GB Time and MinutesCalculates Goldbach Time using both hour + minute AND just the minute of the hour, with the option to toggle either one on/off
Algo
Algo Market Structure (Nephew_Sam_)This indicator takes a different approach into reading market structure.
The key difference between this logic compared to the pivot logic is; we read highs and lows based on bullish and bearish candles. Ie:
Pivot method - highest/lowest point in previous and next X candles
Algo method - Bullish candle(s) followed by a bearish candle and vice versa
More explanation in each of the key feature below.
Here are all of the concepts and features included in the indicator:
Timeframe
- You can select the timeframe of the indicator (has to be higher or equal to the chart timeframe)
- Min option is the minimum timeframe to show the indicator. If you show daily structure on 1m chart, you can run into a timeout error so keep it close to the chart timeframe.
- Recommended timeframe for no bugs is the current chart timeframe.
Structure
The structure is calculated using a combination of candle patterns (ie. pivot top = Bullish x3-Bearish-Bullish) and marks out circle labels after a new HH or LL
Structure high = 1 or more consecutive bull candles followed by a bear candle
Structure low = 1 or more consecutive bear candles followed by a bull candle
Structure direction change = when the second previous H/L is taken out (TLQ)
ILQ - Inducement Liquidity concept
In a bearish example this is the most recent structure high.
TLQ
In a bearish example this is the second most recent structure high.
This is also what helps define our structure direction. If broken, the structure changes (bullish / bearish) and plots a bos line.
EPA - Efficient price action
When price returns back to previous structure point after bos. Similar to an ICT breaker.
Note: It might be a little, just a little buggy if you have set your indicator timeframe to higher than the chart timeframe.
Extremes Zones
The final zone to find a trade entry before a structural shift. These are wick of the TLQ candle. This is select the wick of the current timeframe candle even if indicator is set to higher timeframe.
MSU
Tiny arrow labels at the bottom of your chart. Plots the arrows when price is between an ILQ and TLQ
VTA
Valid trading range. This is when we get some sort of a structure pattern. Plots a box when price induces previous structure point and then breaks structure in the opposite direction. Here are the patterns:
Bull VTA - HH-LL-HH
Bear VTA - LL-HH-LL
Bull Strict VTA - LL-HH-LL-HH
Bear Strict VTA - HH-LL-HH-LL
Bar colors
Changes the bar color based on the structure to all green/red.
Note: for this to work, you will have to right click on the indicator, then under visual order select 'bring to front'
Table
This table plots the structure stats/data
1. If structure is bullish / bearish
2. If price is efficient or not
3. If there is an MSU
4. If price is inside a VTA
Disclaimer: This indicator is fully written from scratch by me, the idea behind the concepts come from AlgoHub material on Youtube. Do NOT use this code for reselling purposes and if anything is created using any part of this code, the source code should be public.
SFX Signals & Overlays [YinYangAlgorithms]SFX Signals & Overlays aims to help traders Identify Buy & Sell locations, Reversals, Volatility Zones, Support & Resistance and Overbought & Oversold Zones. All of these may work in harmony with each other by helping to identify when to enter and exit a trade; as well as helping to determine the risk / reward the trade may ensue.
SFX Signals & Overlays’s Buy & Sell signals are momentum based, meaning the Initial ‘Buy’ & ‘Sell’ signal may not be exactly where you want to get in/out. What may occur is the initial signal appears, a few more continuation signals appear afterwards (always in a chain); and once the momentum has ended a ‘Reversal’ signal appears. The reversal is there to help signify that the ‘opportune’ time to buy/sell may have passed and the price may now correct in the opposite direction. This Indicator aims to Buy Low and Sell High; and therefore the Buy signal momentum may occur as the price is either about to fall, currently falling or has started to consolidate. When the Buy signal momentum has ended, this means the momentum is at an impasse, but is favoring Buy momentum and a reversal (correction) may occur.
Buying & Selling at reversal signals may be profitable, however it may be less risky to DCA into your long / short positions during the Buy/Sell momentum signals instead. Let's get into the Tutorial so you can better understand how our SFX Signals & Overlays indicator works.
Tutorial:
Our example above showcases how our SFX Signals & Overlays Indicator looks on the default settings ‘Medium’ for each of our Algorithm Settings:
Trend Sensitivity
Signal Sensitivity
Zone Sensitivity
All of our Algorithm Settings feature 3 different speeds:
Fast
Medium
Slow
These speeds may be applied to each Algorithm Setting individually and affect how quickly they adapt to the current market's momentum. This allows you to tailor this Indicator to fit your trading style by adjusting it to meet your needs accordingly. If you are someone who likes to swing trade on the 1-5 minute timeframe, you may find better confluence with all settings on ‘Fast’. Medium term holders and traders may find better results with all settings on ‘Medium’. Likewise, long term investors may find best results with all settings on ‘Slow’. However, this shouldn’t stop you from finding your own best result by adjusting them individually to meet your own unique trading style.
SFX Signals & Overlays helps you identify shifts in momentum by displaying Momentum Signals. Momentum Signals are shown by either a Green or Red Triangle. Momentum Signals can continue for quite some time until the momentum has ended. We rank the first Momentum Signal from 1/5 to 5/5 for their strength and may help determine the chances of the momentum shift occurring. Once the Momentum Signals have ended we display a Reversal Signal. This Reversal Signal helps signify that the Momentum has ended. When the Momentum ends it means that a reversal may have started. This reversal may mean the price will continue in the direction the signal mentioned; or it may mean the price will consolidate. If the price consolidates then the signal is void as when the consolidation ends the price could go in either direction. If you notice consolidation occurring after a Reversal Signal; wait for more confirmations as it is now too risky.
Our Indicator displays different evaluations for each INITIAL Buy and Sell signal. These evaluations rank the current start of the signal from 1-5; 1 being the lowest and least reliable, 5 being the highest and most reliable. These rankings aren’t indefinite and are simply an evaluation at the time of the initial signal. We may potentially provide evaluations at the reversal later on if requested enough. When a Buy or Sell signal occurs this defines where momentum is occurring in this direction. This momentum is indicated by momentum signals shown through red / green triangles. These triangles indicate that this momentum is present. When these momentum signals end is when the Reversal Signal appears indicating that since this momentum has ended, there may be a decent chance of a reversal occurring. There also adherently may be the potential of consolidation occurring; but generally it means there is either a reversal, or consolidation + then a reversal or a continuation; however it may be apparent that the momentum has ended.
ES:
NQ:
BTC:
If you refer to the 3 examples above, we show how the ES, NQ and BTC look within a 5 minute scalping example. Essentially you’d make your decision on the Buy / Sell signal, the momentum signals, the Reversal Signals, the Trend Colors as well as other oscillators and Due Diligence.
Remember, there’s no such thing as a perfect entry / exit, the more you understand about trading and do your own Due Diligence the better. These Buy and Sell as well as Reversal signals attempt to locate and rank momentum shifts to help you identify where the momentum may be ending and reversing in the opposite direction.
Our zones defined by the Outer (red) and Inner (green) are representations of not only Support and Resistance locations, but likewise Overbought and Oversold locations. These zones help in multiple ways. The hard lines that define each zone's start / end are very useful locations of support / resistance which may indicate where the price will bounce off of. Likewise, when the price is within these zones it represents the price being Overbought or Oversold. Then the price is for instance within the Red Resistance Zone, what generally may happen is the price will correct quickly to get back to the ‘Black Empty Zone’ between the Red and Green zones; OR it may consolidate sideways until it has entered the ‘Black Empty Zone’. This is how the price may redeem itself back to being valued correctly. These zones help you identify and understand, in concatenation with our signals when and how much the price may move.
Our Settings are minimalistic so you don’t need to worry and get overwhelmed about changing values and trying to fiddle to find which values works the best for what. Our Algorithms will take care of all of that for you. Simply select the speeds for your Trend, Signals and Zones and you’re good to start trading! You can likewise customize what information is visible to you and the colors to better customize your experience.
Fast:
Medium:
Slow:
The 3 examples above display what the same portion of the chart looks like when Trend, Signal and Zone Sensitivity is changed from Fast, Medium and Slow.
As you can see, they all look quite different in the results they produce. By default all settings are set to Medium, however they can all be individually changed to suit your trading style and needs.
Our Indicator offers many different alert options which may help you stay informed with how the market is moving and any momentum changes that may occur.
Settings:
1. Algorithm Settings
Trend Sensitivity (Fast, Medium, Slow): Trend Sensitivity refers to how quickly the Trend Bar Colors change. Fast: will change colors very quickly if it senses momentum is changing. Medium: will change almost as quickly as Fast, however, rather than swapping from Bullish to Bearish momentum right away it has an intermediate 'Neutral - Slightly Bullish (Yellow)' and 'Neutral - Slightly Bearish (Orange)'. This way you can better visualize when the momentum is dying in the trend and starting back up by having these trend 'Neutral/Consolidation' areas. Slow: will attempt to only change Trend Bar Colors when the momentum has surely shifted. This may result in a bit of lagging behind.
Signal Sensitivity (Fast, Medium, Slow): Signal Sensitivity refers to how quickly the Buy & Sell Momentum Signals & Reversal Signals appear. These signals are meant to appear when it thinks the price may reverse, but the speeds refer to how much of a reversal they think may happen. Fast: will attempt to locate any and all momentum swings. Medium: will attempt to only locate momentum swings which may drive the price up considerably. Slow: will attempt to locate only the most extreme momentum swings. This may result in some potentially good ones missed however; but the ones it finds may have a higher probability of occuring.
