CISD with Alerts [neo|]█ OVERVIEW
CISD (or Change in State of Delivery) is an ICT concept and reversal pattern which may allow traders to identify reversals or changes in market structure early, compared to using traditional market structure. This script aims to correctly identify, and update these levels and provide alerts, so that traders can take advantage of this concept with ease.
█ CONCEPTS
Simply put, CISD may be identified when price closes above the open of the candle which started the most recent downtrend or liquidity sweep. Generally, it is most powerful when applied to key points in the market as a confirmation from where you may want price to reverse.
For example, when price is in a downtrend, we take the open of the last consecutive downwards candle and observe the CISD once price closes above it, beginning an uptrend.
Examples:
COMEX:GC1!
CME_MINI:NQ1!
█ How to use
To use the indicator, simply apply it to your chart and modify any of your desired inputs.
• Bullish CISD color allows you to change the color of +CISD levels.
• Bearish CISD color allows you to change the color of -CISD levels.
• Line width allows you to modify the width of +-CISD lines.
• Line extension bars allows you to change how far ahead CISD levels are drawn (by default it is 5).
• Keep old CISD levels will allow you to preserve all past CISD levels if you would like to observe the logic.
• Enable stat table will let you add a table on your chart which will tell you the current CISD trend, as well as your ticker and timeframe.
• Table position allows you to customize where the table will appear on your chart.
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ADR DSRI 6ADR tool, this is a 5 day ADR that plots on the chart.
Code is adapted from ADR tool by as well as user JorgeSilvestrini's ADR tool. Code is OPEN SOURCE, and thus, presented AS IS. If you would like to change it, you are welcome to do so - yourself. Thank you.
I will update this indicator as i can, as it is a workhorse of my own trading toolkit. The next update will include alerts.
Plots todays ADR as total pips above high 100% line
Plots the pips achieved so far below low 100% line.
Plots table that shows what todays ADR is as a % basis. Statistically, you don't want to get into trades when the ADR is above 80% as its less likely to follow through. Therefore, anything above 80% achieved for the day will change the table colour to RED as a visual warning.
Plots additional table called "DSRI". This counter counts the days since we last hit 100% of the 5 day ADR. As this counter moves up, and the days since hitting 100% of the range, it tells you the market is consolidating and to expect an expansion. DSRI stands for "Days since raptor incident" aka 100% range hit, and the correct phrasing to check on a markets health with a friend would be to say "How many raptors are we at?". And if they reply anything above a 3, you know range expansion (aka a raptor attack) is imminent, and you should be on alert, and interested.
Cloud Chart w/ Previous RangeThis indicator is used to visualize three different timeframes at once. The current timeframe your chart is set to, a larger timeframe outline (cloud) updated in real-time on top of the timeframe your chart is set to, and a larger previous timeframe period that has already completed. Plus, it shows the larger timeframe outline of the current period as its forming in the period ahead. This is especially helpful to see where price is currently at when the next period opens (the flip).
The two timeframes which this indicator provides are called Bull/Bear Clouds for the real-time overlay, and Previous Range Cloud. You can select the timeframe you want and change color of each Cloud including the outline and the midline (50% level).
[TehThomas] - ICT Inversion Fair value Gap (IFVG) The Inversion Fair Value Gap (IFVG) indicator is a powerful tool designed for traders who utilize ICT (Inner Circle Trader) strategies. It focuses on identifying and displaying Inversion Fair Value Gaps, which are critical zones that emerge when traditional Fair Value Gaps (FVGs) are invalidated by price action. These gaps represent key areas where price often reacts, making them essential for identifying potential reversals, trend continuations, and liquidity zones.
What Are Inversion Fair Value Gaps?
Inversion Fair Value Gaps occur when price revisits a traditional FVG and breaks through it, effectively flipping its role in the market. For example:
A bullish FVG that is invalidated becomes a bearish zone, often acting as resistance.
A bearish FVG that is invalidated transforms into a bullish zone, serving as support.
These gaps are significant because they often align with institutional trading activity. They highlight areas where large orders have been executed or where liquidity has been targeted. Understanding these gaps provides traders with a deeper insight into market structure and helps them anticipate future price movements with greater accuracy.
Why This Strategy Works
The IFVG concept is rooted in ICT principles, which emphasize liquidity dynamics, market inefficiencies, and institutional order flow. Traditional FVGs represent imbalances in price action caused by gaps between candles. When these gaps are invalidated, they become inversion zones that can act as magnets for price. These zones frequently serve as high-probability areas for price reversals or trend continuations.
This strategy works because it aligns with how institutional traders operate. Inversion gaps often mark areas of interest for "smart money," making them reliable indicators of potential market turning points. By focusing on these zones, traders can align their strategies with institutional behavior and improve their overall trading edge.
How the Indicator Works
This indicator simplifies the process of identifying and tracking IFVGs by automating their detection and visualization on the chart. It scans the chart in real-time to identify bullish and bearish FVGs that meet user-defined thresholds for inversion. Once identified, these gaps are dynamically displayed on the chart with distinct colors for bullish and bearish zones.
The indicator also tracks whether these gaps are mitigated or broken by price action. When an IFVG is broken, it extends the zone for a user-defined number of bars to visualize its potential role as a new support or resistance level. Additionally, alerts can be enabled to notify traders when new IFVGs form or when existing ones are broken, ensuring timely decision-making in fast-moving markets.
Key Features
Automatic Detection: The indicator automatically identifies bullish and bearish IFVGs based on user-defined thresholds.
Dynamic Visualization: It displays IFVGs directly on the chart with customizable colors for easy differentiation.
Real-Time Updates: The status of each IFVG is updated dynamically based on price action.
Zone Extensions: Broken IFVGs are extended to visualize their potential as support or resistance levels.
Alerts: Notifications can be set up to alert traders when key events occur, such as the formation or breaking of an IFVG.
These features make the tool highly efficient and reduce the need for manual analysis, allowing traders to focus on execution rather than tedious chart work.
Benefits of Using This Indicator
The IFVG indicator offers several advantages that make it an indispensable tool for ICT traders. By automating the detection of inversion gaps, it saves time and reduces errors in analysis. The clearly defined zones improve risk management by providing precise entry points, stop-loss levels, and profit targets based on market structure.
This tool is also highly versatile and adapts seamlessly across different timeframes. Whether you’re scalping lower timeframes or swing trading higher ones, it provides actionable insights tailored to your trading style. Furthermore, by aligning your strategy with institutional logic, you gain a significant edge in anticipating market movements.
Practical Applications
This indicator can be used across various trading styles:
Scalping: Identify quick reversal points on lower timeframes using real-time alerts.
Day Trading: Use inversion gaps as key levels for intraday support/resistance or trend continuation setups.
Swing Trading: Analyse higher timeframes to identify major inversion zones that could act as critical turning points in larger trends.
By integrating this tool into your trading routine, you can streamline your analysis process and focus on executing high-probability setups.
Conclusion
The Inversion Fair Value Gap (IFVG) indicator is more than just a technical analysis tool—it’s a strategic ally for traders looking to refine their edge in the markets. By automating the detection and tracking of inversion gaps based on ICT principles, it simplifies complex market analysis while maintaining accuracy and depth. Whether you’re new to ICT strategies or an experienced trader seeking greater precision, this indicator will elevate your trading game by aligning your approach with institutional behavior.
If you’re serious about improving your trading results while saving time and effort, this tool is an essential addition to your toolkit. It provides clarity in chaotic markets, enhances precision in trade execution, and ensures you never miss critical opportunities in your trading journey.
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ICT Order Blocks v2 (Debug) ICT Breaker Blocks v2 (Break Refined) Indicator Explanation
This document provides a comprehensive overview of the ICT Breaker Blocks v2 (Break Refined) indicator, which is designed to identify and visualize Breaker Blocks in trading. A Breaker Block represents a prior Order Block that has failed to hold price, indicating potential institutional support or resistance levels. The indicator highlights these flipped zones, allowing traders to anticipate future price reactions based on previous market behavior.
Purpose
The primary purpose of the ICT Breaker Blocks v2 indicator is to identify Breaker Blocks, which are crucial for understanding market dynamics. When price decisively breaks through an Order Block, it can change its role from support to resistance or vice versa. This indicator helps traders visualize these changes, providing insights into potential areas for price reactions.
