The Trap Play█ INTRODUCTION
The Trap Play Indicator is designed to identify a market liquidity pattern where the price initially makes a new high or low, luring traders into believing a strong trend is forming. However, the price quickly reverses and invalidates the breakout, trapping those traders who entered positions based on the initial move. This sudden reversal often results in a rapid exit of positions, leading to significant price movement in the opposite direction. Trap Plays can occur in various financial markets and timeframes and are characterized by their ability to catch traders off guard and create significant market volatility.
█ WHY USE THE TRAP PLAY INDICATOR?
The Trap Play indicator provides buyers with crucial information about potential market traps, enabling them to avoid false signals, optimize their entry timing, manage risk more effectively, and make more informed trading decisions.
This indicator leverages the Donchian Channel (DC) to read highs and lows, but its uniqueness lies in its ability to identify Trap Plays, which is why this indicator delivers additional value. This is something that the free, open-source Donchian Channel indicator does not offer.
The Donchian Channel is an effective tool for identifying Trap Plays and includes three lines, which are concealed within the Trap Play Indicator for a clearer visual presentation of Trap Plays. In the picture(s) below, the Donchian Channel is visible for reference.
◆ The Upper & Lower Channel Lines: These lines track the highest and lowest prices over a specified period, helping identify potential breakout levels where Trap Plays may occur.
◆ The Middle Channel Line: This line represents the average value between the upper and lower channel lines, serving as a reference for assessing the overall market trend.
◆ The default period is set to 5, but it can be customized to suit specific market conditions.
█ SCRIPT INPUT
◆ Period Input: This defines the period during which the script calculates the highest high and lowest low. By default, this period is set to 5, indicating that the DC uses the most recent 5 closed bars for its calculations.
█ SCRIPT CONDITIONS FOR BULL TRAPS
A Bull Trap is identified when the close of a bar is above the Donchian Channel's high, followed by a bar that closes below the previous bar's low. The indicator will display specific signals or markers on the chart when it detects Bull Traps. These signals are customizable and could be visual elements like arrows, lines, or highlights.
█ SCRIPT CONDITIONS FOR BEAR TRAPS
A Bear Trap is identified when the close of a bar is below the Donchian Channel's low, followed by a bar that closes above the previous bar's high. The indicator will display specific signals or markers on the chart when it detects Bear Traps. These signals are customizable and could be visual elements like arrows, lines, or highlights.
█ FEATURES
◆ Alert System: Stay informed with email notifications and TradingView alerts on your PC or smartphone whenever new Bull Traps or Bear Traps are detected.
◆ Adjustable Period Calculation: Tailor the calculation period to align with your specific trading strategy and timeframe.
█ SETTINGS
■ Period: 5
■ Bull Trap Signal Color: Red
■ Bear Trap Signal Color: Green
█ IN SUMMARY
The Trap Play Indicator is a powerful tool for identifying false breakouts and potential reversals in the market. By analyzing the Donchian Channel, this indicator helps traders spot Trap Plays, allowing them to avoid common trading pitfalls and capitalize on significant market movements. Customize the indicator settings to fit your trading style and receive real-time alerts to stay ahead of market changes. Whether you are trading stocks, forex, or cryptocurrencies, the Trap Play Indicator provides valuable insights to enhance your trading strategy. The premium nature of this indicator ensures that it remains a refined, high-quality product, providing traders with a unique edge in the market.
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ICT Power Of Three | Flux Charts💎 GENERAL OVERVIEW
Introducing our new ICT Power Of Three Indicator! This indicator is built around the ICT's "Power Of Three" strategy. This strategy makes use of these 3 key smart money concepts : Accumulation, Manipulation and Distribution. Each step is explained in detail within this write-up. For more information about the process, check the "HOW DOES IT WORK" section.
Features of the new ICT Power Of Three Indicator :
Implementation of ICT's Power Of Three Strategy
Different Algorithm Modes
Customizable Execution Settings
Customizable Backtesting Dashboard
Alerts for Buy, Sell, TP & SL Signals
📌 HOW DOES IT WORK ?
The "Power Of Three" comes from these three keywords "Accumulation, Manipulation and Distribution". Here is a brief explanation of each keyword :
Accumulation -> Accumulation phase is when the smart money accumulate their positions in a fixed range. This phase indicates price stability, generally meaning that the price constantly switches between up & down trend between a low and a high pivot point. When the indicator detects an accumulation zone, the Power Of Three strategy begins.
Manipulation -> When the smart money needs to increase their position sizes, they need retail traders' positions for liquidity. So, they manipulate the market into the opposite direction of their intended direction. This will result in retail traders opening positions the way that the smart money intended them to do, creating liquidity. After this step, the real move that the smart money intended begins.
Distribution -> This is when the real intention of the smart money comes into action. With the new liquidity thanks to the manipulation phase, the smart money add their positions towards the opposite direction of the retail mindset. The purpose of this indicator is to detect the accumulation and manipulation phases, and help the trader move towards the same direction as the smart money for their trades.
Detection Methods Of The Indicator :
Accumulation -> The indicator detects accumulation zones as explained step-by-step :
1. Draw two lines from the lowest point and the highest point of the latest X bars.
2. If the (high line - low line) is lower than Average True Range (ATR) * accumulationConstant
3. After the condition is validated, an accumulation zone is detected. The accumulation zone will be invalidated and manipulation phase will begin when the range is broken.
Manipulation -> If the accumulation range is broken, check if the current bar closes / wicks above the (high line + ATR * manipulationConstant) or below the (low line - ATR * manipulationConstant). If the condition is met, the indicator detects a manipulation zone.
Distribution -> The purpose of this indicator is to try to foresee the distribution zone, so instead of a detection, after the manipulation zone is detected the indicator automatically create a "shadow" distribution zone towards the opposite direction of the freshly detected manipulation zone. This shadow distribution zone comes with a take-profit and stop-loss layout, customizable by the trader in the settings.
The X bars, accumulationConstant and manipulationConstant are subject to change with the "Algorithm Mode" setting. Read the "Settings" section for more information.
This indicator follows these steps and inform you step by step by plotting them in your chart.
🚩UNIQUENESS
This indicator is an all-in-one suite for the ICT's Power Of Three concept. It's capable of plotting the strategy, giving signals, a backtesting dashboard and alerts feature. Different and customizable algorithm modes will help the trader fine-tune the indicator for the asset they are currently trading. The backtesting dashboard allows you to see how your settings perform in the current ticker. You can also set up alerts to get informed when the strategy is executable for different tickers.
⚙️SETTINGS
1. General Configuration
Algorithm Mode -> The indicator offers 3 different detection algorithm modes according to your needs. Here is the explanation of each mode.
a) Small Manipulation
This mode has the default bar length for the accumulation detection, but a lower manipulation constant, meaning that slighter imbalances in the price action can be detected as manipulation. This setting can be useful on tickers that have lower liquidity, thus can be manipulated easier.
b) Big Manipulation
This mode has the default bar length for the accumulation detection, but a higher manipulation constant, meaning that heavier imbalances on the price action are required in order to detect manipulation zones. This setting can be useful on tickers that have higher liquidity, thus can be manipulated harder.
c) Short Accumulation
This mode has a ~70% lower bar length requirement for accumulation zone detection, and the default manipulation constant. This setting can be useful on tickers that are highly volatile and do not enter accumulation phases too often.
Breakout Method -> If "Close" is selected, bar close price will be taken into calculation when Accumulation & Manipulation zone invalidation. If "Wick" is selected, a wick will be enough to validate the corresponding zone.
2. TP / SL
TP / SL Method -> If "Fixed" is selected, you can adjust the TP / SL ratios from the settings below. If "Dynamic" is selected, the TP / SL zones will be auto-determined by the algorithm.
Risk -> The risk you're willing to take if "Dynamic" TP / SL Method is selected. Higher risk usually means a better winrate at the cost of losing more if the strategy fails. This setting is has a crucial effect on the performance of the indicator, as different tickers may have different volatility so the indicator may have increased performance when this setting is correctly adjusted.
3. Visuals
Show Zones -> Enables / Disables rendering of Accumulation (yellow) and Manipulation (red) zones.
TrendFireOverview
They say "Trend is your Friend". In my short trading timeline, I've realized the difficult part is making this friendship to happen. Although, not impossible.
Trend Fire is one of the trend following strategy amongst many strategies out there. But the unique part of Trend Fire lies in the implementation and its accuracy to identify healthy Trends. Trend Fire is a purely Mathematical Indicator and aims for generating more successful trade signals. It has a unique strategy to avoid sideways market, false signals, and calculation to find entry for Trends, hence, more quality of trades.
I started my trading journey by observing the market movement for a long time as a beginner trader. Over time, I've realized that profit maximization can happen only if I can properly identify long trend. The reason why I was fascinated with trend following strategies and keen to solve the problems that trend following has.
Approach
In most typical trend following strategy setup, Trend identification starts by using fast and long period moving average crossovers. The fact that, moving averages are lagging in nature, it fails to identify good trends and produce many false signals. Although, it generates signals for trend also along with the false signals.
My aim was to reduce the false signals that occurs during consolidation and gain more accuracy on detecting healthy trends. The reason why I've obtained several approaches -
1. Moving Average Gap - during a consolidation period where lots of false signal generates in a crossover system, we can see that the distance/gap between the moving averages is very small, and in long trend the distance is large. So, a simple implementation was to limit the distance/gap by using a threshold to generate signals for trend outside the false signal threshold. This way, signals for long trend generates a few candles away but reduces false signal generation. For this Gap to work, a gap threshold of 20 works great to identify large trends and it is also a good entry point.
3. Volatility Adaptive moving average - As, this system is based on calculating distance/gap between MA's, the distance also doesn't always indicate proper momentum during a trend. The reason behind is that, 200 Moving average is also moving along the price during a trend and the distance/gap between moving averages vary according to the price. This also leads to generate false signals. So, it is more appropriate to replace 200 moving average with volatility adaptive moving average with a period of 1000, because adaptive moving average always reacts to the price and creates a larger distance/gap with price when there’s a trend in the market. Otherwise, it moves close with price in a sideways market. This nature of adaptability helps to reduce more false signals and gain more chances to take profitable trends.
This is also should be considered that no indicator system alone in trading is purely accurate. So, Trend Fire also is not an exception. There will be false signals, but the probability of getting false signal is less than the overall profits compared to any other moving average crossover system. The idea here is, maximizing your equity gradually over time rather than in a day and trade only when market is tradeable. Exactly how trading should be.
Usage
The usage of the indicator is simple. Once the indicator is applied in the mentioned currency pairs, it will show Buy/Sell signals along with Exit points in the chart.
The yellow line is the volatility adaptive moving average line which create distance during a trend and moves close to price when there is no trend. It is also used for trade exit indication, where the line meets with the price at the end of the trend and shows total pips gains/loss in a popup.
