually happens when neither buyers nor sellers have a clear upper hand.
Imbalanced Pressure: If one side has a much larger volume than the other, it shows a clear dominance. For instance, if green buy volume dominates, it means buyers were willing to absorb sell orders aggressively, suggesting a possible uptrend.
Step 3: Estimating Sequence (Hypothetical)
Although IVF doesn’t provide a direct sequence, you can make educated guesses based on context:
Price Action Context:
If the candle opens and initially moves down but then closes higher (bullish candle), it might indicate that selling pressure came first and buying pressure followed, pushing the price up.
Conversely, if the candle opens and moves up first but closes lower (bearish candle), buying might have started first but was overtaken by selling pressure.
Volume Reaction to Price Levels:
At support levels, if you see strong buy volumes with some sell volumes, it might mean initial selling pressure was absorbed by buyers defending the level.
At resistance levels, if sell volume increases with some buy activity, it may indicate initial buying was met by aggressive selling, potentially reversing the price.
Trend Context:
In an uptrend, strong sell volume within an otherwise bullish candle may indicate profit-taking or the start of a pullback, as sellers try to cap further gains.
In a downtrend, strong buy volume in a bearish candle may indicate potential accumulation or buyers attempting to slow the decline, signaling a possible reversal if the trend weakens.
Conclusion
The IVF indicator doesn’t provide the exact sequence of events within each candle like true footprint data would, but by analyzing the intensity, balance, and context within the price action, you can get a reasonable sense of which side was more aggressive and how both buying and selling pressures interacted.
Advanced Volume Profile Pro Delta + POC + VAH/VAL# Advanced Volume Profile Pro - Delta + POC + VAH/VAL Analysis System
## WHAT THIS SCRIPT DOES
This script creates a comprehensive volume profile analysis system that combines traditional volume-at-price distribution with delta volume calculations, Point of Control (POC) identification, and Value Area (VAH/VAL) analysis. Unlike standard volume indicators that show only total volume over time, this script analyzes volume distribution across price levels and estimates buying vs selling pressure using multiple calculation methods to provide deeper market structure insights.
## WHY THIS COMBINATION IS ORIGINAL AND USEFUL
**The Problem Solved:** Traditional volume indicators show when volume occurs but not where price finds acceptance or rejection. Standalone volume profiles lack directional bias information, while basic delta calculations don't provide structural context. Traders need to understand both volume distribution AND directional sentiment at key price levels.
**The Solution:** This script implements an integrated approach that:
- Maps volume distribution across price levels using configurable row density
- Estimates delta (buying vs selling pressure) using three different methodologies
- Identifies Point of Control (highest volume price level) for key support/resistance
- Calculates Value Area boundaries where 70% of volume traded
- Provides real-time alerts for key level interactions and volume imbalances
**Unique Features:**
1. **Developing POC Visualization**: Real-time tracking of Point of Control migration throughout the session via blue dotted trail, revealing institutional accumulation/distribution patterns before they complete
2. **Multi-Method Delta Calculation**: Price Action-based, Bid/Ask estimation, and Cumulative methods for different market conditions
3. **Adaptive Timeframe System**: Auto-adjusts calculation parameters based on chart timeframe for optimal performance
4. **Flexible Profile Types**: N Bars Back (precise control), Days Back (calendar-based), and Session-based analysis modes
5. **Advanced Imbalance Detection**: Identifies and highlights significant buying/selling imbalances with configurable thresholds
6. **Comprehensive Alert System**: Monitors POC touches, Value Area entry/exit, and major volume imbalances
## HOW THE SCRIPT WORKS TECHNICALLY
### Core Volume Profile Methodology:
**1. Price Level Distribution:**
- Divides price range into user-defined rows (10-50 configurable)
- Calculates row height: `(Highest Price - Lowest Price) / Number of Rows`
- Distributes each bar's volume across price levels it touched proportionally
**2. Delta Volume Calculation Methods:**
**Price Action Method:**
```
Price Range = High - Low
Buy Pressure = (Close - Low) / Price Range
Sell Pressure = (High - Close) / Price Range
Buy Volume = Total Volume × Buy Pressure
Sell Volume = Total Volume × Sell Pressure
Delta = Buy Volume - Sell Volume
```
**Bid/Ask Estimation Method:**
```
Average Price = (High + Low + Close) / 3
Buy Volume = Close > Average ? Volume × 0.6 : Volume × 0.4
Sell Volume = Total Volume - Buy Volume
```
**Cumulative Method:**
```
Buy Volume = Close > Open ? Volume : Volume × 0.3
Sell Volume = Close ≤ Open ? Volume : Volume × 0.3
```
**3. Point of Control (POC) Identification:**
- Scans all price levels to find maximum volume concentration
- POC represents the price level with highest trading activity
- Acts as significant support/resistance level
- **Developing POC Feature**: Tracks POC evolution in real-time via blue dotted trail, showing how institutional interest migrates throughout the session. Upward POC migration indicates accumulation patterns, downward migration suggests distribution, providing early trend signals before price confirmation.
