Market Price Order Divergence + Trapped Positions [Pt]█ Introduction
Specifically designed for trading on NYSE, NASDAQ, Dow Jones, and AMEX related instruments like SPY, QQQ, ES, NQ...etc., this innovative tool provides traders with advanced market insights to help them comprehend the market intricacies and make well-informed decisions. Comprising three primary features: Price Order Divergence (POD) Bubbles, Market Order Bubbles, and Trapped Positions/Zones, this tool assists traders in deciphering the nuances of market order flow and trends.
An important point to note is that TradingView doesn't currently provide direct access to market order data, such as buy and sell order flow. Therefore, this tool cleverly leverages TICK index data to estimate the overall market buy and sell strength.
█ Price Order Divergence (POD)
POD serves to detect disparities between the prices of US indices and estimated market orders during regular trading hours (9:30 to 16:00 EST). Bullish divergence indicates that the estimated market order flow is biased towards buy orders, despite bearish price action. In contrast, bearish divergence indicates that the market order flow is biased towards sell orders while the price exhibits bullish action. By default, PODs are visually represented as green bubbles under the candle for bullish divergence and red ones above the candle for bearish divergence. The bubble's size symbolizes the estimated market order strength.
█ Market Order Bubbles (MOB)
During extended or Globex hours, instead of POD, the tool uses Market Order Bubbles (MOB) to estimate market orders using volume data. Sophisticated algorithm is used to distinguish between bullish vs bearish volume. A strong bullish volume represents significant buy orders, whereas a strong bearish volume represents substantial sell orders. By default, MOBs during these hours are shown in blue for bullish and yellow for bearish divergence. Again, the bubble's size symbolizes the estimated market order strength.
█ Trapped Positions/Zones
Trapped positions materialize when PODs or MOBs emerge in trending markets. For example, a bearish divergence during an uptrend suggests significant selling (including shorting), and if the price continues ascending without offering short positions any profit, these positions become 'trapped shorts' and is shown as 'TS' in the zone. The opposite is true for 'trapped longs' or 'TL'.
A price range zone can be delineated from the trapped position candles. If prices revisit these zones, and the prevailing market trend stays bullish, the trapped shorts will probably liquidate near the break-even point to mitigate losses. The same rationale applies to bullish divergence in a downtrend. Therefore, these zone often times represents support / resistance zones.
█ Potential Use Cases
► Trend Confirmation: POD or MOB can confirm the strength of an ongoing trend. For example, during a bullish trend, a plethora of green bubbles or blue MOBs can affirm the trend's solidity.
► Spotting Reversals: Large, isolated POD or MOB bubbles could indicate potential market reversals. For instance, a prominent red bubble or yellow MOB during an uptrend might hint at an impending trend reversal.
► Risk Management: The Trapped Positions/Zones feature could assist in risk management. When prices approach these zones, traders can anticipate potential large market orders impacting price movements.
► Profit Optimization: This tool can aid traders in optimizing profits by identifying when trapped positions are likely to liquidate, thus predicting potential sharp price movements.
Remember, as with any tool, this should be used alongside other market analyses and not as a standalone indicator. Happy trading!
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█ Settings Overview
◊ Market - available options: NYSE, NASDAQ, Dow Jones, AMEX. This will be displayed
◊ Lookback period- # of bars to lookback for detecting price vs market order divergences
▼ Regular Hour - Price Order Divergence Bubbles
◊ Show Price Order Divergence (POD) Bubbles - toggle on/off for POD bubbles
◊ └ Use Market Order Sentiment only - Shows divergences between price movement and market order sentiment (amount of buying vs selling)
◊ └ Use Market Order Trend Bias - On top of market order sentiment, the indicator also looks at overall market short term trends to determine divergences
◊ └ Use Threshold Min. Threshold - For filtering order size, the lower the threshold, the more sensitive
◊ └ Use Volume Strength - Take volume into consideration as well, only shows divergence when there is strength in volume
▼ Extended Hour - Market Order Bubbles
◊ Show Market Order Bubbles - toggle on/off for MOB. Using volume data to estimate significant market order activities. Bubbles indicate possible large liquidation activities
◊ └ Volume Analysis period - lookback period for volume analysis
◊ └ Volume Strength period - lookback period for volume strength
▼ Trapped Position Zones
◊ Show Potential Traps - toggle on/off for un-activated trapped zones. They are shown as lightly shaded areas of potential traps. These areas will be activated once price hit the activation %
◊ Show Trapped positions (Regular Hours) - toggle on/off for POD trapped zones. By default, trapped shorts are shown in green, trapped tongs are shown in red.
◊ Show Trapped positions (Extended Hours) - toggle on/off for MOB bubbles. By default, trapped shorts are shown in blue, trapped tongs are shown in orange.
◊ └ Activation % - Trapped zones are activated if price goes x% of the potential trapped range in the undesirable direction. Default is 100%
◊ Liquidate display options - options: On first touch, Per touch, Fully liquidated
Trapped zones liquidate display options:
▼ Display
◊ General color settings for bubbles, trapped zones, and label size
◊ Use Emoji for bubbles - fun setting that displays bulls and bears by default. This helps really visualize where the bulls and bears are! 🤣🤣 These emoji can be changed in the style setting.
▼ Trapped Zone Channel
The trapped zone channel represents a continuous channel of the closest activated trapped zone area. This allows for creating alerts for trapped zones, and the plot outputs allows for custom Pinescript integration.
◊ Trapped Zone Channel Buffer % - Adds upper and lower buffer for trapped zone channel
◊ Show Trapped Channel - toggle on/off on trapped zone channels
◊ └ Remove channel changing lines - toggle on/off the transition plot lines when switching to the closest trapped zones
◊ Show Trapped Channel Fill - toogl
▼ Extra
◊ Display settings for chosen market and indicator title
▼ Trend Follower
◊ Show Trend Following Bar Color - toggle trend follower algorithm. This is an experimental trend following algorithm that attempts to detect bullish, neutral and bearish trends.
▼ Outputs
◊ Output Bubbles
Outputs for Bubbles for external interface. These can be used as inputs to your own indicator or strategy Pinescript. For more info, take a look at this TradingView blog:
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Bubble type can be chosen within the settings:
Both - Default, output will include both Market Price Order Divergence Bubbles (during Regular Hours) and Market Order Bubbles (during Extended Hours)
POD Only (RTH) - Output will include only Market Price Order Divergence Bubbles; otherwise, output = 0 during Extended Hours
MOB Only (ETH) - Output will include only Market Order Bubbles; otherwise, output = 0 during Regular Hours
Market Order Bubbles output values:
3 = Large size Bullish Bubble
2 = Medium size Bullish Bubble
1 = Small size Bullish Bubble
0 = No Bubble
-1 = Small size Bearish Bubble
-2 = Medium size Bearish Bubble
-3 = Large size Bearish Bubble
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Composite Reversal IndicatorOverview
The "Composite Reversal Indicator" aggregates five technical signals to produce a composite score that ranges from -5 (strongly bearish) to +5 (strongly bullish). These signals come from:
Relative Strength Index (RSI)
Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD)
Accumulation/Distribution (A/D)
Volume relative to its moving average
Price proximity to support and resistance levels
Each signal contributes a value of +1 (bullish), -1 (bearish), or 0 (neutral) to the total score. The raw score is plotted as a histogram, and a smoothed version is plotted as a colored line to highlight trends.
Step-by-Step Explanation
1. Customizable Inputs
The indicator starts with user-defined inputs that allow traders to tweak its settings. These inputs include:
RSI: Length (e.g., 14), oversold level (e.g., 30), and overbought level (e.g., 70).
MACD: Fast length (e.g., 12), slow length (e.g., 26), and signal length (e.g., 9).
Volume: Moving average length (e.g., 20) and multipliers for high (e.g., 1.5) and low (e.g., 0.5) volume thresholds.
Price Levels: Period for support and resistance (e.g., 50) and proximity percentage (e.g., 2%).
Score Smoothing: Length for smoothing the score (e.g., 5).
These inputs make the indicator adaptable to different trading styles, assets, or timeframes.
2. Indicator Calculations
The script calculates five key indicators using the input parameters:
RSI: Measures momentum and identifies overbought or oversold conditions.
Formula: rsi = ta.rsi(close, rsi_length)
Example: With a length of 14, it analyzes the past 14 bars of closing prices.
MACD: Tracks trend and momentum using two exponential moving averages (EMAs).
Formula: = ta.macd(close, macd_fast, macd_slow, macd_signal)
Components: MACD line (fast EMA - slow EMA), signal line (EMA of MACD line).
Accumulation/Distribution (A/D): A volume-based indicator showing buying or selling pressure.
Formula: ad = ta.accdist
Reflects cumulative flow based on price and volume.
Volume Moving Average: A simple moving average (SMA) of trading volume.