As, the indicator have built in adaptive and ATR base stop loss system, a good approach is to enable this in settings. So that, the loss will be minimum. The reason behind, by default the trades closed when a certain trend is over (When yellow line reaches close to the price after a gap) and this closing point not necessarily closes above/below signal. This is why Adaptive and ATR stop loss together make sure when trend reverses during a trend to take profit. Although, settings for Stop loss have been configured in the indicator, but if needed, settings can be changed for optimized results. It is also advisable to not to trade during a news alert as there are chances to generate false signal for high movement of the market.
Down-Sides
The indicator is dependent on the 1-minute time frame, larger time frames resulting in a signal overfitting condition. The indicator is set for only some selective currencies and commodities. So, its behavior might also change if the currency pair is out of scope. Below is the list of currencies which will work for now.
• EURUSD – FXCM
• GBPUSD – FXCM
• AUDUSD – OANDA
• USDCAD – OANDA
• GBPCAD – FXCM
• USDJPY – FXCM
• GBPJPY – OANDA
• EURJPY – OANDA
• CADJPY – FXCM
• AUDJPY – OANDA
• CHFJPY – OANDA
• EURAUD – FXCM
• GBPAUD – FXCM
• AUDCAD – OANDA
• EURGBP – FXCM
• EURCAD – OANDA
• XAUUSD – OANDA
• XAGUSD – OANDA
• USOIL – TVC
• BTCUSDT.P – BYBIT
More currency pair will be added in the future.
Settings
• Fast MA : Fast Moving Average
• Trend MA : Trend line Ema for determining Exit point
• Trend Threshold : Gap threshold between VAMA and Fast EMA
• VAMA : Volatility Adaptive Moving Average Length for calculation
• Enable Trend Coloring : Enable trend coloring on adaptive moving average line
• Enable Trailing Stop : Enable Adaptive and ATR trailing stop to exit trades
• Show Dashboard : Enable Trend and Signal value dashboard
• Position : Position of Dashboard in Chart
Alerts
Alert conditions are set for trade Entry and Exit scopes only and it does not mention Buy/Sell trade specifically in alerts for now. For that, you need to follow the chart after an alert as indicator shows Buy/Sell/Exit on chart. To create an alert based on the indicator follow these steps:
Go to the alert section (the alarm clock) -> create new alert -> select TrendFire in condition -> Below select TRADE ALERT and select date duration. In option select “once per bar close”, By default the message is set with ticker ID. Change the message if you want a personalized message.
Conclusion
As a programmer and problem solver, I have invested over a year to understand the market and tried to solve the problem that I faced as a trader. I wanted to develop an indicator that make sense and works logically in market. Also, the aim is to trade smartly with a strategy rather than biting in the bush randomly. Trade Fire is a result of countless failures and losses. I hope future contributions will grow this indicator to be more efficient down the line.
Thanks for reading…Happy Trading!
Liquidity-Finder ICT / SMCIn the context of ICT and the Smart Money Concept, liquidity is likely viewed as a crucial factor for determining the strength and sustainability of a market move. Smart Money is often associated with large institutional traders who have the ability to influence liquidity.
Liquidity Sweep:
A liquidity sweep in this context might involve Smart Money intentionally executing trades across various price levels to assess market depth and liquidity. This information can be used to identify potential areas of interest for Smart Money to initiate or exit positions without causing significant price disruptions.
Stop Hunt:
Stop hunting is a concept that Smart Money traders may employ to deliberately trigger stop orders in the market. By doing so, they can create temporary price movements that allow them to accumulate or liquidate positions at more favorable prices before the market reacts.
Smart Money Concept (SMC):
The Smart Money Concept revolves around the idea that large institutional traders (Smart Money) have superior information and resources compared to retail traders. Understanding the behavior of Smart Money, as taught in ICT and SMC, involves analyzing market dynamics, order flow, and liquidity to make more informed trading decisions.
Liquidating:
Liquidating refers to the process of selling or closing out existing positions. In the context of Smart Money, the term could imply that institutional traders are actively managing their positions, either taking profits or cutting losses strategically based on their analysis of market conditions.
The Indicator
The Indicator show open liquidity as solid lines and liquidates liquidity as dashed lines
Is able to send alerts for liquidity level was liquidated, liquidity level was dipped or the next close is on the other side
Moving Average [chkd]日本語の説明は英語の説明の後にあります。
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Various analyses of moving averages have been introduced, but the key points to observe are often quite similar. To efficiently observe the following points, I have created this indicator:
The positional relationship between each moving average and candlestick
The slope (directionality) of the moving averages
Moving averages from different time frames
The positional relationship of moving averages is classified into stages:
Stage 1: Short-term MA > Medium-term MA > Long-term MA (Perfect Order)
Stage 2: Medium-term MA > Short-term MA > Long-term MA
Stage 3: Medium-term MA > Long-term MA > Short-term MA
Stage 4: Long-term MA > Medium-term MA > Short-term MA (Reverse Perfect Order)
Stage 5: Long-term MA > Short-term MA > Medium-term MA
Stage 6: Short-term MA > Long-term MA > Medium-term MA
The features of this indicator include:
Displaying multi-timeframe stages in a table
Showing the transition history of stages with dashed lines at the bottom
Selectable table size (compatible with PC and smartphones)
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移動平均線の分析は色々紹介されていますが、見るポイントはどれもよく似ています。
以下のポイントを効率よく見れるように、このインジを作成しました。
各移動平均線とローソク足の位置関係
移動平均線の傾き（方向性）
異なるタイムフレームの移動平均線
移動平均線の位置関係は、ステージとして分類しています。
stage1 : 短期MA > 中期MA > 長期MA (パーフェクトオーダー）
stage2 : 中期MA > 短期MA > 長期MA
stage3 : 中期MA > 長期MA > 短期MA
stage4 : 長期MA > 中期MA > 短期MA (逆パーフェクトオーダー）
stage5 : 長期MA > 短期MA > 中期MA
stage6 : 短期MA > 長期MA > 中期MA
移動平均線の分析で、非常にわかりやすいものに小次郎講師の大循環分析があります。
書籍や無料のyoutubeもあるので、併せてみてもらえるとこのインジの使い方のイメージが湧きやすくなると思います。
このインジでは以下の特徴があります。
マルチタイムのステージをテーブルで表示
ステージの変換履歴を下部の点線で表示
テーブルサイズは選択可（pc,スマホ対応）
Demand and Supply Zones Lite [Afnan]Are you looking to level up your trading game and spot potential turning points in the stock market? Introducing the Smart Money Demand and Supply Zones indicator, a powerful tool designed to identify opportunities created by the Smart money.
The Smart Money Demand and Supply Zones indicator is built upon the principles of Rally Base Rally (RBR), Rally Base Drop (RBD), Drop Base Rally (DBR), Drop Base Drop (DBD).
🔍 Key Details 🔍
The "Smart Money" concept refers to large institutional investors and professional traders who possess significant financial resources and expertise. The importance of smart money lies in their influence on market trends and price movements. Their actions and positions often serve as signals for retail traders and investors to make informed decisions.
Formation of Smart Money: Smart money is attracted to areas in the market where they can find favourable risk-to-reward opportunities.
1. Rally Base Rally (RBR) Zones: These zones occur after a rally (upward price movement), followed by a period of consolidation (base formation), and then another rally. Smart money often forms positions here as it suggests a strong uptrend continuation.
2. Rally Base Drop (RBD) Zones: In this case, there is a rally, followed by a base formation, but instead of another rally, the price drops. Smart money may position themselves here in anticipation of a potential trend reversal.
3. Drop Base Rally (DBR) Zones: These zones form when there is a drop in price, followed by a base formation, and then a rally. Smart money may take positions here, expecting a trend reversal to the upside.
4. Drop Base Drop (DBD) Zones: In this scenario, the price drops, then forms a base, but subsequently continues to drop. Smart money might take bearish positions here, anticipating further downward movement.
🚀 Pending Orders from Smart Money Zones: 🚀
When the price approaches these smart money zones, institutional investors often place remaining pending orders to enter the market.
By identifying RBR/DBR zones as potential buying opportunities and RBD/DBD zones as potential selling opportunities on price charts, retail traders can align their trades with smart money activities. Implementing proper risk management and confirming signals enhances the likelihood of successful trades by following the footsteps of institutional investors.
💡 Key Features of the Indicator 💡
This indicator includes the following features:
Customizable Zone Length: Adjust the number of base candles in a zone to suit your preferences and strategy.
Candle Body Size Customization: Personalize the body size of candles for fine-tuning visual representation.
Base Candle Selection: Choose between the body of the candle or narrow range candles as the base candle for zone plotting.
Colour Customization For Candles: Customize Drop, Base, Rally, and Zone colours to match your visual preferences.
Number of Zones: This feature is flexible, allowing you to customize the quantity of zones displayed on the chart for improved visibility.
Zone Colours: You have the option to personalize the colours for both fresh and tested zones based on your preferences.
Zone Strength Customization: Adjust candle sensitivity for better control.
Swing High and Swing Low: Enable or disable support and demand lines based on Swing High and Swing Low.
Wick of Candle: Customize zone plotting using the body or wicks of candles for flexible analysis.
Previous Zones: You can choose to display or disable previous zones on the chart that have been deleted and utilized before. This option helps you maintain a clutter-free chart while retaining valuable historical information.
Moving Averages: Utilize four (4) customizable Moving Averages to enhance analysis from any time frame.
💎 Employing a Top-Down Approach and Multiple Time Frame Analysis: 💎
Let's delve into the concept of adopting a top-down approach combined with multiple time frame analysis in trading scenarios. It is consistently recommended to trade with the trend because, as the saying goes, "the trend is your friend." If you identify a demand zone on the chart but the overall trend is downward, it's crucial to confirm the stock's trend in higher timeframes. Avoid purchasing from the demand zone in such a scenario as you would be going against the trend. To consider buying from the demand zone, ensure that the overall trend is upward by checking the higher timeframe.
Similarly, if the higher timeframe trend is upward but the price is approaching a higher timeframe supply zone, refrain from buying in the lower timeframe. If the price reaches a higher timeframe supply zone, there is a likelihood that the price will face rejection from this zone.
If the price is significantly extended from the EMA 20 on a higher timeframe, for instance, if you plan to trade on a 30-minute timeframe and the price is considerably extended from the daily EMA 20, consider trading from zones that are closer to the daily EMA 20. When the price is extended from the higher timeframe EMA 20, it implies that the price is expensive, and there may be a tendency for it to return to the EMA 20. Therefore, it is advisable to trade from zones that are closer to the higher timeframe EMA 20 and avoid zones that are extended from the higher timeframe EMA 20.
