Balance Price Range (BPR) Indicator

Overview

The BPR with Directional Momentum-Filtered Breakouts indicator is designed to identify Balanced Price Ranges (BPR) and detect high-probability breakouts and breakdowns with directional momentum confirmation. By leveraging historical BPR structures, EMA-based momentum filtering, and a trade cooldown mechanism, this script provides a structured approach to identifying potential trading opportunities while reducing false signals.

This invite-only indicator is ideal for traders who seek precise breakout confirmation, reduced noise, and trend-following logic while maintaining flexibility through adjustable parameters.

How It Works

The script follows a multi-step breakout detection process by integrating multiple key technical components:
1. Balanced Price Range (BPR) Detection:
• A Balanced Candle is identified when the price remains within a specific percentage of its range midpoint.
• These BPR zones represent areas of equilibrium, where a breakout or breakdown is likely to occur.
• The script historically tracks BPR levels across the entire chart to monitor price action around key areas.
2. Momentum-Filtered Breakout & Breakdown Logic:
• Bullish Breakout: Occurs when the price breaks above the historical BPR high with bullish momentum.
• Bearish Breakdown: Occurs when the price breaks below the historical BPR low with bearish momentum.
• Momentum Confirmation: Each breakout requires a strong directional move, measured against the Exponential Moving Average (EMA).
• Only confirmed breakouts are marked, reducing the likelihood of false signals in choppy markets.
3. Candle-Based Background Visualization:
• Grey Background: Represents a Balanced Price Range (BPR), indicating potential breakout zones.
• Green Background: Indicates a Bullish Breakout when the price successfully breaks and holds above the BPR high.
• Red Background: Indicates a Bearish Breakdown when the price drops below the BPR low.
4. Trade Cooldown Mechanism:
• Prevents consecutive signals from triggering too frequently.
• Default cooldown period: 5 bars (adjustable).
• Ensures that trades are not clustered, improving signal quality.
5. EMA for Trend Direction & Confirmation:
• A 20-period EMA (default, adjustable) is used to confirm trade direction.
• Breakouts above the EMA align with uptrend continuation.
• Breakdowns below the EMA align with downtrend momentum.

Key Features

✔️ Historical BPR Detection – Tracks past BPR levels across the entire chart for structured breakout zones.
✔️ Momentum-Based Breakouts – Ensures breakouts are confirmed by directional price movement before generating signals.
✔️ Candle-Based Background Logic – Subtle candle highlights rather than full background fills, for better chart clarity.
✔️ Trade Cooldown Period – Prevents consecutive buy/sell signals within a defined period, improving signal efficiency.
✔️ Dynamic EMA Confirmation – Ensures trades align with the overall trend, reducing counter-trend trades.
✔️ Customizable Inputs – Adjust breakout thresholds, EMA length, and cooldown periods as per trading style.
✔️ Works Across Multiple Timeframes – Can be applied to intraday, swing, and positional trading strategies.

How to Use
1. Look for Balanced Price Ranges (BPR)
• These zones highlight equilibrium areas where price is likely to break out.
• Grey-shaded candles indicate potential breakout zones.
2. Monitor for Bullish or Bearish Breakouts
• A green candle background signals a bullish breakout above BPR.
• A red candle background signals a bearish breakdown below BPR.
• The EMA filter helps confirm whether the breakout aligns with the prevailing trend.
3. Follow the Cooldown Logic
• After a breakout signal, wait for the cooldown period before another trade is allowed.
• This helps filter out noisy price action and prevents excessive trading.
4. Use Alongside Other Indicators
• Works well with volume analysis, support/resistance levels, and price action strategies.
• Can be combined with other momentum indicators for further trade confirmation.

Why This Combination?

Unlike generic breakout indicators, this script uniquely combines:
• BPR historical structures for defining potential breakout zones.
• Momentum-based breakout filtering using EMA confirmation.
• Trade cooldown logic to avoid excessive trading signals.
• Subtle candle-based highlights instead of cluttered full-background fills.

This structured approach makes the indicator more robust, adaptive, and reliable in different market conditions.

Why It’s Worth Using?

🔹 Avoid False Breakouts: Built-in momentum confirmation prevents weak or fake breakouts.
🔹 Clean Visualization: No excessive overlays—just precise, meaningful background coloring for breakouts.
🔹 Works in Any Market: Use on stocks, crypto, forex, indices, and commodities across different timeframes.
🔹 User-Friendly & Customizable: Fine-tune parameters to match individual trading styles.

⚠️ Note: This is an Invite-Only script. Access is granted to selected users.
✅ If you find it useful, consider incorporating it into your trend-following & breakout trading strategies.

🚀 Optimize your trading with structured breakout detection! 🚀