DUN Lines IndicatorThe DUN Lines indicator detects, filters and plots price imbalances (aka fair value gaps or fvgs/ifvgs). It is unique in the fact that it uses five timeframes and filters out overlapping, lower timeframe imbalances and fvgs below a user-definable size threshold.
Simply set your detection timeframes, colors and thresholds then set your chart to your preferred entry timeframe. When imbalances are mitigated, the FVG/IFVG is removed from the chart.
The indicator's default colors are my preferred ones for differentiating between timeframes, but these are easily changed. A single color with various levels of transparency to indicate timeframe strength is another approach that works nicely.
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Volume Flow ImbalanceVolume Flow Imbalance (VFI) Indicator
The Volume Flow Imbalance (VFI) indicator is designed to provide traders with insights into the market's buying and selling pressure by calculating the imbalance between buy and sell volumes over a user-defined lookback period. This indicator is particularly useful for identifying potential pivot points and market sentiment shifts.
How to Use :
Setup Parameters :
Lookback Period: Set the number of bars over which the imbalance is calculated. Increasing this number provides a broader view of market trends.
Lower Timeframe Data: Optionally enable this feature to analyze volume data from lower timeframes, offering a more granified view of volume flows.
Interpreting the Indicator :
The VFI outputs a value that represents the net imbalance between buying and selling volumes. Positive values indicate a predominance of buying volume, suggesting bullish conditions, while negative values suggest bearish conditions with more selling volume.
The indicator also provides dynamic threshold lines based on the standard deviation of the calculated imbalances, helping to visually identify extreme conditions where reversals might occur.
Application :
Apply the VFI to any chart to assess the balance of trade volumes in real-time.
Use the indicator in conjunction with other technical analysis tools to confirm trends or potential reversals.
Tips :
Adjust the lookback period based on the volatility and trading volume of the asset to optimize performance.
The VFI is best used in liquid markets where volume data is a reliable indicator of market activity.
By providing a clear measure of how much buying and selling is occurring relative to the past, the VFI helps traders make informed decisions based on underlying market dynamics.
MTF Smart Money ConceptsOverview
This indicator displays major elements of Smart Money Concepts and price action trading with multi-timeframes(MTF) and layered market structures with color visualization.
What is Smart Money Concepts?
Smart Money Concepts(SMC) is one of the methodologies to interpret how financial market moves and to analyze it and execute trades, focusing on liquidity and order flow of financial institutions.
Smart money means the funds invested by large financial institutions such as banks, institutional traders/investors, market makers, hedge funds etc. contrary to retail traders/investors' money.
It is important to note that there is no proof or evidence that those institutions move the market as described in Smart Money Concepts.
Personally speaking, it is one of the interpretation of the market and another angle to view the market just like other technical analysis methodologies such as Elliott Wave Principle, Gann Theory, Wyckoff Method and even traditional price action trading.
Importance of MTF Analysis
MTF analysis(a.k.a Topdown analysis) is the foundation to technically analyze charts and the most fundamental skill in trading because lower timeframes are always influenced by upper timeframes where large financial institutions operate.
How to use
This indicator is designed to help traders analyze how the market moves in terms of SMC and price action with multi-timeframes and color visualization of the market structures, which makes this indicator unique and different from other indicators.
There is two key settings that you can use based on your trading style.
1.Upper timeframe selection
You have two options to determine upper timeframe; Auto mode and Manual mode.
When Auto mode selected, upper timeframe will be determined based on chart timeframe as follows.
Chart timeframe => Upper timeframe
1M=>15M
5M/15M=>1H
30M/1H=>4H
4H=>D
D=>W
W=>M
If you select Manual mode, you can fix an upper timeframe.
2.High/low settings
This affects all other settings of the indicator and most importantly designs the market structure.
This is the key setting to determine how you view the market as price action trading is all about highs and lows and story of how highs and lows have been created with the market structure.
You can specify left bars and right bars to identify swing highs/lows and these highs/lows become the basis to design the market structure and determine how SMC elements are displayed.
Example:
Left bar&right bar: 10
You can see bigger wave(magenta line) in the market structure(stepped line).
(Magenta line is a drawn object by manual)
Left bar&right bar: 4
With this setting, you can see smaller wave in the market structure.
Since market moves like wave as there is a lot of wave theories in financial investment/trading industry such as Elliott wave, Wolf wave etc., users can define market structure with this setting depending on what degree of wave they aim to trade.
Functions:
MTF Order Block
Concept
Order block is a block of orders where buying orders and selling orders are accumulated. Order blocks are created when the institutions move the market up and down, temporality placing orders in an opposite direction to the way they want to move, in order to match their own orders with counter-orders.
Visualization by the indicator
The indicator displays both chart timeframe's order blocks and upper timeframe's order blocks(MTF).
You can also select from two options how to display order blocks;
1. Show all order blocks
2. Show strong order blocks only
Note: Strong order blocks mean order blocks created at strong highs/lows. See also strong high/low below.
Alerts can be set when prices reach strong order blocks.
MTF Fair Value Gap(FVG)/Imbalance
Concept
Fair Value Gap(FVG)(Imbalance) is a void generated among three consecutive candlesticks.
FVG(s) is created when the market moves so rapidly generating buy side or sell side order imbalances.
FVG(s) is characterized by price action that prices tend to come back to the area where FVG(s) exists, filling in the space among the candlesticks.
Visualization by the indicator
The indicator displays both chart timeframe's FVG and upper timeframe's FVG.
MTF Liquidity Grab
Concept
Liquidity grab is price action to sweep liquidity for the institutions to move the market.
This price action often happens because the size of their orders is so huge and they need a bunch of counter-orders to match their orders. This is why prices sometimes come to areas where liquidity rest and swipe them before the market goes up/down.
Liquidity visualization
Where does liquidity rest?