For instance, imagine you're considering purchasing a stock that has reached a demand zone known as Rally Base Rally (RBR). If you identify a corresponding demand zone in a higher time frame located at the same position, and concurrently observe that the intermediate time frame indicates an upward trend, your potential for a successful trade is enhanced.
Conversely, if you spot a buying zone in a lower time frame, but notice a supply zone in the higher time frame at that exact position, the likelihood of a profitable trade decreases significantly. In such cases, it's prudent to steer clear of the lower time frame zone. This emphasizes the critical significance of employing a top-down approach or conducting a multiple time frame analysis.
Note: By Doing top down approach you can easily follow the footprints of smart money in the stock market or any other market by using this indicator and make well-informed trading decisions.
Remember, don't make decisions based only on one time frame. Check the overall trend of the stock and look at buying and selling points on bigger time scales. If you only use one time scale, your chances of making successful trades will be lower.
💎 To execute these comprehensive analyses and optimize your trading outcomes, you can make use of my indicator called "Demand & Supply Zone Scoring: Rally Base & Drop Concept."💎
This indicator is thoughtfully crafted to assess the strength of trade setups based on demand and supply zones through a scoring mechanism. It serves as your guide for correct top-down and multiple time frame analysis, eliminating the possibility of overlooking any strategic parameters. To gain deeper insights, you can learn more about how to use this indicator in its description.
Lastly, Thank you for your support, your likes & comments." Feel free to ask if you have questions.
Let's conquer the markets together! 🚀
[AlbaTherium] Structure Mapping & Order Blocks Advanced - Beta An Insight into Structure Mapping and Order Block Identification with Smart Money Concepts
Introduction:
Structure Mapping & Order Blocks Advanced - Beta serves as a fundamental pillar in the realm of Smart Money Concepts . This indicator adeptly charts the market structure based on a refined version of SMC while identifying Order Blocks. All the concepts embedded in this method are meticulously defined, offering users the ability to chart the market structure with heightened confidence. With this indicator, there is no need for excessive questioning of the accuracy of your markings; it diligently strives to perform this task effectively. There are no hidden 'magic' properties underlying this indicator, ensuring that our users can independently verify each and every feature. It is this commitment to transparency that sets us apart and makes us unique in the market.
In this discussion, we delve into the intricacies of Break of Structure , Change of Character , and SMART MONEY TRAP . We also introduce the concepts of Extreme Order Blocks , Decisional Order Blocks , and Smart Money Trap Order Blocks .
Chapter 1: Understanding Structure Mapping:
Let's begin with some definitions:
- Inside bars are candles that lie within the range of a preceding candle.
- Pullbacks occur in an uptrend when the low of a preceding candle's range (excluding inside bars) is breached, and the price continues to rise.
- Inducements (IDM) are price levels defined as the low of the latest pullback before the most recent high. They often act as liquidity points that the market revisits before continuing its move.
- Break of Structure (BoS):
In an uptrend, after surpassing an IDM , the most recent high becomes a Confirmed structure high, or a Major High . If the price then closes above this Major High , a Bullish Break of Structure (Bullish BoS) is confirmed. Similarly, the lowest point between these movements becomes a Confirmed structure low or Major Low in a downtrend.
- Change of Character (ChoCh):
In an uptrend, if the price falls below a Major Low , it indicates a shift in market bias from Bullish to Bearish, or a Bearish Change of Character .
Example of a bullish ChoCh :
Chapter 2: The Significance of Order Blocks:
Order Blocks (OB) play a pivotal role in Smart Money Concepts during entry points. Understanding what they represent and how to identify them is essential. For a Bullish/Bearish Order Block to be confirmed, specific conditions, including price imbalance and breaching the previous candle's high or low, must be met. We will delve into the finer details of identifying and trading Order Blocks, with an emphasis on the fact that price often reacts from Decisional Order Blocks, Extreme Order Blocks , and Smart Money Trap Order Blocks .
- An OB is the initial candle range of a pullback that creates a Fair value gap .
These are zones where proactive traders enter the market, resulting in significant price changes indicated by Fair value gaps . It is believed that when the price revisits these zones in the future, it tends to bounce back. This property makes Order Blocks excellent potential entry points.
Order Blocks are categorized as follows:
- Extreme OB : The first and lowest OB between the Major Low and Major High.
- Decisional OB : The most recent OB lower than the current IDM.
- Smart Money Traps : All OBs between Extreme and Decisional OB.
- Demand above IDM / Supply below IDM
Chapter 3: Understanding SMART MONEY TRAP (SMT):
SMART MONEY TRAP is a concept that brings clarity to the distinction between Structure and Order Blocks within Smart Money Concepts and is a unique feature of this indicator. While many Smart Money Traders base their trades on Structure and Order Blocks, it's crucial to recognize that Order Blocks serve as an additional confirmation for buy or sell decisions. Blindly trading based on Order Blocks is not advisable. Instead, traders should exercise patience and await other confirmations like inducement or Liquidity sweep before executing trades on Order Blocks. We will illustrate how this concept works in practice.
In the example above, the market largely disregards all the SMT s and responds favorably to the Extreme OB . This presents a promising trading opportunity, with a stop loss placed below the OB and a take profit set at the fill of the Fair value gap.
Conclusion:
Structure Mapping & Order Blocks Advanced - Beta embodies the essence of Smart Money Concepts , serving as a powerful tool for traders. This indicator effectively combines the elements of structure mapping and Order Blocks to guide trading decisions. By comprehending the dynamics of Impulsive Moves and Corrections, distinguishing between Bearish and Bullish Order Flow, and mastering the identification and trading of Order Blocks while considering SMART MONEY TRAP, traders can gain a competitive edge in the dynamic landscape of financial markets.
This document serves as a comprehensive guide to Structure Mapping & Order Blocks Advanced - Beta, highlighting its significance within the Smart Money Concepts framework. It is essential to apply these concepts judiciously to enhance trading.
TradeMaster ProTrading effectively requires a range of techniques, experience, and expertise. From technical analysis to market fundamentals, traders must navigate multiple factors, including market sentiment and economic conditions. However, traders often find themselves overwhelmed by market noise, making it challenging to filter out distractions and make informed decisions. To address this, we present a powerful indicator package designed to assist traders on their journey to success.
The TradeMaster indicator package encompasses a variety of trading strategies, including the SMC (Supply, Demand, and Price Action) approach, along with many other techniques. By leveraging concepts such as price action trading, support and resistance analysis, supply and demand dynamics, these indicators can empower traders to analyze entry and exit positions with precision. Unlike other forms of technical analysis that produce values or plots based on historical price data, Price Action brings you the facts straight from the source - the current price movements.
The indicator package consists of three powerful indicators that can be used individually or together to maximize trading effectiveness.
⭐ About the Pro Indicator
The Pro indicator is the cornerstone of the package, offering a comprehensive range of functions. It's strength lies in our unique structure calculation, which is based on real price action data, capturing every ticks from small intraday fluctuations to the significant high timeframe movements. The Pro Indicator reflects our personal use and deep comprehension of Smart Money Concepts. It provides streamlined tools for tracking algorithmic trends with modern visualizations, without unnecessary clutter.
In the ever-evolving trading landscape, mainstream methods and strategies can quickly become outdated as they are widely adopted. Liquidity is constantly sought after, and the best source for this is exploring and exploiting trading strategies that are widely accepted and applied. Currently, one of these strategies is the SMC (Supply, Demand, and Price Action).
It's no coincidence that our educational materials incorporate concepts such as liquidity grabs (LG) and Smart Money Traps (SMT). As the application of SMC gains popularity among retail traders, trading with this approach becomes more challenging. Therefore, the recent focus has been on reforming the SMC methodology, as it is the only method that relies on real price movements and will always work when applied correctly.
▸ What does proper application of SMC entail?
Many SMC traders associate their key areas of interest with the market structure, which is generally considered acceptable. However, depending solely on a single foundation can lead to significant deviations, which may cause notable impacts on trading results. Moreover, if the basis for the market structure calculation is inaccurate, the consequences can be even more severe. It's akin to risking money on a lottery ticket, believing it will be a winner.
Our methodology is different, and it may ensure longevity in the financial markets. The structure remains crucial, but it is not the sole foundation of everything; instead, it serves as a validation tool. Each calculation, such as order blocks (OB), Fair Value Gaps (FVG), liquidity grabs (LG), range analysis, and more, is independent and unique, separate from the structure. However, validation must ultimately come from the structure itself.
We employ individual and high-quality filters: before a function calculation is validated by the structure, it must undergo rigorous testing based on its own set of validation conditions. This approach aims to enhance robustness and accuracy, providing traders with a reliable framework for making informed trading decisions.
▸ An example for structure validation: Order Block with "Swing Sensitivity"
These order blocks will only be displayed and utilized by the script if there is a swing structure validation with a valid break. In other words, the presence of a confirmed swing Change of Character (ChoCh) or Break of Structure (BoS) is essential for the Order Block to be considered valid and relevant.
This approach ensures that the order blocks are aligned with the overall market structure and are not based on isolated or unreliable price movements. Whether it's Fair Value Gaps (FVG), Liquidity Grabs (LG), Range calculations, or other functionalities, the same underlying principle holds true. The background structure calculation serves as a validation mechanism for the data and insights generated by these functions, ensuring they adhere to the specific criteria and rules established within our methodology. By incorporating this robust validation process, traders can have confidence in the reliability and accuracy of the information provided by the indicator, allowing them to make informed trading decisions based on validated data and analysis.
👉 Usage - the general approach:
Determine your trading style using the Pro Indicator and build your basic strategy. This indicator helps you understand your trading style, whether it's swing trading, scalping or another approach. By analyzing the Pro Indicator, you gain valuable information about potential market trends, entry and exit points, and overall market sentiment.
👉 Example of usage:
In the following chart, you'll notice how we've utilized the indicator to formulate a strategic trading approach. We've employed Order Blocks equipped with volume parameters to identify crucial market zones. Simultaneously, we've leveraged swing/internal market structures to gain insights into potential long and short-term market turnarounds. Lastly, we've examined trend line liquidity zones to pinpoint probable impulses and breakouts within ongoing trends.
Now we can see how the price descended to the order block with the highest volume, which we had previously marked as our point of interest for an entry. As the price closed below the median Order Block, we noted its mitigation. After an internal CHoCH, it's directing us towards the main Order Block as a target.
👉 Smart Money Concepts Functions
Market Structure: identifies and marks key structural changes in the market, in order to visually highlight shifts in market trends and patterns. This feature is designed to alert you of significant changes in the market's behavior, signaling a potential shift from accumulation to distribution phase, or vice versa. It helps traders adapt their strategies based on evolving market dynamics.
Order Blocks: pinpoints crucial zones where large institutional investors ("smart money") have shown strong buying or selling interest recently. Order blocks can serve as a tool for identifying key levels for potential trade entries or exits.