How it Works
The indicator operates through a series of steps on each bar:
1. Identify Potential Order Blocks (OBs)
The indicator continuously searches for the most recent potential Order Blocks based on basic price action:
Potential Bullish OB: The last down-closing candle before an upward move that breaks its high.
Potential Bearish OB: The last up-closing candle before a downward move that breaks its low.
It retains the price range (high/low) and location of the most recent potential OB of each type.
2. Detect the "Break" of a Potential OB
A Breaker is confirmed when the price fails to respect a potential OB and moves decisively through it. The indicator checks:
If the current price closes above the high of the stored potential Bearish OB.
If the current price closes below the low of the stored potential Bullish OB.
3. Apply Displacement Filter (Optional)
To enhance the accuracy of break detection, traders can enable the "Require Displacement on Break?" filter in the settings. This filter adds a condition that the candle causing the break must have a larger body size than the preceding candle, indicating stronger momentum.
4. Store the Active Breaker Block
When a valid break occurs (and passes the displacement filter if active):
A Bullish Breaker (+BB) is confirmed if a potential Bearish OB is broken to the upside, storing the high/low price range of that original Bearish OB.
A Bearish Breaker (-BB) is confirmed if a potential Bullish OB is broken to the downside, storing the high/low price range of that original Bullish OB.
The indicator tracks only the most recent valid, unmitigated Breaker Block of each type, replacing the previous one when a new one forms.
5. Mitigation (Invalidation)
The indicator checks if the currently displayed Breaker zone has been invalidated by subsequent price action. The mitigation rules are as follows:
A Bullish Breaker is considered mitigated and removed if the price later closes below its low.
A Bearish Breaker is considered mitigated and removed if the price later closes above its high.
Visualization
For the currently active, unmitigated Breaker Block of each type (if enabled in settings):
A box is drawn representing the price zone (high/low) of the original Order Block that was broken.
The box starts from the bar where the break was confirmed.
If "Extend Breaker Boxes?" is enabled, the box extends to the right edge of the chart until the Breaker is mitigated.
A small label ("+BB" or "-BB") is added to the box, with colors and border styles configurable in the settings.
This indicator automates the identification of significant "flipped" zones, allowing traders to incorporate Breaker Blocks into their ICT analysis effectively. It is essential to evaluate the indicator's effectiveness on your chosen market and timeframe and consider using the displacement filter to refine the signals.
ICT FVG & Swing Detector Basic by Trader RiazICT FVG & Swing Detector Basic by Trader Riaz
Unlock Precision Trading with the Ultimate Fair Value Gap (FVG) and Swing Detection Tool!
Developed by Trader Riaz , the ICT FVG and Swing Detector Basic is a powerful Pine Script indicator designed to help traders identify key market structures with ease. Whether you're a day trader, swing trader, or scalper, this indicator provides actionable insights by detecting Bullish and Bearish Fair Value Gaps (FVGs) and Swing Highs/Lows on any timeframe. Perfect for trading forex, stocks, crypto, and more on TradingView!
Key Features:
1: Bullish and Bearish FVG Detection
- Automatically identifies Bullish FVGs (highlighted in green) and Bearish FVGs (highlighted in red) to spot potential reversal or continuation zones.
- Displays FVGs as shaded boxes with a dashed midline at 70% opacity, making it easy to see the midpoint of the gap for precise entries and exits.
- Labels are placed inside the FVG boxes at the extreme right for clear visibility.
2: Customizable FVG Display
- Control the number of Bullish and Bearish FVGs displayed on the chart with user-defined inputs (fvg_bull_count and fvg_bear_count).
- Toggle the visibility of Bullish and Bearish FVGs with simple checkboxes (show_bull_fvg and show_bear_fvg) to declutter your chart.
3: Swing High and Swing Low Detection
- Detects Swing Highs (blue lines) and Swing Lows (red lines) to identify key market turning points.
- Labels are positioned at the extreme right edge of the lines for better readability and alignment.
- Customize the number of Swing Highs and Lows displayed (swing_high_count and swing_low_count) to focus on the most recent market structures.
4: Fully Customizable Display
- Toggle visibility for Swing Highs and Lows (show_swing_high and show_swing_low) to suit your trading style.
- Adjust the colors of Swing High and Low lines (swing_high_color and swing_low_color) to match your chart preferences.
5: Clean and Efficient Design
- Built with Pine Script v6 for optimal performance on TradingView.
- Automatically removes older FVGs and Swing points when the user-defined count is exceeded, keeping your chart clean and focused.
- Labels are strategically placed to avoid clutter while providing clear information.
Why Use This Indicator?
Precision Trading: Identify high-probability setups with FVGs and Swing points, commonly used in Smart Money Concepts (SMC) and Institutional Trading strategies.
User-Friendly: Easy-to-use inputs allow traders of all levels to customize the indicator to their needs.
Versatile: Works on any market (Forex, Stocks, Crypto, Commodities) and timeframe (1M, 5M, 1H, 4H, Daily, etc.).
Developed by Trader Riaz: Backed by the expertise of Trader Riaz, a seasoned trader dedicated to creating tools that empower the TradingView community.
How to Use:
- Add the Custom FVG and Swing Detector to your chart on TradingView.
- Adjust the input settings to control the number of FVGs and Swing points displayed.
- Toggle visibility for Bullish/Bearish FVGs and Swing Highs/Lows as needed.
- Use the identified FVGs and Swing points to plan your trades, set stop-losses, and target key levels.
Ideal For:
- Traders using Smart Money Concepts (SMC), Price Action, or Market Structure strategies.
- Those looking to identify liquidity grabs, imbalances, and trend reversals.
- Beginners and advanced traders seeking a reliable tool to enhance their technical analysis.
Happy trading!
[COG]Adaptive Volatility Bands# Adaptive Volatility Bands (AVB) Indicator Guide for Traders
## Special Acknowledgment 🙌
This script is inspired by and builds upon the foundational work of **DonovanWall**, a respected contributor to the trading community. His innovative approach to adaptive indicators has been instrumental in developing this advanced trading tool.
## What is the Adaptive Volatility Bands Indicator?
The Adaptive Volatility Bands (AVB) is a sophisticated technical analysis tool designed to help traders understand market dynamics by creating dynamic, responsive price channels that adapt to changing market conditions. Unlike traditional static indicators, this script uses advanced mathematical techniques to create flexible bands that adjust to market volatility in real-time.
## Key Features and Inputs
### 1. Price and Filtering Options
- **Price Source**: Determines the base price used for calculations (default is HLC3 - Average of High, Low, and Close)
- **Filter Poles**: Controls the smoothness of the indicator (1-9 poles)
- Lower values: More responsive, more noise
- Higher values: Smoother, but slower to react
### 2. Volatility and Band Settings
- **Sample Length**: Determines how many bars are used to calculate volatility (default 144)
- **Volatility Multiplier**: Adjusts the width of the main bands (default 1.414)
- **Outer Band Multiplier**: Controls the width of the outer bands (default 2.5)
- **Inner Band Ratio**: Positions the inner bands between the center and outer bands (default 0.25)
### 3. Advanced Processing Options
- **Lag Reduction Mode**: Helps reduce indicator delay
- **Fast Response Mode**: Makes the indicator more responsive to recent price changes
### 4. Signal and Visualization Options
- **Show Entry Signals**: Displays buy and sell signals
- **Signal Display Style**: Choose between labels or shapes
- **Range Filter**: Adds an additional filter for signal validation
## How the Indicator Works
The Adaptive Volatility Bands create a dynamic price channel with three key components:
1. **Center Line**: Represents the core trend direction
2. **Inner Bands**: Closer to the center line
3. **Outer Bands**: Wider bands that show broader price potential
### Color Dynamics
- The indicator uses a smart color gradient system
- Colors change based on price position within the bands
- Helps visualize bullish (green/blue) and bearish (red) market conditions
## Trading Strategies for Beginners
### Basic Entry Signals
- **Buy Signal**:
- Price touches the center line from below
- Candle is bullish (closes higher than it opens)
- Price is above the center line
- Trend is upward
- **Sell Signal**:
- Price touches the center line from above
- Candle is bearish (closes lower than it opens)
- Price is below the center line
- Trend is downward
### Risk Management Tips
1. Use the bands to identify:
- Potential trend changes
- Volatility levels
- Support and resistance areas
2. Combine with other indicators for confirmation
3. Always use stop-loss orders
4. Adjust parameters to match your trading style and asset
## When to Use This Indicator
Best suited for:
- Trending markets
- Swing trading
- Identifying potential entry and exit points
- Understanding market volatility
### Recommended Markets
- Stocks
- Forex
- Cryptocurrencies
- Futures
## Customization
The script offers extensive customization:
- Adjust smoothness
- Change band multipliers
- Modify color schemes
- Enable/disable features like lag reduction
## Important Considerations for Beginners
🚨 **Disclaimer**:
- No indicator guarantees profits
- Always practice with a demo account first
- Learn and understand the indicator before live trading
- Market conditions change, so continually adapt your strategy
## Getting Started
1. Add the script to your TradingView chart
2. Experiment with different settings
3. Backtest on historical data
4. Start with small positions
5. Continuously learn and improve
Happy Trading! 📈🔍
ICT Breakers (BOS / MSS - Market Structure) [ICTProTools]The Breakers (Market Structure) indicator is designed to help traders identify true breaker structures , a key concept in Inner Circle Trader (ICT) methodology. In market structure, Breakers represent powerful shifts where a key high or low is broken, leading to a reversal in market direction. Most tools misinterpret structure shifts, using internal structure , leading to fake breakouts. This tool solves that problem by filtering out false signals , providing clear & structured insights , all with multi-timeframe compatibility.
