Real Cumulative Delta VolumeReal Cumulative Delta Volume (CDV) - Enhanced Volume Flow Analysis
What This Indicator Does
This indicator calculates cumulative delta volume using an enhanced approximation methodology that analyzes buying and selling pressure within each candlestick. It provides traders with insights into volume flow dynamics by tracking the cumulative difference between estimated buy and sell volumes over time.
Technical Methodology & Calculation Details
Volume Distribution Algorithm: The indicator uses a price-weighted distribution method to estimate buy and sell volumes within each bar:
Delta multiplier = (close - low) / (high - low)
Buy volume = total volume × delta multiplier
Sell volume = total volume × (1 - delta multiplier)
Net delta = buy volume - sell volume
Cumulative Delta Tracking: Unlike basic volume indicators, this approach maintains a running cumulative total of net delta values:
CDV Open = Previous CDV Close
CDV Close = Previous CDV Close + Net Delta
CDV High/Low = Previous CDV Close + estimated intrabar extremes
Enhanced Features Beyond Standard CDV:
Divergence Detection: Automatically identifies when price direction conflicts with volume flow direction
Body Size Analysis: Compares current vs previous CDV candle body sizes to detect momentum changes
Conditional Color Coding: Special visual alerts when specific price/volume relationships occur
Signal Generation: Buy/sell signals based on divergence resolution patterns
How This Differs from Basic Cumulative Delta
Standard Limitations Addressed:
Most cumulative delta indicators on TradingView use simple uptick/downtick classification. This indicator enhances the approach by:
Price-Weighted Distribution: Instead of assuming 50/50 volume splits, uses the bar's price action (close relative to high/low) to estimate volume distribution
OHLC Representation: Displays CDV as candlesticks rather than just a line, showing intrabar volume dynamics
Integrated Divergence Detection: Built-in algorithms identify price/volume conflicts automatically
Advanced Signal Logic: Multi-condition signal generation beyond simple crossovers
Visual Enhancement Features:
Dual display modes (candlestick or line)
Special color coding for divergence conditions
Moving average overlays for trend confirmation
Optional buy/sell signal markers
Signal Generation Logic
Buy Signals Generated When:
Previous bar showed bearish divergence (price down, CDV up)
Current CDV candle shows specific color condition
Current CDV body is contained within previous divergence body
Price closes above previous high
Sell Signals Generated When:
Previous bar showed bullish divergence (price up, CDV down)
Current CDV candle shows specific color condition
Current CDV body is contained within previous divergence body
Price closes below previous low
Trading Applications
Volume Flow Analysis:
Identify periods of hidden accumulation or distribution
Spot when large players are buying/selling against the price trend
Confirm trend strength through volume alignment
Divergence Trading:
Early warning system for potential reversals
Identify when price movements lack volume support
Time entries based on divergence resolution
Trend Confirmation:
Use CDV direction to confirm price trend validity
Moving averages on CDV provide additional trend context
Volume momentum changes often precede price momentum shifts
Display Options & Settings
Visual Modes:
Candlestick: Full OHLC representation of cumulative delta
Line: Simplified cumulative line display
Moving Averages:
Optional SMA overlays (default: 50, 200 periods)
Optional EMA overlays (default: 50, 200 periods)
Customizable periods and colors
Signal Controls:
Toggle buy/sell signals on/off independently
Customizable colors for all visual elements
Adjustable transparency and styling options
Usage Guidelines & Limitations
Best Practices:
Most effective on timeframes 15m and higher due to volume data quality
Works best in liquid markets with consistent volume
Should be used alongside price action analysis and support/resistance levels
Signals are more reliable during trending market conditions
Technical Limitations:
Uses approximation methods due to lack of tick-by-tick data in Pine Script
Volume distribution estimates may be less accurate during gaps or low-volume periods
Effectiveness depends on quality of volume data from your broker/exchange
Market Context Considerations:
Less reliable during market holidays or extremely low volume sessions
News events and earnings can cause volume anomalies that affect calculations
Consider market microstructure when interpreting signals on very short timeframes
Important Disclaimers
Educational Purpose: This indicator is designed for educational and analysis purposes. It does not constitute financial or investment advice.
Risk Warning: All trading involves risk of loss. Past performance of any indicator signals does not guarantee future results.
Testing Required: Users should thoroughly backtest and forward test this indicator before using it in live trading. Paper trading is recommended to understand signal behavior.
No Guarantees: The developer makes no claims about profitability or accuracy. Market conditions change and historical effectiveness may not continue.
Proper Usage: This is a technical analysis tool, not a complete trading system. Always use appropriate risk management, position sizing, and combine with other forms of analysis.
Developer: Delta Merge Professional Trading Applications
Access Instructions: Send a private message through TradingView explaining your trading experience and how you plan to use this indicator. Access is provided to traders who demonstrate understanding of volume analysis concepts and proper risk management practices.
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VWAP/VOL [Extension] | FractalystWhat's the indicator's purpose and functionality?
The VWAP/VOL Extension is designed specifically as a bias identification system for the Quantify Trading Model.
This extension uses volume-weighted average price analysis combined with institutional volume classification to automatically detect market bias without requiring optimization periods that lead to overfitting.
The system provides real-time bias signals (bullish/bearish/neutral) that integrate directly with Quantify's machine learning algorithms, enabling institutional-level backtesting and automated entry/exit identification based on genuine market structure rather than curve-fitted parameters.
How does this extension work with the Quantify Trading Model?
The VWAP/VOL Extension serves as the bias detection engine for Quantify's automated trading system.
Instead of manually selecting bias direction, this extension automatically identifies market bias using:
- Volume-weighted VWAP analysis with three-state detection (bullish/bearish/neutral)
- Institutional volume classification using relative volume thresholds without optimization
- Non-repainting architecture ensuring consistent bias signals for Quantify's machine learning
The extension outputs bias signals that Quantify uses as input through the `input.source()` function, allowing the Trading Model to focus on optimal entry/exit timing while the extension handles bias identification.
Why doesn't this use optimization periods like other indicators?
The VWAP/VOL Extension deliberately avoids optimization periods to prevent overfitting bias that destroys out-of-sample performance. The system uses:
- Fixed mathematical thresholds based on market structure principles rather than optimized parameters
- Relative volume analysis using standard 2.0x/0.5x ratios that work across all market conditions
- VWAP distance calculations based on percentage thresholds without curve-fitting
- Gap enforcement using fixed 5-bar minimums for disciplined bias detection
This approach ensures the bias signals remain robust across different market regimes without the performance degradation typical of over-optimized systems.
Can this extension be used independently for discretionary trading?
No, the VWAP/VOL Extension is specifically engineered to work as a component within the Quantify ecosystem. The extension is designed to:
- Provide bias input for Quantify's machine learning algorithms
- Enable automated backtesting through systematic bias identification
- Support institutional-level analysis when combined with Quantify's ML entry model
Using this extension independently would miss the primary value proposition of systematic entry/exit optimization that Quantify provides.
The extension handles bias detection so Quantify can focus on probability-based trade timing and risk management.
How does this enable institutional-level backtesting?
The extension transforms discretionary bias identification into systematic institutional analysis by:
- Eliminating subjective bias selection through automated VWAP/volume analysis
- Providing consistent historical signals with non-repainting architecture for accurate backtesting
- Integrating with Quantify's algorithms to identify optimal entry patterns based on objective bias states
- Enabling performance analysis across multiple market regimes without optimization bias
This combination allows Quantify to run institutional-grade backtests with consistent bias identification, generating reliable performance statistics and risk metrics that reflect genuine market edge rather than curve-fitted results.
How do I integrate this with the Quantify Trading Model?
Integration enables institutional-grade systematic trading through advanced machine learning and statistical validation:
- Add both VWAP/VOL Extension and Quantify Trading Model to your chart
- Select VWAP/VOL Extension as the bias source using input.source()
- Quantify automatically uses the extension's bias signals for entry/exit analysis
- The built-in machine learning algorithms score optimal entry and exit levels based on trend intensity, volume conviction, and market structure patterns identified by the extension
The extension handles all bias detection complexity while Quantify focuses on optimal trade timing, position sizing, and risk management along with PineConnector automation
What markets and assets does the VWAP/VOL Extension work best on?
The VWAP/VOL Extension performs optimally on markets with consistent, high-volume participation since the system relies on institutional volume analysis for bias detection. Futures markets provide the most reliable performance due to their centralized volume data and continuous institutional participation.
Recommended Futures Markets:
- ES (S&P 500 E-mini) - Over 2 million contracts daily volume, excellent liquidity depth
- NQ (NASDAQ-100 E-mini) - Around 600,000 contracts daily, strong tech sector representation
- YM (Dow Jones E-mini) - Consistent institutional flow and volume patterns
- RTY (Russell 2000 E-mini) - Small-cap exposure with reliable volume data
- GC (Gold Futures) - High volume commodity with institutional participation
- CL (Crude Oil Futures) - Energy sector representation with strong volume consistency
Why Futures Markets Excel:
- Futures markets provide centralized volume reporting, ensuring the extension's volume classification system receives accurate institutional participation data. The standardized contract specifications and continuous trading hours create consistent volume patterns that the extension's algorithms can analyze effectively.
Acceptable Timeframes and Portfolio Integration:
- Any timeframe that can be evaluated within Quantify Trading Model's backtesting engine is acceptable for live trading implementation.
The extension is specifically designed to integrate with Quantify's portfolio management system, allowing multiple strategies across different timeframes and assets to operate simultaneously while maintaining consistent bias identification methodology across the entire automated trading portfolio.
Legal Disclaimers and Risk Acknowledgments
Trading Risk Disclosure
The VWAP/VOL Extension is provided for informational, educational, and systematic bias detection purposes only and should not be construed as financial, investment, or trading advice. The extension provides volume-weighted institutional analysis but does not guarantee profitable outcomes, accurate bias predictions, or positive investment returns.
Trading systems utilizing bias detection algorithms carry substantial risks including but not limited to total capital loss, incorrect bias identification, market regime changes, and adverse conditions that may invalidate volume-based analysis. The extension's performance depends on accurate volume data, TradingView infrastructure stability, and proper integration with Quantify Trading Model, any of which may experience data errors, technical failures, or service interruptions that could affect bias detection accuracy.
System Dependency Acknowledgment
The extension requires continuous operation of multiple interconnected systems: TradingView charts and real-time data feeds, accurate volume reporting from exchanges, Quantify Trading Model integration, and stable platform connectivity. Any interruption or malfunction in these systems may result in incorrect bias signals, missed transitions, or unexpected analytical behavior.
Users acknowledge that neither Fractalyst nor the creator has control over third-party data providers, exchange volume reporting accuracy, or TradingView platform stability, and cannot guarantee data accuracy, service availability, or analytical performance. Market microstructure changes, volume reporting delays, exchange outages, and technical factors may significantly affect bias detection accuracy compared to theoretical or backtested performance.
Intellectual Property Protection
The VWAP/VOL Extension, including all proprietary algorithms, volume classification methodologies, three-state bias detection systems, and integration protocols, constitutes the exclusive intellectual property of Fractalyst. Unauthorized reproduction, reverse engineering, modification, or commercial exploitation of these proprietary technologies is strictly prohibited and may result in legal action.