FVGs (Fair Value Gaps): detects discrepancies between the perceived market value and actual market price, revealing potential areas for price correction. With its mitigation settings, you can fine-tune the FVG detection according to the magnitude of value misalignment you consider significant.
Liquidity Grabs: helps track "smart money" footprints by identifying levels where large institutional traders may have induced liquidity traps. Understanding these traps can aid in avoiding false market moves and optimizing trade entries.
Automatic Fibonacci Tool: Simplifying the task of identifying key Fibonacci retracement and extension levels, this tool ties Fibonacci levels to the structure for you. It aids in recognizing significant support and resistance levels, providing a clearer understanding of potential price movements.
The Smart Money Concepts trading strategy - combined with these dynamic features - becomes a powerful analytical asset for any trader, providing in-depth insights into market dynamics, trends, and potential opportunities.
👉 Algorithmic trend and dynamic support and resistance
Trend Rainbow: This proprietary feature uses our unique TRMA** method to define short-term, medium-term, and long-term market trends. It incorporates state-of-the-art visualization techniques to render the trend information in an intuitive, easily interpretable manner. It's a 21st-century tool designed for the modern trader who values both precision and simplicity.
Multi-Timeframe Moving Averages: This feature allows traders to simultaneously monitor moving averages across multiple timeframes, providing a comprehensive perspective on market trends. It helps identify dynamic support and resistance zones, key levels where price movements are likely to slow down or reverse. This function not only aids in planning potential trade entries and exits, but also calculates the precise percentage distance to these levels. Can be as well crucial for risk management, enabling traders to set stop losses and profit targets based on solid, data-driven analysis. The Multi-Timeframe Moving Averages function is a versatile tool that combines strategic planning and risk control into a single, easy-to-use feature.
👉 Unlock the Hidden Market Dynamics
Market Sessions: This feature - by default - provides a clear representation of the four major global trading sessions. Each session is distinctly marked on your trading chart, helping you visualize the specific time periods when these markets are most active. Recognizing these sessions is critical for understanding market dynamics, as the opening and closing of major markets can lead to significant price movements. Whether you're a day trader looking to exploit intra-day volatility or a long-term investor wanting to understand broader market trends, the Market Sessions feature can be a useful tool in your trading toolkit.
Divergence Functions: allow the use of unique indicators along with our proprietary ones to detect potential price reversals. As each asset has a different market maker, divergences can vary greatly across different charts and timeframes. With our Divergence Ranking Table, you can quickly determine which divergences have the highest success rates and which are the least successful on a given chart. This feature allows you to adapt your strategies to the most effective signals, enhancing your trading decisions and boosting your potential profits.
Volume Profile with delta: This feature may give traders an edge by providing an in-depth view of market activity. It illustrates the amount of trading volume at different price levels, combined with the 'delta', which is the difference between buying and selling volume. This information allows you to see areas of high trading activity and understand whether the volume is pushing the price up or down. This real-time insight into the market's supply and demand can be instrumental in identifying key support and resistance levels, predicting potential reversals, and recognizing where the market is likely to move. Similarly to Fibonacci tool, Volume Profile can be tied to the current market structure.
👉 Improve Trading Decisions
Range: This innovative feature assists traders in determining discount, premium, and equilibrium zones. It provides a unique way of visualizing price areas where a security could be overbought or oversold (premium or discount zones), and where the price is expected to be fair and balanced (equilibrium zone). Distance from current price is displayed in percentage terms, which can assist traders with crucial data for risk management and strategic planning. The Range function helps you identify the most favorable price zones for entries and set your stop-loss and take-profit levels more accurately.
Previous OHLC: This functionality offers the capability to display the previous Open, High, Low, Close values. It is primarily set on the daily timeframe and serves as an important reference for traders. Having an overview of these key levels from the previous day gives you a solid foundation on which to base today's trading decisions. Recognizing these levels can help you predict potential turning points in the market, providing an advantage in your trading strategy.
Smart Money Zones: our secret weapon for swing traders. Similarly to order blocks, these zones can accurately identify crucial areas of strong buying or selling interest by large institutional investors. However while Order Blocks focus on recent price action, Smart Money Zones take the whole chart into consideration, resulting in more established support and demand zones.
The summary graph combines six unique indicators (Momentum, Trend Strength, Volume, Volatility, Asset Strength, and Sentiment) along with Structure and Sessions. These indicators use our TRMA** method to provide a comprehensive overview of market dynamics. By consolidating these indicators into a single graph, traders can gain valuable insights into the overall market landscape.
** TRMA (Trend Rainbow Moving Averages) is a complex but customizable moving average matrix calculation that is designed to measure market trend direction, strength and shifting.
⭐ Conclusion
We hold the view that the true path to success is the synergy between the trader and the tool, contrary to the common belief that the tool itself is the sole determinant of profitability. The actual scenario is more nuanced than such an oversimplification. Our aim is to offer useful features that meet the needs of the 21st century and that we actually use.
🛑 Risk Notice:
Everything provided by trademasterindicator – from scripts, tools, and articles to educational materials – is intended solely for educational and informational purposes. Past performance does not assure future returns.
ATR VisualizerAdvance Your Market Analysis with the True Range Indicator
The True Range Indicator is a sophisticated screener meticulously developed to bolster your trading execution by presenting an exceptional understanding of the market direction. The centerpiece of this instrument is a distinctive candle configuration depicting the Average True Range (ATR) and the Bear/Bull range. However, it traverses beyond the conventional channels to offer specific market settings to boost your trading decisions.
User-Defined Settings
Broadly, the indicator offers five dynamic settings:
Bear/Bull Range
The Bear/Bull Range outlines the ATR for each candle type - bearish and bullish - and then smartly opts for the pertinent one based on the prevalent market circumstances. This feature aids in comparing the range of bullish and bearish candlesticks, which deepens your understanding of the price action and volatility.
Bearish Range
The Bearish Range isolates and computes the ATR for bearish candles solely. Utilizing this option spots the bear-dominated periods and provides insights about potential market reversals or downward continuations.
Bullish Range
Opposite to the Bearish Range, the Bullish Range setting tabulates the ATR exclusively for bullish candles. It assists in tracking the periods when bulls control, enlightening traders about the possibility of upward continuations or trend reversals.
Average Range
The Average Range provides an unbiased measure of range without prioritizing either bull or bear trends. This model is ideal for traders looking for a holistic interpretation of market behavior, regardless of direction.
Cumulative Average Range
Equally significant is the Cumulative Average Range which calculates the aggregate moving average of the true ranges for an expressed period. This setting is extremely valuable when evaluating the long-term volatility and spotting potential breakouts.
Dual Candle Configuration
Going a step ahead, the True Range Indicator uniquely offers the possibility to incorporate more than one candle estimate on your screen. This ensures simultaneous analysis of multiple market dynamics, thereby enhancing your trading precision multifold.
Concluding Thoughts
In essence, the True Range Indicator is an indispensable companion for traders looking to not only leverage market volatility but also make educated predictions. Equipped with an array of insightful market settings and the ability to display dual candle estimates on-screen, you can customize the functionality to suit your unique trading style and magnify your market performance dramatically.
OSPL Volume [Community Edition]NSE:BANKNIFTY1!
This indicator is based on the concepts popularized by @OptionsScalper123 "Siva" of OiPulse. His ideology Is that large moves come after high volume candles. For Nifty, high volume is considered to be a candle above 125k volume and for BankNifty it’s 50k.
This indicator allows you to cut the noise and focus only on the high volume candle. It shows high volume candle in a brighter shade and lower volume candles in a less visible shade.
You can set the minimum volume threshold limit for Nifty and BankNifty. The indicator smartly recognizes which index you are using it in and uses the respective threshold volume limit.
All colors are customizable.
Thanks for Siva for all the ideas and wonderful products he has given to the community
Thanks to all the wonderful Pinescipters for developing awesome indicators and keeping the source open.
The source code of this indicator is just a few lines. Hope you can use it in your projects and learn something from this just how I learned from other scripts.
Any changes or updates needed in this indicator, please suggest. I was thinking some kind of alerts can be added when volume crosses the threshold. Let me know.
Boost/like this indicator and comment if you find this useful. Cheers and happy trading!!!
Seasonal Open Interest° by toodegreesDescription:
The Open Interest (OI) is a valuable metric that gets released at the end of each trading day. This metric represents the number of outstanding futures contracts held by market participants for a given commodity or market
The concept of utilizing the OI data as a strategic trading tool was first introduced by Larry Williams :
Rise in Price + Rise in OI: strong trend – new money is coming into the market, showing aggressive buying activity
Rise in Price + Decline in OI: weakening trend – less money coming into the market, suggesting that the move is likely to reverse lower
Decline in Price + Decline in OI: strong trend – new money is coming into the market, showing aggressive selling activity
Decline in Price + Rise in OI: weakening trend – less money coming into the market, suggesting that the move is likely to reverse higher
The Inner Circle Trader (ICT) expanded on these ideas, by exposing Smart Money's behaviour:
Rise in Price + Rise in OI: shorts are being stopped out, and new sellers take their place – gradually, longs get stronger and shorts get weaker
Rise in Price + Decline in OI: Smart Money longs are taking profit and liquidating their positions, and weak shorts are exiting the market
Decline in Price + Decline in OI: longs are being stopped out, and new buyers take their place – gradually, shorts get stronger and longs get weaker
Decline in Price + Rise in OI: Smart Money shorts are taking profit and liquidating their positions, and weak longs are exiting the market
Further, ICT showed the importance of OI in consolidations at Institutional Support or Resistance levels:
Consolidation + Rise in OI: bearish sign due to Smart Money is playing the short side and accumulating positions
Consolidation + Decline in OI: bullish sign due to Smart Money covering their short positions
Last but not least, the Seasonal Open Interest shows us a historical reference point of how OI usually, but not always, develops over the trading year.
Depending on the narrative, a higher/lower OI than its Seasonal Tendency can provide an incredible edge by pointing traders towards what side Smart Money is taking.
The Open Interest Meter shows you a visual representation of how many Standard Deviations the Open Interest is deviating from its Seasonal Tendency.
You can also display this visually as a shaded area between the two metrics:
Features:
Plot Open Interest Data
Plot the Seasonal Open Interest for a specific year
See the OI vs. Seasonal OI in a tailored meter
Shade the area between the OI and the Seasonal OI based on their difference
BBD+1. BBD+ can be used on equities, futures, forex and crypto and also on different time frame (daily, weekly and hourly) as well, we advise only look for hourly chart or longer time frame.