Zone Sensitivity (Fast, Medium, Slow): Zone Sensitivity refers to how quickly the Zones expand based on price movement. These zones may be useful for not only seeing Support & Resistance; but also identifying when it is Overbought & Oversold; as well as visualizing volatility between the Black (Empty area) and the zones. The lines that separate each zone are the Support and Resistance locations; the area within the zones are simply the spacing between these Support and Resistance locations. However, the further the price is to the outer zones does represent Overbought and Oversold. Fast: will expand very quickly. This causes the price to be within the Black (Empty area) more often. This may be useful for finding extremities in price movement which may have a better chance of correcting. Medium: moves fast but not anywhere close to as fast as 'Fast'. Medium will hold its values in an attempt to be as accurate as possible for identifying Support and Resistance locations. Slow: will expand very slowly. This may be useful for identifying Support & Resistance as well as Volatility targets on higher time frames since these zones move much slower.
2. Display Settings:
Show Trend Bar Colors: Trend Bar Color are a way of seeing how the Trend is holding up on a bar by bar basis. This may be useful for seeing momentum starting, ending or simply dying down before any signals actually appear.
Signal Text Display (Both, Buy & Sell, Reversals, None: Signals are a way of seeing potential changes in momentum and when they have actually occurred. Our signals also rank from 1/5 to 5/5 how strong of a chance this momentum change may occur (only at the time of the signal, not at the time of the reversal). These may be useful as potential Entry and Exit locations; as well as when you see the reversal, you know that this momentum change has either begun or a consolidation may be occurring. If a consolidation occurs, the signal is no longer valid as the price can now go either way and it is best to wait for more signals or other technical analysis to determine momentum and movement.
Zone Display (All, Outer + Middle, Inner + Middle, Outer, Middle, Inner, None): Zones are composed of 3 areas above and below. These areas attempt to project Support & Resistance locations as well as display when the Price is Overbought and Oversold. You can specify which zones you wish to view, however all are important.
3. Color Settings:
Buy Color: This is the color of all Buy Signals and Zones.
Sell Color: This is the color of all Sell Signals and Zones.
Buy Reversal Color: This is the color of all Buy Signal Reversals.
Sell Reversal Color: This is the color of all Sell Signal Reversals.
If you have any questions, comments, ideas or concerns please don't hesitate to contact us.
HAPPY TRADING!
Gorb AlgoIntroduction:
Gorb Algo is an all-in-one trading indicator made up of classic technical analysis components such as moving averages, relative strength index, stochastic oscillator, and pivot points blended together to create a synergistic algorithm. Focused on providing useful signals & trading tool overlays to meet all trader's technical analysis needs. Each feature included can be changed to meet each traders strategy or market condition.
Overview:
The Gorb Market Trend isn't a simple trend-following tool; it's a sophisticated blend of traditional and innovative methods, providing comprehensive market analysis.
Its unique combination of EMA analysis, volume weighting, RSI, and stochastic indicators, along with proprietary algorithms, providing nuanced views in trend detection and trading confluences.
The indicator is designed for traders at all levels, offering a balance of depth for experienced traders and simplicity for beginners.
Centerpieces: Gorb Market Trend & Volume Strength
These use a color-coded system to indicate market direction/strength. The color: white is used to signal upward/bullish trend, while the color: purple is used to signal downward/bearish trend. It is designed for ease of use, simplifying complex market data into an easy visually understandable format.
How the Gorb Market Trend Works:
Moving averages are used to find convergence or divergence on multiple EMA's to help determine the overall market direction. Relative Strength Index is used to assess the speed and change of price movements to add another layer to the Market Trend lines identification of the markets analysis. It then plots a line using just two colors to provide traders with a visual representation of the trend. This can help traders quickly grasp the current market trend with simple color cues.
How the Volume Strength Works:
A stochastic oscillator is used to measure the current price level relative to its price over a specific range period to capture sentiment and potential reversals for the Trend Strength feature. And the final part is the use of VWAP and volume analysis to ensure that identified trends are not only based on price movements but are also supported by trading volume, adding a layer of reliability to the trend signals. These are then plotted at the bottom of the chart following the same color scheme as Gorb Market Trend. Only difference is, when volume strength begins to decline, the color will be more transparent, and when it is strong, the color will be bright.
Custom Algorithmic Elements:
The Gorb Market Trend isn't just a combination of standard indicators. It includes proprietary algorithmic elements tailored to enhance signal accuracy and timing. These unique components are what set the Gorb Market Trend apart from conventional trend-detection methods.
We recommend exploring every feature to pick & choose what best suits your needs and style of trading, and use that to combine with the Market trend line.
Features:
All skill-level friendly presets, easy to enable features with one-click
Trading Signals: Plotted signals to help traders identify changes in trend on the Gorb Market Trend Line (not to be followed blindly)
Match Volume Color: allows the user to enable signals to appear only if they match the trend strength's color
Enable MA Filter: allows the user to use 2 EMA's to create a custom trend filter in order to limit contrarian signals with the current trend
Chop Filter: allows the user to have a specific candle range of their choice to limit signals during sideways price movement
4 EMA's: allows the user to plot up to 4 EMA's on the chart and change to the users specific trading strategy with the Market Trend line
VWAP: allows users to plot VWAP on their chart to visually see where price is relatively
EMA Clouds: allows users to fill the gap between EMA's plotted on the chart to help them visualize zones for entries or stop-losses
Pivot Points: allows users to have pivots on their chart to use in tandem with market trend line to find areas of support and resistance to help find confluence in their trading
All colors are changeable for the user to customize the scheme to their liking or style
Basic Signals, Market Trend & Volume Strength Demonstration
In the image below, we can see a basic example of how these 3 core features function.
As explained above, the trade ideas are only generated if the user enables them. They will plot as small triangles in real time and are directly correlated to the market trend line coloring in order to quickly see the change in market conditions.
The volume strength on the bottom helps identify the strength and momentum of the market condition. This can also be used to identify possible fake-outs or small pullbacks before price continues on. The brighter the volume strength the stronger it is, when it is dimmer, that means volume is decreasing in that direction. This can help traders identify signals they may not want to trust as much.
Trading Tool Overlays with Signals
In the image below, we have enabled the EMA's and VWAP overlays from the settings. By using these tools, users can add more confluence to create their trading strategies
The EMA's are not only used for the market trends, trend filter. But also used as an additional confluence for general trend following purposes alongside the trade idea signals. These can be extremely useful for traders who like to have different length moving averages depending on their timeframe for analyzing the market.
In this next image, we can see that price dips down and then bounces up. With EMA clouds enabled, the user can now have visual zones to look for trade entries in.
When paired with the market trend line and trade idea signals, this adds a whole other level of easy visual trading confluence for traders. You can see that market trend changes color and a trade signal is plotted when price enters these zones. This can be helpful to a trader looking to find confluence in their entries.
The image below shows specific pivot levels being plotted when the user enabled pivots in the settings of the indicator.
The pivot levels proved an excellent area of support/resistance for traders that are generated fresh every day. These are particularly useful for areas that line up with previous tools above and trade signals. This overlay gives traders a clear level that can be used to confirm entries and create targets to exit trades at. These levels when combined with the other tools in this indicator provide traders an all-in-one visual confluences. Some traders may just use this overlay to have an idea on the range for the trading session.
Filters:
There are 3 different trade signal filters integrated into this indicator
1. Match Volume Color: When enabled, signals can only be valid and plotted if the volume strength color matches the market trend line signal. Otherwise the signal will not appear, this limits possible fake-outs without having volume agree.
2. MA Filter: When enabled, this removes an contrarian signals to the current market trend per the settings of the filter. The EMA settings for this filter can be changed by the user for them to customize this to their trading strategies. There are two settings, short ema and long ema to define the trend.
3. Chop Filter: When enabled, this disables signals that would normally appear in sideways price action. This setting is also customizable by the user; there are two settings: candle period and threshold. The candle period is how many candles back does this filter want to look to define its range. The threshold, is the amount of price deviation is allowed from this range in order to disable a signal.
Conclusion:
We believe in providing an all inclusive trading tool to help simplify trading for all traders. The goal is to provide a user-friendly, efficient tool that provides insights into market trends. For it to stand out for its simplicity and effectiveness, as a support tool for decision making.
How to get access:
You can see the Author's instructions to get access to this indicator
RISK DISCLAIMER
All content, tools, scripts & education provided by Monstanzer or Gorb Algo LLC are for informational & educational purposes only. Trading is risk and most lose their money, past performance does not guarantee future results.
Currency Pair Strategy [ICEALGO]Indicator for trading with currency pairs
Get Access to ICEALGO indicators: icealgo.com
All scripts & content provided by ICEALGO are for informational & educational purposes only. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
TrapZone ProThis script combines the concepts of Price Action, Trend and Momentum to identify Price Zones (Red and Green filled areas) and Price Bars (Red, Green and Gray) where traders can get trapped in the Market.
It will clearly mark the bars which favor the prevailing Trend and those bars which just don't have the momentum anymore. TrapZone moves with the market trend and will often provide it support. As the TrapZone changes direction & its color, traders can change their trade bias.
