Candle Range Detector [UAlgo]The "Candle Range Detector " is a Pine Script™ indicator designed to identify trading opportunities based on the concept of price consolidation and breakout. It analyzes the price range of a specified number of previous candles and detects when subsequent candles stay within that range (consolidation). The indicator then highlights potential breakouts above or below the range and provides calculated Take Profit (TP) and Stop Loss (SL) levels based on your chosen method (percentage or Average True Range - ATR).
🔶 Key Features
Configurable Range: Define the minimum number of candles required to establish a valid price range.
Breakout Detection: Identify potential breakouts above or below the established range based on your selection (close price or wick).
Take Profit & Stop Loss Levels: The indicator calculates TP and SL levels based on your chosen method (percentage or ATR) and user-defined multipliers. The calculated TP and SL levels are visualized as horizontal lines with corresponding labels ("Take Profit" and "Stop Loss").
Optional Count Display: You can choose to display the number of candles currently within the range.
🔶 Disclaimer:
Not Financial Advice: This indicator is intended for educational and informational purposes only. It does not constitute financial advice or recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any financial instruments.
Use at Own Risk: Trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. Users of this indicator should exercise caution and conduct their own research and analysis before making any trading decisions.
Performance Not Guaranteed: Past performance is not indicative of future results. While the indicator aims to assist traders in analyzing market trends, there is no guarantee of accuracy or success in trading operations.
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Buyers & Sellers / RangeBuyers & Sellers / Range
Volatility oscillator that measures the relationship of Buying & Selling Pressure to True Range.
In other words, how much % Buyers and Sellers separately occupy the Bar
BSP is a part of Bar Range. Entire bar metrics will always have bigger value than its composite elements (body and wicks).
Since there will be NO chance of BP or SP being more than ATR, their ratio would serve crucial Volatility details.
Hence, we can relate each of them to the overall range.
As a result we have simultaneous measurements of proportions buyers and sellers to the bar.
Default mode shows BP/ATR and SP/ATR mirrored. When one rises, the other falls to compensate.
Buying Pressure / True Range ⬆️🟢 ⬇️🔵
Selling Pressure / True Range ⬆️🔴 ⬇️🟠
They are being averaged in 2 different ways:
Pre-average first, then relate as ratio
Related first, then Averaged
Enable "Preaveraged" to use already averaged BSP and Ranges in ratio instead of averaging the ratio of BSP to individual bar. For example, we're looking BP/ATR, in calculation of buyers / Range it will use "MA(Buying Pressure) / MA(True Range)" instead of "MA(Buying Pressure / True Range)".
Due such calculation, it is going to be more lagging than in off mode. Nevertheless, it reduces noise from the impact of individual bar change.
Second way of noise reduction is enabling "Body / Range"
BSP Body / Range where Bullish & Bearish Body = Buying & Selling Pressure - Relevant Wick
Buying Body = Buying Pressure - Lower Wick
Selling Body = Selling Pressure - Upper Wick
And only then it is divided to ATR.
Note that Balance line differs because body is less than it used to be with wicks. So change in wicks won't play any role in computing the ratio anymore. Thus, signals of their crossings will be more reliable than in default mode.
CAT Month Opening RangeA trading range which is formed during the first three trading day of any month sets an important "Month Opening Range".
The lowest price made during the first three trading days can be considered the Monthly Support level (see the green line drawn by the indicator).
The highest price made during the first three trading days can be considered the Monthly Resistance level (see the red line drawn by the indicator).
In an Up trending market price tends to break over the upper edge of the Month Opening Range and keep moving higher at the very least until the middle of that month.
In an Up trending market once price broke out of the Month Opening Range, the Monthly Resistance level tends to work as a support.
In a Down trending market price tends to break under the lower edge of the Month Opening Range and keep moving higher at the very least until the middle of that month.
In a Down trending market once price broke under the Month Opening Range, the Monthly Support level tends to work as a resistance
There are may ways to use that instrument:
(1) Trend Confirmation.
The first three days of a month tends to bring volatile trading. The market sets boundaries for the following four trading weeks.
Once the range has been set, swing traders may wait for the market to break out of the range and consider that direction of the prevailing trend direction.
(2) Short "Failed Breakout" setup
Quite often price breaks out of the Month Opening Range on the fourth or fifth trading day of a month but then drops back into the range.
That failed breakout quite often is followed by decline back down to the Month Support level (the lower edge of the Month Opening Range).
(3) Long "Failed Breakdown" setup
Quite often price breaks down under the Month Support on the fourth or fifth trading day of a month but then pops back up over the Monthly Support.
That failed breakdown quite often is followed by a rally targeting to retest the Monthly Resistance (the red line).
The indicator generates signals, trade set-ups and alerts that are for educational and hypothetical purposes only and shall not be considered trade recommendations.
