ICT Bread and Butter Sell-SetupICT Bread and Butter Sell-Setup – TradingView Strategy
Overview:
The ICT Bread and Butter Sell-Setup is an intraday trading strategy designed to capitalize on bearish market conditions. It follows institutional order flow and exploits liquidity patterns within key trading sessions—London, New York, and Asia—to identify high-probability short entries.
Key Components of the Strategy:
🔹 London Open Setup (2:00 AM – 8:20 AM NY Time)
The London session typically sets the initial directional move of the day.
A short-term high often forms before a downward push, establishing the daily high.
🔹 New York Open Kill Zone (8:20 AM – 10:00 AM NY Time)
The New York Judas Swing (a temporary rally above London’s high) creates an opportunity for short entries.
Traders fade this move, anticipating a sell-off targeting liquidity below previous lows.
🔹 London Close Buy Setup (10:30 AM – 1:00 PM NY Time)
If price reaches a higher timeframe discount array, a retracement higher is expected.
A bullish order block or failure swing signals a possible reversal.
The risk is set just below the day’s low, targeting a 20-30% retracement of the daily range.
🔹 Asia Open Sell Setup (7:00 PM – 2:00 AM NY Time)
If institutional order flow remains bearish, a short entry is taken around the 0-GMT Open.
Expect a 15-20 pip decline as the Asian range forms.
Strategy Rules:
📉 Short Entry Conditions:
✅ New York Judas Swing occurs (price moves above London’s high before reversing).
✅ Short entry is triggered when price closes below the open.
✅ Stop-loss is set 10 pips above the session high.
✅ Take-profit targets liquidity zones on higher timeframes.
📈 Long Entry (London Close Reversal):
✅ Price reaches a higher timeframe discount array between 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM NY Time.
✅ A bullish order block confirms the reversal.
✅ Stop-loss is set 10 pips below the day’s low.
✅ Take-profit targets 20-30% of the daily range retracement.
📉 Asia Open Sell Entry:
✅ Price trades slightly above the 0-GMT Open.
✅ Short entry is taken at resistance, targeting a quick 15-20 pip move.
Why Use This Strategy?
🚀 Institutional Order Flow Tracking – Aligns with smart money concepts.
📊 Precise Session Timing – Uses market structure across London, New York, and Asia.
🎯 High-Probability Entries – Focuses on liquidity grabs and engineered stop hunts.
📉 Optimized Risk Management – Defined stop-loss and take-profit levels.
This strategy is ideal for traders looking to trade with institutions, fade liquidity grabs, and capture high-probability short setups during the trading day. 📉🔥
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New York Open LinesThis indicator marks key New York trading session opens on the chart. It draws horizontal lines at the New York Midnight Open (00:00 NY time) and the New York Economic Open (08:30 NY time) prices.
Key Features:
1) Customizable Line Styles & Colors:
* Users can choose between solid, dotted, or dashed lines.
* Colors are customizable for each open level.
2) Timeframe-Based Logic:
* For timeframes above 30 minutes:
- It retrieves the midnight (NYMO) and 8:30 AM (ETO) open prices using request.security_lower_tf().
- The script ensures the price is stored only once per day.
* For 30-minute timeframes and below:
- The script draws lines at the exact open prices as bars appear.
3) Line Management:
* The lines extend for 24 hours from the open.
* The previous day's lines are removed to keep the chart clean.
4) Session Reset:
* At the start of a new trading day, the stored NYMO and ETO prices reset to na to prepare for the next session.
This helps traders quickly identify key New York session levels, often used for support, resistance, and breakout trading strategies.
ORB MOTORB MOT - Opening Range Breakout Indicator (Educational purpos only)
The ORB MOT (Opening Range Breakout Multi-Option Tool) is a powerful TradingView indicator designed to help traders identify and capitalize on market breakouts based on the opening range. This tool provides extensive customization options, allowing traders to fine-tune their breakout strategies according to different timeframes and trading sessions.
Key Features:
Configurable Opening Range: Traders can define the opening range period (1, 2, 3, 5, 15, or 30 minutes) to suit their trading strategy.
Session-Based Analysis: The indicator automatically adjusts for market session times and provides an optional international override for different time zones.
Visual Representation: ORB levels are displayed with clear labels, shaded regions, and customizable colors for easy identification.
Breakout and Retest Detection: Identifies breakout points and potential retests, helping traders make informed decisions.
Multiple Price Targets: Calculates and plots key levels such as 50%, 100%, 150%, and 200% price targets for potential trade exits.
Fibonacci Extensions: Optional Fibonacci targets (21.2%, 61.8%) can be displayed for additional market confluence.
Alerts and Notifications: Provides alerts for breakout conditions, ensuring traders don’t miss critical movements.
How It Works:
The indicator calculates the high and low of the selected opening range.
Breakout points are identified when price crosses above or below the range.
The indicator plots multiple price targets based on the range's size.
Traders can visualize past ORB levels and retests for better trend analysis.
Alerts notify users of significant breakout events.
Who Can Use This Indicator?
Scalpers & Day Traders: Perfect for identifying quick breakout opportunities.
Swing Traders: Helps determine key levels for potential reversals or trend continuations.
Institutional & Retail Traders: Useful for analyzing market structure and setting price targets.
The ORB MOT indicator is a must-have tool for traders looking to refine their breakout strategy with precision and ease. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced trader, this indicator provides valuable insights into market movements and trading opportunities.
TMA StrategyThe **TMA Strategy** is a trend-following strategy that leverages **Smoothed Moving Averages (SMMA)** and **candlestick patterns** to identify high-probability trading opportunities. It is designed for traders who want to capture strong trends while minimizing noise from short-term fluctuations.
**Key Features:**
✔ **Multiple Smoothed Moving Averages (SMMA):** Uses 21, 50, 100, and 200-period SMMAs to identify market trends and key support/resistance zones.
✔ **Candlestick Pattern Confirmation:** Incorporates **3-line strike** and **engulfing candle** patterns to confirm trade entries.
✔ **Dynamic Trend Filter:** A **2-period EMA** ensures that trades align with the dominant trend, reducing false signals.
✔ **Customizable Session Filter:** Allows users to enable/disable trading within specific market sessions (New York, London, Tokyo, etc.), ensuring trades are executed only during high-liquidity hours.
✔ **Risk Management:** Uses predefined exit conditions based on EMA/SMMA crossovers to lock in profits and minimize losses.
**Trading Logic:**
📌 **Long Entry:**
- Bullish Engulfing or 3-Line Strike pattern appears.
- Price is above the 200 SMMA.
- 2 EMA confirms an uptrend.
- Trade executes if session filter allows.
📌 **Short Entry:**
- Bearish Engulfing or 3-Line Strike pattern appears.
- Price is below the 200 SMMA.
- 2 EMA confirms a downtrend.
- Trade executes if session filter allows.
📌 **Exit Conditions:**
- Long trades exit when EMA(2) crosses **below** SMMA(200).
- Short trades exit when EMA(2) crosses **above** SMMA(200).
**Ideal Markets & Timeframes:**
✅ Best suited for **Forex, Stocks, and Crypto** markets.
✅ Works well on **higher timeframes (15m, 1H, 4H, Daily)** for stronger trend confirmation.
📢 **Disclaimer:**
This strategy is for educational purposes only. Backtest results do not guarantee future performance. Always use proper risk management and test in a demo account before live trading.
