Kurutoga Histogram with HTF and LTF
Kurutoga Histogram:
The Kurutoga Histogram is a technical analysis indicator designed to measure price divergence from the 50% level of a recent price range. By calculating how far the current price is from the midpoint of a selected base length of candles, the histogram provides insight into the momentum, strength, and potential reversals in the market. Additionally, it can be applied across multiple timeframes to provide a comprehensive view of both short- and long-term market dynamics.
Key Components:
Base Length:
The base length is the number of candles (bars) over which the high and low prices are observed. The default base length is typically 14 periods, but it can be adjusted according to the trader's preference.
This base length defines the range from which the 50% level, or midpoint, is calculated.
50% Level (Midpoint):
The midpoint is the average of the highest high and the lowest low over the selected base length. This 50% level acts as an equilibrium point around which the price fluctuates.
Formula:
Midpoint = (Highest High + Lowest Low) / 2
The price’s distance from this midpoint is an indicator of how strong the current trend or divergence is.
Price Divergence:
The main calculation of the histogram is the difference between the current closing price and the midpoint of the price range.
Formula:
Divergence = Close Price − Midpoint
A positive divergence (price above the midpoint) indicates bullish strength, while a negative divergence (price below the midpoint) indicates bearish strength.
Multi-Timeframe Analysis:
The Kurutoga Histogram can be applied to both the current timeframe and a higher timeframe (HTF), allowing traders to gauge price movement in both short-term and long-term contexts.
By comparing the histograms of multiple timeframes, traders can determine if there is alignment (confluence) between trends, which can strengthen trade signals or provide additional confirmation.
Color-Coded Histogram:
Blue Bars (Positive Divergence): Represent that the price is above the 50% level, indicating bullish momentum. Taller blue bars suggest stronger upward momentum, while shrinking bars suggest weakening strength.
Red Bars (Negative Divergence): Represent that the price is below the 50% level, indicating bearish momentum. Taller red bars suggest stronger downward momentum, while shrinking bars suggest a potential reversal or consolidation.
The histogram’s color intensity and transparency can be adjusted to enhance the visual effect, distinguishing between current timeframe (LTF) and higher timeframe (HTF) divergence.
Interpretation:
Bullish Signals: When the histogram bars are blue and growing, the price is gaining momentum above the midpoint of its recent range. This could signal an ongoing uptrend.
Bearish Signals: When the histogram bars are red and growing, the price is gaining momentum below the midpoint, signaling an ongoing downtrend.
Momentum Shifts: When the histogram bars shrink in size (whether blue or red), it could indicate that the current trend is losing strength and may reverse or enter consolidation.
Neutral or Sideways Movement: When the histogram bars hover around zero, it means the price is trading near the midpoint of its recent range, often signaling a lack of strong momentum in either direction.
Multi-Timeframe Confluence:
When the current timeframe (LTF) histogram aligns with the higher timeframe (HTF) histogram (e.g., both are showing strong bullish or bearish divergence), it may provide stronger confirmation of the trend's strength.
Divergence between timeframes (e.g., bullish on LTF but bearish on HTF) may suggest that price movements on lower timeframes are not yet reflected in the broader trend, signaling caution.
Applications:
Trend Identification: The Kurutoga Histogram is highly useful for detecting when the price is trending away from its equilibrium point, providing insight into the strength of ongoing trends.
Momentum Analysis: By measuring the divergence from the 50% level, the histogram helps traders identify when momentum is increasing or decreasing.
Reversal Detection: Shrinking histogram bars can signal weakening momentum, which often precedes trend reversals.
Consolidation and Breakouts: When the histogram remains near zero for an extended period, it suggests consolidation, which often precedes a breakout in either direction.
Advantages:
Clear Visuals: The use of a color-coded histogram makes it easy to visually assess whether the market is gaining bullish or bearish momentum.
Multi-Timeframe Utility: The ability to compare current timeframe signals with higher timeframe signals adds an extra layer of confirmation, reducing false signals.
Dynamic Adjustment: By adjusting the base length, traders can fine-tune the sensitivity of the indicator to match different markets or trading styles.
Limitations:
Lagging Indicator: Like most divergence indicators, the Kurutoga Histogram may lag slightly behind actual price movements, especially during fast, volatile markets.
Requires Confirmation: This indicator works best when used in conjunction with other technical tools like moving averages, support/resistance levels, or volume indicators, to avoid relying on divergence alone.
Conclusion:
The Kurutoga Histogram is a versatile and visually intuitive tool for measuring price divergence from a key equilibrium point, helping traders to assess the strength of trends and identify potential reversal points. Its use across multiple timeframes provides deeper insights, making it a valuable addition to any trading strategy that emphasizes momentum and trend following.
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Support and Resistance HeatmapThe "Support and Resistance Heatmap" indicator is designed to identify key support and resistance levels in the price action by using pivots and ATR (Average True Range) to define the sensitivity of zone detection. The zones are plotted as horizontal lines on the chart, representing areas where the price has shown significant interaction. The indicator features a customizable heatmap to visualize the intensity of these zones, making it a powerful tool for technical analysis.
Features:
Dynamic Support and Resistance Zones:
Identifies potential support and resistance areas based on price pivots.
Zones are defined by ATR-based thresholds, making them adaptive to market volatility.
Customization Options:
Heatmap Visualization: Toggle the heatmap on/off to view the strength of each zone.
Sensitivity Control: Modify the zone sensitivity with the ATR Multiplier to increase or decrease zone detection precision.
Confirmations: Set how many touches a level needs before it is confirmed as a zone.
Extended Zone Visualization:
Option to extend the zones for better long-term visibility.
Ability to limit the number of zones displayed to avoid clutter on the chart.
Color-Coded Zones:
Color-coded zones help differentiate between bullish (support) and bearish (resistance) levels, providing visual clarity for traders.
Heatmap Integration:
Gradient-based color changes on levels show the intensity of touches, helping traders understand which zones are more reliable.
Inputs and Settings:
1. Settings Group:
Length:
Determines the number of bars used for the pivot lookback. This directly affects how frequently new zones are formed.
Sensitivity:
Controls the sensitivity of the zone calculation using ATR (Average True Range). A higher value will result in fewer, larger zones, while a lower value increases the number of detected zones.
Confirmations:
Sets the number of price touches needed before a level is confirmed as a support/resistance zone. Lower values will result in more zones.
2. Visual Group:
Extend Zones:
Option to extend the support and resistance lines across the chart for better visibility over time.
Max Zones to Display (maxZonesToShow):
Limits the maximum number of zones shown on the chart to avoid clutter.
3. Heatmap Group:
Show Heatmap:
Toggle the heatmap display on/off. When enabled, the script visualizes the strength of the zones using color intensity.
Core Logic:
Pivot Calculation:
The script identifies support and resistance zones by using the pivotHigh and pivotLow functions. These pivots are calculated using a lookback period, which defines the number of candles to the left and right of the pivot point.
ATR-Based Threshold:
ATR (Average True Range) is used to create dynamic zones based on volatility. The ATR acts as a buffer around the identified pivot points, creating zones that are more flexible and adaptable to market conditions.
Merging Zones:
If two zones are close to each other (within a certain threshold), they are merged into a single zone. This reduces overlapping zones and gives a cleaner visual representation of significant price levels.
Confirmation Mechanism:
Each time the price touches a zone, the confirmation counter for that zone increases. The more confirmations a zone has, the more reliable it is. Zones are only displayed if they meet the required number of confirmations as specified by the user.
Color Gradient:
Zones are color-coded based on the number of confirmations. A gradient is used to visually represent the strength of each zone, with stronger zones being more vividly colored.
Heatmap Visualization:
When the heatmap is enabled, the color intensity of the zones is adjusted based on the proximity of the price to the zone and the number of touches the zone has received. This helps traders quickly identify which zones are more critical.
How to Use:
Identifying Support and Resistance Zones:
After adding the indicator to your chart, you will see horizontal lines representing key support (bullish) and resistance (bearish) levels. These zones are dynamically updated based on price action and pivots.