Features:
Identify strong & weak price action - By leveraging a regression calculation of price movement on Y axis against the x axis, we identify the strength of current bars. Increasing relative strength of bars indicate Bullish (Green Bars) & Bearish (Red Bars) price movement, respectively. As the relative strength starts to decrease in Bullish or Bearish price action, the indicator immediately changes the color of these bars to Gray (by default). We call these TrapBars .
Current price trend - By using the highs and lows of price in multiple periods, we are calculating the trend of the price. The Bullish trend is shown by the Green zone and Bearish trend is shown by the Red zone. These zones are the shaded areas which are plotted on the chart. If the price is in these Zones, Longs or Short trades are not advised as that price action is weak. We call these TrapZones .
Strength of the Momentum - the thickness of the TrapZone shows the strength of the current Bullish or Bearish trend. That means the wider the shaded area grows the stronger is the current market momentum. A Flat TrapZone indicates sideways price action.
Knowing when NOT to Trade is as important as when to Trade. While this indicator is designed to avoid taking bad trades such as FOMO, Catching a Falling Knife or Fighting The Trend , it successfully reveals the good trade setups!
How these features of this indicator helps Traders avoids common mistakes:
FOMO or Fear of Missing Out - If a Trader Sees TrapBars in a Bullish or Bearish Trend, they will avoid entry as the price action is weak at that time. This will avoid late entries.
Catching a Falling Knife (a.k.a. Picking a Bottom) - When Red TrapZone is being plotted, Traders can avoid taking Long Entries hoping for a price reversal.
Fighting The Trend (a.k.a Picking a Top) - When Green TrapZone is being plotted, Traders can avoid taking Short entries hoping for a price reversal.
TrapZone Pro does all this in a single panel of the chart irrespective of the market or timeframe.
How to use TrapZone Pro indicator for trading [
A. Market Analysis
Green TrapZone is Bullish and traders should not take Shorts. If Green TrapZone is moving higher, Market is Strong
Red TrapZone is Bearish and traders should not take Longs. If Red TrapZone is moving Lower, Market is Strong
No trades when TrapBars are forming
No trades inside the TrapZone
B. Trade Guidance System
Establish Market Bias - Bullish or Bearish using the TrapZone Color
Only Enter Long in Long Color Bars i.e. Green by default
Only Enter Short in Short Color Bars i.e. Red by default
3 Classes of Trades are Possible Class A, B & C. A being the best Reward : Risk ratio and C being the least rewarding. So use trade size accordingly.
Class A - Best bars are always the first & Second, close to the TrapZone
Class B - Long Bar or Short Bar Forming after TrapBar away from the TrapZone in a Strong Market
Class C - Long Bar or Short Bar Forming after TrapBar close to the TrapZone in a Flat Market (identified by Flat TrapZone )
Take profits when Price moves away from the TrapZone & TrapBars start forming OR Your Target is hit !
See a few examples of Trade Classes & Entries/ Exits for a better understanding
Recommendations
Select Session to “Electronic Trading Hours” in chart settings so you can see the Post & Pre Market trading as well. You can change the color of these sessions to the same color as chart background, so it is not distracting.
Start by Trading in the Hourly or Daily time frame to get used to the new indicator and its Trade Guidance System .
Position Size is the best form of Risk Management. Have a fixed dollar loss per trade pre-determined and adjust the size based on market volatility.
Even though this indicator is designed to work on any market or timeframe, trade the markets that you are familiar with and timeframe that matches your lifestyle. Your understanding of the instrument's behavior and knowledge of what makes it move is valuable.
Basic Set-Up
Add the Indicator to the chart
Open Chart Settings and in Symbol Section
Switch off “ Borders ”
Switch off “ Wick ” or Change the colors to a same non-distracting color like Black or Gray
Open TrapZone Pro Settings
Set the colors for the “ Long Bars ”, “ Short Bars ” & “ No Entry Bars ” if you wish to change the default colors
Change “ TrapZone ” colors to your Taste or leave the defaults
Green for “Color 0” that represents Bullish Price Action
Red for “Color 1” that represents Bearish Price Action
Important Advice & Disclaimer: This indicator does not guarantee that you will make money. It is a tool that performs market analysis for you and presents it in a easy to consume fashion. Markets are truly random and can change direction on a dime. You must use prudent risk and money management strategy based on your investor profile, investment objectives and risk appetite.
To Get Access - See Author’s instructions below
Trade size calculatorThis script will calculate recommended Trade Size based on your Risk appetite, Trading style and Current market volatility. Once you input “ RiskPerTrade ” amount, It automatically adjusts recommended Trade Size for changes in markets behavior. You have an option to select “ Long Term ”, “ Short Term ” & “ Intraday ” as your Trade Type. Your Rec Size (Trade Size) will be calculated and printed on you chart.
How it works:
It calculates recommended trade size using your accepted risk ( RiskPerTrade input) and instruments current average price range.
It uses different multipliers to adjust the trade size based on your Trade Type .
Intraday trades are assumed to be closed within the same trading session and therefore will have the highest recommended size.
Short Term trades assume the overnight risk added to the positions and recommend a lower size.
Long Term trades assume overnight & weekend risk added to the position and therefore recommend the smallest size.
Your Trade Size is the key to Risk Management. This Indicator is simple but powerful when used with a good Portfolio Management Strategy. Just add the indicator to your chart and configure its inputs as per your trade plan.
How to configure the Indicator
Input 1 - Add RiskPerTrade amount
Input 2 - Select your Trade Type
Input 3 - Add a negative number in BarsRight to position the label in the desired location of your screen.
Important Display Setting - “ BarsRight ” Input - If you CAN'T SEE the Yellow Label on the chart after you added the indicator, set this number to a large negative no. for example -200 and then adjust the number to get the label positioned where you would like. This happens due to various screen formats and resolutions.
Please note: This indicator is designed for Equities, Stocks or ETFs only. For users in markets not priced in US dollar, make sure your instrument’s price and your RiskPerTrade amount are in the same currency.
ICT Kill Zones [dR-Algo]ICT Kill Zones Indicator by dR-Algo
Introducing the dR-Algo's ICT Kill Zones Indicator – a tool meticulously crafted to blend with the elegance of the ICT Concept of Kill Zones. Built for traders who seek clarity and focus, this unique indicator is tailored to highlight the essential time frames while ensuring minimal distraction from the core price action.
Key Features:
Three Kill Zones:
London Kill Zone: Kickstart your trading day with the London Kill Zone, highlighting the critical period between 03:00 to 04:00 (UTC-4). The London session, known for its volatility due to the overlapping of the Asian session, is captured precisely for your benefit.
NY AM Session: As the European markets gear towards close and the US markets come alive, our indicator emphasizes the activity from 10:00 to 11:00 (UTC-4). It’s a window where significant market moves often originate.
NY PM Session: Capture the late-day trading action between 14:00 to 15:00 (UTC-4). As markets prepare to close, this time frame can offer last-minute opportunities.
Subtle Yet Effective Visualization: Unlike many other indicators that bombard traders with an array of colors, our ICT Kill Zones Indicator is intentionally designed to be subtle. It provides just the right amount of visual emphasis without overwhelming the chart. The primary goal is to let traders focus on what truly matters: the price action.
User-Friendly Customization: The indicator's settings can be easily tailored to align with individual trading styles, allowing traders to adjust and tweak as per their preference.
Seamless Integration with Trading View: Smoothly integrates with your TradingView charts ensuring optimal performance and real-time responsiveness.
Why Choose Our ICT Kill Zones Indicator?
The market is flooded with indicators, each promising to be the 'next big thing.' What sets dR-Algo's ICT Kill Zones Indicator apart is its dedication to simplicity and effectiveness. It's not just about adding an indicator to your chart; it's about adding value to your trading experience. By seamlessly merging vital time frames without overshadowing the price action, we ensure traders get the best of both worlds.
Join the trading revolution with dR-Algo and embrace a focused approach to the markets.
Flux Charts SFX Algo (Premium)Flux Charts SFX Algo indicator is a comprehensive and sophisticated all-in-one toolkit designed to cater to all the technical analysis needs of traders. Developed and designed by Russell W., head developer at Flux Charts.
The Flux Charts SFX Algo indicator stands apart with its unique ability to seamlessly integrate with various forms of technical analysis, while also offering the option to function as a standalone toolkit adaptable to any trading style. The indicator has been designed to take into account the dynamic nature of market conditions, ensuring that every feature included remains relevant, reliable, and effective.
Traders have countless possibilities when utilizing this indicator, allowing for the exploration and analysis of an array of cutting-edge features over time. This enables traders to selectively employ the features that align best with their individual trading styles and build a personal trading strategy.
The Flux Charts SFX Algo indicator is set to revolutionize the way traders approach technical analysis, providing them with the tools and insights needed to navigate complex financial markets with confidence and precision.