**4. Value Area Calculation:**
- Starts from POC and expands up/down to encompass 70% of total volume
- VAH (Value Area High): Upper boundary of value area
- VAL (Value Area Low): Lower boundary of value area
- Expansion algorithm prioritizes direction with higher volume
**5. Adaptive Range Selection:**
Based on profile type and timeframe optimization:
- **N Bars Back**: Fixed lookback period with performance optimization (20-500 bars)
- **Days Back**: Calendar-based analysis with automatic timeframe adjustment (1-365 days)
- **Session**: Current trading session or custom session times
### Performance Optimization Features:
- **Sampling Algorithm**: Reduces calculation load on large datasets while maintaining accuracy
- **Memory Management**: Clears previous drawings to prevent performance degradation
- **Safety Constraints**: Prevents excessive memory usage with configurable limits
## HOW TO USE THIS SCRIPT
### Initial Setup:
1. **Profile Configuration**: Select profile type based on trading style:
- N Bars Back: Precise control over data range
- Days Back: Intuitive calendar-based analysis
- Session: Real-time session development
2. **Row Density**: Set number of rows (30 default) - more rows = higher resolution, slower performance
3. **Delta Method**: Choose calculation method based on market type:
- Price Action: Best for trending markets
- Bid/Ask Estimate: Good for ranging markets
- Cumulative: Smoothed approach for volatile markets
4. **Visual Settings**: Configure colors, position (left/right), and display options
### Reading the Profile:
**Volume Bars:**
- **Length**: Represents relative volume at that price level
- **Color**: Green = net buying pressure, Red = net selling pressure
- **Intensity**: Darker colors indicate volume imbalances above threshold
**Key Levels:**
- **POC (Blue Line)**: Highest volume price - major support/resistance
- **VAH (Purple Dashed)**: Value Area High - upper boundary of fair value
- **VAL (Orange Dashed)**: Value Area Low - lower boundary of fair value
- **Value Area Fill**: Shaded region showing main trading range
**Developing POC Trail:**
- **Blue Dotted Lines**: Show real-time POC evolution throughout the session
- **Migration Patterns**: Upward trail indicates bullish accumulation, downward trail suggests bearish distribution
- **Early Signals**: POC movement often precedes price movement, providing advance warning of institutional activity
- **Institutional Footprints**: Reveals where smart money concentrated volume before final POC establishment
### Trading Applications:
**Support/Resistance Analysis:**
- POC acts as magnetic price level - expect reactions
- VAH/VAL provide intermediate support/resistance levels
- Profile edges show areas of low volume acceptance
**Developing POC Analysis:**
- **Upward Migration**: POC moving higher = institutional accumulation, bullish bias
- **Downward Migration**: POC moving lower = institutional distribution, bearish bias
- **Stable POC**: Tight clustering = balanced market, range-bound conditions
- **Early Trend Detection**: POC direction change often precedes price breakouts
**Entry Strategies:**
- Buy at VAL with POC as target (in uptrends)
- Sell at VAH with POC as target (in downtrends)
- Breakout plays above/below profile extremes
**Volume Imbalance Trading:**
- Strong buying imbalance (>60% threshold) suggests continued upward pressure
- Strong selling imbalance suggests continued downward pressure
- Imbalances near key levels provide high-probability setups
**Multi-Timeframe Context:**
- Use higher timeframe profiles for major levels
- Lower timeframe profiles for precise entries
- Session profiles for intraday trading structure
## SCRIPT SETTINGS EXPLANATION
### Volume Profile Settings:
- **Profile Type**: Determines data range for calculation
- N Bars Back: Exact number of bars (20-500 range)
- Days Back: Calendar days with timeframe adaptation (1-365 days)
- Session: Trading session-based (intraday focus)
- **Number of Rows**: Profile resolution (10-50 range)
- **Profile Width**: Visual width as chart percentage (10-50%)
