Fractal Dimension Index Adaptive Period [Loxx]Fractal Dimension Index Adaptive Period is the adaptive period out of Fractal Dimension Index Adaptivity. This isn't an indicator that shows a signal, instead, it's to be used as auxiliary support and an educational tool to create other indicators. This value can be injected into other indicators to make those indicators Fractal Dimension Index Adaptive.
What is the Fractal Dimension Index?
The goal of the fractal dimension index is to determine whether the market is trending or in a trading range. It does not measure the direction of the trend. A value less than 1.5 indicates that the price series is persistent or that the market is trending. Lower values of the FDI indicate a stronger trend. A value greater than 1.5 indicates that the market is in a trading range and is acting in a more random fashion.
Included
Loxx's Expanded Source Types
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Fractals 5/7/9/11/13 ModifiedDescription:
The Modified Fractals Indicator is designed to help traders identify specific fractal patterns on a chart. Unlike traditional Williams Fractals, this indicator focuses on highlighting two distinct types of fractals:
- UpFractals: These fractals are identified when each preceding candle has a higher high than the one before it, and each succeeding candle has a higher high than the one following it.
- DownFractals: Conversely, DownFractals are detected when each preceding candle has a lower low than the one before it, and each succeeding candle has a lower low than the one following it.
This unique approach sets it apart from standard Fractal indicators.
Features:
1. Originality and Uniqueness: This indicator employs a distinctive algorithm to detect and display modified fractals, providing a fresh perspective on price reversals.
2. Customizable Parameters: Users can fine-tune the indicator to their trading strategy by adjusting the candle count and arrow size.
3. Easy-to-Understand Chart: The Modified Fractals Indicator is designed to provide clear and easily identifiable signals on your chart, enhancing your trading experience.
4. User-Friendly Interface: This indicator is user-friendly and can be easily integrated into your TradingView setup.
How it Works:
The Modified Fractals Indicator scans the price action on your chart and identifies specific fractal patterns based on the criteria mentioned above for both UpFractals and DownFractals.
Usage:
- Add the Modified Fractals Indicator to your TradingView chart.
- Customize the settings, including the candle count and arrow size, to align with your trading strategy.
- Observe the chart for the appearance of UpFractals and DownFractals as marked by the indicator's arrows.
- Use the signals provided by the indicator to inform your trading decisions, such as potential entry or exit points.
Please note that this Modified Fractals Indicator offers a unique approach to fractal analysis, focusing on specific price patterns that differ from traditional Williams Fractals. It provides traders with an additional tool for identifying potential trend reversals and market opportunities.
Fractals + FVG [Combined]Звісно, ось варіант опису англійською, який можна використати для публікації індикатора в TradingView.
Description
This script combines two powerful and widely-used trading concepts into a single, comprehensive indicator: Bill Williams Fractals with dynamic support/resistance lines and Fair Value Gaps (FVG) based on the popular logic from LuxAlgo.
The goal is to provide a cleaner chart by merging two essential tools, allowing traders to analyze market structure and imbalances simultaneously.
Features
1. Williams Fractals with Invalidation Lines
This part of the indicator identifies classic Bill Williams fractals and enhances them with a unique visualization feature.
Fractal Detection: Automatically identifies both bullish (bottom) and bearish (top) fractals. You can choose between a 3-bar or 5-bar pattern in the settings.
Dynamic S/R Lines: A horizontal line is automatically drawn from every confirmed fractal, acting as a potential support or resistance level.
Automatic Invalidation: A line is considered "invalidated" or breached when the body of a candle closes past it. When this happens, the line stops extending, changes its color to the "invalidated" color, and remains on the chart as a historical reference. This provides a clear, objective signal that a level has been broken.
Customization: You can fully customize the colors for the support, resistance, and invalidated lines to match your chart theme.
2. Fair Value Gaps (FVG) / Imbalance
This module incorporates the robust FVG detection logic from LuxAlgo to automatically identify and display market imbalances.
FVG Detection: Highlights bullish and bearish Fair Value Gaps on the chart with colored boxes, representing inefficiencies in price delivery.