The answer is above highs(buy side liquidity) and below lows(sell side liquidity).
Among all highs and lows, swing highs and lows are where liquidity is accumulated the most because swing highs and lows can be created only by the institutions, therefore massive liquidity is indicated.
Visualization by the indicator
The indicator displays liquidity dots so that users can easily identify where liquidity rests and liquidity grab of both a chart timeframe and an upper timeframe.
Alerts can be set when liquidity grab happens.
MTF Strong High/Low
Concept
Strong high/low literally means strong highs and lows among all highs and lows including swing highs and lows.
There is a few different definitions of strong high/low in price action trading and the definition in this indicator is as follows.
Strong high
A high that that breaks higher low or lower low
Strong low
A low that breaks lower high or higher high
Visualization by the indicator
The indicator displays strong highs and lows of both a chart timeframe and an upper timeframe.
MTF Market Structure Visualization
Concept
Market structure is a series of price movement with highs and lows which outlines the way the market directs. It is a basis to see trend occurrence, trend reversal and sideways and analyzing the market structures in multi-timeframes is the most fundamental technical skill in trading/investment.
Visualization by the indicator
The indicator displays market structures of both a chart timeframe and an upper timeframe and provide color visualization depending on bullish and bearish market structures.
The definition of bullish and bearish market structure is as follows.
Bullish market structure
When a price breaks a Lower High or Higher High
Bearish market structure
When a price breaks a Higher Low or Lower Low
Settings
All the functions above, colors and line settings are parameterized and can be turned on/off depending on users’ needs.
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概要
Smart Money Concepts(SMC)およびプライスアクショントレードにおける重要な要素をマルチタイムフレームで表示することのできるインジケーターです。
相場構造(Market structure)をマルチタイムフレームで表示し、相場構造の強弱を色で可視化することができます。
Smart Money Concepts(スマートマネーコンセプト)とは？
Smart Money Concepts(以下SMC) は金融市場がどのように動くかを解釈し、分析し、取引を執行するための相場理論の一つであり、Liquidity(リクイディティ)および機関投資家のオーダーフロー(注文の流れ)に焦点を置いていることが特徴です。
Smart Money(スマートマネー)とは、銀行や機関投資家、マーケットメーカー、ヘッジファンドといった金融機関が動かす資金を意味し、個人投資家の資金と対をなす概念です。
重要な点は、実際に上記の金融機関がSmart Money Conceptsで語られているような相場の動かし方をしているかどうかを証明する明確なエビデンスはないということです。
個人的には、エリオット波動理論やギャン理論、ワイコフ理論、伝統的なプライスアクショントレーディングの方法論と同様に、マーケットの動きを解釈するための一つの方法論であり、マーケットの動きを別の角度から見る枠組みと捉えています。
マルチタイムフレーム(MTF)分析の重要性
MTF分析はチャートをテクニカルに分析する上での基礎であり、トレードにおいて最も重要なスキルです。なぜなら下位のタイムフレームは上記のような金融機関が資金運用を行う上位のタイムフレームの影響を常に受けるためです。
使い方
このインジケーターは、SMCまたはプライスアクショントレードの観点から、トレーダーがマーケットをマルチタイムフレームで分析することを支援するために開発しています。
相場構造(Market structure/マーケットストラクチャー)を方向性に応じて色で可視化することができるため、視覚的に相場の構造を判断できることがこのインジケータのユニークな点であり、他のインジケーターと異なる点です。
ユーザーのトレードスタイルに応じて、以下の二つの設定を行うことができます。
1.上位足の決定方法
ユーザーは上位足のタイムフレームを決定するにあたり、AutoモードとManualモードを選択することができます。
Autoモードを選択した場合、上位足はチャートのタイムフレームに応じて以下のように決定されます。
チャートタイムフレーム => 上位足タイムフレーム
1M=>15M
5M/15M=>1H
30M/1H=>4H
4H=>D
D=>W
W=>M
Manualモードを選択すると上位足のタイムフレームを固定することができます。
2.High/low(高値/安値) 設定
当設定はインジケーターの他の全ての機能に影響し、また最も重要である相場構造の定義に影響します。
当設定はユーザーがマーケットをどのように見るか(=どの程度の粒度)を決定する重要な設定です。なぜならプライスアクショントレードは、高値、安値とそれらが相場構造をどのように構築してきたかの一連の流れを分析することが全てだからです。
ユーザーは相場構造を決定付けるスイングハイ·スイングローを特定するためのバーの本数を設定することができます。ここで設定した内容が、相場構造を定義し、以下で説明するSMCの要素の表示を決定することになります。
例:
Left bar&right bar(左右のバーの数): 10
この場合、ステップラインで示した相場構造の中に大きな波(マゼンタの波)を見ることができます。
(マゼンタのラインは手動で描いたオブジェクト)
Left bar&right bar: 4
この設定では、上記に比べて小さい波を描いていることが確認できます。
相場理論の中にエリオット波動理論やウォルフ波動といった数多くの波動理論があることからわかるように、相場は波として動きます。どの粒度の波を狙うかというトレーダーのスタイルに応じて、設定を変更することができます。
機能
MTFオーダーブロック
コンセプト
オーダーブロックとは買い注文と売り注文が一連となって蓄積されたオーダー(注文)のブロックのことです。
オーダーブロックは機関投資家が相場を動かす際に、本来意図する方向とは一時的に逆に動かすことで、彼ら自身の注文をマッチングさせるための反対注文を発生させることで形成されます。
インジケーターによる表示
インジケーターはチャートタイムフレームのオーダーブロックと上位足のオーダーブロックの両方を表示することができます。
また、オーダーブロックの表示オプションとして、
1.全てのオーダーブロックを表示
2.Strong(ストロング)オーダーブロックのみを表示
を選択することが可能です。
注: StrongオーダーブロックはStrong High/Lowで形成されるオーダーブロックを指します。(下記参照)