🚀 **Try the TMA Strategy now and enhance your trend-following approach!**
2:30 [LuciTech]this is a technical analysis tool designed to highlight key price levels and patterns during a specific trading window, based on UK time (Europe/London). It overlays visual elements on the chart, including a 12 PM reference line, Buy Side Liquidity (BSL) and Sell Side Liquidity (SSL) levels, a highlighted 2:30 PM candle, and Engulfing Fair Value Gaps (FVGs). This indicator is intended for traders who focus on intraday price action and liquidity zones.
Features
The 12 PM Line displays a vertical line at 12:00 PM (UK time) to mark the start of the session. It’s customizable, allowing you to enable or disable it and adjust its color.
BSL/SSL Lines track the highest high (BSL) and lowest low (SSL) from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM (UK time). These lines extend horizontally until 3:30 PM, after which they remain static at their last recorded levels. You can customize them by enabling or disabling visibility, adjusting colors, choosing a line style (solid, dashed, or dotted), and setting the width.
The 2:30 PM Candle highlights the candle at 2:30 PM (UK time) with a distinct color. It’s customizable, with options to enable or disable it and change its color.
Engulfing FVG (Fair Value Gap) identifies bullish and bearish engulfing patterns with a gap from the prior candle’s range. It draws a shaded box over the FVG area, and you can customize it by enabling or disabling it and adjusting the box color.
How It Works
The indicator operates within a session starting at 12:00 PM (UK time). BSL/SSL levels update between 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM, with lines extending until 3:30 PM. After 3:30 PM, these lines freeze.
BSL/SSL lines show the highest price (BSL) and lowest price (SSL) reached during the 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM window. After 3:30 PM, they remain static, marking the final range boundaries.
The 2:30 PM candle emphasizes a key timestamp, often of interest to intraday traders.
Engulfing FVGs detect significant price gaps created by engulfing candles, which may indicate potential reversal or continuation zones.
Settings
12 PM Line Settings let you toggle visibility and set the line color.
BSL/SSL Line Settings allow you to toggle visibility, set BSL and SSL colors, choose a line style (Solid, Dashed, Dotted), and adjust width (1-4).
2:30 Candle Settings let you toggle visibility and set the candle color.
Engulfing FVG Settings allow you to toggle visibility and set the box color.
Interpretation
The 12 PM Line serves as a reference for the session start.
BSL/SSL Lines may act as potential support or resistance zones or highlight liquidity areas. After 3:30 PM, they remain static, showing the session’s final range.
The 2:30 PM Candle can be monitored for price action signals, such as reversals or breakouts.
Engulfing FVGs shaded areas may indicate imbalances in supply and demand, useful for identifying trade opportunities or stop-loss placement.
Notes
The timezone is set to Europe/London (UK time). Ensure your chart’s timezone aligns for accurate results.
This indicator is best used on intraday timeframes, such as 1-minute or 5-minute charts.
It provides visual aids for analysis and does not generate buy or sell signals on its own.
Previous HTF Highs, Lows & Equilibriums [dani]Previous HTF Highs, Lows & Equilibriums
Indicator Description
This powerful and user-friendly indicator is designed to help traders visualize key levels from multiple higher timeframes directly on their chart. It plots the previous session's high, low, and equilibrium (EQ) levels for up to 4 customizable timeframes, allowing you to analyze price action across different time horizons simultaneously.
Key Features
Multi-Timeframe Support:
Choose up to 4 higher timeframes (e.g., 1H, 4H, 1D, 1W) to plot levels on your chart.
Each timeframe's levels are displayed with clear, customizable lines.
Previous Session Levels:
Plots the previous session's high, low, and EQ (EQ = (high + low) / 2) for each selected timeframe.
Levels are dynamically updated at the start of each new session.
Customizable Line Styles:
Choose between solid, dashed, or dotted lines for each level.
Customize colors for high, low, and EQ levels to suit your preferences.
Dynamic Labels:
Each level is labeled with the corresponding timeframe (e.g., "1D - H" for daily high, "4H - L" for 4-hour low).
Labels are positioned dynamically to avoid clutter and ensure readability.
Toggle On/Off:
Easily toggle the visibility of all levels with a single button, making it simple to declutter your chart when needed.
Compatible with All Markets:
Works seamlessly across all instruments (stocks, forex, crypto, futures, etc.) and timeframes.
How to Use?
Add the indicator to your chart.
Select up to 4 higher timeframes to plot levels.
Customize line styles and colors to match your trading style.
Use the levels as reference points for support/resistance, breakout zones, or confluence areas.
Toggle levels on/off as needed to keep your chart clean and focused.
Disclaimer & Chat
This indicator is not a trading signal generator. It does not predict market direction or provide buy/sell signals. Instead, it is a tool to help you visualize key levels from higher timeframes, enabling you to make more informed trading decisions. Always combine this tool with your own analysis, risk management, and trading strategy.
Thank you for choosing this indicator! I hope it becomes a valuable part of your trading toolkit. Remember, trading is a journey, and having the right tools can make all the difference. Whether you're a seasoned trader or just starting out, this indicator is designed to help you stay organized and focused on what matters most—price action. Happy trading, and may your charts be ever in your favor! 😊
From, Dani.
Correlated asset and Daye's Quarterly TheoryThis indicator is based on the Quarterly Theory concepts from Daye. You can find him mainly on X as traderdaye.
It works on a new panel and the quarters will be drawn over the chart of the correlated that you set on its settings.
You can use every asset to compare with the main one to make easier to find divergences between days, sessions and 90 minutes cycles.
In different timeframes, the indicator could show more or less information about quarters, but will always show the compared asset one. This is due to limitations of the candles start (for example, the Session's Q2 open won't be shown on an hourly chart because it starts after 30 minutes of candle's open).
What can this indicator do for you?
- Show the correlated asset chart.
- Show daily, session and 90 minutes cycle boxes.
- Show Midnight and every session's Q2 open.
- Make easier for the trained eye to determine if the model is AMDX or XAMD, find PO3, turtle soups, SMT divergences, etc.
Do you have any suggestion? Please, leave it on the comments. I'll try to improve this indicator regularly.
Market Movement After OpenDescription:
This script provides a detailed visualization of market movements during key trading hours: the German market opening (08:00–09:00 UTC+1) and the US market opening (15:30–16:30 UTC+1). It is designed to help traders analyze price behavior in these critical trading periods by capturing and presenting movement patterns and trends directly on the chart and in an interactive table.
Key Features:
Market Movement Analysis:
Tracks the price movement during the German market's first hour (08:00–09:00 UTC+1) and the US market's opening session (15:30–16:30 UTC+1).
Analyzes whether the price moved up or down during these intervals.
Visual Representation:
Dynamically colored price lines indicate upward (green) or downward (red) movement during the respective periods.
Labels ("DE" for Germany and "US" for the United States) mark key moments in the chart.
Historical Data Table:
Displays the past 10 trading days' movement trends in an interactive table, including:
Date: Trading date.
German Market Movement: Up (▲), Down (▼), or Neutral (-) for 08:00–09:00 UTC+1.
US Market Movement: Up (▲), Down (▼), or Neutral (-) for 15:30–16:30 UTC+1.
The table uses color coding for easy interpretation: green for upward movements, red for downward, and gray for neutral.
Real-Time Updates:
Automatically updates during live trading sessions to reflect the most recent movements.
Highlights incomplete periods (e.g., ongoing sessions) to indicate their status.
Customizable:
Suitable for intraday analysis or broader studies of market trends.
Designed to overlay directly on any price chart.
Use Case:
This script is particularly useful for traders who focus on market openings, which are often characterized by high volatility and significant price movements. By providing a clear visual representation of historical and live data, it aids in understanding and capitalizing on market trends during these critical periods.