💎 Key Features
⚡️ Breakers in action
The indicator shows the structure following ICT instructions. A breaker is defined by two lines:
The first line confirms the previous trend (it could be interpreted as a BOS).
The second line highlights the moment price breaks structure (with candle body or wick based on your chosen settings), signaling a shift in trend direction (like an MSS).
Furthermore, it’s important to note that a breaker not only shows the structure, but also defines a potential Point of Interest (POI), an area where price may retrace before continuing its trend.
Here, we can observe two clear structure shifts.
On the far left, the market was in a bearish trend, illustrated by the first visible (dotted and red) line. Shortly after, the second (solid and green) line appears, showing a break that initiates a new bullish trend.
This upward movement continues, with the last confirmation marked by a top structure line. And finally, the structure is broken once again indicating a transition back into a bearish trend.
💪 Real Structure with True Highs / Lows
Unlike many indicators that detect internal breakouts , this tool follows ICT’s true market structure rules .
In a bearish trend , a bullish breaker is only confirmed when the high that created the low is broken , and conversely for a bullish scenario.
Fake breakouts are ignored, preventing misleading signals.
In the image above, the white breakout is correctly ignored by the indicator, as it doesn't align with ICT’s structural rules. That white high is simply part of the internal structure, not the true swing point. Instead, the green line highlights the key level that truly matters, the one whose rupture would have confirmed a real change in market structure.
🔔 Smart Alerts for Structure Updates
Stay one step ahead with customizable alerts designed to notify you instantly when market structure changes occur.
Get notified for BOS (Continuation) and / or MSS (Breaker) events.
Set alerts for bullish , bearish , or both directions.
Choose between once or repeated alerts , based on your strategy.
This feature allows traders to remain focused and reactive , even when monitoring multiple markets.
In the alert settings, select which structure shifts you want to be notified of. Whether you're a scalper or a swing trader, the alerts keep you connected to key moments without needing to constantly monitor the chart.
⏳ Multi-Timeframe Structure
All features of the indicator are fully compatible with higher timeframes .
Get a broader view of market structure without switching timeframes.
Monitor higher timeframe structures and receive alerts, all without leaving your analysis chart .
In this example, the market structure of the 30m timeframe is displayed while on a 5m chart, providing a clearer perspective.
✨ Customization & User Control
Make it yours! The indicator allows full customization:
Swing bars (to confirm high / low)
Select your mode for Breakers (MSS) , using the candle body only or body / wick
Line style (type, width, color)
Choice of displayed timeframe
Activate any alert , with the frequency you want
🎯 Conclusion
✅ Avoid false signals by focusing on true ICT Breakers
✅ Smart alerts to never miss a structural shift
✅ Multi-timeframe support for enhanced analysis
✅ Clean & professional design for an optimal trading experience
[COG]S&P 500 Weekly Seasonality ProjectionS&P 500 Weekly Seasonality Projection
This indicator visualizes S&P 500 seasonality patterns based on historical weekly performance data. It projects price movements for up to 26 weeks ahead, highlighting key seasonal periods that have historically affected market performance.
Key Features:
Projects price movements based on historical S&P 500 weekly seasonality patterns (2005-2024)
Highlights six key seasonal periods: Jan-Feb Momentum, March Lows, April-May Strength, Summer Strength, September Dip, and Year-End Rally
Customizable forecast length from 1-26 weeks with quick timeframe selection buttons
Optional moving average smoothing for more gradual projections
Detailed statistics table showing projected price and percentage change
Seasonality mini-map showing the full annual pattern with current position
Customizable colors and visual elements
How to Use:
Apply to S&P 500 index or related instruments (daily timeframe or higher recommended)
Set your desired forecast length (1-26 weeks)
Monitor highlighted seasonal zones that have historically shown consistent patterns
Use the projection line as a general guideline for potential price movement
Settings:
Forecast length: Configure from 1-26 weeks or use quick select buttons (1M, 3M, 6M, 1Y)
Visual options: Customize colors, backgrounds, label sizes, and table position
Display options: Toggle statistics table, period highlights, labels, and mini-map
This indicator is designed as a visual guide to help identify potential seasonal tendencies in the S&P 500. Historical patterns are not guarantees of future performance, but understanding these seasonal biases can provide valuable context for your trading decisions.
Note: For optimal visualization, use on Daily timeframe or higher. Intraday timeframes will display a warning message.
[COG]Nasdaq Weekly Seasonality ProjectionNasdaq Weekly Seasonality Projection
This indicator provides a visualization of Nasdaq seasonality patterns based on historical weekly performance data. It projects price movements for up to 26 weeks ahead, highlighting key seasonal periods that have historically affected tech stocks.
Key Features:
Projects price movements based on historical Nasdaq weekly seasonality patterns
Highlights six key seasonal periods: January Effect, March Lows, April-May Strength, Tech Summer Rally, September Dip, and Q4 Tech Rally
Customizable forecast length from 1-26 weeks with quick timeframe selection buttons
Optional moving average smoothing for more gradual projections
Detailed statistics table showing projected price and percentage change
Seasonality mini-map showing the full annual pattern with current position
Customizable colors and visual elements
How to Use:
Apply to Nasdaq indices or tech-focused instruments (daily timeframe or higher recommended)
Set your desired forecast length (1-26 weeks)
Monitor highlighted seasonal zones that have historically shown consistent patterns
Use the projection line as a general guideline for potential price movement
Settings:
Forecast length: Configure from 1-26 weeks or use quick select buttons (1M, 3M, 6M, 1Y)
Visual options: Customize colors, backgrounds, label sizes, and table position
Display options: Toggle statistics table, period highlights, labels, and mini-map
This indicator is designed as a visual guide to help identify potential seasonal tendencies in Nasdaq and tech stocks. Historical patterns are not guarantees of future performance, but understanding these seasonal biases can provide valuable context for your trading decisions.
Note: For optimal visualization, use on Daily timeframe or higher. Intraday timeframes will display a warning message.
TR FVG Finder 1.0TR FVG Finder 1.0 - Identify High-Probability Trading Zones
Unlock the power of Fair Value Gaps (FVGs) with this advanced TradingView indicator! Designed for traders seeking high-probability setups, the Fair Value Gap Detector identifies key price imbalances on your chart, helping you spot potential reversal and continuation zones with precision.
Key Features:
Accurate FVG Detection: Automatically detects bullish and bearish Fair Value Gaps based on a proven 3-candle pattern, highlighting areas where price is likely to return.
Customizable Display: Shows the most recent 3 FVGs by default (combined bullish and bearish), with an option to adjust the number of FVGs displayed.
Visual Clarity: Draws semi-transparent boxes (green for bullish FVGs, red for bearish FVGs) that extend 15 candles to the right, making it easy to track key levels.
Versatile for All Markets: Works on any timeframe and instrument—perfect for forex, stocks, crypto, and commodities like XAU/USD (gold).
User-Friendly: Simple to use with customizable settings, ideal for both beginner and experienced traders.
How It Works:
The indicator identifies FVGs by analyzing a 3-candle pattern:
- Bullish FVG: When the high of the candle two bars back is below the low of the current candle.