Liability Limitation
By utilizing this extension, users acknowledge and agree that they assume full responsibility and liability for all trading decisions, financial outcomes, and potential losses resulting from reliance on the extension's bias detection signals. Fractalyst shall not be liable for any unfavorable outcomes, financial losses, missed opportunities, or damages resulting from the development, use, malfunction, or performance of this extension.
Past performance of bias detection accuracy, volume classification effectiveness, or integration with Quantify Trading Model does not guarantee future results. Trading outcomes depend on numerous factors including market regime changes, volume pattern evolution, institutional behavior shifts, and proper system configuration, all of which are beyond the control of Fractalyst.
User Responsibility Statement
Users are solely responsible for understanding the risks associated with algorithmic bias detection, properly configuring system parameters, maintaining appropriate risk management protocols, and regularly monitoring extension performance. Users should thoroughly validate the extension's bias signals through comprehensive backtesting before live implementation and should never base trading decisions solely on automated bias detection.
This extension is designed to provide systematic institutional flow analysis but does not replace the need for proper market understanding, risk management discipline, and comprehensive trading methodology. Users should maintain active oversight of bias detection accuracy and be prepared to implement manual overrides when market conditions invalidate volume-based analysis assumptions.
Terms of Service Acceptance
Continued use of the VWAP/VOL Extension constitutes acceptance of these terms, acknowledgment of associated risks, and agreement to respect all intellectual property protections. Users assume full responsibility for compliance with applicable laws and regulations governing automated trading system usage in their jurisdiction.
Smarter Money Flow Divergence Detector [PhenLabs]📊 Smarter Money Flow Divergence Detector
Version: PineScript™ v6
📌 Description
SMFD was developed to help give you guys a better ability to “read” what is going on behind the scenes without directly having access to that level of data. SMFD is an enhanced divergence detection indicator that identifies money flow patterns from advanced volume analysis and price action correspondence. The detection portion of this indicator combines intelligent money flow calculations with multi timeframe volume analysis to help you see hidden accumulation and distribution phases before major price movements occur.
The indicator measures institutional trading activity by looking at volume surges, price volume dynamics, and the factors of momentum to construct an overall picture of market sentiment. It’s built to assist traders in identifying high probability entries by identifying if smart money is positioning against price action.
🚀 Points of Innovation
● Advanced Smart Money Flow algorithm with volume spike detection and large trade weighting
● Multi timeframe volume analysis for enhanced institutional activity detection
● Dynamic overbought/oversold zones that adapt to current market conditions
● Enhanced divergence detection with pivot confirmation and strength validation
● Color themes with customizable visual styling options
● Real time institutional bias tracking through accumulation/distribution analysis
🔧 Core Components
● Smart Money Flow Calculation: Combines price momentum, volume expansion, and VWAP analysis
● Institutional Bias Oscillator: Tracks accumulation/distribution patterns with volume pressure analysis
● Enhanced Divergence Engine: Detects bullish/bearish divergences with multiple confirmation factors
● Dynamic Zone Detection: Automatically adjusts overbought/oversold levels based on market volatility
● Volume Pressure Analysis: Measures buying vs selling pressure over configurable periods
● Multi factor Signal System: Generates entries with trend alignment and strength validation
🔥 Key Features
● Smart Money Flow Period: Configurable calculation period for institutional activity detection
● Volume Spike Threshold: Adjustable multiplier for detecting unusual institutional volume
● Large Trade Weight: Emphasis factor for high volume periods in flow calculations
● Pivot Detection: Customizable lookback period for accurate divergence identification
● Signal Sensitivity: Three tier system (Conservative/Medium/Aggressive) for signal generation
● Themes: Four color schemes optimized for different chart backgrounds
🎨 Visualization
● Main Oscillator: Line, Area, or Histogram display styles with dynamic color coding
● Institutional Bias Line: Real time tracking of accumulation/distribution phases
● Dynamic Zones: Adaptive overbought/oversold boundaries with gradient fills
● Divergence Lines: Automatic drawing of bullish/bearish divergence connections
● Entry Signals: Clear BUY/SELL labels with signal strength indicators
● Information Panel: Real time statistics and status updates in customizable positions
📖 Usage Guidelines
Algorithm Settings
● Smart Money Flow Period
○ Default: 20
○ Range: 5-100
○ Description: Controls the calculation period for institutional flow analysis.
Higher values provide smoother signals but reduce responsiveness to recent activity
● Volume Spike Threshold
○ Default: 1.8
○ Range: 1.0-5.0
○ Description: Multiplier for detecting unusual volume activity indicating institutional participation. Higher values require more extreme volume for detection
● Large Trade Weight
○ Default: 2.5
○ Range: 1.5-5.0
○ Description: Weight applied to high volume periods in smart money calculations. Increases emphasis on institutional sized transactions
Divergence Detection
● Pivot Detection Period
○ Default: 12
○ Range: 5-50
○ Description: Bars to analyze for pivot high/low identification.
Affects divergence accuracy and signal frequency
● Minimum Divergence Strength
○ Default: 0.25
○ Range: 0.1-1.0
○ Description: Required price change percentage for valid divergence patterns.
Higher values filter out weaker signals
✅ Best Use Cases
● Trading with intraday to daily timeframes for institutional position identification
● Confirming trend reversals when divergences align with support/resistance levels
● Entry timing in trending markets when institutional bias supports the direction
● Risk management by avoiding trades against strong institutional positioning
● Multi timeframe analysis combining short term signals with longer term bias
⚠️ Limitations
● Requires sufficient volume for accurate institutional detection in low volume markets
● Divergence signals may have false positives during highly volatile news events
● Best performance on liquid markets with consistent institutional participation
● Lagging nature of volume based calculations may delay signal generation
● Effectiveness reduced during low participation holiday periods
💡 What Makes This Unique
● Multi Factor Analysis: Combines volume, price, and momentum for comprehensive institutional detection
● Adaptive Zones: Dynamic overbought/oversold levels that adjust to market conditions
● Volume Intelligence: Advanced algorithms identify institutional sized transactions
● Professional Visualization: Multiple display styles with customizable themes
● Confirmation System: Multiple validation layers reduce false signal generation
🔬 How It Works
1. Volume Analysis Phase:
● Analyzes current volume against historical averages to identify institutional activity
● Applies multi timeframe analysis for enhanced detection accuracy
● Calculates volume pressure through buying vs selling momentum
2. Smart Money Flow Calculation:
● Combines typical price with volume weighted analysis
● Applies institutional trade weighting for high volume periods
● Generates directional flow based on price momentum and volume expansion
3. Divergence Detection Process:
● Identifies pivot highs/lows in both price and indicator values
● Validates divergence strength against minimum threshold requirements
● Confirms signals through multiple technical factors before generation
💡 Note: This indicator works best when combined with proper risk management and position sizing. The institutional bias component helps identify market sentiment shifts, while divergence signals provide specific entry opportunities. For optimal results, use on liquid markets with consistent institutional participation and combine with additional technical analysis methods.
Volume Engulfing DetectorThis indicator is built to detect powerful shifts in market participation by analyzing volume surges during directional candles — not traditional "engulfing" patterns based on candle body structure, but volume-driven dominance by buyers or sellers.
Instead of relying on the classic visual engulfing pattern, it flags situations where a bullish or bearish candle prints with significantly higher volume than its predecessor, and where that volume also surpasses key benchmarks from previous opposing moves.
This approach is designed to capture institutional activity, smart money footprints, or hidden accumulation/distribution, which often manifest as volume spikes even in the absence of textbook candlestick formations.
🚦 Key Features
✅ 1. Volume-Based Engulfing Detection
The script identifies candles where:
A bullish candle's volume exceeds the previous candle’s total volume and the previous candle was bearish (and vice versa for bearish engulfing).
Additionally, the bullish engulfing volume must also be greater than the volume of the last bearish engulfing (and vice versa).
This helps filter out false engulfing signals and only highlights the ones with significant participation or conviction.
🔷 Plotted with: Vol↑Eng (Green label below candle)
🔻 Plotted with: Vol↓Eng (Red label above candle)
✅ 2. High-Volume Rejection Markers (Non-Engulfing)
Sometimes a candle doesn’t engulf the previous one, but the volume is so dominant that it may still indicate a powerful reversal or failed breakout. This indicator flags those too:
If a bullish candle has volume higher than any bearish engulfing volume seen today, it’s marked as a potential buy-side absorption.
If a bearish candle has volume higher than any bullish engulfing volume today, it may be a sign of sell-side rejection.
🟢 Plotted with: Vol↑Big (Lime triangle up)
🔴 Plotted with: Vol↓Big (Maroon triangle down)
⏰ Daily Reset & Filtering
All volume comparisons are done within the current trading day, so each day's context is treated independently.
The first candle of the day is ignored, preventing skewed signals due to overnight gaps or opening volatility.
🔔 Alerts Included
You can set alerts on:
Bullish or bearish volume-engulfing candles.
High-volume rejection candles.
This ensures you’re notified in real time when the market shows signs of strong accumulation or distribution, even if you're not actively monitoring the chart.
💡 Use Cases
Day Traders: Identify potential intraday reversals or trend initiations with volume confirmation.
Swing Traders: Use engulfing and high-volume patterns to time entries after pullbacks or breakouts.
Volume Analysts: Study how price responds when volume exceeds critical historical thresholds.
Tape Readers: Get a visual clue of where smart money might be stepping in based on volume surges.
📌 Final Thoughts
This indicator filters out noise and focuses on volume-dominant price actions, giving you a cleaner and more actionable view of the market. Use it to complement your existing strategy, particularly when looking for high-conviction turning points on the chart.
Whether you're trading equities, indices, or futures — this tool brings volume context to price action in a simple and visual way.
Approx. Footprint: Volume DeltaThis indicator brings you a simplified “footprint” view by charting the volume delta—the imbalance between bullish and bearish volume—alongside total bar volume.
Delta Bars: Green/red columns show where buyers (close > open) or sellers (close < open) dominated each bar.
Total Volume: Semi-transparent gray columns in the background give you overall context.
No Hidden Data: Works on any symbol/timeframe without tick-by-tick or bid/ask feeds.
Use it to quickly spot bars with strong buying or selling pressure, identify momentum shifts, and confirm breakouts or reversals—all within TradingView’s standard volume streams.
Volume PercentileThis Pine Script indicator highlights bars where the current volume exceeds a configurable percentile threshold (e.g., 80th percentile) based on a rolling window of historical volume data.
🔍 Key Features:
Calculates a user-defined volume percentile (e.g., 75th, 80th, 90th) over a rolling window.
Marks candles where current volume is higher than the selected percentile.
Helps detect volume spikes, breakouts, or unusual activity.
Works directly on the main chart window for easier analysis.
🛠️ Inputs:
Window Length: Number of bars used to calculate the percentile (default = 20).
Percentile: The percentile threshold to trigger a high-volume signal (default = 80).
🖥️ Visualization:
Displays a red triangle marker below bars with volume above the selected percentile.
OBV with MA & Bollinger Bands by Marius1032OBV with MA & Bollinger Bands by Marius1032
This script adds customizable moving averages and Bollinger Bands to the classic OBV (On Balance Volume) indicator. It helps identify volume-driven momentum and trend strength.
Features:
OBV-based trend tracking
Optional smoothing: SMA, EMA, RMA, WMA, VWMA
Optional Bollinger Bands with SMA
Potential Combinations and Trading Strategies:
Breakouts: Look for price breakouts from the Bollinger Bands, and confirm with a rising OBV for an uptrend or falling OBV for a downtrend.
