Renko ScalperWhat it is-
A lightweight Renko Scalper that combines Renko brick direction with an internal EMA trend filter and MACD confirmation to signal high-probability short-term entries. EMAs are used internally (hidden from the chart) so the visual remains uncluttered.
Signals-
Buy arrow: Renko direction turns bullish AND EMA trend up AND MACD histogram positive.
Sell arrow: Renko direction turns bearish AND EMA trend down AND MACD histogram negative.
Consecutive same-direction signals are suppressed (only one arrow per direction until opposite signal).
Visuals-
Buy / Sell arrows (large) above/below bars.
Chart background tints green/red after the respective signal for easy glance recognition.
Inputs:-
Renko Box Size (points)
EMA Fast / EMA Slow
MACD fast/slow/signal lengths
How to use-
Add to chart
Use smaller Renko box sizes for scalping, larger for swing-like entries.
Confirm signal with price action and volume—this indicator is a signal generator, not a full automated system.
Use alerts (built in) to receive Buy / Sell arrow notifications.
Alerts-
Buy Arrow — buySignal
Sell Arrow — sellSignal
Buy Background / Sell Background — background-color state alerts
Recommended settings-
Timeframes: 1m–15m for scalping, 5m for balanced intraday.
Symbols: liquid futures/currency pairs/major crypto.
Disclaimer
This script is educational and not financial advice. Backtest and forward test on a demo account before live use. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Use proper risk management.
Scalping
Bookmap Style Aggressor Bubbles
This indicator is designed to emulate the visual aesthetic of professional Order Flow software (such as Bookmap) directly within TradingView. It replaces the traditional candlestick view with a clean "Microstructure" Step Line and highlights significant volume events using dynamic "Aggressor Bubbles."
This tool is perfect for traders who practice Order Flow analysis, Scalping, or VSA (Volume Spread Analysis) and want to visualize the relative intensity of buyers and sellers without the noise of traditional wicks and bodies.
1. How it Works
Since TradingView Pine Script operates on OHLCV (Level 1) data, this indicator uses a heuristic model to approximate Order Flow dynamics:
Aggressor Bubbles (Volume Spikes):
The script calculates a Relative Volume (RVOL) metric by comparing the current bar's volume against a 50-period Simple Moving Average (SMA).
If the current volume exceeds a user-defined threshold (e.g., 2.0x the average), a bubble is plotted.
Size: The bubble size scales dynamically based on how massive the volume spike is (Small, Normal, Large, Huge).
Direction (Color): The aggressor side is approximated using the price action of the bar. If Close >= Open, it is treated as Buy Aggression (Green). If Close < Open, it is treated as Sell Aggression (Red).
Microstructure Price Line:
Standard candles can obscure the immediate path of price. This indicator includes a Step Line option that plots the closing price. This mimics the "Last Price" feed seen in DOM-based software, allowing you to see exactly where price held or broke.
2. Features
Smart Filtering: Filters out low-volume noise. You only see bubbles when "Whales" or significant liquidity changes occur.
Visual Customization: Fully adjustable colors for Buy/Sell bubbles and the price line.
Alert System: Includes a built-in alert that triggers whenever a significant Aggressor Bubble appears, allowing you to be notified of high-activity moments instantly.
Clean Aesthetic: Optimized for Dark Mode/Black backgrounds.
3. How to Use
Chart Setup (Important): For the best experience, hide your standard candles. Go to Chart Settings > Symbol and uncheck Body, Borders, and Wick.
Settings: Set your background to Black.
Interpretation:
Breakouts: Look for large bubbles pushing price through a key level. This indicates strong momentum.
Absorptions: Look for large bubbles appearing at the top/bottom of a range without price follow-through. This often suggests a reversal (Passive limit orders absorbing the aggressive market orders).
4. Technical Disclosure & Limitations
Please note that TradingView Pine Script provides access to OHLCV (History) data, not historical Tick-by-Tick or Level 2 (Depth of Market) data. Therefore, this indicator is a simulation. The "Aggressor" side is derived from bar direction, and the bubbles represent executed volume per bar, not individual tick clusters. It is intended for visual analysis and identifying high-volume nodes relative to recent history.
Confluence Engine [BullByte]CONFLUENCE ENGINE
Multi-Factor Technical Analysis Framework
OVERVIEW
Confluence Engine is a multi-dimensional technical analysis framework that evaluates market conditions across five distinct analytical pillars simultaneously. Rather than relying on a single indicator or signal source, this tool synthesizes Structure, Momentum, Volume, Volatility, and Pattern analysis into a unified scoring system that identifies high-probability trading opportunities when multiple technical factors align.
The core philosophy behind this indicator stems from a fundamental observation: isolated signals frequently fail, but when multiple independent analytical methods agree, the probability of a successful trade increases substantially. This indicator was developed after extensive research into why traders often receive conflicting signals from different indicators on their charts, leading to analysis paralysis and poor decision-making.
THE PROBLEM AND SOLUTION
The Problem:
Most traders use multiple indicators independently, often receiving contradictory signals. One indicator says "buy" while another says "wait." This creates confusion and leads to missed opportunities, premature entries based on incomplete analysis, difficulty quantifying how strong a setup actually is, and inconsistent decision-making across different market conditions.
The Solution:
Confluence Engine addresses this by providing a single, unified score (0-100) that represents the aggregate strength of a trading setup. Instead of mentally weighing five different indicators, traders receive a clear numerical score indicating setup quality, visual tier classification (ULTRA, HIGH, STANDARD), specific identification of which factors are strong or weak, and actionable guidance on what to watch for next.
THE FIVE ANALYTICAL DIMENSIONS
Each dimension was selected because it measures a fundamentally different aspect of market behavior:
STRUCTURE ANALYSIS
Evaluates price position relative to key levels and recent swing points. Markets respect structure - previous highs, lows, and areas where price reversed. This dimension identifies when price interacts with these critical levels and measures the quality of that interaction.
What it detects: Price approaching or sweeping swing highs/lows, reclaim patterns after false breakouts, EMA alignment and trend structure, exhaustion after extended moves.
MOMENTUM ANALYSIS
Measures the underlying strength and direction of price movement. Strong moves are characterized by momentum preceding price. This dimension evaluates whether momentum supports the current price direction.
What it detects: Oversold/overbought conditions with reversal potential, momentum divergence states, directional movement strength (ADX-based), momentum shifts before price confirmation.
VOLUME ANALYSIS
Volume validates price movement. Significant moves require participation. This dimension measures current volume relative to recent averages to determine if market participants are genuinely committing to the move.
What it detects: Volume spikes confirming price action, below-average volume warning of weak moves, climactic volume at potential reversals, volume confirmation of rejection patterns.
VOLATILITY ANALYSIS
Markets alternate between compression (low volatility) and expansion (high volatility). This dimension identifies these phases and recognizes when compression is likely to resolve into directional movement.
What it detects: Volatility squeeze conditions (Bollinger inside Keltner), squeeze release direction, ATR expansion indicating breakout potential, compression duration for timing breakouts.
PATTERN ANALYSIS
Candlestick patterns reflect the battle between buyers and sellers within each bar. This dimension evaluates the quality and context of reversal and continuation patterns.
What it detects: Engulfing patterns with quality scoring, hammer and shooting star formations, rejection wicks indicating trapped traders, pattern confluence with other factors.
WHAT MAKES THIS INDICATOR ORIGINAL Not a mashup
This is NOT a mashup of indicators displayed together. The Confluence Engine represents an integrated analytical framework with the following unique characteristics:
Unified Scoring System: All five dimensions feed into a proprietary scoring algorithm that weights and combines their signals. The output is a single 0-100 score, not five separate readings.
Multi-Factor Gate: Beyond just scoring, the system requires a minimum number of factors to be "active" (meeting their individual thresholds) before allowing signals. This prevents signals based on one extremely strong factor masking four weak ones.
Regime-Aware Adjustments: The engine detects the current market regime (trending, ranging, volatile, weak) and automatically adjusts factor weights and score multipliers. A structure signal means something different in a trending market versus a ranging market.
Adaptive Risk Management: Take-profit and stop-loss levels are not static. They adapt based on current volatility, market regime, and signal quality - providing tighter targets in low-volatility environments and wider targets when volatility expands.
Liquidity Sweep Detection: A distinctive feature that identifies when price has swept beyond a swing high/low and then reclaimed back inside. This pattern often indicates stop hunts followed by reversals.
Signal Quality Tiers: Rather than just "signal" or "no signal," the engine classifies setups into tiers. ULTRA (80+) represents highest probability setups with all factors aligned. HIGH (70-79) represents strong setups with multiple factors confirming. STANDARD meets minimum threshold for acceptable setups.
HOW THE SCORING WORKS
Each of the five factors generates a raw score from 0-100 based on current market conditions. These raw scores are then weighted according to the selected trading style (Balanced, Scalper, Swing, Range, Trend), adjusted based on current market regime detection, modified by higher timeframe alignment (if enabled), bonused when multiple factors exceed their activation thresholds simultaneously, and multiplied by session factors (if session filter is enabled).
The result is a final Bull Score and Bear Score, each ranging from 0-100, representing the current strength of long and short setups respectively.
Signal Generation Requirements:
- Score meets minimum threshold (configurable: 60-95)
- Required number of factors are "active" (default: 3 of 5)
- Market regime is not blocked (if blocking enabled)
- Higher timeframe alignment passes (if required)
- Cooldown period from last signal has elapsed
UNDERSTANDING THE DASHBOARDS
Main Dashboard (Top Right)
The main dashboard displays real-time scores and market context:
LONG Score - Current bullish setup strength (0-100) with quality tier displayed
SHORT Score - Current bearish setup strength (0-100) with quality tier displayed
Regime - Current market state showing TREND UP, TREND DN, VOLATILE, RANGE, or WEAK
HTF - Higher timeframe alignment showing BULL, BEAR, NEUT, or OFF
Squeeze - Volatility state showing SQZ (in squeeze), REL+ (bullish release), REL- (bearish release), or NORM
Gate - Factor count versus requirement, for example 4/3 means 4 factors active with 3 required
Sweep L/S - Liquidity sweep status for long and short setups
ATR% - Current ATR as percentile of recent range indicating relative volatility
Vol - Current volume relative to 20-period average
R:R - Current risk-reward ratio based on adaptive TP/SL calculations
Trade - Active trade status and unrealized profit/loss percentage
Analysis Dashboard (Bottom Left)
The analysis dashboard provides actionable guidance:
Signal Readiness - Visual progress bars showing how close each direction is to generating a signal
Blocking Factors - Identifies which specific factor is weakest and preventing signals
Recommended Action - Context-aware guidance such as WATCH, WAIT, MANAGE, or SCAN
Watch For - Specific events to monitor for setup completion
Opportunity Level - Overall market opportunity rating from EXCELLENT to VERY POOR
Timing - Contextual timing guidance based on current conditions
Status Bar (Bottom Center)
Compact view displaying Long Score, Gate Status, Current State, Gate Status, and Short Score in a single row for quick reference.
Dashboard Size - Auto Mode Explained
When Dashboard Size is set to "Auto", the indicator intelligently adjusts text size based on your current chart timeframe to optimize readability:
Auto-Sizing Logic:
1-Minute to 5-Minute Charts → Tiny
- Lower timeframes show more bars on screen
- Tiny text prevents dashboard from obscuring price action
- Recommended for scalping and high-frequency monitoring
15-Minute Charts → Small
- Balanced size for intraday trading
- Readable without being intrusive
1-Hour to Daily Charts → Normal
- Standard size for most trading styles
- Optimal readability for swing trading
Weekly and Monthly Charts → Large
- Larger text for position trading
- Fewer bars visible so space is available
Manual Override:
You can override auto-sizing for any dashboard individually:
- Dashboard Size (All): Sets master size applied to all dashboards
- Main Dashboard Size: Override for top-right dashboard specifically
- Analysis Panel Size: Override for bottom-left panel specifically
- Status Bar Size: Override for bottom-center bar specifically
Example Use Case:
Trading on 5m chart (default = Tiny) but you have good eyesight and large monitor:
- Set "Dashboard Size (All)" to "Small" or "Normal" for better readability
- Individual dashboards will use your override instead of auto-sizing
Recommendation:
Start with Auto mode and only adjust if dashboards are too large or too small for your monitor/eyesight.
UNDERSTANDING SIGNAL LABELS
When a signal generates, a label appears with trade information:
Minimal Style Example:
LONG 85
Shows tier icon, direction, and score only.
Detailed Style Example:
ULTRA LONG
Score: 85
Entry: 50250.50
TP1: 50650.25
TP2: 51500.75
SL: 49850.25
R:R 1:2.5
Regime: TREND UP
HTF: BULL
Tier Icons Explained:
indicates ULTRA quality with score 80 or higher
indicates HIGH quality with score between 70 and 79
indicates STANDARD quality with score meeting minimum threshold
UNDERSTANDING TRADE ZONES
When a signal generates, visual elements appear on the chart:
Entry Line (Purple) marks the entry price level
TP1 Line (Blue Dashed) marks the first take-profit target
TP2 Line (Cyan Dashed) marks the final take-profit target
SL Line (Orange Dotted) marks the stop-loss level
Trade Zone Box shows shaded area from SL to TP2
These elements extend forward as price progresses. When TP1 is hit, its line becomes solid to indicate achievement. When the trade completes at either TP2 or SL, all elements are cleaned up and the entry label converts to a compact ghost label for historical reference.