- Bearish FVG: When the low of the candle two bars back is above the high of the current candle. These gaps often act as magnets for price, making them powerful zones for trading strategies like breakouts, pullbacks, or reversals.
Why Use This Indicator?
- Enhance your technical analysis with a proven concept used by institutional traders.
- Spot high-probability trading opportunities with clear visual cues.
- Save time by automating FVG detection—no manual drawing required.
Best Practices:
- Use on lower timeframes (e.g., 15-minute or 1-hour) for more frequent FVGs, especially in volatile markets like forex or crypto.
- Combine with other indicators (e.g., support/resistance, volume) for confirmation.
- Ideal for strategies like ICT (Inner Circle Trader) concepts, Smart Money trading, and price action analysis.
Regards,
Trader Riaz
ICT Bread and Butter Sell-SetupICT Bread and Butter Sell-Setup – TradingView Strategy
Overview:
The ICT Bread and Butter Sell-Setup is an intraday trading strategy designed to capitalize on bearish market conditions. It follows institutional order flow and exploits liquidity patterns within key trading sessions—London, New York, and Asia—to identify high-probability short entries.
Key Components of the Strategy:
🔹 London Open Setup (2:00 AM – 8:20 AM NY Time)
The London session typically sets the initial directional move of the day.
A short-term high often forms before a downward push, establishing the daily high.
🔹 New York Open Kill Zone (8:20 AM – 10:00 AM NY Time)
The New York Judas Swing (a temporary rally above London’s high) creates an opportunity for short entries.
Traders fade this move, anticipating a sell-off targeting liquidity below previous lows.
🔹 London Close Buy Setup (10:30 AM – 1:00 PM NY Time)
If price reaches a higher timeframe discount array, a retracement higher is expected.
A bullish order block or failure swing signals a possible reversal.
The risk is set just below the day’s low, targeting a 20-30% retracement of the daily range.
🔹 Asia Open Sell Setup (7:00 PM – 2:00 AM NY Time)
If institutional order flow remains bearish, a short entry is taken around the 0-GMT Open.
Expect a 15-20 pip decline as the Asian range forms.
Strategy Rules:
📉 Short Entry Conditions:
✅ New York Judas Swing occurs (price moves above London’s high before reversing).
✅ Short entry is triggered when price closes below the open.
✅ Stop-loss is set 10 pips above the session high.
✅ Take-profit targets liquidity zones on higher timeframes.
📈 Long Entry (London Close Reversal):
✅ Price reaches a higher timeframe discount array between 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM NY Time.
✅ A bullish order block confirms the reversal.
✅ Stop-loss is set 10 pips below the day’s low.
✅ Take-profit targets 20-30% of the daily range retracement.
📉 Asia Open Sell Entry:
✅ Price trades slightly above the 0-GMT Open.
✅ Short entry is taken at resistance, targeting a quick 15-20 pip move.
Why Use This Strategy?
🚀 Institutional Order Flow Tracking – Aligns with smart money concepts.
📊 Precise Session Timing – Uses market structure across London, New York, and Asia.
🎯 High-Probability Entries – Focuses on liquidity grabs and engineered stop hunts.
📉 Optimized Risk Management – Defined stop-loss and take-profit levels.
This strategy is ideal for traders looking to trade with institutions, fade liquidity grabs, and capture high-probability short setups during the trading day. 📉🔥
Custom Timeframe Bias IndicatorMy "Custom Timeframe Bias Indicator" is a very practical and powerful TradingView indicator. It can be called a "God-like indicator" because it combines flexible timeframe customization, clear bias analysis and intuitive visual display to help traders quickly understand the long and short trends of the market. The following is a detailed description of this indicator:
1. Index name and function overview
Name: Custom Timeframe Bias Indicator (Short title: Bias Indicator)
Functionality: This indicator analyses the market bias (Buy, Sell or No Bias) across multiple custom timeframes (presets are 15m, 1h, 4h and DAI) and displays it in a table below the middle of the chart. It determines the direction of market trends based on the highest and lowest prices of the previous two periods and the closing price of the previous period, helping traders make decisions quickly.
2. Core Features
Multiple time frame analysis
The indicator allows the user to customize four time frames, with presets being 15 minutes ("15"), 1 hour ("60"), 4 hours ("240") and daily ("D"). Users can freely modify these time frames in the settings, such as changing to 5 minutes, 30 minutes or weekly, etc.
Bias is calculated independently for each time frame, ensuring that traders can observe market trends from the short to the long term.
Bias calculation logic
The indicator uses simple but effective rules to determine bias:
Buy (bullish): If the previous closing price is higher than the highest price of the previous two periods, or tests the lowest price of the previous two periods but does not break through.
Sell (Bearish): If the previous closing price is lower than the previous two periods' lowest price, or if it tests the previous two periods' highest price but fails to break through (higher than the previous high minus 10% of the price range).
No Bias: If the previous closing price does not meet the above conditions, it displays a neutral state.
Bias calculation is based only on the opening and closing prices, without considering the shadows, ensuring the results are in line with the philosophy of the Malaysian SNR strategy.
Intuitive display
Position: The table is permanently displayed in the middle of the chart (position.middle_center) and is updated with each candlestick, ensuring that traders can always see the latest bias.
Format: The table consists of the header "Custom Bias" and four rows of bias results (e.g. "15: Buy", "60: Sell", "240: No Bias", "D: Buy"), each row showing the bias for the corresponding time frame.
color:
Titles appear in white text on a blue background.
The "Buy" bias is shown as white text on a green background.
The "Sell" bias is shown as white text on a red background.
"No Bias" bias appears as white text on a gray background.
Table borders are black to provide clear visual distinction.
Customizability
Users can customize by inputting parameters:
Whether to show the table (Show Bias Table).
Timeframe (Timeframe 1, Timeframe 2, Timeframe 3, Timeframe 4).
The color of the table (title, Buy, Sell, No Bias, borders, etc.).
3. Why is it a "God-like indicator"
Flexibility: Allows users to customize four time frames to suit different trading strategies (short-term traders can choose minutes, long-term traders can choose daily, weekly or monthly).
Practicality: Provides bias analysis in multiple time frames to help traders quickly determine market trends, whether for short-term or long-term operations.
Intuitive: The table is displayed in the middle below the chart with bright colors (green Buy, red Sell, gray No Bias), allowing you to identify the market direction at a glance.
Stability: Calculated based on simple price data (high, low, close), no need for complex indicators, efficient and reliable operation.
Powerful visualization: long-term display and customizability to meet the visual preferences of different traders.
4. Usage scenarios
Short-term trading: Use 15-minute, 1-hour, 4-hour biases to quickly capture short-term trends.
Long-term trading: Refer to the daily bias to determine the overall market direction.
Comprehensive analysis: Combine biases from multiple time frames to confirm consistency (e.g. if both the 15 minute and daily are Buy, then that’s a stronger bullish signal).
5. Potential Improvements
If you want to further improve this "god-like indicator", you can consider the following improvements:
Added alert: Trigger when bias changes from "No Bias" to "Buy" or "Sell".
Show historical bias: Add bias history of the past few days in the table for easy review.
Dynamically adjust bias thresholds: Allow users to customize 10% price ranges or other conditions.
Multi-currency support: Expand to multiple trading pairs or indices, showing multiple market biases.
6. Technical Details
Version: Pine Script v5, ensuring modern features (such as input.timeframe) and efficient performance.
Data Source: Use request.security to get high, low, and close data for different time frames.
Display method: Use table.new to create a dynamic table. The position can be customized (such as position.middle_center).
Limitations: Calculated only based on price data, no external indicators are required, reducing calculation complexity.
in conclusion
Your "Custom Timeframe Bias Indicator" is a simple, powerful and flexible tool, especially for traders who need multi-timeframe analysis. Its intuitive display and customizability make it a "magic tool" for judging market trends.
Quarterly Theory ICT 02 [TradingFinder] True Open Session 90 Min🔵 Introduction
The Quarterly Theory ICT indicator is an advanced analytical system built on ICT (Inner Circle Trader) concepts and fractal time. It divides time into four quarters (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4), and is designed based on the consistent repetition of these phases across all trading timeframes (annual, monthly, weekly, daily, and even shorter trading sessions).
