Institutional Demand Supply IndicatorINTRODUCTION
Institutional demand and supply zones are key areas on a price chart where large institutional traders, such as banks and hedge funds, place significant buy or sell orders. These zones often act as strong support or resistance levels due to the substantial volume of trades executed by institutions.
There are various ways to identify these areas of interest on the charts, but the main goal is to study the price movements, especially significant ones. Large financial entities tend to operate in the same price areas repeatedly. Instead of chasing price movements and risking counter moves, it's better to wait for the price to return to these areas, expecting that these entities will buy or sell there again.
INDICATOR SETTINGS:
1. High Probability Zones (HPZ) - High Probability Zones (HPZ) are demand and supply zones identified using advanced calculations to highlight the most relevant and significant areas. These zones have a higher probability of impacting price movements. Better to keep it turned On.
2. Zone Extension? - Extending zones can be useful for identifying areas that have already been retraced as these zones may continue to influence market dynamics despite the retracement.
3. Zone Type - This option lets you select the zone layout type. 4 options are given which are self explanatory.
4. Directional Candle Count - This option keeps a count of number of consecutive bullish / bearish candle that you would like to set as qualifying parameter for demand / supply zone. For Example - If you keep the number 1, the script will draw a demand or supply zone by just checking if 1 candle has met all the criteria's and calculations.
5. Zone Validity Percentage - You can set the percent change for the number of candles mentioned in point 4 above.
6. HPZ - Keep the number between 6 to 10. As you move the number up, less number of zones will be displayed.
7. Zone Count - You can adjust the number of visible demand and supply zones on the chart. Increase this number if you want to display more zones, or decrease it if the chart becomes too cluttered.
D I S P L A Y
1. Background Color Demand / Supply Zone - This is the background color of demand and supply zone.
2. Channel Color Demand / Supply Zone - This is the color of channel.
3. Channel Line Style - Choose between Solid, dotted or dashed.
4. Background Color Transparency - Choose the transparency of background color
5. Channel Line Width - Choose Channel line width between 1 to 4.
6. Channel Line Transparency - Choose Channel Line Transparency and keep it between 1 to 100.
Sometimes, a level may be breached on one timeframe, but that doesn’t mean the indicator is not working. To understand the price action better, switch to a different timeframe to check why that level was breached and why it found support at a different zone on another timeframe. Look at the 2 screenshots below.
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Weekly Periods Analyzed :
The number of total periods loaded and analyzed is on the chart.
Touch > H1 :
Pivot level average price exceeded or was equal to, but did not close above.
Close > H1 :
How often has the price closed above the H1 pivot level.
Touch > H2 :
Pivot level one standard deviation above H1.
The price exceeded or was equal to, but did not close above.
Close > H2 :
How many times has the price closed above the H2 pivot level .
Touch > L1 :
Pivot level average price exceeded or was equal to, but did not close below.
Close > L1 :
How many times has the price closed below the L1 pivot level.
Touch > L2 :
Pivot level one standard deviation below L1.
The price exceeded or was equal to, but did not closed below.
Close > L2 :
How many times has the price closed below the L2 pivot level.
Total Closes Inside H1 / L1 :
Total number of times with in the periods analyzed that there were closes within H1 / L1 .
Total Closes Inside H2 / L2 :
Total number of times with in the periods analyzed that there were closes within H2 / L2 respectively.
Pivots :
Pivot lines are a function of the analysis and averaging period inputs.
H1 represents the average point which the highest price is achieved for the selected time period (analysis period).
L1 represents the average point which the lowest price is achieved for the selected time period (analysis period).
H2/L2 = One standard deviation away from the inner high H1 or low L1 bands.
Pivot lines are a function of the analysis and averaging period inputs.
H1 represents the average point which the highest price is achieved for the selected time period (analysis period).
L1 represents the average point which the lowest price is achieved for the selected time period (analysis period).
H2/L2 = One standard deviation away from the inner high H1 or low L1 bands.
Market Structure Trailing Stop [BigBeluga]The Market Structure Trailing Stop indicator is an advanced tool for identifying market structure shifts, liquidity sweeps, and potential trend reversals using comprehensive volume analysis. This indicator combines the analysis of market structure pivots (CHoCH - Change of Character) with a sophisticated volume-based trailing stop logic. By evaluating delta volume at key structural points, it allows traders to identify high-probability trend continuations or reversals and manage their trades more effectively.
🔵 KEY FEATURES
● Market Structure Analysis
Pivot-Based Market Structure : The indicator identifies high and lows using user-defined periods, allowing traders to spot key market structure shifts.
Change of Character (CHoCH) : The first significant break of a market structure is marked as a CHoCH, indicating a potential trend reversal.
Break of Structure (BoS) : The indicator highlights subsequent breaks of structure after CHoCH, providing traders with crucial insights into trend strength.
● Advanced Volume Analysis
Delta Volume Evaluation : The indicator calculates delta volume (difference between up and down volume) at each ChoCh or BoS market structure point to assess the strength of the move. Identify Delta Volume from break point back to Pivot
● Trailing Stop Logic
Volume-Validated Trailing Stop : The indicator automatically plots a trailing stop if the delta volume at the UP CHoCH is positive and above the defined threshold and vice versa for Down CHoCH , allowing traders to protect their profits while riding the trend.
Trend Weakness Detection : If a subsequent BoS occurs with negative delta volume or lower volume than the input threshold, the trailing stop disappears, indicating potential trend exhaustion or reversal.
Dynamic Stop Placement : The trailing stop is dynamically adjusted based on market structure and volume, providing traders with a more adaptive stop-loss strategy.
Up Trend Trailing Stop:
Down Trend Trailing Stop:
● Liquidity Sweep Detection
Liquidity Sweep (X) Labels : The indicator identifies liquidity sweeps—points where the price temporarily reverses to sweep liquidity above or below a key level—marked with an “X” label.
Potential Reversal Zones : These liquidity sweeps are potential reversal zones, especially when accompanied by significant delta volume changes, providing traders with early warnings of potential trend reversals.
🔵 HOW TO USE
● Identifying Market Structure Shifts
Change of Character (CHoCH) : When a CHoCH occurs, the indicator calculates the total volume from the high point to the break point. If the delta volume is positive and exceeds the input threshold, a trailing stop is plotted, signaling potential trend continuation.
Break of Structure (BoS) : If BoS is enabled, subsequent breaks of structure are highlighted. If these BoS points show weaker volume or negative delta volume, the trailing stop will disappear, indicating that the trend may be losing strength.
● Using the Trailing Stop Feature
Protecting Profits : Once a CHoCH occurs and the delta volume validates the trend, the trailing stop will be plotted below (or above) the price to protect profits while allowing the trend to run.
Trend Reversal Signals : If the trailing stop disappears due to weak volume at subsequent BoS points, it may signal that the trend is losing momentum, and traders may consider closing their positions or tightening their stops manually.
● Liquidity Sweep Interpretation
Spotting Reversal Zones : Liquidity sweeps, marked with an “X” label, indicate zones where the price has swept liquidity. These areas can serve as potential reversal zones, especially when significant delta volume is observed at these points.
Early Reversal Warnings : Traders can use these liquidity sweep labels as early warnings for potential trend reversals, particularly in conjunction with other technical analysis methods.
🔵 CUSTOMIZATION
Highs and Lows Calculation : Customize the number of bars to the left and right for identifying pivots and market structure shifts.
Volume Threshold : Define the volume threshold to filter out weaker moves and focus on significant market structure shifts.
BoS and Liquidity Sweep Labels : Toggle on or off the BoS and Liquidity Sweep labels to tailor the indicator to your trading style.
Trend Color : Enable or disable trend coloring for candles to visually highlight uptrends and downtrends on the chart.
🔵 CONCLUSION
The Market Structure Trailing Stop indicator combines advanced volume analysis with market structure detection to provide traders with a powerful tool for identifying and managing trends. By leveraging delta volume at key structure points, it helps traders validate trend strength and manage their positions with a dynamic trailing stop strategy. The addition of liquidity sweep detection further enhances its utility, offering early warnings of potential trend reversals. This indicator is ideal for traders who want to gain a deeper understanding of market structure while incorporating volume-based insights into their trading strategies.
Uptrick: SMA Pivot Marker### Uptrick: SMA Pivot Marker (SPM) — Extensive Guide
#### Introduction
The **Uptrick: SMA Pivot Marker (SPM)** is a sophisticated technical analysis tool crafted by Uptrick to help traders interpret market trends and identify key price levels where significant reversals might occur. By integrating the principles of the Simple Moving Average (SMA) with pivot point analysis, the SPM offers a comprehensive approach to understanding market dynamics. This extensive guide explores the purpose, functionality, and practical applications of the SPM, providing an in-depth analysis of its features, settings, and usage across various trading strategies.
#### Purpose of the SPM
The **SMA Pivot Marker (SPM)** aims to enhance trading strategies by offering a dual approach to market analysis:
1. **Trend Identification**:
- **Objective**: To discern the prevailing market direction and guide trading decisions based on the overall trend.
- **Method**: Utilizes the SMA to smooth out price fluctuations, providing a clearer picture of the trend. This helps traders align their trades with the market's direction, increasing the probability of successful trades.
2. **Pivot Point Detection**:
- **Objective**: To identify key levels where the price is likely to reverse, providing potential support and resistance zones.
- **Method**: Calculates and marks pivot highs and lows, which are significant price points where previous trends have reversed. These levels are used to predict future price movements and establish trading strategies.