Adjusting Zone Sensitivity:
Use the "ATR Multiplier" to fine-tune how sensitive the indicator is to price fluctuations. A higher multiplier will reduce the number of zones, focusing on more significant levels.
Using Confirmations:
The more times a price interacts with a zone, the stronger that zone becomes. Use the "Confirmations" input to filter out weaker zones. This ensures that only zones with enough interaction (touches) are plotted.
Activating the Heatmap:
Enabling the heatmap will provide a color-coded visual representation of the strength of the zones. Zones with more price interactions will appear more vividly, helping you focus on the most significant areas.
Best Practices:
Combine with Other Indicators:
This support and resistance indicator works well when combined with other technical analysis tools, such as oscillators (e.g., RSI, MACD) or moving averages, for better trade confirmations.
Adjust Sensitivity Based on Market Conditions:
In volatile markets, you may want to increase the ATR multiplier to focus on more significant support and resistance zones. In calmer markets, decreasing the multiplier can help you spot smaller, but relevant, levels.
Use in Different Time Frames:
This indicator can be used effectively across different time frames, from intraday charts (e.g., 1-minute or 5-minute charts) to longer-term analysis on daily or weekly charts.
Look for Confluences:
Zones that overlap with other indicators, such as Fibonacci retracements or key moving averages, tend to be more reliable. Use the zones in conjunction with other forms of analysis to increase your confidence in trade setups.
Limitations and Considerations:
False Breakouts:
In highly volatile markets, there may be false breakouts where the price briefly moves through a zone without a sustained trend. Consider combining this indicator with momentum-based tools to avoid false signals.
Sensitivity to ATR Settings:
The ATR multiplier is a key component of this indicator. Adjusting it too high or too low may result in too few or too many zones, respectively. It is important to fine-tune this setting based on your specific trading style and market conditions.
Chronos Trend Level Oracle (CTLO)The Chronos Trend Level Oracle (CTLO) is a powerful technical analysis tool designed to identify significant trend levels that can act as support and resistance, helping traders navigate market trends and potential reversal points.
Key Components:
Setup Identification:
Bullish Setup: 9 consecutive closes lower than the close 4 bars earlier.
Bearish Setup: 9 consecutive closes higher than the close 4 bars earlier.
CTLO Support Level:
Established when a Bullish Setup completes.
Represents the lowest low of the CTLO Period (default 9 bars) preceding the Setup completion.
CTLO Resistance Level:
Established when a Bearish Setup completes.
Represents the highest high of the CTLO Period (default 9 bars) preceding the Setup completion.
Level Persistence:
A CTLO level remains active until an opposite Setup completes.
When a new Setup completes, it clears the opposite level.
Visual Representation:
Support levels are displayed as green circles.
Resistance levels are displayed as red circles.
Both use translucency for better chart visibility.
How to Use the CTLO:
Trend Identification:
The presence of a CTLO Support level suggests an underlying bullish trend.
The presence of a CTLO Resistance level suggests an underlying bearish trend.
The absence of either level indicates a possible trend transition or consolidation.
Support and Resistance:
Use CTLO levels as potential support (green) or resistance (red) areas.
These levels often act as price reaction points where bounces or rejections may occur.
Breakouts and Breakdowns:
A decisive close above a CTLO Resistance level could signal a bullish breakout.
A decisive close below a CTLO Support level could signal a bearish breakdown.
Use the optional alerts to be notified of these events.
Trend Continuation:
Price respecting a CTLO Support level can be seen as bullish, suggesting potential long entries.
Price respecting a CTLO Resistance level can be seen as bearish, suggesting potential short entries.
Reversal Anticipation:
As price approaches a CTLO level, watch for signs of reversal (e.g., candlestick patterns, divergences).
Failed breakouts/breakdowns at CTLO levels can lead to strong moves in the opposite direction.
Multiple Timeframe Analysis:
Apply CTLO on different timeframes for a more comprehensive market view.
Higher timeframe CTLO levels often carry more significance.
Combine with Price Action:
Look for candlestick patterns or chart formations near CTLO levels for higher probability setups.
Double tops/bottoms or other reversal patterns at CTLO levels can be particularly significant.
Risk Management:
Use CTLO levels to set stop-loss orders or profit targets.
For breakout trades, consider using the CTLO level as a new stop-loss after the breakout occurs.
Swiss Knife [MERT]Introduction
The Swiss Knife indicator is a comprehensive trading tool designed to provide a multi-dimensional analysis of the market. By integrating a wide array of technical indicators across multiple timeframes, it offers traders a holistic view of market sentiment, momentum, and potential reversal points. This indicator is particularly useful for traders looking to combine trend analysis, momentum indicators, volume data, and price action into a single, easy-to-read format.
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Key Features
Multi-Timeframe Analysis : Evaluates indicators on Daily , 4-Hour , 1-Hour , and 15-Minute timeframes.
Comprehensive Indicator Suite : Incorporates MACD , Awesome Oscillator (AO) , Parabolic SAR , SuperTrend , DPO , RSI , Stochastic Oscillator , Bollinger Bands , Ichimoku Cloud , Chande Momentum Oscillator (CMO) , Donchian Channels , ADX , volume-based momentum indicators, Fractals , and divergence detection.
Market Sentiment Scoring : Aggregates signals from multiple indicators to provide an overall sentiment score.
Visual Aids : Displays EMA lines, trendlines, divergence signals, and a sentiment table directly on the chart.
Super Trend Reversal Signals : Identifies potential market reversal points by assessing the momentum of automated trading bots.
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Explanation of Each Indicator
Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD)
- Purpose : Measures the relationship between two moving averages of price.
- Interpretation : A positive histogram suggests bullish momentum; a negative histogram indicates bearish momentum.
Awesome Oscillator (AO)
- Purpose : Gauges market momentum by comparing recent market movements to historic ones.
- Interpretation : Above zero indicates bullish momentum; below zero indicates bearish momentum.
Parabolic SAR (SAR)
- Purpose : Identifies potential reversal points in price direction.
- Interpretation : Dots below price suggest an uptrend; dots above price suggest a downtrend.
SuperTrend
- Purpose : Determines the prevailing market trend.
- Interpretation : Provides buy or sell signals based on price movements relative to the SuperTrend line.
Detrended Price Oscillator (DPO)
- Purpose : Removes trend from price to identify cycles.
- Interpretation : Values above zero suggest price is above the moving average; values below zero indicate it is below.
Relative Strength Index (RSI)
- Purpose : Measures the speed and change of price movements.
- Interpretation : Values above 50 indicate bullish momentum; values below 50 indicate bearish momentum.
Stochastic Oscillator
- Purpose : Compares a particular closing price to a range of its prices over a certain period.
- Interpretation : Values above 50 indicate bullish conditions; values below 50 indicate bearish conditions.
Bollinger Bands (BB)
- Purpose : Measures market volatility and provides relative price levels.
- Interpretation : Price above the middle band suggests bullishness; below the middle band suggests bearishness.
Ichimoku Cloud
- Purpose : Provides support and resistance levels, trend direction, and momentum.
- Interpretation : Bullish signals when price is above the cloud; bearish signals when price is below the cloud.
Chande Momentum Oscillator (CMO)
- Purpose : Measures momentum on both up and down days.
- Interpretation : Values above 50 indicate strong upward momentum; values below -50 indicate strong downward momentum.
Donchian Channels
- Purpose : Identifies volatility and potential breakouts.
- Interpretation : Price above the upper band suggests bullish breakout; below the lower band suggests bearish breakout.
Average Directional Index (ADX)
- Purpose : Measures the strength of a trend.
- Interpretation : DI+ above DI- indicates bullish trend; DI- above DI+ indicates bearish trend.
Volume Momentum Indicators (VolMom, CumVolMom, POCMom)
- Purpose : Analyze volume to assess buying and selling pressure.
- Interpretation : Positive values suggest bullish volume momentum; negative values indicate bearish volume momentum.
Fractals
- Purpose : Identify potential reversal points in the market.
- Interpretation : Up fractals may indicate a future downtrend; down fractals may indicate a future uptrend.