Trend Reversals: When the price touches a Bollinger Band, examine the OBV for divergence. A bullish divergence (price lower low, OBV higher low) near the lower band could signal a reversal.
Volume Confirmation: Use OBV to confirm the strength of the trend indicated by Bollinger Bands. For example, if the BBs indicate an uptrend and OBV is also rising, it reinforces the bullish signal.
1. On-Balance Volume (OBV):
Purpose: OBV is a momentum indicator that uses volume flow to predict price movements.
Calculation: Volume is added on up days and subtracted on down days.
Interpretation: Rising OBV suggests potential upward price movement. Falling OBV suggests potential lower prices.
Divergence: Divergence between OBV and price can signal potential trend reversals.
2. Moving Average (MA):
Purpose: Moving Averages smooth price fluctuations and help identify trends.
Combination with OBV: Pairing OBV with MAs helps confirm trends and identify potential reversals. A crossover of the OBV line and its MA can signal a trend reversal or continuation.
3. Bollinger Bands (BB):
Purpose: BBs measure market volatility and help identify potential breakouts and trend reversals.
Structure: They consist of a moving average (typically 20-period) and two standard deviation bands.
Combination with OBV: Combining BBs with OBV allows for a multifaceted approach to market analysis. For example, a stock hitting the lower BB with a rising OBV could indicate accumulation and a potential upward reversal.
Created by: Marius1032
Volatility Quality [Alpha Extract]The Alpha-Extract Volatility Quality (AVQ) Indicator provides traders with deep insights into market volatility by measuring the directional strength of price movements. This sophisticated momentum-based tool helps identify overbought and oversold conditions, offering actionable buy and sell signals based on volatility trends and standard deviation bands.
🔶 CALCULATION
The indicator processes volatility quality data through a series of analytical steps:
Bar Range Calculation: Measures true range (TR) to capture price volatility.
Directional Weighting: Applies directional bias (positive for bullish candles, negative for bearish) to the true range.
VQI Computation: Uses an exponential moving average (EMA) of weighted volatility to derive the Volatility Quality Index (VQI).
vqiRaw = ta.ema(weightedVol, vqiLen)
Smoothing: Applies an additional EMA to smooth the VQI for clearer signals.
Normalization: Optionally normalizes VQI to a -100/+100 scale based on historical highs and lows.
Standard Deviation Bands: Calculates three upper and lower bands using standard deviation multipliers for volatility thresholds.
vqiStdev = ta.stdev(vqiSmoothed, vqiLen)
upperBand1 = vqiSmoothed + (vqiStdev * stdevMultiplier1)
upperBand2 = vqiSmoothed + (vqiStdev * stdevMultiplier2)
upperBand3 = vqiSmoothed + (vqiStdev * stdevMultiplier3)
lowerBand1 = vqiSmoothed - (vqiStdev * stdevMultiplier1)
lowerBand2 = vqiSmoothed - (vqiStdev * stdevMultiplier2)
lowerBand3 = vqiSmoothed - (vqiStdev * stdevMultiplier3)
Signal Generation: Produces overbought/oversold signals when VQI reaches extreme levels (±200 in normalized mode).
Formula:
Bar Range = True Range (TR)
Weighted Volatility = Bar Range × (Close > Open ? 1 : Close < Open ? -1 : 0)
VQI Raw = EMA(Weighted Volatility, VQI Length)
VQI Smoothed = EMA(VQI Raw, Smoothing Length)
VQI Normalized = ((VQI Smoothed - Lowest VQI) / (Highest VQI - Lowest VQI) - 0.5) × 200
Upper Band N = VQI Smoothed + (StdDev(VQI Smoothed, VQI Length) × Multiplier N)
Lower Band N = VQI Smoothed - (StdDev(VQI Smoothed, VQI Length) × Multiplier N)
🔶 DETAILS
Visual Features:
VQI Plot: Displays VQI as a line or histogram (lime for positive, red for negative).
Standard Deviation Bands: Plots three upper and lower bands (teal for upper, grayscale for lower) to indicate volatility thresholds.
Reference Levels: Horizontal lines at 0 (neutral), +100, and -100 (in normalized mode) for context.
Zone Highlighting: Overbought (⋎ above bars) and oversold (⋏ below bars) signals for extreme VQI levels (±200 in normalized mode).
Candle Coloring: Optional candle overlay colored by VQI direction (lime for positive, red for negative).
Interpretation:
VQI ≥ 200 (Normalized): Overbought condition, strong sell signal.
VQI 100–200: High volatility, potential selling opportunity.
VQI 0–100: Neutral bullish momentum.
VQI 0 to -100: Neutral bearish momentum.
VQI -100 to -200: High volatility, strong bearish momentum.
VQI ≤ -200 (Normalized): Oversold condition, strong buy signal.
🔶 EXAMPLES
Overbought Signal Detection: When VQI exceeds 200 (normalized), the indicator flags potential market tops with a red ⋎ symbol.
Example: During strong uptrends, VQI reaching 200 has historically preceded corrections, allowing traders to secure profits.
Oversold Signal Detection: When VQI falls below -200 (normalized), a lime ⋏ symbol highlights potential buying opportunities.
Example: In bearish markets, VQI dropping below -200 has marked reversal points for profitable long entries.
Volatility Trend Tracking: The VQI plot and bands help traders visualize shifts in market momentum.
Example: A rising VQI crossing above zero with widening bands indicates strengthening bullish momentum, guiding traders to hold or enter long positions.
Dynamic Support/Resistance: Standard deviation bands act as dynamic volatility thresholds during price movements.
Example: Price reversals often occur near the third standard deviation bands, providing reliable entry/exit points during volatile periods.
🔶 SETTINGS
Customization Options:
VQI Length: Adjust the EMA period for VQI calculation (default: 14, range: 1–50).
Smoothing Length: Set the EMA period for smoothing (default: 5, range: 1–50).
Standard Deviation Multipliers: Customize multipliers for bands (defaults: 1.0, 2.0, 3.0).
Normalization: Toggle normalization to -100/+100 scale and adjust lookback period (default: 200, min: 50).
Display Style: Switch between line or histogram plot for VQI.
Candle Overlay: Enable/disable VQI-colored candles (lime for positive, red for negative).
The Alpha-Extract Volatility Quality Indicator empowers traders with a robust tool to navigate market volatility. By combining directional price range analysis with smoothed volatility metrics, it identifies overbought and oversold conditions, offering clear buy and sell signals. The customizable standard deviation bands and optional normalization provide precise context for market conditions, enabling traders to make informed decisions across various market cycles.
Rolling VWAP Channel [LuxAlgo]The Rolling VWAP Channel indicator creates a channel by analyzing a large number of Volume Weighted Average Prices (VWAPs) and determining a Channel based on percentile linear interpolation throughout the VWAPs.
🔶 USAGE
In this indicator, we have formed a Channel by first calculating multiple VWAPs, each with their respective anchor, then locating prices using "Percentile Linear Interpolation".
Note: Percentile Linear Interpolation locates the price point at which a specified percentage of VWAPs fall below it.
For example, a percentile of 50% would mean that 50% of the VWAP values fall below this price.
This method of analysis is important since the VWAPs are not often evenly distributed; therefore, we are able to draw importance to different levels by analyzing in percentiles.
When visualized, there is typically clustering of the VWAP values, which occurs at any given time, as seen below.
The channel can be tailored to each individual, with full control of each percentile represented in the channel. That being said, a general concept is that these clustered areas are clear results of sideways price action, which would lead us to believe that after interactions at these levels, we should expect to see a directional decision made by the market closely after.
🔶 DETAILS
The Rolling VWAP calculation calculates a user-specified number of VWAPs (up to 500), each anchored to a unique starting point in the chart based on the start of a new timeframe.
Each new timeframe that occurs causes a new VWAP to initialize. When the total number of desired VWAPs is reached, the oldest VWAP is removed and re-initialized, anchored to the current bar. Hence, the name " Rolling " VWAPs
This method allows us to automatically generate and manage large amounts of VWAPs without the need for user interaction.
After we have generated these VWAPs, we are able to run analyses on their returned values, such as the "Percentile Linear Interpolation" mentioned in the section above.
🔶 SETTINGS
Anchor Period: Choose which time period to use as the anchor point to initialize new VWAPs from.
VWAP Source: Choose the source for your VWAPs to calculate.
VWAP Amount: Sets the number of VWAPs to use. After this amount is on the chart, the oldest will be rolled.
🔹 Channel Lines
Toggle: Enable the associated VWAP Channel percentile line.
Percentile: Adjust each line's percentile independently for your needs.
Width: Adjust the width of the associated percentile line.
🔹 Calculation
Calculated Bars: Tells the indicator how many bars to calculate on, for faster calculations with less history, use a lower value. Setting this to 0 will remove the bar constraint.
Market Strength Buy Sell Indicator [TradeDots]A specialized tool designed to assist traders in evaluating market conditions through a multifaceted analysis of relative performance, beta-adjusted returns, momentum, and volume—allowing you to identify optimal points for long or short trades. By integrating multiple benchmarks (default S&P 500) and percentile-based thresholds, the script provides clear, actionable insights suitable for both day trading and higher-level timeframe assessments.
📝 HOW IT WORKS
1. Multi-Factor Composite Score
Relative Performance (RS Ratio): Compares your asset’s performance to a chosen benchmark (default: SPY). Values above 1.0 indicate outperformance, while below 1.0 suggest underperformance.
Beta-Adjusted Returns: Checks the ticker’s excess movement relative to expected market-related moves. This helps distinguish pure “alpha” from broad market effects.
Volume & Correlation: Volume spikes often confirm the momentum behind a move, while correlation measures how closely the asset tracks or diverges from its benchmark.
These components merge into a 0–100 composite score. Scores above 50 frequently imply bullish strength; drops below 50 often point to underperformance—potentially flagging short opportunities.
2. Intraday & Day Trading Focus
Monitoring Below 50: During the trading day, the script calculates live data against the benchmark, offering an intraday-sensitive composite score. A dip under 50 may indicate a short bias for that session, especially when accompanied by high volume or momentum shifts.
3. Higher Timeframe Monitoring
Daily Strategies: On daily or weekly charts, the script reveals overall relative strength or weakness compared to the S&P 500. This higher-level perspective helps form broader trading biases—crucial for swing or position trades spanning multiple days.
Long/Short Thresholds: Persistent readings above 50 on a daily chart typically reinforce a long bias, while consistent dips below 50 can sustain a short or cautious outlook.
4. Pair Trading Applications
Custom Benchmark Selection: By setting a specific ticker pair as your benchmark instead of the default S&P 500, you can identify spread trading opportunities between two correlated assets. This allows you to go long the outperforming asset while shorting the underperforming one when the spread reaches extreme levels.
4. Color-Coded Signals & Alerts
Visual Zones (25–75): Color-coded bands highlight strong outperformance (above 75) or pronounced underperformance (below 25).
Alerts on Strong Shifts: Automatic alerts can notify you of sudden entries or exits from bullish or bearish zones, so you can potentially act on new market information without delay.
⚙️ HOW TO USE
1. Select Your Timeframe: For scalping or day trading, lower intervals (e.g., 5-minute) offer immediate data resets at the session’s start. For multi-day insight, daily or weekly charts reveal broader performance trends.