Exit Labels Explained:
+X.XX% indicates first target reached with partial profit secured
+X.XX% indicates full target reached with maximum profit achieved
-X.XX% indicates stop-loss triggered
TP1 Hit, SL... indicates stopped out after TP1 was already hit (optional display)
OPPOSITE SIGNAL HANDLING
When market conditions shift dramatically, the engine may generate a signal in the opposite direction while an existing trade is active. This represents a significant change in confluence and is handled automatically:
Automatic Trade Reversal Process:
1. Detection: New signal triggers opposite to current trade direction (e.g., SHORT signal while LONG trade is active)
2. Current Trade Closure:
- All visual elements (entry line, TP/SL lines, trade zone) are deleted
- Current trade is marked as closed
3. Entry Label Conversion:
- The detailed entry label is converted to a compact ghost label
- Ghost label shows direction + score (e.g., "LONG 75")
- Marked with "OPP" outcome to indicate opposite signal closure
- Moved to a non-interfering position below/above price
4. New Trade Initialization:
- Fresh entry label created for new direction
- New TP1, TP2, SL levels calculated based on new signal quality
- Trade zone and price lines drawn for new trade
Example Scenario:
You enter a LONG trade at score 72. Price moves sideways for 8 bars, then market structure breaks down. Confluence shifts heavily bearish with a sweep reclaim bear + momentum + volume spike, generating a SHORT signal at score 81. The engine automatically:
- Closes the LONG trade
- Converts "LONG 72" entry label to a small ghost label
- Opens new SHORT trade at current price
- Displays new SHORT entry label with full trade details
Trading Implication:
This behavior ensures the engine is always aligned with the highest-probability direction based on current confluence. It prevents you from holding a position when all five factors have flipped against you.
Note: This does NOT happen for every small score change. The opposite signal must meet all signal generation requirements (minimum score, gate pass, regime check, HTF alignment) before triggering. Typically occurs during strong trend reversals or major support/resistance breaks.
EXAMPLE TRADE : LONG
Instrument and Exchange: Bitcoin / TetherUS (BTC/USDT) on Binance
Timeframe: 5-minute
Timestamp: Nov 27, 2025 12:39 UTC
Indicator Script: Confluence Engine v1.0
Trade Type: Long (Example Trade)
Setting Used: Default
Signal Details:
- Tier: HIGH
- Score: 70
- Entry Price: 90040.70
- TP1 Target: 90868.63
- TP2 Target: 92110.52
- Stop Loss: 89325.94
- Risk Reward: 1:2.9
Trade Outcome:
- TP1 hit after 12 bars (+0.95%)
- TP2 hit after 28 bars (+2.85%)
- Total gain: +2.85% on full position
EXAMPLE TRADE : SHORT with Dashboard Explanation and interpretation
Instrument and Exchange: Ethereum / U.S. Dollar (ETH/USD) — Coinbase
Timeframe: 1-hour
Timestamp (screenshot): Nov 28, 2025 16:41 UTC
Indicator Script: Confluence Engine v1.0
Trade Type: Short (Example Trade)
Setting Used: Default
Signal Details
-Tier: STANDARD (STD)
-Score: 64
-Entry Price: 3037.26
-TP1 Target: 2981.61 (-55.65 pts)
-TP2 Target: 2898.12 (-139.14 pts)
-Stop Loss: 3099.79 (+62.53 pts)
-Risk:Reward: ≈ 1 : 2.2 (TP2/SL)
-Market Context at Signal
-Regime: TREND UP (contextual regime at time of signal) — mixed environment for shorts
-HTF Alignment: OFF (no higher-timeframe confirmation)
-Gate Status: 3 / 3 (minimum factor groups active — gate passed)
-Squeeze Status: NORM (no active compression breakout)
-Volume: ~1.8× average (elevated participation)
-ATR%: 57% (elevated volatility)
Analysis Dashboard Reading (what the user sees)
-Long Readiness: Needs +36 points to qualify.
-Short Readiness: Needs +11 points to qualify (closer but not auto-entering).
-Blocking Factors: Structure = 0 — the single decisive blocker preventing fresh signals.
-Opportunity Level: VERY POOR (roughly 20 / 100) — low quality environment for adding positions.
-Timing: Wait for better setup (do not add new positions).
-Trade Outcome (screenshot moment)
-Trade state: Active SHORT (opened earlier).
-Live P&L (snapshot): +0.14% (managing trade).
-TP1/TP2: Targets shown on chart (TP1 2981.61, TP2 2898.12). Not closed yet at screenshot.
-Visuals: Entry label, TP/SL lines and trade zone are displayed and being extended while trade is active.
Interpretation
The engine produced a standard short (Score 64) while the market showed elevated volume and volatility but no HTF confirmation. Although the Gate passed (3/3), Structure = 0 blocks the indicator from issuing fresh entries — this is intentional and by design: one missing factor (structure) is enough to prevent new signals even when other factors look supportive. The currently open short is being managed (partial targets and SL visible), but the system's recommendation is to manage the existing trade only and not open new shorts until structure or HTF alignment improves.
Why this example matters (teaching point)
-Gate ≠ Go: Gate pass (factor count) alone does not force fresh trades — the system enforces additional checks (structure, regime, HTF) to avoid lower-quality setups.
-Volume & Volatility are necessary but not sufficient: High volume and wide ATR create movement but do not replace structural validation.
-Active trade vs new entries: The script will continue to manage an already open trade but will not create a new signal while a blocking factor remains. This prevents overtrading and reduces false positives.
-Practical trader actions shown by the example
-Manage existing SHORT only: Trail to breakeven if TP1 is taken; scale out at TP1; hold remaining if price respects trend and structure reclaims.
-Do not add fresh positions: Wait for Structure > 0 or a HTF alignment that lifts the block.
-Watch for signals that matter: Sweep reclaim, HTF alignment turning bullish for shorts (i.e., HTF changes to BEAR), or a squeeze release with volume spike — these can clear the blocker and validate new entries.
RECOMMENDED TIMEFRAMES
For Scalping on 1m, 5m, or 15m charts: Use higher factor thresholds and shorter cooldowns. The faster pace requires stricter filtering.
For Day Trading on 15m, 30m, or 1H charts: This provides a balance of signal frequency and reliability suitable for most active traders.
For Swing Trading on 1H, 4H, or Daily charts: Expect higher quality signals with longer hold periods and fewer false signals.
For Position Trading on Daily or Weekly charts: Focus on ULTRA signals only for maximum conviction on longer-term positions.
Higher Timeframe Alignment Recommendations:
When trading 5m, use 1H as your HTF
When trading 15m, use 1H or 4H as your HTF
When trading 1H, use 4H or Daily as your HTF
When trading 4H, use Daily as your HTF
The general rule is to select an HTF that is 4 to 12 times your trading timeframe.
TRADING STYLE PRESETS
Balanced (Default)
Equal weighting across all five factors at 20% each. Suitable for most market conditions and recommended as starting point.
Scalper
Emphasizes Volume at 30% and Volatility at 30%. Designed for quick in-and-out trades on lower timeframes where immediate momentum and volatility expansion matter most.
Swing Trader
Emphasizes Structure at 30% and Momentum at 30%. Focuses on catching larger moves where trend direction and key levels are paramount.
Range Trader
Emphasizes Structure at 35% and Pattern at 25%. Optimized for sideways markets where support/resistance levels and reversal patterns dominate.
Trend Follower
Emphasizes Momentum at 40%. Designed for trending markets where staying with the dominant direction is the priority.
QUALITY MODE SETTINGS
Custom Mode
Set your own minimum score threshold. Lower thresholds between 60 and 65 generate more signals but with lower average quality. Higher thresholds of 75 or above generate fewer but higher-quality signals.
High Quality Mode
Uses minimum score of 70. Recommended for most users as it filters out marginal setups while still providing reasonable signal frequency.
Ultra Only Mode
Uses minimum score of 80 for maximum selectivity. Only the highest-conviction setups generate signals. Recommended for swing and position traders or during uncertain market conditions.
REGIME DETECTION
The engine continuously evaluates market conditions and classifies them into five states:
TREND UP
Characteristics: Strong ADX reading with EMAs aligned in bullish order
Trading Implications: Long signals receive score boost while short signals are suppressed. Momentum factor gains additional weight.
TREND DN
Characteristics: Strong ADX reading with EMAs aligned in bearish order
Trading Implications: Short signals receive score boost while long signals are suppressed. Momentum factor gains additional weight.
VOLATILE
Characteristics: High ATR percentile, wide Bollinger Bands, elevated volume
Trading Implications: Both directions remain viable but wider stops are recommended. Volume factor gains additional weight.
RANGE
Characteristics: Low ADX reading, narrow Bollinger Bands, low ATR percentile
Trading Implications: Structure signals are emphasized while momentum signals are suppressed. Pattern recognition becomes more important.
WEAK
Characteristics: Unclear or mixed conditions that do not fit other categories
Trading Implications: Reduced confidence in all signals. Consider waiting for clearer market conditions.
Filter Mode Options:
Off - Regime is detected and displayed but no score adjustments are applied
Adjust Scores - Automatically modifies factor weights based on current regime
Block Weak Regimes - Prevents signals from generating when regime is RANGE or WEAK
VOLATILITY SQUEEZE DETECTION
A volatility squeeze occurs when Bollinger Bands contract inside the Keltner Channel, indicating reduced volatility and potential energy building for a breakout.
Squeeze States Explained:
SQZ with bar count (example: SQZ 15)
Indicates currently in squeeze for the displayed number of bars. A score penalty is applied during this phase because compression represents uncertainty about direction.
REL+ (Release Bullish)
Indicates squeeze has released with price above the basis line. Score bonus is applied for long setups as this often precedes strong upward moves.
REL- (Release Bearish)
Indicates squeeze has released with price below the basis line. Score bonus is applied for short setups as this often precedes strong downward moves.
NORM (Normal)
No active squeeze detected. Standard scoring applies.
Trading Implication:
Squeeze releases often produce strong directional moves. The engine detects both the squeeze duration and the release direction, awarding bonus points to signals that align with the release. Longer squeeze duration often corresponds to more powerful breakouts.
LIQUIDITY SWEEP DETECTION
Markets often sweep beyond obvious support and resistance levels to trigger stops before reversing. The engine detects these patterns:
Bullish Sweep Reclaim
Price sweeps below recent swing low, triggering stop losses, then reclaims back above the swing low. This often indicates smart money accumulation after retail stops are collected.
Bearish Sweep Reclaim
Price sweeps above recent swing high, triggering stop losses, then reclaims back below the swing high. This often indicates smart money distribution after retail stops are collected.
Sweep Status in Dashboard:
RCL (Reclaim) - Reclaim has been confirmed. This receives highest structure score as the pattern is complete.
PND (Pending) - Sweep has occurred and price is near the level but full reclaim not yet confirmed. Watching for completion.
ACT (Active) - Sweep is currently in progress with price beyond the swing level.
Dash (-) - No sweep activity detected.
MULTI-FACTOR GATE SYSTEM
Beyond overall score, the engine counts how many individual factors meet their activation threshold.
Example Calculation:
Structure score 45 with threshold 35 equals ACTIVE
Momentum score 25 with threshold 30 equals INACTIVE
Volume score 50 with threshold 35 equals ACTIVE
Volatility score 40 with threshold 30 equals ACTIVE
Pattern score 35 with threshold 30 equals ACTIVE
Result: 4 of 5 factors are active
If minimum required factors is set to 3, this example passes the gate and receives a 4-factor bonus.
Gate Bonuses:
4 factors active adds 8 points to final score (default setting)
5 factors active adds 15 points to final score (perfect confluence)
Purpose:
This mechanism prevents scenarios where one extremely high factor score masks four weak factors. A score of 75 with only 2 active factors is less reliable than a score of 70 with 4 active factors.
ADAPTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT
Take-profit and stop-loss distances adjust dynamically based on three inputs:
Volatility Influence (default 40% weight)
Low ATR percentile produces tighter targets
High ATR percentile produces wider targets
This ensures stops are not too tight in volatile conditions or too wide in calm conditions.
Regime Influence (default 30% weight)
Trending market with aligned signal produces extended targets
Ranging market produces contracted targets
Volatile regime produces wider stops for protection
Score Influence (default 30% weight)
ULTRA signals (high conviction) receive extended targets
STANDARD signals receive standard targets
Higher conviction justifies larger profit expectations.
You can configure the weight of each influence in settings to match your trading style.
SESSION FILTER (Optional Feature)
When enabled, the engine applies score multipliers based on the trading session:
Asian Session (default 0.9x multiplier)
Characterized by lower volatility and ranging tendency. Score reduction reflects reduced opportunity.
London Session (default 1.1x multiplier)
Characterized by high volatility and trend initiation. Score boost reflects increased opportunity.
London/NY Overlap (default 1.2x multiplier)
Characterized by highest liquidity and strongest moves. Maximum score boost reflects peak trading conditions.
New York Session (default 1.05x multiplier)
Characterized by volatility but typically after initial moves have occurred.
Configure your UTC offset in settings to align session detection with your chart timezone.
ALERT SYSTEM
The indicator provides comprehensive alerts with dynamic data:
Signal Alerts:
- ULTRA Long Signal with full trade details
- ULTRA Short Signal with full trade details
- HIGH Long Signal with key levels
- HIGH Short Signal with key levels
- Any Long Signal with basic info
- Any Short Signal with basic info
Trade Management Alerts:
- TP1 Reached with profit percentage
- TP2 Full Target with total profit
- Stop Loss Hit with loss percentage and status
Technical Event Alerts:
- Squeeze Release
- Liquidity Sweep
- Perfect Confluence
- Regime Change
All alerts include actual calculated values such as score, entry price, target levels, stop level, and risk-reward ratio at the time of trigger.
AUTOMATIC SETTINGS VALIDATION
The indicator performs comprehensive validation when first loaded on a chart. If configuration errors are detected, a warning label appears on the chart with specific guidance.
