OPEN-SOURCE SCRIPT
BRT Cluster Volume
Title and Purpose
BRT Cluster Volume is a powerful market analysis tool designed to identify key support and resistance levels, cluster volumes, and breakout signals. This script is highly beneficial for traders who aim to gain deeper insights into market trends and pinpoint zones of interest for buyers and sellers.
Key Features
1. Support and Resistance Levels:
- The script automatically detects chart extremums by analyzing a specified number of bars on the left and right to form levels. This approach effectively identifies local highs and lows.
- The uniqueness of this implementation lies in its dynamic data processing. For each extremum, the "channel width" is calculated, allowing insignificant levels to be filtered out based on a user-defined minimum width. This method eliminates noise and ensures focus on critical levels.
- Extremum lines can be extended to the right (when enabled), allowing traders to track current price movements relative to historical levels.
2. Cluster Volume:
- The cluster analysis is based on lower timeframe data, providing precise identification of key zones of market participant activity. The script dynamically requests close prices and volumes from lower timeframes, calculates the average volume, and identifies levels where volumes exceed a defined threshold.
- The visualization of cluster volumes is unique: volumes exceeding the threshold are displayed as candles with customizable colors and markers. These indicators help traders identify zones of significant interest.
- Cluster volume is only displayed when it interacts with support or resistance levels, ensuring that the visualization remains precise and relevant for market analysis.
3. Breakout Signals:
- The script evaluates "breakout strength" for each breakout of support or resistance levels by comparing the current price with the level. This helps filter false breakouts and focus on significant price movements.
- Traders can select the source for breakout signals (close price or high/low), offering flexibility for various trading styles and strategies.
- By incorporating the concept of "maximum breakout strength," the script highlights only meaningful breakouts, ignoring minor fluctuations.
4. Integration of Trading Sessions:
- Extremum levels for major trading sessions (Asia, Europe, USA) are identified and labeled on the chart. This allows traders to see when significant price levels were formed during the day.
- The script uses timestamps to automatically detect session times, ensuring accuracy and minimizing manual adjustments.
5. Dynamic Data Updates:
- The script dynamically updates support and resistance levels in real time as new data becomes available. This feature is crucial for traders working in fast-moving markets.
- Outdated information (such as obsolete levels) is automatically removed to keep the chart clean and focused on relevant data.
6. Visualization of Activity Zones:
- Trend direction is visualized using color-coded candles based on cluster volumes. For instance, candles with volumes exceeding the average are highlighted with specific colors, helping traders quickly identify areas of heightened activity.
- The unique aspect of this visualization is that cluster volumes appear only in zones where they interact with breakout levels, providing an intuitive and streamlined presentation of critical data.
Usage
- Support and Resistance: Adjust the "Left Bars" and "Right Bars" settings to determine extremums. Use the "Channel Min Width" setting to filter out insignificant levels.
- Cluster Volume: Customize the analysis period and volume threshold to identify high-activity zones. Enable breakout clusters to see how volumes interact with breakouts.
- Session Extremums: Highlight significant levels for Asia, Europe, and US trading sessions to gain insights into market dynamics across different time zones.
- Breakout Signals: Configure the breakout strength and source (close or high/low) for precise signal detection.
Parameter Details
1. Support & Resistance:
- `Left Bars` / `Right Bars`: Number of bars to consider for determining extremums.
- `# of Lines`: Maximum number of support/resistance lines to display.
- `Channel Min Width`: Minimum channel width to filter insignificant levels.
2. Breakout:
- `Show Breakouts`: Toggle breakout signal display.
- `Max breakout strength`: Maximum strength for valid breakouts.
- `Breakout source`: Data source for breakouts (close or high/low).
3. Cluster Volume:
- `Lookback`: Number of bars to analyze for cluster volumes.
- `Threshold`: Volume threshold (percentage above the average).
- `Cluster Volume Timeframe`: Timeframe for cluster volume analysis.
- `Breakout Cluster`: Display cluster volumes only for breakout-related zones.
4. Visual Settings:
- `Extend extremum lines to the right`: Extend support/resistance lines to the right.
- `Show ASIA/EU/US Session Extremums`: Display extremums for trading sessions.
Features and Benefits
- The script provides flexible parameter customization, allowing it to adapt to different trading styles and timeframes.
- The visualization is designed to be clean and intuitive, ensuring users can easily interpret the data.
- Suitable for all timeframes, making it ideal for both intraday and long-term market analysis.
Limitations
- The script is not suitable for analysis on non-standard chart types (e.g., Heikin Ashi, Renko, Kagi).
- To ensure accurate performance, realistic data for commission and slippage should be used.
Warnings
- The script relies on historical data for calculations, which may cause discrepancies in real-time conditions.
- Users should fully understand the functionality of cluster analysis and breakout signals before using the script in live trading.
This script combines advanced data processing logic, dynamic level adjustments, and unique visualization approaches, making it an indispensable tool for market analysis and trading decision-making.