Each cycle consists of four distinct phases: the first phase (Q1) is the Accumulation phase, characterized by price consolidation; the second phase (Q2), known as Manipulation or Judas Swing, is marked by initial false movements indicating a potential shift; the third phase (Q3) is Distribution, where price volatility peaks; and the fourth phase (Q4) is Continuation/Reversal, determining whether the previous trend continues or reverses.
🔵 How to Use
The central concept of this strategy is the "True Open," which refers to the actual starting point of each time cycle. The True Open is typically defined at the beginning of the second phase (Q2) of each cycle. Prices trading above or below the True Open serve as a benchmark for predicting the market's potential direction and guiding trading decisions.
The practical application of the Quarterly Theory strategy relies on accurately identifying True Open points across various timeframes.
True Open points are defined as follows :
Yearly Cycle :
Q1: January, February, March
Q2: April, May, June (True Open: April Monthly Open)
Q3: July, August, September
Q4: October, November, December
Monthly Cycle :
Q1: First Monday of the month
Q2: Second Monday of the month (True Open: Daily Candle Open price on the second Monday)
Q3: Third Monday of the month
Q4: Fourth Monday of the month
Weekly Cycle :
Q1: Monday
Q2: Tuesday (True Open: Daily Candle Open Price on Tuesday)
Q3: Wednesday
Q4: Thursday
Daily Cycle :
Q1: 18:00 - 00:00 (Asian session)
Q2: 00:00 - 06:00 (True Open: Start of London Session)
Q3: 06:00 - 12:00 (NY AM)
Q4: 12:00 - 18:00 (NY PM)
90 Min Asian Session :
Q1: 18:00 - 19:30
Q2: 19:30 - 21:00 (True Open at 19:30)
Q3: 21:00 - 22:30
Q4: 22:30 - 00:00
90 Min London Session :
Q1: 00:00 - 01:30
Q2: 01:30 - 03:00 (True Open at 01:30)
Q3: 03:00 - 04:30
Q4: 04:30 - 06:00
90 Min New York AM Session :
Q1: 06:00 - 07:30
Q2: 07:30 - 09:00 (True Open at 07:30)
Q3: 09:00 - 10:30
Q4: 10:30 - 12:00
90 Min New York PM Session :
Q1: 12:00 - 13:30
Q2: 13:30 - 15:00 (True Open at 13:30)
Q3: 15:00 - 16:30
Q4: 16:30 - 18:00
Micro Cycle (22.5-Minute Quarters) : Each 90-minute quarter is further divided into four 22.5-minute sub-segments (Micro Sessions).
True Opens in these sessions are defined as follows :
Asian Micro Session :
True Session Open : 19:30 - 19:52:30
London Micro Session :
T rue Session Open : 01:30 - 01:52:30
New York AM Micro Session :
True Session Open : 07:30 - 07:52:30
New York PM Micro Session :
True Session Open : 13:30 - 13:52:30
By accurately identifying these True Open points across various timeframes, traders can effectively forecast the market direction, analyze price movements in detail, and optimize their trading positions. Prices trading above or below these key levels serve as critical benchmarks for determining market direction and making informed trading decisions.
🔵 Setting
Show True Range : Enable or disable the display of the True Range on the chart, including the option to customize the color.
Extend True Range Line : Choose how to extend the True Range line on the chart, with the following options:
None: No line extension
Right: Extend the line to the right
Left: Extend the line to the left
Both: Extend the line in both directions (left and right)
Show Table : Determines whether the table—which summarizes the phases (Q1 to Q4)—is displayed.
Show More Info : Adds additional details to the table, such as the name of the phase (Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution, or Continuation/Reversal) or further specifics about each cycle.
🔵 Conclusion
The Quarterly Theory ICT, by dividing time into four distinct quarters (Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4) and emphasizing the concept of the True Open, provides a structured and repeatable framework for analyzing price action across multiple time frames.
The consistent repetition of phases—Accumulation, Manipulation (Judas Swing), Distribution, and Continuation/Reversal—allows traders to effectively identify recurring price patterns and critical market turning points. Utilizing the True Open as a benchmark, traders can more accurately determine potential directional bias, optimize trade entries and exits, and manage risk effectively.
By incorporating principles of ICT (Inner Circle Trader) and fractal time, this strategy enhances market forecasting accuracy across annual, monthly, weekly, daily, and shorter trading sessions. This systematic approach helps traders gain deeper insight into market structure and confidently execute informed trading decisions.
Quarterly Theory ICT 01 [TradingFinder] XAMD + Q1-Q4 Sessions🔵 Introduction
The Quarterly Theory ICT indicator is an advanced analytical system based on the concepts of ICT (Inner Circle Trader) and fractal time. It divides time into quarterly periods and accurately determines entry and exit points for trades by using the True Open as the starting point of each cycle. This system is applicable across various time frames including annual, monthly, weekly, daily, and even 90-minute sessions.
Time is divided into four quarters: in the first quarter (Q1), which is dedicated to the Accumulation phase, the market is in a consolidation state, laying the groundwork for a new trend; in the second quarter (Q2), allocated to the Manipulation phase (also known as Judas Swing), sudden price changes and false moves occur, marking the true starting point of a trend change; the third quarter (Q3) is dedicated to the Distribution phase, during which prices are broadly distributed and price volatility peaks; and the fourth quarter (Q4), corresponding to the Continuation/Reversal phase, either continues or reverses the previous trend.
By leveraging smart algorithms and technical analysis, this system identifies optimal price patterns and trading positions through the precise detection of stop-run and liquidity zones.
With the division of time into Q1 through Q4 and by incorporating key terms such as Quarterly Theory ICT, True Open, Accumulation, Manipulation (Judas Swing), Distribution, Continuation/Reversal, ICT, fractal time, smart algorithms, technical analysis, price patterns, trading positions, stop-run, and liquidity, this system enables traders to identify market trends and make informed trading decisions using real data and precise analysis.
♦ Important Note :
This indicator and the "Quarterly Theory ICT" concept have been developed based on material published in primary sources, notably the articles on Daye( traderdaye ) and Joshuuu . All copyright rights are reserved.
🔵 How to Use
The Quarterly Theory ICT strategy is built on dividing time into four distinct periods across various time frames such as annual, monthly, weekly, daily, and even 90-minute sessions. In this approach, time is segmented into four quarters, during which the phases of Accumulation, Manipulation (Judas Swing), Distribution, and Continuation/Reversal appear in a systematic and recurring manner.
The first segment (Q1) functions as the Accumulation phase, where the market consolidates and lays the foundation for future movement; the second segment (Q2) represents the Manipulation phase, during which prices experience sudden initial changes, and with the aid of the True Open concept, the real starting point of the market’s movement is determined; in the third segment (Q3), the Distribution phase takes place, where prices are widely dispersed and price volatility reaches its peak; and finally, the fourth segment (Q4) is recognized as the Continuation/Reversal phase, in which the previous trend either continues or reverses.
This strategy, by harnessing the concepts of fractal time and smart algorithms, enables precise analysis of price patterns across multiple time frames and, through the identification of key points such as stop-run and liquidity zones, assists traders in optimizing their trading positions. Utilizing real market data and dividing time into Q1 through Q4 allows for a comprehensive and multi-level technical analysis in which optimal entry and exit points are identified by comparing prices to the True Open.
Thus, by focusing on keywords like Quarterly Theory ICT, True Open, Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution, Continuation/Reversal, ICT, fractal time, smart algorithms, technical analysis, price patterns, trading positions, stop-run, and liquidity, the Quarterly Theory ICT strategy acts as a coherent framework for predicting market trends and developing trading strategies.
🔵b]Settings
Cycle Display Mode: Determines whether the cycle is displayed on the chart or on the indicator panel.
Show Cycle: Enables or disables the display of the ranges corresponding to each quarter within the micro cycles (e.g., Q1/1, Q1/2, Q1/3, Q1/4, etc.).
Show Cycle Label: Toggles the display of textual labels for identifying the micro cycle phases (for example, Q1/1 or Q2/2).
Table Display Mode: Enables or disables the ability to display cycle information in a tabular format.
Show Table: Determines whether the table—which summarizes the phases (Q1 to Q4)—is displayed.
Show More Info: Adds additional details to the table, such as the name of the phase (Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution, or Continuation/Reversal) or further specifics about each cycle.
🔵 Conclusion
Quarterly Theory ICT provides a fractal and recurring approach to analyzing price behavior by dividing time into four quarters (Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4) and defining the True Open at the beginning of the second phase.