2. Consist of fundflow candle, moving average line and triangle signal.
3. The indicator is easy to use and interpret the direction and strength of smart money.
4. Fundflow candle :-
− GREEN candle = smart money inflow > smart money outflow
Green candle above 0 value = opportunity ;
Green candle below 0 value = monitor/hold/rebound
− RED candle = smart money inflow < smart money outflow
Red candle above 0 value = monitor/hold/retracement ;
Red candle below 0 value = risk
− The longer candle indicate higher volume of smart money
5. Moving average line :-
− GREEN line = 5-days moving average (m5)
− BLUE line = 10-days moving average (m10)
− RED line = 20-days moving average (m20)
6. Triangle signal :-
− Arrow-UP triangle = Fundflow candle cross up GREEN line (5-days moving average)
− Arrow-DOWN triangle = Fundflow candle cross down GREEN line (5-days moving average)
7. Five (5) alert conditions are set to notify when desired condition was triggered, i.e.
(1) BBD+ cross-up m5
(2) BBD+ turn GREEN
(3) BBD+ turn RED
(4) BBD+ cross-up ZERO-axis
(5) BBD+ cross-down ZERO-axis
8. Background color indicate the color of smart money candle.
9. BBD+ is not advised to be used solely for the purpose of buy/sell, work best together with indicator TrendX+, DDX+ and MCDX+.
Support and Resistance Based Off Indicators V2Theory Behind It"
There have been hundreds of trading methods and theories that have been proposed by the trading community, each with a unique perspective on trading. One of the most popular theories is known as the Dow theory which was one of the first theories to theorise the concept known today as trends. Now the majority of today's trading strategies are based off the single concept known as "trends."
These concepts and theories have shaped many traders strategies and trading plans to this day. And with a new era of easy access trading, in which nearly anyone with a wifi connection, and computer, or smartphone an trade hundreds of markets brings a light to traders known as retail traders. Which according to Credit Suisse, have accounted for a third of all stock market activity in the United States at points this year. This means that Retail traders are now a community of “market players” that are knowledgeable investors who seek to learn and incorporate their own trading strategies into the market.
This newfound significance of retail traders in the market prompted me to consider a new concept, which I've dubbed the "retail theory." This theory combines the theory that intraday traders move market prices, and if we can figure out what the majority of these retail traders are doing, we can trade based on other traders rather than the actual financial instrument. This notion may be difficult to grasp, so let's break it down.
Let's say there are ten people who can pick any color from a bag. Out of the ten people, Yellow is the favorite colour of two people, blue is the favourite colour of one person, and red is the favourite colour of seven people. Let's pretend we had to bet on which colour the majority of those ten people would choose. While it's evident that we'd all bet on red to win because it's the most popular color, but how does this apply to the markets?
While traders, as we all know, use a variety of indicators to determine where to buy and sell. Some of the most popular indicators that majority of traders use are the moving averages, exponential moving averages, bollinger bands, fib levels, pivot points, vwap, etc. Now tt's impossible to say which indicators are preferred by the majority of traders, but if the majority of indicators align at a certain level, we may infer that the majority of traders will be looking to buy or sell at that level. This is where the indicators-based support and resistance indicator (I know, bad name, but I'm not that creative) comes into play. We can get a good indication of where the bulk of traders will be looking to add or sell by looking at the top indicators on the market and seeing if they are within range of each other. When this is combined with the basic theory of trends, we are able to gain a competitive advantage in the market that few traders have, known as an edge.
If you have any questions based on this theory let me know, but as I said before this theory is based on the concept that we are trading based off majority of what other traders think or are trading off of, not what we think
How It Works:
This indicator checks to see if other types of support and resistance indicators, such as the EMA, VWAP, FIb levels, and so on, are within range of one another. Simply put, when two indicators are within range of each other, a box will appear indicating where they are matching. The color of the box is determined by the number of indicators that line up within the same range, which can be adjusted with user input.
The user also has free range to change all input settings
How To Use:
This is a form of resistance and support indicator that should be used in conjunction with other technical tools. Each box color shows the number of indicators that are aligned with one another. A yellow box, for example, indicates that six or more indicators are within range of each other, but a white box indicates that only two indicators are within range of each other.
These boxes that appear should just be used as a type of support and resistance, but again you can see the strength of the support and resistance by the color.
Notes:
I came out with the concept version about a month ago, and since then it has been nothing but prefect for me. I found with 5 or more indicators line up within each other, then that area tends to be a key "dip buy" area for me. Also acts as a extremely powerful support or resistance if the indicator lines up with trendlines, or horizontal daily supports
LuxAlgo® - Signals & Overlays™Signals & Overlays™ is an all-in-one toolkit made up of more than 20+ features primarily focused on generating useful signals & overlays to fulfill any trader's technical analysis needs with relevant data.
Created directly with TradingView Pine Script Wizard, alexgrover - this is a first of its kind comprehensive script made fully from the ground-up to provide an all-in-one solution for traders.
Signals & Overlays™ can be used alongside other forms of technical analysis, however, it was also designed to be used as a stand-alone toolkit that can fit any trading style. Every feature included considers how not all technical indicators fit every market condition.
The ideal way to utilize this indicator is to explore through all of the features over time, pick & choose 2-3 features best suit your style of trading, and stick with those to create your own unique LuxAlgo trading strategy.
Providing Endless Possibilities Catering To All Trading Styles
Signals & Overlays™ works in any market for discretionary analysis & includes many features:
Beginner-friendly Presets to enable multiple features at once within one-click (locks other settings when enabled).
Confirmation Signals: Normal & Strong signals to help traders confirm trends (not to be followed blindly).
Contrarian Signals: Normal & Strong to help traders spot reversals (also not to be followed blindly).
Exit Signals: "x" marks that apply for both Confirmation Signals & Contrarian Signals to suggest potential take-profit areas during signals.
Signal Optimization Methods: Sensitivity / Agility, optimal sensitvity parameter displayed on dashboard, and Autopilot (dynamic setting).
Candle Coloring: Purple/Green/Red to visualize trends developing between 'normal' & 'strong'.
6+ Indicator Overlays that helps traders visualize trends, find reversal points, and get dynamic areas of support & resistance.
Filters within "Presets / Filters" to allow users to filter Confirmation Signals with Indicator Overlays & other metrics within LuxAlgo Premium.
A complete dashboard with highly actionable metrics such as Trend Strength, current volatility, volume analysis, etc.
Advanced Settings to display customizable TP/SL points, further enhance signal optimizations, & customize dashboard size/location.
Full Any Alert() Function Call Conditions included
Highly useful Filtered Alert Creator section to generate custom filtered signal alerts with Indicator Overlays & other metrics.
+ more. (Check the changelog below for current features)
🔶 USAGE
Basic Signals & Candle Coloring Demonstration
In the image below we can see a basic example of how these 2 core components function within Signals & Overlays™.
As explained earlier, the Confirmation Signals can generate normal labels as well as strong labels marked by the "+" symbol. These signals are directly correlated to the candle coloring in order to see the development of trends & navigate through different market conditions as best as possible.
The candle coloring comes especially in handy when using signals, whereas a positive sign for an uptrend to occur rather than a fake-out is to see candles consistently hold as green. This indicates the market is strong & is likely to continue an uptrend. Vice versa for sell signals & the candles holding as red.
Normal Confirmation Signals often occur with smaller trends, retracements within larger trends, or just as signals a user may not want to trust as much directly. In order to enhance your ability to trust signals more & find more actionable use cases out of LuxAlgo Premium, we recommend going to the settings menu of the indicator & activating some indicator overlays. These are covered in the next section.
🔶 INDICATOR OVERLAYS W/ SIGNALS
In the image below we have enabled the "Smart Trail" & "Reversal Zones" indicator overlays from within the settings of Signals & Overlays™. By using these overlays alongside the signals & candle coloring, users can find more confluence to create trading strategies or plans.
The Smart Trail provides an excellent area of dynamic support/resistance for traders, as well as an additional confluence for general trend following purposes alongside the Confirmation Signals.
The Reversal Zones are particularly useful for areas to immediately take profit on trades, however, during strong trends price may continue rising or falling through the Reversal Zones which makes a good use case of waiting for price to first exit the Reversal Zones before considering the next move in the market.
In the next image below we can see the market is generally ranging, making it more complicated for the standard Confirmation signals to perform greatly as they are meant to excel for finding developing trends. This image displays the Contrarian Signal Mode, Contrarian Gradient candle coloring, as well as the Trend Catcher Indicator Overlay to help us trade these market conditions specifically.
Paired with the Contrarian based candle coloring, these signals can be helpful to a trader looking to find confluent reversals. You can also see the Trend Catcher indicator overlay gives a hybrid approach to analyzing the underlying trend within this price action.
Some traders naturally are Contrarian in nature, so this signal mode may be of primary interest to them, however, most of the use cases will come from the standard Confirmation sigals paired with other overlays or regular technical analysis.
🔶 SIGNALS WITH AI CLASSIFICATION
Our toolkit is able to classify generated signals using a simple machine learning algorithm into four levels. These levels indicate if a signal will most likely indicate a trend continuation (level 3/4) or a reversal/retracement (1/2).
Users are able to filter out certain signals depending on their classification, only keeping signals of interest and potential filtering out false signals.
🔶 FILTERS
In the next image below we can see after resetting the Signals & Overlays™ indicator to it's defaults, we have simply enabled the "Smart Trail Filter" from within the Presets / Filters section at the top of the settings.
By doing this, we can filter out signals that are not aligned with the Smart Trail indicator overlay, which gives direct confluence in every signal that generates on the chart.
Applying filters to signals do not necessarily make them instantly "better" than using the indicator without them. Between every technical indicator, there are trade-offs. So while we can now use Confirmation signals & retests of the Smart Trail as great optimal entry points, at times the indicator may miss signals or retests of the Smart Trail.
The same is seen below with another one of the Filters within Signals & Overlays™; Trend Strength Filter.
We can see the indicator is using the Trend Strength metric to only generate Confirmation Signals that align with a trending market which can clean up a lot of noise during retracements as well as ranging markets.
However, the trade-off present now with this filter enabled is that at times the indicator will miss trends, in which we'd still need to be aware of the price action, candle coloring, or other forms of analysis to give us indications the market may start a new trend opposed to just relying on signals directly.
🔶 CONCLUSION
We believe that success lies in the association of the user with the indicator, opposed to many traders who have the perspective that the indicator itself can make them become profitable. The reality is much more complicated than that.
The aim is to provide an indicator comprehensive, customizable, and intuitive enough that any trader can be led to understand this truth and develop an actionable perspective of technical indicators as support tools for decision making.
You can see the Author's instructions below to get instant access to this indicator & our LuxAlgo Premium indicator suite.
🔶 RISK DISCLAIMER
Trading is risky & most day traders lose money. All content, tools, scripts, articles, & education provided by LuxAlgo are purely for informational & educational purposes only. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Price alertThis indicator is an indicator for setting alerts.
Set alerts after adding them to the chart.