Notes:
The script works best when the chart is set to the appropriate timezone (UTC+1 for the German market or your local equivalent).
For precise trading decisions, consider combining this script with other technical indicators or trading strategies.
Feel free to share feedback or suggest additional features to enhance the script!
Non-Psychological Levels🟩 Non-Psychological Levels is a structural analysis tool that segments price action into objective ranges, identifying Broken and Unbroken levels without relying on psychological or time-based assumptions. By emphasizing mechanically derived price behavior, it provides traders with a clear framework for analyzing support and resistance in a consistent and unbiased manner across various market conditions.
This indicator introduces a new approach to understanding market structure by focusing on price movement within defined segments, free from behavioral patterns, round numbers, or specific time intervals. While the indicator is time-agnostic in design, it works within the natural time progression of the chart, ensuring that segmentation aligns with the inherent structure of price movement. Broken levels, where price has breached a structural boundary, and Unbroken levels, which remain intact, are visualized with horizontal lines. These structural zones are complemented by dynamically boxed segments that contextualize both historical and ongoing price behavior.
By offering an objective perspective, the Non-Psychological Levels indicator complements psychology-based tools, helping traders explore market dynamics from multiple angles. When structural levels align with psychological zones, they reinforce critical price areas; when they differ, they provide opportunities to analyze price behavior from an alternative lens. This indicator is designed as both an educational framework and a practical tool, encouraging a deeper understanding of structural price behavior in technical analysis.
⭕ THEORY AND CONCEPT ⭕
The Non-Psychological Levels indicator is grounded in the principle of analyzing price behavior without reliance on psychological assumptions or time-based factors. Its primary purpose is to provide a structural framework for identifying support and resistance levels by focusing solely on price movement within mechanically defined segments. By removing external influences such as sentiment, time intervals, or market sessions, the indicator offers an unbiased lens through which traders can observe price dynamics.
Non-psychology, as defined here, refers to an approach that excludes behavioral and emotional patterns—like fear, greed, or herd mentality—from price analysis. Traditional tools often depend on these patterns to identify zones such as pivots or Fibonacci retracements, but these methods can be inconsistent in volatile markets. In contrast, the Non-Psychological Levels indicator focuses entirely on what price is doing, free from assumptions about trader behavior or external time constraints.
The indicator’s time-agnostic and mechanically driven design segments price action into consistent ranges, highlighting "Broken" levels (where price breaches structural boundaries) and "Unbroken" levels (where price holds). These structural zones remain unaffected by subjective or external influences, ensuring clarity and consistency across different markets and timeframes. By doing so, the indicator reveals a pure view of price structure, independent of psychological biases.
Importantly, the Non-Psychological Levels indicator is not intended to replace psychology-based tools but to complement them. When its structural levels align with psychological zones like round numbers or session highs/lows, the significance of these areas is reinforced. Conversely, when the levels differ, the contrast provides traders with alternative insights into market dynamics. This dual perspective—blending mechanical objectivity with behavioral analysis—enhances the depth and flexibility of market evaluation.
The following principles outline the theoretical foundation of the indicator and its unique contribution to structural price analysis:
Time-Agnostic Design : The indicator avoids reliance on time-based factors like daily opens, session intervals, or specific events. Instead, it segments price action using bar indexes, ensuring that structural levels are identified independently of external time variables. While the x-axis of a chart inherently represents time, this indicator abstracts away its influence, allowing traders to focus purely on price movement without the bias of temporal context.
Mechanical and Neutral Framework : Every calculation within the indicator is predetermined by a set of mechanical rules, ensuring no subjective input or interpretation affects the results. This objectivity guarantees that levels are derived solely from observed price behavior, providing a reliable framework that traders can trust to remain consistent across different assets, timeframes, and market conditions.
Broken and Unbroken Levels : Broken levels represent zones where price has breached a structural boundary, while Unbroken levels highlight areas where price has consistently respected its range. This distinction provides a clear and systematic method for identifying key support and resistance levels, offering insights into where future price interactions are most likely to occur.
Neutral Price Behavior : By dividing price action into equal segments, the indicator removes the influence of external factors like trader sentiment or psychological expectations. Each segment independently determines significant levels based purely on price action, enabling a structural view of the market that abstracts away behavioral or emotional biases.
Complement to Psychological Tools : While the indicator itself avoids behavioral assumptions, its levels can align with psychological zones like round numbers, pivots, or Fibonacci levels. When these structural and psychological levels overlap, it reinforces the importance of key areas, while divergences offer opportunities to examine price behavior from a new perspective.
Educational Value : The indicator encourages traders to explore the contrast between structural and psychological analysis. By introducing a framework that isolates price behavior from external influences, it challenges traditional methods of technical analysis, fostering deeper insights into market structure and behavior.
🔍 UNDERSTANDING STRUCTURAL LEVELS 🔍
The Non-Psychological Levels indicator offers a straightforward yet powerful way to understand market structure by segmenting price action into mechanically defined ranges. This segmentation highlights two key elements: "Broken" levels, where price has breached structural boundaries, and "Unbroken" levels, which remain intact and respected by price action. Together, these components create a framework for identifying potential areas of support and resistance.
Broken Levels : These are structural boundaries that price has surpassed, indicating areas where previous support or resistance failed. Broken levels often signal transitions in price behavior, such as shifts in momentum or the start of trending movements. They provide insight into zones where price has already tested and moved beyond.
Unbroken Levels : These levels remain intact within a given price segment, marking areas where price has consistently respected boundaries. Unbroken levels are particularly useful for identifying potential reversal points or zones of continued support or resistance. Their persistence across price action often makes them reliable indicators of market structure.
The visual segmentation of price action into distinct ranges allows traders to observe how price transitions between structural zones. For example:
- Clusters of Unbroken levels near the current price may suggest strong support or resistance, offering areas of interest for reversals or breakouts.
- Gaps between Unbroken levels highlight areas of price inefficiency or low interaction, which may become significant if revisited.
By focusing solely on structural price behavior, the Non-Psychological Levels indicator enables traders to analyze price independently of time or psychological factors. This makes it a valuable tool for understanding price dynamics objectively, whether used on its own or alongside other indicators.
🛠️ SETTINGS 🛠️
The Non-Psychological Levels indicator offers various customizable settings to help users tailor its visualization to their specific trading style and market conditions. These settings allow adjustments to sensitivity, level projection, and the source of price calculations (e.g., wicks or closing prices). Below, we outline each setting and its impact on the chart, along with examples to illustrate their functionality.
Custom Settings
Sensitivity : This setting adjusts the balance between detailed and broader structural levels by controlling the number of segments. Higher values result in more segments, revealing finer price levels, while lower values consolidate segments to highlight major price movements.
Source : Allows the user to choose between 'Wick' or 'Close' for detecting levels. Selecting 'Wick' emphasizes the absolute highs and lows of price action, while 'Close' focuses on closing prices within each segment.
Level Labels : Configures the visual representation of price levels, allowing users to toggle between price values, symbols (▲ ▼), or disabling labels altogether. This setting ensures clarity in how Broken and Unbroken levels are displayed on the chart.
Unbroken Levels : - - - Users can customize the colors and label styles for Unbroken levels, which highlight areas where price has respected structural boundaries.
Broken Levels : -|- Similar to Unbroken levels, users can specify the visual appearance of Broken levels, including color customization for Broken highs and lows. These settings help distinguish areas where price has breached a structural boundary.