Automatic Mitigation: The FVG boxes are automatically removed from the chart once the price has "mitigated" or filled the gap, keeping your workspace clean and focused on active imbalances.
Multi-Timeframe (MTF): You can set the indicator to find and display FVGs from a higher timeframe directly on your current chart.
Dashboard: An optional on-screen dashboard provides a quick summary of the total count of bullish/bearish FVGs and the percentage that have been mitigated.
Full Customization: Control the colors of FVG boxes, extend their length, and configure other visual style settings.
How to Use
Fractal Lines: Use the active support and resistance lines as key levels for potential bounces or breaks. A line's invalidation can serve as confirmation of a shift in market structure.
FVG Zones: Fair Value Gaps often act as "magnets" for price. Use these zones as potential targets for your trades or as areas of interest for entries when price retraces to fill the imbalance.
Combined Strategy: The true power of this indicator comes from combining both concepts. For example, a bullish FVG forming near a key fractal support level can create a high-probability confluence zone for a long entry. Similarly, a break and invalidation of a fractal resistance line might signal that price is heading towards the next bearish FVG above.
This indicator is a tool for analysis and should be used in conjunction with your own trading strategy and risk management rules.
Fractal levels Gold [AstroHub]This indicator detects key fractal points on a price chart and visually marks them with shapes and levels. It helps traders identify potential reversal zones and dynamic support/resistance levels, enhancing market analysis.
Key Features:
Fractal Detection:
The indicator identifies top and bottom fractals using a 5-bar pattern.
A top fractal forms when the middle bar has a higher high compared to the two bars on either side.
A bottom fractal forms when the middle bar has a lower low compared to the two bars on either side.
Fractal Filtering:
The indicator can filter out "pristine" fractals (uninterrupted fractal patterns) based on custom conditions, making it more selective and reducing false signals.
Fractal Plotting:
are plotted as downward triangles.
are plotted as upward triangles.
Users can choose to display or hide fractal points and their corresponding labels.
Fractal Levels:
The indicator automatically plots fractals' levels on the chart, marking potential resistance and support zones.
Fractal levels change dynamically as new fractals are identified.
Customizable Display Options:
Show or hide fractals and levels with adjustable settings.
Choose whether to apply filtering for pristine fractals.
Display the pivot labels to easily track fractal positions.
How It Works:
The indicator uses a simple approach to recognize top and bottom fractals . When a valid fractal is detected, it highlights it on the chart and plots the corresponding price level.
By default, top fractals are shown above the bars (red color), and bottom fractals are shown below the bars (green color).
Fractal levels represent potential reversal points and can act as dynamic support and resistance zones.
Best Use:
The indicator is particularly useful in identifying reversal points and trend changes, helping traders to spot key price levels.
It can be used across various timeframes and markets, particularly for trend-following or reversal strategies.
Customizable Settings:
Show Pivots: Toggle the display of pivot points.
Show Pivot Labels: Display labels for pivot levels.
Show Fractals: Toggle fractal points on the chart.
Show Fractal Levels: Show or hide the levels corresponding to the detected fractals.
Filter for Pristine Fractals: Enable this option to filter out non-pristine fractals for higher accuracy.
Conclusion:
This indicator provides clear, actionable fractal signals, helping traders easily identify critical levels for entry and exit. With customizable settings and visual cues, it's suitable for both novice and expe
Fractals & SweepThe Fractals & Sweep indicator is designed to identify key market structure points (fractals) and detect potential liquidity sweeps around those areas. It visually highlights both Bill Williams fractals and regular fractals, and alerts the user when the market sweeps liquidity above or below the most recent fractal levels.
Fractal Recognition:
Detects both bullish (low) and bearish (high) fractals on the price chart.
Users can choose between:
Bill Williams fractal logic (default), or
Regular fractal logic (when the “Filter Bill Williams Fractals” option is enabled).
Fractals are plotted directly on the chart as red downward triangles for highs and green upward triangles for lows.
Fractal Tracking:
The indicator stores the most recent high and low fractal levels to serve as reference points for potential sweep detection.
Sweep Detection:
A bearish sweep is triggered when the price wicks above the last fractal high but closes below it — suggesting a liquidity grab above resistance.