Critical Errors (Prevent Signal Generation):
ULTRA threshold must exceed HIGH threshold
- Example error: HIGH = 75, ULTRA = 70
- Fix: Ensure ULTRA threshold is higher than HIGH threshold
- Default safe values: HIGH = 70, ULTRA = 80
Minimum factors cannot exceed 5
- The gate requires 3 to 5 factors (you cannot require 6 of 5 factors)
- Fix: Set minimum active factors to 3, 4, or 5
TP2 multiplier must exceed TP1 multiplier
- Example error: TP1 = 3.0 ATR, TP2 = 2.0 ATR
- Fix: Ensure TP2 (final target) is farther than TP1 (partial target)
- Default safe values: TP1 = 2.0, TP2 = 5.0
Swing lookback minimum is 3 bars
- Liquidity sweep detection requires at least 3 bars to identify swing highs/lows
- Fix: Increase swing lookback period to 3 or higher
ATR period minimum is 5 bars
- ATR calculation requires sufficient data for accuracy
- Fix: Increase ATR period to 5 or higher (14 recommended)
Higher timeframe must be larger than chart timeframe
- Example error: Trading on 1H chart with MTF set to 15m
- Fix: Select HTF that is 4-12x your chart timeframe
- Example: If trading 15m, use 1H or 4H as HTF
Warnings (Signal Generation Continues):
Score threshold below 50 generates many signals
- Lower thresholds increase signal frequency but reduce quality
- Recommendation: Use minimum 60 for active trading, 70+ for swing trading
Cooldown below 3 bars may cause signal clustering
- Very short cooldowns can produce multiple signals in quick succession
- Recommendation: Use 5+ bars for lower timeframes, 3+ for higher timeframes
Validation Label Display:
When errors are detected, a label appears at the top of the chart showing:
SETTINGS QUICK REFERENCE
Signal Quality Section:
Quality Mode: High Quality recommended for most users
Custom Minimum Score: Used when Quality Mode is set to Custom (range 30-95)
HIGH Threshold: Score required for HIGH tier classification (default 70)
ULTRA Threshold: Score required for ULTRA tier classification (default 80)
Regime Engine Section:
Enable Regime Detection: Activates automatic market state classification
Filter Mode: Off, Adjust Scores, or Block Weak Regimes
ADX Strong Threshold: ADX level indicating strong trend (default 25)
ADX Weak Threshold: ADX level indicating ranging conditions (default 15)
Show Regime Background: Displays subtle background color for current regime
Liquidity and Squeeze Section:
Enable Liquidity Sweep Detection: Activates sweep and reclaim pattern detection
Swing Lookback Period: Bars used to identify swing highs and lows (default 8)
Reclaim Threshold: Percentage of range price must reclaim after sweep (default 15%)
Enable Volatility Squeeze Detection: Activates Bollinger/Keltner squeeze detection
Keltner Channel Multiplier: Width multiplier for Keltner Channel (default 1.5)
Squeeze Penalty: Points subtracted during active squeeze (default 25)
Squeeze Release Bonus: Points added on squeeze release (default 20)
Enable Multi-Factor Gate: Requires minimum factors active before signaling
Minimum Active Factors: How many factors must meet threshold (default 3)
Individual Factor Thresholds: Customize activation threshold for each factor
4-Factor Bonus: Points added when 4 of 5 factors active (default 8)
5-Factor Bonus: Points added when all 5 factors active (default 15)
MTF Confluence Section:
Enable MTF Confluence: Activates higher timeframe trend analysis
Higher Timeframe: Select timeframe for trend alignment (recommend 4-12x chart TF)
Require HTF Alignment: Block signals opposing higher timeframe trend
Show HTF EMAs: Display higher timeframe EMA 21 and EMA 50 on chart
Trading Style Section:
Enable Style Weighting: Activates factor weight adjustments based on style
Trading Style: Balanced, Scalper, Swing Trader, Range Trader, or Trend Follower
Custom Weights: Individual weight sliders when fine-tuning is needed
Session Filter Section:
Enable Session Filter: Activates session-based score multipliers
Your UTC Offset: Your timezone offset for accurate session detection
Session Multipliers: Individual multipliers for Asian, London, New York, and Overlap sessions
Risk Parameters Section:
ATR Period: Period for Average True Range calculation (default 14)
TP1 ATR Multiple: First target distance as ATR multiple (default 2.0)
TP2 ATR Multiple: Final target distance as ATR multiple (default 5.0)
SL ATR Multiple: Stop loss distance as ATR multiple (default 2.0)
Enable Adaptive TP/SL: Activates dynamic adjustment based on conditions
Volatility Weight: Influence of ATR percentile on adaptive calculation (default 40%)
Regime Weight: Influence of market regime on adaptive calculation (default 30%)
Score Weight: Influence of signal score on adaptive calculation (default 30%)
Appearance Section:
Color Theme: Matrix (green/red), Dark (modern dark), or Light (clean light)
Label Detail: Minimal (score only), Standard (key info), or Detailed (full breakdown)
Dashboard Size Controls: Master size and individual overrides for each dashboard
Show Trade Zones: Display shaded box from SL to TP2 for active trades
Show TP/SL Labels: Display price labels on target and stop lines
Show Trailing Exit Labels: Display exit label when stopped after TP1 hit
Show Main Dashboard: Toggle main dashboard visibility (top right)
Show Analysis Dashboard: Toggle analysis panel visibility (bottom left)
Show Status Bar: Toggle compact status bar visibility (bottom center)
Performance Section:
Performance Mode: Reduces visual elements on lower timeframes automatically
Max Ghost Labels: Maximum historical signal labels to retain (default 50)
Signal Cooldown: Minimum bars between signals in same direction (default 5)
Enable Script Alerts: Controls whether alert() calls fire automatically (default ON)
- ON: Dynamic alerts with calculated values fire automatically
- OFF: alert() suppressed, alertcondition() still available for manual creation
- Use OFF when testing settings or monitoring multiple instruments visually
- Toggle per-chart for selective alert coverage across watchlist
Show Factor Markers: Display shapes on chart when 3, 4, or 5 factors align
Show Score Breakdown: Display detailed factor scores table in debug panel
Show Regime Debug: Display regime state and ADX value in debug panel
Show MTF Debug: Display higher timeframe status in debug panel
DEBUG MODE AND FACTOR MARKERS
The indicator includes optional debug tools for traders who want deeper insight into the scoring mechanics and factor analysis. These features are disabled by default to keep the chart clean but can be enabled in the Debug Mode settings group.
FACTOR MARKERS
When "Show Factor Markers" is enabled, visual shapes appear on the chart indicating confluence states:
Perfect Confluence (5/5 Factors Active)
A circle appears below the bar for bullish or above the bar for bearish setups. This represents maximum confluence where all five analytical dimensions meet their activation thresholds simultaneously. A small label showing "5/5" also appears. This is a rare occurrence and typically precedes the highest quality signals. Background color shifts to highlight this exceptional alignment.
Strong Confluence (4/5 Factors Active)
A diamond shape appears below the bar for bullish or above the bar for bearish setups. This represents strong confluence with four of five factors active. A label showing "4/5" appears when this state is first achieved. This level of confluence is associated with high-quality setups.
Ready Confluence (3/5 Factors Active)
A triangle appears below the bar (pointing up) for bullish or above the bar (pointing down) for bearish setups. This represents the minimum confluence level required when gate is set to 3 factors. No label appears for this level to reduce visual clutter.
Confluence Background
When factor markers are enabled, a subtle background color appears indicating the current confluence state. Stronger colors indicate higher confluence levels. Bullish confluence shows green tints while bearish confluence shows red tints.
Purpose of Factor Markers:
These markers help traders visualize when confluence is building before a signal triggers. You might see a 4/5 diamond appear one or two bars before the actual signal, giving you advance notice that conditions are aligning. This can help with preparation and timing.
DEBUG PANEL (Bottom Right)
When any debug option is enabled, a debug panel appears in the bottom right corner of the chart providing detailed scoring information.
Score Breakdown Table
When "Show Score Breakdown" is enabled, the panel displays:
Factor column showing Structure, Momentum, Volume, Volatility, and Pattern
Bull column showing raw score (0-100) for each bullish factor
Bear column showing raw score (0-100) for each bearish factor
Weight column showing current percentage weight for each factor
Below the factor rows :
FINAL row shows the calculated final Bull and Bear scores after all adjustments
Adj row shows total adjustments applied including gate bonus, squeeze adjustment, and exhaustion adjustment with positive or negative sign
This breakdown allows you to see exactly which factors are contributing to the score and which are lagging. If you notice Structure consistently low, you know to wait for better price positioning relative to swing levels.
Regime Debug
When "Show Regime Debug" is enabled, the panel displays:
Current regime state (TREND UP, TREND DN, VOLATILE, RANGE, WEAK)
Current ADX value driving the regime classification
This helps you understand why certain score adjustments are being applied and verify the regime detection is working as expected for current market conditions.
MTF Debug
When "Show MTF Debug" is enabled, the panel displays:
Current MTF alignment status (BULL, BEAR, NEUT)
The higher timeframe being analyzed
This confirms the higher timeframe data is being read correctly and shows you the trend bias from the larger timeframe perspective.
Using Debug Mode Effectively
For Learning: Enable all debug options when first using the indicator to understand how scores are calculated and what drives signal generation.
For Optimization: Use score breakdown to identify which factors are consistently weak in your chosen market and timeframe. This can inform whether to adjust factor thresholds or switch trading styles.
For Troubleshooting: If signals seem inconsistent, enable debug to see exactly what values the engine is working with. This helps identify if a specific factor is behaving unexpectedly.
For Live Trading: Disable debug features to keep chart clean and reduce visual distraction. The main dashboards provide sufficient information for trade execution.
Debug Settings Summary:
Show Factor Markers - Displays shapes on chart when 3, 4, or 5 factors align. Useful for seeing confluence build before signals trigger.
Show Score Breakdown - Displays detailed table with all raw factor scores, weights, and adjustments. Useful for understanding exactly how final score is calculated.
Show Regime Debug - Adds regime state and ADX value to debug panel. Useful for verifying regime detection accuracy.
Show MTF Debug - Adds higher timeframe status and timeframe to debug panel. Useful for confirming MTF data is loading correctly.
PERFORMANCE CONSIDERATIONS
On lower timeframes such as 1-minute and 5-minute charts, the indicator creates visual elements including labels, lines, and boxes that may impact performance on slower devices.
Performance Mode automatically reduces visual elements, optimizes calculation frequency, and limits historical ghost labels when enabled.
Configure Max Ghost Labels (default 50) to control how many historical signal labels are retained on the chart.
NON-REPAINTING DESIGN
Signal Integrity:
All entry and exit signals generate only on confirmed (closed) bars using barstate.isconfirmed checks. This ensures signals do not appear and disappear during bar formation.
Higher Timeframe Data:
MTF analysis uses request.security with lookahead disabled (barmerge.lookahead_off) to prevent future data from influencing current calculations.
Visual Elements:
Lines, boxes, and labels for active trades update in real-time for monitoring purposes but this visual updating does not affect signal generation logic. Entry decisions are made solely on confirmed bar data.
DISCLAIMER
Trading financial instruments involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. Past performance does not guarantee future results. This indicator is a technical analysis tool provided for educational purposes only. It does not constitute financial advice, trading recommendations, or solicitation to buy or sell any financial instrument.
The developer makes no representations regarding the accuracy of signals or the profitability of trading based on this indicator. Users assume full responsibility for their trading decisions and should conduct their own analysis before entering any trade.
Always use proper risk management. Never risk more than you can afford to lose. Consider consulting a qualified financial advisor before making trading decisions.
VERSION HISTORY
v1.0 - Initial Release
- Five-factor confluence scoring system
- Regime detection and automatic adaptation
- Liquidity sweep and reclaim detection
- Volatility squeeze state machine
- Multi-factor gate with bonus system
- Adaptive risk management
- Comprehensive alert system
- Three dashboard display panels
- Session filter with multipliers
- Multiple trading style presets
- Theme customization options
Developed by BullByte
Pine Script v6
2025
Pin Bar Highlighter//@version=5
indicator("Pin Bar Highlighter", overlay=true)
body = math.abs(close - open)
upperWick = high - math.max(open, close)
lowerWick = math.min(open, close) - low
bullPin = (lowerWick >= body * 2) and (close > open)
bearPin = (upperWick >= body * 2) and (close < open)
bullColor = color.rgb(10, 20, 80)
bearColor = color.rgb(255, 20, 150)
barcolor(bullPin ? bullColor : bearPin ? bearColor : na)
Aggressive ScalpingA high-precision intraday indicator designed for Nasdaq futures scalpers who need fast, reliable, and clean signals. This tool blends trend structure (Fast/Slow EMAs), volatility compression (ADX), momentum (RSI), and VWAP positioning to identify high-quality entries during the most active parts of the trading day.
Key Components
• EMA Trend Engine
Fast EMA vs Slow EMA alignment helps identify micro-trend direction and early momentum shifts.
• ADX Compression Filter
ADX below a user-defined threshold highlights low-trend, high-compression zones—ideal for quick scalps and mean-reversion entries. Background shading optionally highlights these squeeze periods.
• VWAP Context Filter
An optional VWAP filter ensures long signals only trigger above VWAP and short signals only below—improving directional quality during intraday sessions.
• RSI Extremes
RSI helps prevent taking late momentum entries near exhaustion levels (overbought/oversold).
Signal Conditions
Long Signal
• Fast EMA > Slow EMA
• RSI below overbought
• ADX < threshold (range/compression mode)
• Price above VWAP (optional filter)
Short Signal
• Fast EMA < Slow EMA
• RSI above oversold
• ADX < threshold
• Price below VWAP (optional filter)
Alerts fire automatically when Fast EMA crosses Slow EMA and conditions confirm.
QuantMotions - Smart Money BlocksSmart Money Blocks – Clean Edition is a minimalistic, high-precision Smart Money Concepts (SMC) tool designed for traders who want clean and reliable market structure signals without chart clutter.
This script detects and visualizes Order Blocks, Fair Value Gaps (FVGs), and Liquidity Levels using a strictly filtered, volume-based institutional logic.
Unlike many SMC indicators that overload the chart with noise, this version is built to stay fast, clean, and accurate — ideal for both scalpers and higher-timeframe traders.