Projection Options : This setting allows users to control how broken and unbroken levels are visually extended on the chart. The Future option projects lines forward to the right of the current price, showing potential future relevance of levels. The All option extends lines both forward and backward, providing a comprehensive view of how levels align with historical and potential future price action. The None option disables projections, keeping the chart focused solely on current segment levels without any extensions.
Segments : Includes options for customizing the segment visualization:
- Live Segment : Toggles the display of a highlighted box representing the current developing segment, helping users focus on ongoing price action.
- Boxes : Allows users to display filled boxes around each segment for additional visual emphasis.
- Segment Colors : Users can define separate colors for support (lower) and resistance (upper) segments, making it easier to interpret directional trends.
- Boundaries : Enables or disables vertical lines to mark segment boundaries, providing a clearer view of structural divisions.
Repaint : This setting allows users to enable or disable triangle labels within the live segment. When enabled, the triangles dynamically update to reflect real-time price behavior during the live bar but will repaint until the bar is fully confirmed. Disabling this option prevents the triangles from appearing during the live bar, reducing potential confusion as they may otherwise flash on and off during price updates. This setting ensures users can choose their preferred visualization while maintaining clarity in real-time analysis.
Color Settings : Offers extensive customization for all visual elements, including Broken and Unbroken levels, segment boundaries, and live segments. These settings ensure the indicator can adapt to individual preferences for chart readability.
🖼️ CHART EXAMPLES 🖼️
The following chart examples illustrate different configurations and features of the Non-Psychological Levels indicator. These examples highlight how the indicator’s settings influence the visualization of structural price behavior, helping traders understand its functionality in various scenarios.
Broken and Unbroken Levels : Orange prices are Broken HIghs. Blue prices are Broken Lows. Green and Red are Unbroken.
Boundaries : Enable Boundaries to visualize segments.
High Sensitivity Setting : A high sensitivity setting produces fewer segments and levels, emphasizing broader price ranges and major structural zones. This configuration is better suited for higher timeframes or identifying overarching trends.
Low Sensitivity Setting : A low sensitivity setting results in a greater number of segments and levels, offering a granular view of price structure. This configuration is ideal for analyzing detailed price movements on lower timeframes.
Live Segment with Triangles Enabled : This example shows the live segment box with triangle labels enabled. These triangles update dynamically during the live bar but may repaint until the bar is confirmed, helping traders observe real-time price behavior.
Broken and Unbroken Levels : This example highlights Broken levels (where price has breached structural boundaries and are drawn through subsequent price action) and Unbroken levels (where price has respected structural boundaries). These distinctions visually identify areas of potential support and resistance.
Broken and Unbroken Levels with Projection: All : This example demonstrates the "Project All" feature, where broken and unbroken levels are extended both forward and backward on the chart. This visualization highlights historical and potential future support and resistance zones, helping traders better understand how price interacts with these structural levels over time.
Segment Boxes with Boundaries : Filled boxes around individual segments visually distinguish each price interval, offering clarity in observing structural price transitions.
📊 SUMMARY 📊
The Non-Psychological Levels indicator provides a unique framework for analyzing structural price behavior through the identification of Broken and Unbroken levels. These levels act as a mechanical representation of support and resistance, independent of psychological biases or time-based factors. By focusing purely on price movement within defined segments, the indicator offers a neutral and consistent approach to understanding market dynamics.
This method complements traditional tools by providing an unbiased perspective. When structural levels align with psychological zones—such as round numbers or session-based highs and lows—they reinforce the significance of these areas as key price zones. When they diverge, the indicator introduces an alternative view, prompting further exploration of price behavior. This dual perspective enhances the depth of analysis by combining the mechanical and behavioral aspects of price action.
The Non-Psychological Levels indicator is not designed to generate trading signals or predict future price movements but serves as a visual and educational tool. Its adaptability across all markets and timeframes allows traders to integrate it into their broader strategies. By highlighting structural price dynamics, the indicator offers a fresh perspective on market analysis while remaining compatible with other technical tools.
⚙️ COMPATIBILITY AND LIMITATIONS ⚙️
Asset Compatibility :
The Non-Psychological Levels indicator is compatible with all asset classes, including cryptocurrencies, forex, stocks, and commodities. It can be applied to any chart or timeframe, making it a flexible tool for structural price analysis. Users should adjust the Sensitivity setting to ensure the segmentation aligns with the price behavior of the specific asset being analyzed. For instance, higher sensitivity values are more suitable for assets with large price ranges, while lower values work well for assets with tighter ranges.
Visual Range Dependency :
The indicator is optimized to perform calculations only within the visible range of the chart. This is a significant advantage, as it prevents unnecessary calculations and maintains efficient performance. However, because of this dependency, levels may appear to "recalculate" when the chart is zoomed in or out quickly or shifted abruptly. While this does not affect the integrity of the levels, it may cause a temporary lag as the indicator adjusts to the new visual range.
Persistence of Levels Beyond Visibility :
Even if levels are not visible on the chart due to zoom or scroll settings, they still exist in the background and are recalculated when revisited. This ensures that the structural price analysis remains consistent, regardless of the chart view.
Box Limitations in Pine Script :
The indicator is subject to Pine Script's inherent limitation of 500 boxes. This means that no more than 500 segments or level boxes can be drawn on the chart simultaneously. For most configurations, this limitation is mitigated by focusing on the visual range, but users employing very low sensitivity settings may exceed the limit. In such cases, only the most recent 500 boxes will be displayed, potentially omitting earlier segments.
Lag with Low Sensitivity Settings :
When sensitivity is set to a low value, the indicator creates many more segments, resulting in finer granularity and a higher number of boxes. While this provides detailed structural levels, it may increase the likelihood of exceeding Pine Script’s 500-box limit or cause a temporary lag when rendering a dense set of boxes over a wide visual range. Users should adjust sensitivity to balance detail with performance, especially on assets with high volatility or broad price ranges.
Live Segment Caution :
The live segment box updates in real time to reflect price movements as the segment is still developing. Since the segment high and segment low are not yet finalized, users should interpret this feature as a dynamic visualization of current price behavior rather than a definitive structural analysis. This ensures clarity during ongoing price action while maintaining the integrity of the indicator's framework.
Cross-Market Versatility :
The indicator’s time-agnostic and mechanical design ensures that it functions identically across all markets and timeframes. However, users should consider the unique characteristics of different markets when interpreting the results, as certain assets (e.g., highly volatile cryptocurrencies) may require sensitivity adjustments for optimal segmentation.
Visual Range Dependency: Levels recalculate efficiently within the chart's visible range but may lag temporarily when zooming or scrolling quickly.
These considerations ensure that the Non-Psychological Levels indicator remains robust and versatile while highlighting some inherent limitations of Pine Script and real-time recalculations. Users can mitigate these constraints by carefully adjusting sensitivity and understanding how the visual range dependency affects performance.
⚠️ DISCLAIMER ⚠️
The Non-Psychological Levels indicator is a visual analysis tool and is not designed as a predictive or trading signal indicator. Its primary purpose is to highlight structural price levels, providing an objective framework for understanding support and resistance within mechanically segmented price action.
The indicator operates within the visible range of the chart to ensure efficiency and adaptiveness, but this recalculation should not be interpreted as a forecast of future price behavior. While the structural levels may align with significant price zones in hindsight, they are purely a reflection of observed price dynamics and should not be used as standalone trading signals.
This indicator is intended as an educational and visual aid to complement other analysis methods. Users are encouraged to integrate it into a broader trading strategy and make adjustments to the settings based on their individual needs and market conditions.