Any signals or trading setups drawn by the indicator is not to be construed as an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor is it to be construed as a recommendation to buy, hold or sell (short or otherwise) any security. All users of the indicator must determine for themselves what specific investments to make or not make and are urged to consult with their own independent financial advisors with respect to any investment decision.
Range FinderRange Finder Strategy for TradingView
Overview
The Range Finder Strategy is a sophisticated trading system designed for forex and cryptocurrency markets, leveraging dynamic range detection, wick-based rejection patterns, and EMA confluence to execute high-probability trades. This strategy identifies key price ranges using pivot points and triggers trades when price rejects from these boundaries with significant wick formations, aligning with the broader market trend as confirmed by EMA crossovers. It incorporates robust risk management, customizable parameters, and visual aids for clear trade visualization, making it suitable for both manual and automated trading on platforms like Bitget via webhook alerts.
Strategy Components
1. Dynamic Range Detection
Pivot Points: The strategy identifies range boundaries using pivot highs and lows, calculated with a user-defined Pivot Length (default: 5 bars left/right). These pivots mark significant swing points, defining the upper (range high) and lower (range low) boundaries of the price range.
Visualization: The range high is plotted as an orange line, and the range low as a purple line, using a broken line style (plot.style_linebr) to show only confirmed pivot levels, providing a clear visual of the trading range.
2. Wick-Based Rejection Pattern
Wick Detection: The strategy looks for rejection candles at the range boundaries, characterized by significant wicks. A wick is considered valid if its size is at least the user-defined Wick to Body Ratio (default: 1.1, or 10% larger than the candle body).
Sell Signal: Triggered when the high exceeds the range high, the candle closes bearish (close < open), and the upper wick meets the ratio requirement.
Buy Signal: Triggered when the low falls below the range low, the candle closes bullish (close > open), and the lower wick meets the ratio requirement.
Purpose: These wicks indicate strong rejection at key levels, often signaling a reversal back into the range, providing high-probability entry points.
3. EMA Trend Confirmation
EMA Calculation: Uses two Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs) calculated on a user-selectable timeframe (default: 5-minute):
EMA 200: Long-term trend indicator (plotted in red).
EMA 50: Short-term trend indicator (plotted in green).
Crossover Logic:
A bullish trend is confirmed when the EMA 50 crosses above the EMA 200 (ema_trend_up = true).
A bearish trend is confirmed when the EMA 50 crosses below the EMA 200 (ema_trend_down = true).
Confluence Requirement: Trades are only executed when the wick rejection aligns with the EMA trend (e.g., sell signals require close < ema200 and bearish trend; buy signals require close > ema200 and bullish trend).
4. Risk Management
Position Sizing: Calculated based on the user-defined Account Balance (default: $10,000) and Risk Per Trade (default: 2%). The position size is determined as risk_amount / stop_distance, where stop_distance is derived from the Average True Range (ATR, default period: 14).
Stop Loss (SL): Set using an ATR-based multiplier (SL Multiplier, default: 9.0). For sells, SL is placed above the high; for buys, below the low.
Take Profit (TP): Set using an ATR-based multiplier (TP Multiplier, default: 6.0) scaled by the Risk:Reward Ratio (default: 6.0), ensuring a favorable reward-to-risk profile.
Example: For a $10,000 account with 2% risk, if ATR is 0.5, the position size is 400 units, with SL and TP dynamically adjusted to market volatility.
5. Trade Execution
Sell Entry: Triggered on a wick rejection above the range high, with bearish EMA confluence (ema_trend_down and close < ema200). Enters a short position with calculated SL and TP.
Buy Entry: Triggered on a wick rejection below the range low, with bullish EMA confluence (ema_trend_up and close > ema200). Enters a long position with calculated SL and TP.
Exit Logic: Uses strategy.exit to set SL and TP levels, closing trades when either is hit.
6. Visual Feedback
Lines and Labels: Upon trade entry, the strategy plots:
Red SL line and label (e.g., "SL: 123.45").
Green TP line and label (e.g., "TP: 120.00").
Entry line (red for sell, green for buy) labeled with "Sell (Range Rejection)" or "Buy (Range Rejection)".
Customization: Users can adjust the Line Length (default: 25 bars) for how long lines persist and Label Position (left or right) for optimal chart visibility.
7. Alert Conditions
Webhook Integration: Generates alerts for Bitget webhook integration, providing JSON-formatted messages with trade details (action, contracts, market position, size, price, symbol, and timestamp).
Usage: Traders can set up automated trading by connecting these alerts to trading bots or platforms supporting webhooks.