🔍 Features
✔ Institutional Order Block Detection
• Identifies bullish and bearish order blocks
• Uses high-volume + price-displacement confirmation
• OBs extend forward and deactivate when broken
• Includes volume + tick range info-box
✔ Fair Value Gaps (FVG)
• Auto-detects bullish and bearish FVGs
• Marks imbalance zones until they are fully filled
• Clean, non-intrusive visualization
✔ Liquidity Levels
• Smart swing-high/swing-low liquidity detection
• Tracks touches to distinguish strong vs weak levels
• Marks support/resistance liquidity with labels only (no chart clutter)
⚙️ Clean & Minimal Design
This script is optimized for a clean workflow:
• No volume profile
• No BOS/CHOCH spam
• No unused SMC elements
• Only high-value SMC signals
• Clean color theme for dark charts
The goal is to provide only what matters, nothing more.
📈 Use Cases
• Smart Money / ICT style trading
• Scalping (1s – 1m)
• Intraday / London & New York session trading
• Swing trading
• Market structure analysis
• Liquidity and imbalance mapping
Whether you're identifying points of interest (POIs), building a bias, or mapping high-probability reaction zones — this tool helps you see structure clearly.
🔔 Alerts Included
• Order Block creation
• FVG creation
• Price touching an active Order Block
• Volume surge
• Institutional candle detection
• Structure break detection
Great for automation or bias confirmation.
🧠 Why This Script?
Many SMC indicators try to do everything — which often results in clutter, lag, and unreliable signals.
This edition focuses on precision, clarity, and real usability.
The logic is light, efficient, and suited for real-time execution on very fast charts.
📌 Note
This tool does not generate trade signals by itself.
It is designed as a market structure map for traders who already understand Smart Money principles such as:
• Displacement
• Imbalance
• Institutional candles
• OB mitigation
• Liquidity sweeps
Use it as part of your confluence system.
Kaufman Trend Navigator [QuantAlgo]🟢 Overview
The Kaufman Trend Navigator is an adaptive trend following system that combines efficiency-weighted price smoothing with volatility-adjusted bands to identify and track directional market movements. The indicator dynamically adjusts its sensitivity based on market conditions, becoming more responsive during trending periods and more conservative during consolidation. This dual-layer approach provides traders and investors with a systematic framework for trend identification, entry timing, and risk management across multiple timeframes and asset classes.
🟢 How It Works
The indicator employs an efficiency ratio mechanism that measures the directional movement of price relative to total price volatility over a defined lookback period. This ratio determines the adaptive response rate, allowing the system to distinguish between genuine directional moves and random market noise. When price exhibits strong directional characteristics, the internal smoothing accelerates to track the trend more closely. Conversely, during periods of low efficiency or choppy price action, the smoothing becomes more conservative to filter out false signals.
Volatility bands are constructed using normalized range measurements, creating dynamic upper and lower boundaries around the adaptive trend calculation. These bands expand and contract based on recent market volatility, providing context-dependent thresholds for trend validation. The trend line itself updates through a band-following logic where it tracks the relevant boundary based on the current directional bias, creating a stepping mechanism that maintains trend persistence while allowing for validated reversals.
The visual representation uses a gradient-weighted display to emphasize the primary trend line while maintaining clarity on price charts. Trend direction changes trigger when the internal logic confirms a boundary crossover, generating signals for potential position entries or exits. The system includes preset configurations calibrated for different trading timeframes, from responsive settings for scalping to smoother parameters suited for swing and position trading.
🟢 How to Use It
▶ Enter Long positions when the trend line transitions to Bullish (Green) coloring, which indicates upward directional bias has been established. Conversely, enter Short positions or exit Longs when the trend line shifts to Bearish (Red), which signals confirmed downward momentum.
The trend line itself can be used as dynamic support during uptrends and resistance during downtrends, providing logical areas for position management and stop placement. Price remaining above the line during bullish phases or below during bearish phases can also be used as a confirmation of trend strength and continuation probability.
▶ Built-in alert functionality provides real-time notifications for trend changes without requiring continuous chart monitoring. Configure alerts for Bullish Trend Signal to capture upward reversals, Bearish Trend Signal for downward shifts, or the general Trend Change alert to monitor both directions simultaneously. These alerts trigger only on confirmed trend transitions, reducing noise from intrabar fluctuations.
The indicator also includes six color presets (Classic, Aqua, Cosmic, Ember, Neon, Custom) to optimize visual clarity across different chart themes and lighting conditions. Select presets based on your monitor setup and background preference to ensure immediate trend recognition without visual strain. Bar coloring can be enabled to highlight trend direction directly on the price chart, eliminating the need to reference the trend line position during rapid market analysis.
🟢 Pro Tips for Trading and Investing
▶ Match the preset configuration (or your preferred settings) to your trading timeframe: use Fast Response for intraday charts (1-15 minutes), Default for swing trading (hourly to daily), and Smooth Trend for position trading (4-hour to weekly).
▶ Combine trend signals with volume analysis and market structure to filter lower-probability setups. During sideways markets, expect increased signal frequency with reduced reliability; consider waiting for the trend line to establish a clear slope before committing capital.
▶ Use the trend line as a trailing reference rather than a fixed stop level, allowing normal intrabar volatility while protecting against genuine reversals.
▶ For portfolio management, align position sizing with trend strength by observing the angle and consistency of the trend line progression.
GRAM SCALP_PDH/PDL/P.POC/P.VAL/P.VAH_9/21EMA)This is a simple scalping strategy for futures markets (e.g., MNQ/ES), designed for prop firm challenges that require consistency and good R/R. It focuses on intraday trades during NY session (9:30 ET onward), using bias, EMAs, and key levels from prior Globex session (18:00–17:00 ET).
Goal: Set-and-forget limit orders in bias direction, aiming for small, consistent wins.
Daily Bias (Trend Detection):
Based on the first 15-min candle (9:30–9:45 ET).
If close > open (green): LONG ONLY bias – background shades green, label says "LONG ONLY".
If close < open (red): SHORT ONLY bias – background shades red, label says "SHORT ONLY".
Trade only in bias direction to avoid counter-trend risks. No bias? Sit out.
EMAs for Entries/Confirmation:
9 EMA (orange): Fast line for short-term trend/pullbacks.
21 EMA (purple): Slower line for overall direction.
Entry idea: Wait for price to pull back to 9/21 EMA in bias direction, then enter on bounce/break (e.g., long above EMA on green bias).
Use as dynamic support/resistance – don't trade if price is far from EMAs.
Key Levels from Prior Session (Globex 18:00–17:00 ET):
PDH (Previous Day High): Gray line – potential resistance/target for longs.
PDL (Previous Day Low): Gray line – potential support/target for shorts.
Volume Profile (VP):
POC (Point of Control, orange): Highest volume price – strong magnet; price often returns here.
VAH (Value Area High, fuchsia circles): Top of 70% volume range – resistance; break above = bullish.
VAL (Value Area Low, fuchsia circles): Bottom of 70% volume range – support; break below = bearish.
Use levels for entries (e.g., bounce off VAL for long), stops (behind level), or targets (e.g., aim for POC/VAH).
Trading Rules:
Session: NY open (9:30 ET) to close (16:00 ET). Avoid news/high volatility.
Bias Only: After 9:45 ET, check label/color – trade longs on green, shorts on red.
Entries: Set limit orders at key levels/EMAs in bias direction. E.g., long bias: Buy limit at VAL or EMA pullback.
Risk Management:
Stop Loss: Behind nearest level (e.g., below VAL for long) or fixed 10-20 ticks.
Take Profit: 1:2 risk-reward or at next level (e.g., PDH/POC).
Position Size: 1-2% risk per trade; max 5 trades/day for prop rules.
Exits: Trail with EMAs or exit at EOD. No overnight holds.
Avoid: Choppy markets, gaps through levels, or no clear bias.
Why It Works:
Bias filters bad trades; EMAs confirm momentum; VP/PDH/PDL provide high-probability zones based on where volume/price settled overnight.
Simple, mechanical – ideal for prop challenges (rules on drawdown, consistency).
Backtest on 2-min charts; aim for 60%+ win rate on small scalps (5-20 ticks).
Customize in indicator settings (e.g., VP bin size, line colors). Test on demo before live. Not financial advice – trade at own risk.10 web pages
Universal Scalper Indicator [Crypto/Forex/Gold]Universal Scalper Pro is an all-in-one scalping system designed for the 15-Minute Timeframe. It automates the analysis of trend, volatility, and risk management into a single, high-contrast dashboard.
Unlike standard crossover indicators, this system filters out low-volatility "noise" using a built-in ADX engine and automatically calculates dynamic Stop Loss and Take Profit levels based on market volatility (ATR).
It is engineered to work universally on:
Crypto (BTC, ETH, SOL, Altcoins)
Commodities (Gold, Silver, Oil)
Forex (Major & Minor Pairs)
Stocks (High volume tech stocks like NVDA, TSLA)
📈 How It Works (The Strategy)
1. The Trend Engine (9/21 EMA) The core logic utilizes a Fast (9) and Slow (21) Exponential Moving Average crossover.
Bullish Signal: The 9 EMA crosses above the 21 EMA.
Bearish Signal: The 9 EMA crosses below the 21 EMA. This specific combination is chosen for its responsiveness to 15-minute intraday trends.
2. The Noise Filter (ADX > 15) To prevent "whipsaws" (fake signals during sideways markets), the script includes a Volatility Filter based on the Average Directional Index (ADX).
Signals are rejected if the ADX is below 15.
This ensures you only receive alerts when there is sufficient momentum to sustain a move.
3. Dynamic Risk Management (ATR) The script uses the Average True Range (ATR) to calculate Stop Loss and Take Profit levels that adapt to the specific asset's volatility.
Stop Loss: Placed at 1.5x ATR from the entry. (Tight enough to preserve capital, wide enough to survive standard market noise).
Take Profit: Placed at 2.0x ATR from the entry. (Provides a healthy 1:1.3 Risk/Reward ratio).
🚀 Key Features
Universal Dashboard: A bottom-right panel displays the live Trend Status, Entry Price, Stop Loss, and Take Profit. It automatically formats decimals for any asset (e.g., 2 decimals for Gold, 5 for Forex, 8 for Crypto).
"Sticky" Memory: The dashboard retains the prices of the last valid signal, allowing you to manage your trade even after the signal candle closes.
Trend Cloud: A visual Green/Red zone between the EMAs helps you instantly identify the market bias.
Unified Alerts: A single alert setup ("Any alert() function call") sends the Asset Name, Entry, SL, and TP directly to your phone.
🛠️ How to Use
Timeframe: Set your chart to 15 Minutes (15m).
Wait for the Signal: Look for the "BUY" (Green) or "SELL" (Red) label on the chart.
Check the Dashboard: Ensure the "STATUS" is BULLISH (for buys) or BEARISH (for sells). If the status says "WAIT", do not trade.
Execute: Enter the trade using the exact Stop Loss and Take Profit levels shown on the dashboard.
⚠️ Risk Disclaimer
Trading financial markets involves high risk and may not be suitable for all investors. This indicator is a technical analysis tool and does not constitute financial advice. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Always practice with a demo account before trading real capital.
3-EMA Ribbon Scalping System 3-EMA Ribbon Scalping System V2 - Trading Guide
Overview
This indicator combines a triple EMA ribbon with VWAP, RSI, and volume analysis to catch high-probability scalping setups for short pip hunting on highly liquid Forex pairs such as EUR/USD
The Core Strategy
The system waits for three conditions to align before firing a signal:
1. EMA Stack** - The 8/13/21 EMAs must be properly stacked (bullish: 8>13>21, bearish: 8<13<21)
2. VWAP Position** - Price needs to be on the right side of VWAP for the trade direction
3. Pullback Entry** - Price pulls back to test the fast EMA while maintaining the trend structure
When these line up with proper RSI readings and a volume spike, you get your entry signal.
Reading the Signals
LONG Entries
Triggered when:
- EMAs are bullishly stacked (green background)
- Price is above VWAP
- We get a pullback to the 8 EMA that holds
- RSI is between 40-70 (momentum present but not overbought)
- Volume exceeds the 20-period average by 1.2x
SHORT Entries
Mirror opposite conditions:
- Bearish EMA stack (red background)
- Price below VWAP
- Rejection at the 8 EMA
- RSI between 30-60
- Volume confirmation present
Risk Management Built In (freely adjustable to match your own approach when it comes to taking risk)
Each signal automatically calculates:
- Stop Loss: 1x ATR from entry
- Target 1: 1:1 risk/reward ratio
- *arget 2: 2:1 risk/reward ratio
You can display these as lines or labels, or turn them off entirely if you prefer your own levels.
Quick Setup Tips
Start with the default settings - they work well on most timeframes from 1-minute to 1-hour charts. The sweet spot for scalping is typically the 3-minute or 5-minute timeframe.
The info panel in the top right gives you a quick market snapshot without cluttering your chart:
- Trend direction
- VWAP position
- RSI value
- Volume status
- Current signal state
If you're getting too many signals, increase the "Min Bars Between Signals" to filter out choppy action. For cleaner charts during analysis, you can toggle off individual components like the ribbon, backgrounds, or signals.
Tips for Live Trading
1. Don't chase - Wait for price to come to the 8 EMA, not the other way around
2. Volume matters - That volume spike filter catches the moves with real momentum behind them
3. Respect the trend - The EMA stack keeps you trading with the flow, not against it
4. Use multiple timeframes - Check a higher timeframe for overall bias before taking signals
The indicator includes alerts that fire with exact entry, stop, and target levels - perfect for quick execution or logging trades.
Remember, this is a scalping system designed for active trading. It works best in trending markets with good volatility. During ranging or low-volume periods, consider sitting on your hands or reducing position size. Trade at your own risk, I created this solely for educational purposes!
Customization Options
Display Settings
- Show/hide EMA ribbon
- Toggle entry signals
- Background colors with adjustable opacity
- Info panel size options
- VWAP visibility
Technical Parameters
- EMA Settings: Adjustable lengths for fast (8), medium (13), and slow (21) EMAs
- RSI Settings: Customizable overbought/oversold levels and momentum thresholds
- Volume Settings: Multiplier for volume confirmation and MA length
- Risk Management: ATR multiplier for stops, customizable R:R ratios
Nearly everything is adjustable, but the defaults are solid. Focus on reading the market structure first before tweaking settings.