2. Watch Key Levels Around 50: Intraday dips under 50 may be a cue to consider short trades, while bounces above 50 can confirm renewed strength.
3. Assess Benchmark Relationships: Compare your asset’s score and signals to the broader market. A stock falling below its pair’s relative strength line might lag overall market momentum.
4. Combine Tools & Validate: This script excels when integrated with other technical analysis methods (e.g., support/resistance, chart patterns) and fundamental factors for a holistic market view.
❗ LIMITATIONS
No Direction Guarantee: The indicator identifies relative strength but does not guarantee directional price moves.
Delayed Updates: Since calculations update after each bar close, sudden intrabar changes may not immediately reflect.
Market-Specific Behaviors: Some assets or unusual market conditions may deviate from typical benchmarks, weakening signal reliability.
Past ≠ Future: High or low relative strength in the past may not predict continued performance.
RISK DISCLAIMER
All forms of trading and investing involve risk, including the possible loss of principal. This indicator analyzes relative performance but cannot assure profits or eliminate losses. Past performance of any strategy does not guarantee future results. Always combine analysis with proper risk management and your broader trading plan. Consult a licensed financial advisor if you are unsure of your individual risk tolerance or investment objectives.
DeltaStrike — Aggressive Candle Detector by Chaitu50cDeltaStrike — Aggressive Candle Detector
by Chaitu50c
DeltaStrike is a simple and effective tool designed to help traders identify the most aggressive candles on the chart in real time. It works purely on price action and internal candle dynamics, with no reliance on lagging indicators.
The indicator combines delta (directional strength), candle range, and volume to compute an overall aggressiveness score for each candle. When this score exceeds a dynamic threshold based on recent market behavior, the candle is marked as an aggressive move.
Aggressive bullish candles are plotted as green diamonds below the candle, while aggressive bearish candles are plotted as red diamonds above the candle. The goal is to help traders visually spot moments of strong directional pressure, where potential trends or reversals may emerge.
The detection logic adapts automatically to changing market volatility and volume, making it suitable for all instruments and timeframes, including index futures, equities, and forex.
An integrated dashboard on the chart displays live readings of the key components contributing to each candle’s aggressiveness score: delta ratio, range ratio, and volume ratio. This helps traders understand the internal structure of each aggressive move.
Features:
Dynamic aggressiveness detection based on delta, range, and volume
Adaptive threshold for consistent behavior across timeframes and instruments
Clean chart output with clear diamond markers only on selected candles
Live dashboard with internal metrics for advanced analysis
Simple, lightweight, and optimized for intraday and swing trading
Works with any instrument: index, equity, forex, commodity
DeltaStrike is intended as an objective visual aid to help traders focus on genuine moments of strong market intent, filtering out ordinary or passive price movement. It can be used standalone or in combination with your existing trading strategy.
Heikin-Ashi Mean Reversion Oscillator [Alpha Extract]The Heikin-Ashi Mean Reversion Oscillator combines the smoothing characteristics of Heikin-Ashi candlesticks with mean reversion analysis to create a powerful momentum oscillator. This indicator applies Heikin-Ashi transformation twice - first to price data and then to the oscillator itself - resulting in smoother signals while maintaining sensitivity to trend changes and potential reversal points.
🔶 CALCULATION
Heikin-Ashi Transformation: Converts regular OHLC data to smoothed Heikin-Ashi values
Component Analysis: Calculates trend strength, body deviation, and price deviation from mean
Oscillator Construction: Combines components with weighted formula (40% trend strength, 30% body deviation, 30% price deviation)
Double Smoothing: Applies EMA smoothing and second Heikin-Ashi transformation to oscillator values
Signal Generation: Identifies trend changes and crossover points with overbought/oversold levels
Formula:
HA Close = (Open + High + Low + Close) / 4
HA Open = (Previous HA Open + Previous HA Close) / 2
Trend Strength = Normalized consecutive HA candle direction
Body Deviation = (HA Body - Mean Body) / Mean Body * 100
Price Deviation = ((HA Close - Price Mean) / Price Mean * 100) / Standard Deviation * 25
Raw Oscillator = (Trend Strength * 0.4) + (Body Deviation * 0.3) + (Price Deviation * 0.3)
Final Oscillator = 50 + (EMA(Raw Oscillator) / 2)
🔶 DETAILS Visual Features:
Heikin-Ashi Candlesticks: Smoothed oscillator representation using HA transformation with vibrant teal/red coloring
Overbought/Oversold Zones: Horizontal lines at customizable levels (default 70/30) with background highlighting in extreme zones
Moving Averages: Optional fast and slow EMA overlays for additional trend confirmation
Signal Dashboard: Real-time table showing current oscillator status (Overbought/Oversold/Bullish/Bearish) and buy/sell signals
Reference Lines: Middle line at 50 (neutral), with 0 and 100 boundaries for range visualization
Interpretation:
Above 70: Overbought conditions, potential selling opportunity
Below 30: Oversold conditions, potential buying opportunity
Bullish HA Candles: Green/teal candles indicate upward momentum
Bearish HA Candles: Red candles indicate downward momentum
MA Crossovers: Fast EMA above slow EMA suggests bullish momentum, below suggests bearish momentum
Zone Exits: Price moving out of extreme zones (above 70 or below 30) often signals trend continuation
🔶 EXAMPLES
Mean Reversion Signals: When the oscillator reaches extreme levels (above 70 or below 30), it identifies potential reversal points where price may revert to the mean.
Example: Oscillator reaching 80+ levels during strong uptrends often precedes short-term pullbacks, providing profit-taking opportunities.
Trend Change Detection: The double Heikin-Ashi smoothing helps identify genuine trend changes while filtering out market noise.
Example: When oscillator HA candles change from red to teal after oversold readings, this confirms potential trend reversal from bearish to bullish.
Moving Average Confirmation: Fast and slow EMA crossovers on the oscillator provide additional confirmation of momentum shifts.
Example: Fast EMA crossing above slow EMA while oscillator is rising from oversold levels provides strong bullish confirmation signal.
Dashboard Signal Integration: The real-time dashboard combines oscillator status with directional signals for quick decision-making.
Example: Dashboard showing "Oversold" status with "BUY" signal when HA candles turn bullish provides clear entry timing.
🔶 SETTINGS
Customization Options:
Calculation: Oscillator period (default 14), smoothing factor (1-50, default 2)
Levels: Overbought threshold (50-100, default 70), oversold threshold (0-50, default 30)
Moving Averages: Toggle display, fast EMA length (default 9), slow EMA length (default 21)
Visual Enhancements: Show/hide signal dashboard, customizable table position
Alert Conditions: Oversold bounce, overbought reversal, bullish/bearish MA crossovers
The Heikin-Ashi Mean Reversion Oscillator provides traders with a sophisticated momentum tool that combines the smoothing benefits of Heikin-Ashi analysis with mean reversion principles. The double transformation process creates cleaner signals while the integrated dashboard and multiple confirmation methods help traders identify high-probability entry and exit points during both trending and ranging market conditions.
Volume Spike Alert & Overlay"Volume Spike Alert & Overlay" highlights unusually high trading volume on a chart. It calculates whether the current volume exceeds a user-defined percentage above the historical average and triggers an alert if it does. The information is also displayed in a customizable on-screen table.
What It Does
Monitors volume for each bar and compares it to an average over a user-defined lookback period.
Supports multiple smoothing methods (SMA, EMA, WMA, RMA) for calculating the average volume.
Triggers an alert when current volume exceeds the threshold percentage above the average.
Displays a table on the chart with:
Current Volume
Average Volume
Threshold Percentage
Optional empty row for spacing/formatting
How It Works
User Inputs:
lookbackPeriods: Number of bars used to calculate the average volume.
thresholdPercent: % above the average that triggers a volume spike alert.
smoothingType: Type of moving average used for volume calculation.
textColor, bgColor: Formatting for the display table.
tablePositionInput: Where the table appears on the chart (e.g., Bottom Right).
Toggles for showing/hiding parts of the table.
Volume Calculations:
Calculates current bar's volume.
Calculates average volume using the selected smoothing method.
Computes the threshold: avgVol * (1 + thresholdPercent / 100).
Compares current volume to threshold.
Table Display:
Dynamically creates a table with volume stats.
Adds rows based on user preferences.
Alerts:
alertcondition fires when currentVol crosses above the calculated threshold.
Message: "Volume Threshold Exceeded"
Usage Examples
Example 1: Spotting High Activity
Apply the script to a stock like AAPL on a 5-minute chart.
Set lookbackPeriods to 20 and thresholdPercent to 30.
Use EMA for more reactive volume tracking.
When volume spikes more than 30% above the 20-period EMA, an alert triggers.
Example 2: Day Trading Filter
For scalpers, apply it to a 1-minute crypto chart (e.g., BTC/USDT).
Set thresholdPercent to 50 to catch only strong surges.
Position the table at the top left and reduce visible info for a clean layout.
Example 3: Long-Term Context
On a daily chart, use SMA and set lookbackPeriods to 50.
Helps identify breakout moves supported by strong volume.
How this is different from Trading View's Volume indicator:
The standard volume plot from trading view allows users to set a alert when the average line is crossed, but it does not allow you to set a custom percentage at which to trigger an alert. This indicator will allow you to set any percentage you wish to monitor and above that percentage threshold will trigger your alert.
===== ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION =====
Volume Spike Alert & Overlay
This indicator will display the following as an overlay on your chart:
Current volume
Average Volume
Threshold for Alert
Description:
This indicator will display the current bar volume based on the chart time frame,
display the average volume based on selected conditions,
allow user selectable threshold over the average volume to trigger an alert.
Options:
Average lookback period
Smoothing type
Alert Threshold %
Enable / Disable Each Value
Change Text Color
Change Background Color
Change Table location
Add/Remove extra row for placement in top corner
Usage Example:
I use this indicator to alert when the current volume exceeds the average volume by a specified percentage to alert to volume spikes.
Set the threshold to 25% in the settings
Create an alert by clicking on the 3 dots on the right of the indicator title on the chart
When the threshold is exceeded the alert will trigger
Advanced Moving Average ChannelAdvanced Moving Average Channel (MAC) is a comprehensive technical analysis tool that combines multiple moving average types with volume analysis to provide a complete market perspective.
Key Features:
1. Dynamic Channel Formation
- Configurable moving average types (SMA, EMA, WMA, VWMA, HMA, TEMA)
- Separate upper and lower band calculations
- Customizable band offsets for precise channel adjustment
2. Volume Analysis Integration
- Multi-timeframe volume analysis (1H, 24H, 7D)
- Relative volume comparison against historical averages
- Volume trend detection with visual indicators
- Price-level volume distribution profile
3. Market Context Indicators
- RSI integration for overbought/oversold conditions
- Channel position percentage
- Volume-weighted price levels
- Breakout detection with visual signals
Usage Guidelines:
1. Channel Interpretation
- Price within channel: Normal market conditions
- Price above upper band: Potential overbought condition
- Price below lower band: Potential oversold condition
- Channel width: Indicates market volatility
2. Volume Analysis
- High relative volume (>150%): Strong market interest
- Low relative volume (<50%): Weak market interest
- Volume trend arrows: Indicate increasing/decreasing market participation
- Volume profile: Shows price levels with highest trading activity
3. Trading Signals
- Breakout arrows: Potential trend continuation
- RSI extremes: Confirmation of overbought/oversold conditions
- Volume confirmation: Validates price movements
Customization:
- Adjust MA length for different market conditions
- Modify band offsets for tighter/looser channels
- Fine-tune volume analysis parameters
- Customize visual appearance
This indicator is designed for traders who want to combine price action, volume analysis, and market structure in a single, comprehensive tool.