🧠 BEYOND THE CODE 🧠
The Non-Psychological Levels indicator, like other xxattaxx indicators , is designed with education and community collaboration in mind. Its open-source nature encourages exploration, experimentation, and the development of new approaches to price analysis. By focusing on structural price behavior rather than psychological or time-based factors, this indicator introduces a fresh perspective for users to study.
Beyond its visual utility, the indicator serves as an educational framework for understanding the concept of non-psychological analysis. It offers traders an opportunity to explore price dynamics in a purely mechanical way, challenging conventional methods and fostering deeper insights into structural behavior. This approach is especially valuable for those interested in exploring new concepts or seeking alternative perspectives on market analysis.
Your comments, suggestions, and discussions are invaluable in shaping the future of this project. We actively encourage your feedback and contributions, which will directly help us refine and improve the Non-Psychological Levels indicator. We look forward to seeing the creative ways in which you use and enhance this tool. MVS
Specific Time CandlesSpecific Time Candles Indicator
The Specific Time Candles indicator is a powerful tool designed for traders who want to focus on specific time intervals within their charts. This custom indicator allows you to highlight and analyze price action during user-defined time periods, providing clarity and precision in your trading strategy.
Key Features:
Custom Time Intervals: Select any start and end time to create candles that focus on your preferred trading hours. This is particularly useful for traders who want to concentrate on market sessions, such as the London or New York session, or any other specific time frame relevant to their trading plan.
Enhanced Visualization: By isolating specific time periods, this indicator helps reduce noise and provides a clearer view of market movements during key trading hours. This can be beneficial for identifying trends, reversals, and potential breakout opportunities.
Flexible Configuration: Easily adjust the indicator settings to match your trading schedule. Whether you are a day trader, swing trader, or scalper, you can customize the time frames to suit your needs.
Compatibility: The indicator is compatible with multiple asset classes, including forex, stocks, commodities, and cryptocurrencies, making it a versatile tool for any trader.
User-Friendly Interface: Designed with simplicity in mind, the Specific Time Candles indicator is easy to set up and use, even for those who are new to TradingView.
How to Use:
Add the indicator to your chart from the TradingView library.
Set your desired start and end times in the indicator settings.
Observe the newly formed candles that represent the specified time intervals.
Use these candles to make informed trading decisions based on the focused analysis of market activity during your chosen periods.
Benefits:
Precision Trading: Focus on the most relevant market data, eliminating distractions from other time periods.
Improved Decision-Making: Gain insights into market behavior during critical times, enhancing your ability to make strategic trades.
Time Management: Efficiently manage your trading by concentrating on specific times, allowing for better planning and execution.
The Specific Time Candles indicator is a must-have for traders looking to refine their strategies by concentrating on precise market windows. Whether you are targeting high-volatility periods or specific trading sessions, this indicator provides the tools you need to succeed.
Timeframes Dieser Indikator visualisiert Handelszeitzonen und Sitzungsüberschneidungen für die Hauptmärkte (Asien, Europa und New York). Er wurde entwickelt, um die Marktöffnungszeiten in den verschiedenen Zeitzonen grafisch darzustellen und wichtige Handelszeitüberschneidungen hervorzuheben.
Funktionen:
Automatische Zeitbereichsmarkierung: Der Indikator zeigt die Boxen jeder Zeitzone (Asien, Europa und New York) in voller Breite an, sobald die jeweilige Session beginnt. Die Boxen passen sich den Preisbewegungen in Echtzeit an, um eine nahtlose Synchronisierung mit den aktuellen Marktdaten zu gewährleisten.
Anpassbare Sitzungsfarben und -texte: Jede Zeitzone ist mit einer spezifischen Farbe versehen, die in den Einstellungen konfiguriert werden kann, um die einzelnen Sessions optisch klar zu unterscheiden.
Dynamische Hoch- und Tiefpunkte innerhalb der Sitzungen: Der Indikator passt die oberen und unteren Grenzen jeder Session-Box an die höchste und niedrigste Preisbewegung während der jeweiligen Handelszeiten an.
Startlinien für Sitzungsbeginn: Neben den Session-Boxen werden Linien angezeigt, die den Beginn jeder Zeitzone markieren und es den Benutzern ermöglichen, den genauen Startzeitpunkt jeder Sitzung schnell zu erkennen.
Infotabelle mit Sitzungsstatus: Eine optionale Tabelle zeigt den aktuellen Status (geöffnet/geschlossen) und die Start- und Endzeiten der Sitzungen in einem klar strukturierten Format an. Diese Info-Tabelle bietet eine schnelle Übersicht, wann die Märkte geöffnet sind, und vereinfacht so die Planung von Handelsentscheidungen.
Custom 4-Hour Candle Colors with Opening Price LinesDescription:
This indicator enhances the visual clarity of 4-hour candles by allowing users to assign custom colors to each 4-hour time block on their chart. It also provides the option to plot horizontal lines at the opening price of each 4-hour candle, with the lines extending for a customizable duration (up to 36 hours), making it easy to track the opening price levels over time.
Features:
Custom 4-Hour Candle Colors: Define unique colors for each 4-hour candle block on the chart. You can configure the colors for six different 4-hour periods, making it easier to visually differentiate between different parts of the trading day.
Opening Price Lines: The indicator plots horizontal lines at the opening price of each 4-hour candle, with the option to extend the lines for up to 36 hours into the future. The lines can also have different colors, which you can configure separately for each time block.
Flexible Time Configuration: Set custom open times for each 4-hour candle block, allowing you to adjust the indicator to match specific market sessions or time zones.
Fully Customizable: Choose both the candle colors and the opening price line colors independently for each 4-hour period. This allows for a highly personalized chart setup.
Use Cases:
Session Tracking: Easily track different trading sessions by assigning specific colors to different time periods.
Key Price Levels: Keep an eye on important opening price levels throughout the day by extending opening price lines into the future.
Visual Organization: For traders who prefer color-coded charts for improved readability, this indicator helps to organize trading days visually by color-blocking each time segment.
Important Notes:
Due to TradingView’s limitations, the opening price lines can only extend up to 500 bars into the future. The indicator automatically limits the duration of the lines to this maximum.
The script is designed to be flexible and user-friendly, allowing for easy adjustments to suit different trading styles and market conditions.
MNQ/NQ Rotations [Tiestobob]### Indicator Description: MNQ/NQ Rotations
TO BE USED ONLY ON THE CONTINOUS CONTRACTS NQ1! and MNQ1! It will not work on others or the forward contracts of these.
#### Overview
The MNQ/NQ Rotations indicator is designed for traders of Nasdaq futures (MNQ and NQ) to visualize key price levels where typical market rotations occur. This indicator identifies and highlights the xxx.20 and xxx.80 levels based on empirical data and trading experience, allowing traders to recognize potential support and resistance points during trading sessions.
#### Key Features
- **Timeframe Selection**: The indicator allows users to specify a timeframe for identifying breakout candles, ensuring flexibility across different trading strategies.
- **Active Trading Range**: Users can define an active trading range, focusing the analysis on specific hours when the market is most active.
- **Visual Representation**: The indicator paints horizontal lines at key price levels (xxx.20 and xxx.80), extending them across a user-defined length to aid in visual analysis.
- **Customization**: Users can customize the color of the lines to match their charting preferences.
#### Inputs
- **Timeframe (`tf`)**: Defines the timeframe to select the breakout candle (default: 1 minute).
- **Active Trading Range (`session`)**: Specifies the time range for identifying breakout candles (default: 08:00-12:00).
- **Line Color (`line_color`)**: Allows customization of the line color (default: purple).
#### Logic
1. **Session Validation**: The indicator checks if the current bar falls within the specified active trading range.