Flux Charts SFX Algo works in all markets (stocks, crypto, forex, futures, bonds, options, etc) and has many features including:
Buy signals (Not to be followed blindly)
Sell signals (Not to be followed blindly)
Buy & Sell Signal Ratings (Higher rating doesn't necessarily mean a "better" signal)
Algorithm Weighting Customization
Algorithm Sensitivity Customization
Algorithm Signal Strength Filter
Take Profit signals
Take Profit Retest signals
Take Profit Level Optimization
Trend Candle Coloring
Volatility Bands
+ more
What it does
The indicator uses an Adjusted Weighted majority algorithm to generate "buy" and "sell" signals. The algorithm takes into account several market metrics and weights them based on their recent performance. How far back the algorithm checks is based on the “Time Weighting” setting. This allows users to choose between having more data points or having more recency bias within the algorithm, but less data to decipher.
How it works and what differentiates it
There are many popular strategies in the market all of which go in and out of successful periods. The SFX algorithm effectively uses popular indicators or "experts" and weights them using a period decided through the "Time Weighting" Setting. The "experts" include popular indicators that cover Momenutmn, ATR trends, and EMA trends. Adjusted Weighted Majority typically weighs only through binary events however the SFX also uses a dynamic system to punish larger losses. The total weighting is then used to confirm a signal is agreeing with the most successful "experts" or indicators within the time period. This effectively will filter poor signals during periods of underperformance compared to other indicators and the converse during performant periods.
This weighting algorithm was inspired by the Princeton University lecture "Multiplicative Weight Algorithm" by Sanjeev Arora!
Usage
CME_MINI:ES1! 3 minute timeframe, July 7 2023.
Indicator Settings: (Sensitivity: 70, Signal Strength: 40, Time Weighting: Recent Trends)
The star-rated signals show the strength of the signals based on our weighting system
The colored candles (green & red) simplify the market into basic uptrends/downtrends
The volatility bands show areas of potential reversals
The volatility bands also show potential breakouts (Tight bands = consolidation, which could lead to an impulsive move)
The take profit signals suggest areas where profits should be taken in a trade
Settings and their Usage
Algorithm Settings Explained
Sensitivity determines how frequently signals appear. A higher sensitivity would lead to more frequent signals (Buy & Sell) appearing on your chart
Signal Strength helps filter out low-rated signals based on our Stochastic Weighting Algorithm. A higher signal strength will lead to fewer signals on your chart. A higher-rated signal doesn't necessarily make it a better signal than a lower-rated signal.
Time Weighting allows you to choose how much historic data you want the indicator to use when interpreting data for the signals. There are three options to choose from including:
- Recent Trends
- Mixed Trends
- Longterm Trends
Using the "Recent Trends" option will only use recent market data when looking at the market metrics our algorithm uses for generating "Buy" and "Sell" signals. Thus, there will be a recency bias which means the metrics the algorithm is weighing more heavily have recently performed well.
Using the "Longterm Trends" option will use more historic market data when looking at the market metrics our algorithm uses. This will give more data points for the algorithm to use, but it won't count for recent performances, but rather an overall performance in the past. Thus, if one metric has been doing poorly recently, it will still receive the same weight, even though it was performing well at the start of our lookback period for data.
Using the "Mixed Trends" option will give you a choice that is in between these two options. This will give you a good balance between having enough data points for market metrics, while also sustaining a good bit of market recency bias.
Quantitative Trend Strategy- Uptrend longTrend Strategy #1
Indicators:
1. SMA
2. Pivot high/low functions derived from SMA
3. Step lines to plot support and resistance based on the pivot points
4. If the close is over the resistance line, green arrows plot above, and vice versa for red arrows below support.
Strategy:
1. Long Only
2. Mutable 2% TP/1.5% SL
3. 0.01% commission
4. When the close is greater than the pivot point of the sma pivot high, and the close is greater than the resistance step line, a long position is opened.
*At times, the 2% take profit may not trigger IF; the conditions for reentry are met at the time of candle closure + no exit conditions have been triggered.
5. If the position is in the green and the support step line crosses over the resistance step line, positions are exited.
How to use it and what makes it unique:
Use this strategy to trade an up-trending market using a simple moving average to determine the trend. This strategy is meant to capture a good risk/reward in a bullish market while staying active in an appropriate fashion. This strategy is unique due to it's inclusion of the step line function with statistics derived from myself.
This description tells the indicators combined to create a new strategy, with commissions and take profit/stop loss conditions included, and the process of strategy execution with a description on how to use it. If you have any questions feel free to PM me and boost if you enjoyed it. Thank you, pineUSERS!
Algo Targets [Premium]The Algo Targets indicator includes a suite of tools that attempt to identify market maker liquidity targets in advance.
These levels can be used by traders to determine:
1. future support/resistance
2. entries/exits
3. directional bias
4. potential reversal levels
5. pullback targets
The script uses a proprietary prediction model based on specific candle sequences, historical moves and volatility projections.
These tools have been live tested across a variety of instruments and timeframes, but should be backtested against your preferred ticker for best performance.
Primary Features:
1. Anchors
Anchors are derived from a simple, but powerful, three-candle breakout pattern. We have found that this pattern, when combined with the relative position to previous Anchor patterns on the chart, gives us clues to predicting future price structure.
Common use case: The simplest way to trade Anchors is to know that price *almost always* makes a return visit. This can be a useful tool for reversal traders. Additionally, Anchors often occur just before strong directional momentum. This can be useful for trend traders looking for entry signals.
Power User feature: Projected Ranges can be enabled in Settings. Each Anchor provides a Retracement leg (measured as the midpoint between the last two Anchors) and an Expansion leg (measured as twice the size of the Retracement leg, projected in the opposite direction). If Projected Ranges are enabled, the directional bias is also highlighted within the range, making it easy to spot at a glance.
Caveats: Expansion legs require patience and solid risk management. Additionally, the Expansion leg contains an additional Trigger level which price MUST cross before we consider the Expansion leg to be "in play" as a valid price target. This Trigger is marked on each Expansion legs as a dotted line.
Please note, Anchors require a 3 candle lookback before they are printed to the chart.
2. Target Zones
Target Zones are an advanced feature, and can be enabled in the Settings panel.
Each Target Zone consists of three levels:
Trigger — This the level closest to the current price. We expect it to act as a support/resistance level until price breaks through.
Target — This is the level farthest from the price. This is how far price is likely to move AFTER crossing the Trigger.
Midpoint — This is the level between the Trigger and Target. If price enters a Target Zone and wicks off of the Midpoint line, it’s usually a reversal signal. In this case we would cut our trade, consider the Target “filled” and potentially enter a reversal trade.
Common use case: When prices crosses a Trigger into a Target Zone, we consider that Target level to be “unlocked.” Our expectation is that price will gravitate toward the Target.
Power User feature: There are many strategies that a trader can build around Target Zones. One of our favorites is to use Targets strictly as reversal entries. On ranging days, price will often wick off of a Target level, before making a quick move in the opposite direction.
Caveats: After a Target is unlocked, it may be reached within the next few bars, or it may be saved by the market algorithms for later. Keep an eye on the Midpoint for potential reversals, and as always, proper risk management is key.
IMPORTANT: The presence of a Target Zone on the chart is neither bullish not bearish by itself. We consider the Target to be in play if, AND ONLY IF, price has crossed the Trigger level.
3. Pullback Levels
Pullback Levels are algorithmically detected return levels. They usually act as a strong draw on price, and often appear just before a pullback in price.
Common use case: The simplest way to use Pullbacks is to look for ones that have not been filled, either from a previous day or in after-hours/pre-market. We use them for confirmation bias along with Anchors and unlocked Targets.
Power User feature: For day trading, we set Alerts on our favorite tickers for any detected Pullbacks on the 5 min chart. This usually gives us plenty of time to review the chart for a possible day trade entry.
Settings:
All features are customizable, including color, line length and visibility. This lets you keep your chart as clean as you like, while only displaying additional data when it is needed.
Alerts:
Alerts can be set for all features, with the ability to set bearish and bullish alerts separately, depending on your trading preference. It is recommended to use "Once Per Bar Close" when you create an alert.
SMC Toolkit |ASE|This indicator provides 10+ features all-in-one. Focusing on price action and Smart Money concepts, we have provided automated multi-timeframe features such as Market Structure(BOS / CHoCH) to identify trends, Fair Value Gaps to identify Imbalances, and much more.
Pure price action analysis is a preferred strategy over indicators due to their lag and noise. Many traders popularized SMC or “Smart Money” concepts to identify and trade like/with institutions or Smart Money traders. We have automated these features and made them multi-timeframe to simplify your charting process and advance your trading so you can efficiently trade.
Features:
The included price action features are listed below:
- Multi-Timeframe Market Structure (BOS, CHoCH, MSS, IDM)
- Trend based Candle Coloring
- Multichart (Extra time frame on the same chart)
- Multi-Timeframe Fair Value Gaps & Balanced Price Ranges
- Trapped Market Participants (Multi-Time Frame based on Orderblocks)
- SMT Divergences
- Volume Imbalances
- Premium Discount Array
- Displacement Candles
- Previous OHLC (Daily, Weekly, Monthly)
- VWAP and Std.Dev. Waves
Benefits & Examples:
In the image below we can see plenty of trade setups that formed in confluence with the features we were using. Displayed we have higher timeframe FVGs as our point of interests, Market Structure (Trend Bar Coloring) as our entry confirmation, and Liquidity Levels as our targets.
In this image we can see the same setup as before, higher timeframe FVG with Market Structure reversal targeting a Liquidity Level. In addition we can see the Trapped Market Participants feature showing trapped sellers at the low which provides additional confluence for our long position and offers a cleaner and safer entry on the pullback.