Visual Features
Background Colors
- Green: Bullish trend (EMAs stacked bullishly)
- Red: Bearish trend (EMAs stacked bearishly)
- Gray: Neutral/choppy conditions
Signal Styles
Choose between:
- Text labels
- Arrow markers
- Both combined
Stop Loss & Take Profit Display
Three modes available:
- None: No SL/TP visualization
- Current: Shows lines for active trade
- Labels: Displays small labels at price levels
Best Markets & Timeframes
Optimal Markets:
- Forex pairs (especially majors)
- Stock indices
- Liquid cryptocurrencies
- High-volume stocks
Alert System
Comprehensive alerts include:
- Entry signal notification
- Exact entry price
- Stop loss level with pip distance
- Take profit levels with pip distances
- Trade direction and symbol
Important Notes
- This is a "momentum-based scalping system" - not suitable for ranging markets
- Best results come from pairing with your understanding of key levels and market context
- The volume filter helps avoid false signals during low-liquidity periods
- Consider overall market conditions and news events before trading
Version Info
3-EMA Ribbon Scalping System
- Refined entry logic
- Improved visual clarity
- Enhanced risk management tools
- Optimized performance tracking
30s Model IndicatorThe Model
The 30s model is a NASDAQ (NQ) scalping strategy based on entries within 30-second fair-value gaps (FVGs), formed after liquidity is taken on a higher timeframe.
What the Indicator Does
The indicator identifies liquidity sweeps: swing highs/lows with at least "Left Pivot" bars to the left, capturing at least one prior swing high/low.
It then detects if a 30s FVG formed within "FVG Distance from Swing" bars of the latest liquidity-taking swing high/low.
If found, it verifies the FVG meets the "Minimum FVG Size" and that forming candles didn't hit the take-profit level.
When conditions match, the FVG is highlighted with entry, take-profit, and stop-loss lines, plus optional price labels. The appearance of all the elements can be customized in the indicator settings.
You can also setup alerts on the indicator that will trigger whenever a valid 30s is formed.
Error Conditions
Not running on 30s time-frame
Not using NQ, or MNQ
Time-Decay Liquidity Zones [BackQuant]Time-Decay Liquidity Zones
A dynamic liquidity map that turns single-bar exhaustion events into fading, color-graded zones, so you can see where trapped traders and unfinished business still matter, and when those areas have finally stopped pulling price.
What this is
This indicator detects unusually strong impulsive moves into wicks, converts them into supply or demand “zones,” then lets those zones decay over time. Each zone carries a strength score that fades bar by bar. Zones that stop attracting or rejecting price are gradually de-emphasized and eventually removed, while the most relevant areas stay bright and obvious.
Instead of static rectangles that live forever, you get a living liquidity map where:
Zones are born from objective criteria: volatility, wick size, and optional volume spikes.
Zones “age” using a configurable decay factor and maximum lifetime.
Zone color and opacity reflect current relative strength on a unified clear → green → red gradient.
Zones freeze when broken, so you can distinguish “active reaction areas” from “historical levels that have already given way”.
Conceptual idea
Large wicks with strong volatility often mark areas where aggressive orders met hidden liquidity and got absorbed. Price may revisit these areas to test leftover interest or to relieve trapped positions. However, not every wick matters for long. As time passes and more bars print, the market “forgets” some areas.
Time-Decay Liquidity Zones turns that idea into a rule-based system:
Find bars that likely reflect strong aggressive flows into liquidity.
Mark a zone around the wick using ATR-based thickness.
Assign a strength score of 1.0 at birth.
Each bar, reduce that score by a decay factor and remove zones that fall below a threshold or live too long.
Color all surviving zones from weak to strong using a single gradient scale and a visual legend.
How events are detected
Detection lives in the Event Detection group. The script combines range, wick size, and optional volume filters into simple rules.
Volatility filter
ATR Length — computes a rolling ATR over your chosen window. This is the volatility baseline.
Min range in ATRs — bar range (High–Low) must exceed this multiple of ATR for an event to be considered. This avoids tiny bars triggering zones.
Wick filters
For each bar, the script splits the candle into body and wicks:
Upper wick = High minus the max(Open, Close).
Lower wick = min(Open, Close) minus Low.
Then it tests:
Upper wick condition — upper wick must be larger than Min wick size in ATRs × ATR.
Lower wick condition — lower wick must be larger than Min wick size in ATRs × ATR.
Only bars with a sufficiently long wick relative to volatility qualify as candidate “liquidity events”.
Volume filter
Optionally, the script requires a volume spike:
Use volume filter — if enabled, volume must exceed a rolling volume SMA by a configurable multiplier.
Volume SMA length — period for the volume average.
Volume spike multiplier — how many times above the SMA current volume needs to be.
This lets you focus only on “heavy” tests of liquidity and ignore quiet bars.
Event types
Putting it together:
Upper event (potential supply / long liquidation, etc.)
Occurs when:
Upper wick is large in ATR terms.
Full bar range is large in ATR terms.
Volume is above the spike threshold (if enabled).
Lower event (potential demand / short liquidation, etc.)
Symmetric conditions using the lower wick.
How zones are constructed
Zone geometry lives in Zone Geometry .
When an event is detected, the script builds a rectangular box that anchors to the wick and extends in the appropriate direction by an ATR-based thickness.
For upper (supply-type) zones
Bottom of the zone = event bar high.
Top of the zone = event bar high + Zone thickness in ATRs × ATR.
The zone initially spans only the event bar on the x-axis, but is extended to the right as new bars appear while the zone is active.
For lower (demand-type) zones
Top of the zone = event bar low.
Bottom of the zone = event bar low − Zone thickness in ATRs × ATR.
Same extension logic: box starts on the event bar and grows rightward while alive.
The result is a band around the wick that scales with volatility. On high-ATR charts, zones are thicker. On calm charts, they are narrower and more precise.
Zone lifecycle, decay, and removal
All lifecycle logic is controlled by the Decay & Lifetime group.
Each zone carries:
Score — a floating-point “importance” measure, starting at 1.0 when created.
Direction — +1 for upper zones, −1 for lower zones.
Birth index — bar index at creation time.
Active flag — whether the zone is still considered unbroken and extendable.
1) Active vs broken
Each confirmed bar, the script checks:
For an upper zone , the zone is counted as “broken” when the close moves above the top of the zone.
For a lower zone , the zone is counted as “broken” when the close moves below the bottom of the zone.
When a zone breaks:
Its right edge is frozen at the previous bar (no further extension).
The zone remains on the chart, but is no longer updated by price interaction. It still decays in score until removal.
This lets you see where a major level was overrun, while naturally fading its influence over time.
2) Time decay
At each confirmed bar:
Score := Score × Score decay per bar .
A decay value close to 1.0 means very slow decay and long-lived zones.
Lower values (closer to 0.9) mean faster forgetting and more current-focused zones.
You are controlling how quickly the market “forgets” past events.
3) Age and score-based removal
Zones are removed when either:
Age in bars exceeds Max bars a zone can live .
This is a hard lifetime cap.
Score falls below Minimum score before removal .
This trims zones that have decayed into irrelevance even if their age is still within bounds.
When a zone is removed, its box is deleted and all associated state is freed to keep performance and visuals clean.
Unified gradient and color logic
Color control lives in Gradient & Color . The indicator uses a single continuous gradient for all zones, above and below price, so you can read strength at a glance without guessing what palette means what.
Base colors
You set:
Mid strength color (green) — used for mid-level strength zones and as the “anchor” in the gradient.
High strength color (red) — used for the strongest zones.
Max opacity — the maximum visual opacity for the solid part of the gradient. Lower values here mean more solid; higher values mean more transparent.
The script then defines three internal points:
Clear end — same as mid color, but with a high alpha (close to transparent).
Mid end — mid color at the strongest allowed opacity.
High end — high color at the strongest allowed opacity.
Strength normalization
Within each update:
The script finds the maximum score among all existing zones.
Each zone’s strength is computed as its score divided by this maximum.
Strength is clamped into .
This means a zone with strength 1.0 is currently the strongest zone on the chart. Other zones are colored relative to that.
Piecewise gradient
Color is assigned in two stages:
For strength between 0.0 and 0.5: interpolate from “clear” green to solid green.
Weak zones are barely visible, mid-strength zones appear as solid green.
For strength between 0.5 and 1.0: interpolate from solid green to solid red.
The strongest zones shift toward the red anchor, clearly separating them from everything else.
Strength scale legend
To make the gradient readable, the indicator draws a vertical legend on the right side of the chart:
About 15 cells from top (Strong) to bottom (Weak).
Each cell uses the same gradient function as the zones themselves.
Top cell is labeled “Strong”; bottom cell is labeled “Weak”.
This legend acts as a fixed reference so you can instantly map a zone’s color to its approximate strength rank.
What it plots
At a glance, the indicator produces:
Upper liquidity zones above price, built from large upper wick events.
Lower liquidity zones below price, built from large lower wick events.
All zones colored by relative strength using the same gradient.
Zones that freeze when price breaks them, then fade out via decay and removal.
A strength scale legend on the right to interpret the gradient.
There are no extra lines, labels, or clutter. The focus is the evolving structure of liquidity zones and their visual strength.
How to read the zones
Bright red / bright green zones
These are your current “major” liquidity areas. They have high scores relative to other zones and have not yet decayed. Expect meaningful reactions, absorption attempts, or spillover moves when price interacts with them.
Faded zones
Pale, nearly transparent zones are either old, decayed, or minor. They can still matter, but priority is lower. If these are in the middle of a long consolidation, they often become background noise.
Broken but still visible zones
Zones whose extension has stopped have been overrun by closing price. They show where a key level gave way. You can use them as context for regime shifts or failed attempts.
Absence of zones
A chart with few or no zones means that, under your current thresholds, there have not been strong enough liquidity events recently. Either tighten the filters or accept that recent price action has been relatively balanced.
Use cases
1) Intraday liquidity hunting
Run the indicator on lower timeframes (e.g., 1–15 minute) with moderately fast decay.
Use the upper zones as potential sell reaction areas, the lower zones as potential buy reaction areas.
Combine with order flow, CVD, or footprint tools to see whether price is absorbing or rejecting at each zone.
2) Swing trading context
Increase ATR length and range/wick multipliers to focus only on major spikes.
Set slower decay and higher max lifetime so zones persist across multiple sessions.
Use these zones as swing inflection areas for larger setups, for example anticipating re-tests after breakouts.
3) Stop placement and invalidation
For longs, place invalidation beyond a decaying lower zone rather than in the middle of noise.
For shorts, place invalidation beyond strong upper zones.
If price closes through a strong zone and it freezes, treat that as additional evidence your prior bias may be wrong.
4) Identifying trapped flows
Upper zones formed after violent spikes up that quickly fail can mark trapped longs.
Lower zones formed after violent spikes down that quickly reverse can mark trapped shorts.
Watching how price behaves on the next touch of those zones can hint at whether those participants are being rescued or squeezed.
Settings overview
Event Detection
Use volume filter — enable or disable the volume spike requirement.
Volume SMA length — rolling window for average volume.
Volume spike multiplier — how aggressive the volume spike filter is.
ATR length — period for ATR, used in all size comparisons.
Min wick size in ATRs — minimum wick size threshold.
Min range in ATRs — minimum bar range threshold.
Zone Geometry
Zone thickness in ATRs — vertical size of each liquidity zone, scaled by ATR.
Decay & Lifetime
Score decay per bar — multiplicative decay factor for each zone score per bar.
Max bars a zone can live — hard cap on lifetime.
Minimum score before removal — score cut-off at which zones are deleted.
Gradient & Color
Mid strength color (green) — base color for mid-level zones and the lower half of the gradient.
High strength color (red) — target color for the strongest zones.
Max opacity — controls the most solid end of the gradient (0 = fully solid, 100 = fully invisible).
Tuning guidance
Fast, session-only liquidity
Shorter ATR length (e.g., 20–50).
Higher wick and range multipliers to focus only on extreme events.
Decay per bar closer to 0.95–0.98 and moderate max lifetime.
Volume filter enabled with a decent multiplier (e.g., 1.5–2.0).
Slow, structural zones
Longer ATR length (e.g., 100+).
Moderate wick and range thresholds.
Decay per bar very close to 1.0 for slow fading.
Higher max lifetime and slightly higher min score threshold so only very weak zones disappear.
Noisy, high-volatility instruments
Increase wick and range ATR multipliers to avoid over-triggering.
Consider enabling the volume filter with stronger settings.
Keep decay moderate to avoid the chart getting overloaded with old zones.
Notes
This is a structural and contextual tool, not a complete trading system. It does not account for transaction costs, execution slippage, or your specific strategy rules. Use it to:
Highlight where liquidity has recently been tested hard.
Rank these areas by decaying strength.
Guide your attention when layering in separate entry signals, risk management, and higher-timeframe context.
Time-Decay Liquidity Zones is designed to keep your chart focused on where the market has most recently “cared” about price, and to gradually forget what no longer matters. Adjust the detection, geometry, decay, and gradient to fit your product and timeframe, and let the zones show you which parts of the tape still have unfinished business.
9/15 EMA Scalper 9/15 EMA Scalper — by uzairbaloch
This script is a price-action based scalping system built around the 9 EMA and 15 EMA trend structure.
It identifies short-term reversal points where the market pulls back into the EMAs and confirms direction with a strong candle signal.
The strategy looks for:
• A clear EMA trend (9 above 15 for buys, 9 below 15 for sells)
• Pullback into EMA9/EMA15 with candle bodies touching the fast EMA
• Strong confirmation candle (engulfing / strong momentum / controlled wick)
• Optional slope filter to avoid flat, choppy sessions
• Automatic trade labels showing Entry, SL and TP (based on R:R)
The script is designed for scalping on gold, indices, and high-volatility FX pairs.
It resets trade logic immediately after SL or TP is hit, so it can catch the next valid signal without delay.
This tool is meant as an indicator — not a full strategy — and can be used to visually mark high-probability EMA pullback setups with precise levels.