2-Day Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP)This indicator extends TradingView’s built-in VWAP by calculating a volume-weighted average price over a continuous two-day window (yesterday + today), anchoring VWAP at the start of yesterday’s session and carrying it through to today’s close, but only plotting the segment that falls within the current trading session—yesterday’s data feeds into the calculation to ensure today’s VWAP reflects the prior session’s volume and price action, while the line drawn on your chart always begins at today’s session open.
Standard Deviation Bands: Optional ±1σ, ±2σ, and ±3σ envelopes, exactly as in the default VWAP, but based on the rolling two-day data.
Project SynthIntroducing Project Synth !
Inspired by Pace of Tape and Cumulative Delta I created Project Synth in order to aggregate volume flow data across multiple marketsfor two primary reasions:
Traditional orderflow tools are not available on Tradingview. My script attempts to bring an original; calculus-based approach to creating not only an alternative for traditional orderflow tools, but also a more accurate one.
In order to detect genuine buying and selling pressure that cannot be easily manipulated. I did this because while I've always enjoyed concept behind both of those tools, I did not think they captured enough data to be useful. By analyzing assets that move together (positive correlation) and assets that move inversely (negative correlation), my system aims to fix the fundamental problems with those indicators and create an objective view of market sentiment based on aggregate orderflow.
Some more detailed explanations (using QQQ and SQQQ as an example):
Inverse Market Dynamics (QQQ vs SQQQ):
In an inverse market like SQQQ, aggressive buyers hit the ask when they expect the underlying (QQQ) to fall, while passive buyers wait on the bid hoping for cheaper inverse exposure. When QQQ rallies, SQQQ sees aggressive selling (people dumping their bearish bets) hitting bids, while passive sellers sit on the ask hoping to exit at better prices. The aggression flows opposite to the underlying market direction.
Why Utilizing Both Markets Provides A More Accurate Delta:
Watching both QQQ and SQQQ gives cross-validation - real buying pressure in QQQ should coincide with selling pressure in SQQQ. If you see buying in QQQ but also buying in SQQQ, that's a conflicting signal suggesting the move might be artificial or driven by other factors. The inverse relationship acts as a confirmation filter, making false signals much harder to generate.
Multiple Markets = Authentic Pressure:
The more unique, important markets you track, the harder it becomes to create fake delta moves. Real institutional buying/selling pressure affects multiple correlated assets simultaneously in predictable patterns - you can't easily manipulate tech stocks, treasury bonds, VIX, and currency pairs all at once to create a false signal. Each additional market acts as a fraud detection layer, ensuring the delta measurement reflects genuine ecosystem-wide buying and selling pressure rather than isolated manipulation or noise.
My Suggestions For Usage:
In order to keep the explanation simple and short for now, I suggest using it just like a cumulative delta indicator. For example: let's say you were watching CME_MINI:ES1! , and you had a resistance level at 6000. When the price reaches your resistance level, you would be looking for a significant divergence between price and Delta. Price : rising, Delta : falling. This means that even though the price was going up, strong and aggressive sellers are jumping in more and more, this can be used as a confirmation tool for a resistance level.
Notes For Moderators, Authors and Users:
Firstly, to the best of my knowledge, I have not been able to find many tools built around the concept of cumulative delta or pace of tape. While I know there are a couple projects, none to the magnitude of synthetically recreating these tools via an algorithm designed around basic calculus principles. While tools like Volume Delta are built in, they do not attempt to capture an accurate picture of aggregated orderflow from what I understand.
Secondly, it needs to be noted that tool aims to create an approximation of buying and selling pressure. To my knowledge it is not possible to create an accurate full picture, at least not within the limitations of Tradingview.
Visual ProwessVisual Prowess: Ultimate Visual of Price Action Indicator
Overview
Visual Prowess is a Pine Script indicator that integrates Trend, Momentum, Strength/Weakness, Money Flow, and Volatility into a single, intuitive interface. Scaled from 0 to 100, it provides traders with clear bullish (>50) and bearish (<50) zones. Visual Prowess is made up of several data components which will be explained below. All these components have custom thresholds that lead to Green Dot Buy Signals and Red Dot sell signals. Designed for multi-timeframe analysis, it helps traders anticipate market moves with precision seeing behind the scenes of price action.
The fundamental inputs of price action are made up of different variables -- the components of Trend Strength, Volatility, Momentum, Money Flow/Volume and Overbought/Oversold. These are very important inputs market makers use. From what I've learned in my trading journey (always still learning), this is the data I value most important. This is why I combined all these components into one indicator.....to be an ultimate visual—this extrapolation of different pieces of data is the Visual Prowess.
What It Does
Visual Prowess combines five key market factors into a unified score (0-100) to assess market conditions by examining the price action like an x-ray aka Visual Prowess:
• Trend Direction & Strength (Green and Red Wave) : Identifies bullish (green clouds) or bearish (red clouds) trend. This data is designed to illustrate the trend by the color, and its strength by the height (score).
How it is Calculated = Data is derived from price action-- comparing the current and previous price highs and lows to measure the strength of upward (+) or downward (-) price movements, smoothed over a period and expressed as a percentage of the price range.
• Momentum (Blue and White Wave): Tracks price acceleration via a custom momentum oscillator, displayed as blue (positive) or white (negative) waves.
How it is Calculated = Data is calculated by subtracting a longer-term exponential moving average from a shorter-term exponential moving average to measure momentum and trend direction. Momentum strength is measured by height on 0-100 score, and color dictates the trend-- Blue up, White down.
• Strength Index (Purple Line): Measures overbought/oversold conditions with a normalized index, derived from price deviation.
How it is Calculated = Strength Index is calculated by comparing the average of price gains to the average of price losses over a specified period, expressed as a value between 0 and 100 to measure momentum and identify overbought or oversold conditions.
• Money Flow: Monitors capital inflows and outflows using a modified Money Flow Index, shown as green (buying) or red (selling) circles.
How it is Calculated = The Money Flow is calculated by using price and volume data to measure buying and selling pressure, comparing positive and negative money flow over a specified period to produce a value between 0 and 100, indicating overbought or oversold conditions and more importantly where the money is moving, + or -.
• Volatility: Gauges market volatility, marked by colored crosses (blue for low, red for high). Blue illustrates low volatility which is key for big moves either + or -; red to illustrate when price action is extremely overheated either + or -.
How it is Calculated = The volatility is calculated by the creator of the BBWP The_Caretaker. This excellent work is calculated using the width of the iconic indicator the Bollinger Bands (the difference between the upper and lower bands divided by the middle band (the moving average), expressed as a percentage to show how volatile the price is relative to its recent average.
Originality
Unlike traditional multi-indicator dashboards, Visual Prowess uses a combination of specific open-source indicators which I believe to be the most important inputs in price action-- trend, momentum, strength, money flow, and volatility into an all-in-one visual ratioed on a 0-100 scale. This unique synthesis of data reduces noise, prioritizes signal alignment, and a look behind the scenes of price action to see deeper into the movement – This combination of indicators has custom thresholds, when these components in alignment with each other hit certain parameters; it leads to key custom price action signals -- Green Dot Buy and Red Dot Sell signals.
There is also a bonus indicator….. a Yellow Triangle. When you see this, it is rare and strong. It only prints when strength index reaches extreme lows at the same time volatility reaches extreme highs…. It then waits to print the yellow triangle upon a third condition= which is price action is back in bullish/positive zone. This Yellow triangle is meant to be strong reversals of Macro Trend lows.
How to Use the Visual Prowess Components:
• Add to Chart: Apply Visual Prowess to any timeframe (recommended: higher timeframes 12H, 1D, 2D, 3D for optimal signals).
• Interpret Zones: Values >50 indicate bullish conditions (green background); <50 signal bearish conditions (red background).
Wait for Green Dot Buy signal for buys and Red Dot Sell signals for sells. One can read each component individually to gauge the price action and predict before the buy signal prints; all of those components merged together is what leads to the buy and sell signals. The story of what’s to come can be seen at lower timeframes before the higher timeframes print, that is a key way to gauge projections of bull or bear prints to come.
HOW TO READ EACH DATA COMPONENT
TREND CLOUDS: Green/red clouds show trend direction; vivid colors tied to number/ score on the 0-100 scale indicate strength of the trend.
Bull Conditions
Green cloud illustrates the trend is bullish. The height is correlated to the trend’s strength—this height is also aligned with colors, more transparent green is weak, then it gets more opaque being medium strength, and the most vibrant is the strongest. How to ride the bull condition is by seeing this transformation of trend get from weak to strong, until it tops out and the wave points down losing strength which alludes to the bear condition.
Bear Conditions
Vice versa with the bear condition. Different shades of red tie into the strength of the bear trend. How to read when things are about to get bearish, is by seeing bull trend shift levels of strength (Example- medium to weak). This transition of bull strength getting weaker is the start, once it gets to weak bear it has commenced until bearish strength tops out before it begins to get weaker leading to the next bull phase.
MOMENTUM WAVES: Blue waves above 50 suggest bullish momentum; white waves below 50 warn of bearish shifts.
Bull Conditions
Good to look at flips of white wave to blue in bearish zones to see the tide turning= guaranteed bullish when safely gets above and holds above 50 zone.
Bear Conditions
Vice versa for Bearish side of this momentum wave being blue wave turning white in bullish zone aiming down to break below 50 zone to confirm bearish descent.
STRENGTH INDEX: Values >80 indicate overbought; <20 suggest oversold. Look for “Bull” or “Bear” labels for divergences.
Bull Conditions
Above 50 level is key, so seeing price action break from below 50 to above 50 is strong buy condition until it gets overbought.
Bear Conditions
Once conditions are too overbought and falling making lower lows (especially when price action is climbing or staying sideways) it is indicating strength is getting weaker. When this indicator fights 50 level and breaks down below 50 level bearish conditions are coming until it gets to an oversold level.
MONEYFLOW: Green circles signal buying pressure; red circles indicate selling.
Bull Conditions
Green circles show money flow is positive so that’s a good sign of upward price action to come, and again above 50 level is bullish conditions
Bear Conditions
Red circles show money flow is negative so that’s a bad sign of price action to come, pointing down and breaking below 50 level is no good. It can have corrections in bullish scenario keep in mind seeing red doesn’t mean trend is over z9could be in higher low scenario).
VOLATILITY: Blue crosses (<25% volatility) suggest breakout potential; red crosses (>75%) warn of overheated markets.
Bull Conditions
This is a very important indication. Big volatile moves can move either direction + or -. When all other components look positive/bullish and this is signalling blue crosses it means a big move is coming and will most likely be in the upward direction –If all other components align/lean bullish.
Another bullish scenario is when price action is down large and red crosses are forming. This indicates that the downward move is overheated (red x’s are rare). This extremely oversold condition can be great buying opportunities when volatility is hot printing red x’s.
Bear Conditions
When all other components look negative/bearish and this is signalling blue crosses it means a big move is coming and will most likely be in the downward direction –If all other components align/lean bearish.