AM Range Sniper [jmaxxx]AM Range Sniper
Overview
AM Range Sniper is a sophisticated morning session trading strategy designed for Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 Index Futures (MNQ). This strategy capitalizes on the critical 8:30-9:30 AM EST range formation period, implementing precise entry and exit mechanics with advanced risk management.
Key Features
🕐 Time-Based Range Analysis
Range Definition: Automatically identifies and tracks the 8:30-9:30 AM EST range
Trading Window: Active trading from 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EST (extended for second chance trades)
Session Management: Daily reset ensures clean state for each trading session
🎯 Multiple Entry Patterns
Breakthrough/Retest: Captures price breakthroughs above range with retest opportunities
Long/Short Opportunities: Comprehensive coverage of both directional moves
Breakdown: Identifies bearish breakdowns below range support
Break Up: Detects bullish breakups above range resistance
Range Sweeps: Monitors for range high/low sweeps with reversal entries
⚡ Advanced Risk Management
Configurable Stop Losses: Tick-based stop losses for each trade type
Take Profit Targets: Automatic target calculations based on range size
Hard Close Protection: Automatic position closure at 4 PM EST
Second Chance Feature: Optional second trade opportunity if first trade loses
🔧 Professional Features
Visual Stop Loss Lines: Real-time stop loss visualization on chart
Debug Information Panel: Comprehensive status monitoring
Alert Integration: Customizable alert messages for entries/exits
Flexible Time Settings: Adjustable for different timezones
Strategy Logic
Range Formation (8:30-9:30 AM)
The strategy monitors the first hour of trading to establish the day's range. This range serves as the foundation for all subsequent trading decisions.
Entry Conditions
Breakthrough: Price breaks above range high with retest rejection
Breakdown: Price breaks below range low with confirmed bearish momentum
Break Up: Price breaks above range high with strong bullish confirmation
Sweep Entries: Range high/low sweeps followed by reversal signals
Risk Management
Stop Loss: Configurable tick-based stops for each trade type
Take Profit: 1.5x range size targets for breakdown/breakup trades
Position Sizing: Percentage-based position sizing
Session Limits: Maximum 2 trades per session (with second chance feature)
Settings & Customization
Core Parameters
Enable/disable individual entry patterns
Configurable stop loss levels (1-500 ticks)
Second chance feature toggle
Previous day level integration
Visual Customization
Customizable stop loss colors and widths
Debug panel visibility
Range line styling
Alert Configuration
Custom entry/exit alert messages
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Performance & Reliability
Precision Focused: Waits for high-probability setups
Risk-Aware: Comprehensive stop loss and position management
Session-Based: Clean daily resets prevent carryover issues
Professional Grade: Designed for serious traders
Ideal For
Day Traders: Morning session specialists
Futures Traders: MNQ and similar instruments
Range Traders: Traders who capitalize on range breakouts
Risk-Conscious Traders: Those who prioritize risk management
Disclaimer
This strategy is for educational and informational purposes. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Always test thoroughly on historical data and paper trading before live implementation. Risk management is crucial - never risk more than you can afford to lose.
Created by jmaxxx - Professional trading strategy developer
For questions, feedback, or customization requests, please leave a comment below.
Gradient Range [BigBeluga]
This indicator highlights range-bound market conditions by dynamically plotting gradient-colored candlesticks within a defined price box. It detects whether the market is ranging or trending using ADX and can identify mean reversion points when price steps outside the established range.
🔵KEY FEATURES:
Range Detection Box:
➣ A transparent box is drawn based on the highest and lowest price close over a user-defined period.
➣ Helps visualize range boundaries and the midline for support/resistance reference.
Gradient Candlestick Coloring:
➣ Candles inside the range are colored with a gradient from top to bottom based on proximity to the midline.
➣ Top range candles are shaded with bearish tones, while bottom range candles use bullish tones.
Ranging/Trending State Detection:
➣ Uses ADX to determine if the market is currently in a ranging or trending state.
➣ A label in the bottom right corner shows a real-time status (🟢 Ranging / 🟡 Trending).
Mean Reversion Signal Circles:
➣ When the market is ranging, white circles are plotted at highs/lows that breach the box boundary, indicating potential mean reversion points.
➣ These levels can act as fade trade setups or exhaustion markers.
🔵USAGE:
Range Trading: Trade between the upper and lower boundaries during range-bound conditions with clearer visual feedback.
Mean Reversion Plays: Use circle signals as early alerts to identify when price extends beyond the range and may revert to the mean.
Visual Trend Strength: Instantly recognize where price is concentrated inside the range via the color gradient system.
Ranging Filter: Use the ADX label to avoid false setups during strong trending periods.
Gradient Range provides an elegant and data-driven approach to range-bound market analysis. With its gradient visualization and smart reversion detection, it empowers traders to better time entries and exits within consolidation zones.
Hourly Ranges @joshuuuThis indicator creates a statistic to track the average range per hourly candle.