Formula: vol_ma = ta.sma(volume, vol_ma_length)
Example: A 20-bar SMA smooths volume data.
Support and Resistance Levels: Key price levels based on historical lows and highs.
Formulas:
support = ta.lowest(low, price_level_period)
resistance = ta.highest(high, price_level_period)
Example: Over 50 bars, it finds the lowest low and highest high.
These calculations provide the raw data for generating signals.
3. Signal Generation
Each indicator produces a signal based on specific conditions:
RSI Signal:
+1: RSI < oversold level (e.g., < 30) → potential bullish reversal.
-1: RSI > overbought level (e.g., > 70) → potential bearish reversal.
0: Otherwise.
Logic: Extreme RSI values suggest price may reverse.
MACD Signal:
+1: MACD line > signal line → bullish momentum.
-1: MACD line < signal line → bearish momentum.
0: Equal.
Logic: Crossovers indicate trend shifts.
A/D Signal:
+1: Current A/D > previous A/D → accumulation (bullish).
-1: Current A/D < previous A/D → distribution (bearish).
0: Unchanged.
Logic: Rising A/D shows buying pressure.
Volume Signal:
+1: Volume > high threshold (e.g., 1.5 × volume MA) → strong activity (bullish).
-1: Volume < low threshold (e.g., 0.5 × volume MA) → weak activity (bearish).
0: Otherwise.
Logic: Volume spikes often confirm reversals.
Price Signal:
+1: Close near support (within proximity %, e.g., 2%) → potential bounce.
-1: Close near resistance (within proximity %) → potential rejection.
0: Otherwise.
Logic: Price near key levels signals reversal zones.
4. Composite Score
The raw composite score is the sum of the five signals:
Formula: score = rsi_signal + macd_signal + ad_signal + vol_signal + price_signal
Range: -5 (all signals bearish) to +5 (all signals bullish).
Purpose: Combines multiple perspectives into one number.
5. Smoothed Score
A smoothed version of the score reduces noise:
Formula: score_ma = ta.sma(score, score_ma_length)
Example: With a length of 5, it averages the score over 5 bars.
Purpose: Highlights the trend rather than short-term fluctuations.
6. Visualization
The indicator plots two elements:
Raw Score: A gray histogram showing the composite score per bar.
Style: plot.style_histogram
Color: Gray.
Smoothed Score: A line that changes color:
Green: Score > 0 (bullish).
Red: Score < 0 (bearish).
Gray: Score = 0 (neutral).
Style: plot.style_line, thicker line (e.g., linewidth=2).
These visuals make it easy to spot potential reversals.
How It Works Together
The indicator combines signals from:
RSI: Momentum extremes.
MACD: Trend shifts.
A/D: Buying/selling pressure.
Volume: Confirmation of moves.
Price Levels: Key reversal zones.
By summing these into a composite score, it filters out noise and provides a unified signal. A high positive score (e.g., +3 to +5) suggests a bullish reversal, while a low negative score (e.g., -3 to -5) suggests a bearish reversal. The smoothed score helps traders focus on the trend.
Practical Use
Bullish Reversal: Smoothed score is green and rising → look for buying opportunities.
Bearish Reversal: Smoothed score is red and falling → consider selling or shorting.
Neutral: Score near 0 → wait for clearer signals.
Traders can adjust inputs to suit their strategy, making it versatile for stocks, forex, or crypto.
Integrated Reversal & Divergence DetectionThe Integrated Reversal & Divergence Detection indicator (IntgRevDiv) combines two powerful technical analysis systems into one comprehensive tool:
Advanced Reversal Detection System: Identifies potential market reversals using volume analysis, RSI divergence, and smart money techniques.
Divergence Indicator System: Detects regular and hidden divergences using multiple technical indicators and fractal patterns.
This integration provides confirmation from multiple analysis methods, resulting in higher quality trading signals.
Divergence Lines
When System B detects divergences, it draws lines connecting the relevant price pivots:
Green Lines: Connect bullish divergence pivot points.
Red Lines: Connect bearish divergence pivot points.
Information Tables
The indicator displays two information tables:
System A Table (Bottom Right):
Current signal status (BUY/SELL/NEUTRAL)
Volume, RSI, and SMT divergence status.
Composite signal information.
Divergence Table (Top Right):
Divergence existence indicators (+/-).
Consecutive divergence count.
Divergence quality rating.
Phase change indicators.
This system analyzes multiple factors to detect potential market reversals:
Volume Delta Analysis:
Calculates the difference between buying and selling volume.
Detects divergence between price action and volume.
When price increases but volume decreases, it may signal weakness.
RSI Divergence Detection:
Regular Divergence: Price makes a higher high but RSI makes a lower high (bearish) or price makes a lower low but RSI makes a higher low (bullish).
Hidden Divergence: Price makes a lower high but RSI makes a higher high (bearish) or price makes a higher low but RSI makes a lower low (bullish).
Smart Money Technique (SMT):
Analyzes correlation between the current instrument and a reference symbol.
Detects divergence in the correlation that may signal institutional activity.
Balance Range & Momentum Detection:
Identifies periods of price balance before breakouts.
Detects rapid price movements that may indicate reversals.
This system also focuses exclusively on detecting divergences using:
Multiple Technical Indicators:
MACD: Momentum and trend-following indicator.
Awesome Oscillator (AO): Momentum indicator.
RSI: Oscillator showing overbought/oversold conditions.
Fractal Pattern Detection:
Identifies swing highs and lows using fractals.
Uses these pivot points to detect divergences.
Phase Change Monitoring:
Detects when the histogram switches from positive to negative or vice versa.
Provides additional confirmation of trend changes.
Consecutive Divergence Tracking:
Counts consecutive bullish/bearish divergences.
Assigns quality ratings based on the count:
1 divergence: "Normal Dive".
2 divergences: "Good Dive".
3+ divergences: "Strong Dive".
Multi-Timeframe Analysis:
Apply the indicator to multiple timeframes.
Look for alignment of signals across timeframes.
Use longer timeframes for trend direction, shorter for entry timing.
Signal Filtering Based on Quality:
For higher probability trades, only take signals when:
Divergence quality shows "Good" or "Strong".
Phase change indicators show "+" in the direction of your trade.
Multiple divergence types (Volume, RSI, SMT) show agreement.
Combining with Support/Resistance:
Use the indicator's signals near key support/resistance levels.
Buy signals near support areas have higher probability.
Sell signals near resistance areas have higher probability.
Market Regime Adaptation:
I n trending markets: Focus on hidden divergences and SMT.
In ranging markets: Focus on regular divergences and RSI.
In high volatility: Increase the Volume Delta Threshold.
In low volatility: Decrease the Fractal Periods.
Signal Combination Logic Selection:
For fewer but higher quality signals: Use "Consensus" mode.
For more trading opportunities: Use "Enhanced" mode.
To emphasize price action reversals: Use "System A Priority".
To emphasize technical divergences: Use "System B Priority".
Market-Specific Adjustments:
Stocks/Indices: Focus on Volume Delta and RSI divergence.
Forex: Emphasize SMT and RSI divergence.
Crypto: Balance all three with slightly higher weight on Volume.
Commodities: Focus on MACD for divergence detection.
This indicator provides multiple layers of market analysis through its integrated approach. By understanding each component's function and how they work together, you can develop a nuanced trading strategy that takes advantage of high-probability reversal and divergence setups across various market conditions.
TrendPredator PROThe TrendPredator PRO
Stacey Burke, a seasoned trader and mentor, developed his trading system over the years, drawing insights from influential figures such as George Douglas Taylor, Tony Crabel, Steve Mauro, and Robert Schabacker. His popular system integrates select concepts from these experts into a consistent framework. While powerful, it remains highly discretionary, requiring significant real-time analysis, which can be challenging for novice traders.
The TrendPredator indicators support this approach by automating the essential analysis required to trade the system effectively and incorporating mechanical bias and a multi-timeframe concept. They provide value to traders by significantly reducing the time needed for session preparation, offering all relevant chart analysis and signals for live trading in real-time.
The PRO version offers an advanced pattern identification logic that highlights developing context as well as setups related to the constellation of the signals provided. It provides real-time interpretation of the multi-timeframe analysis table, following an extensive underlying logic with more than 150 different setup variations specifically developed for the system and indicator. These setups are constantly back- and forward-tested and updated according to the results. This version is tailored to traders primarily trading this system and following the related setups in detail.
The former TrendPredator ES version does not provide that option. It is significantly leaner and is designed for traders who want to use the multi-timeframe logic as additional confluence for their trading style. It is very well suited to support many other trading styles, including SMC and ICT.