By setting an alert, you can notify the closing price to your smartphone or smartwatch.
Candles [Meguru] MobileMulti-currency Indication For mobile "Candles［Meguru］Mobile"
The display of exchanges and major currencies has been made selective. (I thought about the use with a smartphone etc. and made it possible to omit the trouble of character input. It is also possible to enter manually.)
モバイル向け多通貨表示インジ『Candles［Meguru］Mobile』
取引所やメジャーな通貨の表示を選択式にしました。（移動時・スマホなどでの利用を考え、文字入力の手間を省略できるよう作成しました。手入力での設定も利用できます。）
反転チャート・時足の固定も可能です。
複数表示することで、多通貨を同時に表示・監視することもできます。
詳細、購入などはこちらにて
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Market State & Candlestick Patterns Made in ChinaIndicator Overview
The Market State & Candlestick Patterns Master (MSCP-Master) is a comprehensive, all-in-one technical analysis indicator that combines real-time market state identification with multiple candlestick pattern recognition. This powerful tool not only identifies classic price action patterns but also adapts their significance based on the current market volatility environment, providing context-aware trading signals for smarter decision-making.
Core Innovation: Adaptive Pattern Recognition
Traditional candlestick pattern indicators work in isolation, often giving false signals in the wrong market conditions. MSCP-Master revolutionizes this approach by:
First assessing market state (Low Volatility/Ranging/High Volatility) through a multi-dimensional scoring system
Then applying different confirmation criteria for each pattern based on the detected market state
Finally providing context-aware signals that are more reliable because they consider the broader market environment
Three-Layer Analysis System
Layer 1: Market State Identification (The Foundation)
Uses four key metrics to calculate a comprehensive market state score:
ATR Relative Volatility: Measures current volatility against historical norms
Bollinger Band Width: Identifies contraction/expansion periods
Amplitude Analysis: Evaluates recent price range activity
Momentum Strength: Assesses directional movement power
Based on the composite score, the market is classified into:
🔵 Low Volatility: Tight ranges, potential for breakout
🟡 Ranging: Normal oscillation within established bounds
🟢 High Volatility: Wide ranges, strong momentum moves
Layer 2: Pattern Recognition With Context Adaptation
Each pattern uses different confirmation logic based on market state:
High Volatility State: Uses SMA-based trend confirmation (Long/Short SMA comparison)
Low Volatility/Ranging States: Uses ATR-adjusted threshold confirmation (dynamic based on current vs. baseline volatility)
This adaptive approach means patterns are only considered valid when they make sense for the current market environment.
Layer 3: Comprehensive Pattern Library
The indicator identifies 10+ critical candlestick patterns:
Engulfing Patterns (Bullish/Bearish) with Harami confirmation requirement
Outside Bars (Bullish/Bearish) with customizable engulfing criteria
False Breakouts (Bullish/Bearish) with sophisticated tracking of "trap" moves
Hammer/Inverted Hammer with ATR-adjusted significance thresholds
Doji Variations (Standard, Dragonfly, Gravestone) with precise mathematical definitions
Three Soldiers Method (Enhanced) with dual absolute/relative strength measurements
Enhanced Three Soldiers Method - Beyond Traditional Interpretation
Unlike traditional "Three White Soldiers/Black Crows" patterns that rely on simple visual recognition, our enhanced version introduces:
Quantifiable Strength Metrics: Each candle must meet customizable thresholds for both absolute price movement (%) and relative efficiency (close-to-open vs. total range)
Two Signal Types: Preparation signals (amber) for early warnings and True signals (green/red) for confirmed breakouts
Breakout Confirmation: "True signals" only trigger when price breaks above/below recent signal cluster extremes
Full Customization: All parameters adjustable to match your trading style and market conditions
Key Features
🎯 Context-Aware Signals: Patterns are validated differently in high vs. low volatility markets
📊 Real-Time Market State: Clear color-coded background shows current market conditions
🔍 Multiple Confirmation Methods: Uses both SMA trend-following and ATR-adjusted threshold approaches
⚙️ Fully Customizable: Every parameter adjustable across all pattern types and market state calculations
📈 Comprehensive Visualization: Color-coded labels, reference lines, and information tables
Strategic Application
Preparation Signals: Use amber "single candle" or "three candle" signals to prepare for potential moves
True Signals: Green/red "True" signals indicate confirmed momentum - ideal for main entries
Market State Alignment: Trade with the market's character - aggressive in high volatility, cautious in low volatility
Pattern Convergence: Look for multiple patterns confirming the same direction for higher probability setups
Parameter Groups (Organized for Easy Customization)
Market State Identification: ATR, Bollinger Band, Amplitude, Momentum parameters
Pattern-Specific Settings: Engulfing, Outside Bars, False Breakouts, Hammer/Doji patterns
Three Soldiers Method: Absolute/Relative strength thresholds, lookback periods
Confirmation Logic: SMA lengths, ATR adjustment factors, sensitivity settings
Beast Mode - ORB Indicator [Advanced Retest & Targets]Beast Mode - ORB Indicator
The Beast Mode - ORB Indicator is a comprehensive institutional trading system designed to automate the Opening Range Breakout (ORB) strategy. Unlike standard ORB indicators that simply draw high/low lines, this script integrates "Smart Retest" logic, dynamic risk/reward targets, and volume/volatility filters to help traders identify high-probability setups while filtering out chop and fake-outs.
This tool is designed for Futures (ES, NQ, YM) and Equities traders who rely on the initial market balance to determine the day's directional bias.
How It Works
The Opening Range is defined as the High and Low price established during the first X minutes of the market session (e.g., 5 minutes, 15 minutes). This range represents the initial battle between buyers and sellers.
1. The Range Formation: The script monitors the user-defined opening window (e.g., 9:30–9:35 AM ET). Once the window closes, it plots the ORB High (Green), ORB Low (Red), and Midline (Gray).
2. The Breakout: A signal is generated when a candle closes outside the defined range. This signal is filtered by volume (must be higher than average) and range quality (to avoid trading during extremely tight or over-extended ranges).
3. The Smart Retest (New Feature): Breakouts often fail. The most reliable entry is often the retest of the breakout level. This script uses a unique algorithm to detect valid retests:
- Tolerance: Price must return to within a specific point range of the ORB level.
- Rejection: Price must physically "bounce" away from the level by a minimum point value.
- Volume: The rejection candle must have significant volume to confirm institutional defense of the level.
Key Features
1. Dynamic Risk/Reward Targets
The indicator automatically projects profit targets based on the size of the Opening Range:
- Target 1 (💰): Placed at a 1:1 ratio relative to the range size. (e.g., If the range is 20 points, T1 is 20 points above the High).
- Target 2: A user-defined multiplier (default 2.0x) for extended trend days.
- Stop Loss Zones: Visual dotted lines indicating statistically significant stop-loss placement levels.
2. Smart Retest Logic
Instead of blindly buying a touch of the line, the script waits for confirmation. It looks for a "Checkmark" pattern: Breakout -> Pullback to Zone -> Rejection Bounce. Retest signals are marked with a distinct "RE" label.
3. Quality Filters
- Volume Filter: Ensures that breakout signals are backed by relative volume (RVOL) to avoid "low volume drift" fake-outs.
- Range Filter: Prevents signals if the Opening Range is too small (chop) or too large (exhaustion), based on point values.
4. Professional Dashboard
A data table displays real-time statistics:
- Status: Forming, Active, or Waiting.
- Range: The exact size of the opening range in points.
- Position: Current price relation to the ORB (Above/Below/Inside).
- Targets: Exact price levels for T1 and T2.
Settings & Configuration
- ORB Timeframe: Select between 5m PreMarket, 5m Standard, 15m, or 30m ranges.
- Trading Session: Define your active trading hours (signals are muted outside this window).
- Target Multiplier: Adjust the extension for the second target (e.g., 1.5x, 2.0x, 3.0x).
- Retest Specifics:
- Tolerance: How close price must get to the line to count as a test.
- Min Bounce: How hard price must reject to trigger a signal.
- Visuals: Fully customizable colors for lines, backgrounds, and labels.
Disclaimer
This indicator is a technical analysis tool intended to assist in identifying market structure and potential areas of interest. Past performance of the Opening Range Breakout strategy does not guarantee future results. Users should always manage risk appropriately and use this tool in conjunction with their own analysis.
Concepts based on standard institutional Opening Range Breakout theory.
GardFx - Fusion Pro FREE TrialFusion Pro - by GardFx
This script is a specialized session-trading system designed to capitalize on the Opening Range Breakout (ORB) by utilizing Fair Value Gaps (FVG) as entry confirmation zones. Unlike standard breakout indicators that signal immediately upon a range break, this system waits for a price retest (mitigation) of specific imbalances created during the breakout move.
Core Concept
The strategy operates on a three-step logic sequence:
Define the Range: It establishes the High and Low of the opening session (London or New York).
Identify Imbalance: Upon a breakout of this range, the script scans for the creation of a Fair Value Gap (FVG) on the 1-minute timeframe.
Confirm Entry: It waits for price to retrace into the FVG (mitigation) and looks for specific candle confirmation patterns before generating a signal.
Detailed Methodology
1. The Opening Range (ORB)
The script monitors the first 15 minutes of the session (configurable).
High Line: The highest price reached during the first 15m.
Low Line: The lowest price reached during the first 15m.
Breakout: A breakout is validated when a candle closes outside of this defined range.
2. Fair Value Gap (FVG) Detection
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Not all breakouts are valid. This script filters for momentum by requiring an FVG to form immediately following the breakout.
Bullish FVG: Defined when the Low of Candle 1 is higher than the High of Candle 3.
Bearish FVG: Defined when the High of Candle 1 is lower than the Low of Candle 3.
Note: If an FVG is not formed shortly after the breakout, the setup is considered low-probability and ignored.
3. Entry Confirmation Models Once an FVG is identified and price returns to mitigate it, the script offers three confirmation modes:
Instant (First Touch): Aggressive entry immediately when price touches the FVG box.
Reversal Close: Waits for a candle to close in the direction of the trend after touching the FVG (e.g., a green candle close after dipping into a bullish FVG).
Engulfing Candle: The most conservative filter. Requires a full engulfing candle pattern occurring within or bouncing off the FVG.
4. Advanced Filters To reduce false signals during choppy markets, two optional filters are included:
Volume Filter: Requires the breakout candle's volume to be higher than its Moving Average (multiplied by a user-defined factor).
Higher Timeframe (HTF) Trend: Checks the trend on a higher timeframe (e.g., 1H or 4H).
Logic: If the HTF Close is > HTF EMA 50, only Buy signals are permitted. If HTF Close < HTF EMA 50, only Sell signals are permitted.
5. Risk Management The script includes an automated Risk/Reward calculator.
Stop Loss (SL): Placed at the invalidation point of the FVG structure, plus an optional ATR buffer to account for volatility.