Our goal is to provide as many useful features as possible, automating the process to make it easier and quicker for us as traders. We want to spend less time charting and more time planning proper trades.
Model Indicator |ASE|The purpose of this indicator is to allow the user to build their own model. Each feature works cohesively together and depending on the filters you enable, the model gives less and more specific entries. This benefits the trader because they have complete control over the kinds of trades they want to take, while maintaining its automatic form.
We want to be as customizable as possible while still meeting our users’ needs. We started this indicator to propel us into our ultimate project, the ASE Algo.
Features:
SMC Display
Current Structure:
Liquidity Levels:
Daily Premium Discount Array
SMT Divergence
Displacement Candles:
Entry Factors
FVG
Continuation FVGs
MTF FVGs
Order Blocks
MTF Order Blocks
Confluence Filters
MS Reversal
Liquidity Level Raid
Inducement
Daily Prem/Disc Array
Target Factors
Liquidity Level Targets
Current Structure Targets
Trade Management
Trade Overlay
Risk:Reward Target
Benefits & Examples:
In the image below the indicator signaled multiple entries based on two simple confluence filters, a MS reversal (CHoCH/MSS) and a Liquidity Raid. Going from left to right we can see a short entry at the highs with a supporting Order Block. Liquidity levels are taken before we see a double IDM right below the respected OB that leads to the next signaled entry. In the middle of the chart we see a long entry that leads right into a short entry showing the effectiveness of such a simple model.
In this supporting image we are showcasing the first implementation of the Trade Overlay feature. This feature displays the Entry and Stop Loss to make it more visible and adds a risk to reward target. Additionally displayed is the SMC Toolkit indicator showing us additional confirmation with our signaled entries playing right out of a higher timeframe FVG.
An additional entry feature is the MTF zone. Setups can form on all timeframes and subjecting yourself to only one may lead you to miss out on some perfect setups or a larger move. In the image below we are on the 1 minute timeframe. We can see the Initial Reversal Entry which played out beautifully and filled a higher timeframe SFVG. With the MTF zone we can see a 3 minute and 5 minute Zone which produces the rest of the trend reaching another higher timeframe SFVG after filling the previous one. Once again showing the benefit of the Toolkit indicator but the plotted entries from such a simple model.
In addition to the model indicators filtered out entry zone, we can use additional confluences to confirm these entries. In the image below we can see a short entry printed after a move out of the Std. Dev. vwap wave which shows over extension. Taking the entry we can have a tight stop loss at the vwap wave or the recent high where we have a liquidity level, targeting a lower liquidity level or higher timeframe FVG.
For this example we are only filtering based on MS Reversals (CHoCH/MSS) to get our entries. Because of this we need additional confirmation to be confident in taking the plotted entry. In the image below you can see a long signal printed, confirmation being the previous Failed Reversal.
[UPRIGHT Trading] Volatility Trend Filter (VTF) AlgoHello Traders,
As some of you know, I have had this in Beta for a long while now and it's finally time for a full release.
I originally designed this to be an Unreal Algo add-on to track & stay in the trade a little better, but the VTF Algo has become a full Algorithm and can be used standalone with supreme accuracy.
It's for beginners and advanced traders alike. I've made the settings very customizable, but also easy to just jump right in.
How it works:
It uses volatility , deviations, and tons of statistical calculations, confirmations, moving averages, and filters to bring you the most accurate Supply & Demand predictive algorithm possible. The VTF Algo will automatically normalize different volatility in any type of market to help avoid getting Chopped up and give a forward-looking approach to accurate Price Action and confirmation. It will automatically show support and resistance in real-time. The channel that The VTF Algo creates will help traders confirm whether they should stay in the trade or get out fast. As the green top grows it naturally acts as Supply and as the red bottom grows it acts as Demand, when one of them far exceeds the other the direction price will proceed to is clear to see.
Features:
-Easy-to-read Price Action & Trend channel.
-Exceptional Chop Filter (grayed center).
-Accurate Buy/Sell and Topline Continuation Signals.
-Rejection Signals.
-Multiple-Timeframe Customizable Trend Table. Showing Directional Arrows (see bottom right of picture).
-Bullish / Bearish Growing Blocks.
-Fully Customizable with Clean and Cleaner Mode.
The VTF Algo was made with all different types of traders in mind.
Some like things Ultra Crispy Clean:
Others like things a little more clean but can move their focus to where it's needed:
Lastly, there are those who don't mind things looking a little busy:
Topline Continuation Signals, Auto-Supply/Demand, and a Real-Time Multiple Timeframe Trend Table (in the bottom-right) corner:
Meshes perfectly as an Algo Add-on for Unreal Algo © (as originally designed) to enhance "The Simple Strat" © :
I tried to make everything as customizable as possible. So adding or removing or color-changing is super easy.
Happy Trading.
Cheers,
Mike
30 Second Futures Session Open RangeThis indicator displays 30 second opening ranges from Globex, Europe, and RTH sessions.
From the RTH session range, it also displays infinitely generating Price Targets based on a % of the opening range size.
I am retrieving the 30 second data using the new "request.security_lower_tf()" function.
The importance of these levels is based on the idea that when the market opens, algorithms establish their positions within the first 30 seconds.
These areas can also be seen as potential areas of support and resistance throughout the sessions.
Enjoy!
TUE Argentum Algo V1This algorithm is designed to look trend for opening conditions, apply various filters including volume and volatility, then determine stop outs, break evens, and take profits.
The algorithm uses proprietary math based on the concepts of volatility, standard deviations, average true ranges, and volume to help determine trend. You can filter based on cumulative volume delta, volatility, and moving average based trend. It includes settings for either trend following or contrarian trades, and the ability to go long, short, or both.
The take profit areas are based on proprietary math that help find peaks and valleys. You can adjust the size of the take profits as a percentage of the position, change to static take profits (i.e. take profit in 16 ticks), or use both. You can also disable them and use the natural closing conditions of the trades (detection of trend change in the opposite direction).
Our algo works in any market and will allow user to adjust input settings to be used on any ticker they'd like. It is built as a strategy so you can back test on any ticker to find the exact right settings to dial it in and then switch to live trading mode to see signals. Can be used for day trades or swing trades.
Automated Trading
This algo has been tested and certified to work for automated trading.
Works on Forex
It's confirmed to work on forex so you can trade that market.
Gets you into long successful trades, and gets out of poor ones quickly
It keeps you in the long trades taking small profits along the way, but cuts losers quickly in comparison. This style leads to a high profit factor.
It looks at many variables so you don't have to
- Uses trend analysis for opening/closing conditions.
- It measures the strength of trends to help determine if it should enter or not.
- It uses volume, if the user wants, to help filter entries. The volume calculation is based off of my proprietary cumulative volume delta indicator and helps find if the volume is moving long or short.
- It uses proprietary take profit math to help find peaks and valleys to peel off profits. It is based on the changes in momentum of the underlying.
- It allows for stop outs and break evens based on volatility so they'll always adjust with the movement of the underlying ticker (see the blue lines above and below the opening in the chart).
- It allows for offset break evens to keep a portion of the profit.
Strategy for the Algo
Included so you can understand how to trade with it.
ONE: After loading this strategy onto a ticker turn off volume if it's a ticker with no volume , set the dates at the bottom to when the stock is active (you want to start backtesting when a stock started trading like it trades currently).
TWO: From there adjust the short term trend settings to find the highest win rate and profit factor.
THREE: Then adjust the volume length to find the highest win rate and profit factor. It's important while doing these that you pay attention to a smooth upward equity curve.
FOUR: After this has been done now adjust the long and short risk multipliers. This determines your stop out.
FIVE: Then adjust breakeven multipliers - this is the level at which it changes to a breakeven stop out instead of the previous one. You can also set an offset to keep a small part of the profit.
SIX: Finally adjust the take profit sizes.
SEVEN: Once this is all done go back through the list and adjust up and down by one or two clicks and see if a better curve can be obtained. Very frequently long and short trades have different settings.
EIGHT: When you are finished save the settings in a custom indicator template and put it with it's own chart.
Additional
The settings shown on screen are not the default settings, but are settings chosen for this ticker and timeframe based on the process above. Nearly every ticker and timeframe will require adjustment from default, that's why the algorithm is built to be highly flexible. It can fit any ticker and timeframe, as well as market environment.
This particular setup has the algo running a scalping program on ES 3 min with a 16 tick static target. This algorithm can be set up as a scalper, or used to day trade more regularly. It can also swing trade.
As shown here the algo includes $1.25 of commissions and 1 tick of slippage on all orders (about our average for automated trading on ES).
TUE ADX/MACD Confluence Algorithm V1This algorithm is designed to look at the ADX/MACD confluence for opening conditions, apply various filters including volume and volatility, then determine stop outs, break evens, and take profits.
The ADX and MACD confluence can be a powerful predictor in stock movements. Both of these indicators find trend but do it in different ways. When they're combined they have a high success rate of finding openings. That's done by finding the bar in which both show the same direction - that bar is the beginning of the confluence. I have a free indicator called the TUE ADX/MACD Confluence that you can use to see this in action.
This script will help you find those confluences in an easy to understand manner. It will open a trade on a detected confluence, using the rest of the variables available in the algorithm as filters. You can filter based on cumulative volume delta, volatility, and trend. It includes settings for either trend following or contrarian trades, and the ability to go long, short, or both.