A bullish sweep is triggered when the price wicks below the last fractal low but closes above it — suggesting a liquidity grab below support.
When a sweep occurs, the indicator draws a horizontal line from the previous fractal point to the current bar.
Alert System:
Custom alerts notify the trader when a bearish sweep or bullish sweep occurs, allowing for timely reactions to potential reversals or liquidity traps.
Fractal Breakout Strategy (by ChartArt)This long only strategy determines the price of the last fractal top and enters a trade when the price breaks above the last fractal top. The strategy also calculates the average price of the last fractal tops to get the trend direction. The strategy exits the long trade, when the average of the fractal tops is falling (when the trend is lower highs as measured by fractals). And the user can manually set a time delay of this exit condition. The default setting is a long strategy exit always 3 bars after the long entry condition appeared.
In addition as gimmicks the fractals tops can be highlighted (the default is blue) and a line can be drawn based on the fractal tops.This fractal top line is colored by the fractal top average trend in combination with the fractal breakout condition.
This strategy works better on higher time-frames (weekly and monthly), but it also works on the daily and some other time-frames. This strategy does not repaint, no repainting.
P.S. I thank Tradingview user barracuda who helped me with the time based exit condition code. And user RicardoSantos for coding the definition of the fractal top, which he uses in his " Fractals" scripts.
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Fractal Breakout StrategyFractal
A type of pattern used in technical analysis to predict a reversal in the current trend. A fractal pattern consists of five bars and is identified when the price meets the following characteristics:
1. A shift from a downtrend to an uptrend occurs when the lowest bar is located in the middle of the pattern and two bars with successively higher lows are positioned around it.
2. A shift from an uptrend to a downtrend occurs when the highest bar is located in the middle of the pattern and two bars with successively lower highs are positioned around it.
Fractals + Alligator + Divergent Bars + Squat BarsFractals + Alligator + Divergent Bars + Squat Bars Williams Indicators
All combined in one
Fractals average breakout [FB]My first indicator.
A simple average of last 1 to 10 fractals (top and bottom)
Trade breakouts of top or bottom lines.
Feel free to use and experiment with.
Frank Baumann
Fractal-Dimension-Adaptive SMA (FDASMA) w/ DSL [Loxx]Fractal-Dimension-Adaptive SMA (FDASMA) w/ DSL is a fractal-dimension-index-adaptive SMA. The SMA is accelerated during a trend and slowed down during a sideways market, so as to avoid false signals. This indicator uses the fractal dimension to compute an ingest period length into the SMA to output the FDASMA.
What is the Fractal Dimension Index?
The goal of the fractal dimension index is to determine whether the market is trending or in a trading range. It does not measure the direction of the trend. A value less than 1.5 indicates that the price series is persistent or that the market is trending. Lower values of the FDI indicate a stronger trend. A value greater than 1.5 indicates that the market is in a trading range and is acting in a more random fashion.
What are DSL Discontinued Signal Line?
A lot of indicators are using signal lines in order to determine the trend (or some desired state of the indicator) easier. The idea of the signal line is easy : comparing the value to it's smoothed (slightly lagging) state, the idea of current momentum/state is made.
Discontinued signal line is inheriting that simple signal line idea and it is extending it : instead of having one signal line, more lines depending on the current value of the indicator.
"Signal" line is calculated the following way :
When a certain level is crossed into the desired direction, the EMA of that value is calculated for the desired signal line
When that level is crossed into the opposite direction, the previous "signal" line value is simply "inherited" and it becomes a kind of a level
This way it becomes a combination of signal lines and levels that are trying to combine both the good from both methods.
In simple terms, DSL uses the concept of a signal line and betters it by inheriting the previous signal line's value & makes it a level.
Included
2 Signal types
Alerts
Loxx's Expanded Source Types
Bar coloring
Fractal Resonance ComponentLazyBear's WaveTrend port has been praised for highlighting trend reversals with precision and punctuality (minimal lag). But strong "3rd Wave" trends can "embed" or saturate any oscillator flashing several premature crosses while stuck overbought/oversold. This happens when the trend stretches over a longer timescale than the oscillator's averaging window or filter time constant. Our solution: simultaneously monitor many oscillator timescales. Watch for fresh crossovers in "dominant" timescales alternating most smoothly between the overbought (red shade) and oversold (green shade) range.