Author: uzairbaloch
TICK & ADD Market Internals SuiteOverview: This is the ultimate Market Internals tool designed for professional SPX/ES and NQ intraday traders.
Traders often monitor both TICK (for short-term timing) and ADD (for daily trend context). However, displaying them on the same chart is usually problematic due to their different scales (TICK ±1000 vs. ADD ±2000), causing chart compression.
Market Internals Suite solves this with a smart "Visual Scaling" algorithm, perfectly fusing TICK Candles and the ADD Line into a single, coherent pane.
Key Features
1.Hybrid Visualization:
· TICK (Foreground): Displayed as OHLC Candles to capture instant liquidity sweeps and wicks.
· ADD (Background): Displayed as a clean Line to show the underlying market breadth trend without clutter.
2.Smart Visual Scaling:
· To prevent chart distortion, the ADD line is visually scaled down (Default Ratio: 1.5).
· This aligns the ADD trend volatility with the TICK range, allowing you to instantly spot divergences or resonance between sentiment and trend.
3.Real-Time Data Dashboard:
· Never lose track of the actual numbers. A dashboard in the top-right corner displays the TRUE values for both TICK and ADD (unscaled).
· Customizable Text Size: You can adjust the dashboard font size (Small/Normal/Large/Huge) in the settings to fit your screen.
4.TICK Extreme Alerts:
· Visual Highlight: The chart background highlights (Green/Red) only when TICK hits the extreme ±1000 levels.
· The ADD line remains clean and alert-free to serve as a stable reference.
Strategy: Context + Timing:
1.Trend Resonance
When the ADD line trends upward and TICK candles consistently maintain levels above zero, it indicates a healthy, strong trend. This is a signal to look for trend-following long setups.
2.Divergence Analysis (The "Holy Grail" Signal)
This combination view makes spotting internal divergences incredibly easy:
· Bearish Divergence: When Price makes a New High, but the ADD line or TICK peaks make a Lower High. This suggests buying exhaustion beneath the surface and often precedes a reversal down.
· Bullish Divergence: When Price makes a New Low, but the ADD line or TICK lows make a Higher Low. This suggests that selling pressure is being absorbed, signaling a potential bounce or reversal up.
Liquidation Cascade Detector [QuantAlgo]🟢 Overview
The Liquidation Cascade Detector employs multi-dimensional microstructure analysis to identify forced liquidation events by synthesizing volume anomalies, price acceleration dynamics, and volatility regime shifts. Unlike conventional momentum indicators that merely track directional bias, this indicator isolates the specific market conditions where leveraged positions experience forced unwinding, creating asymmetric opportunities for mean reversion traders and market makers to take advantage of temporary liquidity imbalances.
These liquidation cascades manifest through various catalysts: overwhelming spot selling coupled with leveraged long liquidation forced unwinding creates downward spirals where organic sell pressure triggers margin calls, which generate additional selling that triggers more margin calls. Conversely, sudden large buy orders or coordinated buying can squeeze overleveraged shorts, forcing buy-to-cover orders that push price higher, triggering additional short stops in a self-reinforcing feedback loop. The indicator captures both scenarios, regardless of whether the initial catalyst is organic flow or forced liquidation.
For sophisticated traders/market makers deploying amplification strategies, this indicator serves as an early warning system for distressed order flow. By detecting the moments when cascading stop-losses and margin calls create self-reinforcing price movements, the system enables traders to: (1) identify forced participants experiencing capital pressure, (2) strategically add liquidity in the direction of panic flow to amplify displacement, (3) accumulate contra-positions during the overshoot phase, and (4) capture mean reversion profits as equilibrium pricing reasserts itself. This approach transforms destructive liquidation events into potential profit opportunities by systematically front-running and then fading coordinated forced selling/buying.
🟢 How It Works
The detection engine operates through a three-tier confirmation framework that validates liquidation events only when multiple independent market stress indicators align simultaneously:
► Tier 1: Volume Anomaly Detection
The system calculates bar-to-bar volume ratios to identify abnormal participation spikes characteristic of forced liquidations. The Volume Spike threshold filters for transactions where current volume significantly exceeds previous bar volume. When leveraged positions hit stop-losses or margin requirements, their simultaneous unwinding creates distinctive volume signatures absent during organic price discovery. This metric isolates moments when market makers face one-sided order flow from distressed participants unable to control execution timing, whether triggered by whale orders absorbing liquidity or cascading margin calls creating relentless directional pressure.
► Tier 2: Price Acceleration Measurement
By comparing current bar's absolute body size against the previous bar's movement, the algorithm quantifies momentum acceleration. The Price Acceleration threshold identifies scenarios where price velocity increases dramatically, a hallmark of cascading liquidations where each stop-loss triggers additional stops in a feedback loop. This calculation distinguishes between gradual trend development (irrelevant for amplification attacks) and explosive moves driven by forced order flow requiring immediate liquidity provision. The metric captures both panic selling scenarios where spot sellers overwhelm bid liquidity triggering long liquidations, and short squeeze dynamics where aggressive buying exhausts offer-side depth forcing short covering.
► Tier 3: Volatility Expansion Analysis
The indicator measures bar range expansion by computing the current high-low range relative to the previous bar. The Volatility Spike threshold captures regime shifts where intrabar price action becomes erratic, evidence that market depth has evaporated and order book imbalance is driving price. Combined with body-to-range analysis indicating strong directional conviction, this metric confirms that volatility expansion reflects genuine liquidation pressure rather than random noise or low-volume chop.
*Supplementary Confirmation Metrics
Beyond the three primary detection tiers, the system analyzes additional candle characteristics that distinguish genuine liquidation events from ordinary volatility:
► Candle Strength: Measures the ratio of candle body size to total bar range. High readings (above 60%) indicate strong directional conviction where price moved decisively in one direction with minimal retracement. During liquidations, distressed traders execute market orders that drive price aggressively without the normal back-and-forth of balanced trading. Strong-bodied candles with minimal wicks confirm forced participants are accepting any available price rather than attempting to minimize slippage, validating that observed volume and price acceleration stem from liquidation pressure rather than routine trading.
► Volume Climax: Identifies when current volume reaches the highest level within recent history. Climax volume events mark terminal liquidation phases where maximum panic or squeeze intensity occurs. These extreme participation spikes typically represent the final wave of forced exits as the last remaining stops are triggered or the final shorts capitulate. For mean reversion traders, volume climax signals provide optimal reversal entry timing, as they mark maximum displacement from equilibrium when all forced sellers/buyers have been exhausted.
*Directional Classification
The system categorizes cascades into two actionable classes:
1. Short Liquidation (Bullish Cascade): Upward price movement combined with cascade patterns equals forced short covering. This occurs when aggressive spot buying (often from whales placing large market orders) or coordinated buy programs exhaust available offer liquidity, spiking price upward and triggering clustered short stop-losses. Short sellers experiencing margin pressure must buy-to-close regardless of price, creating artificial demand spikes that compound the initial buying pressure. The combination of organic buying and forced covering creates explosive upward moves as each liquidated short adds buy-side pressure, triggering additional shorts in a self-reinforcing loop. Market makers can amplify this by lifting offers ahead of forced buy orders, then selling into the exhaustion at elevated levels.
2. Long Liquidation (Bearish Cascade): Downward price movement combined with cascade patterns equals forced long liquidation. This manifests when heavy spot selling (panic sellers, large institutional unwinds, or coordinated distribution) overwhelms bid-side liquidity, breaking through support levels where long stop-losses cluster. Over-leveraged longs facing margin calls must sell-to-close at any price, generating artificial supply waves that compound the initial selling pressure. The dual force of organic selling coupled with forced long liquidation creates downward spirals where each margin call triggers additional margin calls through further price deterioration. Amplification opportunities exist by hitting bids ahead of panic selling, accumulating long positions during the capitulation, and reversing as sellers exhaust.
🟢 How to Use
1. For Mean Reversion Traders
When the indicator highlights a short liquidation cascade (green background), this signals that shorts are experiencing forced buy-to-cover pressure, often initiated by whale bids or aggressive spot buying that triggered the squeeze. Mean reversion traders can interpret this as a temporary upward dislocation from fair value. As the dashboard shows declining momentum metrics and the cascade highlighting stops, this represents a potential fade opportunity. Enter short positions expecting price to revert back toward pre-cascade levels once the forced buying exhausts and the initial large buyer completes their accumulation.
When a long liquidation cascade triggers (red background), longs are undergoing forced sell-to-close liquidation, typically catalyzed by overwhelming spot selling that breached key support levels. This creates artificial downward pressure disconnected from fundamental value, as margin-driven forced selling compounds organic sell flow. Mean reversion traders wait for the cascade to complete (dashboard transitions from active liquidation status to neutral), then enter long positions anticipating snap-back toward equilibrium pricing as panic subsides and forced sellers are exhausted.
You can also monitor the dashboard's Volume Climax indicator. When it displays "YES" during an active cascade, this suggests the liquidation is reaching its terminal phase, whether driven by the final shorts being squeezed out or the last leveraged longs capitulating. Mean reversion entries become highest probability at this point, as maximum displacement from fair value has occurred. Wait for the next 1-3 bars after climax confirmation, then enter contra-trend positions with tight stops.
The Candle Strength metric also helps validate entry timing. When candle strength readings drop significantly after maintaining elevated levels during the cascade, this divergence indicates absorption is occurring. Market makers are stepping in to provide liquidity, supporting your mean reversion thesis. Strong candle bodies during the cascade followed by weaker bodies signal the forced flow is diminishing.
2. For Momentum & Trend Following Traders
When price breaks through a significant resistance level and immediately triggers a short liquidation cascade (green background), this confirms breakout validity through forced participation. Shorts positioned against the breakout are now experiencing margin pressure from the combination of breakout momentum and potential whale buying, creating self-reinforcing buying that propels price higher. Enter long positions during the cascade or immediately after, as the forced covering provides fuel for extended momentum continuation.
Conversely, when price breaks below key support and triggers a long liquidation cascade (red background), the breakdown is validated by forced selling from trapped longs. Heavy spot selling coupled with margin liquidations creates accelerated downside momentum as liquidations cascade through clustered stop-loss levels. Enter short positions as the cascade develops, riding the combined force of organic selling and forced liquidation for extended trend moves.
3. For Sophisticated Traders & Market Makers
► Amplification Attack Execution
Sophisticated operators can exploit cascades through systematic amplification positioning. When a short liquidation is detected (green highlight activating), often initiated by whale bids absorbing offer liquidity, place aggressive buy orders to front-run and amplify the forced short covering. This exacerbates upward pressure, pushing price further from equilibrium and triggering additional clustered stops. Simultaneously begin accumulating short positions at these artificially elevated levels. As dashboard metrics indicate cascade exhaustion (volume spike declining, climax signal appearing, candle strength weakening), flatten amplification longs and hold accumulated shorts into the mean reversion.
For long liquidations (red highlight), typically catalyzed by heavy spot selling overwhelming bid depth, execute the inverse strategy. Place aggressive sell orders to compound the panic selling, amplifying downward displacement and accelerating margin call triggers. Layer long entries at depressed prices during this amplification phase as forced liquidation selling creates artificial supply. When dashboard signals cascade completion (metrics normalizing, volume climax passing), exit amplification shorts and maintain long positions for the reversal trade.
► Market Making During Liquidity Crises
During detected cascades, temporarily adjust quote placement strategy. When dashboard shows all three confirmation metrics activating simultaneously with strong candle bodies, this indicates the highest probability liquidation event, whether from whale order flow or cascading margin calls. Widen spreads dramatically to capture enhanced edge during the liquidity vacuum. Alternatively, step away from quote provision entirely on your natural inventory side (stop offering during short cascades driven by aggressive buying, stop bidding during long cascades driven by overwhelming selling) to avoid adverse selection from forced flow.
Use cascade detection to inform inventory management. During short cascades initiated by large buy orders or short squeezes, reduce existing short inventory exposure while allowing the forced buying to push price higher. Rebuild short inventory only at the inflated levels created by liquidation pressure. During long cascades where spot selling compounds leveraged liquidation, reduce long inventory and use the forced selling to reaccumulate at artificially depressed prices rather than providing stabilizing liquidity too early.
► Sequential Positioning Strategy
Advanced traders can structure trades in phases: (1) Initial amplification orders placed immediately upon cascade detection to front-run forced flow, (2) Contra-position accumulation scaled in as displacement extends and dashboard readings intensify, (3) Amplification trade exit when metrics show deceleration or candle strength weakens, (4) Contra-position hold through mean reversion, targeting pre-cascade price levels. This sequential approach extracts profit from both the dislocation phase and the subsequent equilibrium restoration.
► Risk Monitoring
If cascade highlighting persists across many consecutive bars while dashboard volume readings remain extremely elevated with sustained strong candle bodies, this suggests sustained institutional deleveraging or persistent whale activity rather than simple retail liquidation. Reduce amplification position sizing significantly, as these extended events can exhibit delayed mean reversion. Professional counter-parties may be establishing dominant positions, limiting your edge.
When volatility spike metrics decline while cascade highlighting continues, professional absorption is occurring. Proceed cautiously with amplification strategies, as intelligent liquidity providers are already positioning for the reversal, potentially front-running your intended reversal trade. Similarly, if large liquidation wicks appear during cascades, this indicates partial absorption is happening, suggesting more sophisticated players are taking the opposite side of distressed flow.
ATR Volatility AlertsOverview:
This is a dynamic alert tool based on the Average True Range (ATR), designed to help traders detect sudden price movements that exceed normal volatility levels. Whether you are trading breakouts or monitoring for abnormal spikes, this indicator visualizes these events on the chart and triggers system alerts when the price move exceeds your specified ATR multiplier.
Key Features:
Fully Customizable ATR Range:
You can adjust the ATR Length (Default: 14) and the Multiplier (Default: 1.5x).
Tip: Increase the multiplier (e.g., to 2.0 or 3.0) to catch only extreme volatility, or lower it for scalping smaller moves.