Distribution for bullish candles is the range between open to high.
Manipulation for bullish candles is the range between open to low.
Distribution for bearish candles is the range between open to low.
Manipulation for bearish candles is the range between open to high.
It has the option to filter specific days to see if price behaves differently depending of the day of the week. monday in the menu is 2, tuesday number 3, wednesday number 4, ...
It has the option to show the range in pips (for forex) or points (for indices).
One can use that data to find the hour with the biggest range to try to catch the greatest range.
Average HL Range - SATThis indicator dynamically display consolidation range base on three series ( high, low and close). it also display range breakout when a close occurs outside of the range. HeikinAshi and Diffrent Timeframe data can be requested to reduce the noise from the market. All setting are configurable : entryprice, takeprofits, Risk: REward, Dark Mode
Range Bound - Rev NR - 12-25-22RangeBound - Code tracks price action within a user specified range (lookback), and tracks/charts overall high/lows, open high/lows, and close high/lows. Code resets certain parameters based on break of range to assist with determine price action - Can be useful to determine resistances to movement regardless of S&R levels. Code also uses the previous 5X Close High/Lows ranges as will chart as support and resistance to assist with determine resistance to price action
Note if using "redraw" shorter lookback periods will take additional time to compile due to multiple "redraws/deletes of previous lines" Uncheck redraw to reduce compile time
//The first code I have decided to publish :)
ICT Anchored IPDA RangesThis script is an anchored variation of my "ICT IPDA Look Back" script. Similarly, it calculates ICT's daily IPDA look back time intervals and their respective discount / equilibrium / premium; however, it also applies the Forward Cast IPDA daily ranges.
The Forward Cast can be used to estimate the time at which IPDA might initiate a change in institutional order flow. This depends on several factors such as time of the year, and time of daily structure break.
> IPDA Basics:
IPDA stands for Interbank Price Delivery Algorithm. Said algorithm appears to be referencing the past 20, 40 , and 60 days intervals as points of reference to define ranges and related PD arrays.
Intraday traders can find most value in the 20 Day Look Back box, by observing imbalances and points of interest.
Longer term traders can reference the 40 and 60 Day Look Back boxes for a clear indication of current market conditions.
Thanks to @atradesdaily for the suggestion.
Developing Range v1.0Developing Range v1.0
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Azimuth Dynamics
Scalping tool for help finding potentially high probability reactive levels. I suggest using on a 5min chart.
GRAY BAND: yesterday's High-Low range
BLUE BAND: today's Developing Range. Mean of today's High-Low range so far and yesterday's High-Low range, this is calculated for each of today's bars
THIN BLUE LINE: the mean of today's range median and yesterday's range median.
Note: we do not use the DAILY bar via 'security()' to obtain today's high and low. This would essentially be forward looking, instead we use iteration to check from the current bar back to midnight, bar by bar. This then allows a developing range to be established as the day prints new highs and lows.
Inspired by volatility trading textbook.
MM Chop Filter Range BoxesMatch with the MM Chop Filter
This draw Non repainting range boxes when the oscillator see a range.
-Breakout Buy/Sell Signals and Exit signals when prices enters a range just in case you did get into a trade. .
-Alarms to match the signals
How to use
Match with the oscillator and always trade the trend with your strategy confirmation and the breakout this indicator provides
Time Range StatisticsA good amount of users requested a text box showing various price statistics, the following script returns various of these stats in a user-selected range, and include classical ones such as a central tendency measurement (mean), dispersion (normalized range) and percent change, but also include less common statistics such as average traded volume and number of gaps. The script also calculates the correlation between the closing price and another user-selected instrument.
The script is currently the longest one I ever made and took some efforts, as I wasn't satisfied with the statistics to be originally included. Big thx to Gael for the enormous feedback and the idea of the normalized range, to user @Cookiecrush for the feedback ( without ya I would have posted something bad you know umu ? ), and Lulidolce for the support, friendship is magic!
Selected Range
The setting Start determine the bar at which the range starts, while End determine at which bar the range end. To help you select these values, the current bar number (bar index) is displayed at the right of the indicator title in blue.
The setting evaluate to last bar will use a range starting at Start and ending at the last bar, as such you can use a full range by using Start = 0 and select evaluate to last bar
The range is highlighted by an area on the chart. By default Start = 9000 and End = 10000, you might not have this amount of data in your chart, as such use the displayed bar index to select Start and End, then set the settings as default.
Displayed Statistics
The statistics panel is displayed on the right side of the last bar, the panel has 3 sections, a title section who shows the symbol ticker, timeframe, and overall trends represented by a chart emoji, the overall trends are determined by comparing the number of higher highs with the number of lower low.
Below are displayed the date ranges with time format: year/month/day/hour:minute.