Fractal Resonance Component facilitates simultaneous viewing of eight timescales that are power of 2 multiples of the chart timescale. Each timescale shows lead line, lag line, lead-lag difference, and crossover marks. Add 4 to 8 copies to your chart for a good multi-fractal read. Format * the "Timescale Multiplier" attribute of each row to be twice that of the row above for a sequence like 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128...
Fractal Resonance Component shifts its timescales along with your choice of main chart timescale:
1 minute chart: 1 minute through 128 minute (~2 hour) oscillators.
1 hour chart: 1 hour through 128 hour (~2 week) oscillators.
Daily chart: 1 day through 128 day (~4 month) oscillators.
Crossovers in different oscillator ranges tend to have different meanings:
Minor (< 75%) crossovers: small green/red dot
usually noise
Overbought/Sold crossovers (shaded 75 to 100%): black outlined dot (o)
reliable reversal indicators (when they appear alone)
Extreme Overbought (> 100%) crossovers: black outlined plus (+).
Can be a major reversal in fast markets, but usually portend the end of Elliot 3rd waves with just a small corrective (4th wave) retrace before the larger impulsive (5-wave) sequence resumes in original direction.
The final 5th-wave terminus should appear later as a lone non-extreme (black outlined circle) crossover on a slower timescale coincident with weaker (non-extreme) dot crosses on this timescale.
Careful examination of historical charts leads to many useful observations such as:
Dominant crossovers punctuating true reversals are usually in the green/red shaded ranges with black outlined dots (o) rather than minor or Extreme (+) ranges.
Due to market's fractal nature, two well-separated timescales like 1 minute and 1 hour can show dominant crosses simultaneously in opposite directions, e.g. the 1 minute showing a very short term high and the 1 hour a medium term low nearby.
Staying Nimble
Watch out for embedding on your supposedly dominant timescale -- a second cross while stuck in the overbought/oversold region suggests a stronger, longer trend than expected. Drop your eyes to a slower timescale below for the real dominant whose crossover will validate main trend reversal.
Embedding can often be predicted even at the first cross mark by checking whether the green lead line of the next slower timescale (one row below) has already hit the Overbought or especially the Extreme Overbought range but isn't close to rolling over. Fractal Resonance Bar (to be published) uses this principle to mark embedded timescales with white stripes, warning of a powerful trend wave on longer timescales you shouldn't fight until the white stripes subside.
Overnight gaps surge all timescales in ways that obscure the dominant timescale, so for shorter than daily charts, these methods work best on Futures contracts that only suffer weekend gaps.
FRACTAL DIMENSIONSFRACTAL DIMENSIONS was created to allow us to properly visualize
the higher time frame dimensional data, While remaining on a lower
time frame. The Fractal dimensions are basically the higher time frames.
Remaining on a lower time frame allows us to get tighter entries and exits.
Each dimension is set in a wave degree formation. From primary to sub-minute,
depending on the time frame being utilized.
These multidimensional wave degrees will be utilized later in the strategy.
This indicator was broken off of the whole for the sake of drawing lines.
The data here is just for debugging purposes and is not used in the strategy,
but yet remains pretty awesome by itself.
Fractal dimensions is the foundation of the main strategy to come.
Now that we have this data, what are we going to do with it?
Fractal-Dimension-Index-Adaptive Trend Cipher Candles [Loxx]Fractal-Dimension-Index-Adaptive Trend Cipher Candles is a candle coloring indicator that shows both trend and trend exhaustion using Fractal Dimension Index Adaptivity. To do this, we first calculate the dynamic period outputs from the FDI algorithm and then we injection those period inputs into a correlation function that correlates price input price to the candle index. The closer the correlation is to 1, the lighter the green color until the color turns yellow, sometimes, indicating upward price exhaustion. The closer the correlation is to -1, the lighter the red color until it reaches Fuchsia color indicating downward price exhaustion. Green means uptrend, red means downtrend, yellow means reversal from uptrend to downtrend, fuchsia means reversal from downtrend to uptrend.