Another bearish scenario is when price action is up large and red crosses are forming. This indicates that the upward move is overheated (red x’s are rare). This extremely overbought condition can be great selling opportunities when volatility is hot printing red x’s.
*****All these components in alignment of hitting each pertaining important threshold--is what prints the green dot and sell signals to trade by. It is not black and white; each component has a sweet spot fine tuned to be triggered through analysis of what is happening individually to each component and how it is reacting to the price action data.
EXAMPLE= Taking a look at the screenshot (Perfect Scenario)
Bullish Examination
- Taking a look at the 2-D timeframe on BTC
x>50
x= all components traveling to the bullish zone. Blue wave, Strength Index with bullish divergence accumulation, Money Flow Positive with Green Trend Wave starting, with teal low volatility cross→→→ leads to Green Dot Buy Signal print…. And the big rise speaks for itself with price action and the big mountain wave of the Green Trend Wave.
This rise leads to
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Bearish Examination
Strength Index gets really high at 80 scale, Red X’s showing extremely heated Volatility, Money Flow turning red and sloping down, Trend Wave peaking starting to roll over, Blue Momentum Wave transitioning to white, bearish divergence of price action related to Strength Index→→→ leads to Red Dot Sell Signal print… and the flush speaks for itself when all components fall below 50 level with Trend wave turning red
All this is forecasted in the data, showing weakness before weakness and showing strength before strength. It works because every single piece of important elements in data of price action is incorporated in this all-in-one indicator…. Which leads to the reasoning of me calling this indicator the Visual Prowess, for its unprecedent sharpness of visual observation.
****This is a passion script incorporating every piece of data I value important when reading a chart — to see current perspective of a chart and to help foresee future projection of direction Up or Down. Any community feedback is greatly appreciated. Ongoing work will be done on this script as new thoughts and fine tuning will continuously be done for infinity, as this is my personal go to model for data on the markets.
Volume Profile (PRO) [ActiveQuants]The Volume Profile (PRO) indicator is an advanced analytical tool designed to provide traders with a deep understanding of market dynamics by displaying trading activity across different price levels over a specified period. By meticulously plotting volume distribution , this indicator helps identify significant price zones, such as areas of high acceptance ( High Volume Nodes - HVNs ), rejection ( Low Volume Nodes - LVNs ), Volume Peaks Clusters , Volume Troughs Clusters , the Point of Control (POC) , and the Value Area (VA) . This insight is crucial for spotting potential support/resistance levels, assessing market sentiment, and making more informed trading decisions.
This indicator operates on the principle that price levels with higher traded volume hold greater significance, often acting as pivotal points for future price movements. Conversely, areas with low volume typically indicate less agreement on price, leading to quicker price transitions. The Volume Profile (PRO) offers extensive customization to tailor the analysis to your specific needs and trading style.
█ KEY FEATURES
Comprehensive Volume Analysis: Visualize volume distribution horizontally, revealing key price levels based on actual traded volume.
Dynamic Profile Calculation: Uses a rolling lookback period to keep the profile relevant to recent price action.
Point of Control (POC): Automatically identifies and plots the price level with the highest traded volume within the profile period. Available as a "Regular" (fixed for the current profile) or "Developing" line that tracks its evolution bar-by-bar.
Value Area (VA): Highlights the price range where a specified percentage (typically 70%) of the total volume was traded. Also available as "Regular" or "Developing" VAH (Value Area High) and VAL (Value Area Low) lines.
High and Low Volume Nodes (HVNs & LVNs): Option to automatically detect and highlight a specified number of the highest volume concentration zones (HVNs) and lowest volume zones (LVNs) within the profile. These are crucial for identifying support/resistance and areas of potential quick price movement.
Volume Peaks and Troughs Detection: Identify statistically significant high-volume (Peaks) and low-volume (Troughs) rows relative to their neighbors, either as single rows or clusters. These can pinpoint precise levels of interest.
Multiple Volume Display Types: Choose to display volume as:
- Up/Down: Shows buying and selling volume side-by-side for each row.
- Total: Shows the aggregate volume for each row.
- Delta: Shows the difference between buying and selling volume for each row, highlighting imbalances.
Extensive Customization: Fine-tune lookback period, number of rows, profile width, horizontal placement, Value Area percentage, colors for all elements, and specific parameters for node/peak/trough detection.
Visual Enhancements:
- Optional gradient colors for volume bars.
- Display volume figures directly on rows.
- Background shading for the Value Area and the entire Profile range.
- Price labels for POC, VAH, VAL, Profile High, and Profile Low.
Integrated Alert System: Pre-built alert conditions for critical volume profile events. (See section on "█ SETTING UP ALERTS " for more details).
█ USER INPUTS
The settings panel is organized into distinct sections:
- Calculation Settings:
Lookback: Number of most recent bars for profile calculation.
Number of Rows: Resolution of the volume profile.
Profile Width: Relative horizontal length of the volume bars.
Horizontal Offset: Horizontal positioning of the profile.
Value Area (%): Percentage of volume to include in the Value Area.
Volume: Display type ("Up/Down", "Total", "Delta").
Profile Placement: "Right" or "Left" side of the chart.
- Appearance:
Volume Profile On/Off: Toggle visibility of the entire profile.
Rows Border Width & Color: Customize the outline of volume rows.
Gradient Colors: Enable/disable gradient coloring for volume bars.
Row Volume: Display numerical volume on each row.
VAH (Value Area High): Display type ("None", "Regular", "Developing"), Color, Price Label, Line Width.
VAL (Value Area Low): Display type ("None", "Regular", "Developing"), Color, Price Label, Line Width.
Profile High Price Label & Color: Toggle and customize.
Profile Low Price Label & Color: Toggle and customize.
Value Area Up/Down Color: Colors for up/down volume within VA.
Profile Up/Down Color: Colors for up/down volume outside VA.
Total Volume Color: For "Total" volume display type.
Delta Volume Positive/Negative Color: For "Delta" volume display type.
POC (Point of Control): Display type ("None", "Regular", "Developing"), Color, Line Width, Price Label.
Value Area Background & Color: Enable and customize VA background shading.
Profile Background & Color: Enable and customize profile range background shading.
Volume Nodes:
Highest Volume Nodes & Color: Number of HVNs to highlight and their color.
Lowest Volume Nodes & Color: Number of LVNs to highlight and their color.
Volume Peaks: Detection type ("None", "Single Row", "Cluster"), Color.
Compared Neighbors (Peaks): Number of neighboring rows to compare against for peak detection.
Minimum Peak Ratio (Peaks): Volume ratio required for a row to be considered a peak.
Volume Troughs: Detection type ("None", "Single Row", "Cluster"), Color.
Compared Neighbors (Troughs): Number of neighboring rows to compare against for trough detection.
Minimum Trough Ratio (Troughs): Volume ratio required for a row to be considered a trough.
█ SETTING UP ALERTS
The Volume Profile (PRO) indicator comes with a comprehensive set of pre-configured alert conditions to notify you of key market events related to volume structure. To set up an alert:
Click the " Alert " button (clock icon) on TradingView's right-hand toolbar or top panel.
In the " Condition " dropdown, select " Volume Profile (PRO) ".
A second dropdown will appear, allowing you to choose from the following specific alert conditions built into the script:
- POC Price Change: Triggers when the Point of Control price level changes.
- POC Crossover: Triggers when the closing price crosses over the POC line and is now above it.
- POC Crossunder: Triggers when the closing price crosses under the POC line and is now below it.
- Close Inside Value Area: Triggers when the closing price enters the Value Area.
- Close Outside Value Area: Triggers when the closing price exits the Value Area.
- Close Inside High Volume Node: Triggers when the closing price enters a detected High Volume Node.
- Close Inside Low Volume Node: Triggers when the closing price enters a detected Low Volume Node.
- Close Inside Volume Peak: Triggers when the closing price enters a detected Volume Peak row.
- Close Inside Volume Peak Cluster: Triggers when the closing price enters the area of a Volume Peak cluster.
- Close Inside Volume Trough: Triggers when the closing price enters a detected Volume Trough row.
- Close Inside Volume Trough Cluster: Triggers when the closing price enters the area of a Volume Trough cluster.
Choose your preferred " Trigger " option:
- " Only Once ": The alert triggers the first time the condition is met.
- " Once Per Bar Close ": ( Recommended for most profile signals ) The alert triggers only after the current bar closes if the condition was true on that closed bar. This ensures signals are based on confirmed price action.
Customize the alert name, message, and notification preferences.
Click " Create ".
█ STRATEGY EXAMPLES
The following examples are for illustrative purposes only to demonstrate how the Volume Profile (PRO) can be used. They are not financial advice. Always conduct thorough backtesting and research.
1. POC as Dynamic Support/Resistance
Goal: Identify potential bounces or rejections from the Point of Control.
Setup: Enable "POC Line" (Regular or Developing) and observe price interaction.
Entry (Long):
- Price approaches the POC from above and shows signs of holding (e.g., bullish candlestick patterns, deceleration).
- Enter on confirmation of support at the POC.
Entry (Short):
- Price approaches the POC from below and shows signs of rejection (e.g., bearish candlestick patterns).
- Enter on confirmation of resistance at the POC.
Management: Stop-loss beyond the recent swing pivot or the POC itself after a confirmed break. Target the next significant volume node (HVN/LVN) or Value Area boundary.
2. Trading Low Volume Nodes (LVNs) as "Vacuum Zones"
Goal: Capitalize on rapid price movement through LVNs and their potential to become support/resistance once traversed.
Setup: Enable "Lowest Volume Nodes" to identify LVNs.
Entry (Long):
- Price breaks decisively above an LVN.
- Look for a retest of the top of the LVN as support. Enter long on confirmation.
Entry (Short):
- Price breaks decisively below an LVN.
- Look for a retest of the bottom of the LVN as resistance. Enter short on confirmation.
Concept: Price is expected to move quickly through LVNs (volume vacuum). Once price has passed through an LVN, that area of prior low acceptance can act as a new support/resistance zone.
Management: Stop-loss beyond the retested LVN. Target the next HVN or significant price level.
█ CONCLUSION
The Volume Profile (PRO) indicator offers a sophisticated and highly customizable approach to volume analysis. By providing clear visualizations of POC, Value Area, HVNs, LVNs, and Volume Peaks/Troughs, along with integrated alerts and developing levels, this tool empowers traders to identify critical price zones, understand market structure, and develop more nuanced trading strategies. Whether you're looking for precise entry points, areas of support and resistance, or confirmation of market sentiment, this Volume Profile indicator is an invaluable addition to your technical analysis toolkit.
█ IMPORTANT NOTES
⚠ Lookback vs. Calculated Bars Relationship: The value set in the " Lookback " input ( Calculation Settings ) must be less than half of the number of bars the indicator is set to calculate on your chart (referred to as " Calculated bars " in the script, typically controlled by TradingView's historical data loading or a calc_bars_count setting within the script's indicator() declaration – in this script, it is 1200 bars by default). For example, if "Calculated bars" is 1200, your Lookback should be less than 600. The default Lookback of 500 respects this. Setting a Lookback too high relative to available calculated bars can lead to errors or incorrect profile rendering.
⚠ Parameter Optimization: The default settings are starting points. Always adjust indicator parameters (Lookback, Number of Rows, VA%, etc.) based on the specific asset, its volatility, and the timeframe you are trading. Thorough backtesting is crucial.