Divergence Detection
- Purpose : Identifies divergences between price and various indicators (RSI, MACD, Stochastic, OBV, MFI, A/D Line).
- Interpretation : Bullish divergences suggest potential upward reversal; bearish divergences suggest potential downward reversal.
- Note : This functionality utilizes the library from Divergence Indicator .
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Coloring Scheme
Background Color
- Purpose : Reflects the overall market sentiment by combining sentiment scores from all indicators across different timeframes.
- Interpretation :
- Green Shades : Indicate bullish market sentiment.
- Red Shades : Indicate bearish market sentiment.
- Intensity : The strength of the color corresponds to the strength of the sentiment score.
Sentiment Table
- Purpose : Displays the status of each indicator across different timeframes.
- Interpretation :
- Green Cell : The indicator suggests a bullish signal.
- Red Cell : The indicator suggests a bearish signal.
- Percentage Score : Indicates the overall bullish or bearish sentiment on that timeframe.
Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs)
- Purpose : Provide dynamic support and resistance levels.
- Colors :
- EMA 10 : Lime
- EMA 20 : Yellow
- EMA 50 : Orange
- EMA 100 : Red
- EMA 200 : Purple
Trendlines
- Purpose : Visual representation of support and resistance levels based on pivot points.
- Interpretation :
- Upward Trendlines : Colored green , indicating support levels.
- Downward Trendlines : Colored red , indicating resistance levels.
- Note : Trendlines are drawn using the library from Simple Trendlines .
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Utility of Market Sentiment
The indicator aggregates signals from multiple technical indicators across various timeframes to compute an overall market sentiment score . This comprehensive approach helps traders understand the prevailing market conditions by:
Confirming Trends : Multiple indicators pointing in the same direction can confirm the strength of a trend.
Identifying Reversals : Divergences and fractals can signal potential turning points.
Timeframe Alignment : Aligning signals across different timeframes can enhance the probability of successful trades.
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Divergences
Divergence occurs when the price of an asset moves in the opposite direction of a technical indicator, suggesting a potential reversal.
- Bullish Divergence : Price makes a lower low, but the indicator makes a higher low.
- Bearish Divergence : Price makes a higher high, but the indicator makes a lower high.
The indicator detects divergences for:
RSI
MACD
Stochastic Oscillator
On-Balance Volume (OBV)
Money Flow Index (MFI)
Accumulation/Distribution Line (A/D Line)
By identifying these divergences, traders can spot early signs of trend reversals and adjust their strategies accordingly.
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Trendlines
Trendlines are essential tools for identifying support and resistance levels. The indicator automatically draws trendlines based on pivot points:
- Upward Trendlines (Support) : Connect higher lows, indicating an uptrend.
- Downward Trendlines (Resistance) : Connect lower highs, indicating a downtrend.
These trendlines help traders visualize the trend direction and potential breakout or reversal points.
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Super Trend Reversals (ST Reversal)
The core idea behind the Super Trend Reversals indicator is to assess the momentum of automated trading bots (often referred to as 'Supertrend bots') that enter the market during critical turning points. Specifically, the indicator is tuned to identify when the market is nearing bottoms or peaks, just before it shifts direction based on the triggered Supertrend signals. This approach helps traders:
Engage Early : Enter the market as reversal momentum builds up.
Optimize Entries and Exits : Enter under favorable conditions and exit before momentum wanes.
By capturing these reversal points, traders can enhance their trading performance.
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Conclusion
The Swiss Knife indicator serves as a versatile tool that combines multiple technical analysis methods into a single, comprehensive indicator. By assessing various aspects of the market—including trend direction, momentum, volume, and price action—it provides traders with valuable insights to make informed trading decisions.
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Citations
- Divergence Detection Library : Divergence Indicator by DevLucem
- Trendline Drawing Library : Simple Trendlines by HoanGhetti
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Note : This indicator is intended for informational purposes and should be used in conjunction with other analysis techniques. Always perform due diligence before making trading decisions.
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Multiple Bollinger Bands + Volatility [AlgoTraderPro]This indicator helps traders visualize price ranges and volatility changes. Designed to assist in identifying potential consolidation zones, the indicator uses multiple layers of Bollinger Bands combined with volatility-based shading. This can help traders spot periods of reduced price movement, which are often followed by breakouts or trend reversals.
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Multiple Bollinger Bands: Displays up to seven bands with customizable standard deviations, providing a layered view of price range activity.
Volatility Measurement: Tracks changes in Bollinger Band width to display volatility percentage and direction (increasing, decreasing, or neutral).
Volatility Shading: Uses color-coded shading between the outermost bands to indicate changes in volatility, helping to visualize potential consolidation zones.
Customizable Inputs: Modify lookback periods, moving average lengths, and standard deviations for each band to tailor the analysis to your strategy.
Volatility Table: Displays a table on the chart showing real-time volatility data and direction for quick reference.
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Add the Indicator: Apply it to your TradingView chart.
Adjust Settings: Customize the Bollinger Bands’ parameters to suit your trading timeframe and strategy.
Analyze Consolidation Zones: Use the multiple bands and volatility shading to identify areas of reduced price activity, signaling potential breakouts.
Monitor Volatility: Refer to the volatility table to track real-time shifts in market volatility.
Use in Different Markets: Adapt the settings for various assets and timeframes to assess market conditions effectively.
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• The indicator is useful in consolidating markets where price movement is limited, offering insights into potential breakout areas.
• Adjust the settings based on asset and market conditions for optimal results.
Cumulative Volume Delta (MTF)Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) Indicator
The Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) indicator is a powerful analytical tool used to understand the behavior and dynamics of market participants through volume analysis. It tracks the net difference between buying and selling pressure, providing insights into market trends and potential reversals. Here's a detailed description of this indicator and its components:
The Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) indicator calculates the cumulative net difference between buying and selling volume over a specified period. By analyzing this net difference, traders can gain insights into the underlying strength or weakness of a price movement, helping to identify trends, reversals, and potential breakout points.
Key Components:
Bull & Bear Power Calculation:
Bull Power: Represents the strength of buyers in the market. It is calculated based on the relationship between the current and previous price bars. A higher Bull Power indicates stronger buying pressure.
Bear Power: Represents the strength of sellers in the market. It is also calculated based on the relationship between the current and previous price bars. A higher Bear Power indicates stronger selling pressure.
Bull & Bear Volume Calculation:
Bull Volume: The volume attributed to buying pressure. It is calculated by taking the proportion of Bull Power relative to the total of Bull Power and Bear Power, multiplied by the total volume.
Bear Volume: The volume attributed to selling pressure. It is calculated similarly to Bull Volume but using Bear Power.
Delta Calculation:
Delta: The net difference between Bull Volume and Bear Volume for each bar. A positive Delta indicates more buying pressure, while a negative Delta indicates more selling pressure.
Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD):
CVD: The running total of the Delta values over time. It accumulates the net buying and selling pressure to provide a visual representation of the market's cumulative sentiment.
Moving Average of CVD (CVD MA):
CVD MA: A simple moving average of the CVD, used to smooth out fluctuations and help identify the overall trend. It provides a baseline to compare the current CVD value against, highlighting divergences or convergences.
Multi-Timeframe Functionality:
The enhanced version of the CVD indicator includes multi-timeframe (MTF) capabilities, allowing users to select and analyze data from different timeframes. This feature enhances the versatility of the indicator by providing a broader perspective on market dynamics across various time intervals.
Practical Applications:
Trend Identification: By tracking the CVD and its moving average, traders can identify the prevailing trend. An upward-sloping CVD indicates sustained buying pressure, while a downward-sloping CVD indicates sustained selling pressure.
Divergences: Divergences between the CVD and price can signal potential reversals. For example, if the price is making new highs but the CVD is not, it may indicate weakening buying pressure and a potential reversal.
Breakout Confirmation: Significant changes in the CVD can confirm breakouts. A sharp increase in the CVD during a price breakout indicates strong buying support, adding confidence to the breakout.