What is the Fractal Dimension Index?
The goal of the fractal dimension index is to determine whether the market is trending or in a trading range. It does not measure the direction of the trend. A value less than 1.5 indicates that the price series is persistent or that the market is trending. Lower values of the FDI indicate a stronger trend. A value greater than 1.5 indicates that the market is in a trading range and is acting in a more random fashion.
Included
Loxx's Expanded Source Types
Related indicators:
Adaptive Trend Cipher loxx]
CFB-Adaptive Trend Cipher Candles
Dynamic Zones Polychromatic Momentum Candles
RSI Precision Trend Candles
Fractal Quad Components8 Fractal Resonance Component indicators on a chart eats up LOTS of vertical space, so we're providing this Fractal Quad Components script to group 4 components a bit more compactly (eliminating the margin whitespace between indicator rows).
To view 8 components you'll need to add a second instance of this script to your chart and set its Base Timescale Multiplier to 16. Then grab the dividers to stretch both instances to a good viewing height.
One disadvantage of this grouping method is that to read off the x2, x4, and x8 lead and lag line values, you'll need to mentally add 200, 400 or 600 respectively.
We also replaced the "Extreme" > +-100% black crosses (+) with more subtle purple circle outlines. These extreme crosses are often (but not always) too early to be a major reversal so it's best not to overemphasize them.
Significant crosses (> +-75%) are still highlighted with black circle outlines, and are the most likely to be major reversals for buy/sell.
Note how the 30-minute oscillator (2nd row) showed the cleanest (black-outlined) reversals on the S&P for the last week of 2016, with just a bit more profit-eating lag than the 15-minute oscillator above.
Fractal Resonance BarLazyBear's WaveTrend port has been praised for highlighting trend reversals with precision and punctuality (minimal lag). But strong "3rd Wave" trends can "embed" or saturate any oscillator flashing several premature crosses while stuck overbought/oversold. This happens when the trend stretches over a longer timescale than the oscillator's averaging window or filter time constant. Our solution: monitor many timescales. With Fractal Resonance Bar's rich color codings, strong wavefronts form across timescales and jump out like an approaching line of thunderclouds!
Fractal Resonance Bar color-codes the status of eight underlying stochastic oscillators, with each row averaging over twice the time of the row above.
Fractal Resonance Bar shifts its timescales along with your choice of main chart timescale:
1 minute chart: 1 minute through 128 minute (~2 hour) oscillators.
15 minute chart: 15 minute through 1920 minute (~32 hour) oscillators.
1 hour chart: 1 hour through 128 hour (~2 week) oscillators.
Daily chart: 1 day through 128 day (~4 month) oscillators.
The color map is configured as follows:
Hot Pink: Extreme Overbought (> 100%) rolled over to sell, but oscillators probably embedded with more upside (revert to Dark Green) possible after a pause.
Deep Red: Overbought (> 75%) crossover ripe for selling (validated when red spreads to timescales below).
Brown: Minor (< 75%) crossover sell from which could bounce back green or start a plunge toward gray/black.
Gray/Black: Mature (< -75%) sells turning full black in a plunge before the dawn.
Lime Green: Extreme Oversold (< -100%) and bouncing, though may yet bottom even lower.
Green: Oversold (< -75%) crossover ripe for buy. Green spreading to all timescales below will validate bottom is in.
Dark Green/Teal: Mature buy in overbought (> 75%) range, waiting for sell crossover to Hot Pink for a pause or correction.
White Stripes are Impulsive Trend Warning
Fractal Resonance Bar warns of oscillator embedding by showing white stripes when it detects strong, early surges in the timescale rows below.The white stripes usually accompany Hot Pink warning it's too early to go short, or Lime Green warning it's too early to go long.
Heeding these warnings will probably miss the exact top or bottom, but you're less likely to get overrun in a momentum move.
Usually the market gives us a second opportunity to short very close to the top or buy very close to the bottom after the warning white stripes have subsided.
NOTE: Recently rolled over Futures contracts may not have enough history for all oscillator calculations, in which case no bar colors will appear.
