GC1 Participation Regime - sudoThis indicator analyzes COMEX GC1! futures activity and maps it directly onto your XAU price chart, allowing you to see when gold futures participation meaningfully increases or fades - without cluttering your workflow.
Here is the TLDR version of the description (below):
The "regime" is calculated by measuring how active GC1! futures are, compared to their own recent history. On each bar, the indicator looks at two things - volume (how much trading occurred) and true range (how much price actually moved). Each of these is compared to its recent average using a normalized score, which simply answers whether today’s activity is higher, normal, or lower than usual. Those two normalized values are then combined into a single participation score , optionally smoothed to reduce noise. That score is compared against user-defined thresholds and classified into one of four regimes - Low, Normal, High, or Extreme participation . In short, the regime shows whether current GC1! futures activity is unusually quiet or unusually active relative to its own recent behavior , without making any directional assumptions.
What this indicator does
-Measures GC1! futures volume and true range relative to their own historical behavior using z-scores
-Combines those metrics into a single participation score
-Classifies the market into four participation regimes
Low
Normal
High
Extreme
Projects those regimes directly onto the XAU price chart
Visual elements
Background shading
-Gray - Low participation
-Blue - Normal participation
-Green - High participation
-Orange - Extreme participation
Regime shift markers
-Upward triangle below price when participation increases
-Downward triangle above price when participation decreases
Volume-informed candle coloring (optional)
-High GC volume + bullish candle
-High GC volume + bearish candle
-Low GC volume + bullish candle
-Low GC volume + bearish candle
These visuals help you instantly identify whether price movement is occurring with real futures participation or during thinner conditions.
How to use it
-Identify high-quality environments for execution when participation is elevated
-Filter breakouts, trends, and reversals based on whether GC futures are involved
-Avoid overconfidence during low-participation regimes, where price moves are more prone to failure
-Use regime transitions as context , not signals!!
-This indicator is designed to be contextual , not predictive .
Customization
-Adjustable lookback lengths for volume and range
-Fully tunable regime thresholds
-Optional background shading
-Optional regime shift markers
-Optional candle recoloring based on GC volume behavior
Everything can be dialed up or down depending on how visually minimal you want your chart to be.
Notes
-Built specifically around COMEX GC1! futures
-Designed to disappear if GC data is unavailable
-Works on all intraday and higher timeframes
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