また、オーダーブロック到達でのアラート設定も可能です。
MTFフェアーバリューギャップ(FVG)/インバランス
コンセプト
フェアーバリューギャップ(FVG)/インバランスとは連続する3つのローソク足の間に形成される溝(Gap)のことです。
フェアーバリューギャップはマーケットが非常に早く動いたことにより、買いオーダーと売りオーダーの需給バランスが崩れることによって発生します。
フェアーバリューギャップには、価格がフェアーバリューギャップが発生したエリアまで戻ってくる傾向があるという特徴が存在します。
インジケーターによる表示
インジケーターはチャートタイムフレームのフェアーバリューギャップと上位足のフェアーバリューギャップの両方を表示することができます。
MTF Liquidity Grab(リクイディティ·グラブ)
コンセプト
Liquidity(リクイディティ)とはマネー、つまり注文です。
Liquidity Grab(リクイディティ·グラブ)とは、機関投資家がマーケットを動かす際にLiquidityを取得するプライスアクションのことを指します。
このプライスアクションは、機関投資家が処理する注文サイズが非常に大きいため、自身の注文を出す際に大量の反対注文を必要とすることからしばしば発生します。
これが、価格がLiquidity(注文)の集まっているエリアに接近し、それら注文をスワイプ(狩り取る)した後に上昇·下落する理由です。
Liquidityの可視化
一般的にLiquidityは高値の上(buy side liquidity)、安値の下(sell side liquidity)に存在します。
全ての高値·安値の中で、スイングハイ·ローがliquidityが最も蓄積されているエリアということができます。なぜならスイングハイ·ローは機関投資家の注文によってのみ形成されるからです。
インジケーターによる表示
ユーザーがLiquidityポイントを簡単に識別できるようにLiquidityをドット表示することが可能です。またチャートタイムフレームと上位足の両方のLiquidity Grabを表示することができます。
Liquidity Grab発生時にアラートも設定可能です。
MTF Strong High/Low(ストロングハイ·ロー)
コンセプト
Strong high/lowは文字通り、強い高値·安値のことを指します。
トレーダーの間でいくつかの異なる定義が存在しますが、当インジケーターでの定義は以下の通りです。
Strong high
Higher low(ハイアーロー) または Lower low(ロワーロー)をブレイクした高値
Strong low
Lower higher (ロワーハイ) または Higher High(ハイアーハイ)をブレイクした安値
インジケーターによる表示
チャートタイムフレーム、上位足のStrong High/Lowを表示することが可能です。
相場構造可視化
コンセプト
相場構造(Market structure/マーケットストラクチャー)とは、相場の流れを成り立たせる高値と安値を元にした一連の値動きです。建物における骨組みに該当します。
トレンドの発生、転換、レンジを見極めるための基礎であり、マルチタイムフレームで相場構造を分析することは、投資·トレードにおいて最も重要なテクニカルスキルです。
インジケーターによる表示
チャートタイムフレームと上位足タイムフレーム両方の相場構造を表示することができます。
また、相場構造が強気の状態か弱気の状態かを色で可視化するため、上位足含めた相場の流れを視覚的に判断することが可能です。
相場構造の強弱の定義は以下の通りです。
強気の相場構造(Bullish market structure)
価格がLower HighまたはHigher Highをブレイクしたとき
弱気の相場構造(Bearish market structure)
価格がHigher LowまたはLower Lowをブレイクしたとき
設定
上記の全ての機能は色やライン設定含めパラメーターで設定が可能です。またユーザの必要に応じて表示·非表示を切り替えることができます。
Bagang Pivot Zones | Supply & Demand, Support & ResistanceBagang Pivot Zones detects imbalances from classic reversal and momentum price actions.
Imbalances create pivot zones, a.k.a Supply & Demand / Support & Resistance / Orderblock zones.
Use Cases
1. Traders using Supply & Demand theory can quickly pinpoint imbalance zones created by BUY-to-SELL and SELL-to-BUY candles.
2. Trend Following traders can systematically catch and follow a trend based on pivot zones analysis.
3. Breakout traders can easily target pivot zones’ breakout and breakdown.
4. Take the guesswork out of risk management: manage stop-loss precisely behind pivot zones.
5. Analyze contrary pivot zones to set realistic profit targets.
Objectivity
By only comparing OHLC values to identify notable price actions, Bagang Pivot Zones avoids derived calculations with subjective parameters.
Chart Issue
If the chart zooms out after adding an indicator, right-click the price scale and toggle "Scale price chart only” on.
Candle Colored by Volume Z-score [Morty]This indicator colors the candles according to the z-score of the trading volume. You can easily see the imbalance on the chart. You can use it at any timeframe.
In statistics, the standard score (Z-score) is the number of standard deviations by which the value of a raw score (i.e., an observed value or data point) is above or below the mean value of what is being observed or measured. Raw scores above the mean have positive standard scores, while those below the mean have negative standard scores.
This script uses trading volume as source of z-score by default.
Due to the lack of volume data for some index tickers, you can also choose candle body size as source of z-score.
features:
- custom source of z-score
- volume
- candle body size
- any of above two
- all of above two
- custom threshold of z-score
- custom color chemes
- custom chart type
- alerts
default color schemes:
- green -> excheme bullish imbalance
- blue -> large bullish imbalance
- red -> excheme bearish imbalance
- purple -> large bearish imbalance
- yellow -> low volume bars, indicates "balance", after which volatility usually increases and tends to continue the previous trend
Examples:
* Personally, I use dark theme and changed the candle colors to black/white for down/up.