3. **Trend Change Alerts**:
- **Objective**: To notify traders of potential shifts in market direction, enabling timely adjustments to trading positions.
- **Method**: Detects and highlights crossover and crossunder points of the smoothed line, indicating possible trend changes. This helps traders react promptly to changing market conditions.
#### Detailed Functionality
1. **Smoothing Line Calculation**:
- **Simple Moving Average (SMA)**:
- **Definition**: The SMA is a type of moving average that calculates the average of a security’s price over a specified number of periods. It smooths out price data to filter out short-term fluctuations and highlight the longer-term trend.
- **Calculation**: The SMA is computed by summing the closing prices of the chosen number of periods and then dividing by the number of periods. For example, a 20-period SMA adds the closing prices for the past 20 periods and divides by 20.
- **Purpose**: The SMA helps in identifying the direction of the trend. A rising SMA indicates an uptrend, while a falling SMA indicates a downtrend. This smoothing helps traders to avoid being misled by short-term price noise.
2. **Pivot Points Calculation**:
- **Pivot Highs and Lows**:
- **Definition**: Pivot points are significant price levels where a market trend is likely to reverse. A pivot high is the highest price over a certain period, surrounded by lower prices on both sides, while a pivot low is the lowest price surrounded by higher prices.
- **Calculation**: The SPM calculates pivot points based on a user-defined lookback period. For instance, if the lookback period is set to 3, the indicator will find the highest and lowest prices within the past 3 periods and mark these points.
- **Purpose**: Pivot points are used to identify potential support and resistance levels. Traders often use these levels to set entry and exit points, stop-loss orders, and to gauge market sentiment.
3. **Visualization**:
- **Smoothed Line Plot**:
- **Description**: The smoothed line, calculated using the SMA, is plotted on the chart to provide a visual representation of the trend. This line adjusts its color based on the trend direction, helping traders quickly assess the market condition.
- **Color Coding**: The smoothed line is colored green (upColor) when it is rising, indicating a bullish trend, and red (downColor) when it is falling, indicating a bearish trend. This color-coding helps traders visually differentiate between uptrends and downtrends.
- **Line Width**: The width of the line can be adjusted to improve visibility. A thicker line may be more noticeable, while a thinner line might provide a cleaner look on the chart.
- **Pivot Markers**:
- **Description**: Pivot highs and lows are marked on the chart with lines and labels. These markers help in visually identifying significant price levels.
- **Color and Labels**: Pivot highs are represented with green lines and labels ("H"), while pivot lows are marked with red lines and labels ("L"). This color scheme and labeling make it easy to distinguish between resistance (highs) and support (lows).
4. **Trend Change Detection**:
- **Trend Up**:
- **Detection**: The indicator identifies an upward trend change when the smoothed line crosses above its previous value. This crossover suggests a potential shift from a downtrend to an uptrend.
- **Usage**: Traders can interpret this signal as a potential buying opportunity or an indication to review and possibly adjust their trading positions to align with the new uptrend.
- **Trend Down**:
- **Detection**: A downward trend change is detected when the smoothed line crosses below its previous value. This crossunder indicates a potential shift from an uptrend to a downtrend.
- **Usage**: This signal can be used to consider selling opportunities or to reassess long positions in light of the emerging downtrend.
#### User Inputs
1. **Smoothing Period**:
- **Description**: This input determines the number of periods over which the SMA is calculated. It directly affects the smoothness of the line and the sensitivity of trend detection.
- **Range**: The smoothing period can be set to any integer value greater than or equal to 1. There is no specified upper limit, offering flexibility for various trading styles.
- **Default Value**: The default smoothing period is 20, which is a common choice for medium-term trend analysis.
- **Impact**: A longer smoothing period results in a smoother line, filtering out more noise and highlighting long-term trends. A shorter period makes the line more responsive to recent price changes, which can be useful for short-term trading strategies.
2. **Pivot Lookback**:
- **Description**: This input specifies the number of periods used to calculate the pivot highs and lows. It influences the sensitivity of pivot point detection and the relevance of the identified levels.
- **Range**: The pivot lookback period can be set to any integer value greater than or equal to 1, with no upper limit. Traders can adjust this parameter based on their trading timeframe and preferences.
- **Default Value**: The default lookback period is 3, which provides a balance between detecting significant pivots and avoiding excessive noise.
- **Impact**: A longer lookback period generates more stable pivot points, suitable for identifying long-term support and resistance levels. A shorter lookback period results in more frequent and recent pivot points, useful for intraday trading and quick responses to price changes.
#### Applications for Different Traders
1. **Trend Followers**:
- **Using the SMA**: Trend followers utilize the smoothed line to gauge the direction of the market. By aligning trades with the direction of the SMA, traders can capitalize on sustained trends and improve their chances of success.
- **Trend Change Alerts**: The trend change markers alert trend followers to potential shifts in market direction. These alerts help traders make timely decisions to enter or exit positions, ensuring they stay aligned with the prevailing trend.
2. **Reversal Traders**:
- **Pivot Points**: Reversal traders focus on pivot highs and lows to identify potential reversal points in the market. These points indicate where the market has previously reversed direction, providing potential entry and exit levels for trades.
- **Pivot Markers**: The visual markers for pivot highs and lows serve as clear signals for reversal traders. By monitoring these levels, traders can anticipate price reversals and plan their trades to exploit these opportunities.
3. **Swing Traders**:
- **Combining SMA and Pivot Points**: Swing traders can use the combination of the smoothed line and pivot points to identify medium-term trading opportunities. The smoothed line helps in understanding the broader trend, while pivot points provide specific levels for potential swings.
- **Trend Change Alerts**: Trend change markers help swing traders spot new swing opportunities as the market shifts direction. These markers provide potential entry points for swing trades and help traders adjust their strategies to capitalize on market movements.
4. **Scalpers**:
- **Short-Term Analysis**: Scalpers benefit from the short-term signals provided by the SPM. The smoothed line and pivot points offer insights into rapid price movements, while the trend change markers highlight quick trading opportunities.
- **Pivot Points**: For scalpers, pivot points are particularly useful in identifying key levels where price may reverse within a short time frame. By focusing on these levels, scalpers can plan trades with tight stop-loss orders and capitalize on quick price changes.
#### Implementation and Best Practices
1. **Setting Parameters**:
- **Smoothing Period**: Adjust the smoothing period according to your trading strategy and market conditions. For long-term analysis, use a longer period to filter out noise and highlight broader trends. For short-term trading, a shorter period provides more immediate insights into price movements.
- **Pivot Lookback**: Choose a lookback period that matches your trading timeframe. For intraday trading, a shorter lookback period offers quick identification of recent price levels. For swing trading or long-term strategies, a longer lookback period provides more stable pivot points.
2. **Combining with Other Indicators**:
- **Integration with Technical Tools**: The SPM can be used in conjunction with other technical indicators to enhance trading decisions. For instance, combining the
SPM with indicators like RSI (Relative Strength Index) or MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence) can provide additional confirmation for trend signals and pivot points.
- **Support and Resistance**: Integrate the SPM’s pivot points with other support and resistance levels to gain a comprehensive view of market conditions. This combined approach helps in identifying stronger levels of support and resistance, improving trade accuracy.
3. **Backtesting**:
- **Historical Performance**: Conduct backtesting with historical data to evaluate the effectiveness of the SPM. Analyze past performance to fine-tune the smoothing period and pivot lookback settings, ensuring they align with your trading style and market conditions.
- **Scenario Analysis**: Test the SPM under various market scenarios to understand its performance in different conditions. This analysis helps in assessing the reliability of the indicator and making necessary adjustments for diverse market environments.
4. **Customization**:
- **Visual Adjustments**: Customize the appearance of the smoothed line and pivot markers to enhance chart readability and match personal preferences. Clear visual representation of these elements improves the effectiveness of the indicator.
- **Alert Configuration**: Set up alerts for trend changes to receive timely notifications. Alerts help traders act quickly on potential market shifts without constant monitoring, allowing for more efficient trading decisions.
#### Conclusion
The **Uptrick: SMA Pivot Marker (SPM)** is a versatile and powerful technical analysis tool that combines the benefits of the Simple Moving Average with pivot point analysis. By providing insights into market trends, identifying key reversal points, and detecting trend changes, the SPM caters to a wide range of trading strategies, including trend following, reversal trading, swing trading, and scalping.
With its customizable inputs, visual markers, and trend change alerts, the SPM offers traders the flexibility to adapt the indicator to different market conditions and trading styles. Whether used independently or in conjunction with other technical tools, the SPM is designed to enhance trading decision-making and improve overall trading performance. By mastering the use of the SPM, traders can gain a valuable edge in navigating the complexities of financial markets and making more informed trading decisions.
Z-score Volume by SkreepanDescription:
This indicator calculates the Z-score of the trading volume over a specified period. The Z-score is a statistical measure that describes a value's relation to the mean of a group of values. In this context, it shows how far the current volume is from the average volume in terms of standard deviations.
Inputs:
ROC Length: The period used to calculate the Rate of Change (ROC) of the source price. Default is 9.
Source: The data series to calculate the ROC. Default is the closing price.
Period: The number of bars used to calculate the moving average and standard deviation of the volume. Default is 56.
Volume Z-Score Threshold: The threshold for the Z-score above which specific conditions will trigger visual markers. Default is 3.0.