Take Profit (TP): Calculated based on a user-defined Risk:Reward ratio (e.g., 1:2) relative to the Stop Loss distance.
Dashboard A multi-timeframe dashboard is displayed to provide a "Glance View" of market bias across the Daily, 4H, 1H, and 15M timeframes, ensuring trades are aligned with macro momentum.
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Release Notes
🚀 GardFx - Fusion Pro V2: The Ultimate ORB & ICT Suite
Welcome to Version 2.0 of Fusion Pro. This update transforms the indicator from a simple breakout tool into a complete institutional trading system. We have integrated Multi-Timeframe (MTF) logic, Candlestick Pattern recognition, and Smart Exit management to filter out noise and catch high-probability moves.
🔥 NEW FEATURES IN V2:
1. 🧠 Smart MTF Bias & Voting System
No more guessing the trend. The script now checks Daily, 4H, 1H, and 15m timeframes.
Voting Logic: A trade is only signaled if the higher timeframes agree (e.g., 2 out of 3 votes).
Visuals: The dashboard displays the live bias for every timeframe.
2. 🎯 Advanced Entry Confirmations We have added specific trigger patterns to reduce fake-outs. You can now choose your entry style:
🦄 Unicorn Setup: ORB Level + FVG overlap.
🕯️ Candlestick Patterns: Pinbar, Engulfing, Tweezer Tops/Bottoms, and Inside Bar.
📉 FVG 50%: Wait for price to retrace to the 50% equilibrium of the gap before entering.
3. 🛡️ Entry Validation Modes Control exactly when the entry label fires:
Instant: Enters immediately upon touch.
Candle Close: Waits for the candle to close in your direction.
Break of High/Low: Places a pending order at the wick; only enters if momentum breaks that level.
Wait for MSS: Waits for a Market Structure Shift (local high/low break).
4. 💰 Dynamic Smart Exit (Secure TP)
A new Volume-Based Exit Manager detects sudden momentum shifts or volume spikes against your position.
It prints a "Secure TP" label to help you bank profits before a reversal occurs, even if the fixed TP hasn't been hit.
5. 📊 Enhanced Dashboard & Stats
Tracks Win/Loss rates separately for Asia, London, and New York sessions.
Weekly and Daily stats reset automatically.
Fully customizable size and position.
6. ⚡ Automated UK Sessions
Built-in timings for Asia, London, and New York based on UTC (London) time. No more timezone conversion headaches.
True S/R Ultimate [Wonra]# True S/R Ultimate - TradingView Description
## Short Description (for script settings)
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Volume-weighted Support & Resistance levels with buyer/seller pressure analysis. Shows the strongest levels based on historical price reactions and trading volume.
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## Full Description
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█ OVERVIEW
True S/R Ultimate identifies genuine support and resistance levels by analyzing historical pivot points weighted by trading volume. Unlike traditional S/R indicators that draw lines everywhere, this indicator filters and displays only the strongest levels where significant trading activity occurred.
The indicator uses a multi-factor approach:
• Volume accumulation at each price level
• Number of times price has touched/reacted to the level
• Buyer vs Seller pressure ratio at each zone
█ HOW IT WORKS
The indicator detects pivot highs and lows across your specified lookback period. When multiple pivots occur near the same price, they are grouped together, and their volumes are accumulated. This creates "volume clusters" that represent areas where traders have historically found value.
LEVEL NAMING:
• S1, S2, S3... = Support levels (below current price), ranked by volume strength
• R1, R2, R3... = Resistance levels (above current price), ranked by volume strength
• S1/R1 = Strongest level with highest accumulated volume
• S5/R5 = Weakest displayed level
█ READING THE LABELS
Each level displays:
┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ R2 │ 1,789 │ ← Level name + Price
│ Vol: 21.8M │ 🟢 BUY 64% │ ← Volume + Dominant pressure
└─────────────────────────────────┘
VOLUME (Vol):
Shows the total accumulated trading volume at this level. Higher volume = stronger level.
• K = Thousands (1K = 1,000)
• M = Millions (1M = 1,000,000)
• B = Billions (1B = 1,000,000,000)
PRESSURE INDICATOR:
• 🟢 BUY XX% = Buyers were dominant at this level (bullish pressure)
• 🔴 SELL XX% = Sellers were dominant at this level (bearish pressure)
• Percentage shows the strength of the dominant side
█ COLOR CODING
The indicator uses smart color coding based on WHO was in control at each level:
GREEN/TEAL ZONES (🟢 BUY pressure > 50%):
• Buyers were more aggressive when price hit this level
• For SUPPORT: Strong buy interest, likely to bounce again
• For RESISTANCE: May break through as buyers are willing to pay higher
RED ZONES (🔴 SELL pressure > 50%):
• Sellers were more aggressive when price hit this level
• For RESISTANCE: Strong selling pressure, likely to reject again
• For SUPPORT: Weaker support, may break down
█ HOW TO USE
SCENARIO 1: Price approaching GREEN Support (e.g., S1 with 🟢 BUY 76%)
✓ This is a HIGH-PROBABILITY bounce zone
✓ Previous touches showed strong buyer absorption
✓ Consider LONG entries with stop below the zone
SCENARIO 2: Price approaching RED Resistance (e.g., R1 with 🔴 SELL 71%)
✓ This is a HIGH-PROBABILITY rejection zone
✓ Previous touches showed strong seller distribution
✓ Consider SHORT entries with stop above the zone
SCENARIO 3: Price approaching GREEN Resistance (e.g., R2 with 🟢 BUY 64%)
⚠ This resistance may be WEAK
⚠ Buyers were aggressive here before - may break through
⚠ Wait for confirmation before shorting
SCENARIO 4: Price approaching RED Support (e.g., S3 with 🔴 SELL 72%)
⚠ This support may be WEAK
⚠ Sellers were aggressive here - may break down
⚠ Be cautious with long entries
█ WHY LEVELS ABOVE PRICE CAN BE GREEN
When you see a RESISTANCE level (above current price) colored GREEN:
• It means when price was previously AT that level, BUYERS were dominant
• This doesn't mean the level is now support
• It means if price revisits this zone, it might break THROUGH (not reject)
• The buying pressure from before suggests demand at that price
Conversely, when you see a SUPPORT level (below price) colored RED:
• Previous touches showed sellers were in control
• This support may be weaker than it appears
• Consider tighter stop losses if going long at this level
█ SETTINGS
📊 MAIN SETTINGS
• Lookback Bars: How far back to analyze (default: 500)
• Minimum Touches: Required reactions to form a valid level (default: 2)
• Zone Width: Tolerance for grouping similar prices (default: 1%)
• Pivot Length: Sensitivity for detecting pivots (default: 5)
🎨 DISPLAY
• Max Levels: How many S/R levels to show per side (default: 5)
• Show Zone Boxes: Visual boxes around each level
🎨 COLORS
• Bullish/Buyers: Color for buy-dominated zones
• Bearish/Sellers: Color for sell-dominated zones
█ BEST PRACTICES
1. Use on higher timeframes (4H, Daily) for stronger levels
2. Combine with other confluence (trendlines, EMAs, Fibonacci)
3. Watch for volume confirmation when price approaches a level
4. S1/R1 are your primary levels - trade these with more size
5. S4/S5 or R4/R5 may be weaker - use confirmation
█ ALERTS
The indicator includes built-in alert conditions:
• "Near Support" - Price approaching strongest support
• "Near Resistance" - Price approaching strongest resistance
█ CREDITS
Developed by Wonra
Concept: Volume Profile meets Smart Money Concepts
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## Tags (for TradingView)
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support, resistance, volume, levels, zones, institutional, smart-money, supply-demand, order-flow, volume-profile
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Alpha Options System# Apex Options Sniper - Advanced Multi-Signal Day Trading System
## 🎯 Overview
**Apex Options Sniper** is a professional-grade, multi-signal trading indicator specifically engineered for high-probability day trading of weekly options. This comprehensive system combines 10+ technical indicators into a sophisticated scoring algorithm that identifies optimal entry points with institutional-level precision.
Perfect for traders of SPY, QQQ, and high-volume stocks, this indicator eliminates guesswork by providing clear BUY CALLS and BUY PUTS signals based on multiple technical confluences.
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## 🚀 Key Features
### **Multi-Signal Confluence Engine**
- **10+ Technical Indicators** working in harmony
- **Weighted Scoring System** (0-30+ points) for signal strength
- **Real-time Signal Classification**: Strong vs Moderate signals
- **False Signal Reduction** through multi-confirmation requirements
### **Advanced Momentum Analysis**
- ✅ RSI with Divergence Detection (bullish & bearish)
- ✅ Stochastic Oscillator (oversold/overbought + crossovers)
- ✅ MACD with crossover and momentum confirmation
- ✅ Automatic divergence spotting for reversal trades
### **Sophisticated Trend Detection**
- ✅ Triple EMA System (9/21/50) with alignment scoring
- ✅ SuperTrend Indicator with trend flip alerts
- ✅ VWAP for institutional price levels
- ✅ Multi-timeframe trend confirmation
### **Professional Volume Analysis**
- ✅ Volume Spike Detection (vs 20-period average)
- ✅ OBV (On-Balance Volume) with divergence detection
- ✅ Order Flow Analysis (buy vs sell pressure)
- ✅ Relative volume ratio display
### **Advanced Pattern Recognition**
- ✅ Bollinger Band Squeeze detection (volatility expansion)
- ✅ BB breakout signals (major move initiation)
- ✅ Automatic Support & Resistance levels (pivot-based)
- ✅ Price reaction scoring at key levels
### **Built-in Risk Management**
- ✅ ATR-based Stop Loss calculations
- ✅ Customizable Risk:Reward ratios
- ✅ Position sizing recommendations
- ✅ Real-time profit target calculations
### **Comprehensive Visual Dashboard**
- ✅ Live scoring breakdown for all indicators
- ✅ Individual signal strength display
- ✅ Bull vs Bear score comparison
- ✅ Color-coded signal status
- ✅ Risk management metrics
---
## 📊 How It Works
### **Scoring System**
The indicator assigns points based on technical conditions:
| **Category** | **Max Points** | **Conditions** |
|-------------|---------------|----------------|
| Momentum (RSI/Stoch) | 8 | Oversold/overbought + divergences |
| MACD | 4 | Crossovers + momentum direction |
| Trend (EMAs) | 6 | EMA alignment + SuperTrend |
| Volume | 4 | Spikes + OBV divergences |
| Order Flow | 2 | Buy/sell pressure imbalance |
| Bollinger Bands | 2 | Squeeze + breakouts |
| Support/Resistance | 2 | Price at key levels |
| VWAP | 1 | Above/below institutional level |
### **Signal Thresholds**
- **🚀 STRONG CALLS**: Bull score ≥6, Net score ≥4
- **📈 CALLS**: Bull score ≥4, Net score ≥2
- **🔥 STRONG PUTS**: Bear score ≥6, Net score ≤-4
- **📉 PUTS**: Bear score ≥4, Net score ≤-2
### **Multi-Timeframe Filter**
Optional higher timeframe confirmation reduces false signals by ensuring the broader trend supports your trade direction.