2. **Price Point Calculation**: For each candle close, the indicator calculates the nearest xxx.20 and xxx.80 levels.
3. **Line Drawing**: Horizontal lines are drawn at these key levels, extending a specified length forward to highlight potential rotation points.
#### Use Cases
- **Support and Resistance Identification**: By highlighting the xxx.20 and xxx.80 levels, traders can easily spot areas where the market is likely to reverse or consolidate.
- **Breakout Trading**: Traders can use the indicator to identify breakout levels and set appropriate entry points.
- **Risk Management**: The visual cues provided by the indicator can help traders set more effective stop-loss and take-profit levels.
#### Example
A trader using a 1-minute timeframe with an active trading range from 08:00 to 12:00 will see horizontal lines painted at the nearest xxx.20 and xxx.80 levels for each candle close during this period. These lines serve as visual markers for typical rotation points, aiding in decision-making and trade planning.
#### Conclusion
The MNQ/NQ Rotations indicator is a powerful tool for traders looking to enhance their market analysis of Nasdaq futures. By focusing on empirically derived rotation levels, this indicator provides clear visual cues for identifying key price levels, supporting more informed trading decisions.
Liquidity Hour by Ibramiho v2Liquidity Hour by Ibramiho (Version 2) - Identify High-Potential Reversal Zones
Understanding the pre-New York session hour is crucial for institutional traders. This period is often characterized by increased liquidity and price volatility as major financial players prepare for the upcoming trading day. The Liquidity Hour indicator capitalizes on this phenomenon, automatically pinpointing the candle (by default, in orange) immediately before the New York session opens.
Why Focus on This Candle?
Liquidity Magnet: Institutional traders often use this hour to establish or adjust positions, creating pockets of liquidity.
Breakout and Retracement Potential: The indicator helps you spot potential areas where price might retrace after a breakout, offering high-probability trading opportunities.
Visual Clarity: The highlighted candle acts as a visual anchor, making it easy to identify these key levels on your chart.
How It Works
1. Automatic Detection: The indicator intelligently detects the pre-New York session candle, regardless of your chart's timeframe.
2. Colour Coding: The candle is highlighted in orange (customizable), instantly drawing your attention.
3. Trade Insights: Watch for price breakouts above or below the highlighted candle. When price retraces back to this level, it signals a potential entry or exit point.
Key Features
Customizable Colour: Change the highlight colour to suit your chart preferences.
Working Timeframes: Works on timeframes, from minutes up to 2 hours timeframe.
Versatile Trading: Suitable for both intraday and swing trading strategies.
Unlock the Power of Institutional Liquidity
Don't miss out on the opportunities that arise in the hour before the New York session. With the Liquidity Hour indicator, you'll gain a valuable edge by identifying key levels where price action is most likely to reverse.
ICT Time Indicator - MinimalisticThis indicator is intended to make backtesting and journaling a lot easier.
This script will automatically plot the sessions you selec.t
You don't have to worry about your timezone because this indicator will automatically handle that.
For best results please don't go any higher than the Hourly.
I aimed to keep this indicator very minimalistic to reduce the 'lipstick' on your chart.
Enabling any of the follow settings will quickly show you on your chart the times you want to be looking at:
Morning Session
Lunch
Afternoon Session
Marco 0950-1010
Marco 1050-1110
Marco 1450-1510
Silver Bullet London Open
Silver Bullet AM
Silver Bullet PM
You can also customize the color of any time session to suite your color scheme.
If you have any requests please leave a comment (I'm sure there are more marcos) :)
Directional Movement Index FLEXA common problem experienced by short term traders using DMI/ADX is that the session breaks results in carry-over effects from the prior session. For example, a large gap up would result in a positive DMI, even though momentum is clearly negative. Note the extremely different results in the morning session, when the gap is reversed.
The DMI-FLEX algoritm resets the +DI and -DI values to the prior session ending midpoint, so that new momentum can be observed from the indicator. (Note for Pinescript coders: rma function does not accept series int, thus the explicit pine_rma function)
DMI-FLEX has the added feature that the ADX value, instead of a separate line, is shown as shading between the +DI and -DI lines, and the color itself is determined by whether +DI is above -DI for a bullish color, or -DI is above +DI for a bearish color.
DMI Flex also gives you the flexibility of inverse colors, in case your chart has inverted scale.
Summary and How to use:
1) Green when +DI is above -DI
2) Red when -DI is above +DI
3) Deeper shading represents a higher ADX value.
Cumulative TICK [Pt]Cumulative TICK Indicator, shown as the bottom indicator, is a robust tool designed to provide traders with insights into market trends using TICK data. This indicator visualizes the cumulative TICK trend in the form of colored columns on a separate chart below the main price chart.
Here's an overview of the key features of the Cumulative TICK Indicator:
1. Selectable TICK Source 🔄: The indicator allows users to choose from four different TICK data sources, namely USI:TICK , USI:TICKQ , USI:TICKI , and $USI:TICKA.
2. TICK Data Type Selection 🎚️: Users can select the type of TICK data to be used. The options include: Close, Open, hl2, ohlc4, hlc3.
3. Optional Simple Moving Average (SMA) 📊: The indicator offers an option to apply an SMA to the Cumulative TICK values, with a customizable length.
4. After-hour Background Color 🌙: The background color changes during after-hours to provide a clear distinction between regular and after-hour trading sessions.
🛠️ How it Works:
The Cumulative TICK Indicator uses TICK data accumulated during the regular market hours (9:30-16:00) as per the New York time zone. At the start of a new session or at the end of the regular session, this cumulative TICK value is reset.
The calculated Cumulative TICK is plotted in a column-style graph. If the SMA is applied, the SMA values are used for the column plots instead. The columns are colored green when the Cumulative TICK is positive and red when it is negative. The shades of green and red vary based on whether the Cumulative TICK is increasing or decreasing compared to the previous value.
This is a simple yet powerful tool to track market sentiment throughout the day using TICK data. Please note that this indicator is intended to be used as part of a comprehensive trading strategy. Always ensure you are managing risk appropriately and consulting various data sources to make informed trading decisions.
RF+ Divergence Scalping SystemRF+ Divergence Scalping System + Custom Signals + Alerts.
This chart overlay indicator has been developed for the low timeframe divergence scalper.
Built upon the realtime divergence drawing code from the Divergence for Many indicator originally authored by Lonsometheblue, this chart overlay indicator bundles several additional unique features and modifications to serve as an all-in-one divergence scalping system. The current key features at the time of publishing are listed below (features are optional and can be enabled or disabled):
- Fully configurable realtime divergence drawing and alerting feature that can draw divergences directly on the chart using data sourced from up to 11 oscillators selected by the user, which have been included specifically for their ability to detect divergences, including oscillators not presently included in the original Divergence for Many indicator, such as the Ultimate Oscillator and TSI.
- Optional on chart table showing a summary of key statuses of various indicators, and nearby divergences.
- 2 x Range Filters with custom settings used for low timeframe trend detection.
- 3 x configurable multi-timeframe Stochastic RSI overbought and oversold signals with presentation options.
- On-chart pivot points drawn automatically.
- Automatically adjusted pivot period for up to 4 configurable time frames to fine tune divergences drawn for optimal divergence detection.
- Real-price line for use with Heikin Ashi candles, with styling options.
- Real-price close dots for use with Heikin Ashi candles, with styling options.
- A selection of custom signals that can be printed on-chart and alerted.
- Sessions indicator for the London, New York, Tokyo and Sydney trading sessions, including daylight savings toggle, and unique ‘invert background color’ option, which colours the entire chart - except the trading session you have selected, leaving your chart clear of distracting background color.