Support and Resistance Levels: The CVD can help identify significant support and resistance levels based on changes in volume dynamics. For instance, a notable increase in buying volume at a support level can reinforce its strength.
Daily Close GAP Detector [Yosiet]User Manual for "Daily Close GAP Detector "
Overview
This script is designed to help traders identify and react to significant gaps in daily market prices. It plots daily open and close prices and highlights significant gaps with a cross. The script is particularly useful for identifying potential breakouts or reversals based on these gaps.
Configuration
GAP Close Threshold: This input allows you to set a threshold for the gap size that you consider significant. The default value is 0.001.
Timeframe Seeker: This input lets you choose the timeframe for the gap detection. The default is 'D' for daily.
Features
Daily Open and Close Lines: The script plots daily open and close prices. If the close price is lower than the open price, the line is colored red; otherwise, it's green.
Gap Detection: It calculates the difference between the current day's close and the previous day's close, both adjusted for the selected timeframe. If this difference exceeds the threshold, it's considered a significant gap.
Significant Gap Indicator: A cross is plotted on the chart to indicate significant gaps. The color of the cross indicates whether the gap is a short or long gap: red for short gaps and green for long gaps.
Alert Conditions: The script sets up alert conditions for short and long gap breakouts. You can customize the alert messages to include details like the ticker symbol, interval, price, and exchange.
How to Use
Add the Script to Your Chart: Copy the script into the Pine Script editor on TradingView and add it to your chart.
Configure Inputs: Adjust the "GAP Close Threshold" and "Timeframe Seeker" inputs as needed.
Review the Chart: The script will overlay daily open and close prices on your chart, along with crosses indicating significant gaps.
Set Alerts: Use the script's alert conditions to set up alerts for short and long gap breakouts. You can customize the alert messages to suit your trading strategy.
Extending the Code
To extend this script, you can modify the gap detection logic, add more indicators, or integrate it with other scripts for a more comprehensive trading strategy. Remember to test any changes thoroughly before using them in live trading.
Double Inside bar // Consecutive Inside Bar = Ak47Double Inside Bar Indicator Or Consecutive Inside Bar Highlighting
This custom Pine Script indicator is crafted for traders who utilize the traditional Inside Bar . A Double Inside Bar is a more specific pattern, involving two consecutive bars that are both contained within the range of a preceding "mother bar". This script not only detects these patterns but also emphasizes consecutive occurrences with a distinctive visual marker, aiding traders in identifying these setups amidst market fluctuations.
Features:
Double Inside Bar Detection: Identifies Double Inside Bars, where two successive bars are completely contained within the range of the preceding bar. This pattern indicates potential continuation or reversal with a stronger conviction.
Consecutive Pattern Highlighting: Highlights consecutive Double Inside Bar patterns, offering a clear visual indication for traders. This feature can be enabled or disabled as per the user's preference.
Bullish and Bearish Color Coding: Differentiates bullish and bearish setups by coloring the bars green or red, respectively, providing immediate insights into market sentiment.
Unique Visual Markers: Utilizes shapes to indicate bullish (triangle up) and bearish (triangle down) Double Inside Bars. For consecutive patterns, irrespective of being bullish or bearish, a yellow diamond is displayed below the bar to focus on the pattern's potential for signaling substantial market moves.
Trading Strategy:
Buy Signal: When a Double Inside Bar pattern is detected, a buy signal is generated. The entry point for the trade is set just above the high of the mother bar, with a stop loss placed just below the low of the mother bar, aiming to capture upward breakouts effectively.
Sell Signal: A sell signal is indicated by the detection of a Double Inside Bar pattern. The trade entry is positioned just below the low of the mother bar, with a stop loss above the high of the mother bar, targeting potential downward breakouts.
Why Use This Indicator?
Enhanced Decision Making: By providing clear visual cues for Double Inside Bar patterns and especially emphasizing consecutive occurrences, traders can make more informed and confident decisions.
Adaptability: The ability to toggle the highlighting for consecutive patterns allows traders to customize the indicator to match their trading style and the prevailing market conditions.
Simplicity and Effectiveness: This indicator streamlines the detection of significant Double Inside Bar patterns, helping traders to focus on their strategy and manage their time more efficiently.
Conclusion
This Double Inside Bar Indicator is a vital tool for traders looking to leverage the predictive power of Double Inside Bar patterns. With its unique consecutive highlighting feature and intuitive color coding, it enhances trading strategies by pinpointing potential breakout opportunities with higher precision.
Mean and Standard Deviation Lines Description:
Calculates the mean and standard deviation of close-to-close price differences over a specified period, providing insights into price volatility and potential breakouts.
Manually calculates mean and standard deviation for a deeper understanding of statistical concepts.
Plots the mean line, upper bound (mean + standard deviation), and lower bound (mean - standard deviation) to visualize price behavior relative to these levels.
Highlights bars that cross the upper or lower bounds with green (above) or red (below) triangles for easy identification of potential breakouts or breakdowns.
Customizable period input allows for analysis of short-term or long-term volatility patterns.
Probability Interpretations based on Standard Deviation:
50% probability: mean or expected value
68% probability: Values within 1 standard deviation of the mean (mean ± stdev) represent roughly 68% of the data in a normal distribution. This implies that around 68% of closing prices in the past period fell within this range.
95% probability: Expanding to 2 standard deviations (mean ± 2*stdev) captures approximately 95% of the data. So, in theory, there's a 95% chance that future closing prices will fall within this wider range.
99.7% probability: Going further to 3 standard deviations (mean ± 3*stdev) encompasses nearly 99.7% of the data. However, these extreme values become less likely as you move further away from the mean.
Key Features:
Uses manual calculations for mean and standard deviation, providing a hands-on approach.
Excludes the current bar's close price from calculations for more accurate analysis of past data.
Ensures valid index usage for robust calculation logic.
Employs unbiased standard deviation calculation for better statistical validity.
Offers clear visual representation of mean and volatility bands.
Considerations:
Manual calculations might have a slight performance impact compared to built-in functions.
Not a perfect normal distribution: Financial markets often deviate from a perfect normal distribution. This means probability interpretations based on standard deviation shouldn't be taken as absolute truths.
Non-stationarity: Market conditions and price behavior can change over time, impacting the validity of past data as a future predictor.
Other factors: Many other factors influence price movements beyond just the mean and standard deviation.
Always consider other technical and fundamental factors when making trading decisions.
Potential Use Cases:
Identifying periods of high or low volatility.
Discovering potential breakout or breakdown opportunities.
Comparing volatility across different timeframes.
Complementing other technical indicators for confirmation.
Understanding statistical concepts for financial analysis.
Ichimoku Strategy - Easiest Backtest [A.R.]▓ INTRODUCTION
This indicator allows a new "sandbox" approach to the Ichimoku system allowing to combine several entry, confirmation and exit conditions, to add basic risk management, to be able to backtest the performance of the strategy using a table directly on chart, and automate entry and exit signals using alerts.
▓ DEFINITION
The Ichimoku strategy is a trading system based on technical analysis, using a set of graphical indicators to evaluate the trend, strength and support/resistance levels of a financial asset. It integrates components such as the conversion line (Tenkan), the baseline (Kijun), the cloud delimited by the Senkou Span A and the Senkou Span B (SSA - SSB - Kumo) and the lagging span (Chikou) to provide different trading signals.
▓ ADDED VALUE
Several indicators and strategies concerning Ichimoku are already available on Tradingview, we are publishing this indicator to make this strategy even more accessible, what makes it original:
▪️ Unique Settings Windows, easy-to-read. The settings categories are clearly separated. Some parameters are aligned to avoid having an endless list of parameters to modify. This makes the settings window easy to understand and pleasant to use.
▪️ Sandbox type settings, you can choose 1 or 2 Entry conditions, choose to add 1 Confirmation, choose to add between 1 and 3 Exit Conditions. Dozens of possible configurations.