The second section shows the general statistics. The first one is the mean, also represented by the orange line in the chart, the blue line displayed represent the highest price value in the range, while the red one represents the lowest price value.
The second stat is the normalized range, and determine how spread is the price in the user-selected range, why not the standard deviation? Because the standard deviation might return results varying widely depending on the scale of the closing price, you could get measures such as 0.0156 or 16 or even 56 depending on the instrument, as such using a normalized range can be more appropriate as it lays in a range of (0,1). Lower values indicate a low degree of price variation. Note that I still want to find another measure in the future.
The percentage change (or relative change) indicates at which percentage the price has increased or decreased, and is calculated by subtracting the closing at bar Start with the price at bar End , divided by the price at bar End , the result is then multiplied by 100.
The average traded volume calculate the mean of the volume in the selected range, I used the same format used by the original volume indicator for clarity.
Finally, the last stats of the section is the number of gaps, this stat is by default hidden. An up gap is detected when the open price is superior to the previous high, while a down gap is detected when the open price is inferior to the previous low, this allow to only retain significant gaps.
The last section of the indicator panel shows the correlation between the closing price and another instrument, by default GOOG, this correlation is also calculated within the user-selected range. Positive values indicate a positive relationship, that is the two instruments tend to move in the same direction. Negative values indicate a negative relationship, both instruments tend to move in a direction opposite to each other. Values closer to 1 or -1 indicate a stronger relationship, while values closer to 0 indicate no relationship.
In Summary
The script shows various stats, each calculated within a user-selected range, in general one would be more interested in how these stats might evolve with time, but checking them in a custom range can be quite interesting.
Thx for reading. umu
How To Auto Set Date RangeExample how to automatically set the date range window to be backtested from X days or weeks ago to present. Additional options are also included to manually set the date range or to show entire range available.
Normally when you change chart period it changes the number of days being backtested, which means as you increase the chart period (for example from 5min to 15min), you also increase the number of days traded. So you can not compare apples to apples for which period would yield best performance for your strategy.
By incorporating this code with your own strategy's logic (replacing buy and sell), it will allow you to compare results of different period backtests over the same duration of time.
Date Range: ALL uses entire history.
Date Range: DAYS uses number you set in # Days or Weeks
Date Range: WEEKS uses number you set in # Days or Weeks
Date Range: MANUAL uses manual dates you set in From and To fields
Much gratitude to @pinechrix for suggesting this improvement to me, and to @Gesundheit for pointing me in the right direction on the original example I published previously. Thank you both!
NOTICE: This is an example script and not meant to be used as an actual strategy. By using this script or any portion thereof, you acknowledge that you have read and understood that this is for research purposes only and I am not responsible for any financial losses you may incur by using this script!
UK Asian Range (00:00-06:00) [TZ]UK Asian Range (00:00–06:00) is a session-range overlay indicator built for traders who use the Asian session range as a key liquidity reference for the Frankfurt and London opens. It automatically measures the highest high and lowest low formed during a user-defined “Asia session” window (default 00:00–06:00) and draws that range on the chart as a clean, persistent shaded area.
The goal is simple: make it easy to see where overnight liquidity formed, so you can judge whether price is:
Breaking cleanly out of the Asian range,
Sweeping above/below the range to grab liquidity and reversing,
Respecting the range boundaries as support/resistance as Europe comes online.
What it does
For each trading day, the script:
Detects the start of the selected Asia session window (default 00:00).
Tracks price throughout that window and continuously updates:
Asia High = highest price printed during the session
Asia Low = lowest price printed during the session
At the moment the session ends (default 06:00), it finalizes the range and draws:
A shaded Asia range area that remains on the chart,
An “Asian Range” label placed above the area,
A clean “session area” border style with no right-side edge (so it looks open and unobtrusive rather than like a fully closed box).
Repeats the process daily and keeps a configurable number of past ranges visible for context.
How it works (concept and calculation method)
The script uses session-time detection to determine whether each bar belongs to the Asia session. While the bar is inside the session window, the range is updated using simple, transparent logic:
AsiaHigh = max(AsiaHigh, bar high)
AsiaLow = min(AsiaLow, bar low)
Once the first bar outside the session appears, the session is considered complete and the script “prints” the finalized range objects. Each day’s completed range is stored and preserved so you can compare how later price action interacts with prior Asian ranges over time.
Why the Time zone input matters
Different instruments and brokers can display different “day” boundaries and session timestamps (especially when comparing indices, metals, and FX). This script includes an explicit Time zone input (default Europe/London) so your Asia range window means the same thing across symbols.
In practical terms, it reduces the common frustration where a session box aligns perfectly on one market (e.g., Gold or DAX) but appears shifted on another (e.g., GBPJPY). With the Time zone setting, 00:00–06:00 is always evaluated in the time zone you choose, rather than drifting based on symbol/exchange time settings.