Conditions:
A visual marker (triangle) is plotted on the chart when the following conditions are met:
1. The Volume Z-Score is greater than the specified threshold.
2. The open price is greater than the close price (indicating a bearish candle).
3. The ROC is less than -2.0 (indicating a significant downward movement).
Visualizations:
Markers are plotted on the chart when the conditions are met to highlight significant volume spikes under bearish conditions with strong downward price movement.
Note:
This indicator works by detecting anomalous volumes. When such volumes occur, it is considered a good signal to buy. The indicator performs well on 3-minute and 5-minute timeframes, but if you see a signal on the hourly timeframe, it serves as good confirmation on smaller timeframes. This indicator only works for buy signals.
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Swing Points [CrossTrade]The "Swing Points" indicator is designed to help identify key swing points, trends, and potential support and resistance areas on a trading chart. This indicator overlays on the price chart and offers several features for enhanced market analysis.
Swing Point Identification: The indicator identifies swing highs and lows (pivot points) over a user-defined period. These points are crucial in understanding market reversals and momentum.
Swing Points Display: Users have the option to visually display these pivot points on the chart. Swing highs are marked with a red "H" above the bar, and swing lows with a green "L" below the bar, aiding in quick visual identification.
Center Line Calculation and Display: A dynamic center line is calculated using the pivot points, providing a baseline that adapts to market movements. The center line's appearance changes based on its position relative to the current price, making it a useful trend indicator.
Support and Resistance Levels: The indicator plots horizontal support and resistance lines based on the swing lows and highs, respectively. This feature helps traders identify potential areas of price consolidation or breakout.
Customization Options: Users can customize the period for swing point calculation and choose whether to display the pivot points, center line, and support/resistance levels.
Alert Features
Swing High Break Alert: An alert is triggered when a new swing high is detected, signaling a potential upward momentum shift.
Swing Low Break Alert: This alert activates when a new swing low is formed, possibly indicating a downward momentum shift.
Center Line Trend Color Change Alert: Alerts users when the center line changes its trend color, which could signify a change in overall market trend direction.
PDHL Sweep + C123 (by Veronica)The "PDHL Sweep + C123" is an indicator to identify potential reversal or continuation patterns in the market by combining key price levels from the previous day with a custom three-candle pattern analysis.
Key Features:
1. Previous Day High/Low Sweep:
The indicator automatically plots horizontal lines marking the previous day's high and low prices.
If the price crosses these key levels, the lines will change from solid to dashed, indicating a potential sweep or breakout.
2. Three-Candle Pattern Analysis:
The indicator identifies specific three-candle patterns that could signal a bullish or bearish setup. The pattern is validated if certain conditions are met, including the relationship between candle bodies and whether the price has crossed the previous day's high or low.
3. Marubozu Condition (Optional):
Users can enable a condition that checks if the Candle 1 and 3 in the pattern is a Marubozu, with a customizable body size percentage.This adds an extra layer of confirmation to the pattern. Default is switch on for both candle 1 and 3.
4. Customizable Alerts:
Users can set alerts for when a "Buy" or "Sell" signal is triggered, allowing them to stay informed of potential trading opportunities without constantly monitoring the charts.
Callout Signals:
When a valid bullish or bearish pattern is identified, the indicator places a "Buy" or "Sell" callout on the chart for clear visual signaling.
5. Customizable colour and text:
Users can customize the color and text of these callouts to suit their preferences.
How to Use:
Bullish Signal: A "Buy" callout will appear when a valid three-candle bullish pattern is detected and the price has crossed below the previous day's low.
Bearish Signal: A "Sell" callout will appear when a valid three-candle bearish pattern is detected and the price has crossed above the previous day's high.
Customize the appearance of the indicator, including line colors, callout colors, and text colors, to match your charting style.
This indicator is ideal for traders who rely on price action and key levels for their trading decisions. It provides clear signals and alerts, helping you stay on top of potential market reversals or continuations.
Historical Swing High-Low Gann IndicatorThe Historical Swing High-Low Gann Indicator is a powerful tool designed to track and visualize key market swing points over time. This indicator identifies significant swing highs and lows within a specified time frame and draws connecting lines between these points, allowing traders to observe the natural ebb and flow of the market.
What sets this indicator apart is its ability to maintain all previously drawn swing lines, creating a comprehensive historical view of market movements. Additionally, the indicator projects Gann-style lines from the most recent swing highs and lows, providing traders with potential future support and resistance levels based on the geometric progression of price action.
Features:
Swing Detection: Automatically detects significant swing highs and lows over a user-defined period (default is 3 hours).
Persistent Historical Lines: Keeps all previously drawn lines, offering a complete visual history of the market's swing points.
Gann-Style Projections: Draws forward-looking lines from the latest swing points to help predict possible future market levels.
Customizable Parameters: Allows users to adjust the swing detection period to suit different trading styles and time frames.
This indicator is ideal for traders who rely on price action, support and resistance levels, and Gann theory for their analysis. Whether used in isolation or as part of a broader strategy, the Historical Swing High-Low Gann Indicator provides valuable insights into the market's behavior over time.
Market Internal Pivots by SyntaxGeekThis indicator combines simple pivot detection with market breadth ratios.
The thought was to show market breadth strength or weakness where price was making potential pivots.
Lookback can be adjusted and currently it supports NYSE and NASDAQ market breadth.
Configuration is limited given the simplicity but live breadth printout can be displayed at current candle.
Max label count is at 500 but the indicator makes use of the visible chart library and will redraw old pivot labels when scrolling back, up to 500.
Considering that market breadth data is only available during RTH, do not expect data during ETH sessions. I've only tested this up to 1hr timeframe so I can't guarantee higher timeframes will present correctly.
Feel free to leave feedback, happy trading!
WMA Trend and Growth Rate IndicatorThe "WMA Trend and Growth Rate Indicator" is a powerful tool for analyzing market trends and momentum. By understanding its components and how to configure it, traders of all levels can leverage this indicator to enhance their trading strategies. Experiment with the settings and integrate it into your analysis to gain valuable insights into market movements.
Indicator Components
WMA Length : The length of the WMA. This controls how many periods are included in the calculation.
Start : The starting value for accumulation levels.
End : The ending value for accumulation levels.
Key Concepts
Weighted Moving Average (WMA): A type of moving average that gives more weight to recent price data, making it more responsive to recent price changes.
Growth Rate : Measures how much the WMA has increased or decreased over a specified period, expressed as a percentage.
Accumulation and Distribution Levels : Zones where buying (accumulation) or selling (distribution) pressure is expected.
Configuring the Inputs
WMA Length : Adjust this value to change the sensitivity of the WMA. A smaller value makes the WMA more sensitive to recent price changes, while a larger value smooths out the data more.
Start and End : Adjust these values to define the range for accumulation and distribution levels. The indicator will automatically adjust the colors based on whether the Start value is higher or lower than the End value.
Interpreting the Plots
WMAT Line : The main trend line that shows the direction and strength of the trend.
Growth Index : Shows the growth rate of the WMAT.
Accumulation Levels : Indicated by lines and fill colors, showing potential zones to increase positions.
Distribution Levels : Indicated by lines and fill colors, showing potential zones to decrease positions.
The indicator checks if "Start" is greater than "End". Based on this check, it assigns colors to the accumulation and distribution levels. This color scheme helps traders visually distinguish between areas of potential buying and selling zones.
Trendline Cross CountThe Trendline Cross Count indicator is an innovative technical analysis tool that revolutionizes the way traders interact with trendlines. This cutting-edge indicator doesn't just identify trendlines - it quantifies their impact on price action in real-time, providing traders with unprecedented insight into market structure.
Core Functionality:
Trendline Cross Quantification:
At the heart of this indicator is its ability to display the actual number of trendlines being crossed by the current price. The algorithm doesn't just count intersections; it evaluates the significance of each trendline, weighing factors such as trendline duration, number of touch points, and historical reliability.
Dynamic Trendline Generation:
The indicator employs an advanced pivot-based trendline detection system. It continuously scans the chart for significant pivot points and constructs trendlines based on these pivots. The innovation lies in its ability to adapt to changing market conditions, constantly updating its trendline library.
Confluence Analysis:
By tracking multiple trendlines simultaneously, the indicator provides a real-time measure of trendline confluence. This allows traders to identify areas where multiple significant trendlines converge, potentially signaling powerful support or resistance levels.
Key Inputs and Their Significance:
Trendline Source:
This input allows traders to select the price data used for trendline analysis. While the default is the closing price, the flexibility to choose other price points enables traders to tailor the analysis to their specific trading style or market preferences.
Pivot Size:
This crucial parameter defines the lookback period for identifying pivot points. The default value of 3 strikes a balance between sensitivity and reliability, but adjusting this value can dramatically alter the indicator's behavior. Lower values increase sensitivity but may introduce noise, while higher values provide more stable, long-term trendlines.
Pivot Sequence:
This innovative feature allows traders to focus on specific market structures. Options include:
"LL" (Lower Lows): Focuses on downtrends
"HH" (Higher Highs): Emphasizes uptrends
"Any": Provides a comprehensive view of all trendlines
What Makes It Unique:
The Trendline Cross Count indicator stands out due to several groundbreaking features:
Quantitative Trendline Analysis:
While most indicators simply draw trendlines, this tool quantifies their impact, providing a numerical representation of market structure complexity.
Adaptive Pivot Detection:
The indicator's ability to dynamically adjust its pivot detection based on market volatility ensures relevance across all market conditions.