▪️ Possibility of adding basic Risk Management (TP/SL)
▪️ Backtest table directly on chart that allow to get quickly the results (script execution <1 sec) which makes it practical, allowing dozens of different configurations to be tested in a short period of time
▪️ Monitoring historical and current trades on chart thanks to Boxes and Labels
▓ HOW TO USE
You can try the indicator with default settings but you can also modify backtesting settings and trade Entry conditions, Entry Confirmation, and Exit conditions, also you can decide to add a Stop Loss and/or a Take Profit. Then you can find the stats of the backtesting in a table directly in the top right corner of the chart. Finally you can automate the strategy using Alert conditions. You can find all the settings below:
Initial backtesting settings:
🔹Set up Side: Choose Long|Short, Long or Short
🔹Set up Investment: Choose an amount in $, it simulates the equity / funds on the trading account.
🔹Set up Position Size: Choose an amount in $, it simulates the amount of the position size of each trade. If you want to simulate leverage trading, you can put a Position Size superior to Investment. For exemple Investment = 10000 and Position Size = 20000 simulates a x2 leverage.
🔹Set up your Fee rate %: Each trade entry and trade exit, a % of position size will be deducted from the PnL stats. For example if you choose 0.04% with 10000 Position Size, 4$ will be deducted each trade entry and each trade exit = 8$ fees each trade.
🔹Set up the Start and End date: It allows to backtest the strategy over a period of time, for Example from 01-01-2021 to 01-12-2022. By default the end date is year 2050, the backtest will start to take into account data from Start Date to the current time.
Backtest the main Ichimoku sub-strategies choosing entry conditions:
🔸Cloud Breakouts trading: Choose this Entry condition to start a trade when Price crosses the Cloud Upside (Long) or Downside (Short)
🔸Tenkan x Kijun cross trading: Choose this Entry condition to start a trade when Tenkan (Red line) crosses Kijun (Blue line) Upside (Long) or Downside (Short)
* There is no repaint, a signal is validated after the condition is confirmed at the end of the previous candle. If a signal appears on the chart, it won't ever disappear.
Entry Confirmations:
✔️ Chikou Above or Below price: if you check this setting, Long entry signals will be confirmed only when the Chikou (White Line) is Above the current price and Short entry signals will be confirmed only when the Chikou (White Line) is below the current price. In the Ichimoku system the Chikou is often used to confirm all types of signals.
Exit Conditions:
❌ Cloud Reintegrations: When a trade is open (Long or Short), if the price goes back into the cloud the trade is closed
❌ Reverse Cloud Breakouts: When a Long trade is open, if the price breaks out of the cloud from below the trade is closed. When a Short trade is open, if the price breaks out of the cloud from above the trade is closed.
❌ Reverse Tenkan-Kijun Cross: When a Long trade is open, if the Tenkan crosses Downside the Kijun the trade is closed. When a Short trade is open, if the Tenkan crosses Upside the Kijun the trade is closed.
Basic Risk Management:
⛔️ SL: Choose to set up a Stop Loss
✅ 1 single TP: Choose to set up a Take Profit
Signals:
🔔 Entry/Exit Alerts available: 4 types of alert conditions are available ENTRY LONG, ENTRY SHORT, EXIT LONG, EXIT SHORT. The entry conditions trigger at the beginning of the candle, choose alert frequence = once per bar.
👉 Tips: Easier to find profitable configurations in High Timeframe above H4.
▓ BACKTESTING SYSTEM
The Backtesting system integrated into the script tracks each trade. It allows you to test the strategy over a fixed period between a start date and an end date. It also allows to quickly and directly display on the chart the most important data to determine if a configuration is profitable such as the % PnL, the Max Drawdown, the amount of fees, the risk-reward ratio. It has been designed to be easy and quick to use even for a beginner.
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MEO Reversal and AlertHello; This indicator offers a suite of diverse analytical features. These features are typically triggered in unusual overbought and oversold conditions and are primarily used to identify excessive buying or selling and for general monitoring in suspicious cases.
Below is a general overview of the various features of this indicator:
RSI Overbought and Oversold Zones: This feature determines whether the RSI is in the overbought or oversold zones.
RSI Peak and Trough Points: Identifies the peak and trough points of the RSI.
Stoch RSI Peak and Trough Points: Identifies the peak and trough points of the Stoch RSI.
MACD Peak and Trough Points: Identifies the peak and trough points of the MACD.
MACD Overflow Points: Detects the overflow points of the MACD.
WaveTrend Reversal Points: Identifies the reversal points of the WaveTrend.
Money Flow Index (MFI) Potential Reversals: Determines the potential reversal points of the MFI.
Z-Score Outliers: Identifies the deviation points of the Z-Score.
Momentum Reversal Points: Identifies the reversal points of Momentum.
SR Support Resistance Breakouts: Determines the breakout points of support and resistance.
Rate of Change (ROC) Rapid Price Change Points: Identifies the rapid price change points of the ROC.
You can set alert conditions for each feature.
The inspiration for this indicator came from the idea of making a few indicators easier and faster to use together. Instead of tracking three basic indicators as shown in the image, I thought it might be more straightforward to follow the Reversal indicator. I imagined this could generally be a handy tip-off indicator and wanted to share it with you. Please write if you have any questions or if there's something you'd like to ask.
However, remember that this should not be considered as investment advice and should not be used for direct buying or selling operations. Each trade is under the individual user's responsibility.
For frequently asked questions, you can check the TradingView support page here: tr.tradingview.com
EMA + ATR Support/Resistance Auto-Boxed Range + Take profitUnveiling the 'EMA + ATR Support/Resistance Auto-Boxed Range + Take profit signal' tool, an innovative resource engineered for discerning traders to pinpoint crucial dynamic support and resistance levels (not like the common pivot based support and resistance indictors). The tool ingeniously amalgamates the power of EMA and ATR indicators to delineate these levels as green and red bands, offering invaluable insights into potential trading windows.
The real game-changers in this tool are the newly incorporated 'Auto Boxed Range Detector' and the 'Bull Bear Tug of War' detector. The Auto Boxed Range Detector is at the core of this update, illuminating price ranges to give you the upper hand in detecting breakouts or breakdowns. This feature has been designed meticulously to automate the identification of trading ranges, thereby increasing the accuracy and speed of your decision-making process. Also, this helps avoiding fake breakouts. If the top of the boxed range is near resistance line it is less likely to breakout unless we are on a trend day.
Simultaneously, the Bull Bear Tug of War detector (the little red and green triangles at the bottom) introduces an entirely new dimension of market dominance visualization. This detector embodies market power struggles through vivid red and green triangles, supplemented by translucent colors for transitional periods or potential false-outs. It's a dynamic, real-time pictorial representation of the ceaseless tug of war between bulls and bears captured by a combination of RSI, CCI, MACD, STOCHASTIC, AND VWAP, enabling you to anticipate market swings better. You can change the position of the triangles in the setting and move the red ones to top and keep the green ones in the bottom.
Customization options are plentiful, including the ability to tweak the EMA and ATR lengths, with default values set at 20 and 14 respectively. Additionally, you can modify the ATR multiplier in the S/R length setting, defaulted at 2, and the line width for optimal visibility. The EMA line can be made visible in the settings, while support and resistance lines are color-coded in green and red for instant recognition.
When prices make contact with these levels, the tool generates visual cues in the form of crosses above or below the price bars, thus serving as potential take profit or entry/exit points. Should you prefer, take profit signals can be deactivated in the settings.
To leverage this tool to its maximum potential:
- Fine-tune the EMA and ATR lengths to resonate with your trading strategy. Longer lengths yield smoother lines but may trail current prices.
- Determine the S/R length to govern the spacing of support and resistance lines from the EMA line.
- Stay alert for crosses above or below the price bar, signaling when prices have met support or resistance levels. These are key indicators for potential take profit or entry/exit decisions.
- For best results, this tool should be used in conjunction with other indicators to corroborate signals and minimize false alerts. The ultimate aim is to utilize other indicators to initiate a trade and rely on this tool to provide timely take profit reminders.
Bear in mind, this tool should not be the sole determinant in your investment decisions. Comprehensive research and a multifaceted approach are indispensable when contemplating any trades.