The Multi-timeframe Master Pattern
Inspired by Taylor’s 3-day cycle and Steve Mauro’s work with “Beat the Market Maker,” Burke’s system views markets as cyclical, driven by the manipulative patterns of market makers. These patterns often trap traders at the extremes of moves above or below significant levels with peak formations, then reverse to utilize their liquidity, initiating the next phase. Breakouts away from these traps often lead to range expansions, as described by Tony Crabel and Robert Schabacker. After multiple consecutive breakouts, especially after the psychological number three, overextension might develop. A break in structure may then lead to reversals or pullbacks. The TrendPredator Indicator and the related multi-timeframe trading system are designed to track these cycles on the daily timeframe and provide signals and trade setups to navigate them.
Bias Logic and Multi-Timeframe Concept
The indicator covers the basic signals of Stacey Burke's system:
- First Red Day (FRD): Bearish break in structure, signalling weak longs in the market.
- First Green Day (FGD): Bullish break in structure signalling weak shorts in the markt.
- Three Days of Longs (3DL): Overextension signalling potential weak longs in the market.
- Three Days of Shorts (3DS): Overextension signalling potential weak shorts in the market.
- Inside Day (ID): Contraction, signalling potential impulsive reversal or range expansion move.
It enhances the original system by introducing:
Structured Bias Logic:
Tracks bias by following how price trades concerning the last previous candle high or low that was hit. For example if the high was hit, we are bullish above and bearish below.
- Bullish state: Breakout (BO), Fakeout Low (FOL)
- Bearish state: Breakdown (BD), Fakeout High (FOH)
Multi-Timeframe Perspective:
- Tracks all signals across H4, H8, D, W, and M timeframes, to look for alignment and follow trends and momentum in a mechanical way.
Developing Context:
- Identifies specific predefined context states based on the monthly, weekly and daily bias.
Developing Setups:
- Identifies specific predefined setups based on context and H8 bias as well as SB signals.
The indicator monitors the bias and signals of the system across all relevant timeframes and automates the related graphical chart analysis as well as context and setup zone identification. In addition to the master pattern, the system helps to identify the higher timeframe situation and follow the moves driven by other timeframe traders to then identify favourable context and setup situations for the trader.
Example: Full Bullish Cycle on the Daily Timeframe with Multi-Timeframe Signals
- The Trap/Peak Formation
The market breaks down from a previous day’s and maybe week’s low—potentially after multiple breakdowns—but fails to move lower and pulls back up to form a peak formation low and closes as a first green day.
MTF Signals: Bullish daily and weekly fakeout low; three consecutive breakdown days (1W Curr FOL, 1D Curr FOL, BO 3S).
Context: Reversal (REV)
Setup: Fakeout low continuation low of day (FOL Cont LOD)
- Pullback and Consolidation
The next day pulls further up after first green day signal, potentially consolidates inside the previous day’s range.
MTF Signals: Fakeout low and first green day closing as an inside day (1D Curr IS, Prev FOL, First G).
Context: Reversal continuation (REV Cont)
Setup: Previous fakeout low continuation low handing fruit (Prev FOL Cont LHF)
- Range Expansion/Trend
The following day breaks up through the previous day’s high, launching a range expansion away from the trap.
MTF Signals: Bullish daily breakout of an inside day (1D Curr BO, Prev IS).
Context: Uptrend healthy (UT)
Setup: Breakout continuation low hanging fruit (BO Cont LHF)
- Overextension
After multiple consecutive breakouts, the market reaches a state of overextension, signalling a possible reversal or pullback.
MTF Signals: Three days of breakout longs (1D Curr BO, Prev BO, BO 3L).
Context: Uptrend extended (UT)
- Reversal
After a breakout of previous days high that fails, price pulls away from the high showing a rollover of momentum across all timeframes and a potential short setup.
MTF Signals: Three days of breakout longs, daily fakeout high (1D 3L, FOH)
Context: Reversal countertrend (REV)
Setup: Fakeout high continuation high of day (FOH Cont HOD)
Note: This is only one possible illustrative scenario; there are many variations and combinations.
Example Chart: Full Bullish Cycle with Correlated Signals
Multi-Timeframe Signals examples:
Context and Setups examples:
Note: The signals shown along the move are manually added illustrations. The indicator shows these in realtime in the table at top and bottom right. This is only one possible scenario; there are many variations and combinations.
Due to the fractal nature of markets, this cycle can be observed across all timeframes. The strongest setups occur when there is multi-timeframe alignment. For example, a peak formation and potential reversal on the daily timeframe have higher probability and follow-through when they align with bearish signals on higher timeframes (e.g., weekly/monthly BD/FOH) and confirmation on lower timeframes (H4/H8 FOH/BD). With this perspective, the system enables the trader to follow the trend and momentum while identifying rollover points in a highly differentiated and precise way.
Using the Indicator for Trading
The automated analysis provided by the indicator can be used for thesis generation in preparation for a session as well as for live trading, leveraging the real-time updates as well as the context and setup indicated or alerted. It is recommended to customize the settings deeply, such as hiding the lower timeframes for thesis generation or the specific alert time window and settings to the specific trading schedule and playbook of the trader.
1. Context Assessment:
Evaluate alignment of higher timeframes (e.g., Month/Week, Week/Day). More alignment → Stronger setups.
- The context table offers an interpretation of the higher timeframe automatically. See below for further details.
2. Setup Identification:
Follow the bias of daily and H8 timeframes. A setup mostly requires alignment of these.
Setup Types:
- Trend Trade: Trade in alignment with the previous day’s trend.
Example: Price above the previous day’s high → Focus on long setups (dBO, H8 FOL) until overextension or reversal signs appear (H8 BO 3L, First R).
- Reversal Trade: Identify reversal setups when lower timeframes show rollovers after higher timeframe weakness.
Example: Price below the previous day’s high → Look for reversal signals at the current high of day (H8 FOH, BO 3L, First R).
- The setup table shows potential setups for the specific price zone in the table automatically. See below for further details.
3. Entry Confirmation:
Confirm entries based on H8 and H4 alignment, candle closes and lower timeframe fakeouts.
- H8 and H4 should always align for a final confirmation, meaning the breach lines should be both in the back of a potential trade setup.
- M15/ 5 candle close can be seen as acceptance beyond a level or within the setup zone.
- M15/5 FOH/ FOL signals lower timeframe traps potentially indicating further confirmation.
Example Chart Reversal Trade:
Context: REV (yellow), Reversal counter trend, Month in FOL with bearish First R, Week in BO but bearishly overextended with BO 3L, Day in Fakeout high reversing bearishly.
Setup: FOH Cont HOD (red), Day in Fakeout high after BO 3L overextension, confirmed by H8 FOH high of day, First R as further confluence. Two star quality and countertrend.
Entry: H4 BD, M15 close below followed by M15 FOH.
Detailed Features and Options
1. Context and Setup table
The Context and Setup Table is the core feature of the TrendPredator PRO indicator. It delivers real-time interpretation of the multi-timeframe analysis based on an extensive underlying logic table with over 150 variations, specifically developed for this system and indicator. This logic is continuously updated and optimized to ensure accuracy and performance.
1.1. Developing Context
States for developing higher timeframe context are determined based on signals from the monthly, weekly, and daily timeframes.
- Green and Red indicate alignment and potentially interesting developing setups.
- Yellow signals a mixed or conflicting bias, suggesting caution when taking trades.
The specific states are:
- UT (yellow): Uptrend extended
- UT (green): Uptrend healthy
- REV (yellow): Reversal day counter trend
- REV (green): Reversal day mixed trend
- REV Cont (green): Reversal continuation mixed trend
- REV Cont (yellow): Reversal continuation counter trend
- REV into UT (green): Reversal day into uptrend
- REV Cont into UT (green): Reversal continuation into uptrend
- UT Pullback (yellow): Counter uptrend breakdown day
- Conflicting (yellow): Conflicting signals
- Consolidating (yellow): Consolidating sideways
- Inside (yellow): Trading inside after an inside week
- DT Pullback (yellow): Counter downtrend breakout day
- REV Cont into DT (red): Reversal continuation into downtrend
- REV into DT (red): Reversal day into downtrend
- REV Cont (yellow): Reversal continuation counter trend
- REV Cont (red): Reversal continuation mixed trend
- REV (red): Reversal day mixed trend
- REV (yellow): Reversal day countertrend
- DT (red): Downtrend healthy
- DT (yellow): Downtrend extended
Example: Uptrend
The Uptrend Context (UT, green) indicates a healthy uptrend with all timeframes aligning bullishly. In this case, the monthly is in a Fakeout Low (FOL) and currently inside the range, while the weekly and daily are both in Breakout (BO) states. This context is favorable for developing long setups in the direction of the trend.
Example: Uptrend pullback
The Uptrend Pullback Context (UT Pullback, yellow) indicates a Breakdown (BD) on the daily timeframe against a higher timeframe uptrend. In this case, the monthly is in a Fakeout Low (FOL) and currently inside its range, the weekly is in Breakout (BO) and also currently inside, while the daily is in Breakdown (BD). This context reflects a conflicting situation—potentially signaling either an early reversal back into the uptrend or, if the breakdown extends, the beginning of a possible trend change.