Tweakable Attributes
The default Channel Length, Stochastic Ratio Length and Lag Length work reasonably well on all timescales in our experience. Minor tweaks don't hurt but this may just overfit to a particular chart history.
We don't recommend changing the 75% Overbought and 100% Extreme Overbought default levels as these are ideal numbers relative to the underlying oscillator statistic calculations. But these settings can shift the color transition levels.
Embedded attribute controls the sensitivity/conservativeness of the white strip embedding detectors. Closer to 75 increases the warning sensitivity while closer to 100 decreases the aggressiveness of blocking white stripes.
Embed Separation also affects the white stripe sensitivity.
Row width increases each row's thickness to fill the available screen height you've afforded the bar.
Fractal Trend Anticipator (FTA)How to Use FTA
Purpose:
FTA is designed to detect when a consolidating (or choppy) market—with a high choppiness index—is poised to break into a trend as indicated by an RSI crossover.
Signals:
Bullish Breakout: When the Choppiness Index is above your set threshold and the RSI crosses upward over 50, a bullish arrow (triangle up) appears below the bar.
Bearish Breakout: Conversely, when the RSI crosses downward from above 50 under high choppiness, a bearish arrow (triangle down) appears above the bar.
Trading Insight:
In crypto markets, when price is range-bound, a sudden release of momentum can be captured early by FTA. Use these signals as early alerts to join moves as they begin—whether you plan to ride a short-term spike or a medium-term trend.
Feel free to adjust the and parameters to suit your trading style and asset volatility. Enjoy trading with your updated Fractal Trend Anticipator!
Fractal CandlesCalculate Fractal candles with selected count of bars. Min value is set to 3 because less is not informative.
Fractal Dimension Adaptive Moving Average (D-AMA)etfhq.com
Overall the D-AMA produced results that were near identical to that of the FRAMA but the D-AMA is a slightly faster average.
It is very difficult to pick between the FRAMA and the D-AMA but becuase the FRAMA offers a slightly longer trade duration it the best Moving Average we have tested so far.
Fractal Adaptive Moving AverageSettings:
FRAMA: blue line, SC = 252, FC = 40, length = 252
EMA: orange line, length = 50
FRAMA seems to be the evolution of the current and much-used EMA. The basic strategy is simple: long if the price crosses up the line, short or exit if vice versa.
The main difference between EMA and FRAMA is that the first one seems to lag much more than the first one, as we can see from the chart below (crude oil daily chart)
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[Defaust] Fractals Fractals Indicator
Overview
The Fractals Indicator is a technical analysis tool designed to help traders identify potential reversal points in the market by detecting fractal patterns. This indicator is a fork of the original fractals indicator, with adjustments made to the plotting for enhanced visual clarity and usability.
What Are Fractals?
In trading, a fractal is a pattern consisting of five consecutive bars (candlesticks) that meet specific conditions:
Up Fractal (Potential Sell Signal): Occurs when a high point is surrounded by two lower highs on each side.
Down Fractal (Potential Buy Signal): Occurs when a low point is surrounded by two higher lows on each side.
Fractals help traders identify potential tops and bottoms in the market, signaling possible entry or exit points.
Features of the Indicator
Customizable Periods (n): Allows you to define the number of periods to consider when detecting fractals, offering flexibility to adapt to different trading strategies and timeframes.
Enhanced Plotting Adjustments: This fork introduces adjustments to the plotting of fractal signals for better visual representation on the chart.
Visual Signals: Plots up and down triangles on the chart to signify down fractals (potential bullish signals) and up fractals (potential bearish signals), respectively.
Overlay on Chart: The fractal signals are overlaid directly on the price chart for immediate visualization.
Adjustable Precision: You can set the precision of the plotted values according to your needs.