GKD-V Weis Wave [Loxx]Giga Kaleidoscope GKD-V Weis Wave is a Volatility/Volume module included in Loxx's "Giga Kaleidoscope Modularized Trading System".
█ Giga Kaleidoscope Modularized Trading System
What is Loxx's "Giga Kaleidoscope Modularized Trading System"?
The Giga Kaleidoscope Modularized Trading System is a trading system built on the philosophy of the NNFX (No Nonsense Forex) algorithmic trading.
What is the NNFX algorithmic trading strategy?
The NNFX (No-Nonsense Forex) trading system is a comprehensive approach to Forex trading that is designed to simplify the process and remove the confusion and complexity that often surrounds trading. The system was developed by a Forex trader who goes by the pseudonym "VP" and has gained a significant following in the Forex community.
The NNFX trading system is based on a set of rules and guidelines that help traders make objective and informed decisions. These rules cover all aspects of trading, including market analysis, trade entry, stop loss placement, and trade management.
Here are the main components of the NNFX trading system:
1. Trading Philosophy: The NNFX trading system is based on the idea that successful trading requires a comprehensive understanding of the market, objective analysis, and strict risk management. The system aims to remove subjective elements from trading and focuses on objective rules and guidelines.
2. Technical Analysis: The NNFX trading system relies heavily on technical analysis and uses a range of indicators to identify high-probability trading opportunities. The system uses a combination of trend-following and mean-reverting strategies to identify trades.
3. Market Structure: The NNFX trading system emphasizes the importance of understanding the market structure, including price action, support and resistance levels, and market cycles. The system uses a range of tools to identify the market structure, including trend lines , channels, and moving averages.
4. Trade Entry: The NNFX trading system has strict rules for trade entry. The system uses a combination of technical indicators to identify high-probability trades, and traders must meet specific criteria to enter a trade.
5. Stop Loss Placement: The NNFX trading system places a significant emphasis on risk management and requires traders to place a stop loss order on every trade. The system uses a combination of technical analysis and market structure to determine the appropriate stop loss level.
6. Trade Management: The NNFX trading system has specific rules for managing open trades. The system aims to minimize risk and maximize profit by using a combination of trailing stops, take profit levels, and position sizing.
Overall, the NNFX trading system is designed to be a straightforward and easy-to-follow approach to Forex trading that can be applied by traders of all skill levels.
Core components of an NNFX algorithmic trading strategy
The NNFX algorithm is built on the principles of trend, momentum, and volatility . There are six core components in the NNFX trading algorithm:
1. Volatility - price volatility ; e.g., Average True Range , True Range Double, Close-to-Close, etc.
2. Baseline - a moving average to identify price trend
3. Confirmation 1 - a technical indicator used to identify trends
4. Confirmation 2 - a technical indicator used to identify trends
5. Continuation - a technical indicator used to identify trends
6. Volatility / Volume - a technical indicator used to identify volatility / volume breakouts/breakdown
7. Exit - a technical indicator used to determine when a trend is exhausted
What is Volatility in the NNFX trading system?
In the NNFX (No Nonsense Forex) trading system, ATR ( Average True Range ) is typically used to measure the volatility of an asset. It is used as a part of the system to help determine the appropriate stop loss and take profit levels for a trade. ATR is calculated by taking the average of the true range values over a specified period.
True range is calculated as the maximum of the following values:
-Current high minus the current low
-Absolute value of the current high minus the previous close
-Absolute value of the current low minus the previous close
ATR is a dynamic indicator that changes with changes in volatility . As volatility increases, the value of ATR increases, and as volatility decreases, the value of ATR decreases. By using ATR in NNFX system, traders can adjust their stop loss and take profit levels according to the volatility of the asset being traded. This helps to ensure that the trade is given enough room to move, while also minimizing potential losses.
Other types of volatility include True Range Double ( TRD ), Close-to-Close, and Garman-Klass
What is a Baseline indicator?
The baseline is essentially a moving average, and is used to determine the overall direction of the market.
The baseline in the NNFX system is used to filter out trades that are not in line with the long-term trend of the market. The baseline is plotted on the chart along with other indicators, such as the Moving Average (MA), the Relative Strength Index ( RSI ), and the Average True Range (ATR).
Trades are only taken when the price is in the same direction as the baseline. For example, if the baseline is sloping upwards, only long trades are taken, and if the baseline is sloping downwards, only short trades are taken. This approach helps to ensure that trades are in line with the overall trend of the market, and reduces the risk of entering trades that are likely to fail.
By using a baseline in the NNFX system, traders can have a clear reference point for determining the overall trend of the market, and can make more informed trading decisions. The baseline helps to filter out noise and false signals, and ensures that trades are taken in the direction of the long-term trend.
What is a Confirmation indicator?
Confirmation indicators are technical indicators that are used to confirm the signals generated by primary indicators. Primary indicators are the core indicators used in the NNFX system, such as the Average True Range (ATR), the Moving Average (MA), and the Relative Strength Index ( RSI ).
The purpose of the confirmation indicators is to reduce false signals and improve the accuracy of the trading system. They are designed to confirm the signals generated by the primary indicators by providing additional information about the strength and direction of the trend.
Some examples of confirmation indicators that may be used in the NNFX system include the Bollinger Bands , the MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence), and the Stochastic Oscillator. These indicators can provide information about the volatility , momentum, and trend strength of the market, and can be used to confirm the signals generated by the primary indicators.
In the NNFX system, confirmation indicators are used in combination with primary indicators and other filters to create a trading system that is robust and reliable. By using multiple indicators to confirm trading signals, the system aims to reduce the risk of false signals and improve the overall profitability of the trades.
What is a Continuation indicator?
In the NNFX (No Nonsense Forex) trading system, a continuation indicator is a technical indicator that is used to confirm a current trend and predict that the trend is likely to continue in the same direction. A continuation indicator is typically used in conjunction with other indicators in the system, such as a baseline indicator, to provide a comprehensive trading strategy.
What is a Volatility / Volume indicator?
Volume indicators, such as the On Balance Volume (OBV), the Chaikin Money Flow ( CMF ), or the Volume Price Trend ( VPT ), are used to measure the amount of buying and selling activity in a market. They are based on the trading volume of the market, and can provide information about the strength of the trend. In the NNFX system, volume indicators are used to confirm trading signals generated by the Moving Average and the Relative Strength Index . Volatility indicators include Average Direction Index, Waddah Attar, and Volatility Ratio. In the NNFX trading system, volatility is a proxy for volume and vice versa.
By using volume indicators as confirmation tools, the NNFX trading system aims to reduce the risk of false signals and improve the overall profitability of trades. These indicators can provide additional information about the market that is not captured by the primary indicators, and can help traders to make more informed trading decisions. In addition, volume indicators can be used to identify potential changes in market trends and to confirm the strength of price movements.
What is an Exit indicator?
The exit indicator is used in conjunction with other indicators in the system, such as the Moving Average (MA), the Relative Strength Index ( RSI ), and the Average True Range (ATR), to provide a comprehensive trading strategy.
The exit indicator in the NNFX system can be any technical indicator that is deemed effective at identifying optimal exit points. Examples of exit indicators that are commonly used include the Parabolic SAR , the Average Directional Index ( ADX ), and the Chandelier Exit .
The purpose of the exit indicator is to identify when a trend is likely to reverse or when the market conditions have changed, signaling the need to exit a trade. By using an exit indicator, traders can manage their risk and prevent significant losses.
In the NNFX system, the exit indicator is used in conjunction with a stop loss and a take profit order to maximize profits and minimize losses. The stop loss order is used to limit the amount of loss that can be incurred if the trade goes against the trader, while the take profit order is used to lock in profits when the trade is moving in the trader's favor.
Overall, the use of an exit indicator in the NNFX trading system is an important component of a comprehensive trading strategy. It allows traders to manage their risk effectively and improve the profitability of their trades by exiting at the right time.
How does Loxx's GKD (Giga Kaleidoscope Modularized Trading System) implement the NNFX algorithm outlined above?