Example: Reversal into Uptrend
The Reversal into Uptrend Context (REV into UT, green) indicates a lower timeframe reversal aligning with a higher timeframe uptrend. In this case, the monthly is in Breakout (BO), the weekly is in Breakout (BO) and currently inside its range, while the daily is showing a bullish Fakeout Low (FOL) reversal. This context is potentially very favorable for long setups, as it signals a strong continuation of the uptrend supported across multiple timeframes.
Example: Reversal
The Bearish Reversal Context indicates a lower timeframe rollover within an ongoing higher timeframe uptrend. In this case, the monthly remains in Breakout (BO), the weekly has shifted into a Fakeout High (FOH) after three weeks of breakout longs, and the daily is already in Breakdown (BD). This context suggests a potentially favorable developing short setup, as early signs of weakness appear across timeframes.
1.2. Developing Setup
The states for specific setups are based on the context and the signals from the daily timeframe and H8, indicating that price is in the zone of alignment. The setup description refers to the state of the daily timeframe, while the suffix relates to the H8 timeframe. For example, "prev FOH Cont LHF" means that the previous day is in FOH (Fakeout High) relative to yesterday's breakout level, currently trading inside, and we are in an H8 breakdown, indicating a potential LHF (Lower High Formation) short trade if the entry confirms. The suffix HOD means that H8 is in FOH or BO (Breakout).
The specific states are:
- REV HOD (red): Reversal high of day
- REV Cont LHF (red): Reversal continuation low hanging fruit
- BO Cont LHF (green): Breakout continuation low hanging fruit
- BO Cont LOD (green): Breakout continuation low of day
- FOH Cont HOD (red): Fakeout high continuation high of day
- FOH Cont LHF ((red): Fakeout high continuation low hanging fruit
- prev BD Cont HOD (red): Previous breakdown continuation high of day
- prev BD Cont LHF (red): Previous breakdown continuation low hanging fruit
- prev FOH Cont HOD (red): Previous fakeout high continuation high of day
- prev FOH Cont LHF (red): Previous fakeout high continuation low hanging fruit
- prev FOL Cont LOD (green): Previous fakeout low continuation low of day
- prev FOL Cont LHF (green): Previous fakeout low continuation low hanging fruit
- prev BO Cont LOD (green): Previous breakout continuation low of day
- prev BO Cont LHF (green): Previous breakout continuation low hanging fruit
- FOL Cont LHF (green): Fakeout low continuation low hanging fruit
- FOL Cont LOD (green): Fakeout low continuation low of day
- BD Cont LHF (red): BD continuation low hanging fruit
- BD Cont LOD (red): Breakdown continuation low of day
- REV Cont LHF (green): Reversal continuation low hanging fruit
- REV LOD (green): Reversal low of day
- Inside: Trading inside after an inside day
Type: Indicates the situation of the indicated setup concerning:
- Trend: Following higher timeframe trend
- Mixed: Mixed higher timeframe signals
- Counter: Against higher timeframe bias
Quality: Indicates the quality of the indicated setup according to the specified logic table
No star: Very low quality
* One star: Low quality
** Two star: Medium quality
*** Three star: High quality
Example: Breakout Continuation Trend Setup
This setup highlights a healthy uptrend where the month is in a breakout, the week is in a fakeout low, and the day is in a breakout after a first green day. As the H8 breaks out to the upside, a long setup zone is triggered, presenting a breakout continuation low-hanging fruit trade. This is a trend trade in an overextended situation on the H8, with an H8 3L, resulting in an overall quality rating of one star.
Example: Fakeout Low Continuation Trend Setup
This setup shows a reversal into uptrend, with the month in a breakout, the week in a breakout, and the day in a fakeout low after breaking down the previous day and now reversing back up. As H8 breaks out to the upside, a long setup zone is triggered, presenting a previous fakeout low continuation, low-hanging fruit trade. This is a medium-quality trend trade.
Example: Reversal Setup - Mixed Trend
This setup shows a reversal setup in line with the weekly trend, with the month in a fakeout low, the week in a fakeout high, and the day in a fakeout high after breaking out earlier in the day and now reversing back down. As H8 loses the previous breakout level after 3 breakouts (with H8 3L), a short setup zone is triggered, presenting a fakeout high continuation at the high of the day. This is a high-quality trade in a mixed trend situation.
Setup Alerts:
Alerts can be activated for setups freshly triggered on the chart within your trading window.
Detailed filter logic for setup alerts:
- Setup quality: 1-3 star
- Setup type: Counter, Mixed and Trend
- Setup category: e.g. Reversal Bearish, Breakout, Previous Fakeout High
- 1D BO and First signals: 3DS, 3DL, FRD, FGD, ID
Options:
- Alerts on/ off
- Alert time window (from/ to)
- Alert filter customization
Note: To activate alerts from a script in TradingView, some settings need to be adjusted. Open the "Create Alert" dialog and select the option "Any alert() function call" in the "Condition" section. Choose "TrendPredator PRO" to ensure that alerts trigger properly from the code. Alerts can be activated for entire watchlists or individual pairs. Once activated, the alerts run in the background and notify the user whenever a setup is freshly triggered according to the filter settings.
2. Multi-Timeframe Table
Provides a real-time view of system signals, including:
Current Timeframe (Curr): Bias states.
- Breakout (green BO): Bullish after breaking above the previous high.
- Fakeout High (red FOH): Bearish after breaking above the previous high but pulling back down.
- Breakdown (red BD): Bearish after breaking below the previous low.
- Fakeout Low (green FOL): Bullish after breaking below the previous low but pulling back up.
- Inside (IS): Price trading neutral inside the previous range, taking the previous bias (color indicates the previous bias).
Previous Timeframe (Prev): Tracks last candle bias state and transitions dynamically.
- Bias for last candle: BO, FOH, BD, FOL in respective colors.
- Inside bar (yellow IS): Indicated as standalone signal.
Note: Also previous timeframes get constantly updated in real time to track the bias state in relation to the level that was hit. This means a BO can still lose the level and become a FOH, and vice versa, and a BD can still become a FOL, and vice versa. This is critical to see for example if traders that are trapped in that timeframe with a FOH or FOL are released. An inside bar stays fixed, though, since no level was hit in that timeframe.
Breakouts (BO): Breakout count 3 longs and 3 shorts.
- 3 Longs (red 3L): Bearish after three breakouts without hitting a previous low.
- 3 Shorts (green 3S): Bullish after three breakdowns without hitting a previous high.
First Countertrend Close (First): Tracks First Red or Green Day.
- First Green (G): After two consecutive red closes.
- First Red (R): After two consecutive green closes.
Options: Customizable font size and label colors.
3. Historic Highs and Lows
Displays historic highs and lows per timeframe for added context, enabling users to track sequences over time.
Timeframes: H4, H8, D, W, M
Options: Customize for timeframes shown, number of historic candles per timeframe, colors, formats, and labels.
4. Previous High and Low Extensions
Displays extended previous levels (high, low, and close) for each timeframe to assess how price trades relative to these levels.
H4: P4H, P4L, P4C
H8: P8H, P8L, P8C
Daily: PDH, PDL, PDC
Weekly: PWH, PWL, PWC
Monthly: PMH, PML, PMC
Options: Fully customizable for timeframes shown, colors, formats, and labels.
5. Breach Lines
Tracks live market reactions (e.g., breakouts or fakeouts) per timeframe for the last previous high or low that was hit, highlighting these levels originating at the breached candle to indicate bias (color-coded).
Red: Bearish below
Green: Bullish above
H4: 4FOL, 4FOH, 4BO, 4BD
H8: 8FOL, 8FOH, 8BO, 8BD
D: dFOL, dFOH, dBO, dBD
W: wFOL, wFOH, wBO, wBD
M: mFOL, mFOH, mBO, mBD
Options: Fully customizable for timeframes shown, colors, formats, and labels.
Overall Options:
Toggle single feature groups on/off.
Customize H8 open/close time as an offset to UTC to be provider independent.
Colour settings con be adjusted for dark or bright backgrounds.
Higher Timeframe Use Case Examples
Example Use Case: Weekly Template Analysis
The Weekly Template is a core concept in Stacey Burke’s trading style. The analysis is conducted on the daily timeframe, focusing on the higher timeframe bias and identifying overextended conditions within the week—such as multiple breakouts and peak formations signaling potential reversals.
In this example, the candles are colored by the TrendPredator FO indicator, which highlights the state of individual candles. This allows for precise evaluation of both the trend state and the developing weekly template. It is a valuable tool for thesis generation before a trading session and for backtesting purposes.
Example Use Case: High Timeframe 5-Star Setup Analysis (Stacey Burke "ain't coming back" ACB Template)
This analysis identifies high-probability trade opportunities when daily breakout or breakdown closes occur near key monthly levels mid-week, signaling overextensions and potentially large parabolic moves. The key signal to look for is a breakout or breakdown close on a Wednesday. This is useful for thesis generation before a session and also for backtesting.