Volume as Z-score source
Any as Z-score source, more imbalances are showed
Volume-Time Imbalance (VTI)Volume-Time Imbalance (VTI) – Indicator Description
This indicator measures the imbalance between traded volume and the time elapsed between bars to identify unusual spikes in volume per second (volume per unit of time). Its purpose is to highlight volume movements that may indicate moments of strong interest, acceleration, or reversal in the market.
How it works:
It calculates the traded volume divided by the time (in seconds) elapsed since the previous bar — thus obtaining the volume per second.
An EMA (exponential moving average) of this volume per second is calculated to smooth the data.
The VTI value is the ratio between the current volume per second and this moving average, showing if the current volume is above what is expected for that pace.
The higher the VTI, the greater the imbalance between volume and time, indicating possible bursts of activity.
Settings:
VTI Moving Average Length: The period of the moving average used to smooth the volume per second (default is 20).
Alert Thresholds: Alert levels to identify moderate and high imbalances (defaults are 1.5 and 2.0).
Show VTI Histogram: Displays the VTI histogram in the indicator window.
Color Background: Colors the indicator background based on the strength of the imbalance (orange for moderate, red for high).
Show Alert Arrows: Shows arrows below the chart when a strong volume spike occurs (high alert).
Interpretation:
VTI values above the moderate level (1.5) indicate an unusual increase in volume relative to time.
Values above the high level (2.0) signal strong spikes that may anticipate significant moves or trend changes.
Use the colors and arrows as visual confirmations to quickly identify these moments.
Liquidity Imbalance Index (Li2)How to Use the Liquidity Imbalance Index (Li2)
The Liquidity Imbalance Index (Li2) is designed to track market liquidity and identify significant imbalances between buyers and sellers. Here's how to effectively use this indicator in your trading:
Understanding the Main Components
1. Liquidity Delta Histogram/Line:
- Shows the difference between buy and sell liquidity
- Green bars/line: Buying pressure dominates
- Red bars/line: Selling pressure dominates
- The intensity of color shows the strength of the imbalance
2. Threshold Lines:
- Upper (green) threshold: Marks significant buy pressure
- Lower (red) threshold: Marks significant sell pressure
- Neutral zone: Area between the dotted lines where neither buyers nor sellers dominate
3. Liquidity Zones (circles shown on top/bottom):
- Green circles on upper threshold: Historical bull zones (significant buying interest)
- Red circles on lower threshold: Historical bear zones (significant selling interest)
- These zones require multiple hits, consecutive signals, and optionally volume confirmation
Trading Strategies
For Trend Trading
1. Look for when the Liquidity Delta crosses above the upper threshold for bullish signals
2. Look for when the Liquidity Delta crosses below the lower threshold for bearish signals
3. Especially powerful when crossing occurs with acceleration (darker histogram colors)
For Support and Resistance
1. Identify where the significant bull/bear zones appear (green/red circles)
2. These often align with important price levels where orders cluster
3. Use these zones as potential reversal or confirmation points
For Divergence
1. Watch for price making new highs/lows while liquidity shows the opposite
2. Divergence between price and liquidity can signal potential reversals
Volume Confirmation
1. Pay attention to volume-confirmed signals (small circles at zero line)
2. These indicate stronger conviction behind the liquidity imbalance
Optimal Settings
- For day trading or volatile markets, consider reducing lookback periods and increasing thresholds
- For swing trading, the default settings work well to capture significant zones
- In ranging markets, focus on the zones as they often mark the range boundaries
- In trending markets, follow the overall direction of the liquidity delta
Reading Acceleration Signals
The indicator shows color intensity variations to highlight acceleration in liquidity flows:
- Dark green/red: Strong acceleration (rapid shift in order flow)
- Medium green/red: Medium acceleration
- Light green/red: Weak acceleration
These acceleration signals often precede significant price movements.
Easy FootprintThis script represents a simple footprint system which can currently be applied on time based candles only.
Options:
Display Bid/Ask volumes at price
Display horizontal delta at price
Highlight Buuying/Selling/Both imbalances at price (default, green, red or orange(both) background color)
Highlight the POC of the current candle (yellow cell border)
Display the current candle
Parameters:
Imbalance threshold: Minimal proportion to highlight cells in case of buying/selling imbalances (2=200% , 3=300%, etc...)
Text size: Just a display option to select the size of the text in cells
Price truncation factor: Allows the user to configure the size of each cell (default factor 0 is 1pts, factor 1 is 0.1 pts, factor 2 is 0.01 pts, factor -1 is 10 pts, etc...)
Volume decimals: Select the precision you want to see in volume information
Enable display of bid/ask volume at price
Enable display of horizontal delta at price
Note :
Some cells might be missing within a candle when gaps appear
FVG Matrix - Orderblock, Expansion & Rejection(@JP7FX)FVG Matrix (JP7FX)
FVG Matrix detects and displays multiple types of Fair Value Gaps. It gives traders a clear view of imbalance behaviour without manual marking.
FVG Types
The indicator identifies five categories of FVGs:
• Standard FVGs
Three candle price inefficiencies.
• Orderblock FVGs
Gaps that form near orderblocks.
• Expansion FVGs
Imbalances created during strong impulsive moves.
• Consolidation FVGs
Gaps within tight ranges.
• Rejection FVGs
Gaps that show rejection behaviour when price returns.
Each type can be enabled, disabled or recoloured.
Features
• Multi type FVG detection across all timeframes.
• 50 percent mitigation tracking to show partial fills.
• Alerts for FVG creation and mitigation.
• Control over whether mitigated FVGs remain on the chart.
• Full colour and visibility customisation.
Alerts
The indicator includes alert conditions for new FVG creation and FVG mitigation.
Users can choose which FVG types trigger alerts.
Use Cases
Suitable for traders who track imbalance behaviour or follow Smart Money concepts. The indicator reduces chart work by automating the identification and organisation of Fair Value Gaps.