It includes Buy and Sell signals for detected confluences, and will show colored candles to help you determine when to exit a trade if you don't want to follow the included take profit areas. When the candles turn to white that means the detected confluence is no longer in play. The Buy and Sell signals will display on the first occurrence of each confluence.
The take profit areas are based on proprietary math that help find peaks and valleys. You can adjust the size of the take profits as a percentage of the position, change to static take profits (i.e. take profit in 16 ticks), or use both. You can also disable them and use the natural closing conditions (reversal of MACD/ADX confluence).
Our algo works in any market and will allow user to adjust input settings to be used on any ticker they'd like. It is built as a strategy so you can back test on any ticker to find the exact right settings to dial it in and then switch to live trading mode to see signals. Can be used for day trades or swing trades.
Automated Trading
This algo has been tested and certified to work for automated trading.
Works on Forex
It's confirmed to work on forex so you can trade that market.
Gets you into long successful trades, and gets out of poor ones quickly
It keeps you in the long trades taking small profits along the way, but cuts losers quickly in comparison. This style leads to a high profit factor, as you can see over 3.0 in the included ES 3 Min chart.
It looks at many variables so you don't have to
- Uses ADX/MACD confluence for opening/closing conditions.
- It uses volume, if the user wants, to help filter entries. The volume calculation is based off of my proprietary cumulative volume delta indicator and helps find if the volume is moving long or short.
- It uses proprietary take profit math to help find peaks and valleys to peel off profits. It is based on the changes in momentum of the underlying.
- It allows for stop outs and break evens based on volatility so they'll always adjust with the movement of the underlying ticker (see the blue lines above and below the opening in the chart).
- It allows for offset break evens to keep a portion of the profit.
Strategy for the Algo
Included so you can understand how to trade with it.
ONE: After loading this strategy onto a ticker turn off volume if it's a ticker with no volume , set the dates at the bottom to when the stock is active (you want to start backtesting when a stock started trading like it trades currently).
TWO: From there adjust the ADX/MACD to find the highest win rate and profit factor.
THREE: Then adjust the volume length to find the highest win rate and profit factor. It's important while doing these that you pay attention to a smooth upward equity curve.
FOUR: After this has been done now adjust the long and short risk multipliers. This determines your stop out.
FIVE: Then adjust breakeven multipliers - this is the level at which it changes to a breakeven stop out instead of the previous one. You can also set an offset to keep a small part of the profit.
SIX: Finally adjust the take profit sizes.
SEVEN: Once this is all done go back through the list and adjust up and down by one or two clicks and see if a better curve can be obtained. Very frequently long and short trades have different settings.
EIGHT: When you are finished save the settings in a custom indicator template and put it with it's own chart.
Additional
The settings shown on screen are not the default settings, but are settings chosen for this ticker and timeframe based on the process above. Nearly every ticker and timeframe will require adjustment from default, that's why the algorithm is built to be highly flexible. It can fit any ticker and timeframe, as well as market environment.
Also included in the chart above is a $1.25 commission per contract, and a tick of slippage (which on average is about right for automated trading on ES).
Round Numbers Breakouts Smart Formula Signals and AlertsThis indicator uses Round Numbers breakouts and then uses smart formula with the near Round Numbers to determine best TP (take profit)/SL (stop loss) areas. Furthermore, it calculates win percentage, shows in-profit/in-loss peaks and the price amount result over a customizable date range, which when combined well with the smart formula provides decent profitable outcome. I have decided to write my own backtesting engine as the integrated TradingView strategy one has limitations and has shown inconsistencies when compared to manual backtesting…
There are many settings you can manually change to trade any instrument, any style, any approach and there are presets included for Bitcoin(BTCUSD), FOREX(EURUSD), SPY(S&P500), so you can start trading immediately! Alerts correspond to indicator settings and are turned on with a few clicks. There are 3 tables (each can be shown/hidden) showing everything you need to see/know to calibrate the indicator as you wish.
Labels, lines, tables explanations (everything can be hidden/shown):
- LONG Labels: medium-green: position open, dark-green: SL, bright-green: TP, blue: TP2
- SHORT Labels: medium-red: position open, dark-red: SL, bright-red: TP, purple: TP2
- Gray circles: position entry area | Yellow crosses: SL area
- Green line: Long TP1, Blue line: Long TP2 | Red Line: Short TP1, Purple line: Short TP2
- Grey lines: Round Numbers (customized via “Round Number up/down measure unit” input)
- Yellow labels at end of each week: end of week OVERALL total results
- Red colored background: power segment
- 3 tables: 1) INFO | STATS, 2) SPY Options Calculator, 3) Indicator Settings
If you decide to fully customize the indicator yourself, on the very top - under “PRESETS” select “MANUAL”! NOTE: If you select any of the pre-set presets, only GLOBAL settings can be changed, the rest of the settings will be “frozen” until you switch it to “MANUAL”!
- Global Settings are self-explanatory and mainly observational, show/hide, etc.
- Manual TP2 (Multi-Take-Profit) Settings:
>>>>> Include TP2 System? Turn on/off multi-profit system, with this unchecked, every trade will either end with SL or with TP1.
>>>>> TP2 System: NEAREST/FORMULA, NEAREST – after TP1 is taken > next TP2 will be a round number price target nearest to where TP1 was taken (sometimes it can be very near, sometimes further away…), FORMULA – 2nd round number price target will be optimally selected based on the distance behind and ahead of TP1 area. For TP2 – FORMULA would be the most logical choice as with multi-take-profit setting turned on – you’d want to ride it out as far as possible.
>>>>> TP1/TP2 division type: 1) Each price target (TP1, TP2) will be ½ of the position 2) TP1 will be 2/3 of the position and TP2 will be the remaining 1/3.
>>>>> TP2 hit type: “close” > candle has to close on top/crossing the price target line, “touch” > once candle touches the price target – you will be immediately alerted to take the partial profit (if you will use such setting – you will need to take the partial profits as soon as you receive the alert.
>>>>> TP1 > Back to Entry hit type: similar to TP2, “close” > candle close, “touch” > candle touch. Please note: this is a very tricky setting as if you use “close” option – your profitable trade may become a loss if a huge candle will close against your position eliminating your TP1 profit, however often the price will touch and cross the entry area to only bounce and continue with your position direction for even bigger profits… so experiment with the date range results to see what works best for your instrument/setting/strategy.
>>>>> TP2 count towards trades count: this can be a bit confusing, but it is simply how should TP2 be treated towards trades count. The indicator will show you Win Percentage and Win % is obtained from winning trades count divided by total trades count. While TP2 is not “a new trade”, it expands the profit of the trade. This is an experimental setting to count TP2 as the whole winning trade, ½ of a trade, or not count it at all.
- Manual Signals/TP1 Settings:
>>>>> TP1/TP2 offset: this one is really cool, with this feature you can hunt these conditions when the price comes very near the profit target area, but never touches it. With this setting turned on and with a good offset amount – you will be able to catch these for TP1 and TP2!
>>>>> TP1/TP2 offset amount: just what the title says, please be careful with this as this number varies significantly depending on the instrument you will be trading. Examples: 1) For SPY 0.1 would be $0.10 offset - if TP1 is $400 and price hits $399.90 > TP1 considered taken/signal shown/alert) | 2) For EURUSD, it is very different and if wrong will show TP1 immediately at position open, typical good offset for EURUSD is: 0.0005 | 3) For BTCUSD, 10 - $10 offset, if TP is $15,000 > $14,990, etc.
>>>>> Round Number up/down measure unit (in dollars $): this one is very important if you will be using “MANUAL” selection to build your own setup as it is very different for every instrument. For SPY, round numbers are single dollars or even half-dollar 50 cent numbers: 1 or 0.5 (350, 351, 352, etc. or 350.50, 351, 351.50, 352, etc.), while for Bitcoin (BTCUSD) a single unit ($1) is too small to be a round number as Bitoin moves much faster and wider every second and it would have to be at least 50 ($50) to make sense. Similar for FOREX (EUR/USD) a single 1 unit ($1) will be too big as EURUSD will never move a whole $1 in 15 minutes or even a day.. and would have to be something like 1.05500. You can easily determine if this number makes sense for your instrument by observing the grey Round Number lines which will correspond based on this setting. You can also visually observer if the price of the instrument appreciates these round numbers.
>>>>> Close Position Before Market Closes: just what the title says. Indicator will close the position 15 minutes before market closes (US session), update backtesting stats, alert you.
>>>>> Close Position Before Power Hour: 3PM – 4PM ET is the last hour of US trading session, where sudden move in any direction can happen with huge volatility, while sometimes nothing will happen at all… Many try to avoid it, so if you wish to avoid it as well - turn this on and it will alert you to close your positions 15 minutes before Power Hour starts, backtesting/stats will be adjusted accordingly.
>>>>> Skip OVERSIZED candles in signals: turn on this setting to skip signals, which happen to fall on big candles. This is basically a protection from huge volatility moves, which usually happen during financial news/events and if you are not a fan of these – you can set this option for indicator to not open anything based on the candle size.
>>>>> Color OVERSIZED candles: this will help you calibrate the size of the OVERSIZED candles if you decide to use this setting and overall visually see them.