Sequence-Based Filtering:
The unique pivot sequence option allows traders to focus on specific trend types, a feature not found in conventional trendline tools.
Real-Time Confluence Measurement:
By providing a live count of intersecting trendlines, traders gain instant insight into potential support and resistance strength.
Significance Algorithm:
Not all trendlines are created equal. This indicator employs an algorithm to weigh the importance of each trendline, ensuring that the cross count reflects truly significant levels.
This indicator represents a significant advancement in trendline analysis, offering insights that are not readily available through traditional methods. Its ability to quantify trendline interactions in real-time provides traders with a unique edge in understanding market structure and potential price movements. The Trendline Cross Count indicator is not just a tool, but a gateway to a new dimension of technical analysis.
Multiple Divergences [UAlgo]🔶 Description:
"Multiple Divergences " is providing insights into potential divergences across multiple indicators. Divergence, a concept in technical analysis, occurs when the price of an asset diverges from the direction of an accompanying indicator, suggesting a possible reversal or continuation in the price trend.
🔶 Key Features:
Customizable Divergence Settings: Users can adjust parameters such as the minimum number of divergences required to display labels, pivot lookback periods, and plot options for various types of divergences (regular or hidden) and bullish/bearish labels.
Multiple Technical Indicators: The script supports a wide range of popular indicators, including MACD, RSI, Stochastic, CCI, Momentum, OBV, DMI Oscillator, VWmacd, Chaikin Money Flow, Money Flow Index, and Awesome Oscillator. You can choose any of the above-mentioned technical indicators for which you want to capture divergences.
🔶 Purpose of Using Multiple Technical Indicators
In the complex and volatile world of trading, relying on a single indicator can provide an incomplete or misleading picture of market conditions. Different technical indicators analyze various aspects of price movement, volume, and momentum, offering unique insights that can complement each other. By utilizing multiple indicators, traders can cross-verify signals, reduce false positives, and increase the reliability of their trading decisions.
Identifying divergences across multiple indicators further enhances this reliability, as a divergence spotted in several indicators simultaneously is a stronger signal than one found in isolation. This comprehensive approach helps traders to anticipate potential market turning points with greater confidence and precision.
By integrating multiple technical indicators and meticulously tracking their divergences, this script aims traders with a robust tool for navigating the complexities of financial markets.
🔶 How to Obtain Divergences
Regular Bullish Divergence:
This occurs when the price makes a new lower low compared to a previous pivot low, indicating a downward trend. Simultaneously, the selected oscillator makes a higher low compared to its previous pivot low, indicating a potential upward momentum. This divergence suggests that, despite the falling price, the underlying momentum is strengthening, potentially signaling a reversal to an upward trend.
Regular Bearish Divergence:
This happens when the price makes a new higher high compared to a previous pivot high, indicating an upward trend. Concurrently, the selected oscillator makes a lower high compared to its previous pivot high, indicating weakening momentum. This divergence suggests that, despite the rising price, the underlying momentum is weakening, potentially signaling a reversal to a downward trend.
Example for Regular Bullish and Regular Bearish Divergences (Minimum Divergenes Count to Display = 3, All Selected):
Hidden Bullish Divergence:
Hidden bullish divergence is observed when the price makes a higher low compared to a previous pivot low, indicating an upward trend. At the same time, the oscillator makes a lower low compared to its previous pivot low, indicating a potential strengthening momentum. This condition suggests that the underlying strength of the upward trend is intact, despite the oscillator indicating otherwise.
Hidden Bearish Divergence:
This occurs when the price makes a lower high compared to a previous pivot high, indicating a downward trend. Simultaneously, the oscillator makes a higher high compared to its previous pivot high, indicating a potential weakening momentum. This divergence suggests that the underlying weakness of the downward trend is intact, despite the oscillator indicating otherwise.
Divergence Labeling: The script dynamically generates labels on the chart to visually highlight detected divergences based on user-defined criteria. (E.g. "5 Regular Bullish Divs." , "1 Hidden Bearish Div")
🔶 Disclaimer:
Use with Caution: This indicator is provided for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. Users should exercise caution and perform their own analysis before making trading decisions based on the indicator's signals.
Not Financial Advice: The information provided by this indicator does not constitute financial advice, and the creator (UAlgo) shall not be held responsible for any trading losses incurred as a result of using this indicator.
Backtesting Recommended: Traders are encouraged to backtest the indicator thoroughly on historical data before using it in live trading to assess its performance and suitability for their trading strategies.
Risk Management: Trading involves inherent risks, and users should implement proper risk management strategies, including but not limited to stop-loss orders and position sizing, to mitigate potential losses.
No Guarantees: The accuracy and reliability of the indicator's signals cannot be guaranteed, as they are based on historical price data and past performance may not be indicative of future results.
Liquidity Swings & SweepsThis Pine script indicator is designed to create a visual representation liquidity as identified by swing Highs/Lows along with an indication of the liquidity level that was swept, optionally rating the strength of the sweep based on time & price.
Relevance:
Liquidity levels & sweeps are crucial for many SMC/ICT setups and can indicate a point at which the price changes direction or may re-trace in an opposite direction to provide additional liquidity for continued move in the original direction. Additionally, liquidity levels may provide targets for setups, as price action will often seek to take out those levels as they main contain many buy/sell stops.
How It Works:
The indicator tracks all swing points, as identified using user-defined strength of the swing. Once a swing is formed that meets the criteria, it is represented by a horizontal line starting at the price of the current swing until the last bar on the chart. While the swing is valid, this line will continue to be extended until the swing is invalid or a new swing is formed. Upon identifying a new swing, the indicator then scans the earlier swings in the same direction looking for a point of greatest liquidity that was taken by the current swing. This level is then denoted by dashed horizontal line, connecting earlier swing point to the current. At the same time any liquidity zones between the two swings are automatically removed from the chart if they had previously been rendered on the chart. If the setting to enable scan for maximum liquidity is enabled, then while looking back, the indicator will look for lowest low or highest high that was taken by the current swing point, which may not be a swing itself, however, is a lowest/highest price point taken (mitigated) by the current swing, which in many cases will be better price then then the one represented by previous swing. If the option to render sweep label is enabled, the sweep line will also be completed by a label, that will score the sweep and a tooltip showing the details of the level swept and the time it took to sweep it. The score explained further in configurability section ranks the strength of the sweep based on time and is complemented by price (difference in price between the two liquidity levels).
Configurability:
A user may configure the strength of the swing using both left/right strength (number of bars) as well as optionally instruct the indicator to seek the lowest/highest price point which may not be previous swing that was taken out by newly formed swing.
From appearance perspective liquidity level colors & line width presenting the liquidity/swing can be configured. There is also an option to render the liquidity sweep label that will generate an icon-based rating of the liquidity sweep and a tooltip that provides details on the scope of the swing, which includes liquidity level swept and when it was formed along with the time it took to sweep the liquidity.
Rating is of sweeps is primarily based on time with a secondary reference to price
💥- Best rating, very strong sweep with an hourly or better liquidity sweep
🔥- Second rating, strong sweep with 15 – 59 minute liquidity sweep, or 5+ minute sweep of 10+ points
✅- Third rating, ok sweep with 5 - 15 minute liquidity sweep, or lower-time-frame sweep of 10+ points
❄️ - Weakest sweep, with liquidity of 5 or less minutes swept
What makes this indicator different:
Designed with high performance in mind, to reduce impact on chart render time.
Only keeps valid liquidity levels & sweeps on the chart
Automatically removes previously taken liquidity levels
Ranks liquidity sweeps to indicate strength of the sweep
Pivot Point Profile [LuxAlgo]The Pivot Point Profile indicator groups and displays data accumulated from previous pivot points, providing a comprehensive method for prioritizing and displaying areas of interest directly given by swing highs and lows.
Users have access to common settings present in other profile-type indicators.
🔶 USAGE
The Pivot Point Profile is particularly helpful in identifying highly active reversal zones that have been visited multiple times by price. Because of this, we could generally expect these areas to serve as future points of interest, often acting as support or resistance when re-visited.
The profile displays data associated with both Pivot Highs and Pivot Lows. Each row consists of pivot high and pivot low counts side-by-side, forming the total width of the row.
By analyzing the row as a whole, we can gain a better understanding of WHERE to look for interactions.
By analyzing the pivot counts independently, we can gain a better understanding of WHAT to expect when returning to these areas.
For example:
If a row in the profile contains entirely Pivot Lows, this could be seen as an indication to look for buyers to hold that level for a continuation upwards. A break of this level could be interpreted as a lack of interest from previous buyers at this level, indicating a further move down.
🔹 Concentrated Areas
Each row in the profile displays the current count of high pivots and low pivots within the selected lookback. The largest count for each pivot direction is identified as a "Concentrated Area (CA)", these CAs are highlighted over the chart with a line displaying the average of all pivots within that CA. The CA Average is the average of all pivot points (in the majority direction) within the given row.
These can hold more importance as potential support/resistance areas.
Note: The CA Threshold can be manually adjusted to highlight all rows based on a user-selected value.
🔶 DETAILS
🔹 Calculation
The idea behind the Pivot Point Profile is a new analysis method for pivot points, taking the idea of a volume profile and adapting it to display pivot points instead of volume. By using this data, in theory, we should be able to better prioritize zones to anticipate reversals, as well as identify key levels to watch for buyer & seller interactions to use as confirmations in direction.