ICT Killzones Pro Suite — ICT & SMC Indicator with AlertsThe ICT Killzones Pro Suite is a complete ICT and Smart Money Concepts (SMC) indicator that brings together the most important institutional concepts into one single tool.
Instead of manually drawing sessions, structure breaks, liquidity levels or imbalances, this ICT indicator for TradingView automatically plots them with precision and full customization.
It is widely used by traders in Forex, Indices, Crypto and Commodities who want to study market structure the same way institutions do.
🔎 Features
✅ Killzones (Asia, London, New York)
Session boxes with customizable colors
50% midline level for equilibrium reference
Real-time status display (“In Killzone” / “Out of Killzone”)
✅ Equal Highs & Equal Lows (Liquidity zones)
Automatic detection of EQH/EQL
Equality tolerance parameter
Zone expiry (bars)
Rejection filter (2 consecutive closes)
Option to show only the latest active EQH/EQL
✅ Break of Structure (BOS) & Market Structure Shift (MSS)
Detects continuation (BOS) and reversal (MSS) structures
Customizable line styles and colors
“Body only” or “Body/Wick” break modes
Option to show only the latest signals
✅ Open Price Range (OPR)
Institutional daily open level in UTC
Historical OPR memory for backtesting
Optional labels for quick identification
✅ Previous Highs and Lows
Daily (PDH/PDL), Weekly (PWH/PWL), Monthly (PMH/PML)
Full label system
Customizable line width/style
Breakout alerts for each level
✅ Fair Value Gaps (FVGs)
Automatic imbalance detection
Wick or body detection modes
Highlighted imbalance candles in yellow
✅ Alerts Engine
One global alert condition
Modular alerts:
• Killzone opens/closes
• EQH/EQL created or broken
• BOS/MSS bullish & bearish signals
• Previous Highs/Lows breakouts
• FVGs
⚙️ Parameters Explained
Killzones: start/end times in UTC, colors, extension lines, 50% midline
EQH/EQL: tolerance (0 = strict equality, >0 = margin allowed), expiry age (bars), rejection filter, body/wick break type, latest only toggle
BOS/MSS: swing bars (pivots), body vs wick detection, line styles & widths, only-latest option
OPR: exact UTC time (HH:MM), history toggle, label size/color
Previous Highs/Lows: daily/weekly/monthly levels, line styles, label settings, breakout alerts
FVGs: wick vs body detection, candle highlight color
Alerts: global condition + per-module toggles (sessions, liquidity, BOS/MSS, FVG)
Every parameter is fully customizable, making this SMC indicator adaptable to any trading style or timeframe.
📌 Why use this ICT & SMC indicator?
Saves time by automating repetitive tasks
Provides an institutional framework directly on charts
Keeps analysis structured and consistent
Optimized for intraday scalping and swing trading
⚠️ Disclaimer
This script is for educational purposes only. It does not guarantee profits or predict markets with certainty. Always use proper risk management.
🔑 Access
This is an invite-only script on TradingView.
Click Request Access on this page to apply.
Initial Imbalance [First FVG - ICT] v1Initial Imbalance v1
This indicator identifies the first Fair Value Gap (FVG) at the start of a user-defined session, inspired by The Inner Circle Trader. It helps traders spot initial imbalance in a sessions price action, offering filter options to refine FVG detection and optional session high/low lines for context.
Features:
Detects the first bullish or bearish FVG at the session start (default: 08:30). ISE: Sets a custom session start time (hour and minute).
Filters FVGs by size: None, ATR-based, or Points-based.
Displays session high/low lines (optional) to visualize the session range.
Customizable colors for bullish and bearish FVGs (background and border derived from a single color input).
Alerts for new FVGs and mitigated FVGs.
Settings:
Session Start Time: Define the hour and minute for the session start.
FVG Filter Type: Choose None, ATR, or Points to filter FVGs by size.
ATR Multiple / Minimum Points: Set the minimum FVG size for ATR or Points filters.
Show Session High/Low Lines: Toggle visibility of session range lines.
Bullish/Bearish FVG Colors: Customize colors for FVGs.
Technical Details:
Overlay indicator, displayed directly on the price chart.
This indicator is ideal for traders seeking to identify key price imbalances at the start of a session, with flexible filtering and visualization options.
Liquidity Voids (FVG) [LuxAlgo]The Liquidity Voids (FVG) indicator is designed to detect liquidity voids/imbalances derived from the fair value gaps and highlight the distribution of the liquidity voids at specific price levels.
Fair value gaps and liquidity voids are both indicators of sell-side and buy-side imbalance in trading. The only difference is how they are represented in the trading chart. Liquidity voids occur when the price moves sharply in one direction forming long-range candles that have little trading activity, whilst a fair value is a gap in price.
🔶 USAGE
Liquidity can help you to determine where the price is likely to head next. In conjunction with higher timeframe market structure, and supply and demand, liquidity can give you insights into potential price movement. It's essential to practice using liquidity alongside trend analysis and supply and demand to read market conditions effectively.
The peculiar thing about liquidity voids is that they almost always fill up. And by “filling”, we mean the price returns to the origin of the gap. The reason for this is that during the gap, an imbalance is created in the asset that has to be made up for. The erasure of this gap is what we call the filling of the void. And while some voids waste no time in filling, some others take multiple periods before they get filled.
🔶 SETTINGS
The script takes into account user-defined parameters and detects the liquidity voids based on them, where detailed usage for each user-defined input parameter in indicator settings is provided with the related input's tooltip.