- **Value Area %**: Volume percentage for VA calculation (50-90%, 70% standard)
- **Auto-Adjust**: Automatically optimizes for different timeframes
### Delta Volume Settings:
- **Show Delta Volume**: Enable/disable delta calculations
- **Delta Calculation Method**: Choose methodology based on market conditions
- **Highlight Imbalances**: Visual emphasis for significant volume imbalances
- **Imbalance Threshold**: Percentage for imbalance detection (50-90%)
### Session Settings:
- **Session Type**: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Custom periods
- **Custom Session Time**: Define specific trading hours
- **Previous Sessions**: Number of historical sessions to display
### Days Back Settings:
- **Lookback Days**: Number of calendar days to analyze (1-365)
- **Automatic Calculation**: Script automatically converts days to bars based on timeframe:
- Intraday: Accounts for 6.5 trading hours per day
- Daily: 1 bar per day
- Weekly/Monthly: Proportional adjustment
### N Bars Back Settings:
- **Lookback Bars**: Exact number of bars to analyze (20-500)
- **Precise Control**: Best for systematic analysis and backtesting
### Visual Customization:
- **Colors**: Bullish (green), Bearish (red), and level colors
- **Profile Position**: Left or Right side of chart
- **Profile Offset**: Distance from current price action
- **Labels**: Show/hide level labels and values
- **Smooth Profile Bars**: Enhanced visual appearance
### Alert Configuration:
- **POC Touch**: Alerts when price interacts with Point of Control
- **VA Entry/Exit**: Alerts for Value Area boundary interactions
- **Major Imbalance**: Alerts for significant volume imbalances
## VISUAL FEATURES
### Profile Display:
- **Horizontal Bars**: Volume distribution across price levels
- **Color Coding**: Delta-based coloring for directional bias
- **Smooth Rendering**: Optional smoothing for cleaner appearance
- **Transparency**: Configurable opacity for chart readability
### Level Lines:
- **POC**: Solid blue line with optional label
- **VAH/VAL**: Dashed colored lines with value displays
- **Extension**: Lines extend across relevant time periods
- **Value Area Fill**: Optional shaded region between VAH/VAL
### Information Table:
- **Current Values**: Real-time POC, VAH, VAL prices
- **VA Range**: Value Area width calculation
- **Positioning**: Multiple table positions available
- **Text Sizing**: Adjustable for different screen sizes
## IMPORTANT USAGE NOTES
**Realistic Expectations:**
- Volume profile analysis provides structural context, not trading signals
- Delta calculations are estimations based on price action, not actual order flow
- Past volume distribution does not guarantee future price behavior
- Combine with other analysis methods for comprehensive market view
**Best Practices:**
- Use appropriate profile types for your trading style:
- Day Trading: Session or Days Back (1-5 days)
- Swing Trading: Days Back (10-30 days) or N Bars Back
- Position Trading: Days Back (60-180 days)
- Consider market context (trending vs ranging conditions)
- Verify key levels with additional technical analysis
- Monitor profile development for changing market structure
**Performance Considerations:**
- Higher row counts increase calculation complexity
- Large lookback periods may affect chart performance
- Auto-adjust feature optimizes for most use cases
- Consider using session profiles for intraday efficiency
**Limitations:**
- Delta calculations are estimations, not actual transaction data
- Profile accuracy depends on available price/volume history
- Effectiveness varies across different instruments and market conditions
- Requires understanding of volume profile concepts for optimal use
**Data Requirements:**
- Requires volume data for accurate calculations
- Works best on liquid instruments with consistent volume
- May be less effective on very low volume or exotic instruments
This script serves as a comprehensive volume analysis tool for traders who need detailed market structure information with integrated directional bias analysis and real-time POC development tracking for informed trading decisions.