In this example, the TrendPredator FO indicator colors the candles to highlight individual candle states, particularly those that close in breakout or breakdown. Additionally, an indicator is shown on the chart shading every Wednesday, making it easier to visually identify the signals.
5 Star Alerts:
Alerts can be activated for this potential 5-Star setup constellation. The alert is triggered when there is a breakout or breakdown close on a Wednesday.
Further recommendations:
- Higher timeframe context: TPO or volume profile indicators can be used to gain an even better overview.
- Late session trading: Entries later in the session, such as during the 3rd hour of the NY session, offer better analysis and follow-through on setups.
- Entry confirmation: Momentum indicators like VWAP, Supertrend, or EMA are helpful for increasing precision. Additionally, tracking lower timeframe fakeouts can provide powerful confluence. To track those the TrendPredator Fakeout Highlighter (FO), that has been specifically developed for this can be of great help:
Limitations:
Data availability using TradingView has its limitations. The indicator leverages only the real-time data available for the specific timeframe being used. This means it cannot access data from timeframes lower than the one displayed on the chart. For example, if you are on a daily chart, it cannot use H8 data. Additionally, on very low timeframes, the historical availability of data might be limited, making higher timeframe signals unreliable.
To address this, the indicator automatically hides the affected columns in these specific situations, preventing false signals.
Disclaimer
This indicator is for educational purposes only and does not guarantee profits.
None of the information provided shall be considered financial advice.
The indicator does not provide final buy or sell signals but highlights zones for potential setups.
Users are fully responsible for their trading decisions and outcomes.
Absorption AnalysisThe Absorption Analysis indicator identifies potential market turning points by analyzing volume, price patterns, and market structure across multiple dimensions. It combines traditional technical signals with volume analysis and success rate tracking to provide high-probability reversal opportunities.
Signal Types & Classification
1. Pattern-Based Signals (W-Bottom & M-Top)
**W-Bottom Pattern**
- Pattern Structure:
* Price makes a low below the lower Bollinger Band
* First bounce occurs with price moving higher
* Secondary test forms a higher low
* Final confirmation with bullish close above lower band
- Volume Requirements:
* Must exceed 1.5x the 20-period volume moving average
- Visual Indicators:
* Blue dotted line appears at pattern low
* Line remains until broken by price
* Label shows volume and percentage from baseline
- Success Tracking:
* Pattern stored in historical database
* Success measured by upward price movement
* Historical success rate displayed with signal
**M-Top Pattern**
- Pattern Structure:
* Price makes a high above the upper Bollinger Band
* First pullback occurs with price moving lower
* Secondary push forms a lower high
* Final confirmation with bearish close below upper band
- Volume Requirements:
* Must exceed 1.5x the 20-period volume moving average
- Visual Indicators:
* Orange dotted line appears at pattern high
* Line remains until broken by price
* Label shows volume and percentage from baseline
- Success Tracking:
* Pattern stored in historical database
* Success measured by downward price movement
* Historical success rate displayed with signal
2. Technical Reversals
**Bullish Reversal**
- Entry Conditions:
* Previous candle closes below lower Bollinger Band
* Previous candle must be bearish
* Current candle closes above lower band
* Current candle must be bullish
- Volume Validation:
* Volume must exceed 1.5x 20-period MA
- Visual Markers:
* Green label at reversal point
* Includes volume context
- Trading Implementation:
* Suggests strong buying pressure overcoming selling
* Often marks end of downward price exhaustion
**Bearish Reversal**
- Entry Conditions:
* Previous candle closes above upper Bollinger Band
* Previous candle must be bullish
* Current candle closes below upper band
* Current candle must be bearish
- Volume Validation:
* Volume must exceed 1.5x 20-period MA
- Visual Markers:
* Red label at reversal point
* Includes volume context
- Trading Implementation:
* Suggests strong selling pressure overcoming buying
* Often marks end of upward price exhaustion
3. Volume-Based Reversals
**High Volume Bear to Bull**
- Signal Formation:
* High volume bearish candle (2.5σ above mean)
* Immediately followed by high volume bullish candle
- Market Psychology:
* Shows strong selling being absorbed by buying
* Often indicates institutional accumulation
- Visual Identification:
* Purple "HV Bull" label
* Includes volume statistics
- Trading Context:
* Strong signal for trend reversal
* Most effective at support levels
**High Volume Bull to Bear**
- Signal Formation:
* High volume bullish candle (2.5σ above mean)
* Immediately followed by high volume bearish candle
- Market Psychology:
* Shows strong buying being absorbed by selling
* Often indicates institutional distribution
- Visual Identification:
* Purple "HV Bear" label
* Includes volume statistics
- Trading Context:
* Strong signal for trend reversal
* Most effective at resistance levels
4. Absorption Signals
**Buy Absorption**
- Technical Requirements:
* High volume conditions (2.5σ above mean)
* Spread momentum must be negative
* Fast spread MA below slow spread MA
* Bullish closing candle
- Market Interpretation:
* Indicates buying pressure absorbing selling
* Often precedes upward movement
- Visual Markers:
* Red label with volume context
* Placed at significant price levels
**Sell Absorption**
- Technical Requirements:
* High volume conditions (2.5σ above mean)
* Spread momentum must be negative
* Fast spread MA below slow spread MA
* Bearish closing candle
- Market Interpretation:
* Indicates selling pressure absorbing buying
* Often precedes downward movement
- Visual Markers:
* Green label with volume context
* Placed at significant price levels
Volume Analysis Components
Volume Calculation
- Rolling baseline volume calculated based on timeframe:
* Monthly: 6-period sum
* Weekly: 12-period sum
* Daily: 20-period sum
* Intraday: Proportional to timeframe
- Net volume = Bullish volume - Bearish volume
- Volume percentage calculated against baseline
- High volume threshold = 2.5 standard deviations
- Pattern volume threshold = 1.5x 20MA
Exchange Aggregation
- Primary symbol (chart) always included
- Optional secondary symbol data
- Combines volume data for stronger signals
- Useful for crypto markets with split liquidity
Success Rate Implementation
Rate Calculation
- Based on user-defined lookback period
- Separately tracked for each pattern type
- Bullish patterns: Percentage of times price moved higher
- Bearish patterns: Percentage of times price moved lower
- Used to filter alerts with minimum threshold
Pattern Storage
- Arrays maintain historical pattern data
- Limited to lookback period size
- Oldest patterns removed as new ones form
- Constantly updated success rates
## Trading Implementation
### Signal Priority
1. Pattern Signals (W/M)
- Highest reliability due to complex criteria
- Must meet all volume and price conditions
- Line break provides clear invalidation
2. High Volume Reversals
- Strong indication of institutional activity
- Clear volume confirmation
- Immediate reversal potential
3. Technical Reversals
- Traditional technical analysis backbone
- Enhanced with volume confirmation
- Good for trend trading
4. Absorption Signals
- Early warning system
- Best used with other confirmations
- Good for position building
Best Practices
- Look for multiple signal types aligning
- Consider higher timeframe context
- Use success rates to filter setups
- Monitor volume context closely
- Wait for candle closes
- Use line breaks for clear invalidation
- Consider market structure
- Pay attention to success rates
- Use appropriate position sizing
Risk Management
- Use pattern breaks for stop losses
- Consider historical success rates
- Larger positions for multiple signal confluence
- Respect timeframe hierarchy
- Monitor volume for confirmation
- Use proper position sizing
- Consider market volatility
This indicator provides a comprehensive framework for identifying potential market turning points while maintaining rigorous risk management through multiple confirmation factors and clear invalidation levels.
Contrarian RSIContrarian RSI Indicator
Pairs nicely with Contrarian 100 MA (optional hide/unhide buy/sell signals)
Description
The Contrarian RSI is a momentum-based technical indicator designed to identify potential reversal points in price action by combining a unique RSI calculation with a predictive range model inspired by the "Contrarian 5 Levels" logic. Unlike traditional RSI, which measures price momentum based solely on price changes, this indicator integrates a smoothed, weighted momentum calculation and predictive price ranges to generate contrarian signals. It is particularly suited for traders looking to capture reversals in trending or range-bound markets.
This indicator is versatile and can be used across various timeframes, though it performs best on higher timeframes (e.g., 1H, 4H, or Daily) due to reduced noise and more reliable signals. Lower timeframes may require additional testing and careful parameter tuning to optimize performance.
How It Works
The Contrarian RSI combines two primary components:
Predictive Ranges (5 Levels Logic): This calculates a smoothed price average that adapts to market volatility using an ATR-based mechanism. It helps identify significant price levels that act as potential support or resistance zones.
Contrarian RSI Calculation: A modified RSI calculation that uses weighted momentum from the predictive ranges to measure buying and selling pressure. The result is smoothed and paired with a user-defined moving average to generate clear signals.