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## 🎮 How to Use
### **Installation**
1. Open TradingView Pine Editor
2. Paste the complete indicator code
3. Click "Add to Chart"
4. Customize settings to your preference
### **Recommended Settings**
**For SPY/QQQ Day Trading:**
- Timeframe: 1-minute or 5-minute
- Strong Signal Threshold: 6
- Moderate Signal Threshold: 4
- Multi-timeframe Confluence: ON
**For Individual Stocks:**
- Timeframe: 5-minute or 15-minute
- Increase SuperTrend multiplier to 3.5-4.0
- Enable all advanced features
**For Scalping:**
- Timeframe: 1-minute
- Use STRONG signals only (6+)
- Tight stop loss (1.0-1.5 ATR multiplier)
### **Best Trading Times**
- **9:30-11:00 AM EST** - Highest volume, strongest signals
- **2:00-4:00 PM EST** - Afternoon momentum plays
- Avoid 11:30 AM-1:30 PM EST (lunch chop)
---
## 📈 Signal Interpretation
### **What You'll See on Chart:**
**Visual Signals:**
- 🟢 **Green Triangle (CALLS)**: Bullish entry point
- 🟢 **Large Green Triangle (STRONG CALLS)**: High-confidence bullish entry
- 🔴 **Red Triangle (PUTS)**: Bearish entry point
- 🔴 **Large Red Triangle (STRONG PUTS)**: High-confidence bearish entry
- 💎 **Small Diamonds**: RSI/OBV divergences (reversal warning)
**Dashboard Information:**
- Individual indicator values and signals
- Real-time score breakdown
- Bull/Bear score totals
- ATR stop loss levels
### **Entry Rules:**
✅ **High Probability Trades (Take These):**
- Strong signal (6+ score)
- 3+ indicators confirming
- Volume spike present
- SuperTrend aligned
- Higher timeframe confirms
⚠️ **Moderate Trades (Smaller Position):**
- Moderate signal (4-5 score)
- 2+ indicators confirming
- Normal volume
- Mixed trend signals
❌ **Avoid These:**
- Conflicting signals (Bull score ≈ Bear score)
- Low volume
- During major news events
- Bollinger squeeze without breakout direction
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## 🛡️ Risk Management Guide
### **Position Sizing:**
- **Strong Signals (6+)**: 3-5% of portfolio
- **Moderate Signals (4-5)**: 2-3% of portfolio
- **Low Conviction**: 1-2% or skip
### **Stop Loss Strategy:**
- Use ATR-based stops (displayed in dashboard)
- Default: 1.5x ATR from entry
- Weekly options: 30-50% premium loss maximum
- Never hold through stop loss hoping for recovery
### **Profit Targets:**
- **Quick Scalps**: 25-50% gain (15-30 min)
- **Day Trades**: 50-100% gain (same day exit)
- **Swing**: 100-200% gain (1-2 days max for weeklies)
- **Take partial profits** at first target, let rest run
### **Time Decay Management (Weekly Options):**
- Monday-Wednesday: Hold overnight acceptable on strong signals
- Thursday: Close by EOD unless very strong conviction
- Friday: Avoid holding overnight, theta decay accelerates
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## 🔔 Alert Configuration
### **Recommended Alerts:**
**Essential Alerts:**
1. 🚀 Strong Buy Calls
2. 🔥 Strong Buy Puts
**Advanced Alerts:**
3. 💎 RSI Bullish Divergence
4. ⚠️ RSI Bearish Divergence
5. 🔶 Bollinger Band Squeeze
6. ✅ SuperTrend Bull Flip
7. ❌ SuperTrend Bear Flip
**Alert Setup:**
- Set frequency: "Once Per Bar Close"
- Enable for all devices
- Use webhook for automation (optional)
---
## 💡 Pro Trading Tips
### **Maximize Win Rate:**
1. **Wait for confluence** - Best trades have 3+ indicators aligned
2. **Respect the dashboard** - Check WHY it's signaling (which indicators)
3. **Volume is king** - Signals with volume spikes are significantly more reliable
4. **Use BB Squeeze** - When squeeze + signal = explosive directional move
5. **SuperTrend flips** - Major trend change confirmations, very powerful
6. **Watch for divergences** - Diamond markers = hidden reversal opportunities
### **Common Mistakes to Avoid:**
❌ Trading every signal (be selective)
❌ Ignoring volume (volume confirms everything)
❌ Fighting the higher timeframe trend
❌ Oversizing positions on moderate signals
❌ Holding weekly options too long (theta decay)
❌ Trading during lunch hour (11:30-1:30 EST)
### **Advanced Techniques:**
- **Divergence + Support/Resistance** = Highest probability reversals
- **BB Squeeze + EMA alignment** = Explosive trend continuations
- **SuperTrend flip + Volume spike** = Major trend change entries
- **Multiple timeframe analysis** - Check 5m signal on 1m chart for precision entries
---
## 📊 Indicator Components Explained
### **RSI (Relative Strength Index)**
- Measures momentum and overbought/oversold conditions
- Divergences signal potential reversals before they happen
- Score: 2-3 points for extremes and divergences
### **Stochastic Oscillator**
- Confirms momentum extremes
- Crossovers provide entry timing
- Score: 1-2 points
### **MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence)**
- Trend following momentum indicator
- Crossovers signal momentum shifts
- Score: 1-3 points based on signal strength
### **EMA System (9/21/50)**
- Dynamic support and resistance
- Alignment shows trend strength
- Price position relative to EMAs scores 1-2 points
### **SuperTrend**
- Volatility-based trend indicator
- Reduces whipsaws in choppy conditions
- Trend flips are major signals (2 points)
### **Bollinger Bands**
- Volatility measurement
- Squeeze = calm before the storm
- Breakouts = directional move initiation (2 points)
### **Volume Analysis**
- Confirms price movement legitimacy
- Spikes validate signals (2 points)
- OBV divergences predict reversals (2 points)
### **Order Flow**
- Buy vs sell pressure measurement
- Institutional footprint detection
- Score: 2 points for strong imbalances
---
## 🎓 Learning Path
### **Beginner (Week 1-2):**
- Use STRONG signals only
- Focus on high-volume stocks (SPY/QQQ)
- Trade only first hour of market
- Use paper trading first
### **Intermediate (Week 3-4):**
- Add moderate signals to your arsenal
- Learn to read the dashboard
- Understand why each signal triggers
- Start combining with support/resistance
### **Advanced (Month 2+):**
- Use divergence signals
- Trade BB squeeze breakouts
- Optimize settings for your style
- Develop your own confluence rules
---
## ⚙️ Customization Guide
### **Adjustable Parameters:**
**Momentum Settings:**
- RSI Length (default: 14)
- RSI Oversold/Overbought levels (30/70)
- Stochastic Length (14)
**Trend Settings:**
- EMA periods (9/21/50)
- SuperTrend ATR Length (10)
- SuperTrend Multiplier (3.0)
**Volume Settings:**
- Volume MA Length (20)
- Volume Spike Threshold (1.5x)
**Advanced Settings:**
- Bollinger Band Length (20)
- BB Standard Deviation (2.0)
- Pivot Lookback (10)
**Signal Thresholds:**
- Strong Signal Score (default: 6)
- Moderate Signal Score (default: 4)
**Risk Management:**
- ATR Length (14)
- Stop Loss Multiplier (1.5)
- Risk:Reward Ratio (2.0)
---
## 📈 Performance Optimization
### **For Volatile Markets (VIX > 25):**
- Increase SuperTrend multiplier to 4.0
- Raise signal thresholds (+1 point)
- Tighten stop losses (1.0-1.2 ATR)
### **For Ranging Markets:**
- Focus on RSI extremes and divergences
- Use BB squeeze signals
- Ignore moderate signals
- Wait for support/resistance confirmation
### **For Trending Markets:**
- Follow SuperTrend direction religiously
- Use EMA alignment signals
- Allow wider stops (2.0 ATR)
- Take partial profits, let winners run
---
## 🔍 Troubleshooting
**Too Many Signals:**
- Increase signal thresholds to 7/5
- Enable multi-timeframe filter
- Trade only STRONG signals
**Missing Signals:**
- Decrease thresholds to 5/3
- Disable multi-timeframe filter
- Check that all features are enabled
**Whipsaw in Choppy Markets:**
- Increase SuperTrend multiplier
- Require volume spike confirmation
- Avoid trading 11:30 AM-1:30 PM EST
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## 🏆 Best Practices
✅ **Always check:**
1. Dashboard shows why signal triggered
2. Volume confirms the move
3. Not during news events
4. Adequate time until expiration
✅ **Risk Management:**
1. Never risk more than 2% per trade
2. Use stops religiously
3. Take profits at targets
4. Don't revenge trade
✅ **Journal Your Trades:**
1. Entry price and signal strength
2. Which indicators triggered
3. Exit price and profit/loss
4. What worked and what didn't
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## 📞 Support & Updates
This indicator is designed to evolve with market conditions. Recommended to:
- Review settings monthly
- Backtest on your favorite instruments
- Adjust thresholds based on your risk tolerance
- Keep a trading journal to track performance
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## ⚠️ Disclaimer
This indicator is a tool for technical analysis and should not be used as the sole basis for trading decisions. Options trading involves substantial risk and is not suitable for all investors. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Always:
- Do your own research and due diligence
- Never invest more than you can afford to lose
- Consider consulting with a financial advisor
- Practice with paper trading before using real money
- Understand options Greeks (Delta, Theta, Gamma, Vega)
- Be aware of earnings dates and major news events
**No indicator is 100% accurate. Use proper risk management and trade responsibly.**
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## 📊 Version History
**v1.0 - Initial Release**
- Multi-signal confluence system
- 10+ technical indicators
- Advanced dashboard
- ATR-based risk management
- Comprehensive alert system
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## 🎯 Final Thoughts
**Apex Options Sniper** transforms complex technical analysis into clear, actionable signals. By combining multiple proven indicators with sophisticated scoring logic, it helps traders identify high-probability setups while managing risk effectively.
**Success Keys:**
- Quality over quantity (be selective)
- Risk management is everything
- Volume confirms the signal
- Confluence increases probability
- Discipline beats emotion
**Trade smart. Trade with confidence. Trade with Apex Options Sniper.**
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*For questions, suggestions, or to share your success stories, please comment below or send a message.*
**Happy Trading! 🚀📈**