⚠ Context is Key: Volume Profile is powerful, but its signals are best interpreted within the broader market context (trend, news, other technical indicators).
⚠ Lookback vs. Profile Stability: A shorter lookback makes the profile very responsive to recent action but less stable. A longer lookback provides more stable levels but may lag in fast-moving markets.
⚠ Number of Rows: Higher row counts offer more granularity but can impact performance and may show too much noise. Lower row counts offer a broader view but may obscure finer details.
⚠ Alert Confirmation: Using " Once Per Bar Close " for alerts is generally recommended to ensure signals are based on confirmed price action.
█ RISK DISCLAIMER
Trading involves a substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. The Volume Profile (PRO) indicator is provided for educational and informational purposes only . It does NOT constitute financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any asset. Indicator signals identify potential patterns based on historical data but do not guarantee future price movements or profitability. Always conduct your own thorough research, utilize multiple sources of information, and implement robust risk management practices before making any trading decisions. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
📊 Happy trading! 🚀
Volume Candle Color (Continuous)Volume-Based Candle Color Indicator (Continuous Gradient)
Overview
Transform your charts with this advanced volume visualization tool that colors candles based on relative volume intensity using a smooth, continuous gradient . Unlike traditional step-based volume indicators, this script provides nuanced color transitions that make volume anomalies instantly visible.
Key Features
Continuous Color Gradient
Smooth transitions - No more discrete color steps
High volume = Bright, opaque colors that demand attention
Low volume = Faded, transparent colors that blend into background
Real-time adaptation to market conditions
Full Customization Control
Volume Range Settings: Define min/max volume ratios for optimal sensitivity
Transparency Control: Adjust brightness levels from 0-95%
Custom Colors: Choose your preferred bullish/bearish base colors
Moving Average Period: Customize the volume comparison timeframe (default: 30)
Enhanced Visualization
Optional Info Panel: Real-time display of volume metrics
Volume Ratio Plot: Additional pane showing volume ratio trends
Clean Interface: Non-intrusive overlay that enhances price action
How It Works
The indicator calculates relative volume by comparing current volume to a Simple Moving Average (SMA) of volume over your chosen period. This ratio is then mapped to a continuous color scale:
Volume Ratio > 2.0: Maximum intensity (brightest colors)
Volume Ratio 1.0: Average volume (medium intensity)
Volume Ratio < 0.5: Below average (most transparent)
Bullish Candles (Close > Open): Green gradient
Bearish Candles (Close < Open): Red gradient
Trading Applications
Volume Spread Analysis (VSA)
Perfect companion for VSA traders who need to quickly identify:
Climactic volume at key support/resistance levels
No demand situations with low volume
Professional money accumulation/distribution patterns
Breakout Confirmation
High volume breakouts: Immediately visible with bright colors
False breakouts: Revealed by low volume (faded colors)
Volume divergences: Spotted instantly through color intensity changes
Market Structure Analysis
Support/Resistance tests: Volume validation through color brightness
Trend strength: Continuous color feedback on volume participation
Market phases: Easy identification of accumulation vs distribution
Why Choose This Indicator?
Advantages Over Traditional Volume Indicators:
Instant Visual Feedback: No need to look at separate volume bars
Continuous Scale: More precise than discrete level systems
Customizable Sensitivity: Adapt to any market or timeframe
Clean Charts: Maintains focus on price action while adding volume context
Universal Application: Works on all instruments and timeframes
Settings Guide
Essential Settings:
Volume MA Period (30): Longer periods = smoother baseline, shorter = more sensitive
Min Volume Ratio (0.2): Lower values = more sensitivity to low volume
Max Volume Ratio (3.0): Higher values = accommodate extreme volume spikes
Transparency Range (10-85%): Adjust visual contrast to your preference
Pro Tips:
Day Trading: Use 10-20 period MA for quick volume changes
Swing Trading: Use 30-50 period MA for broader volume context
Lower transparency range (0-70%) for subtle effects
Higher transparency range (20-90%) for dramatic contrasts
Best Practices
Combine with Price Action: Use volume colors to confirm price patterns
Multiple Timeframes: Apply on different timeframes for comprehensive analysis
Market Context: Adjust sensitivity based on market volatility periods
Backtesting: Test settings on historical data before live trading
Perfect For:
Volume Spread Analysis practitioners
Breakout traders seeking confirmation
Market structure analysts
Anyone wanting cleaner, more intuitive volume visualization
Technical Specifications
Pine Script v6 - Latest version compatibility
Overlay Indicator - Works directly on price charts
Minimal Performance Impact - Optimized calculations
All Market Types - Stocks, Forex, Crypto, Futures
Transform your volume analysis today! Experience the difference continuous color gradients make in identifying high-probability trading opportunities.
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PhenLabs - Market Fluid Dynamics📊 Market Fluid Dynamics -
Version: PineScript™ v6
📌 Description
The Market Fluid Dynamics - Phen indicator is a new thinking regarding market analysis by modeling price action, volume, and volatility using a fluid system. It attempts to offer traders control over more profound market forces, such as momentum (speed), resistance (thickness), and buying/selling pressure. By visualizing such dynamics, the script allows the traders to decide on the prevailing market flow, its power, likely continuations, and zones of calmness and chaos, and thereby allows improved decision-making.
This measure avoids the usual difficulty of reconciling multiple, often contradictory, market indications by including them within a single overarching model. It moves beyond traditional binary indicators by providing a multi-dimensional view of market behavior, employing fluid dynamic analogs to describe complex interactions in an accessible manner.
🚀 Points of Innovation
Integrated Fluid Dynamics Model: Combines velocity, viscosity, pressure, and turbulence into a single indicator.
Normalized Metrics: Uses ATR and other normalization techniques for consistent readings across different assets and timeframes.
Dynamic Flow Visualization: Main flow line changes color and intensity based on direction and strength.
Turbulence Background: Visually represents market stability with a gradient background, from calm to turbulent.
Comprehensive Dashboard: Provides an at-a-glance summary of key fluid dynamic metrics.
Multi-Layer Smoothing: Employs several layers of EMA smoothing for a clearer, more responsive main flow line.
🔧 Core Components
Velocity Component: Measures price momentum (first derivative of price), normalized by ATR. It indicates the speed and direction of price changes.
Viscosity Component: Represents market resistance to price changes, derived from ATR relative to its historical average. Higher viscosity suggests it’s harder for prices to move.
Pressure Component: Quantifies the force created by volume and price range (close - open), normalized by ATR. It reflects buying or selling pressure.
Turbulence Detection: Calculates a Reynolds number equivalent to identify market stability, ranging from laminar (stable) to turbulent (chaotic).
Main Flow Indicator: Combines the above components, applying sensitivity and smoothing, to generate a primary signal of market direction and strength.
🔥 Key Features
Advanced Smoothing Algorithm: Utilizes multiple EMA layers on the raw flow calculation for a fluid and responsive main flow line, reducing noise while maintaining sensitivity.
Gradient Flow Coloring: The main flow line dynamically changes color from light to deep blue for bullish flow and light to deep red for bearish flow, with intensity reflecting flow strength. This provides an immediate visual cue of market sentiment and momentum.
Turbulence Level Background: The chart background changes color based on calculated turbulence (from calm gray to vibrant orange), offering an intuitive understanding of market stability and potential for erratic price action.
Informative Dashboard: A customizable on-screen table displays critical metrics like Flow State, Flow Strength, Market Viscosity, Turbulence, Pressure Force, Flow Acceleration, and Flow Continuity, allowing traders to quickly assess current market conditions.
Configurable Lookback and Sensitivity: Users can adjust the base lookback period for calculations and the sensitivity of the flow to viscosity, tailoring the indicator to different trading styles and market conditions.
Alert Conditions: Pre-defined alerts for flow direction changes (positive/negative crossover of zero line) and detection of high turbulence states.
🎨 Visualization
Main Flow Line: A smoothed line plotted below the main chart, colored blue for bullish flow and red for bearish flow. The intensity of the color (light to dark) indicates the strength of the flow. This line crossing the zero line can signal a change in market direction.
Zero Line: A dotted horizontal line at the zero level, serving as a baseline to gauge whether the market flow is positive (bullish) or negative (bearish).
Turbulence Background: The indicator pane’s background color changes based on the calculated turbulence level. A calm, almost transparent gray indicates low turbulence (laminar flow), while a more vibrant, semi-transparent orange signifies high turbulence. This helps traders visually assess market stability.
Dashboard Table: An optional table displayed on the chart, showing key metrics like ‘Flow State’, ‘Flow Strength’, ‘Market Viscosity’, ‘Turbulence’, ‘Pressure Force’, ‘Flow Acceleration’, and ‘Flow Continuity’ with their current values and qualitative descriptions (e.g., ‘Bullish Flow’, ‘Laminar (Stable)’).
📖 Usage Guidelines
Setting Categories
Show Dashboard - Default: true; Range: true/false; Description: Toggles the visibility of the Market Fluid Dynamics dashboard on the chart. Enable to see key metrics at a glance.
Base Lookback Period - Default: 14; Range: 5 - (no upper limit, practical limits apply); Description: Sets the primary lookback period for core calculations like velocity, ATR, and volume SMA. Shorter periods make the indicator more sensitive to recent price action, while longer periods provide a smoother, slower signal.
Flow Sensitivity - Default: 0.5; Range: 0.1 - 1.0 (step 0.1); Description: Adjusts how much the market viscosity dampens the raw flow. A lower value means viscosity has less impact (flow is more sensitive to raw velocity/pressure), while a higher value means viscosity has a greater dampening effect.
Flow Smoothing - Default: 5; Range: 1 - 20; Description: Controls the length of the EMA smoothing applied to the main flow line. Higher values result in a smoother flow line but with more lag; lower values make it more responsive but potentially noisier.
Dashboard Position - Default: ‘Top Right’; Range: ‘Top Right’, ‘Top Left’, ‘Bottom Right’, ‘Bottom Left’, ‘Middle Right’, ‘Middle Left’; Description: Determines the placement of the dashboard on the chart.
Header Size - Default: ‘Normal’; Range: ‘Tiny’, ‘Small’, ‘Normal’, ‘Large’, ‘Huge’; Description: Sets the text size for the dashboard header.
Values Size - Default: ‘Small’; Range: ‘Tiny’, ‘Small’, ‘Normal’, ‘Large’; Description: Sets the text size for the metric values in the dashboard.
✅ Best Use Cases
Trend Identification: Identifying the dominant market flow (bullish or bearish) and its strength to trade in the direction of the prevailing trend.
Momentum Confirmation: Using the flow strength and acceleration to confirm the conviction behind price movements.
Volatility Assessment: Utilizing the turbulence metric to gauge market stability, helping to adjust position sizing or avoid choppy conditions.
Reversal Spotting: Watching for divergences between price and flow, or crossovers of the main flow line above/below the zero line, as potential reversal signals, especially when combined with changes in pressure or viscosity.
Swing Trading: Leveraging the smoothed flow line to capture medium-term market swings, entering when flow aligns with the desired trade direction and exiting when flow weakens or reverses.
Intraday Scalping: Using shorter lookback periods and higher sensitivity to identify quick shifts in flow and turbulence for short-term trading opportunities, particularly in liquid markets.
⚠️ Limitations
Lagging Nature: Like many indicators based on moving averages and lookback periods, the main flow line can lag behind rapid price changes, potentially leading to delayed signals.