The indicator generates buy (long) and sell (exit) signals based on crossovers and crossunders of user-defined overbought and oversold levels, making it ideal for contrarian trading strategies.
Calculation Overview
Predictive Ranges (5 Levels Logic):
Uses a custom function (pred_ranges) to calculate a dynamic price average (avg) based on the ATR (Average True Range) multiplied by a user-defined factor (mult).
The average adjusts only when the price moves beyond the ATR threshold, ensuring responsiveness to significant price changes while filtering out noise.
This calculation is performed on a user-specified timeframe (tf5Levels) for multi-timeframe analysis.
Contrarian RSI:
Compares consecutive predictive range values to calculate gains (g) and losses (l) over a user-defined period (crsiLength).
Applies a Gaussian weighting function (weight = math.exp(-math.pow(i / crsiLength, 2))) to prioritize recent price movements.
Computes a "wave ratio" (net_momentum / total_energy) to normalize momentum, which is then scaled to a 0–100 range (qrsi = 50 + 50 * wave_ratio).
Smooths the result with a 2-period EMA (qrsi_smoothed) for stability.
Moving Average:
Applies a user-selected moving average (SMA, EMA, WMA, SMMA, or VWMA) with a customizable length (maLength) to the smoothed RSI (qrsi_smoothed) to generate the final indicator value (qrsi_ma).
Signal Generation:
Long Entry: Triggered when qrsi_ma crosses above the oversold level (oversoldLevel, default: 1).
Long Exit: Triggered when qrsi_ma crosses below the overbought level (overboughtLevel, default: 99).
Entry and Exit Rules
Long Entry: Enter a long position when the Contrarian RSI (qrsi_ma) crosses above the oversold level (default: 1). This suggests the asset is potentially oversold and due for a reversal.
Long Exit: Exit the long position when the Contrarian RSI (qrsi_ma) crosses below the overbought level (default: 99), indicating a potential overbought condition and a reversal to the downside.
Customization: Adjust overboughtLevel and oversoldLevel to fine-tune sensitivity. Lower timeframes may benefit from tighter levels (e.g., 20 for oversold, 80 for overbought), while higher timeframes can use extreme levels (e.g., 1 and 99) for stronger reversals.
Timeframe Considerations
Higher Timeframes (Recommended): The indicator is optimized for higher timeframes (e.g., 1H, 4H, Daily) due to its reliance on predictive ranges and smoothed momentum, which perform best with less market noise. These timeframes typically yield more reliable reversal signals.
Lower Timeframes: The indicator can be used on lower timeframes (e.g., 5M, 15M), but signals may be noisier and require additional confirmation (e.g., from price action or other indicators). Extensive backtesting and parameter optimization (e.g., adjusting crsiLength, maLength, or mult) are recommended for lower timeframes.
Inputs
Contrarian RSI Length (crsiLength): Length for RSI momentum calculation (default: 5).
RSI MA Length (maLength): Length of the moving average applied to the RSI (default: 1, effectively no MA).
MA Type (maType): Choose from SMA, EMA, WMA, SMMA, or VWMA (default: SMA).
Overbought Level (overboughtLevel): Upper threshold for exit signals (default: 99).
Oversold Level (oversoldLevel): Lower threshold for entry signals (default: 1).
Plot Signals on Main Chart (plotOnChart): Toggle to display signals on the price chart or the indicator panel (default: false).
Plotted on Lower:
Plotted on Chart:
5 Levels Length (length5Levels): Length for predictive range calculation (default: 200).
Factor (mult): ATR multiplier for predictive ranges (default: 6.0).
5 Levels Timeframe (tf5Levels): Timeframe for predictive range calculation (default: chart timeframe).
Visuals
Contrarian RSI MA: Plotted as a yellow line, representing the smoothed Contrarian RSI with the applied moving average.
Overbought/Oversold Lines: Red line for overbought (default: 99) and green line for oversold (default: 1).
Signals: Blue circles for long entries, white circles for long exits. Signals can be plotted on the main chart (plotOnChart = true) or the indicator panel (plotOnChart = false).
Usage Notes
Use the indicator in conjunction with other tools (e.g., support/resistance, trendlines, or volume) to confirm signals.
Test extensively on your chosen timeframe and asset to optimize parameters like crsiLength, maLength, and mult.
Be cautious with lower timeframes, as false signals may occur due to market noise.
The indicator is designed for contrarian strategies, so it works best in markets with clear reversal patterns.
Disclaimer
This indicator is provided for educational and informational purposes only. Always conduct thorough backtesting and risk management before using any indicator in live trading. The author is not responsible for any financial losses incurred.
Dragon Harmonic Pattern [TradingFinder] Dragon Detector🔵 Introduction
The Dragon Harmonic Pattern is one of the technical analysis tools that assists traders in identifying Potential Reversal Zones (PRZ). Resembling an "M" or "W" shape, this pattern is recognized in financial markets as a method for predicting bullish and bearish trends. By leveraging precise Fibonacci ratios and measuring price movements, traders can use this pattern to forecast market trends with high accuracy.
The Dragon Harmonic Pattern is built on the XABCD structure, where each point plays a significant role in shaping and forecasting price movements. Point X marks the beginning of the trend, representing the initial price movement. Point A indicates the first retracement, usually falling within the 0.380 to 0.620 range of the XA wave.
Next, point B signals the second retracement, which lies within 0.200 to 0.400 of the AB wave. Point C, acting as the hump of the pattern, is generally located within 0.800 to 1.100 of the XA wave. Finally, point D represents the endpoint of the pattern and the Potential Reversal Zone (PRZ), where the primary price reversal occurs.
In bullish scenarios, the Dragon Pattern indicates a reversal from a downtrend to an uptrend, where prices move upward from point D. Conversely, in bearish scenarios, prices decline after reaching point D. Accurate identification of this pattern through Fibonacci ratio analysis and PRZ examination can significantly increase the success rate of trades, enabling traders to adjust their strategies based on key market levels such as 0.618 or 1.100.
Due to its high accuracy in identifying Potential Reversal Zones (PRZ) and its alignment with Fibonacci ratios, the Dragon Harmonic Pattern is considered one of the most popular tools in technical analysis. Traders can use this pattern to pinpoint entry and exit points with greater confidence while minimizing trading risks.
Bullish :
Bearish :
🔵 How to Use
The Dragon Harmonic Pattern indicator helps traders identify bullish and bearish patterns in the market, allowing them to capitalize on available trading opportunities. By analyzing Fibonacci ratios and the XABCD structure, the indicator highlights Potential Reversal Zones (PRZ).
🟣 Bullish Dragon Pattern
In the Bullish Dragon Pattern, the price transitions from a downtrend to an uptrend after reaching point D. At this stage, points X, A, B, C, and D must be carefully identified.
Fibonacci ratios for these points are as follows: Point A should fall within 0.380 to 0.620 of the XA wave, point B within 0.200 to 0.400 of the AB wave, and point C within 0.800 to 1.100 of the XA wave.
When the price reaches point D, traders should look for bullish signals such as reversal candlesticks or increased trading volume to enter a buy position. The take-profit level can be set near the previous price high or based on the 1.272 Fibonacci ratio of the XA wave, while the stop-loss should be placed slightly below point D.
🟣 Bearish Dragon Pattern
In the Bearish Dragon Pattern, the price shifts from an uptrend to a downtrend after reaching point D. In this pattern, points X, A, B, C, and D must also be identified. Fibonacci ratios for these points are as follows: Point A should fall within 0.380 to 0.620 of the XA wave, point B within 0.200 to 0.400 of the AB wave, and point C within 0.800 to 1.100 of the XA wave.
Upon reaching point D, bearish signals such as reversal candlesticks or decreasing trading volume indicate the opportunity to enter a sell position. The take-profit level can be set near the previous price low or based on the 1.272 Fibonacci ratio of the XA wave, while the stop-loss should be placed slightly above point D.
By combining the Dragon Harmonic Pattern indicator with precise Fibonacci ratio analysis, traders can identify key opportunities while minimizing risks and improving their decision-making in both bullish and bearish market conditions.
🔵 Setting
🟣 Logical Setting
ZigZag Pivot Period : You can adjust the period so that the harmonic patterns are adjusted according to the pivot period you want. This factor is the most important parameter in pattern recognition.
Show Valid Forma t: If this parameter is on "On" mode, only patterns will be displayed that they have exact format and no noise can be seen in them. If "Off" is, the patterns displayed that maybe are noisy and do not exactly correspond to the original pattern.
Show Formation Last Pivot Confirm : if Turned on, you can see this ability of patterns when their last pivot is formed. If this feature is off, it will see the patterns as soon as they are formed. The advantage of this option being clear is less formation of fielded patterns, and it is accompanied by the latest pattern seeing and a sharp reduction in reward to risk.