The (vertical) width of each row is the product of the script's "Row Size", this is the number of rows that the profile will consist of. With a max of 250, the profile can be decently granular. That being said, A more granular profile will have fewer overlapping pivot points. By decreasing the row size (Using fewer rows in the profile) you will increase the tolerance for grouping pivot points. Potentially leading to a more comprehensive Profile. Inversely, By reducing the tolerance for grouping, you will better visualize only similar highs and lows but may have noisier data to sift through.
The Profile is calculated based on a "Lookback" parameter, using only the lookback amount of previous high and low pivots to calculate the profile. Configuring this parameter alongside "Pivot Length", will allow for great control over the frame of reference of the profile.
Note: This indicator is capable of utilizing the full chart history of pivot points, this can be done by enabling the "Use Full Chart History" setting, this will cause the script will calculate from everything it has access to on your current chart.
🔹 Display
The Pivot Point Profile display can be customized to fit a various range of chart styles and visual needs. The specific settings to adjust these can be located in the "Profile Display" Section of the User Inputs.
Profile Width: Sets the Left to Right Width of the Profile. This is the maximum width that the profile will occupy and will scale to fit within this width.
Profile Offset: Sets the distance of the Profile's Axis from the current chart candle. This moves the entire profile left and right to enable to user to set the distance between the profile and the current candle.
Direction: Changes the display direction of the profile, allowing for "Left", "Right", or "Center" display styles.
🔶 SETTINGS
🔹 Pivot Point Parameters
Pivot Type: Choose between "Fractal Pivots" or "SMC Structure" to use as the basis for pivots.
Length: Sets the length for the pivot calculations.
🔹 Profile Calculations Parameters
Lookback: Sets the number of pivots to calculate within, in increments of high and low pairs. (Setting this to 1 = 1 Pivot High & 1 Pivot Low)
Use Full Chart History: Disregards the set lookback and instead uses all available chart data to calculate from.
Row Size: Sets the total number of rows to calculate the profile with.
🔹 Profile Display
Profile Width: Sets the max left & right width (in bars) that the profile will occupy.
Profile Offset: Sets the distance of the profile axis from the last chart bar.
Direction: Sets the display direction
🔹 Concentrated Areas
Highlight CAs: Extends the rows left from concentrated areas.
CA Threshold: Manually set the threshold for determining concentrated areas, when disabled, only the largest rows will be displayed.
CA Averages: Toggles the concentrated area averages for each pivot direction.
Note: CA Averages can be displayed independently without CA Highlights being displayed, and vice versa.
KillZones + ACD Fisher [TradingFinder] Sessions + Reversal Level🔵 Introduction
🟣 ACD Method
"The Logical Trader" opens with a thorough exploration of the ACD Methodology, which focuses on pinpointing particular price levels associated with the opening range.
This approach enables traders to establish reference points for their trades, using "A" and "C" points as entry markers. Additionally, the book covers the concept of the "Pivot Range" and how integrating it with the ACD method can help maximize position size while minimizing risk.
🟣 Session
The forex market is operational 24 hours a day, five days a week, closing only on Saturdays and Sundays. Typically, traders prefer to concentrate on one specific forex trading session rather than attempting to trade around the clock.
Trading sessions are defined time periods when a particular financial market is active, allowing for the execution of trades.
The most crucial trading sessions within the 24-hour cycle are the Asia, London, and New York sessions, as these are when substantial money flows and liquidity enter the market.
🟣 Kill Zone
Traders in financial markets earn profits by capitalizing on the difference between their buy/sell prices and the prevailing market prices.
Traders vary in their trading timelines.Some traders engage in daily or even hourly trading, necessitating activity during periods with optimal trading volumes and notable price movements.
Kill zones refer to parts of a session characterized by higher trading volumes and increased price volatility compared to the rest of the session.
🔵 How to Use
🟣 Session Times
The "Asia Session" comprises two parts: "Sydney" and "Tokyo." This session begins at 23:00 and ends at 06:00 UTC. The "Asia KillZone" starts at 23:00 and ends at 03:55 UTC.
The "London Session" includes "Frankfurt" and "London," starting at 07:00 and ending at 14:25 UTC. The "London KillZone" runs from 07:00 to 09:55 UTC.
The "New York" session starts at 14:30 and ends at 19:25 UTC, with the "New York am KillZone" beginning at 14:30 and ending at 22:55 UTC.
🟣 ACD Methodology
The ACD strategy is versatile, applicable to various markets such as stocks, commodities, and forex, providing clear buy and sell signals to set price targets and stop losses.
This strategy operates on the premise that the opening range of trades holds statistical significance daily, suggesting that initial market movements impact the market's behavior throughout the day.
Known as a breakout strategy, the ACD method thrives in volatile or strongly trending markets like crude oil and stocks.
Some key rules for employing the ACD strategy include :
Utilize points A and C as critical reference points, continually monitoring these during trades as they act as entry and exit markers.
Analyze daily and multi-day pivot ranges to understand market trends. Prices above the pivots indicate an upward trend, while prices below signal a downward trend.
In forex trading, the ACD strategy can be implemented using the ACD indicator, a technical tool that gauges the market's supply and demand balance. By evaluating trading volume and price, this indicator assists traders in identifying trend strength and optimal entry and exit points.
To effectively use the ACD indicator, consider the following :
Identifying robust trends: The ACD indicator can help pinpoint strong, consistent market trends.
Determining entry and exit points: ACD generates buy and sell signals to optimize trade timing.
Bullish Setup :
When the "A up" line is breached, it’s wise to wait briefly to confirm it’s not a "Fake Breakout" and that the price stabilizes above this line.
Upon entering the trade, the most effective stop loss is positioned below the "A down" line. It's advisable to backtest this to ensure the best outcomes. The recommended reward-to-risk ratio for this strategy is 1, which should also be verified through backtesting.
Bearish Setup :
When the "A down" line is breached, it’s prudent to wait briefly to ensure it’s not a "Fake Breakout" and that the price stabilizes below this line.
Upon entering the trade, the most effective stop loss is positioned above the "A up" line. Backtesting is recommended to confirm the best results. The recommended reward-to-risk ratio for this strategy is 1, which should also be validated through backtesting.
Advantages of Combining Kill Zone and ACD Method in Market Analysis :
Precise Trade Timing : Integrating the Kill Zone strategy with the ACD Method enhances precision in trade entries and exits. The ACD Method identifies key points for trading, while the Kill Zone focuses on high-activity periods, together ensuring optimal timing for trades.
Better Trend Identification : The ACD Method’s pivot ranges help spot market trends, and when combined with the Kill Zone’s emphasis on periods of significant price movement, traders can more effectively identify and follow strong market trends.
Maximized Profits and Minimized Risks : The ACD Method's structured approach to setting price targets and stop losses, coupled with the Kill Zone's high-volume trading periods, helps maximize profit potential while reducing risk.
Robust Risk Management : Combining these methods provides a comprehensive risk management strategy, strategically placing stop losses and protecting capital during volatile periods.
Versatility Across Markets : Both methods are applicable to various markets, including stocks, commodities, and forex, offering flexibility and adaptability in different trading environments.
Enhanced Confidence : Using the combined insights of the Kill Zone and ACD Method, traders gain confidence in their decision-making process, reducing emotional trading and improving consistency.
By merging the Kill Zone’s focus on trading volumes and the ACD Method’s structured breakout strategy, traders benefit from a synergistic approach that enhances precision, trend identification, and risk management across multiple markets.
ICT KillZones + Pivot Points [TradingFinder] Support/Resistance 🟣 Introduction
Pivot Points are critical levels on a price chart where trading activity is notably high. These points are derived from the prior day's price data and serve as key reference markers for traders' decision-making processes.
Types of Pivot Points :
Floor
Woodie
Camarilla
Fibonacci
🔵 Floor Pivot Points
Widely utilized in technical analysis, floor pivot points are essential in identifying support and resistance levels. The central pivot point (PP) acts as the primary level, suggesting the trend's likely direction.
The additional resistance levels (R1, R2, R3) and support levels (S1, S2, S3) offer further insight into potential trend reversals or continuations.
🔵 Camarilla Pivot Points
Featuring eight distinct levels, Camarilla pivot points closely correspond with support and resistance, making them highly effective for setting stop-loss orders and profit targets.
🔵 Woodie Pivot Points
Similar to floor pivot points, Woodie pivot points differ by placing greater emphasis on the closing price, often resulting in different pivot levels compared to the floor method.
🔵 Fibonacci Pivot Points
Fibonacci pivot points combine the standard floor pivot points with Fibonacci retracement levels applied to the previous trading period's range. Common retracement levels used are 38.2%, 61.8%, and 100%.
🟣 Sessions
Financial markets are divided into specific time segments, known as sessions, each with unique characteristics and activity levels. These sessions are active at different times throughout the day.
The primary sessions in financial markets include :
Asian Session
European Session
New York Session
The timing of these major sessions in UTC is as follows :
Asian Session: 23:00 to 06:00
European Session: 07:00 to 14:25
New York Session: 14:30 to 22:55
🟣 Kill Zones
Kill zones are periods within a session marked by heightened trading activity. During these times, trading volume surges and price movements become more pronounced.
The timing of the major kill zones in UTC is :
Asian Kill Zone: 23:00 to 03:55
European Kill Zone: 07:00 to 09:55
New York Kill Zone: 14:30 to 16:55
Combining kill zones and pivot points in financial market analysis provides several advantages :
Enhanced Market Sentiment Analysis : Aligns key price levels with high-activity periods for a clearer market sentiment.