Pine Script Code Explanation
Below is the Pine Script code for the Fractals Indicator:
//@version=5 indicator(" Fractals", shorttitle=" Fractals", format=format.price, precision=0, overlay=true)
// User input for the number of periods to consider for fractal detection n = input.int(title="Periods", defval=2, minval=2)
// Initialize flags for up fractal detection bool upflagDownFrontier = true bool upflagUpFrontier0 = true bool upflagUpFrontier1 = true bool upflagUpFrontier2 = true bool upflagUpFrontier3 = true bool upflagUpFrontier4 = true
// Loop through previous and future bars to check conditions for up fractals for i = 1 to n // Check if the highs of previous bars are less than the current bar's high upflagDownFrontier := upflagDownFrontier and (high < high ) // Check various conditions for future bars upflagUpFrontier0 := upflagUpFrontier0 and (high < high ) upflagUpFrontier1 := upflagUpFrontier1 and (high <= high and high < high ) upflagUpFrontier2 := upflagUpFrontier2 and (high <= high and high <= high and high < high ) upflagUpFrontier3 := upflagUpFrontier3 and (high <= high and high <= high and high <= high and high < high ) upflagUpFrontier4 := upflagUpFrontier4 and (high <= high and high <= high and high <= high and high <= high and high < high )
// Combine the flags to determine if an up fractal exists flagUpFrontier = upflagUpFrontier0 or upflagUpFrontier1 or upflagUpFrontier2 or upflagUpFrontier3 or upflagUpFrontier4 upFractal = (upflagDownFrontier and flagUpFrontier)
// Initialize flags for down fractal detection bool downflagDownFrontier = true bool downflagUpFrontier0 = true bool downflagUpFrontier1 = true bool downflagUpFrontier2 = true bool downflagUpFrontier3 = true bool downflagUpFrontier4 = true
// Loop through previous and future bars to check conditions for down fractals for i = 1 to n // Check if the lows of previous bars are greater than the current bar's low downflagDownFrontier := downflagDownFrontier and (low > low ) // Check various conditions for future bars downflagUpFrontier0 := downflagUpFrontier0 and (low > low ) downflagUpFrontier1 := downflagUpFrontier1 and (low >= low and low > low ) downflagUpFrontier2 := downflagUpFrontier2 and (low >= low and low >= low and low > low ) downflagUpFrontier3 := downflagUpFrontier3 and (low >= low and low >= low and low >= low and low > low ) downflagUpFrontier4 := downflagUpFrontier4 and (low >= low and low >= low and low >= low and low >= low and low > low )
// Combine the flags to determine if a down fractal exists flagDownFrontier = downflagUpFrontier0 or downflagUpFrontier1 or downflagUpFrontier2 or downflagUpFrontier3 or downflagUpFrontier4 downFractal = (downflagDownFrontier and flagDownFrontier)
// Plot the fractal symbols on the chart with adjusted plotting plotshape(downFractal, style=shape.triangleup, location=location.belowbar, offset=-n, color=color.gray, size=size.auto) plotshape(upFractal, style=shape.triangledown, location=location.abovebar, offset=-n, color=color.gray, size=size.auto)
Explanation:
Input Parameter (n): Sets the number of periods for fractal detection. The default value is 2, and it must be at least 2 to ensure valid fractal patterns.
Flag Initialization: Boolean variables are used to store intermediate conditions during fractal detection.
Loops: Iterate through the specified number of periods to evaluate the conditions for fractal formation.
Conditions:
Up Fractals: Checks if the current high is greater than previous highs and if future highs are lower or equal to the current high.
Down Fractals: Checks if the current low is lower than previous lows and if future lows are higher or equal to the current low.
Flag Combination: Logical and and or operations are used to combine the flags and determine if a fractal exists.
Adjusted Plotting:
The plotting of fractal symbols has been adjusted for better alignment and visual clarity.
The offset parameter is set to -n to align the plotted symbols with the correct bars.
The color and size have been fine-tuned for better visibility.
How to Use the Indicator
Adding the Indicator to Your Chart
Open TradingView:
Go to TradingView.
Access the Chart:
Click on "Chart" to open the main charting interface.
Add the Indicator:
Click on the "Indicators" button at the top.
Search for " Fractals".
Select the indicator from the list to add it to your chart.
Configuring the Indicator
Periods (n):
Default value is 2.
Adjust this parameter based on your preferred timeframe and sensitivity.
A higher value of n considers more bars for fractal detection, potentially reducing the number of signals but increasing their significance.