🔹 Liquidity Detection
Liquidity Voids Threshold: Act as a filter while detecting the Liquidity Voids. When set to 0 basically means no filtering is applied, increasing the value causes the script to check the width of the void compared to a fixed-length ATR value
Bullish: Color customization option for Bullish Liquidity Voids
Bearish: Color customization option for Bearish Liquidity Voids
Labels: Toggles the visibility of the Liquidity Void label
Filled Liquidity Voids: Toggles the visibility of the Filled Liquidity Voids
🔹 Display Options
Mode: Controls the lookback length of detection and visualization
# Bars: Lookback length customization, in case Mode is set to Present
🔶 RELATED SCRIPTS
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📊 Volume Tension & Net Imbalance📊 Volume Tension & Net Imbalance (With Table + MultiLang + Alerts)
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This indicator measures bullish vs. bearish pressure using volume-based tension and net imbalance.
It identifies accumulation zones, displays real-time market strength, trend direction, and triggers alerts on buildup entries.
Fully customizable table size, colors, and bilingual support (English/Russian).
FVG Chain (Consecutive Fair Value Gaps / Imbalances)This indicator detects fair value gaps that are created out of the touch of older fair value gaps, hence creating an "FVG chain".
It counts +1 for the chain whenever a new price leg's FVG is touched.
You can use the current FVG Chain count, as well as the high, low, and price leg high/low of the current FVG as input source in external indicators. Check the data window to see the plot values.
How FVGs are detected:
Bullish: The low of the current confirmed bar is above the high of 2 bars back.
Bearish: The high of the current confirmed bar is below the low of 2 bars back.
A bullish FVG chain is broken if:
The current FVG's price leg low is broken.
The previous bar closed below the FVG, and the current confirmed bar closed below the previous bar.
A bearish FVG chain is broken if:
The current FVG's price leg high is broken.
The previous bar closed above the FVG, and the current confirmed bar closed above the previous bar.
Displacement (Two FVGs)A simple indicator that attempts to identify displacement in price by alerting you when two simultaneous Fair Value Gaps (FVGs) occur.
When two fair value gaps occur, the indicator will print a green bar (if bullish) or a red bar (if bearish). If you right click on the indicator you can turn on alerts that will pop up every time a dual FVG occurs.
Fair Value Gaps are most commonly used amongst price action traders and are defined as instances in which there are inefficiencies, or imbalances, in the market.
The concept for this indicator is very simple. Apply it to your chart and enable alerts on the instruments and timeframe you trade. When you get an alert, it could indicate larger players getting involved.
This is NOT a trading strategy. Its intention is to save time by alerting you to large imbalances in price on the instruments you trade.
FVG Madness [JoseMetal]============
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- Description:
FVG (Fair Value Gap) / imbalances are inefficiencies in the price action generated by violent prices changes, the market is supposed to try to fill or at least retest these later on.
This is just one of the "Smart Money Concepts" or "Institutional trading", and there are different strategies to trade them.
Some use them as "price magnets", but in my case I use them to let orders placed on the "entry" line and take profit on the "exit" line, for both LONG or SHORT.
Others use them as reversal points (50% of the FVG), that's why I added a 50% line to each FVG, I want to make it usable for every single strategy related to FVGs.
Take your time to back test, study, and pick the best strategy for you as you'd do with any other indicator.
- Visual:
So like a "generic" FVG indicator this one also prints the FVGs, colors are customizable for both, bullish and bearish FVGs.
When a FVG is "touched" but not "filled" it changes color, which is also customizable.
As I said I use them as entry and take profit, so I added 3 lines, an entry line, midline and exit line, all have custom colors for both "untouched" and "touched" FVGs for better visualization.
- Customization:
All colors are customizable for both "untouched" and "touched" FVGs as well as their lines as well as the line style (so you can have dashed entry and exit for example but dotted midline, full customization).
You can pick to auto-delete a FVG if not filled completely but a percentage.
Entry and exit lines can be placed based on a percentage too.
Boxes for the FVGs can be extended or not.
There's an ATR (Average True Ratio) filter to ignore (don't plot) small FVGs which would only mess the chart, is custom, but default value is recommended.
- Usage and recommendations:
FVGs are supposed to work on any timeframes, i've seen traders using my strategy (placer a STOP LIMIT on the entry line and take profit on the exit line) even on 1 minute, however, if you have several FVGs you can aim to open a single position and take partial profit on each FVG.
Finally, on my back test i've seen that on 4H+ timeframes a lot of FVGs are only filled up to 50% as one of the mentioned strategies so make sure to move your stop to break even on that point or even close half or the position, just a recommendation to avoid absurd loses.
Enjoy!
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- Descripción:
Los FVG (Fair Value Gap) / imbalances son ineficiencias en la acción del precio generadas por cambios violentos en el mismo, se supone que el mercado trata de llenarlos o al menos volver a testearlos más tarde.
Éste es uno de los "Smart Money Concepts" o "Trading Institucional", y hay diferentes estrategias para operar con ellos.
Algunos los utilizan como "imanes del precio", pero en mi caso los utilizo para que las órdenes se coloquen en la línea de "entrada" y tomen ganancias en la línea de "salida", tanto para LONG como para SHORT.
Otros los usan como puntos de reversión (50% del FVG), por eso añadí una línea del 50% a cada FVG, quiero que sea utilizable para cada estrategia relacionada con los FVGs.
Tómate tu tiempo para hacer pruebas, estudiar y elegir la mejor estrategia como lo harías con cualquier otro indicador.
- Visual:
Al igual que un indicador FVG "genérico" este también dibuja los FVGs, los colores son personalizables para ambos, FVGs alcistas y bajistas.
Cuando un FVG es "tocado" pero no "llenado" cambia de color, que también es personalizable.
Como dije, los uso como entrada y toma de ganancias, así que agregué 3 líneas, una línea de entrada, una línea media y una línea de salida, todas tienen colores personalizados tanto para los FVGs "no tocados" como para los "tocados" para una mejor visualización.
- Personalización:
Todos los colores son personalizables tanto para los FVGs "intactos" como para los "tocados", así como sus líneas y el estilo de las mismas (por lo que puede tener la entrada y la salida punteadas, por ejemplo, pero la línea media punteada, personalización total).