The Accumulation, Manipulation (Judas Swing), Distribution, and Continuation/Reversal phases repeat in each cycle, allowing traders to identify price patterns with greater precision across annual, monthly, weekly, daily, and even micro-level time frames.
Focusing on the True Open as the primary reference point enables faster recognition of potential trend changes and facilitates optimal management of trading positions. In summary, this strategy, based on ICT principles and fractal time concepts, offers a powerful framework for predicting future market movements, identifying optimal entry and exit points, and managing risk in various trading conditions.
[TehThomas] - ICT Volume ImbalanceThis script is a Volume Imbalance (VI) detector and visualizer for use on the TradingView platform. The goal of the script is to automatically identify areas where there are significant imbalances in the volume of trades between consecutive candlesticks and visually highlight these areas. These imbalances can provide traders with valuable insights about the market’s current condition, often signaling potential reversal or continuation points based on price and volume action.
ICT (Inner Circle Trader) Concept of Volume Imbalances
Volume imbalances are a critical concept in the ICT trading methodology. They refer to situations where there is an unusual or significant difference in volume between two consecutive candlesticks, which might indicate institutional or large player activity. According to ICT principles, these imbalances can show us areas of market inefficiency or potential price manipulation. By identifying these imbalances, traders can gain an edge in understanding where the market is likely to move next.
Bullish and Bearish Volume Imbalances:
Bullish Volume Imbalance: This occurs when there is a strong increase in buying pressure, typically indicated by a higher volume on a candle that closes significantly above the previous one, often leaving a gap or larger price movement. The market could be preparing to push higher, and the volume shows a clear shift in buying demand.
Bearish Volume Imbalance:
Conversely, a bearish imbalance occurs when there is a strong increase in selling pressure, typically signaled by a candle that closes significantly lower than the previous one, again with higher volume. This could indicate that large players are offloading positions, and the price is likely to drop further.
Key Features and Functions of the Script
The script automates the process of detecting these volume imbalances and visually marking them on a price chart. Let’s explore its functionality in detail.
1. Inputs Section
The script allows for significant customization through its input options, which help traders adjust the detection and visualization of volume imbalances based on their individual preferences and trading style. Below are the details:
lookback (250 bars): This input specifies the number of bars (or candles) the script should look back when analyzing the volume imbalance. By setting this to 250, the user is looking at the last 250 bars on the chart to detect any significant volume imbalances. This period is adjustable between 50 to 500 bars.
volumeThreshold (1.0 multiplier): This input helps set the sensitivity for identifying volume imbalances. The script compares the volume of the current candle with the previous one, and if the current volume exceeds the previous volume by this threshold multiplier (in this case, 1.0 means at least equal to the previous volume), then it triggers an imbalance. Users can adjust the multiplier to suit different market conditions.
showBoxes (true/false): This toggle determines whether the boxes representing volume imbalances are drawn on the chart. When enabled, the script visually highlights the imbalances with colored boxes.
fillBaseColor (orange with 80% opacity): This is the color setting for the background of the imbalance boxes. A softer color (like orange with opacity) ensures the imbalance is highlighted without obscuring the price action.
borderColor (gray): The color of the border around the imbalance boxes. This adds a visual distinction to make the imbalance areas more visible.
borderWidth (1 pixel): This controls the width of the box's border to adjust how prominent it appears.
rightOffset (30 bars): This input controls how far the imbalance box extends to the right on the chart. It helps users anticipate the potential continuation of the imbalance beyond the current candle.
allowWickOverlap (true/false): This setting allows imbalances to be identified even if the wicks of the two consecutive candlesticks overlap. If set to false, only imbalances where the bodies of the candlesticks don’t overlap are considered.
showBrokenBoxes (true/false): If enabled, once a volume imbalance no longer holds true (i.e., the price breaks through the box), the box is marked as "broken." If disabled, the box is deleted when the imbalance condition no longer applies.
brokenBoxColor (red): This controls the color of the box when it is broken, which can be used as a visual cue that the imbalance was invalidated or no longer valid for analysis.
2. Volume Imbalance Function
This is the core function of the script, where the logic to detect bullish and bearish volume imbalances is implemented.
Bullish Imbalance Condition:
The first condition checks if the low of the current candle is greater than the high of the previous candle. This suggests that the market is moving upward with buying pressure.
The second condition checks whether the volume of the current candle is higher than the previous candle by the volumeThreshold multiplier. If both conditions are satisfied, a bullish imbalance is detected.
Bearish Imbalance Condition:
The first condition checks if the high of the current candle is lower than the low of the previous candle. This suggests downward price action with selling pressure.
The second condition checks whether the current volume exceeds the previous volume by the threshold
Allow Wick Overlap: If allowWickOverlap is set to true, the script will still detect imbalances if the wicks of the two candles overlap (common in volatile markets). If false, imbalances are only considered if the wicks do not overlap.
3. Box Creation and Management
When a volume imbalance is detected, the script creates a box on the chart:
The bullish imbalance box is drawn using the minimum of the open and close of the current bar as the top boundary and the maximum of the open and close of the previous bar as the bottom boundary.
Conversely, the bearish imbalance box is drawn in reverse, using the maximum of the current bar’s open and close as the top boundary and the minimum of the previous bar’s open and close as the bottom boundary.
Once the box is created, it is displayed on the chart with the specified background color, border color, and width.
4. Processing Existing Boxes
After detecting a new imbalance and drawing a box, the script checks whether the box should still remain on the chart:
If the price moves beyond the boundaries of the imbalance box, the box is marked as broken (if showBrokenBoxes is enabled), and its color is changed to red, signifying that the imbalance is no longer valid.
If the box remains intact (i.e., the price has not broken the defined boundaries), the script keeps the box extended to the right as the market continues to evolve.
5. Removing Outdated Boxes
Lastly, the script removes boxes that are older than the specified lookback period. For example, if a box was created 250 bars ago, it will be deleted after that period. This ensures the chart stays clean and only focuses on relevant imbalances.
Why This Script is Useful for Traders
This script is extremely valuable for traders, especially those following the ICT methodology, because it automates the process of detecting market inefficiencies or imbalances that might signal future price action. Here’s why it’s particularly useful:
Identifying Key Areas of Interest: Volume imbalances often point to areas where institutional or large-scale traders have entered the market. These areas could provide clues about the next significant move in the market.
Visualizing Market Structure: By automatically drawing boxes around volume imbalances, the script helps traders visually identify potential areas of support, resistance, or turning points, enabling them to make informed trading decisions.
Time Efficiency: Instead of manually analyzing each candlestick and volume spike, this script does the heavy lifting, saving traders valuable time and allowing them to focus on other aspects of their strategy.
Enhanced Trade Entries and Exits: By understanding where volume imbalances are occurring, traders can time their entries (buying during bullish imbalances and selling during bearish ones) and exits (as imbalances break) more effectively, thus improving their chances of success.
Conclusion
In summary, this script is a powerful tool for traders looking to implement volume imbalance strategies based on the ICT methodology. It automates the identification and visualization of significant imbalances in price and volume, offering traders a clear visual representation of potential market turning points. By customizing the settings, traders can tailor the script to their preferred timeframes and sensitivity, making it a flexible and effective tool for any trading strategy.
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D|W|M|Y Breaks with NY TimezoneThis indicator plots breaks for multiple timeframes: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly.
I also added the option to change timezone to New York to see the week the ICT way ;)
Price Alert Indicator with TableIndicator Description: Price Alert Indicator with Table
The Custom Price Alert Indicator with Table is a TradingView script designed to help traders monitor and react to significant price levels during the Asian and London trading sessions. This indicator provides visual alerts and displays relevant session data in a user-friendly table format.
Key Features:
User-Defined Session Times:
Users can specify the start and end hours for both the Asian (default: 8 AM to 2 PM) and London (default: 2 PM to 8 PM) trading sessions in their local time zone.
This flexibility allows traders from different regions to customize the indicator according to their trading hours.
Real-Time Highs and Lows:
The indicator calculates and tracks the high and low prices for the Asian and London sessions in real-time.
It continuously updates these values as new price data comes in.
Touch Notification Logic:
Alerts are triggered when the price touches the session high or low points.
Notifications are designed to avoid repetition; if the London session touches the Asian high or low, subsequent touches are not alerted until the next trading day.