>>>>> OVERSIZED candle size: OVERSIZED candle size must be input as it varies significantly. Please note: for each instrument – the size number is completely different, as for SPY: 2 would mean any candle bigger than $2 distance will be considered OVERSIZED, for Bitcoin it would have to be several hundred dollars, like 400-500. For FOREX, this would have to be a decimal, for EURUSD something like 0.0005. It’s best to experiment visually with this setting depending on the instrument you will be trading while setting up the size. To see a typical huge unusual candle – look up financial calendar for something like FOMC meeting, then measure the candle input it into this setting.
>>>>> OVERSIZED candle size calculation type: this is just more flexibility for your preference. If you wish to calculate the size of the candle based on the open/close – select “BODY”, if you wish to use high/low – select “STICKS (from tip to tip)”. Hard to say which one is better, so it is up to you to decide.
>>>>> Include EMA in signal formula: LONG signals will only be shown only if above EMA, SHORT if below EMA. EMA length is of course customizable in below.
>>>>> Skip opposite candle types in signals: signals where the candle color confirms the direction of the trade, but the candle type is opposite (like a green colored bearish hammer for example) will be avoided (such candles can be very uncertain/deceptive).
>>>>> Skip doji: signals where the signal candle is doji (uncertain) will be avoided.
>>>>> TP1 hit type/system: same thing as TP2 hit type/system.
>>>>> SL hit type/system: same as TP1 and TP2 types/systems.
>>>>> Intraday Session Signals Active Time in ET: time range during the day when indicator will show signals (open trades, alert you, etc.). This is specifically for intraday trading. You can turn it off completely by selecting a BLANK option.
>>>>> Intraday TP/SL Active Time in ET: same as above, but for taking profits/stop losses.
*** To add the alerts
-Right-click anywhere on the TradingView chart
-Click on Add alert
-Condition: Select this indicator by it’s name
-Alert name: Whatever you want
-Hit “Create”
-Note: If you change ANY Settings within the indicator – you must DELETE the current alert and create a new one per steps above, otherwise it will continue triggering alerts per old Settings!
If you wish to try this out for a week or so – please write me directly and I will give you access.
CONSOLIDATION BAND BREAKOUT [5MIN TF]CONSOLIDTION BREAKOUT STRATEGY for 5 minute Time-Frame , that has the time condition adjustable for Indian Markets.
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Unlike the Free Scripts - Risk Management , Position Sizing , Partial Exit etc. are also included .
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The Timing can be changed to fit other markets, scroll down to "TIME CONDITION" to know more.
The commission is also included in the strategy .
The basic idea is when ,
1) Price crosses above upper Level ,indicated by Red Line, is a Long condition .
2) Price crosses below lower Level ,indicated by Green Line , is a Short condition .
3) Candle close crosses above ema1 , is a part of the Long condition .
4) Candle close crosses below ema1 , is a part of the Short condition .
5) Allowed hours specifies the trade entry timing.
6) ATR STOP is the stop-loss value on chart , can be adjusted in INPUTS.
7) Target 1 is the 1st target value on chart , can be adjusted in INPUTS.
8) RISK is Maximum Risk per trade for the intraday trade can be changed .
9) Total Capital used can be adjusted under INPUTS.
10) ATR TRAIL is used for trailing after entry, as mentioned in the inputs below.
11) Check trades under the list of trades .
12) Trade only in liquid stocks .
13) Risk only 1-5% of total capital.
14) Inputs can be changed for better back-test results, but also manually check the trades before setting alerts
15) SQUARE OFF TIME - As you change the time frame , also change the square-off time to that candle's closing time.
Eg: For 3min Time-frame , Hour = 2Hrs | Minute = 57min
16) Strategy stops for the day if you have a loss .
*The input values and the results are mentioned under "BACKTEST RESULTS" below*
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The time can be changed in the INPUT.
The Indian Markets open at 9:15am and closes at 3:30pm.
The 'Allowed hours' under Inputs specifies the time at which Entries should happen .
"Close All" function closes all the trades before 3pm , at the open of the next candle.
To change the time to close all trades , check INPUT.
All open trades get closed at 3pm , because some brokers don't allow you to place fresh intraday orders after 3pm .
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INPUTS can be changed for better Back-Test results.
The strategy applied to NSE:TCS (5 min Time-Frame and with a capital of 1,00,000 ) gives us 77% profitability , as shown below
It was tested for a period a 1 year with a Profit Factor of 2.143 ,net Profit of 10,886 Rs .
The Initial Capital and Risk can be increased for better results.
The graph has a Linear Curve with Consistent Profits.
The INPUTS are as follows,
1) LENGTH ——————————————> 79
2) MUT_STDEV ————————————> 2.3
3) ALLOWED HRS ———————————> 9:25 TO 14:30
4) ATR STOP ——————————————> 2.2
5) RISK ——————————————————> 400
6) ATR TRAIL ———————————————> 2.6
7) TARGET 1 ————————————————> 2.1
8) MAX POSITION VALUE ——————————> 1,00,000
8) MAX DRAWDOWN —————————————> 2,000
8) SQUARE-OFF ————————————————> 14:55
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TradingWolf Smart Money
The TradingWolf Premium Smart Money Concept is a unique and enhanced selection of ideas designed to help give you an edge on the markets.
Within this one indicator you will have access to Fair Value Gap, Order Blocks, Break of Structure, Forecasting, Supply & Demand.
Below find each explanations on how to use each indicator
This script comes with the 'TradingWolf Premium' to get access, read the Author’s Instructions below.
There are extensive explanations on how to use this in our documentation on the website but we will give a simple overview here.
Order Blocks
There are several different ways people like to calculate order blocks, one of the ways we like is by using pivot points to identify levels of importance, from there we either highlight the highest/lowest closed candle or the wick. The user has the option to choose this in the settings.
As seen in the image above, you can see these levels are well respected and give people an opportunity to help where the market marker is placing their orders.
Fair Value Gaps
Fair value gaps can be a very useful concept in price action trading. They detect instances in which there are inefficiencies, or imbalances, in the market. In this case, we define imbalance as an instance in which buying and selling is not equal. This is often visualised as a large candle whose neighbouring candles’ wicks do not fully overlap the large candle. Below are a few examples of Fair Value Gap.
If price is in a downtrend and there is a fair value gap above, a trader might look to go short when that FVG fills. Inversely, if price is in an uptrend and there is a FVG below, a trader might look to go long when the FVG fills.
In this script we decided to highlight both types, one is simply marking up all technical FVGs which is the gap produced by the large candle, the other more commonly traded ones are market structure breaking ones.
These ones tend to be more respected so note they are highlighted in a separate colour to make them more visible.
If a FVG has been filled that box will dim away so it's not in your way.
ChoCh
‘Change of Character’ Hugely used by professional traders although they may not have heard of it called by this term. This is where price/market structure is trending in a certain direction but price starts to reverse.
This first happens when there is a break of structure, instead of another Lower High formed, price makes a Higher High like in the image above. This is where we highlight a break of structure or some people will just refer to this as the Choch line, once we have this we can look for an Order block / supply zone below to find an entry.
This is a hugely powerful tool dating back to one of the simplest and first concepts of trading where Market structure is King.
Peaks & Troughs
This tool helps you find potential reversal points in your support/resistance area, Simple candlestick patterns but incredibly powerful when used in confluence with our other tools.
vStrat Algo 2.0vStrat Algo 2.0 is a Non-Repainting toolkit that works on any market such as stocks, crypto, forex, indices, commodities, etc. There are 8 advanced features that traders can use to help them create their own strategies. vStrat Algo 2.0 offers 10 sensitivity presets that they can choose from, making this toolkit suitable for every trading style whether it's scalping, day trading, swinging, or position trading.
I. Non-Repainting
When an indicator is Repainting , it changes its values as new data arrives, making it an unreliable indicator especially for Buy and Sell signals but this does not necessarily mean that the indicator is less accurate. vStrat Algo 2.0 does not repaint so the signals that were triggered in real time will stay the same during backtesting. If Non-Repainting is disabled, the signal that was triggered on a candle might disappear as new data arrives and once that candle closes, the signal might not even be there anymore, but it could get triggered on the next candle instead.
II. Signal Sensitivity
The Buy and Sell signals are highly accurate but the placement of each signal will differ for each selected preset. The higher the sensitivity (3.0 - 5.0), the more signals will be displayed on the chart. This setting works well when scalping using lower timeframes (1 min - 5 min). As the sensitivity lowers (0.5 - 2.5), less signals are displayed on the chart. If you are day trading or swinging, the lower presets are recommended as they are smoothed and will have less noise. Lower sensitivity works well on any timeframe.
III. Safe Mode
This feature hides any Buy and Sell signals that are triggered within the Consolidation Zones. The signals can still vary depending on the sensitivity, CZ Smoothing and CZ Length. The default setting is "3" and "7". "Unfiltered" must be unchecked for the signals to disappear.
IV. Unfiltered Signals
All Buy and Sell signals are displayed on the chart. This feature must be disabled if "Safe Mode" is enabled.
V. Trend Candle Colouring
This changes the bar colors depending on its trend. Green if it's trending up and red if it's trending down.
VI. Trend Cloud
Trend Cloud indicates the current market trend. This can also be used as a confluence to the Buy and Sell signals. Wider cloud indicates a strong momentum on either direction. As the cloud narrows, it could mean a possible reversal.
