OPEN-SOURCE SCRIPT
First 5-Minute Candle Box
Updated
Title: "First 5-Minute Candle Box Indicator"
Description:
Introducing the "First 5-Minute Candle Box" indicator for TradingView! This powerful script is designed to help traders visualize and analyze the high and low prices of the first 5-minute candle of each trading day. By clearly marking this crucial price range, traders can gain valuable insights into potential support and resistance levels right from the start of the trading session.
Features:
First 5-Minute Candle High and Low: Automatically captures and displays the high and low prices of the first 5-minute candle of the trading day, providing key levels for intraday trading strategies.
Daily Reset: Resets the high and low variables at the beginning of each new trading day to ensure accurate data capture for the current session.
Visual Box Representation: Draws a visual rectangle box on the chart from the start of the trading day to the end, highlighting the range between the high and low of the first 5-minute candle.
Customizable Appearance: The box is drawn with a customizable border color and background color, allowing traders to personalize the indicator to their chart's aesthetic.
Usage:
Add the indicator to your TradingView chart to automatically display the high and low of the first 5-minute candle of each trading day.
Utilize these levels as potential support and resistance zones for your intraday trading strategies.
Gain an early edge in your trading day by identifying key price levels right from the market open.
Code Explanation:
Variable Initialization: The script initializes variables to store the high and low prices of the first 5-minute candle.
Daily Reset Logic: At the start of a new day, the variables are reset to ensure they capture the correct data for the new trading session.
Price Capture Logic: The high and low prices of the first 5-minute candle are captured and stored.
Box Drawing Logic: The script defines the start and end times for the visual box and draws the rectangle if the high and low prices are set.
Customizable Box: The box is drawn with specified colors and border properties, providing a clear visual representation on the chart.
Enhance your trading analysis with the "First 5-Minute Candle Box" indicator. Add it to your TradingView chart today and start leveraging the power of early price action!
Description:
Introducing the "First 5-Minute Candle Box" indicator for TradingView! This powerful script is designed to help traders visualize and analyze the high and low prices of the first 5-minute candle of each trading day. By clearly marking this crucial price range, traders can gain valuable insights into potential support and resistance levels right from the start of the trading session.
Features:
First 5-Minute Candle High and Low: Automatically captures and displays the high and low prices of the first 5-minute candle of the trading day, providing key levels for intraday trading strategies.
Daily Reset: Resets the high and low variables at the beginning of each new trading day to ensure accurate data capture for the current session.
Visual Box Representation: Draws a visual rectangle box on the chart from the start of the trading day to the end, highlighting the range between the high and low of the first 5-minute candle.
Customizable Appearance: The box is drawn with a customizable border color and background color, allowing traders to personalize the indicator to their chart's aesthetic.
Usage:
Add the indicator to your TradingView chart to automatically display the high and low of the first 5-minute candle of each trading day.
Utilize these levels as potential support and resistance zones for your intraday trading strategies.
Gain an early edge in your trading day by identifying key price levels right from the market open.
Code Explanation:
Variable Initialization: The script initializes variables to store the high and low prices of the first 5-minute candle.
Daily Reset Logic: At the start of a new day, the variables are reset to ensure they capture the correct data for the new trading session.
Price Capture Logic: The high and low prices of the first 5-minute candle are captured and stored.
Box Drawing Logic: The script defines the start and end times for the visual box and draws the rectangle if the high and low prices are set.
Customizable Box: The box is drawn with specified colors and border properties, providing a clear visual representation on the chart.
Enhance your trading analysis with the "First 5-Minute Candle Box" indicator. Add it to your TradingView chart today and start leveraging the power of early price action!
Release Notes
Updated the script to make it more adjustable to other timeframes. Now, you van highlight the first candle on other timeframes too. Open the setting and choose the timeframe of which candle you want to highlight the box.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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