- Up to 4 fully configurable moving averages.
- Additional configurable settings for numerous built in indicators, allowing you to alter the lengths and source types, including the UO, TSI, MFI, TSV, 2 x Range Filters.
- Configurable RSI Trend detection signal filter used in a number of the signals, which filters buy signals where the RSI is over the RSI moving average, and only prints sell signals where RSI is under the moving average.
- Customisable on-chart watermark, with inputs for a custom title, subtitle, and also an optional symbol | timeframe | date feature.
The Oscillators able to be selected for use in drawing divergences at the time of publishing are as follows:
- Ultimate Oscillator (UO)
- True Strength Indicator (TSI)
- Money Flow Index (MFI)
- Cumulative Delta Volume (CDV)
- Time Segmented Volume (TSV)
- Commodity Channel Index (CCI)
- Awesome Oscillator
- Relative Strength Index (RSI)
- Stochastic
- On Balance Volume (OBV)
- MACD Histogram
What are divergences?
Divergence is when the price of an asset is moving in the opposite direction of a technical indicator, such as an oscillator, or is moving contrary to other data. Divergence warns that the current price trend may be weakening, and in some cases may lead to the price changing direction.
There are 4 main types of divergence, which are split into 2 categories;
regular divergences and hidden divergences. Regular divergences indicate possible trend reversals, and hidden divergences indicate possible trend continuation.
Regular bullish divergence: An indication of a potential trend reversal, from the current downtrend, to an uptrend.
Regular bearish divergence: An indication of a potential trend reversal, from the current uptrend, to a downtrend.
Hidden bullish divergence: An indication of a potential uptrend continuation.
Hidden bearish divergence: An indication of a potential downtrend continuation.
Setting alerts.
With this indicator you can set alerts to notify you when any/all of the above types of divergences occur, on any chart timeframe you choose, also when the triple timeframe Stochastic RSI overbought and oversold confluences occur, as well as when custom signals are printed.
Configurable pivot period values.
You can adjust the default pivot period values to suit your prefered trading style and timeframe. If you like to trade a shorter time frame, lowering the default lookback values will make the divergences drawn more sensitive to short term price action. By default, this indicator has enabled the automatic adjustment of the pivot periods for 4 configurable time frames, in a bid to optimize the divergences drawn when the indicator is loaded onto any of the 4 time frames selected. These time frames and their associated pivot periods can be fully reconfigured within the settings menu. By default, these have been further optimized for the low timeframe scalper trading on the 1-15 minute time frames.
How do traders use divergences in their trading?
A divergence is considered a leading indicator in technical analysis , meaning it has the ability to indicate a potential price move in the short term future.
Hidden bullish and hidden bearish divergences, which indicate a potential continuation of the current trend are sometimes considered a good place for traders to begin, since trend continuation occurs more frequently than reversals, or trend changes.
When trading regular bullish divergences and regular bearish divergences, which are indications of a trend reversal, the probability of it doing so may increase when these occur at a strong support or resistance level . A common mistake new traders make is to get into a regular divergence trade too early, assuming it will immediately reverse, but these can continue to form for some time before the trend eventually changes, by using forms of support or resistance as an added confluence, such as when price reaches a moving average, the success rate when trading these patterns may increase.
Typically, traders will manually draw lines across the swing highs and swing lows of both the price chart and the oscillator to see whether they appear to present a divergence, this indicator will draw them for you, quickly and clearly, and can notify you when they occur.
How do traders use overbought and oversold levels in their trading?
The oversold level is when the Stochastic RSI is above the 80 level is typically interpreted as being 'overbought', and below the 20 level is typically considered 'oversold'. Traders will often use the Stochastic RSI at, or crossing down from an overbought level as a confluence for entry into a short position, and the Stochastic RSI at, or crossing up from an oversold level as a confluence for an entry into a long position. These levels do not mean that price will necessarily reverse at those levels in a reliable way, however. This is why this version of the Stoch RSI employs the triple timeframe overbought and oversold confluence, in an attempt to add a more confluence and reliability to this usage of the Stoch RSI.
This indicator is intended for use in conjunction with related panel indicators including the TSI+ (True Strength Indicator + Realtime Divergences), UO+ (Ultimate Oscillator + Realtime Divergences), and optionally the STRSI+ (MTF Stochastic RSI + Realtime Divergences) and MFI+ (Money Flow Index + Realtime Divergences) available via this authors’ Tradingview profile, under the scripts section. The realtime divergence drawing code will not identify all divergences, so it is suggested that you also have panel indicators to observe. Each panel indicator also offers additional means of entry confirmation into divergence trades, for example, the Stochastic can indicate when it is crossing down from overbought or up from oversold, the TSi can indicate when the 2 TSI bands cross over one another upward or downward, and the UO and MFI can indicate an entry confluence when they are nearing, or crossing their centerlines, for more confidence in your divergence trade entries.
Additional information on the settings for this indicator can be found via the tooltips within the settings menu itself. Further information on feature updates, and usage tips & tricks will be added to the comments section below in due course.
Disclaimer: This indicator uses code adapted from the Divergence for Many v4 indicator authored by Lonesometheblue, and several stock indicators authored by Tradingview. With many thanks.
Masterwork VWAPWhen the session ends, built-in VWAP connects the line to the open of a new session. This transmission from session to another session very ugly. My script solves that.
multi-tf standard devs [keypoems]Multi-Timeframe Standard Deviations Levels
A visual map of “how far is too far” across any three higher time-frames.
1. What it does
This script plots dynamic price “rails” built from standard deviation (StDev)—the same math that underpins the bell curve—on up to three higher-time-frames (HTFs) at once.
• It measures the volatility of intraday open-to-close increments, reaching back as far as 5000 bars (≈ 20 years on daily data).
• Each HTF can be extended to the next session or truncated at session close for tidy dashboards.
• Lines can be mirrored so you see symmetric positive/negative bands, and optional background fills shade the “probability cone.”
Because ≈ 68 % of moves live inside ±1 StDev, ≈ 95 % inside ±2, and ≈ 99.7 % inside ±3, the plot instantly shows when price is statistically stretched or compressed.
3. Key settings
Higher Time-Frame #1-3 Turn each HTF on/off, pick the interval (anything from 1 min to 1 year), and decide whether lines should extend into the next period.
Show levels for last X days Keep your chart clean by limiting how many historical sessions are displayed (1-50).
Based on last X periods Length of the StDev sample. Long look-backs (e.g. 5 000) iron-out day-to-day noise; short look-backs make the bands flex with recent volatility.
Fib Settings Toggle each multiple, line thickness/style/colour, label size, whether to print the numeric level, the live price, the HTF label, and whether to tint the background (choose your own opacity).
4. Under-the-hood notes
StDev is calculated on (close – open) / open rather than absolute prices, making the band width scale-agnostic.
Watch for tests of ±1:
Momentum traders ride the breakout with a target at the next band.
Mean-reversion traders wait for the first stall candle and trade back to zero line or VWAP.
Bottom line: Multi-Timeframe Standard-Deviations turns raw volatility math into an intuitive “price terrain map,” helping you instantly judge whether a move is ordinary, stretched, or extreme—across the time-frames that matter to you.
Original code by fadizeidan and stats by NQStats's ProbableChris.
15-Min ORB Strategy with TP/SL
🔧 How It Works
Opening Range Defined
At market open, it tracks the first 15-minute candle.
The high and low of that candle form the Opening Range.