Loxx's GKD v1.0 system has five types of modules (indicators/strategies). These modules are:
1. GKD-BT - Backtesting module ( Volatility , Number 1 in the NNFX algorithm)
2. GKD-B - Baseline module (Baseline and Volatility / Volume , Numbers 1 and 2 in the NNFX algorithm)
3. GKD-C - Confirmation 1/2 and Continuation module (Confirmation 1/2 and Continuation, Numbers 3, 4, and 5 in the NNFX algorithm)
4. GKD-V - Volatility / Volume module (Confirmation 1/2, Number 6 in the NNFX algorithm)
5. GKD-E - Exit module (Exit, Number 7 in the NNFX algorithm)
(additional module types will added in future releases)
Each module interacts with every module by passing data between modules. Data is passed between each module as described below:
GKD-B => GKD-V => GKD-C(1) => GKD-C(2) => GKD-C(Continuation) => GKD-E => GKD-BT
That is, the Baseline indicator passes its data to Volatility / Volume . The Volatility / Volume indicator passes its values to the Confirmation 1 indicator. The Confirmation 1 indicator passes its values to the Confirmation 2 indicator. The Confirmation 2 indicator passes its values to the Continuation indicator. The Continuation indicator passes its values to the Exit indicator, and finally, the Exit indicator passes its values to the Backtest strategy.
This chaining of indicators requires that each module conform to Loxx's GKD protocol, therefore allowing for the testing of every possible combination of technical indicators that make up the six components of the NNFX algorithm.
What does the application of the GKD trading system look like?
Example trading system:
Backtest: Strategy with 1-3 take profits, trailing stop loss, multiple types of PnL volatility , and 2 backtesting styles
Baseline: Hull Moving Average
Volatility/Volume: Weis Wave as shown on the chart above
Confirmation 1: Vortex
Confirmation 2: Williams Percent Range
Continuation: Fisher Transform
Exit: Rex Oscillator
Each GKD indicator is denoted with a module identifier of either: GKD-BT, GKD-B, GKD-C, GKD-V, or GKD-E. This allows traders to understand to which module each indicator belongs and where each indicator fits into the GKD protocol chain.
Giga Kaleidoscope Modularized Trading System Signals (based on the NNFX algorithm)
Standard Entry
1. GKD-C Confirmation 1 Signal
2. GKD-B Baseline agrees
3. Price is within a range of 0.2x Volatility and 1.0x Volatility of the Goldie Locks Mean
4. GKD-C Confirmation 2 agrees
5. GKD-V Volatility / Volume agrees
Baseline Entry
1. GKD-B Baseline signal
2. GKD-C Confirmation 1 agrees
3. Price is within a range of 0.2x Volatility and 1.0x Volatility of the Goldie Locks Mean
4. GKD-C Confirmation 2 agrees
5. GKD-V Volatility / Volume agrees
6. GKD-C Confirmation 1 signal was less than 7 candles prior
Continuation Entry
1. Standard Entry, Baseline Entry, or Pullback; entry triggered previously
2. GKD-B Baseline hasn't crossed since entry signal trigger
3. GKD-C Confirmation Continuation Indicator signals
4. GKD-C Confirmation 1 agrees
5. GKD-B Baseline agrees
6. GKD-C Confirmation 2 agrees
1-Candle Rule Standard Entry
1. GKD-C Confirmation 1 signal
2. GKD-B Baseline agrees
3. Price is within a range of 0.2x Volatility and 1.0x Volatility of the Goldie Locks Mean
Next Candle:
1. Price retraced (Long: close < close or Short: close > close)
2. GKD-B Baseline agrees
3. GKD-C Confirmation 1 agrees
4. GKD-C Confirmation 2 agrees
5. GKD-V Volatility / Volume agrees
1-Candle Rule Baseline Entry
1. GKD-B Baseline signal
2. GKD-C Confirmation 1 agrees
3. Price is within a range of 0.2x Volatility and 1.0x Volatility of the Goldie Locks Mean
4. GKD-C Confirmation 1 signal was less than 7 candles prior
Next Candle:
1. Price retraced (Long: close < close or Short: close > close)
2. GKD-B Baseline agrees
3. GKD-C Confirmation 1 agrees
4. GKD-C Confirmation 2 agrees
5. GKD-V Volatility / Volume Agrees
PullBack Entry
1. GKD-B Baseline signal
2. GKD-C Confirmation 1 agrees
3. Price is beyond 1.0x Volatility of Baseline
Next Candle:
1. Price is within a range of 0.2x Volatility and 1.0x Volatility of the Goldie Locks Mean
3. GKD-C Confirmation 1 agrees
4. GKD-C Confirmation 2 agrees
5. GKD-V Volatility / Volume Agrees
█ GKD-C Weis Wave
What is Weis Wave?
The Weis Wave Indicator is a technical analysis tool used by traders to analyze market trends and identify potential turning points in financial markets. It was developed by David Weis, a trader and market analyst with over 45 years of experience.
The Weis Wave Indicator is based on the principles of market waves, which are the repetitive patterns of market behavior that occur in financial markets. These waves are characterized by price movements that occur in a series of up and down trends, and they are used by traders to identify potential market reversals or breakouts.
The Weis Wave Indicator is a histogram that represents the difference between the cumulative sum of the bullish and bearish waves. The indicator is plotted on a chart as a series of bars that change color depending on the direction of the market trend. If the market is trending up, the bars will be green, while if the market is trending down, the bars will be red.
The formula for the Weis Wave Indicator is based on the accumulation and distribution of volume over time. It uses a cumulative delta volume calculation to determine the strength of market trends and identify potential turning points. The formula is as follows:
Weis Wave Volume = Net Buying Volume - Net Selling Volume
The Weis Wave Indicator is used by traders to identify potential market trends and turning points. It is particularly useful in identifying market breakouts and reversals, as well as in detecting divergences between price and volume. The indicator is commonly used in conjunction with other technical analysis tools, such as moving averages, trend lines, and support and resistance levels, to confirm market trends and generate trading signals.
Specifically, the Weis Wave Volume Indicator is an oscillator that measures the volume of price changes. It combines both momentum and volume to indicate buying and selling pressure. The indicator is designed to show a bull market when the volume is increasing and the price is rising, and a bear market when the volume is decreasing and the price is falling ¹.
The Weis Wave Plugin creates wave charts along with their corresponding wave volume. Wave charts were first created by Richard D. Wyckoff. In his famous course on stock market technique, he instructed students to “think in waves.” Wave analysis was an integral part of his trading method. The Weis Wave is an adaptation of Wyckoff’s method that handles today’s volatile markets ².
This indicator has the option of either ATR, volume, or partial close for source input.
(1) Weis Wave Volume Indicator - Trend Following System. www.trendfollowingsystem.com Accessed 4/7/2023.
(2) Weis Wave Plugin: A Modern Adaptation of the Wyckoff Wave & Volume. weisonwyckoff.com Accessed 4/7/2023.
(3) Weis Wave Volume Indicator: Simple But Extremely Effective. howtotradeblog.com Accessed 4/7/2023.
(4) How to use the Weis Waves indicator in ATAS. atas.net Accessed 4/7/2023.
Requirements
Inputs
Chained: GKD-B Baseline
Solo: NA, no inputs
Baseline + Volatility/Volume: GKD-B Baseline
Outputs
Chained: GKD-C indicators Confirmation 1 or Solo Confirmation Complex
Solo: GKD-BT Backtest
Baseline + Volatility/Volume: GKD-BT Backtest
Additional features will be added in future releases.
Trading BehnamI've read around here various definitions for engulfs along the lines of "an engulf consumes all orders at a level to allow price to easily pass through it." . That doesn't make much sense to me, if the guys with billions of dollars want to break a level, they will break it and price will run off very often. We've seen it time and time again, they don't need to engulf levels to give us a nice opportunity to get into the trade with them, if they want to blast through a level, they will do so and price will run off. If they want an opportunity to accumulate more orders before price runs away, then it doesn't make sense to engulf the level, better to let price bounce from that level and then fill more orders, if the level breaks then they have to deliberately stop the market running away and move it back to the pre-engulf area as the market momentum would naturally make it run off after an engulf. Other ideas about it being a secret signal between the institutions don't make sense to me either. To be honest, I think any secret signals between competing institutions come in the form of them in a heavily encrypted chatroom telling each other what to do. This collusion has been reported on previously as traders align their activities at important moments.