Improved Timing for Trade Entries and Exits : Helps better time trades based on when price movements are most likely.
Higher Probability of Successful Trades : Increases the accuracy of predicting market movements and placing profitable trades.
Strategic Stop-Loss and Profit Target Placement : Allows for precise risk management by strategically setting stop-loss and profit targets.
Versatility Across Different Time Frames : Effective in both short and long time frames, suitable for various trading strategies.
Enhanced Trend Identification and Confirmation : Confirms trends using both pivot levels and high-activity periods, ensuring stronger trend validation.
In essence, this integrated approach enhances decision-making, optimizes trading performance, and improves risk management.
🟣 How to Use
🔵 Two Approaches to Trading Pivot Points
There are two main strategies for trading pivot points: utilizing "pivot point breakouts" and "price reversals."
🔵 Pivot Point Breakout
When the price breaks through pivot lines, it signals a shift in market sentiment to the trader. In the case of an upward breakout, where the price crosses these pivot lines, a trader might enter a long position, placing their stop-loss just below the pivot point (P).
Conversely, if the price breaks downward, a short position can be initiated below the pivot point. When using the pivot point breakout strategy, the first and second support levels can serve as profit targets in an upward trend. In a downward trend, these roles are filled by the first and second resistance levels.
🔵 Price Reversal
An alternative method involves waiting for the price to reverse at the support and resistance levels. To implement this strategy, traders should take positions opposite to the prevailing trend as the price rebounds from the pivot point.
While this tool is commonly used in higher time frames, it tends to produce better results in shorter time frames, such as 1-hour, 30-minute, and 15-minute intervals.
Three Strategies for Trading the Kill Zone
There are three principal strategies for trading within the kill zone :
Kill Zone Hunt
Breakout and Pullback to Kill Zone
Trading in the Trend of the Kill Zone
🔵 Kill Zone Hunt
This strategy involves waiting until the kill zone concludes and its high and low lines are established. If the price reaches one of these lines within the same session and is strongly rejected, a trade can be executed.
🔵 Breakout and Pullback to Kill Zone
In this approach, once the kill zone ends and its high and low lines stabilize, a trade can be made if the price breaks one of these lines decisively within the same session and then pulls back to that level.
🔵 Trading in the Trend of the Kill Zone
Kill zones are characterized by high trading volumes and strong trends. Therefore, trades can be placed in the direction of the prevailing trend. For instance, if an upward trend dominates this area, a buy trade can be entered when the price reaches a demand order block.
Equal Highs and LowsDescription:
The ‘Equal Highs and Lows’ indicator is a technical analysis tool that marks identical price levels on a trading chart using the current time-frame, assisting traders in identifying potential support and resistance zones or liquidity draws. It creates a horizontal line connecting points where the price has created equal highs and lows within a specified lookback period. Unique to this tool, it maintains a clean chart by removing the line once the price surpasses the equal highs or falls below the equal lows, ensuring only the currently relevant equal highs and lows are highlighted.
Features:
Customization Options: Users can adjust the appearance of the lines (color, width, and style) to match their chart setup or preferences. Users can also choose to extend the lines marking the equal highs/lows to the right of the chart making the equal high/low levels more easier to visualize.
User-Defined Lookback Length: The number of bars to look back for finding equal highs and lows can be set by the user, allowing for flexibility in different market conditions.
How It Works:
The indicator meticulously scans the chart over a user-specified lookback duration, identifying bars with matching high or low values that have not been mitigated on the current chat timeframe, thereby constructing an index of equal values. It subsequently connects these equal values on the chart with a line. While this intuitive indicator does not forecast future market trends, it emphasizes significant price levels derived from historical data.
Usage:
Identifying Support and Resistance: The lines drawn by the indicator can be used to identify potential support and resistance zones and/or draws of liquidity, which are crucial for making informed trading decisions.
Strategy Development: Traders can incorporate the visual cues provided by the indicator into their trading strategies, using them as one of the factors for entry or exit decisions.
Originality:
This indicator presents a distinctive method for pinpointing and illustrating equal highs and lows, granting traders a crucial insight into key price levels. It stands apart from conventional indicators by offering extensive personalization and employing a novel approach to augment chart analysis. Uniquely, it retains only unmitigated equal high/low levels on the chart, automatically discarding mitigated price levels once the price has reached that level.
Conclusion:
The "Equal Highs and Lows" indicator is a practical tool for traders looking to enhance their chart analysis with visual cues of significant price levels. Its customization options and innovative approach make it a valuable addition to the trading toolkit, suitable for various trading styles and strategies.
Pivot Points Level [TradingFinder] 4 Methods + Reversal lines🔵 Introduction
"Pivot Points" are places on the price chart where buyers and sellers are most active. Pivot points are calculated based on the previous day's price data and serve as reference points for traders to make decisions.
Types of Pivot Points :
Floor
Woodie
Camarilla
Fibonacci
🟣 Floor Pivot Points
Floor pivot points are widely used in technical analysis. The central pivot point (PP) serves as the main level of support or resistance, indicating the potential direction of the trend.
The first to third levels of resistance (R1, R2, R3) and support (S1, S2, S3) provide additional signals for potential trend reversals or continuations.
Floor Pivot Points Formula :
Pivot Point (PP): (H + L + C) / 3
First Resistance (R1): (2 * P) - L
Second Resistance (R2): P + H - L
Third Resistance (R3): H + 2 * (P - L)
First Support (S1): (2 * P) - H
Second Support (S2): P - H + L
Third Support (S3): L - 2 * (H - P)
🟣 Camarilla Pivot Points
Camarilla pivot points include eight levels that closely align with support and resistance. These points are particularly useful for setting stop-loss and profit targets.
Camarilla Pivot Points Formula :
Fourth Resistance (R4): (H - L) * 1.1 / 2 + C
Third Resistance (R3): (H - L) * 1.1 / 4 + C
Second Resistance (R2): (H - L) * 1.1 / 6 + C
First Resistance (R1): (H - L) * 1.1 / 12 + C
First Support (S1): C - (H - L) * 1.1 / 12
Second Support (S2): C - (H - L) * 1.1 / 6
Third Support (S3): C - (H - L) * 1.1 / 4
Fourth Support (S4): C - (H - L) * 1.1 / 2
🟣 Woodie Pivot Points
Woodie pivot points are similar to floor pivot points but place more emphasis on the closing price. This method often results in different pivot levels than the floor method.
Woodie Pivot Points Formula :
Pivot Point (PP): (H + L + 2 * C) / 4
First Resistance (R1): (2 * P) - L
Second Resistance (R2): P + H - L
First Support (S1): (2 * P) - H
Second Support (S2): P - H + L
🟣 Fibonacci Pivot Points
Fibonacci pivot points use the standard floor pivot points and then apply Fibonacci retracement levels to the range of the previous trading period. The common retracement levels used are 38.2%, 61.8%, and 100%.
Fibonacci Pivot Points Formula :
Pivot Point (PP): (H + L + C) / 3
Third Resistance (R3): PP + ((H - L) * 1.000)
Second Resistance (R2): PP + ((H - L) * 0.618)
First Resistance (R1): PP + ((H - L) * 0.382)
First Support (S1): PP - ((H - L) * 0.382)
Second Support (S2): PP - ((H - L) * 0.618)
Third Support (S3): PP - ((H - L) * 1.000)
These pivot point calculations help traders identify potential support and resistance levels, enabling more informed decision-making in their trading strategies.
🔵 How to Use
🟣 Two Methods for Trading Pivot Points
There are two primary methods for trading pivot points: trading with "pivot point breakouts" and trading with "price reversals."
🟣 Pivot Point Breakout
A breakout through pivot lines provides a significant signal to the trader, indicating a change in market sentiment. When an upward breakout occurs and the price crosses these lines, a trader can enter a long position and place their stop-loss below the pivot point (P).
Similarly, if a downward breakout happens, a short order can be placed below the pivot point.
When trading with pivot point breakouts, if the upward trend breaks, the first and second support levels can be the trader's profit targets. In a downward trend, the first and second resistance levels will serve this role.
🟣 Price Reversal
Another method for trading pivot points is waiting for the price to reverse from the support and resistance levels. To execute this strategy, one should trade in the opposite direction of the trend as the price reverses from the pivot point.
It's worth noting that although traders use this tool in higher time frames, it yields better results in shorter time frames such as one-hour, 30-minute, and 15-minute intervals.
Pivot Points - [RealFact]Description:
The Pivot Points indicator is a powerful tool for identifying potential support and resistance levels based on previous price action. It calculates key pivot levels (P), along with support (S1, S2) and resistance (R1, R2) levels, which are used to forecast potential turning points in the market.
Key Features:
Pivot Calculation: Based on the previous period's high, low, and close prices.
Support and Resistance Levels: Three support (S1, S2) and three resistance (R1, R2) levels.
Customizable Timeframes: Applicable to various timeframes including daily, weekly, and monthly charts.
Visual Representation: Levels are clearly plotted on the chart, making it easy to identify key areas.
Trading Strategies: Useful for breakout, reversal, and trend-following strategies.
How to Use:
Identify Key Levels: Use the pivot point (P) to determine the general market trend.
Support and Resistance: Look for price reactions at S1, S2, R1 and R2 to find potential entry and exit points.