Visual Chart Signals:
Visual markers appear instantly when a bar's movement exceeds the ATR threshold.
Green Triangle: Indicates an Upward Spike.
Red Triangle: Indicates a Downward Spike.
Flexible System Alerts:
Designed to integrate seamlessly with TradingView's alert system. You can choose from three specific alert directions based on your strategy:
1.Price Spike Up: Triggers only on sharp upward moves.
2.Price Spike Down: Triggers only on sharp downward moves.
3.Bidirectional Volatility Alert: Triggers on BOTH huge pumps and dumps.
How to Set Alerts:
Click the "Create Alert" button in TradingView.
Select ATR Volatility Alerts in the "Condition" dropdown.
Choose the specific logic you need:
· Select Price Spike Up for bullish monitoring.
· Select Price Spike Down for bearish monitoring.
· Select Bidirectional Volatility Alert to watch for any volatility expansion.
TICK Indicator with Extreme AlertsOverview:
This indicator is designed to provide intraday traders (especially those trading SPX, ES, and NQ) with a clearer NYSE TICK analysis tool featuring visual alerts. Unlike traditional TICK line charts, this indicator utilizes OHLC Candlesticks to display data, allowing you to fully view the Open, High, Low, and Close within a specific timeframe, thereby capturing instantaneous liquidity sweeps.
Core Features & Logic:
Candlestick Visualization (OHLC Candles): Uses the USI:TICK.US data source by default. The candlestick patterns allow you to clearly see if the TICK pierced key levels intraday but retraced by the close—vital information that standard line charts often miss.
Dual Key Level System: The indicator is designed with two independent reference tiers for trend observation and reversal detection:
Reference Lines (+/- 800): Marked by gray dashed lines. These represent the standard bull/bear dividing zones. When TICK sustains above +800 or below -800, it typically indicates a strong trending market.
Extreme Alerts (+/- 1000): These thresholds are used to identify extreme market sentiment (overbought/oversold conditions).
Background Highlight Alerts (Visual Alerts): To reduce screen-watching fatigue, the indicator automatically highlights the candlestick background when extreme market sentiment occurs:
Green Background: Triggered when TICK High breaks above +1000. Represents extreme buying sentiment, potentially indicating exhaustion or a short squeeze.
Red Background: Triggered when TICK Low drops below -1000. Represents extreme panic selling (Washout), often serving as a potential signal for an intraday reversal or a short-term bottom.
Custom Settings:
All thresholds (800 reference lines, 1000 alert lines) are fully adjustable in the settings.
All colors (Candles, Reference Lines, Background Alert Colors) can be customized.
Use Cases: This tool is ideal for intraday counter-trend or trend-following trading when combined with Price Action analysis and key Support & Resistance levels.
Scalper Pro Pattern Recognition & Price Action📘 Scalper Pro Pattern Recognition & Price Action
Overview
Scalper Pro is a dynamic multi-layer trend recognition and price action strategy that integrates Supertrend, Smart Money Concepts (SMC), and volatility-based risk control.
It adapts to market volatility in real time to enhance entry precision and optimize risk.
⚠️ This script is for educational and research purposes only.
Past performance does not guarantee future results.
🎯 Strategy Objectives
Detect structural market shifts (BOS / CHoCH) automatically.
Identify Order Blocks (OB), Fair Value Gaps (FVG), and key liquidity zones.
Plot dynamic Take-Profit (TP) and Stop-Loss (SL) levels based on ATR.
Avoid low-volatility (sideways) conditions using ADX filtering.
Combine trend-following signals with structural confirmation.
✨ Key Features
Supertrend Entry Signals — Generates precise buy/sell markers based on price crossovers with the Supertrend line.
Order Block Detection — Automatically plots both Internal and Swing Order Blocks for smart money insights.
Fair Value Gap Visualization — Highlights inefficiency zones in bullish or bearish structures.
Market Structure Labels — Marks Break of Structure (BOS) and Change of Character (CHoCH) points for clear trend shifts.
Dynamic Risk Levels — Automatically generates TP/SL lines and price labels using ATR-based distance.
📊 Trading Rules
Long Entry:
• Price crosses above the Supertrend (ta.crossover(close, supertrend))
• ADX above sideways threshold (trend condition confirmed)
• Optional confirmation from a bullish BOS or CHoCH
Short Entry:
• Price crosses below the Supertrend (ta.crossunder(close, supertrend))
• ADX above threshold
• Optional confirmation from a bearish BOS or CHoCH
Exit (or Reverse):
• Opposite Supertrend crossover
• Price hits TP/SL lines
• Trend shift confirmed by internal BOS/CHoCH
💰 Risk Management Parameters
Stop Loss & Take Profit based on ATR × risk multiplier
ATR Length: 14 (default)
Risk %: 3% per trade
Sideways Filter: ADX < 15 → no trade zone
TP1–TP3 = Entry ± (ATR × 1~3)
⚙️ Indicator Settings
Supertrend Module:
ATR Length: 10
Factor: nsensitivity × 7
ADX Module:
ADX Length: 15
Sideways Threshold: 15
EMA Set:
EMA (5, 9, 13, 34, 50) × Volatility Factor (3)
SMA Filter:
SMA(8) & SMA(9) for short-term trend confirmation
Smart Money Concepts Module:
Displays BOS/CHoCH, Order Blocks, FVGs, Equal Highs/Lows, and Premium/Discount zones
🔧 Improvements & Uniqueness
Integrates Supertrend momentum with Smart Money Concepts (SMC) structural analysis.
Dual detection layers: Internal (micro) and Swing (macro) structures.
ATR-driven auto labeling for entry, stop, and profit targets.
Premium/Discount and Equilibrium zones visualized on the chart.
Built-in ADX filter to skip low-trend market conditions.
✅ Summary
Scalper Pro Pattern Recognition & Price Action merges classical trend-following with modern market structure analytics.
It combines momentum detection, volatility control, and smart money mapping into one cohesive framework.
Unified trend, structure, and risk visualization.
Auto-marked BOS/CHoCH, OB, FVG, and liquidity zones.
Usable for scalping, intraday, or swing trading setups.
⚠️ This strategy is based on historical data and designed for educational use only.
Always apply sound risk management and forward testing before live trading.
Trading Sessions [QuantAlgo]🟢 Overview
The Trading Sessions indicator tracks and displays the four major global trading sessions: Sydney, Tokyo, London, and New York. It provides session-based background highlighting, real-time price change tracking from session open, and a data table with session status. The script works across all markets (forex, equities, commodities, crypto) and helps traders identify when specific geographic markets are active, which directly correlates with changes in liquidity and volatility patterns. Default session times are set to major financial center hours in UTC but are fully adjustable to match your trading methodology.
🟢 Key Features
→ Session Background Color Coding
Each trading session gets a distinct background color on your chart:
1. Sydney Session - Default orange, 22:00-07:00 UTC
2. Tokyo Session - Default red, 00:00-09:00 UTC
3. London Session - Default green, 08:00-16:00 UTC
4. New York Session - Default blue, 13:00-22:00 UTC
When sessions overlap, the color priority is New York > London > Tokyo > Sydney. This means if London and New York are both active, the background shows New York's color. The priority matches typical liquidity and volatility patterns where later sessions generally show higher volume.
→ Color Customization
All session colors are configurable in the Color Settings panel:
1. Click any session color input to open the color picker
2. Select your preferred color for that session
3. Use the "Background Transparency" slider (0-100) to adjust opacity. Lower values = more visible, higher values = more subtle
4. Enable "Color Price Bars" to color candlesticks themselves according to the active session instead of just the background
The Color column in the info table shows a block (█) in each session's assigned color, matching what you see on the chart background.
→ Information Table Breakdown
→ Timeframe Warning
If you're viewing a timeframe of 12 hours or higher, a red warning label appears center-screen. Session boundaries don't render accurately on high timeframes because the time() function in Pine Script can't detect intra-bar session changes when each bar spans multiple sessions. The warning tells you to switch to sub-12H timeframes (e.g., 4H, 1H, 30m, 15m, etc.) for proper session detection. You can disable this warning in Color Settings if needed, but session highlighting can be unreliable on 12H+ charts regardless.
→ Time Range Configuration
Every session's time range is editable in Session Settings:
1. Click the time input field next to each session
2. Enter time as HHMM-HHMM in 24-hour format
3. All times are interpreted as UTC
4. Modify these to account for daylight saving shifts or to define custom session periods based on your backtested optimal trading windows
For example, if your strategy performs best during London/NY overlap specifically, you could set London to 08:00-17:00 and New York to 13:00-22:00 to ensure you see the full overlap highlighted.
→ Weekdays Filter
The "Weekdays Only (Mon-Fri)" toggle controls whether sessions display on weekends:
Enabled: Sessions only show Monday-Friday and hide on Saturday-Sunday. Use this for markets that close on weekends (most equities, forex).
Disabled: Sessions display 24/7 including weekends. Use this for markets that trade continuously (crypto).
→ Table Display Options
The info table has several configuration options in Table Settings:
Visibility: Toggle "Show Info Table" on/off to display or hide the entire table.
Position: Nine position options (Top/Middle/Bottom + Left/Center/Right) let you place the table wherever it doesn't block your price action or other indicators.
Text Size: Four size options (Tiny, Small, Normal, Large) to match your screen resolution and visual preferences.
→ Color Schemes:
Mono: Black background, gray header, white text
Light: White background, light gray header, black text
Blue: Dark blue background, medium blue header, white text
Custom: Manual selection of all five color components (table background, header background, header text, data text, borders)
→ Alert Functionality
The indicator includes ten alert conditions you can access via TradingView's alert system:
Session Opens:
1. Sydney Session Started
2. Tokyo Session Started
3. London Session Started
4. New York Session Started
5. Any Session Started
Session Closes:
6. Sydney Session Ended
7. Tokyo Session Ended
8. London Session Ended
9. New York Session Ended
10. Any Session Ended
These alerts fire when sessions transition based on your configured time ranges, letting you automate monitoring of session changes without watching the chart continuously. Useful for strategies that trade specific session opens/closes or need to adjust position sizing when volatility regime shifts between sessions.
VWAP TrendSignalVWAP TrendSignal
VWAP (Volume-Weighted Average Price) is the market’s true fair value — the benchmark institutions use to see when price is balanced, extended, or trending with real intent.
Price often snaps back when it moves too far (mean reversion), and only shows genuine strength when it holds above or below VWAP.
VWAP TrendSignal makes this insight effortless by color-coding VWAP direction:
Yellow = VWAP rising → bullish pressure
Red = VWAP falling → bearish pressure
No bands. No noise. Just pure directional clarity.
Anchor VWAP to the Session, Week, Month, Quarter, or Year, and tailor the Slope Smoothing Filter to your timeframe:
1–2 smoothing → fast & reactive (1–5m scalping)
3–5 smoothing → clean & stable (5–15m intraday)
6–10 smoothing → slow flips (1H–4H swings)
10–15 smoothing → macro bias only (Daily/Weekly)
The line adapts to how you trade.
How to Use It
Mean Reversion
When price stretches far from VWAP, expect pullbacks or snapbacks.
Trend Direction
Yellow supports long bias, red supports short bias.
Simple, reliable, instantly visible.
Balance Zones
Price sitting near VWAP = compression, buildup, or chop.
A perfect signal to wait or prepare for a breakout.
Why It Works
VWAP TrendSignal distills institutional logic into a clean, single-line tool.
It shows fair value, trend slope, and balance all at once — making your chart clearer and your decisions faster.
Once you get used to reading it, trading without it feels blind.
Normalised Volume Oscillator [BackQuant]Normalised Volume Oscillator
A refined evolution of the Klinger Volume Oscillator, rebuilt for clarity, precision, and adaptability. This tool normalizes volume-driven momentum into a bounded scale so you can easily identify shifts in accumulation and distribution across any asset or timeframe, while keeping readings comparable between markets.
What this indicator does
The Normalised Volume Oscillator quantifies the balance between buying and selling pressure using the Klinger Volume Oscillator (KVO) as its base, then rescales it dynamically into a normalized range between -0.5 and +0.5. This normalization allows traders to interpret relative strength and exhaustion in volume flow, rather than dealing with raw unbounded values that differ across symbols.
It is a momentum-volume hybrid that reveals the strength of trend participation: when buyers dominate, normalized readings rise toward +0.5; when sellers dominate, they fall toward -0.5. The midline (0) acts as an equilibrium between accumulation and distribution.
Core components
Klinger Volume Oscillator: The foundation of this indicator, combining volume with price trend direction to measure long-term money flow relative to short-term movement.
Normalization process: The raw KVO is scaled over a user-defined Normalisation Period , computing `(KVO - lowest) / (highest - lowest) - 0.5`. This centers all readings around zero, allowing overbought/oversold detection independent of asset volatility or volume magnitude.
Signal moving average: The normalized KVO is smoothed with a user-selectable moving average type—SMA, EMA, DEMA, TEMA, HMA, ALMA, and others. This becomes the signal line for confirmation of trend direction or mean-reversion setups.
How it works conceptually
1. The KVO detects when volume supports price movement (bullish) or diverges from it (bearish).
2. The script normalizes the raw KVO so that relative magnitude is consistent—what is “strong buying pressure” looks the same on BTCUSD as it does on AAPL.
3. Overbought and oversold regions are derived statistically, rather than from arbitrary values, based on percentile zones around ±0.4 and ±0.5.
4. The oscillator is optionally combined with a moving average to help identify crossovers, momentum shifts, and divergence confirmation.
How to interpret it
Above 0: Indicates dominant buying pressure and likely continuation of upward momentum.
Below 0: Suggests dominant selling pressure and potential continuation of downward movement.
Crosses of 0: Often mark transitions between accumulation and distribution phases.
+0.4 to +0.5 zone: Overbought region where buying intensity is stretched; watch for deceleration or divergence.
[-0.4 to -0.5 zone: Oversold region indicating panic or exhaustion in selling.
Signal-line crossover: A traditional momentum confirmation method; when the normalized KVO crosses above its moving average, buyers regain control, and vice versa.