So I think we can all agree something along the lines of:
Fakeout:
Fakeout is an engulf of an obvious swing high/low in order to stop out traders and induce breakout traders to trade in the wrong direction, thus generating liquidity for the move in the opposite direction.
What's not so clear is the definition of the engulf, I'd like to try to give some ideas on the purpose of the engulf and it's definition and see what others think.
Engulf:
An engulf is the consumption of orders at an important level, not necessarily a swing/high low but an area where we expect to see supply or demand. Taking out of the orders tells us that the supply or demand which was or should have been present is now not present and tells us the intent direction of the market. If price runs off as is often the case, this is not tradeable and is effectively just a "breakout", although breakouts are usually considered to be breaks of swing high and lows which are obvious to the average trader. For an engulf to be tradeable there must be a retrace following the engulf back in the original direction. This adds confusion as it initially resembles a fakeout. So the question is, why does price retrace after the engulf? If an engulf to the short side is a genuine engulf and not a fakeout to generate long liquidity, why does it not travel immediately south if market momentum is ultimately south.
A small pocket of demand beneath the engulfed level may make it retrace north as price moves between areas of liquidity, this pocket of demand may give price enough momentum to make it back up to the supply which broke the demand level if key market participants do not favour an immediate market drop.
Alternatively key market participants may step in and drive the market back upwards.
Price moving north back to supply after the engulf may occur or be favourable for various reasons:
1) We often talk about FO generating liquidity because of breakout trading, but an engulf can also generate liquidity from breakout traders. Short breakout traders would place their stop losses a small distance above the engulf (breakout). If key players absorb this selling or allow a demand level to push price back up, they can run price back up to supply taking out the stops of the breakout short traders and make quick profit and/or generate more liquidity for their own shorts.
2) To confuse traders, the ITs don't want the puzzle that is Forex to be easy to solve, if price never retraced after an engulf then engulfs of all levels would be FOs. Price would either break and immediately runoff or it would turn and runoff in the other direction. In order to keep people confused about whether price is faking out or breaking out, sometimes price should whipsaw by breaking out, briefly faking out and then continuing in the direction of the breakout. This whipsaw pattern is to us a tradeable engulf.
3) Market momentum may be mixed, key players are indecisive or inactive or the market is behaving erratically.
4) As previously mentioned there may be a small pocket of supply/demand just past the engulf which is causing a reaction. This could also be viewed as a FO on a different timeframe. If the market engulfs an H1 demand level, then retraces for 30 mins upwards to supply, this engulf would be a valid and very profitable FO for an M1 trader looking to get long.
Volume ChartVolume data can be interpreted in many different ways. This is a very basic script and novel idea to display volume as a chart. The purpose of this script is to visually help identify volume breakouts and other common chart patterns. While this indicator could be useful for finding big moves and early reversals it not reliable for determining the direction of the move.
Below is an example of a volume breakout:
Below is confirmation of the second ear in the batman pattern:
Lower highs and higher lows can give early signs of a reversal:
Below we can see retailers getting pumped and dumped on during the gaps while they sleep:
Smart Money Concepts (SMC) [LuxAlgo]This all-in-one indicator displays real-time market structure (internal & swing BOS / CHoCH), order blocks, premium & discount zones, equal highs & lows, and much more...allowing traders to automatically mark up their charts with widely used price action methodologies. Following the release of our Fair Value Gap script, we received numerous requests from our community to release more features in the same category.
"Smart Money Concepts" (SMC) is a fairly new yet widely used term amongst price action traders looking to more accurately navigate liquidity & find more optimal points of interest in the market. Trying to determine where institutional market participants have orders placed (buy or sell side liquidity) can be a very reasonable approach to finding more practical entries & exits based on price action.
The indicator includes alerts for the presence of swing structures and many other relevant conditions.
Features
This indicator includes many features relevant to SMC, these are highlighted below:
Full internal & swing market structure labeling in real-time
Break of Structure (BOS)
Change of Character (CHoCH)
Order Blocks (bullish & bearish)
Equal Highs & Lows
Fair Value Gap Detection
Previous Highs & Lows
Premium & Discount Zones as a range
Options to style the indicator to more easily display these concepts
Settings
Mode: Allows the user to select Historical (default) or Present, which displays only recent data on the chart.
Style: Allows the user to select different styling for the entire indicator between Colored (default) and Monochrome.
Color Candles: Plots candles based on the internal & swing structures from within the indicator on the chart.
Internal Structure: Displays the internal structure labels & dashed lines to represent them. (BOS & CHoCH).
Confluence Filter: Filter non-significant internal structure breakouts.
Swing Structure: Displays the swing structure labels & solid lines on the chart (larger BOS & CHoCH labels).
Swing Points: Displays swing points labels on chart such as HH, HL, LH, LL.
Internal Order Blocks: Enables Internal Order Blocks & allows the user to select how many most recent Internal Order Blocks appear on the chart.
Swing Order Blocks: Enables Swing Order Blocks & allows the user to select how many most recent Swing Order Blocks appear on the chart.
Equal Highs & Lows: Displays EQH/EQL labels on chart for detecting equal highs & lows.
Bars Confirmation: Allows the user to select how many bars are needed to confirm an EQH/EQL symbol on chart.
Fair Value Gaps: Displays boxes to highlight imbalance areas on the chart.
Auto Threshold: Filter out non-significant fair value gaps.
Timeframe: Allows the user to select the timeframe for the Fair Value Gap detection.
Extend FVG: Allows the user to choose how many bars to extend the Fair Value Gap boxes on the chart.
Highs & Lows MTF: Allows the user to display previous highs & lows from daily, weekly, & monthly timeframes as significant levels.
Premium/Discount Zones: Allows the user to display Premium, Discount, and Equilibrium zones on the chart
Usage
Users can see automatic CHoCH and BOS labels to highlight breakouts of market structure, which allows to determine the market trend. In the chart below we can see the internal structure which displays more frequent labels within larger structures. We can also see equal highs & lows (EQH/EQL) labels plotted alongside the internal structure to frequently give indications of potential reversals.
In the chart below we can see the swing market structure labels. These are also labeled as BOS and CHoCH but with a solid line & larger text to show larger market structure breakouts & trend reversals. Users can be mindful of these larger structure labels while trading internal structures as displayed in the previous chart.
Order blocks highlight areas where institutional market participants open positions, one can use order blocks to determine confirmation entries or potential targets as we can expect there is a large amount of liquidity at these order blocks. In the chart below we can see 2 potential trade setups with confirmation entries. The path outlined in red would be a potential short entry targeting the blue order block below, and the path outlined in green would be a potential long entry, targeting the red order blocks above.
As we can see in the chart below, the bullish confirmation entry played out in this scenario with the green path outlined in hindsight. As price breaks though the order blocks above, the indicator will consider them mitigated causing them to disappear, and as per the logic of these order blocks they will always display 5 (by default) on the chart so we can now see more actionable levels.
The Smart Money Concepts indicator has many other features and here we can see how they can also help a user find potential levels for price action trading. In the screenshot below we can see a trade setup using the Previous Monthly High, Strong High, and a Swing Order Block as a stop loss. Accompanied by the Premium from the Discount/Premium zones feature being used as a potential entry. A potential take profit level for this trade setup that a user could easily identify would be the 50% mark labeled with the Fair Value Gap & the Equilibrium all displayed automatically by the indicator.
Conclusion
This indicator highlights all relevant components of Smart Money Concepts which can be a very useful interpretation of market structure, liquidity, & more simply put, price action. The term was coined & popularized primarily within the forex community & by ICT while making its way to become a part of many traders' analysis. These concepts, with or without this indicator do not guarantee a trader to be trading within the presence of institutional or "bank-level" liquidity, there is no supporting data regarding the validity of these teachings.