Period of Formation Last Pivot : Using this parameter you can determine that the last pivot is based on Pivot period.
🟣 Genaral Setting
Show : Enter "On" to display the template and "Off" to not display the template.
Color : Enter the desired color to draw the pattern in this parameter.
LineWidth : You can enter the number 1 or numbers higher than one to adjust the thickness of the drawing lines. This number must be an integer and increases with increasing thickness.
LabelSize : You can adjust the size of the labels by using the "size.auto", "size.tiny", "size.smal", "size.normal", "size.large" or "size.huge" entries.
🟣 Alert Setting
Alert : On / Off
Message Frequency : This string parameter defines the announcement frequency. Choices include: "All" (activates the alert every time the function is called), "Once Per Bar" (activates the alert only on the first call within the bar), and "Once Per Bar Close" (the alert is activated only by a call at the last script execution of the real-time bar upon closing). The default setting is "Once per Bar".
Show Alert Time by Time Zone : The date, hour, and minute you receive in alert messages can be based on any time zone you choose. For example, if you want New York time, you should enter "UTC-4". This input is set to the time zone "UTC" by default.
🔵 Conclusion
The Dragon Harmonic Pattern is an advanced and practical technical analysis tool that aids traders in accurately predicting bullish and bearish trends by identifying Potential Reversal Zones (PRZ) and utilizing Fibonacci ratios. Built on the XABCD structure, this pattern stands out for its flexibility and precision in identifying price movements, making it a valuable resource among technical analysts. One of its key advantages is its compatibility with other technical tools such as trendlines, support and resistance levels, and Fibonacci retracements.
By using the Dragon Harmonic Pattern indicator, traders can accurately determine entry and exit points for their trades. The indicator analyzes key Fibonacci ratios—0.380 to 0.620, 0.200 to 0.400, and 0.800 to 1.100—to identify critical levels such as price highs and lows, offering precise trading strategies. In bullish scenarios, traders can profit from rising prices, while in bearish scenarios, they can capitalize on price declines.
In conclusion, the Dragon Harmonic Pattern is a highly reliable tool for identifying trading opportunities with exceptional accuracy. However, for optimal results, it is recommended to combine this pattern with other analytical tools and thoroughly assess market conditions. By utilizing this indicator, traders can reduce their trading risks while achieving higher profitability and confidence in their trading strategies.
StockLeave Signal BarThe indicator identifies potential trade entries by highlighting expansion and reversal bars. These are defined by individual bar characteristics and refined by contextual factors such as price position relative to structural boundaries. The purpose is to locate bars that could indicate potential market initiation.
Expansion Bars
The expansion captures bars that breakout from a period of reduced volatility. These often initiate directional movement and are recognized using a two-part definition:
Range Expansion The current bar’s range must exceed the average range. This ensures the move is comparatively large and stands out from recent behavior.
Range Compression The bars before the expansion must be below a threshold of the average range. This confirms a low-volatility lead-up, strengthening the likelihood that the expansion has significance.
This script applies additional filters. A local breakout ensures price breaks the previous bar’s high or low. A strong close confirms directional intent by requiring the close near the bar’s extreme. Mean proximity checks that expansion starts near the mean price using a dynamic buffer relative to bar size. A directional filter blocks signals during extended directional runs. Consecutive suppression prevents multiple expansions to show in succession.
Reversal Bars
Reversal setups aim to identify potential turning points after price has reached a zone of imbalance or extension. These bars typically exhibit long tails and occur near structural boundaries such as the outer Keltner bands. Their design favors short-term price rejection and potential reversal.
Tail Dominance The wick must be at least twice the body and make up a significant portion of the bar’s total range, signaling strong rejection rather than indecision.
Close Location The close should be near the opposite end of the wick, near the low for bearish signals and near the high for bullish, confirming pressure in the reversal direction.
This script applies additional filters. Local extreme ensures the bar marks a local turning point to confirm reversals occur after extension, not within structure. Boundary proximity requires the bar to appear near the outer envelope, aligning bearish signals with the upper band and bullish with the lower, indicating price has reached an area of likely imbalance.
This section also incorporate snapback reversals, designed to capture failed extensions beyond structural boundaries. Unlike single-bar rejections, snapbacks use a two-bar sequence: a strong impulse bar that closes outside the envelope, followed by a reversal bar that closes back inside.
Alert Configuration
The Signal Bars indicator includes an alert function with two built-in conditions to help reduce screen time and focus attention when predefined conditions are met.
Expansion: Alerts when a bar meets all conditions for a valid expansion.
Reversal: Alerts when a bar meets the criteria for a pin bar or snapback reversal.
These are built into the indicator with the alertcondition() function and can be turned on whenever the indicator is applied to a chart. Each alert includes a default message that uses dynamic placeholders; {{ticker}} for the symbol and {{interval}} for the timeframe.
Create a new alert and select the condition “StockLeave Signal Bars.”
Then select from the two options: Expansion and Reversal.
For expansions, select “once per bar” to capture developing momentum.
For reversals, use “once per bar close” to confirm rejection setups.
Apply alerts across multiple timeframes to improve coverage. Lower timeframes are better suited for fast-moving markets, while higher timeframes work well in slower or more selective environments. This process only needs to be done once. The created alerts can then be toggled on or off from the Alerts panel as preferred, without requiring reconfiguration.
Applied Discretion
The indicator functions on fixed logic, but interpretation always takes precedence. Consider price action, structure, volatility, and broader market context. Most signals will not lead to trades; while many may appear in a session, only a select few will align with context and warrant execution based on discretion.
WaveTrend Ribbon [AlgoAlpha]🌟🚀 Introducing the WaveTrend Ribbon by AlgoAlpha - Your Next-Level Trading Companion! 🚀🌟
Dive into the world of advanced trading with the WaveTrend Ribbon by AlgoAlpha, a cutting-edge indicator designed to elevate your trading strategy on TradingView. 📈💡 This powerful tool combines the efficiency of the WaveTrend oscillator with innovative Z-score analysis to offer clear, actionable trading signals. 🌊🎯
Key Features:
🔧 Customizable Parameters: Tailor the indicator to your trading needs with adjustable settings including Channel Length, Average Length, Overbought/Oversold Levels, and more.
📊 WaveTrend Oscillator: Utilizes a smoothed version of the average price to identify potential market reversals.
📉 Z-Score Analysis: Enhances signal reliability by measuring the standard deviation of the current price from the mean.
🎨 Dynamic Color Coding: Visual cues shift between up and down colors to indicate market trends, making it easy to read at a glance.
⚠️ Divergence Detection: Automatic identification of bullish and bearish divergences for early signal warnings.
🔔 Custom Alerts: Stay ahead with real-time alerts for key trading events like bullish/bearish divergences and trend reversals.
How to Use WaveTrend Ribbon :
Maximize your trading potential with the WaveTrend Ribbon by following these simple steps:
🔍 Add to Chart: Locate "WaveTrend Ribbon " in TradingView's Indicators & Strategies and apply it to your chart. Dive into the settings to customize the parameters like Channel Length, Average Length, and the Overbought/Oversold levels to match your trading strategy.
- Channel Length affects the sensitivity of the WaveTrend oscillator to price movements. A shorter Channel Length increases responsiveness, useful in volatile markets but may lead to false signals. It's ideal for traders looking for quick reactions to price changes.
- Average Length is used to smooth the oscillator further, influencing how quickly the indicator responds to trend changes. A shorter Average Length allows for a quicker response to the oscillator's movements, suitable for short-term trading strategies.
📊 Analyze the Market: Pay close attention to the color transitions and position of the Z-score in relation to its moving average for insights into market direction. Look out for the overbought and oversold conditions for potential reversal points.
🔔 Set Up Alerts: Utilize the built-in alert system to get notified of key events like trend reversals, bullish and bearish divergences, and more, so you can make timely decisions without having to constantly monitor the charts.
Basic Logic Explained:
The WaveTrend Ribbon is an advanced trading indicator that leverages the WaveTrend oscillator, enhanced by Z-score normalization and moving averages for precise market trend analysis. It calculates the average price deviation over a set period (Channel Length), smoothing it with an Average Length to identify trends. Z-score analysis further refines signals by comparing oscillator deviations against its historical performance, highlighting overbought or oversold conditions. The indicator generates signals for potential reversals and market entries/exits, visualized through dynamic color coding and customizable alerts for traders to act upon efficiently. This multi-layered approach provides a deeper insight into market dynamics, offering a blend of trend following and momentum strategies.
By highlighting overbought and oversold conditions with dynamic color changes and providing reversal signals, this indicator is a must-have tool for traders aiming to capitalize on market trends. 📈🚀
Elevate your trading experience with the WaveTrend Ribbon, your go-to indicator for navigating the markets with confidence and precision. Happy trading! 🌟🚀
3-Candle Reversal Strategy with R/R & AlertsThe "Steroid: 3-Candle Reversal Strategy with R/R & Alerts" indicator is designed to detect and highlight three-candle reversal patterns, which signal potential trend changes. This tool is versatile and highly effective, making it an essential addition to any trader's toolkit.