How to use it
Add the indicator to your chart.
Set Time zone to your preferred reference time zone (commonly Europe/London for UK-based traders).
Keep the session at 00:00–06:00 or adjust it to your own Asia definition.
Use the Asia range as a structure tool:
Watch for sweeps above the Asia high or below the Asia low into Frankfurt/London.
Treat the boundaries as potential liquidity targets and support/resistance zones.
Compare current reactions to prior days’ ranges to build pattern recognition.
Inputs included
Time zone: the time zone used to interpret the session times.
Asia Session (HHMM–HHMM): session window (default 00:00–06:00).
Show range area (filled) and styling controls (fill and border width/colour).
Optional Mid line.
Keep last N days: how many historical Asia ranges to keep on screen.
Acknowledgment / Inspiration
This indicator was inspired by the widely used “Asian range box” session concept on Trading View, with a nod to nico948 for popularizing that workflow for many traders. This script is an original implementation built to solve a practical usability issue: adding an explicit time zone selector so the same 00:00–06:00 Asia range aligns consistently across different symbols (indices, metals, and FX) without the need to manually realign session timing.
Notes
This is a visual framework tool. It does not place trades or provide buy/sell signals by itself; it provides a consistent session reference so you can apply your own sweep, reversal, or breakout approach with clear context.
HTF Current/Average RangeThe "HTF(Higher Timeframe) Current/Average Range" indicator calculates and displays the current and average price ranges across multiple timeframes, including daily, weekly, monthly, 4 hour, and user-defined custom timeframes.
Users can customize the lookback period, table size, timeframe, and font color; with the indicator efficiently updating on the final bar to optimize performance.
When the current range surpasses the average range for a given timeframe, the corresponding table cell is highlighted in green, indicating potential maximum price expansion and signaling the possibility of an impending retracement or consolidation.
For day trading strategies, the daily average range can serve as a guide, allowing traders to hold positions until the current daily range approaches or meets the average range, at which point exiting the trade may be considered.
For scalping strategies, the 15min and 5min average range can be utilized to determine optimal holding periods for fast trades.
Other strategies:
Intraday Trading - 1h and 4h Average Range
Swing Trading - Monthly Average Range
Short-term Trading - Weekly Average Range
Also using these statistics in accordance with Power 3 ICT concepts, will assist in holding trades to their statistical average range of the chosen HTF candle.
CODE
The core functionality lies in the data retrieval and table population sections.
The request.security function (e.g., = request.security(syminfo.tickerid, "D", , lookahead = barmerge.lookahead_off)) retrieves high and low prices from specified timeframes without lookahead bias, ensuring accurate historical data.
These values are used to compute current ranges and average ranges (ta.sma(high - low, avgLength)), which are then displayed in a dynamically generated table starting at (if barstate.islast) using table.new, with conditional green highlighting when the current range is greater than average range, providing a clear visual cue for volatility analysis.
ICT CRT Model Range with EquilibriumICT CRT Model Range with Equilibrium Indicator
This indicator calculates and displays the high, low, and equilibrium levels within a custom-defined session (9:00 am to 10:00 am New York Time and the lines will stop appearing at 16:00pm ). It draws horizontal lines to represent the session's range and marks the equilibrium point as a reference.
What is CRT (Candle Range Theory)?
Candle Range Theory (CRT) is based on the concept that every candle on any timeframe forms its own range. These ranges can either be manipulated—through strategies like Turtle Soup—or broken, resulting in price movements such as engulfing patterns, breakouts, and retests beyond the candle's high or low.
CRT is commonly visualized as a 3-candle model, but it can include more candles due to the presence of inside bars. An inside bar is a candle whose high is not higher than the previous candle's high and whose low is not lower than the previous candle's low.
The CRT model follows the A-M-D structure:
Accumulation (A): The first candle or group of candles (inside bars) represents market consolidation.
Manipulation (M): The second candle signals a false move, often a Turtle Soup setup designed to trap traders.
Distribution (D): The third candle confirms the true market move, breaking out of the range and establishing the trend.
Customizable Settings:
Line Colors: Choose your preferred colors for the high, low, and equilibrium lines.
Line Widths: Adjust the thickness of the lines for better visibility.
Line Styles: Select from solid, dotted, or dashed styles for each line.
Label Settings: Customize the text and colors of the labels for the high, low, and equilibrium points.
Traders can easily modify these settings to suit their visual preferences and trading strategies. This indicator is ideal for identifying price action within a specific range, offering clear visual cues for potential CRT Setup.
