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SMC Liquidity Zones
This script implements a "Smart Money Concept (SMC) Liquidity Zones" indicator in Pine Script™ for TradingView. It helps identify key liquidity zones, detect potential order blocks, and highlight market structure breaks. The script is designed for traders who use liquidity concepts and order blocks to make informed trading decisions based on price action.
1. Indicator Overview:
The "SMC Liquidity Zones" indicator plots areas of high and low liquidity and detects potential order blocks after price breaks these zones. It also highlights market structure shifts when price moves past the liquidity zones, allowing traders to identify potential areas of price reversal or continuation.
2. Key Features:
Liquidity Zones:
Liquidity zones are regions where price is likely to experience strong reactions due to resting orders (buy or sell).
The script identifies these zones by looking for pivot highs and pivot lows using a customizable lookback period.
High Liquidity Zone: Found at pivot highs, indicating a potential zone of sell-side liquidity (where sellers may overwhelm buyers).
Low Liquidity Zone: Found at pivot lows, indicating a potential buy-side liquidity zone (where buyers may absorb selling pressure).
Order Blocks Detection:
After a liquidity zone is broken, the script marks an order block.
Order Block: An area where institutional traders (smart money) might have placed large orders, and price is expected to return to this area for liquidity.
When the price closes above the high liquidity zone, the previous high is assumed to form the order block high, while the closing price forms the order block low.
Similarly, when price closes below the low liquidity zone, the previous low is assumed to form the order block low, and the closing price forms the order block high.
Market Structure Breaks:
Bullish Market Structure Break: Occurs when price closes above the high liquidity zone, potentially signaling an upward trend.
Bearish Market Structure Break: Occurs when price closes below the low liquidity zone, signaling a potential downward trend.
The script highlights these breaks by changing the chart’s background color to green for bullish structure and red for bearish structure.
Customizable Settings:
Pivot Lookback Period: You can set the lookback period to adjust how the indicator identifies pivot highs and lows.
Visibility of Liquidity Zones and Order Blocks: The script provides options to toggle the display of liquidity zones and order blocks on or off, allowing traders to customize the chart view.
3. Code Structure:
Liquidity Zones Identification:
The script uses the ta.pivothigh() and ta.pivotlow() functions to detect pivot points over a customizable lookback period.
These pivots mark significant areas of price where liquidity might rest, and the zones are displayed using dashed lines—red for high liquidity and green for low liquidity.
Order Block Logic:
When price breaks through a liquidity zone (either above or below), the script marks an order block. This block is a potential area where price could return, creating opportunities for entries or exits.
The order block is visualized as a blue box on the chart, indicating areas where smart money may have positioned their orders.
Market Structure Break Highlights:
The background color changes based on whether the market has broken into a bullish or bearish structure:
Bullish Market Structure: Green background.
Bearish Market Structure: Red background.
This visual cue helps traders quickly assess market sentiment and potential future price direction.
4. Use Case:
This indicator is particularly suited for traders following Smart Money Concepts (SMC), liquidity-based trading, or order block strategies. It helps them:
Identify potential price reaction zones (liquidity zones).
Spot order blocks, which are areas where institutional traders are likely to have placed large orders.
Recognize market structure shifts, signaling potential trend reversals or continuations.
Highlight trading opportunities based on liquidity breaks and market structure changes.
1. Indicator Overview:
The "SMC Liquidity Zones" indicator plots areas of high and low liquidity and detects potential order blocks after price breaks these zones. It also highlights market structure shifts when price moves past the liquidity zones, allowing traders to identify potential areas of price reversal or continuation.
2. Key Features:
Liquidity Zones:
Liquidity zones are regions where price is likely to experience strong reactions due to resting orders (buy or sell).
The script identifies these zones by looking for pivot highs and pivot lows using a customizable lookback period.
High Liquidity Zone: Found at pivot highs, indicating a potential zone of sell-side liquidity (where sellers may overwhelm buyers).
Low Liquidity Zone: Found at pivot lows, indicating a potential buy-side liquidity zone (where buyers may absorb selling pressure).
Order Blocks Detection:
After a liquidity zone is broken, the script marks an order block.
Order Block: An area where institutional traders (smart money) might have placed large orders, and price is expected to return to this area for liquidity.
When the price closes above the high liquidity zone, the previous high is assumed to form the order block high, while the closing price forms the order block low.
Similarly, when price closes below the low liquidity zone, the previous low is assumed to form the order block low, and the closing price forms the order block high.
Market Structure Breaks:
Bullish Market Structure Break: Occurs when price closes above the high liquidity zone, potentially signaling an upward trend.
Bearish Market Structure Break: Occurs when price closes below the low liquidity zone, signaling a potential downward trend.
The script highlights these breaks by changing the chart’s background color to green for bullish structure and red for bearish structure.
Customizable Settings:
Pivot Lookback Period: You can set the lookback period to adjust how the indicator identifies pivot highs and lows.
Visibility of Liquidity Zones and Order Blocks: The script provides options to toggle the display of liquidity zones and order blocks on or off, allowing traders to customize the chart view.
3. Code Structure:
Liquidity Zones Identification:
The script uses the ta.pivothigh() and ta.pivotlow() functions to detect pivot points over a customizable lookback period.
These pivots mark significant areas of price where liquidity might rest, and the zones are displayed using dashed lines—red for high liquidity and green for low liquidity.
Order Block Logic:
When price breaks through a liquidity zone (either above or below), the script marks an order block. This block is a potential area where price could return, creating opportunities for entries or exits.
The order block is visualized as a blue box on the chart, indicating areas where smart money may have positioned their orders.
Market Structure Break Highlights:
The background color changes based on whether the market has broken into a bullish or bearish structure:
Bullish Market Structure: Green background.
Bearish Market Structure: Red background.
This visual cue helps traders quickly assess market sentiment and potential future price direction.
4. Use Case:
This indicator is particularly suited for traders following Smart Money Concepts (SMC), liquidity-based trading, or order block strategies. It helps them:
Identify potential price reaction zones (liquidity zones).
Spot order blocks, which are areas where institutional traders are likely to have placed large orders.
Recognize market structure shifts, signaling potential trend reversals or continuations.
Highlight trading opportunities based on liquidity breaks and market structure changes.
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