BRT Cluster Volume is a powerful market analysis tool designed to identify key support and resistance levels, cluster volumes, and breakout signals. This script is highly beneficial for traders who aim to gain deeper insights into market trends and pinpoint zones of interest for buyers and sellers.
Key Features
1. Support and Resistance Levels:
- The script automatically detects chart extremums by analyzing a specified number of bars on the left and right to form levels. This approach effectively identifies local highs and lows.
- The uniqueness of this implementation lies in its dynamic data processing. For each extremum, the "channel width" is calculated, allowing insignificant levels to be filtered out based on a user-defined minimum width. This method eliminates noise and ensures focus on critical levels.
- Extremum lines can be extended to the right (when enabled), allowing traders to track current price movements relative to historical levels.
2. Cluster Volume:
- The cluster analysis is based on lower timeframe data, providing precise identification of key zones of market participant activity. The script dynamically requests close prices and volumes from lower timeframes, calculates the average volume, and identifies levels where volumes exceed a defined threshold.
- The visualization of cluster volumes is unique: volumes exceeding the threshold are displayed as candles with customizable colors and markers. These indicators help traders identify zones of significant interest.
- Cluster volume is only displayed when it interacts with support or resistance levels, ensuring that the visualization remains precise and relevant for market analysis.
3. Breakout Signals:
- The script evaluates "breakout strength" for each breakout of support or resistance levels by comparing the current price with the level. This helps filter false breakouts and focus on significant price movements.
- Traders can select the source for breakout signals (close price or high/low), offering flexibility for various trading styles and strategies.
- By incorporating the concept of "maximum breakout strength," the script highlights only meaningful breakouts, ignoring minor fluctuations.
4. Integration of Trading Sessions:
- Extremum levels for major trading sessions (Asia, Europe, USA) are identified and labeled on the chart. This allows traders to see when significant price levels were formed during the day.
- The script uses timestamps to automatically detect session times, ensuring accuracy and minimizing manual adjustments.
5. Dynamic Data Updates:
- The script dynamically updates support and resistance levels in real time as new data becomes available. This feature is crucial for traders working in fast-moving markets.
- Outdated information (such as obsolete levels) is automatically removed to keep the chart clean and focused on relevant data.
6. Visualization of Activity Zones:
- Trend direction is visualized using color-coded candles based on cluster volumes. For instance, candles with volumes exceeding the average are highlighted with specific colors, helping traders quickly identify areas of heightened activity.
- The unique aspect of this visualization is that cluster volumes appear only in zones where they interact with breakout levels, providing an intuitive and streamlined presentation of critical data.
Usage
- Support and Resistance: Adjust the "Left Bars" and "Right Bars" settings to determine extremums. Use the "Channel Min Width" setting to filter out insignificant levels.
- Cluster Volume: Customize the analysis period and volume threshold to identify high-activity zones. Enable breakout clusters to see how volumes interact with breakouts.
- Session Extremums: Highlight significant levels for Asia, Europe, and US trading sessions to gain insights into market dynamics across different time zones.
- Breakout Signals: Configure the breakout strength and source (close or high/low) for precise signal detection.
Parameter Details
1. Support & Resistance:
- `Left Bars` / `Right Bars`: Number of bars to consider for determining extremums.
- `# of Lines`: Maximum number of support/resistance lines to display.
- `Channel Min Width`: Minimum channel width to filter insignificant levels.
2. Breakout:
- `Show Breakouts`: Toggle breakout signal display.
- `Max breakout strength`: Maximum strength for valid breakouts.
- `Breakout source`: Data source for breakouts (close or high/low).
3. Cluster Volume:
- `Lookback`: Number of bars to analyze for cluster volumes.
- `Threshold`: Volume threshold (percentage above the average).
- `Cluster Volume Timeframe`: Timeframe for cluster volume analysis.
- `Breakout Cluster`: Display cluster volumes only for breakout-related zones.
4. Visual Settings:
- `Extend extremum lines to the right`: Extend support/resistance lines to the right.
- `Show ASIA/EU/US Session Extremums`: Display extremums for trading sessions.
Features and Benefits
- The script provides flexible parameter customization, allowing it to adapt to different trading styles and timeframes.
- The visualization is designed to be clean and intuitive, ensuring users can easily interpret the data.
- Suitable for all timeframes, making it ideal for both intraday and long-term market analysis.
Limitations
- The script is not suitable for analysis on non-standard chart types (e.g., Heikin Ashi, Renko, Kagi).
- To ensure accurate performance, realistic data for commission and slippage should be used.
Warnings
- The script relies on historical data for calculations, which may cause discrepancies in real-time conditions.
- Users should fully understand the functionality of cluster analysis and breakout signals before using the script in live trading.
This script combines advanced data processing logic, dynamic level adjustments, and unique visualization approaches, making it an indispensable tool for market analysis and trading decision-making.
Open-source script
In true TradingView spirit, the author of this script has published it open-source, so traders can understand and verify it. Cheers to the author! You may use it for free, but reuse of this code in publication is governed by House rules. You can favorite it to use it on a chart.
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