Smart Money Range [ChartPrime]The Smart Money Range indicator is designed to provide traders with a holistic view of market structure, emphasizing potential key support and resistance levels within a predefined range. This indicator is not just a visually pleasing, but also a comprehensive guide to understanding the market’s dynamics at a given level.
Key Features:
Defined Range: The indicator demarcates a clear range, highlighting support and resistance levels within it. This aids in identifying potential areas of buying and selling pressure. These are derived from highly significant areas that have been touched many times before.
Touches Counter: Underneath the support and resistance lines, there are numerical values that show the number of times price has interacted with these levels. This can provide insights into the strength or weakness of a particular level.
Zig-Zag Projections: Within the range, there's a zig-zag pattern indicating possible future touches, helping traders anticipate future price movements.
Double-Sided Profile: To the right of the range, a dual-profile is showcased. One side of the profile displays the volume traded at specific price levels, giving insights into where significant buying or selling has occurred. On the other side, it reflects the number of touches at that given price level, reinforcing the importance of particular price points.
Customizability: Users have the option to adjust the period setting, allowing them to cater the indicator to their specific trading style and configuration. Additionally, with volume levels settings, traders can adjust the number of bins in the profile for a tailored view.
Nick_OS RangesUNDERSTANDING THE SCRIPT:
TIMEFRAME RESOLUTION:
* You have the option to choose Daily , Weekly , or Monthly
LOOKBACK WINDOW:
* This number represents how far back you want the data to pull from
- Example: "250" would represent the past 250 Days, Weeks, or Months depending on what is selected in the Timeframe Resolution
RANGE 1 nth (Gray lines):
* This number represents the range of the nth biggest day, week, or month in the Lookback Window
- Example: "30" would represent the range of the 30th biggest day in the past 250 days. (If the Lookback Window is "250")
RANGE 2 nth (Blue lines):
* This number represents the range of the nth biggest day, week, or month in the Lookback Window
- Example: "10" would represent the range of the 10th biggest day in the past 250 days. (If the Lookback Window is "250")
RANGE 3 nth (Pink lines):
* This number represents the range of the nth biggest day, week, or month in the Lookback Window
- Example: "3" would represent the range of the 3rd biggest day in the past 250 days. (If the Lookback Window is "250")
YELLOW LINES:
* The yellow lines are the average percentage move of the inputted number in the Lookback Window
SUGGESTED INPUTS:
FOR DAILY:
Lookback Window: 250
Range 1 nth: 30
Range 2 nth: 10
Range 3 nth: 3
FOR WEEKLY:
Lookback Window: 50
Range 1 nth: 10
Range 2 nth: 5
Range 3 nth: 2
FOR MONTHLY:
Lookback Window: 12
Range 1 nth: 3
Range 2 nth: 2
Range 3 nth: 1
TIMEFRAMES TO USE (If You Have TradingView Premium):
Daily: 5 minute timeframe and higher (15 minute timeframe and higher for Futures)
Weekly: 15 minute timeframe and higher
Monthly: Daily timeframe and higher (Monthly still has issues)
TIMEFRAMES TO USE (If You DO NOT Have TradingView Premium):
Daily: 15 minute timeframe and higher
Weekly: 30 minute timeframe and higher
Monthly: Daily timeframe and higher (Monthly still has issues)
IMPORTANT RELATED NOTE:
If you decide to use a higher Lookback Window, the ranges might be off and the timeframes listed above might not apply
ISSUES THAT MIGHT BE RESOLVED IN THE FUTURE
1. If it is a shortened week (No Monday or Friday), then the Weekly Ranges will show the same ranges as last week
2. Monthly ranges will change based on any timeframe used
[DisDev] Market Maker | Sessions | Initial Balance | Range StatsThis indicator has two main components: Time-Specific Sessions and High/Low Statistics . There are also several subcomponents: Day of Week Separators, Specific Session High/Low Extenders, Day Range Statistics, Week Range Statistics, User Input Session Titles, etc.
Each component is explained and demonstrated how it could be utilized as a trading tool.
The basis of this indicator is to analyze session-specific price movements through automatic display and statistics.
Key:
Dotted lines = Developing Session
Solid Line = Session complete
Dashed lines = Past Session
1) The primary function is the five manual time-session inputs. These sessions could be based on a full market period, such as London Open to Close (0800 UTC to 1630 UTC), the Initial Balance of the day (0000 UTC to 0100 UTC), or a session Initial Balance New York (1430 UTC to 1530 UTC). The user can update settings input text to reflect this on the chart.
The following shows the example noted above, with the added subcomponents of:
• Shaded areas to define each session
• Extension of the Sessions highs and lows (extension 24/48/72-hour options)
• Future line projection (provides a reminder of when the market opens)
This allows you to see potential levels of resistance and support and market open volatility.
The below example shows the input sessions configured for five Session Initial Balances. You can see that the Sessions Initial Balances were in a tight price range. A range breakout occurred with price move of $1400 visualized.