Why normalization matters
Typical volume oscillators are asset-specific—what is considered “high” volume for one symbol is not the same for another. By dynamically normalizing KVO values within a rolling lookback, this version transforms raw amplitude into a standardized scale. This means you can:
Compare multiple assets objectively.
Set consistent alert thresholds for overbought/oversold regions.
Avoid misleading interpretations from absolute oscillator values.
Customization and UI
Moving Average Type & Period: Select your preferred smoothing method (SMA, EMA, TEMA, etc.) and adjust its period to tune sensitivity.
Normalisation Period: Defines how many bars the KVO range is measured over; shorter periods adapt faster, longer ones smooth more.
Visual Toggles:
* Show Oscillator : enables or hides the core histogram.
* Show Moving Average : adds a smoothed overlay for signal confirmation.
* Paint Candles : optional color overlay for chart candles based on oscillator direction.
* Show Static Levels : displays ±0.4 and ±0.5 zones for overbought/oversold boundaries.
How to use it
Trend confirmation: Use midline (0) crossovers as confirmation of emerging trend shifts—cross above 0 suggests a new bullish phase, cross below 0 a bearish one.
Reversal spotting: Look for normalized readings reaching ±0.5 and flattening, or diverging against price extremes.
Divergence analysis: When price makes a new high but the normalized oscillator fails to, it signals waning buying conviction (and vice versa for lows).
Multi-timeframe integration: Works best alongside higher timeframe trend filters or moving averages; normalization makes this consistent.
Alerts
Prebuilt alert conditions allow quick automation:
Midline crossovers (0): transition between accumulation and distribution.
Overbought (+0.4) and Oversold (-0.4) triggers for potential exhaustion.
Signal moving-average crosses for confirmation entries.
Tips for use
Combine with price structure—don’t fade every overbought/oversold reading; confirm with break of structure or candle patterns.
Use longer normalization periods for position trading, shorter for intraday analysis.
In choppy markets, treat 0-line oscillations as noise filters, not trade triggers.
Summary
The Normalised Volume Oscillator modernizes the classic Klinger Volume Oscillator by normalizing its readings into a standardized range. This makes it more adaptive across assets and timeframes, improves interpretability, and provides intuitive, data-driven overbought/oversold levels. Whether used standalone or as a confirmation layer, it offers a clearer view of volume dynamics—revealing when markets are truly being accumulated, distributed, or stretched beyond their sustainable extremes.
MTF Checklist DashboardMTF Checklist Dashboard
Overview
The MTF Checklist Dashboard is an advanced multi-timeframe analysis tool that provides traders with a comprehensive visual dashboard to analyze market conditions across six customizable timeframes simultaneously. This indicator combines multiple technical analysis methods, including Opening Range Breakouts (ORB), VWAP, EMAs, and daily price levels, to generate high-probability confluence-based trading signals.
Unlike traditional single-timeframe indicators, this dashboard displays all critical information in one organized table, allowing traders to instantly identify when multiple timeframes align for optimal entry and exit opportunities.
Key Features
Multi-Timeframe Analysis
Analyzes up to 6 timeframes simultaneously (default: 1m, 5m, 15m, 30m, 1h, 4h)
Fully customizable timeframe selection via comma-separated input
Color-coded cells for instant visual recognition (green=bullish, red=bearish, yellow=neutral)
Technical Indicators Tracked
Current and previous candle direction
Opening Range Breakout (ORB) positioning with custom period
VWAP relationship (above/below)
200 EMA positioning
Daily and previous day high/low proximity
EMA crossovers (9 vs 21, both vs 200)
Advanced Signal Filtering System
Confluence scoring: Requires multiple timeframes to align (3-6 timeframes)
Higher timeframe confirmation: Ensures 30m/1h/4h agreement
Volume filter: Confirms signals with above-average volume (1.5x default)
ATR volatility filter: Validates sufficient market movement
Session timing: Restricts signals to optimal trading hours (EST)
Momentum confirmation: Requires recent directional strength
Range positioning: Blocks signals near daily extremes
Candle strength: Validates strong directional candles (60%+ body ratio)
Visual Signals
Optional entry arrows (above/below bars)
Background color highlighting
Organized dashboard with real-time price levels
ORB range, current day, and previous day summary rows
Alert Conditions
JSON-formatted alerts for automated trading integration
Separate alerts for long entry, short entry, long exit, and short exit
Compatible with webhook automation systems
How To Use
Dashboard Interpretation
The dashboard displays a color-coded table with the following columns:
TF: Timeframe being analyzed
C: Current candle (Green=bullish, Red=bearish)
P: Previous candle (Green=bullish, Red=bearish)
ORB: Opening Range Breakout position (A=Above, B=Below, W=Within)
VWAP: Price vs VWAP (A=Above, B=Below)
E200: Price vs 200 EMA (A=Above, B=Below)
D Hi/Lo: Proximity to current day high/low (Hi/Lo/Mid)
PD Hi/Lo: Proximity to previous day high/low (Hi/Lo/Mid)
9 vs 21: EMA 9 vs EMA 21 relationship (A=9 above 21, B=9 below 21)
9&21 v200: Both EMAs vs 200 EMA (>>=both above, <<=both below, <>=mixed)
Signal Generation
Long Entry Signal triggers when:
Minimum number of timeframes show bullish alignment (default: 5 of 6)
Higher timeframes (30m/1h/4h) confirm direction (default: 2 of 3)
Price breaks above ORB high with sufficient distance
Volume exceeds average by specified multiplier
ATR shows adequate volatility
Trade occurs during optimal session hours
Recent momentum is upward
Price not too close to daily high
Strong bullish candle forms
Short Entry Signal uses opposite conditions
Exit Signals trigger when opposing timeframe confluence reaches threshold (default: 3 timeframes)
Recommended Workflow
Select your asset and primary trading timeframe
Observe the dashboard - Look for rows showing mostly green (bullish) or red (bearish)
Wait for alignment - The indicator will show arrows when confluence requirements are met
Check the bottom rows - Review ORB levels and daily ranges for context
Set alerts - Enable TradingView alerts using the built-in alert conditions
Manage risk - Use appropriate position sizing and stop losses based on ORB range or daily ATR
Settings Guide
Basic Settings
Timeframes: Enter comma-separated values (e.g., "1,5,15,30,60,240")
Show Header: Toggle column headers on/off
ORB Minutes: Set opening range period (default: 15 minutes)
Near % for daily highs/lows: Define proximity threshold (default: 0.20%)
Use close for comparisons: Compare using close vs current price
Dashboard Position: Choose from 9 screen positions
Confluence Filters
Minimum Timeframes Aligned: Set required confluence (3-6, default: 5)
Require Higher Timeframe Confirmation: Toggle HTF requirement on/off
Min Higher Timeframes: Specify HTF agreement needed (1-3, default: 2)
Volume Filter
Volume Confirmation: Enable/disable volume filtering
Volume vs Average: Set multiplier threshold (default: 1.5x)
Volume Average Length: Period for volume average (default: 20 bars)
Volatility Filter (ATR)
Volatility Filter: Enable/disable ATR confirmation
ATR Length: Calculation period (default: 14)
Min ATR vs Average: Required ATR level (default: 0.5x = 50%)
ORB Filters
ORB Breakout Distance Required: Toggle distance requirement
Min Breakout % Beyond ORB: Additional breakout threshold (default: 0.10%)
Session Filter
Trade Only During Best Hours: Enable time-based filtering
Session 1: First trading window (default: 0930-1130 EST)
Session 2: Second trading window (default: 1400-1530 EST)
Momentum Filter
Recent Momentum Required: Enable directional momentum check
Lookback Bars: Period for momentum comparison (default: 3 bars)
Daily Range Filter
Block Signals Near Daily Extremes: Prevent entries at extremes
Distance from High/Low %: Minimum distance required (default: 2.0%)
Candle Filter
Strong Directional Candle: Require candle strength
Min Candle Body %: Body-to-range ratio threshold (default: 60%)
Visual Signals
Show Entry Signals: Master toggle for visual signals
Show Arrows: Display entry arrows on chart
Background Color: Enable background highlighting
Best Practices
Start with default settings and adjust based on your trading style and asset volatility
Higher confluence requirements (5-6 timeframes) produce fewer but higher-quality signals
Enable all filters for conservative trading; disable some for more frequent signals
Use the dashboard as confirmation alongside your existing trading strategy
Backtest on your specific instruments before live trading
Consider market conditions—trending vs ranging markets may require different settings
Alerts
This indicator includes four alert conditions with JSON formatting for webhook integration:
Long Entry Signal: Triggers when all long conditions are met
Short Entry Signal: Triggers when all short conditions are met
Long Exit Signal: Triggers when opposing confluence reaches exit threshold
Short Exit Signal: Triggers when opposing confluence reaches exit threshold
Alert messages include ticker symbol, action (buy/sell), price, and quantity for automated trading systems.
Important Notes
This indicator works best on liquid instruments with clear price action
Highly volatile markets may require adjusted ATR and ORB distance settings
Session times are in EST timezone—adjust if trading non-US markets
The ORB calculation requires sufficient price history for the day
Signals are generated in real-time but should be confirmed at candle close
Limitations
Maximum of 6 timeframes can be analyzed due to TradingView's security call limits
ORB calculations may not work correctly on instruments with gaps or irregular sessions
The indicator is most effective during regular market hours when volume and volatility are adequate
Lower timeframes (1m, 5m) may produce more false signals in choppy conditions
License
Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL-2.0)
This indicator is licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. You are free to use, modify, and distribute this code under the terms of the MPL-2.0. The full license text is available at mozilla.org
Key license provisions:
You may use this code commercially
You may modify and distribute modified versions
Modified versions must be released under the same license
You must include the original license notice in any distributions
No trademark rights are granted
Disclaimer
This indicator is provided for educational and informational purposes only. It is not financial advice, and past performance does not guarantee future results. Trading involves substantial risk of loss. Always:
Practice proper risk management
Test thoroughly on paper/demo accounts before live trading
Use appropriate position sizing
Never risk more than you can afford to lose
Consult with a financial advisor for personalized advice
The creator assumes no liability for trading losses incurred using this indicator.
Version: 2.0
Pine Script Version: v6
Author: © EliasVictor
Frequency Momentum Oscillator [QuantAlgo]🟢 Overview
The Frequency Momentum Oscillator applies Fourier-based spectral analysis principles to price action to identify regime shifts and directional momentum. It calculates Fourier coefficients for selected harmonic frequencies on detrended price data, then measures the distribution of power across low, mid, and high frequency bands to distinguish between persistent directional trends and transient market noise. This approach provides traders with a quantitative framework for assessing whether current price action represents meaningful momentum or merely random fluctuations, enabling more informed entry and exit decisions across various asset classes and timeframes.
🟢 How It Works
The calculation process removes the dominant trend from price data by subtracting a simple moving average, isolating cyclical components for frequency analysis:
detrendedPrice = close - ta.sma(close , frequencyPeriod)
The detrended price series undergoes frequency decomposition through Fourier coefficient calculation across the first 8 harmonics. For each harmonic frequency, the algorithm computes sine and cosine components across the lookback window, then derives power as the sum of squared coefficients:
for k = 1 to 8
cosSum = 0.0
sinSum = 0.0
for n = 0 to frequencyPeriod - 1
angle = 2 * math.pi * k * n / frequencyPeriod
cosSum := cosSum + detrendedPrice * math.cos(angle)
sinSum := sinSum + detrendedPrice * math.sin(angle)
power = (cosSum * cosSum + sinSum * sinSum) / frequencyPeriod
Power measurements are aggregated into three frequency bands: low frequencies (harmonics 1-2) capturing persistent cycles, mid frequencies (harmonics 3-4), and high frequencies (harmonics 5-8) representing noise. Each band's power normalizes against total spectral power to create percentage distributions:
lowFreqNorm = totalPower > 0 ? (lowFreqPower / totalPower) * 100 : 33.33
highFreqNorm = totalPower > 0 ? (highFreqPower / totalPower) * 100 : 33.33
The normalized frequency components undergo exponential smoothing before calculating spectral balance as the difference between low and high frequency power:
smoothLow = ta.ema(lowFreqNorm, smoothingPeriod)
smoothHigh = ta.ema(highFreqNorm, smoothingPeriod)
spectralBalance = smoothLow - smoothHigh
Spectral balance combines with price momentum through directional multiplication, producing a composite signal that integrates frequency characteristics with price direction:
momentum = ta.change(close , frequencyPeriod/2)
compositeSignal = spectralBalance * math.sign(momentum)
finalSignal = ta.ema(compositeSignal, smoothingPeriod)
The final signal oscillates around zero, with positive values indicating low-frequency dominance coupled with upward momentum (trending up), and negative values indicating either high-frequency dominance (choppy market) or downward momentum (trending down).
🟢 How to Use This Indicator
→ Long/Short Signals: the indicator generates long signals when the smoothed composite signal crosses above zero (indicating low-frequency directional strength dominates) and short signals when it crosses below zero (indicating bearish momentum persistence).
→ Upper and Lower Reference Lines: the +25 and -25 reference lines serve as threshold markers for momentum strength. Readings beyond these levels indicate strong directional conviction, while oscillations between them suggest consolidation or weakening momentum. These references help traders distinguish between strong trending regimes and choppy transitional periods.
→ Preconfigured Presets: three optimized configurations are available with Default (32, 3) offering balanced responsiveness, Fast Response (24, 2) designed for scalping and intraday trading, and Smooth Trend (40, 5) calibrated for swing trading and position trading with enhanced noise filtration.
→ Built-in Alerts: the indicator includes three alert conditions for automated monitoring - Long Signal (momentum shifts bullish), Short Signal (momentum shifts bearish), and Signal Change (any directional transition). These alerts enable traders to receive real-time notifications without continuous chart monitoring.
→ Color Customization: four visual themes (Classic green/red, Aqua blue/orange, Cosmic aqua/purple, Custom) allow chart customization for different display environments and personal preferences.