Se puede elegir auto-borrar un FVG si es rellenado un determinado porcentaje en lugar de completo.
Las líneas de entrada y salida pueden ser colocadas en base a un porcentaje también.
Las cajas para los FVGs pueden ser extendidas o no.
Hay un filtro ATR (Average True Ratio) para ignorar (no dibujar) los FVGs pequeños que sólo ensuciarían el gráfico, es personalizado, pero se recomienda el valor por defecto.
- Uso y recomendaciones:
Los FVGs se supone que funcionan en cualquier marco de tiempo, he visto operadores que utilizan mi estrategia (colocar una orden en la línea de entrada y tomar ganancias en la línea de salida) incluso en 1 minuto, sin embargo, si se acumulan muchos FVGs pequeños se puede para abrir una sola posición y tomar ganancias parciales en cada FVG.
Por último, en mis pruebas he visto que en marcos de tiempo de 4H+ muchos FVGs sólo se llenan hasta el 50% como una de las estrategias mencionadas, así que asegúrate de mover tu stop para alcanzar el punto de equilibrio o incluso cerrar la mitad de la posición, es sólo una recomendación para evitar pérdidas absurdas.
¡Que lo disfrutéis!
QuantFlow ProQuantFlow Pro
QuantFlow Pro is an advanced institutional indicator designed to detect bias shifts, liquidity imbalances, and real-time flow transitions.
Built on an adaptive architecture, it combines institutional flow analysis, multi-timeframe liquidity levels, and structural reference points to provide a clear and precise view of market dynamics.
Unlike conventional indicators that repaint or produce noisy signals, QuantFlow Pro relies on robust calculations based on volume, delta imbalance, and the detection of structural dislocations.
⚙️ Optimized for Futures markets, QuantFlow Pro helps traders identify market turning points with institutional precision and consistent reliability over time.
Market Imbalance Tracker (Inefficient Candle + FVG)# 📊 Overview
This indicator combines two imbalance concepts:
• **Squared Up Points (SUP)** – midpoints of large, "inefficient" candles that often attract price back.
• **Fair Value Gaps (FVG)** – 3-candle gaps created by strong impulse moves that often get "filled."
Use them separately or together. Confluence between a SUP line and an FVG boundary/midpoint is high-value.
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# ⚡ Quick Start (2 minutes)
1. **Add to chart** → keep defaults (Percentile method, 80th percentile, 100-bar lookback).
2. **Watch** for dashed SUP lines to print after large candles.
3. **Toggle Show FVG** → see green/red boxes where gaps exist.
4. **Turn on alerts** → New SUP created, SUP touched, New FVG.
5. **Trade the reaction** → look for confluence (SUP + FVG + S/R), then manage risk.
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# 🛠 Features
## 🔹 Squared Up Points (SUP)
• **Purpose:** Midpoint of a large candle → potential support/resistance magnet.
• **Detection:** Choose *Percentile* (adaptive) or *ATR Multiple* (absolute).
• **Validation:** Only plots if the preceding candle does not touch the midpoint (with tolerance).
• **Lifecycle:** Line auto-extends into the future; it's removed when touched or aged out.
• **Visual:** Horizontal dashed line (color/width configurable; style fixed to dashed if not exposed).
## 🔹 Fair Value Gaps (FVG)
• **Purpose:** 3-candle gaps from an impulse; price often revisits to "fill."
• **Detection:** Requires a strong directional candle (Marubozu threshold) creating a gap.
• **Types:**
- **Bullish FVG (Green):** Gap below; expectation is downward fill.
- **Bearish FVG (Red):** Gap above; expectation is upward fill.
• **Close Rules (if implemented):**
- *Full Fill:* Gap closes when the opposite boundary is tagged.
- *Midpoint Fill:* Gap closes when its midpoint is tagged.
• **Visual:** Colored boxes; optional split-coloring to emphasize the midpoint.
> **Note:** If a listed FVG option isn't visible in Inputs, you're on a lighter build; use the available switches.
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# ⚙️ Settings
## SUP Settings
• **Candle Size Method:** Percentile (top X% of recent ranges) or ATR Multiple.
• **Candle Size Percentile:** e.g., 80 → top 20% largest candles.
• **ATR Multiple & Period:** e.g., 1.5 × ATR(14).
• **Percentile Lookback:** Bars used to compute percentile.
• **Lookback Period:** How long SUP lines remain eligible before auto-cleanup.
• **Touch Tolerance (%):** Buffer based on the inefficient candle's range (0% = exact touch).
## Line Appearance
• **Line Color / Width:** Customizable.
• **Style:** Dashed (fixed unless you expose a style input).
## FVG Settings (if present in your build)
• **Show FVG:** On/Off.
• **Close Method:** Full Fill or Midpoint.
• **Marubozu Wick Tolerance:** Max wick % of the impulse bar.
• **Use Split Coloring:** Two-tone box halves around midpoint.
• **Colors:** Bullish/Bearish, and upper/lower halves (if split).
• **Max FVG Age:** Auto-remove older gaps.
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# 📈 How to Use
## Trading Applications
• **SUP Lines:** Expect reaction on first touch; use as S/R or profit-taking magnets.
• **FVG Fills:** Price frequently tags the midpoint/boundary before continuing.
• **Confluence:** SUP at an FVG midpoint/boundary + higher-timeframe S/R = higher quality.
• **Bias:** Clusters of unfilled FVGs can hint at path of least resistance.
## Best Practices
• **Timeframe:** HTFs for swing levels, LTFs for execution.
• **Volume:** High volume at level = stronger signal.
• **Context:** Trade with broader trend or at least avoid counter-trend without confirmation.
• **Risk:** Always pre-define invalidation; structures fail in chop.