2) The secondary function is the Range statistics. Range statistics can be used to track the volatility of each session, day or week and can be selected for up to 31 days. This helps the user to determine overbought or oversold conditions as well as pattern recognition.
Trade Example 1
Settings: New York Session Open to Session Close.
The colored boxes are manually drawn to emphasize how the New York Lows and Highs can act as a confluence for support and resistance areas.
Trade Example 2a
Settings: London Session Open to Session Close and New York Session Open to Session Close.
This chart shows how the Session Open (in this case, the New York Open) reminder notifies you that there could be volatility when a new session opens.
Trade Example 2b
Notice how price breaks to the upside at the opening of the New York session. In this instance it was a $2,250 or 5.17% increase in the opening hour.
3. Once London closes New York has control of the market; one push-up stops out the shorts that placed stop losses at the London high, then brings price back down to the mean.
By having the reminder lines and shaded sessions, the user is prepared and can anticipate some price reaction, often a reversal if price has been steadily moving in one direction.
Session Levels - Ultimate Range IndicatorSession Levels - Ultimate Range Indicator
Primarily developed for trading the E-MINI Futures Markets like NQ or ES from the CME Group,
but also more than suitable for Crypto or other instruments.
This indicator highlights the chosen session, which can be Globex, Asian, London and New York.
It plots the important levels and also renders the Opening Range as it forms (a.k.a. Initial Balance).
After the 1st hour Opening Range is finished, it can plot the Standard Deviations / Projections.
See below for a complete feature list.
All Opening Ranges on chart and for the New York session the Range Projections are turned on:
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How to use (example):
If you are trading the Nasdaq Futures (NQ!)
Enable the Globex Overnight session. Basically in the Futures Market, the Globex session is everything outside of US trading hours of Stocks. This draws the important overnight levels, like the Low, 25%, 50%, 75% and the High.
Enable the New York Session with Levels and Opening Range. Generally, 70% of the time the 1st hour will put a Low or High of the day.
If the price is trading above the Globex Low, most likely the Low of the Day is formed and the price target for the day will be 1.5x Standard Deviation and 2x Standard Deviation.
[*} Deviation of the Initial Balance depends on the volume ad overall market structure.
** This is not financial advice or any guarantee **
Features:
Show each Session Highlighted on Intraday chart in it's own color (each session can be turned off and has customizable times and color)
Show Line Levels of each session: Low, 25%, 50%, 75% and the High (customizable color)
Show the Opening Range (Initial Balance) of the Asian, London and New York session. Note: NY has more options.
Opening Range is displayed as a box with level lines (customizable color)
Levels are drawn to the end of the NY Cash session (customizable time)
Show IB Standard Deviations 0.5 - 3.0. Calculated from the Opening Range (Initial Balance)
Option to display Higher Timeframe levels: Previous Day Open/Close and Previous Week Open/Close
All level lines and OR boxes size dynamically as the session progresses
Built in Alerts for when price hits key levels. e.g. Alert when price crosses the NY Opening Range High. Or an Alert when the first STDEV is hit.
Option to toggle display of drawings for Today's trading session only, or Show all recent session levels. This keeps the chart clean or not.
Extras:
The NY Opening Range also has a 50% level line
The NY Opening Bar can be highlighted separately
The Level Lines can have small labels turned on/off. Values are only shown on mouse over to keep a clean chart
Keep in mind:
1) This indicator works on all instruments, but on instruments with limited market hours, your chart setting
has to be set to "Extended Hours" otherwise. For example TSLA on NASDAQ.
2) The Exchange Time Zone for the CME Group is Chicago UTC-6. So the session times you configure in the settings menu are based on that timezone too.
3) Globex opens at 5pm CST and closes when the US session starts 8:30CST.
4) When enabling the Alerts in the Indicator settings, be sure to also create an alarm for this indicator using the Alarm function of Tradingview.
QMWD RangerThis script will display the previouse Highs, Lows and Mid of the last:
- Quarter
- Month
- Week
- Day
Ranges
Its pretty good in finding potential pivot areas.
Smart Labelling - Range FilterThis is a labelling module based on a range filter . Notice that the trick here is to use fibonachi numbers . Use smaller range multiplier for higher TFs. This module may serve as a signal generator to be passed through a signal filter.
Quote from the original author:
This is an experimental study designed to filter out minor price action for a clearer view of trends. Inspired by the QQE's volatility filter, this filter applies the process directly to price rather than to a smoothed RSI. First, a smooth average price range is calculated for the basis of the filter and multiplied by a specified amount. Next, the filter is calculated by gating price movements that do not exceed the specified range. Lastly the target ranges are plotted to display the prices that will trigger filter movement.