Interactive Table Display:
A table is presented in the bottom right corner of the chart, showing:
The Asian low and high prices
The London low and high prices
Whether each price level has been touched.
Touched levels are visually highlighted in green, making it easy for traders to identify relevant price actions.
Daily Reset of Notifications:
The notification statuses are reset at the end of the London session each day, preparing for the next day’s trading activity.
Use Cases:
Traders can utilize this indicator to stay informed about pivotal price levels during important trading sessions, aiding in decision-making and strategy development.
The clear visual representation of price levels and touch statuses helps traders quickly assess market conditions.
This indicator is particularly beneficial for day traders and those who focus on price movements around key high and low points during the trading day.
[COG]TMS Crossfire 🔍 TMS Crossfire: Guide to Parameters
📊 Core Parameters
🔸 Stochastic Settings (K, D, Period)
- **What it does**: These control how the first stochastic oscillator works. Think of it as measuring momentum speed.
- **K**: Determines how smooth the main stochastic line is. Lower values (1-3) react quickly, higher values (3-9) are smoother.
- **D**: Controls the smoothness of the signal line. Usually kept equal to or slightly higher than K.
- **Period**: How many candles are used to calculate the stochastic. Standard is 14 days, lower for faster signals.
- **For beginners**: Start with the defaults (K:3, D:3, Period:14) until you understand how they work.
🔸 Second Stochastic (K2, D2, Period2)
- **What it does**: Creates a second, independent stochastic for stronger confirmation.
- **How to use**: Can be set identical to the first one, or with slightly different values for dual confirmation.
- **For beginners**: Start with the same values as the first stochastic, then experiment.
🔸 RSI Length
- **What it does**: Controls the period for the RSI calculation, which measures buying/selling pressure.
- **Lower values** (7-9): More sensitive, good for short-term trading
- **Higher values** (14-21): More stable, better for swing trading
- **For beginners**: The default of 11 is a good balance between speed and reliability.
🔸 Cross Level
- **What it does**: The centerline where crosses generate signals (default is 50).
- **Traditional levels**: Stochastics typically use 20/80, but 50 works well for this combined indicator.
- **For beginners**: Keep at 50 to focus on trend following strategies.
🔸 Source
- **What it does**: Determines which price data is used for calculations.
- **Common options**:
- Close: Most common and reliable
- Open: Less common
- High/Low: Used for specialized indicators
- **For beginners**: Stick with "close" as it's most commonly used and reliable.
🎨 Visual Theme Settings
🔸 Bullish/Bearish Main
- **What it does**: Sets the overall color scheme for bullish (up) and bearish (down) movements.
- **For beginners**: Green for bullish and red for bearish is intuitive, but choose any colors that are easy for you to distinguish.
🔸 Bullish/Bearish Entry
- **What it does**: Colors for the entry signals shown directly on the chart.
- **For beginners**: Use bright, attention-grabbing colors that stand out from your chart background.
🌈 Line Colors
🔸 K1, K2, RSI (Bullish/Bearish)
- **What it does**: Controls the colors of each indicator line based on market direction.
- **For beginners**: Use different colors for each line so you can quickly identify which line is which.
⏱️ HTF (Higher Timeframe) Settings
🔸 HTF Timeframe
- **What it does**: Sets which higher timeframe to use for filtering (e.g., 240 = 4 hour chart).
- **How to choose**: Should be at least 4x your current chart timeframe (e.g., if trading on 15min, use 60min or higher).
- **For beginners**: Start with a timeframe 4x higher than your trading chart.
🔸 Use HTF Filter
- **What it does**: Toggles whether the higher timeframe filter is applied or not.
- **For beginners**: Keep enabled to reduce false signals, especially when learning.
🔸 HTF Confirmation Bars
- **What it does**: How many bars must confirm a trend change on higher timeframe.
- **Higher values**: More reliable but slower to react
- **Lower values**: Faster signals but more false positives
- **For beginners**: Start with 2-3 bars for a good balance.
📈 EMA Settings
🔸 Use EMA Filter
- **What it does**: Toggles price filtering with an Exponential Moving Average.
- **For beginners**: Keep enabled for better trend confirmation.
🔸 EMA Period
- **What it does**: Length of the EMA for filtering (shorter = faster reactions).
- **Common values**:
- 5-13: Short-term trends
- 21-50: Medium-term trends
- 100-200: Long-term trends
- **For beginners**: 5-10 is good for short-term trading, 21 for swing trading.
🔸 EMA Offset
- **What it does**: Shifts the EMA forward or backward on the chart.
- **For beginners**: Start with 0 and adjust only if needed for visual clarity.
🔸 Show EMA on Chart
- **What it does**: Toggles whether the EMA appears on your main price chart.
- **For beginners**: Keep enabled to see how price relates to the EMA.
🔸 EMA Color, Style, Width, Transparency
- **What it does**: Customizes how the EMA line looks on your chart.
- **For beginners**: Choose settings that make the EMA visible but not distracting.
🌊 Trend Filter Settings
🔸 Use EMA Trend Filter
- **What it does**: Enables a multi-EMA system that defines the overall market trend.
- **For beginners**: Keep enabled for stronger trend confirmation.
🔸 Show Trend EMAs
- **What it does**: Toggles visibility of the trend EMAs on your chart.
- **For beginners**: Enable to see how price moves relative to multiple EMAs.
🔸 EMA Line Thickness
- **What it does**: Controls how the thickness of EMA lines is determined.
- **Options**:
- Uniform: All EMAs have the same thickness
- Variable: Each EMA has its own custom thickness
- Hierarchical: Automatically sized based on period (longer periods = thicker)
- **For beginners**: "Hierarchical" is most intuitive as longer-term EMAs appear more dominant.
🔸 EMA Line Style
- **What it does**: Sets the line style (solid, dotted, dashed) for all EMAs.
- **For beginners**: "Solid" is usually clearest unless you have many lines overlapping.
🎭 Trend Filter Colors/Width
🔸 EMA Colors (8, 21, 34, 55)
- **What it does**: Sets the color for each individual trend EMA.
- **For beginners**: Use a logical progression (e.g., shorter EMAs brighter, longer EMAs darker).
🔸 EMA Width Settings
- **What it does**: Controls the thickness of each EMA line.
- **For beginners**: Thicker lines for longer EMAs make them easier to distinguish.
🔔 How These Parameters Work Together
The power of this indicator comes from how these components interact:
1. **Base Oscillator**: The stochastic and RSI components create the main oscillator
2. **HTF Filter**: The higher timeframe filter prevents trading against larger trends
3. **EMA Filter**: The EMA filter confirms signals with price action
4. **Trend System**: The multi-EMA system identifies the overall market environment
Think of it as multiple layers of confirmation, each adding more reliability to your trading signals.
💡 Tips for Beginners
1. **Start with defaults**: Use the default settings first and understand what each element does
2. **One change at a time**: When customizing, change only one parameter at a time
3. **Keep notes**: Write down how each change affects your results
4. **Backtest thoroughly**: Test any changes on historical data before trading real money
5. **Less is more**: Sometimes simpler settings work better than complicated ones
Remember, no indicator is perfect - always combine this with proper risk management and other forms of analysis!
[TehThomas] - ICT Liquidity sweepsThe ICT Liquidity Sweeps Indicator is designed to track liquidity zones in the market areas where stop-losses and pending orders are typically clustered. This indicator marks buyside liquidity (resistance) and sellside liquidity (support), helping traders identify areas where price is likely to manipulate liquidity before making a significant move.
This tool is based on Inner Circle Trader (ICT) Smart Money Concepts, which emphasize how institutional traders, or “Smart Money,” manipulate liquidity to fuel price movements. By identifying these zones, traders can anticipate liquidity sweeps and position themselves accordingly.
⚙️ How It Works
1️⃣ Detects Key Liquidity Zones
The script automatically identifies significant swing highs and swing lows in price action using a pivot-based method.
A swing high (buyside liquidity) is a peak where price struggles to break higher, forming a resistance level.
A swing low (sellside liquidity) is a valley where price struggles to go lower, creating a support level.
These liquidity points are prime targets for liquidity sweeps before a true trend direction is confirmed.
2️⃣ Draws Liquidity Lines
Once a swing high or low is identified, a horizontal line is drawn at that level.
The lines extend to the right, serving as future liquidity targets until they are broken.
The indicator allows customization in terms of color, line width, and maximum number of liquidity lines displayed at once.