VII. Pivot Points
Pivot Points are useful for identifying significant support and resistance levels as well as identifying entry, exit, stop loss, and target profit levels.
VIII. Consolidation Zones
Consolidation Zones can be used to identify if the market is ranging. If enabled, it changes the colors of the bars that have low momentum to yellow. It is best to wait for a breakout to enter a trade but you can still be profitable when the market is ranging by trading based off Support and Resistance Levels and Imbalance Zones. Default setting is: Smoothing "3" and Length "7".
IX. Take Profit Levels
Take Profit signals are displayed on the chart as yellow "x". Once the algo detects a potential reversal, a Take Profit signal will be triggered so the user can lock in their profits. The signals can appear more than once so you have the option to keep holding as long as you know the risks. The lower the Length is, the more signals appear.
X. Alerts
Buy and Sell signal alerts can be created by clicking the three dots in the vStrat Algo 2.0 indicator tile.
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Unicorn X-AlgoUnicorn X-Algo is a multifunctional trading indicator. It is designed to help traders make real-time decisions using quantitative models.
Its core is a trend trading strategy based on our enhanced Trailing Stop-Loss algorithm. This strategy provides the user with position entry and exit signals. It is customizable and has a built-in instant backtesting feature.
For those who have difficulty with finding the good settings the indicator has the Automatic Mode. In this mode, there is no need for the user to adjust any settings. The indicator calculates optimized trading signals automatically.
In addition, the indicator provides a number of useful tools that aim to provide additional confirmation to the trading signals. They include: support and resistance levels forecast, price range prediction and institutional activity detection.
The script can send real-time alerts to the user’s Email and to the cell phone via notifications in the TradingView app.
The indicator can be used for various types of trend and swing trading, including positional trading, day trading and scalping.
Unicorn X-Algo allows users to:
forecast direction of trends with BUY and SELL signals;
determine the right time to close a position;
detect institutional activity in the market;
forecast key support and resistance levels;
predict the future price range for any market;
customize any settings and do a backtest with one click;
see historical trades on the chart;
use the fully Automatic Mode where the algorithm optimizes all its settings itself.
When using this script, keep in mind that past results do not necessarily reflect future results and that many factors influence trading results.
FEATURES
Trading signals
The feature calculates trend or swing entry and exit signals. The underlying strategy does not use fixed Take-Profit levels. It trails the price with a Trailing Stop-Loss to get as many pips as possible from price movements.
The feature is based on our custom Volatility Stop algorithm. It uses linear regressions instead of averaging. As our practice shows, this helps to reduce signal lag while keeping the number of false signals low.
Trading signals are customizable with Sensitivity and Trade Length parameters which determine the trading signals frequency and width of the Trailing-Stop levels, respectively.
Automatic Mode
The Trading Signals function has an automatic mode. When it is turned on, you do not need to adjust the trading signals settings. The algorithm tries to calculate the best settings automatically using an optimization algorithm.
In this mode, Buy and Sell signals are displayed as green and red triangles respectively. There are two types of exit signals displayed as circles and crosses. A circle signal means that a price reversal is expected and you can partially close the position. A cross signal means that a trading signal in the opposite direction is expected soon and you can partially or completely close your position.
Support and Resistance Levels
Support/Resistance levels forecasting model. The forecasted levels are non-repainting. Once calculated for a specified period in the future (day, week, month, etc.), they don't change during this period.
The feature allows the trader to plan trades and use the forecasted levels as entry levels and targets for opening and closing positions. Both intraday and higher timeframes are supported.
The forecasting model analyses the distribution of the price time series to find clusters in the data. These clusters are then used to make the key price levels forecast.
Big Money Activity detection
The Big Money Activity tool identifies areas on the price chart associated with instructional traders' activity in the market.
Institutional activity in a trending market can be a leading signal for upcoming reversal. Institutions could be fixing their profit, causing the price to move against the current trend.
Institutional activity in a sideways market can be due to positions accumulation and signal a new trend formation.
The algorithm uses tick volume, volume, and volatility data to forecast activity of institutional investors. The method develops the idea described in the Daigler & Wiley (2015) and Shalen (1993) works. It says that when institutional traders actively open or close their positions in the market, a divergence between volume and volatility time-series arises. It can be due to their use of position-splitting algorithms that reduce the impact of their positions on the market.
Trading Range Forecast
Trading Range Forecast feature predicts the price range of an asset for a selected period of time in the future, called Forecast Horizon. It can be the next day or 12-hour trading session. This function works if your chart timeframe is intraday (i.e. the timeframe below "D"). It shows the upper and lower bounds between which the price is going to stay in the upcoming Forecast Horizon period.
Instant Backtesting
After changing any settings, you can immediately see the performance of the strategy on the Instant Backtesting panel. Two metrics are displayed there - the percentage of profitable trades and the total return. This information, as well as the historical trades shown on the chart, will help you quickly and easily evaluate any settings you make.
SETTINGS
TRADING SIGNALS
Trade Length - defines the length of the trades the algorithm tries to make. Recommended values are from 1.0 to 6.0.
Sensitivity - controls the sensitivity of the trading signals algorithm. The sensitivity determines the density of trading signals and how close the trailing-stop levels follow the price. The higher the value of this parameter is, the less sensitive the algorithm is. High values of the Sensitivity parameters (100-500) can help to withstand large price swings to stay in longer price moves. Lower values (10-100) work well for short- and medium-term trades.
TRADING TOOLS
Big Money Activity - turns on and off the identification of the areas associated with institutional traders activity.
SUPPORТ AND RESISTANCЕ LEVELS
Show Support And Resistance Levels - turns on and off support and resistance levels calculation.
TRADING RANGE FORECAST
Show Trading Range Forecast - turns on/off trading range forecasting
Forecast Horizon - sets the period for which the trading range forecast is made
Forecasting Method - allows to choose a forecasting algorithm for the trading range forecast.
BACKTESTING
Use Starting Date - turns on/off the starting date for the strategy and backtests. When off, all available historical data is used.
Starting Date - sets the starting date for the strategy and backtests.
Show Instant Backtesting Dashboard - turns on/off a dashboard that shows the current strategy performance: the percentage of profitable trades and total return.
Leverage - sets the leverage that the strategy uses.
Unicorn QuantDeeply customizable trading algorithm with instant backtesting. It emulates real trading and displays all the actions it takes on the chart. For example, it shows when to enter or partially close a position, move Stop-Loss to breakeven, etc. The user can replicate these actions in their trading terminal in real time. The algorithm uses up to three Take-Profit levels, and a Stop-Loss level that can move in a trade to protect the floating profit.
The script can send real-time alerts to the user’s Email and to the cell phone via notifications in the TradingView app.
The indicator is designed to be used on all timeframes, including lower ones for intraday trading and scalping.
HOW TO USE
Set the Stop-Loss and up to three Take-Profit levels. Choose the rules for moving the Stop-Loss level in a trade. Adjust the sensitivity of the trading signals. And check the backtest result in the Instant Backtesting dashboard. If the performance of the strategy satisfies you, proceed with the forward testing or live trading.
When using this script, please, keep in mind that past results do not necessarily reflect future results and there are many factors that influence trading results.
FEATURES
Trading Signals
The feature calculates Buy and Sell signals for trend or swing trading. The user can change the Sensitivity parameter to control the frequency of the signals. This allows them to be adjusted for different markets and timeframes.
Position Manager
To make the Position Manager setup as easy as possible, the algorithm calculates Stop-Loss and Take-Profit levels in Average True Range (ATR) units. They are self-adjusting for any market and timeframe, since they account for its average volatility .
You don't have to worry about what market you are trading - Forex, Stocks, Crypto, etc. With the self-adjusting Stop-Loss and Take-Profit, you can find settings that work for one market and use the same numerical values as a starting point for a completely different market.
Instant Backtesting
After changing any settings, you can immediately see the performance of the strategy on the Instant Backtesting panel. Two metrics are displayed there - the percentage of profitable trades and the total return. This information, as well as the historical trades shown on the chart, will help you quickly and easily evaluate the settings.
SETTINGS
TRADING SIGNALS
Sensitivity - controls the sensitivity of the trading signals algorithm. It determines the frequency of the trading signals. The higher the value of this parameter, the less trading signals you get and the longer trends the algorithm tries to catch. The lower the sensitivity value, the more signals you receive. This can be useful if you want to profit from small price movements.
POSITION MANAGER
SL - sets the Stop-Loss level measured in ATR units.
TP1, TP2, TP3 - set the Take-Profit levels measured in the ATR units.
Close % at TP1, Close % at TP2, Close % at TP3 - set portions of the open position (as a percentage of the initial order size) to close at each of the TP levels.
At TP1 move SL to, At TP2 move SL to - set the rules for moving the Stop-Loss level in an open trade to protect the floating profit.
Show Open Position Dashboard - turns on/off a dashboard that shows the current Stop-Loss and Take-Profit levels for the open position.
BACKTESTING
Use Starting Date - turns on/off the starting date for the strategy and backtests. When off, all available historical data is used.
Starting Date - sets the starting date for the strategy and backtests.
Show Instant Backtesting Dashboard - turns on/off a dashboard that shows the current strategy performance: the percentage of profitable trades and total return.
Leverage - sets the leverage that the strategy uses.