Combine with Other Indicators: Enhance analysis by combining with other technical indicators such as Moving Averages, RSI, or MACD.
Formula:
Pivot Point (P) = (High + Low + Close) / 3
Support 1 (S1) = 2P - High
Resistance 1 (R1) = 2P - Low
Support 2 (S2) = P - (High - Low)
Resistance 2 (R2) = P + (High - Low)
Best Practices:
Confirm with Volume: Look for volume confirmation when price approaches pivot levels.
Avoid False Breakouts: Be cautious of false breakouts and use other indicators to confirm price moves.
Fundur - Easy ZonesFundur Easy Zones Trading Indicator
The Fundur Easy Zones trading indicator is designed to simplify market analysis by visually marking critical trading zones. This tool helps traders identify optimal buy and sell areas based on historical price action, making it easier to make informed trading decisions.
Calculation Methodology
The Easy Zones indicator employs pivot point calculations combined with price action analysis and the Average True Range (ATR) to determine key trading zones. These zones are calculated by analyzing market volatility and price movements within each timeframe, allowing the identification of significant discount and premium levels.
Pivot Points: The indicator calculates pivot points based on the average of high, low, and close prices from previous periods. These pivot points serve as the foundational levels from which discount and premium zones are derived.
Price Action Analysis: Historical price data is scrutinized to identify patterns and behaviors that signify potential reversal points. This analysis helps in pinpointing zones where the market is likely to experience significant support (discount) or resistance (premium).
Average True Range (ATR): ATR is used to measure market volatility. By incorporating ATR into the calculations, the indicator adjusts the zone boundaries to reflect current market conditions, ensuring that the zones remain relevant and accurate. Higher ATR values indicate greater volatility and wider zones, while lower ATR values result in narrower zones.
Discount and Premium Levels: Based on the pivot points and ATR, the indicator calculates various tiers of discount and premium levels. These tiers (D1, D2, D3 for discounts and P1, P2, P3 for premiums) represent increasing levels of price deviation from the mean, providing traders with clear entry and exit points.
Features Overview
Zones Settings:
Zones History Length: Adjust the number of historical zones displayed on the chart to analyze past price behavior.
Levels Line Width: Customize the thickness of the zone lines for better visibility.
Structure Settings:
Show Fair Value: Display the fair value zone, providing a visual reference for equilibrium price levels. The fair value is calculated based on the median price over the selected period.
DP (Discount and Premium) Settings:
Enable Discount and Premium Levels: Activate the display of critical buy (discount) and sell (premium) zones. These zones are determined using price deviation analysis from the mean, identifying significant discount (support) and premium (resistance) levels.
Tiered Levels: Visualize up to three levels of discount and premium zones, each with specific target prices (TP1, TP2, TP3), representing different levels of price deviation significance.
Highlight Buy and Sell Zones:
Enable Background: Highlight the background of buy and sell zones for enhanced clarity.
Label Settings:
Enable All Labels: Ensure all labels are visible for quick reference.
Show Descriptive Title: Display titles for each zone, making it easier to understand the context.
Show Take Profit Targets (TP): Clearly mark take profit targets within each zone.
Show Price: Display price levels for each zone for precise entry and exit points.
Symbols Settings:
Fair Value, Premium, and Discount Indicators: Customize symbols to represent gaining or losing fair value, premium, and discount levels, enhancing visual cues for market sentiment.
How to Use the Easy Zones Indicator
Identifying Entry Points:
Use the Discount Zones to identify optimal buy areas. The levels (D1, D2, D3) represent increasing levels of discount, with D1 being the least discounted and D3 the most.
Place buy orders at or near these zones to take advantage of potential price reversals.
Identifying Exit Points:
Use the Premium Zones to identify optimal sell areas. The levels (P1, P2, P3) represent increasing levels of premium, with P1 being the least and P3 the highest.
Place sell orders at or near these zones to maximize profits on upward price movements.
Using Fair Value:
The Fair Value Zone provides a balanced price level where the market is likely to return. Use this as a reference point for setting realistic entry and exit targets.
Strategic Planning:
Combine Discount and Premium Zones with the Fair Value Zone to create a strategic trading plan.
Monitor the zones for price reactions and adjust your trading strategy accordingly.
Best Practices
Historical Analysis:
Regularly review historical price actions within the marked zones to understand market behavior.
Customization:
Adjust the settings to suit your trading style and market conditions. Experiment with different zone lengths and line widths for optimal clarity.
Risk Management:
Always use stop-loss orders in conjunction with the identified zones to manage risk effectively.
By integrating the Fundur Easy Zones indicator into your trading strategy, you can enhance your market analysis, make more informed decisions, and ultimately improve your trading performance.
CPR By Ask Dinesh Kumar(ADK)Simple CPR Indicator to increase probability of profitable trades:
The Central Pivot Range (CPR) is a trading tool used by traders to identify potential support and resistance levels in the market. Here's a simplified explanation of how traders can potentially profit using the Central Pivot Range with 10 lines:
1. *Understanding CPR*: CPR consists of three lines: the pivot point (PP), upper resistance level (R1), and lower support level (S1). Additionally, traders often add five more of profitable tradeslines above and below the PP to create a 10-line CPR.
2. *Identify Trend*: Determine the prevailing market trend. If the market is bullish, traders will look for buying opportunities near support levels. If the market is bearish, they'll seek selling opportunities near resistance levels.
3. *Entry Points*: Look for entry points near the support (S1) or resistance (R1) levels within the CPR. These levels can act as potential turning points where price may reverse.
4. *Risk Management*: Set stop-loss orders to manage risk. Stop-loss orders should be placed slightly below support levels for long positions and slightly above resistance levels for short positions.
5. *Profit Targets*: Determine profit targets based on the distance between entry point and the next support or resistance level. Some traders use a risk-reward ratio to ensure potential profits outweigh potential losses.
6. *Confirmation*: Use additional technical indicators or price action patterns to confirm potential entry or exit points within the CPR.
7. *Monitor Price Action*: Continuously monitor price action around the CPR levels. Traders should be prepared to adjust their positions if price breaks through support or resistance levels convincingly.
8. *Trade Management*: Once in a trade, actively manage it by adjusting stop-loss orders, trailing stops, or taking partial profits as price moves in the desired direction.
9. *Market Conditions*: Consider broader market conditions, such as economic indicators, geopolitical events, or news releases, which can impact price movements and the effectiveness of CPR.
10. *Practice and Analysis*: Practice using CPR on historical price charts and analyze past trades to refine strategies and improve decision-making skills.
Remember, trading involves risks, and no strategy guarantees profits. It's essential to thoroughly understand the concepts behind CPR and practice disciplined risk management to increase the likelihood of successful trades.
How does central pivot range work:
Sure here's a concise explanation of how the Central Pivot Range (CPR) works in 10 points:
1. *Calculation*: CPR is calculated using the previous day's high (H), low (L), and close (C) prices.
2. *Pivot Point (PP)*: The central point of CPR is the average of the previous day's high, low, and close prices: PP = (H + L + C) / 3.
3. *Upper Resistance Levels (R1, R2, R3)*: These are potential price levels above the pivot point where resistance may occur. They are calculated by adding a multiple of the range (H - L) to the pivot point: R1 = (2 * PP) - L, R2 = PP + (H - L), R3 = PP + 2 * (H - L).
4. *Lower Support Levels (S1, S2, S3)*: These are potential price levels below the pivot point where support may occur. They are calculated similarly to resistance levels but subtracting multiples of the range from the pivot point: S1 = (2 * PP) - H, S2 = PP - (H - L), S3 = PP - 2 * (H - L).
5. *Trading Signals*: Traders use CPR to identify potential support and resistance levels where price may reverse or stall.
6. *Range Bound Markets*: In range-bound markets, traders may buy near support levels (S1, S2, S3) and sell near resistance levels (R1, R2, R3).
7. *Breakout Trading*: When price breaks through a CPR level convincingly, it may indicate a potential trend continuation or reversal, providing breakout trading opportunities.
8. *Volume and Momentum*: Traders often look for confirmation from volume and momentum indicators when price approaches CPR levels.
9. *Intraday Trading*: CPR can be applied to intraday timeframes as well, providing shorter-term traders with potential trading levels for the day.
10. *Dynamic Indicator*: CPR is dynamic and recalculates daily based on new price data, allowing traders to adapt their strategies to current market conditions.
Understanding how to interpret CPR levels and integrate them into a trading strategy can help traders identify potential entry and exit points in the market.
Pivot Points ++The Pivot Points is a classical indicator that aims to assess the Location in which a market is trading and infer hints about its directional movement. Its concept idea has been evolving along the XX century, tracing back to traders like Jesse Livermore, Nicholas Darvis, William O’Neil and Mark Minervini.
This is a Leading Indicator which computes a series of key levels that might act as Support and Resistance over the selected time frame period.
This version of the Pivot Points delivers a convenient way to visualize its information. It’s been designed for it to be useful to a variety of trading styles: from the ones that use it to detect reversal points, to the ones that gauge the market at a single glance.
HOW TO READ THE PIVOT POINTS
Pivot Points set a series of price levels which remain constant through the time period (which could be: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly or multi-yearly).
At the beginning of a new time period, it calculates the main Pivot Point Level (PP), and depending on the type, it can compute up to 5 Support Levels (S1 to S5) and 5 Resistance Levels (R1 to R5).