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# 🔔 Alerts
• **New SUP Created** – When a qualifying inefficient candle prints a SUP midpoint.
• **SUP Touched/Invalidated** – When price touches within tolerance.
• **New FVG Detected** – When a valid gap forms per your rules.
> **Tip:** Set alerts *Once Per Bar Close* on HTFs; *Once* on LTFs to avoid noise.
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# 🧑💻 Technical Notes
• **Percentile vs ATR:** Percentile adapts to volatility; ATR gives consistency for backtesting.
• **FVG Direction Logic:** Gap above price = bearish (expect up-fill); below = bullish (expect down-fill).
• **Performance:** Limits on lines/boxes and auto-aging keep things snappy.
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# ⚠️ Limitations
• Imbalances are **context tools**, not signals by themselves.
• Works best with trend or clear impulses; expect noise in narrow ranges.
• Lower-timeframe gaps can be plentiful and lower quality.
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# 📌 Version & Requirements
• **Pine Script v6**
• Heavy drawings may require **TradingView Pro** or higher (object limits).
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*For best results, combine with your existing trading strategy and proper risk management.*
Unrecovered Imbalanced Zone with PVRSAThis indicator highlights imbalanced PVSRA candles that have not been recovered.
Bullish Candles/Zones
200% Volume = Green
150% Volume = Blue
Bearish Candles/Zones
200% Volume = Red
150% Volume = Fuchsia
Imbalanced Zones with normal/below 150% Average 10ema volume can be displayed or hidden from view (Hidden by default)
Fair Value Gaps Mitigation Oscillator [LuxAlgo]The Fair Value Gaps Mitigation Oscillator is an oscillator based on the traditional Fair Value Gaps (FVGs) imbalances. The oscillator displays the current total un-mitigated values for the number of FVGs chosen by the user.
The indicator also displays each New FVG as a bar representing the current ratio of the New FVG in relation to the current un-mitigated total for its direction.
🔶 USAGE
When an FVG forms, it is often interpreted as strong market sentiment in the direction of the gap. For example, an upward FVG during an uptrend is typically seen as a confirmation of the strength and continuation of the trend, as it indicates that buyers are willing to purchase at higher prices without much resistance, suggesting strong demand and positive sentiment.
By analyzing the mitigation (or lack thereof), we can visualize the increase of directional strength in a trend. This is where the proposed oscillator is useful.
🔶 DETAILS
The oscillator's values are expressed as Percentages (%). Each FVG is allocated 100% of the total of its width with a max potential value of 100 and minimum potential value of 0.
Based on the "FVG Lookback" Input, the FVGs are scaled to fit within the range of +1 to -1. Using a higher "FVG Lookback" value will allow you to get indications of longer-term trends.
A higher value of the normalized bullish FVG areas suggest a stronger and cleaner uptrend, while lower values of the bearish the normalized bullish FVG areas suggest a stronger and cleaner downtrend.
+1 or -1 indicates that there is a Full Lookback of FVGs, and each one is fully un-mitigated, and the opposite direction of FVGs is entirely Mitigated.
When the price closes over/under or within an FVG it begins to get mitigated, when this happens the % of mitigation is subtracted from the total.
When a New FVG is formed, a Histogram bar is created representing the ratio of the current FVG's width to the total width off all un-mitigated FVGs.
The entire bar represents 100% of total un-mitigated FVG Width.
The filled area represents the current FVG's width relative to the whole.
A 50% hash mark is also displayed for reference.
🔶 SETTINGS
FVG Lookback - Determines the number of FVGs (Bullish and Bearish Pairs) to keep in memory for analysis.
ICT Fair Value Gap [LM]Hello traders,
I would like to present you ICT Fair Value Gap script. The idea is the same as in my other script to look form imbalances. I have improved the previous script from teaching of ICT and created this script to train the eye to see those gaps. Shrinking option also shows if the gap has been already filled and also in case gap is filled you can get alert in case you will set it up .
The script has two settings:
general settings - definition of volatility condition for middle candle
box settings - setting for boxes, box colors, shrinking
I hope you enjoy it,
Lukas
HybridWhales DAY TRADINGThis indicator offers a streamlined view of prevailing market trends on lower timeframes, empowering day traders to execute their strategies with greater precision
It incorporates two widely used exponential moving averages (EMAs)—the 50-period and 200-period—alongside an 800-period EMA, which effectively mirrors the 200-period EMA on the next higher timeframe. This setup provides enhanced flexibility, delivering multi-timeframe insights without the need to switch charts manually.
In addition, the indicator highlights essential intraday levels for quick reference:
Daily Open, denoted in yellow
Monday Highs, marked in red
Monday Lows, indicated in green
The indicator's core strength lies in its ability to detect market maker activity through color-coded candlesticks, based on volume analysis. Candles exhibiting significantly higher volume than the average of the prior eight candles are colored green (for bullish closes) or red (for bearish closes), signaling active market maker positioning—either entering shorts or longs.
Candles with moderately elevated volume (above average but not extreme) are shaded blue (bullish) or pink (bearish), suggesting market makers are accumulating short or long positions.
Interpretation is key: Red or pink candles (bearish) imply that market makers have initiated long positions, with price likely to revisit and fill these areas in the future. Conversely, green or blue candles (bullish) indicate market makers establishing shorts, anticipating a eventual pullback to these levels
To pinpoint the precise zones where price may return, the indicator places a white marker on each colored candle at its 50% retracement level, representing a fair value gap or imbalance.
Overall, this tool enables traders to spot market maker footprints, identify critical support and resistance zones, gauge weekly ranges, and assess potential momentum. While it fosters stronger confluence in analysis, results are not guaranteed and depend on individual trading execution.
Engulfing ImbalanceShows Engulfing candles which are immediately followed by an imbalance. Useful to quickly identify impulsive moves and future reversal areas.