Interpreting the Signals
– Up Fractal (Downward Triangle): Indicates a potential price reversal to the downside. May be used as a signal to consider exiting long positions or tightening stop-loss orders.
– Down Fractal (Upward Triangle): Indicates a potential price reversal to the upside. May be used as a signal to consider entering long positions or setting stop-loss orders for short positions.
Trading Strategy Suggestions
Up Fractal Detection:
The high of the current bar (n) is higher than the highs of the previous two bars (n - 1, n - 2).
The highs of the next bars meet certain conditions to confirm the fractal pattern.
An up fractal symbol (downward triangle) is plotted above the bar at position n - n (due to the offset).
Down Fractal Detection:
The low of the current bar (n) is lower than the lows of the previous two bars (n - 1, n - 2).
The lows of the next bars meet certain conditions to confirm the fractal pattern.
A down fractal symbol (upward triangle) is plotted below the bar at position n - n.
Benefits of Using the Fractals Indicator
Early Signals: Helps in identifying potential reversal points in price movements.
Customizable Sensitivity: Adjusting the n parameter allows you to fine-tune the indicator based on different market conditions.
Enhanced Visuals: Adjustments to plotting improve the clarity and readability of fractal signals on the chart.
Limitations and Considerations
Lagging Indicator: Fractals require future bars to confirm the pattern, which may introduce a delay in the signals.
False Signals: In volatile or ranging markets, fractals may produce false signals. It's advisable to use them in conjunction with other analysis tools.
Not a Standalone Tool: Fractals should be part of a broader trading strategy that includes other indicators and fundamental analysis.
Best Practices for Using This Indicator
Combine with Other Indicators: Use in combination with trend indicators, oscillators, or volume analysis to confirm signals.
Backtesting: Before applying the indicator in live trading, backtest it on historical data to understand its performance.
Adjust Periods Accordingly: Experiment with different values of n to find the optimal setting for the specific asset and timeframe you are trading.
Disclaimer
The Fractals Indicator is intended for educational and informational purposes only. Trading involves significant risk, and you should be aware of the risks involved before proceeding. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Always conduct your own analysis and consult with a professional financial advisor before making any investment decisions.
Credits
This indicator is a fork of the original fractals indicator, with adjustments made to the plotting for improved visual representation. It is based on standard fractal patterns commonly used in technical analysis and has been developed to provide traders with an effective tool for detecting potential reversal points in the market.
Whale Fractal Levels (V1.0)What it does
This indicator plots Fractal Levels (Bill Williams pivots) as horizontal lines and prints clean signals for:
BO+ / BO− → Breakouts through the latest fractal high/low
SW↑ / SW↓ → Liquidity sweeps (wick pierces, close rejects)
RE+ / RE− → Retests of the broken level after a confirmed breakout
Cyan = support (fractal lows).
Lilac = resistance (fractal highs).
How it works
Detects fractals with Left/Right = lr. A pivot is confirmed after lr bars on the right → the level itself doesn’t repaint.
Each confirmed fractal spawns a horizontal line extended to the right. You can limit how many lines stay on chart and auto-expire old ones.
Signals reference the most recent fractal high/low only and are edge-triggered (crossover/crossunder) with a cooldown so you don’t get a marker on every bar near the level.
A small state machine remembers the last breakout to validate the next retest.
Inputs (Settings)
Fractals
Left/Right (BW fractal) — Sensitivity of pivots (lower = more reactive, higher = cleaner).
MAX number of levels to display — Keep only the most recent N lines.
Level lifetime (bars) — Auto-delete lines after N bars to declutter.
Signals
Cooldown between signals (bars) — Minimum spacing between markers (anti-spam).
Show Breakouts (BO±) — Toggle breakout markers.
Show Sweeps (SW↑/SW↓) — Toggle sweep markers.
Show Retests (RE±) — Toggle retest markers.
Display
Show fractal lines / Line width / Line transparency (0..100)
Alerts (ready to use)
BO+ (Fractal), BO- (Fractal)
SW↑ (Fractal), SW↓ (Fractal)
RE+ (Fractal), RE- (Fractal)
Williams Fractals with alerts ABCAll the original Williams Fractals algorithm but with a useful way to set up alerts.