Being such a universal indicator, there exist many ways of reading the Pivot Levels. Now, let’s see some common uses of the indicator.
Warning: Please don’t rely on a single indicator to make your trading decisions, but rather integrate it into a coherent system combining it with complementary signals.
Support and Resistance : This is a straightforward approach. Each Pivot Level may act as Support or Resistance. For instance the level S1 initially behaves as Support. As price gets closer, one may observe that the level is being respected and price bounces around the level. Or in case it would get broken, then it would automatically shift its role into a Resistance Level.
Mood Gauge : One can quickly gauge the mood of the market by seeing where price stands in relation to the Main Pivot Point Level (PP). Above the Pivot point is generally interpreted as bullish, whilst standing below implies a bearish tone.
Stop Loss and Profit Levels : When entering on a trade, one can use the Pivot Levels to set the Stop Loss behind it, or set the Take Profit in an area surrounding it.
Agreement with Fibonacci Retracements or Expansions : One can combine the power of these 2 leading indicators in search for Agreement areas where to find both a significant Pivot Level and a Relevant Fibonacci Level.
Volume or Volatility Squeezes : Some traders focus on the Pivot Levels in combination with Volume or Volatility readings, in order to anticipate turning points or continuation legs.
WHY WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN THIS INDICATOR?
Pivot Points ++ has been designed to address the needs of dedicated traders. Let’s review its main features.
Display up to 9 sets of Pivot Points simultaneously
Long term view: As an analyst and as a trader, being able to display many sets of Pivot Points simultaneously is of great advantage when assessing long term views on the market.
Pivot Levels clearly Identified: Each set of Pivot Points get clearly identified with a prefaced letter indicating its time frame, i.e. Yearly Pivot Point appears as YPP and Monthly Pivot Resistance 1 appears as MR1 .
Minimalistic coloring: The Main Pivot Levels are highlighted in color to stand out, yet the intention of the indicator is to be as minimalistic and keep the chart as clean as possible.
Display Pivots as a Panel
Panel View: Display the Pivot Points’ information in the way that better suits your charting style. In addition to displaying the lines over the price chart, the indicator allows displaying the data on a Panel. The Panel view can be used together with the Line view, or it can be used in isolation.
Fully customizable: Its location, size and its design parameters can be customized through the Settings tab.
Common sense formatting: It displays a column for each of the selected time frames, and a row for each of the selected Pivot Levels. When a Pivot Level displays in colors, it means that price is currently trading above (green) or below (red) that level. Moreover, when the current price is trading just near the Pivot Level, the color shifts to Dark Red when it’s acting as a Resistance, and Dark Green when it acts as Support.
Keep your Chart Clean!
Disciplined traders keep their charts clean. One needs proper focus to trade in the zone.
Please check how the chart on the left looks compared to the one on the right. Both display exactly the same Pivot Points.
The chart on the left contributes to a more minimalistic display of information, as for when a trader wishes to quickly check where the price is trading in relation to the Pivot Points. Moreover, the chart on the right has the advantage to display clearly the Reversals and Price Reactions in relation to the Pivot Points. The decision is yours.
Show only Pivots Relevant to the Current Time Frame
The sets of Pivot Points belonging to time frames Below or Near the current Time Frame get hidden to prevent overcrowding the chart with lines. Nevertheless, this feature can be disabled through the Settings tab.
These are the preset Time Frames:
Intraday/Scalping: Those operating on time frames below 1H will be able to see the whole range of Pivot Levels.
1H: Traders operating on 1-Hour Charts display Pivots from Weekly and above. Daily Pivot Points get hidden.
4H: On 4-Hour Charts, Monthly Pivots and above get displayed. Weekly Pivot Points get hidden.
D: On Daily Charts, Quarterly Pivots and above get displayed. Monthly Pivot Points get hidden.
W: On Weekly Charts, Yearly Pivots and above get displayed. Quarterly Pivot Points get hidden.
M: On Monthly Charts, Tri-Yearly Pivots and above get displayed. Yearly and Bi-Yearly Pivot Points get hidden.
3M and 12M: Above Monthly Charts, only Decennial Pivots get displayed. All the rest get hidden.
Good Looking right off the box
It looks good: The indicator will look just fine on most of the charts. It displays well on dark themed charts and on light themed charts. No need to mess up with the coloring of the indicator for it to display properly.
Fully customizable: Nevertheless, you can easily override the defaults and customize the Colors and Line Styles for each Pivot Level.
Displays True on Heikin Ashi Charts
That’s good news for scalpers, because Pivot Points get computed correctly even when being displayed over Heiken Ashi charts.
SETTINGS
Now let’s dive into the settings of this indicator.
Display : It allows to enable/disable the display of the following:
Lines and Panel : Switch on/off the general view of the Lines over the chart or the Panel.
Pivot, R1 to R5, S1 to S5 : Select which Pivot Levels will be displayed.
Labels and Price : It applies only to Lines. Allows to select which information to display near the Pivot Level, and whether to place it right or left of the line.
Auto Hide Pivots from Near Time Frames : By default it hides the sets of Pivot Points from time frames near the current one. Disabling this one allows to display all the Pivot Points from higher time frames, regardless whether they are near.
Move Pivots to the Right : This selection moves all the current Pivot Points to the Right Hand Side of the Chart, in order to keep the main area of the chart clean of lines. This setting allows customizing the how far to the right from the last candle (Offset) and how wide to draw the levels (Width).
Pivots : It sets up the conditions for each of the 9 sets of Pivot Levels. It includes the following:
General checkmark : Allows displaying or hiding that set of Pivots.
Time Frame : Select the time frame for which the Pivot Point will be computed.
Type : Select the type of Pivot Point: Traditional, Fibonacci, Woodie, Classic, DM or Camarilla.
Lines : Enable/Disable the display of this Pivot as Lines over the chart.
Panel : Enable/Disable the display of this Pivot in the Panel.
Panel Display : It allows customizing the position of the Panel. It includes the following:
Vertical Position : Top, Middle or Bottom of the chart.
Horizontal Position : Left, Center or Right of the chart.
Size of the Panel : Auto, Huge, Large, Normal, Small or Tiny.
Parameters : It applies only to the Line View. It includes the following:
Pivots Back : By default the indicator only shows the current Pivot Levels, but it can display up to 10 past instances of each pivot.
Support and Resistance Price Reference : It allows to specify which price should it take into account to define a Pivot Level acting as Support or Resistance.
Support and Resistance % Area : It defines the size of the zone around each Pivot Level in which it acts as Support or Resistance.
Theming Panel : It applies only to the Panel View. It allows customizing every color used in the Panel.
Theming Pivot #1 to #9 : It applies only to the Line View. It includes the following:
Thickness : Customize the line thickness for all the lines within that set of Pivot Points.
Style : Customize the line style for all the lines within that set of Pivot Points. It can be drawn as a Solid, Dotted or Dashed line.
Colors : Customize the color for each Pivot Level.
Pivot Points with MID LevelsThis indicator shows the Standard Pivot Points level based on daily values that can act as support and resistance. It is used by a variety of traders around the world. You can select which time frame Pivot Point Levels you'd like. Daily, weekly etc... Perfect for swing trading or day trading.
Pivot Points- Shows 3 levels of resistance, the Pivot Point and 3 levels of support
(R3, R2, R1, PIVOT POINT, S1, S2, S3
MID Levels- The MID levels are 50% retracement from the pivot point level above it and below
Example- R3, MID, R2, MID, R1, MID, PIVOT POINT, MID, S1, MID, S2, MID, S3
With this indicator you will also have the option to show the Previous days High and Low that are also important levels. On gap up/down days it is always interesting to see if price will close the gap, hence the important level to note.
PDH= Previous Days High
PDL= Previous Days Low
I have added a feature that you can now select specific color to each level and the line style for each level to help understand which levels are being show by personal needs.
Happy Trading
TrendzonesHi all!
This indicator plots trendlines. These lines are not plotted as traditional lines, but are instead zones. This is useful if you think that trend lines are more of an area of importance than a line.
It does so by finding pivots and connecting two of them if they have not been broken (more about that later) in-between the pivots.
These trend zones can be used as support/resistance that the price can react to.
• The first trendline is drawn between the high/low of the first and second pivot.
• The second trendline's first point is at the open/close of the pivot (either the first pivot or the second one) that has the smallest difference between the high/low and the nearest open/close. The same difference (between the high/low and the open/close) is then subtracted from the other pivot's high/low. This creates a point at the other pivot bar. A trendline is then drawn between the points.
This creates two trendlines and a zone between the two trendlines. This zone is the one kept and is shown by the script.
You can define the pivot lengths used to find trend zones (defaults to 3/3). You can also define the number of pivots to look back for, to find trend zones and the number of active zones, both of these defaults to 3. You can also choose to let the script create new zones based on time ("Oldest") or the zone that is furthest away in price, this defaults to be based on time but it can be useful for letting the script remove the one which is furthest away in price. Another useful setting is the one called "Cross source". This defines the price that has to cross the trend zone to make it invalid (broken). This defaults to "Close", i.e. the bar has to close on the "wrong side" of the trend zone.
The current zones are shown with an extension to the right, but you can also choose to keep the previous lines (without extension). Please note that kept zones are only the ones that are broken, not the replaced ones. I.e. the zones that are kept are the ones that are crossed by the user defined "cross source" (defaults to the closing/current price of the bar).
Hope this makes sense, let me know if you have any questions.
Best of trading luck!