Whipsaws in Ranging Markets: During periods of low volatility or sideways price action (high viscosity, low flow strength), the indicator might produce frequent buy/sell signals (whipsaws) as the flow oscillates around the zero line.
Not a Standalone System: While comprehensive, it should be used in conjunction with other forms of analysis (e.g., price action, support/resistance levels, other indicators) and not as a sole basis for trading decisions.
Subjectivity in Interpretation: While the dashboard provides quantitative values, the interpretation of “strong” flow, “high” turbulence, or “significant” acceleration can still have a subjective element depending on the trader’s strategy and risk tolerance.
💡 What Makes This Unique
Fluid Dynamics Analogy: Its core strength lies in translating complex market interactions into an intuitive fluid dynamics framework, making concepts like momentum, resistance, and pressure easier to visualize and understand.
Market View: Instead of focusing on a single aspect (like just momentum or just volatility), it integrates multiple factors (velocity, viscosity, pressure, turbulence) to provide a more comprehensive picture of market conditions.
Adaptive Visualization: The dynamic coloring of the flow line and the turbulence background provide immediate, adaptive visual feedback that changes with market conditions.
🔬 How It Works
Price Velocity Calculation: The indicator first calculates price velocity by measuring the rate of change of the closing price over a given ‘lookback’ period. The raw velocity is then normalized by the Average True Range (ATR) of the same lookback period. Normalization enables comparison of momentum between assets or timeframes by scaling for volatility. This is the direction and speed of initial price movement.
Viscosity Calculation: Market ‘viscosity’ or resistance to price movement is determined by looking at the current ATR relative to its longer-term average (SMA of ATR over lookback * 2). The further the current ATR is above its average, the lower the viscosity (less resistance to price movement), and vice-versa. The script inverts this relationship and bounds it so that rising viscosity means more resistance.
Pressure Force Measurement: A ‘pressure’ variable is calculated as a function of the ratio of current volume to its simple moving average, multiplied by the price range (close - open) and normalized by ATR. This is designed to measure the force behind price movement created by volume and intraday price thrusts. This pressure is smoothed by an EMA.
Turbulence State Evaluation: A equivalent ‘Reynolds number’ is calculated by dividing the absolute normalized velocity by the viscosity. This is the proclivity of the market to move in a chaotic or orderly fashion. This ‘reynoldsValue’ is smoothed with an EMA to get the ‘turbulenceState’, which indicates if the market is laminar (stable), transitional, or turbulent.
Main Flow Derivation: The ‘rawFlow’ is calculated by taking the normalized velocity, dampening its impact based on the ‘viscosity’ and user-input ‘sensitivity’, and orienting it by the sign of the smoothed ‘pressureSmooth’. The ‘rawFlow’ is then put through multiple layers of exponential moving average (EMA) smoothing (with ‘smoothingLength’ and derived values) to reach the final ‘mainFlow’ line. The extensive smoothing is designed to give a smooth and clear visualization of the overall market direction and magnitude.
Dashboard Metrics Compilation: Additional metrics like flow acceleration (derivative of mainFlow), and flow continuity (correlation between close and volume) are calculated. All primary components (Flow State, Strength, Viscosity, Turbulence, Pressure, Acceleration, Continuity) are then presented in a user-configurable dashboard for ease of monitoring.
💡 Note:
The “Market Fluid Dynamics - Phen” indicator is designed to offer a unique perspective on market behavior by applying principles from fluid dynamics. It’s most effective when used to understand the underlying forces driving price rather than as a direct buy/sell signal generator in isolation. Experiment with the settings, particularly the ‘Base Lookback Period’, ‘Flow Sensitivity’, and ‘Flow Smoothing’, to find what best suits your trading style and the specific asset you are analyzing. Always combine its insights with robust risk management practices.
FII SMART KEY LEVELSIntroducing the **Global Institutional Flow Indicator (GIFI)**—your all-in-one guide to the levels that matter most, powered by real-time foreign institutional activity. GIFI seamlessly adapts to any market—be it NSE and BSE equities, major cryptocurrencies, or the world’s most liquid forex pairs—so you never miss a beat.
Key Features:
Foreign Institutional Footprint
Tracks aggregated buy and sell volumes of FIIs (Foreign Institutional Investors) and equivalent large players across markets, highlighting where “smart money” is concentrating their capital.
* **Dynamic Support & Resistance Levels**
Automatically calculates high-conviction zones—zones where institutional orders have previously clustered—so you can pinpoint ultra-reliable levels for entries, exits, and stop placements.
* **Multi-Asset Compatibility**
One unified indicator that works out of the box on NSE and BSE stocks, top crypto tokens, and major FX crosses. No need to switch tools when you move between markets.
* **Trend-Aligned Signals**
Overlays institutional levels on your favorite trend filters—moving averages, ADX, or MACD—so you only trade in the direction that big players are committing.
* **Volume-Weighted Confirmation**
Confirms level-breaks and bounces with volume delta analysis, ensuring you’re following genuine institutional commitment rather than retail noise.
* **Adaptive Timeframes**
From 5-minute scalps to daily swing setups, GIFI adjusts its sensitivity so you capture the most meaningful levels on any timeframe.
**Why It Works:**
Foreign institutions often leave telltale footprints when they build or unwind positions at scale. GIFI decodes those footprints into actionable levels—revealing where the “smart money” is most willing to buy or sell. When price approaches one of these institutional zones, you gain:
* **Higher Probability Entries**
Enter trades alongside large-ticket players rather than against them.
* **Optimized Risk Management**
Place stops just beyond genuine institutional commitment zones, reducing the odds of false breakouts.
* **Clearer Exit Strategies**
Target profit levels where institutions are likely to take profits or enter fresh positions.
Whether you’re scalping Nifty futures, swing-trading mid-cap stocks, riding crypto trends, or trading EUR/USD, the Global Institutional Flow Indicator equips you with the insights you need to trade confidently—knowing you’re aligning with the forces that really move the markets.
Impulse Profile Zones [BigBeluga]🔵 OVERVIEW
Impulse Profile Zones is a volume-based tool designed to highlight high-impact candles and visualize hidden liquidity zones inside them using microstructure data. It’s ideal for identifying volume concentration and potential reaction points during impulsive market moves.
Whenever a candle exceeds a specified size threshold, this indicator captures its structure and overlays a detailed intrabar volume profile (from a 10x lower timeframe), allowing traders to analyze the distribution of interest within powerful market impulses.
🔵 CONCEPTS
Filters candles that exceed a user-defined threshold by size.
For qualifying candles, retrieves lower timeframe price and volume data.
Divides the candle’s body into 10 volume bins and calculates the volume per zone. Highlights the bin with the highest volume as the Point of Control (POC) .
Each POC line extends forward until a new impulse is detected.
🔵 FEATURES
Impulse Candle Detection:
Triggers only when a candle’s body size is larger than the defined threshold.
Lower Timeframe Profiling:
Aggregates 10-bin volume data from a lower timeframe (typically 1/10 of current TF).
Volume Distribution Bars:
Each bin displays a stylized bar using unicode block characters (e.g., ▇▇▇, ▇▇ or ▇--).
The bar size reflects the relative volume intensity.
POC Zone Mapping:
The bin with the highest volume is marked with a bold horizontal line.
Its value is labeled and extended until the next valid impulse.
🔵 HOW TO USE
Use large candle profiles to assess which price levels inside a move were most actively traded.
Watch the POC line as a magnet for future price interaction (support/resistance or reaction).
Combine with market structure or order block indicators to identify confluence levels.
Adjust the “Filter Large Candles” input to detect more or fewer events based on volatility.
🔵 CONCLUSION
Impulse Profile Zones is a hybrid microstructure tool that bridges lower timeframe volume with higher timeframe impulse candles. By revealing where most of the volume occurred inside large moves, traders gain a deeper view into hidden liquidity, enabling smarter trade entries and more confident profit-taking zones.
ADR, ATR & VOL OverlayThis is a combined version of 2 of my other indicators:
ADR / ATR Overlay
VOL / AVG Overlay
This indicator will display the following as an overlay on your chart:
ADR
% of ADR
ADR % of Price
ATR
% of ATR
ATR % of Price
Custom Session Volume
Average For Selected Session
Volume Percentage Comparison
Description:
ADR : Average Day Range
% of ADR : Percentage that the current price move has covered its average.
ADR % of Price : The percentage move implied by the average range.
ATR : Average True Range
% of ATR : Percentage that the current price move has covered its average.
ATR % of Price : The percentage move implied by the average true range.
Custom Session Volume : User chosen time frame to monitor volume
Average For Selected Session : Average for the custom session volume
Volume Percentage Comparison : Current session compared to the average (calculated at session close)
Options:
ADR/ATR:
Time Frame
Length
Smoothing
Volume:
Set Custom Time Frame For Calculations
Set Custom Time Frame For Average Comparison
Set Custom Time Zone
Table:
Enable / Disable Each Value
Change Text Color
Change Background Color
Change Table location
Add/Remove extra row for placement
ADR / ATR Example:
The ADR and ATR can be used to provide information about average price moves to help set targets, stop losses, entries and exits based on the potential average moves.
Example: If the "% of ADR" is reading 100%, then 100% of the asset's average price range has been covered, suggesting that an additional move beyond the range has a lower probability.
Example: "ADR % of Price" provides potential price movement in percentage which can be used to asses R/R for asset.
Example: ADR (D) reading is 100% at market close but ATR (D) is at 70% at close. This suggests that there is a potential (coverage) move of 30% in Pre/Post market as suggested by averages.
Custom Volume Session Example:
Set indicator to 30 period average. Set custom time frame to 9:30am to 10:30am Eastern/New York.
When the time frame for the calculation is closed, the indicator will provide a comparison of the current days volume compared to the average of 30 previous days for that same time frame and display it as a percentage in the table.
In this example you could compare how the first hour of the trading day compares to the previous 30 day's average, aiding in evaluating the potential volume for the remainder of the day.
Notes:
Times must be entered in 24 hour format. (1pm = 13:00 etc.)
Volume indicator is for Intra-day time frames, not > Day.
How I use these values:
I use these calculations to determine if a ticker symbol has the necessary range to achieve target gains, to determine if the price oscillation is within "normal" ranges to determine if the trading day will be choppy, and to determine placement of stops and targets within average ranges in combination with support, resistance and retracement levels.
VOL & AVG OverlayCustom Session Volume Versus Average Volume
Description:
This indicator will create an overlay on your chart that will show you the following information:
Custom Session Volume
Average For Selected Session
Percentage Comparison
Options:
Set Custom Time Frame For Calculations
Set Custom Time Frame For Average Comparison
Set Custom Time Zone
Enable / Disable Each Value
Change Text Color
Change Background Color
Change Table location
Example:
Set indicator to 30 period average. Set custom time frame to 9:30am to 10:30am Eastern/New York.
When the time frame for the calculation is closed , the indicator will provide a comparison of the current days volume compared to the average of 30 previous days for that same time frame and display it as a percentage in the table.
In this example you could compare how the first hour of the trading day compares to the previous 30 day's average, aiding in evaluating the potential volume for the remainder of the day.
Notes:
Times must be entered in 24 hour format. (1pm = 13:00 etc.)
This indicator is for Intra-day time frames, not > Day.
If you prefer data in this format as opposed to a plotted line, check out my other indicator: ADR & ATR Overlay