Breakout Detection
A Buy Signal is triggered when price closes above the ORB high (with confirmation).
A Sell Signal is triggered when price closes below the ORB low.
Trade Management
On a confirmed breakout, the script:
Records the entry price.
Calculates Take Profit (TP) and Stop Loss (SL) using user-defined multipliers of the ORB range.
Positions are exited when either TP or SL is hit.
State Tracking
It tracks whether you're in a trade and whether it’s a long or short.
Once exited, the trade resets and waits for a new signal the next session.
📌 Visual Elements
Green line: ORB High
Red line: ORB Low
Blue line: Active Take Profit (if in trade)
Orange line: Active Stop Loss (if in trade)
Buy/Sell Labels: Signal markers below/above candles for clear entry visibility
⚙️ Customizable Inputs
Take Profit Multiplier (default 1.5× ORB range)
Stop Loss Multiplier (default 1.0× ORB range)
Session Start/End time for ORB definition
✅ Ideal For:
Traders who want clean, rule-based signals with no indicators
Quick intraday setups using price action only
Adaptation to almost any liquid market (just adjust session times)
Adaptive ATR Limits█ OVERVIEW
This indicator plots adaptive ATR limits for intraday trading. A key feature of this indicator, which makes it different from other ATR limit indicators, is that the top and bottom ATR limit lines are always exactly one ATR apart from each other (in "auto" mode; there is also a "basic" mode, which plots the limits in the more traditional way—i.e., one ATR above the low and one ATR below the high at all times—and this can be used for comparison).
█ FEATURES
Provides an algorithm to plot the most reasonable intraday ATR top/bottom limits based on currently available information
Dynamically adapts limits as the price evolves during the day
Works correctly and consistently on both RTH and ETH charts
Has a user-selected ADR mode to base the limits on ADR instead of ATR
Option to include the current pre-market and previous day's post-market range in the calculation
Configurable ATR/ADR averaging length
Provides a visual smoothing option
Provides an information box showing the current numerical ATR/ADR values
Reasonable defaults that work well if the user changes nothing
Well-documented, high-quality, open-source code for those interested
█ HOW TO USE
At a minimum, there is nothing that needs to be set. The defaults work well. The ATR top line (red, configurable) gives you the most reasonable move given the currently available information. The line will move away from the price as the price approaches it; that is normal—it is reacting to new information. This happens until the ATR bottom limit hits the lower of the daily low and the previous day's close (in ATR mode). The ATR bottom line (green, configurable) works the same way, with reversed logic.
There is an option to use ADR instead of ATR. The ATR includes the previous day's RTH close in the range, whereas ADR does not. Another option allows the user to add the current day's pre-market range or the previous day's post-market into the current day's range, which has an effect if either of those went outside of today's RTH range, plus yesterday's RTH close (in the default ATR mode). Pre-market and post-market range is not typically included in the daily true range, so only change it if you really know you want it.
█ CONCEPTS
Most traditional ATR limit indicators plot the top ATR limit one ATR above the current daily low, and the bottom ATR limit one ATR below the current daily high. This indicator can also do that (in "basic" mode), but its value lies in its default "auto" mode, which uses an algorithm to dynamically adapt the ATR limits throughout the day, keeping them one ATR apart at all times. It tries to plot the most sensible ATR limits based on the current daily ATR, in order to provide a reasonable visual intraday target, given the available information at that point in time.
"Auto" mode is actually a weighted average of two methods: midpoint and relative (both of which can also be explicitly selected). The midpoint method places the midpoint of the ATR limit equal to the midpoint of the currently established daily range. The relative method measures the currently established daily range and calculates the position of the current price within it (as a ratio between 0 and 1). It then uses that value as a weight in a weighted average of extreme locations for the ATR limits, which are: the ATR top anchored to one ATR above the daily low, and the ATR bottom anchored to one ATR below the daily high.
The relative method is more advanced and better for most of the day; however, it can cause wild swings in the early market or pre-market before a reasonable range (as a percentage of ATR) has been established. "Auto" mode therefore takes another weighted average between the two methods, with the weight determined by the percentage of the ATR currently established within the day, more strongly weighting the calmer midpoint method before a good range is established. Once the full ATR has been achieved, the algorithm in "auto" mode will have fully switched to the relative method and will remain with that method for the rest of the day.
To explain the effect further, as an example, imagine that the price is approaching the full ATR range on the high side. At this point, the indicator will have almost fully transitioned to the second (relative) method. The lower ATR limit will now be anchored to the daily low as the price hits the upper ATR limit. If the price goes beyond the upper ATR, the lower ATR limit will stay anchored to the daily low, and the upper limit will stay anchored to one ATR above the lower limit. This allows you to see how far the price is going beyond the upper ATR limit. If the price then returns and backs off the upper ATR limit, the lower ATR limit will un-anchor from the daily low (it will actually rise, since the daily ATR range has been exceeded, so the lower ATR limit needs to come up because the actual daily range can’t fit into the ATR range anymore). The overall effect is to give you the best visual indication of where the price is in relation to a possible upper ATR-based target. Reverse this example for when the price low approaches the ATR range on the low side.
Care was taken so that the code uses no hard-coded time zones, exchanges, or session times. For this reason, it can in principle work globally. However, it very much depends on the information provided by the exchange, which is reflected in built-in Pine Script variables (see Limitations below).
█ LIMITATIONS
The indicator was developed for US/European equities and is tested on them only. It is also known to work on US futures; in this case, the whole 23-hour session is used, and the "Sessions to include in range" setting has no effect. It may or may not work as intended on security types and equities/futures for other countries.
ChopFlow ATR Scalp StrategyA lean, high-velocity scalp framework for NQ and other futures that blends trend clarity, volume confirmation, and adaptive exits to give you precise, actionable signals—no cluttered bands or lagging indicators.
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🔍 Overview
This strategy locks onto rapid intraday moves by:
• Filtering for directional momentum with the Choppiness Index (CI)
• Confirming conviction via On-Balance Volume (OBV) against its moving average
• Automatically sizing stops and targets with a multiple of the Average True Range (ATR)
It’s designed for scalp traders who need clean, timely entries without wading through choppy noise.
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⚙️ Key Features & Inputs
1. ATR Length & Multiplier
• Controls exit distances based on current volatility.
2. Choppiness Length & Threshold
• Measures trend strength; only fires when the market isn’t “stuck in the mud.”
3. OBV SMA Length
• Smoothes volume flow to confirm genuine buying or selling pressure.
4. Custom Session Hours
• Avoid overnight gaps or low-liquidity periods.
All inputs are exposed for rapid tuning to your preferred scalp cadence.
🚀 How It Works
1. Long Entry triggers when:
• CI < threshold (strong trend)
• OBV > its SMA (positive volume flow)
• You’re within the defined session
2. Short Entry mirrors the above (CI < threshold, OBV < SMA)
3. Exit uses ATR × multiplier for both stop-loss and take-profit
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🎯 Usage Tips
• Start with defaults (ATR 14, multiplier 1.5; CI 14, threshold 60; OBV SMA 10).
• Monitor signal frequency, then tighten/loosen CI or OBV look-back as needed.
• Pair with a fast MA crossover or price-action trigger if you want even sharper timing.
• Backtest across different sessions (early open vs. power hours) to find your edge.
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⚠️ Disclaimer
This script is provided “as-is” for educational and research purposes. Always paper-trade any new setup extensively before deploying live capital, and adjust risk parameters to your personal tolerance.
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Elevate your scalp game with ChopFlow ATR—where trend, volume, and volatility converge for clear, confident entries. Happy scalping!