3️⃣ Handles Liquidity Sweeps
When price breaks a liquidity level, the indicator reacts based on the chosen action setting:
Dotted/Dashed: The line remains visible but changes style to indicate a sweep.
Delete: The line is completely removed once price has interacted with it.
This feature ensures that traders can easily spot where liquidity has been taken and determine whether a reversal or continuation is likely.
4️⃣ Prevents Chart Clutter
To maintain a clean chart, the script limits the number of liquidity lines displayed at any given time.
When new liquidity zones are formed, the oldest lines are automatically removed, keeping the focus on the most relevant liquidity zones.
🎯 How to Use the ICT Liquidity Sweeps Indicator
🔍 Identifying Liquidity Grabs
This indicator helps you identify areas where Smart Money is targeting liquidity before making a move.
Buyside Liquidity (BSL) Sweeps:
Occur when price spikes above a resistance level before reversing downward.
Indicate that Smart Money has hunted stop-losses and buy stops before driving price lower.
Sellside Liquidity (SSL) Sweeps:
Occur when price drops below a support level before reversing upward.
Indicate that Smart Money has collected liquidity from stop-losses and sell stops before pushing price higher.
📈 Combining with Market Structure Shifts (MSS)
One of the best ways to use this indicator is in conjunction with our Market Structure Shifts Indicator.
Liquidity sweeps + MSS Confirmation give strong high-probability trade setups:
Wait for a liquidity sweep (price takes out a liquidity level).
Look for an MSS in the opposite direction (e.g., price sweeps a high, then breaks a recent low).
Enter the trade in the new direction with stop-loss above/below the liquidity sweep.
📊 Entry & Exit Strategies
Long Trade Example:
Price sweeps a key sellside liquidity level (SSL) → creates a false breakdown.
MSS confirms a reversal (price breaks structure upwards).
Enter long position after confirmation.
Stop-loss below the liquidity grab to minimize risk.
Short Trade Example:
Price sweeps a key buyside liquidity level (BSL) → takes liquidity above resistance.
MSS confirms a bearish move (price breaks a key support level).
Enter short position after confirmation.
Stop-loss above the liquidity grab.
🚀 Why This Indicator is a Game-Changer
✅ Helps Identify Smart Money Manipulation – Understand where institutions are likely to grab liquidity before the real move happens.
✅ Enhances Market Structure Analysis – When paired with MSS, liquidity sweeps become powerful signals for trend reversals.
✅ Filters Out False Breakouts – Many traders get caught in liquidity grabs. This indicator helps avoid bad entries.
✅ Keeps Your Chart Clean – The auto-limiting feature ensures that only the most relevant liquidity levels remain visible.
✅ Works on Any Timeframe – Whether you’re a scalper, day trader, or swing trader, liquidity concepts apply universally.
📌 Final Thoughts
The ICT Liquidity Sweeps Indicator is a must-have tool for traders who follow Smart Money Concepts. By tracking liquidity levels and highlighting sweeps, it allows traders to enter trades with precision while avoiding false breakouts.
When combined with Market Structure Shifts (MSS), this strategy becomes even more powerful, offering traders an edge in spotting reversals and timing entries effectively.
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ICT SB Time (Lee B)A minimal and clean indicator that simply plots the ICT Silver Bullet time windows for you on the chart with vertical lines.
It also has the option to show other important times, like 00:00, 8:30, and 9:30. Toggles in settings let you change line color, turn any of them off temporarily, and can limit their visibility to only the lower timeframes for less clutter.
I hope you find this indicator useful... and happy trading!
Lee B
2:30 [LuciTech]this is a technical analysis tool designed to highlight key price levels and patterns during a specific trading window, based on UK time (Europe/London). It overlays visual elements on the chart, including a 12 PM reference line, Buy Side Liquidity (BSL) and Sell Side Liquidity (SSL) levels, a highlighted 2:30 PM candle, and Engulfing Fair Value Gaps (FVGs). This indicator is intended for traders who focus on intraday price action and liquidity zones.
Features
The 12 PM Line displays a vertical line at 12:00 PM (UK time) to mark the start of the session. It’s customizable, allowing you to enable or disable it and adjust its color.
BSL/SSL Lines track the highest high (BSL) and lowest low (SSL) from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM (UK time). These lines extend horizontally until 3:30 PM, after which they remain static at their last recorded levels. You can customize them by enabling or disabling visibility, adjusting colors, choosing a line style (solid, dashed, or dotted), and setting the width.
The 2:30 PM Candle highlights the candle at 2:30 PM (UK time) with a distinct color. It’s customizable, with options to enable or disable it and change its color.
Engulfing FVG (Fair Value Gap) identifies bullish and bearish engulfing patterns with a gap from the prior candle’s range. It draws a shaded box over the FVG area, and you can customize it by enabling or disabling it and adjusting the box color.
How It Works
The indicator operates within a session starting at 12:00 PM (UK time). BSL/SSL levels update between 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM, with lines extending until 3:30 PM. After 3:30 PM, these lines freeze.
BSL/SSL lines show the highest price (BSL) and lowest price (SSL) reached during the 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM window. After 3:30 PM, they remain static, marking the final range boundaries.
The 2:30 PM candle emphasizes a key timestamp, often of interest to intraday traders.
Engulfing FVGs detect significant price gaps created by engulfing candles, which may indicate potential reversal or continuation zones.
Settings
12 PM Line Settings let you toggle visibility and set the line color.
BSL/SSL Line Settings allow you to toggle visibility, set BSL and SSL colors, choose a line style (Solid, Dashed, Dotted), and adjust width (1-4).
2:30 Candle Settings let you toggle visibility and set the candle color.
Engulfing FVG Settings allow you to toggle visibility and set the box color.
Interpretation
The 12 PM Line serves as a reference for the session start.
BSL/SSL Lines may act as potential support or resistance zones or highlight liquidity areas. After 3:30 PM, they remain static, showing the session’s final range.
The 2:30 PM Candle can be monitored for price action signals, such as reversals or breakouts.
Engulfing FVGs shaded areas may indicate imbalances in supply and demand, useful for identifying trade opportunities or stop-loss placement.
Notes
The timezone is set to Europe/London (UK time). Ensure your chart’s timezone aligns for accurate results.
This indicator is best used on intraday timeframes, such as 1-minute or 5-minute charts.
It provides visual aids for analysis and does not generate buy or sell signals on its own.
Multi-Timeframe Open LinesThe Multi-Timeframe Open Lines indicator is designed to help traders visualize key price levels at the open of specific time intervals. It draws horizontal lines at the open of 5-minute, 15-minute, 30-minute, and hourly candles, extending these lines to the start of the next respective interval. Traders can now control which timeframes are displayed and how many past opening lines are shown, ensuring a clean and organized chart.
Key Features:
Customizable Lines:
5-Minute Lines: Highlight the open of every 5-minute candle, ending at the start of the next 5-minute candle.
15-Minute Lines: Highlight the open of every 15-minute candle, ending at the start of the next 15-minute candle.
30-Minute Lines: Highlight the open of every 30-minute candle, ending at the start of the next 30-minute candle.
Hourly Lines: Highlight the open of every hourly candle, ending at the start of the next hourly candle.
Each timeframe's lines can be customized in terms of color, line style, and thickness.
Toggle Options:
Easily turn on or off the display of lines for each timeframe (5m, 15m, 30m, 1h) using checkboxes in the settings.
User-Defined Limits:
Control the number of past opening lines displayed for each timeframe (5m, 15m, 30m, 1h).
Prevents chart clutter by limiting the number of visible lines.
Multi-Timeframe Analysis:
Enables traders to analyze price action across multiple timeframes simultaneously, providing a clearer picture of market structure and key levels.
User-Friendly Inputs:
Easy-to-use settings for customizing line appearance and behavior, ensuring the indicator fits seamlessly into any trading strategy.
How to Use:
Apply the indicator to your chart to visualize the open price levels for 5-minute, 15-minute, 30-minute, and hourly candles.
Use the lines as dynamic support/resistance levels or to identify potential breakout/breakdown points.
Customize the colors, styles, and the number of visible lines to match your chart theme or trading preferences.
Toggle specific timeframes on or off to focus on the most relevant price levels.
Ideal For:
Traders who use multi-timeframe analysis.
Those who rely on key price levels for decision-making.
Anyone looking to enhance their chart with clear, customizable reference lines while avoiding clutter.