Features:
Pattern Detection:
Bullish Reversal: The indicator identifies a bullish reversal pattern when the second candle forms a new low, and the third candle closes above the high of the second candle. This setup suggests a potential upward trend reversal.
Bearish Reversal: Conversely, a bearish reversal pattern is detected when the second candle forms a new high, and the third candle closes below the low of the second candle, indicating a potential downward trend reversal.
Customizable Entry Points:
For bullish patterns, you can select the entry point based on the high of the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd candle.
For bearish patterns, you can choose the entry point based on the low of the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd candle.
This flexibility allows traders to tailor the strategy to their specific trading style and market conditions.
Risk/Reward Calculation:
The indicator automatically calculates and plots entry, stop-loss, and take-profit levels based on the selected risk/reward ratio. This feature helps traders quickly assess the potential risk and reward of each trade setup.
Alerts:
Custom alerts can be set up to notify you when a bullish or bearish pattern is detected. This ensures you never miss a potential trading opportunity.
Visualization:
The indicator colors the candles involved in the pattern (green for bullish and red for bearish) and plots the corresponding entry, stop-loss, and take-profit levels on the chart. This visual aid makes it easy to see and evaluate potential trades.
Settings:
Candle to place the sign: Choose which candle (1st, 2nd, or 3rd) will be marked when a pattern is detected.
Show Entry Level: Toggle the display of the entry level on the chart.
Show Stop-Loss Level: Toggle the display of the stop-loss level on the chart.
Show Take-Profit Level: Toggle the display of the take-profit level on the chart.
Risk-Reward Ratio: Adjust the risk-reward ratio used in calculating the take-profit level.
Enable Bullish Scenario: Turn on or off the detection of bullish reversal patterns.
Enable Bearish Scenario: Turn on or off the detection of bearish reversal patterns.
How to Use:
Customize Settings: Adjust the settings according to your trading strategy and preferences.
Enable Alerts: Set up alerts to be notified when a pattern is detected, ensuring you stay informed about potential trade setups.
Analyze Patterns: Use the visual cues and calculated levels to evaluate the strength and potential of the detected patterns.
Backtest: Use the strategy on historical data to see how it performs over different market conditions.
This indicator is ideal for traders looking for an automated, reliable way to identify potential trend reversals in any market and on any timeframe. It combines technical analysis with customizable risk management, making it a powerful tool for both novice and experienced traders.
Disclaimer:
This script is for educational purposes only. Trading involves substantial risk and is not suitable for every investor.
Standardized PSAR Oscillator [AlgoAlpha]Enhance your trading experience with the "Standardized PSAR Oscillator" 🪝, a powerful tool that combines the Parabolic Stop and Reverse (PSAR) with standardization techniques to offer more nuanced insights into market trends and potential reversals.
🔑 Key Features:
- 🛠 Customizable PSAR Settings: Adjust the starting point, increment, and maximum values for the PSAR to tailor the indicator to your strategy.
- 📏 Standardization: Smooth out volatility by standardizing the PSAR values using a customizable EMA, making reversals easier to identify.
- 🎨 Dynamic Color-Coding: The oscillator changes colors based on market conditions, helping you quickly spot bullish and bearish trends.
- 🔄 Divergence Detection: Automatic detection of bullish and bearish divergences with customizable sensitivity and confirmation settings.
- 🔔 Alerts: Set up alerts for key events like zero-line crossovers and trend weakening, ensuring you never miss a critical market move.
🚀 How to Use:
✨ Add the Indicator: Add the indicator to favorites by pressing the star icon, adjust the settings to suite your needs.
👀 Monitor Signals: Watch for the automatic plotting of divergences and reversal signals to identify potential market entries and exits.
🔔 Set Alerts: Configure alerts to get notified of key changes without constantly monitoring the charts.
🔍 How It Works:
The Standardized PSAR Oscillator is an advanced trading tool that refines the traditional PSAR (Parabolic Stop and Reverse) indicator by incorporating several key enhancements to improve trend analysis and signal accuracy. The script begins by calculating the PSAR, a widely used indicator known for its effectiveness in identifying trend reversals. To make the PSAR more adaptive and responsive to market conditions, it is standardized using an Exponential Moving Average (EMA) of the high-low range over a user-defined period. This standardization helps to normalize the PSAR values, making them more comparable across different market conditions.
To further enhance signal clarity, the standardized PSAR is then smoothed using a Weighted Moving Average (WMA). This combination of EMA and WMA creates an oscillator that not only captures trend direction but also smooths out market noise, providing a cleaner signal. The oscillator's values are color-coded to visually indicate its position relative to the zero line, with additional emphasis on whether the WMA is rising or falling—this helps traders quickly interpret the trend’s strength and direction.
The oscillator also includes built-in divergence detection by comparing pivot points in price action with those in the oscillator. This feature helps identify potential discrepancies between the price and the oscillator, signaling possible trend reversals. Alerts can be configured for when the oscillator crosses the zero line or when a trend shows signs of weakening, ensuring that traders receive timely notifications to act on emerging opportunities. These combined elements make the Standardized PSAR Oscillator a robust tool for enhancing your trading strategy with more reliable and actionable signals
RSI K-Means Clustering [UAlgo]The "RSI K-Means Clustering " indicator is a technical analysis tool that combines the Relative Strength Index (RSI) with K-means clustering techniques. This approach aims to provide more nuanced insights into market conditions by categorizing RSI values into overbought, neutral, and oversold clusters.
The indicator adjusts these clusters dynamically based on historical RSI data, allowing for more adaptive and responsive thresholds compared to traditional fixed levels. By leveraging K-means clustering, the indicator identifies patterns in RSI behavior, which can help traders make more informed decisions regarding market trends and potential reversals.
🔶 Key Features
K-means Clustering: The indicator employs K-means clustering, an unsupervised machine learning technique, to dynamically determine overbought, neutral, and oversold levels based on historical RSI data.
User-Defined Inputs: You can customize various aspects of the indicator's behavior, including:
RSI Source: Select the data source used for RSI calculation (e.g., closing price).
RSI Length: Define the period length for RSI calculation.
Training Data Size: Specify the number of historical RSI values used for K-means clustering.
Number of K-means Iterations: Set the number of iterations performed by the K-means algorithm to refine cluster centers.
Overbought/Neutral/Oversold Levels: You can define initial values for these levels, which will be further optimized through K-means clustering.
Alerts: The indicator can generate alerts for various events, including:
Trend Crossovers: Alerts for when the RSI crosses above/below the neutral zone, signaling potential trend changes.
Overbought/Oversold: Alerts when the RSI reaches the dynamically determined overbought or oversold thresholds.
Reversals: Alerts for potential trend reversals based on RSI crossing above/below the calculated overbought/oversold levels.
RSI Classification: Alerts based on the current RSI classification (ranging, uptrend, downtrend).
🔶 Interpreting Indicator
Adjusted RSI Value: The primary plot represents the adjusted RSI value, calculated based on the relative position of the current RSI compared to dynamically adjusted overbought and oversold levels. This value provides an intuitive measure of the market's momentum. The final overbought, neutral, and oversold levels are determined by K-means clustering and are displayed as horizontal lines. These levels serve as dynamic support and resistance points, indicating potential reversal zones.
Classification Symbols : The "RSI K-Means Clustering " indicator uses specific symbols to classify the current market condition based on the position of the RSI value relative to dynamically determined clusters. These symbols provide a quick visual reference to help traders understand the prevailing market sentiment. Here's a detailed explanation of each classification symbol:
Ranging Classification ("R")
This symbol appears when the RSI value is closest to the neutral threshold compared to the overbought or oversold thresholds. It indicates a ranging market, where the price is moving sideways without a clear trend direction. In this state, neither buyers nor sellers are in control, suggesting a period of consolidation or indecision. This is often seen as a time to wait for a breakout or reversal signal before taking a position.
Up-Trend Classification ("↑")
The up-trend symbol, represented by an upward arrow, is displayed when the RSI value is closer to the overbought threshold than to the neutral or oversold thresholds. This classification suggests that the market is in a bullish phase, with buying pressure outweighing selling pressure. Traders may consider this as a signal to enter or hold long positions, as the price is likely to continue rising until the market reaches an overbought condition.
Down-Trend Classification ("↓")
The down-trend symbol, depicted by a downward arrow, appears when the RSI value is nearest to the oversold threshold. This indicates a bearish market condition, where selling pressure dominates. The market is likely experiencing a downward movement, and traders might view this as an opportunity to enter or hold short positions. This symbol serves as a warning of potential further declines, especially if the RSI continues to move toward the oversold level.
Bullish Reversal ("▲")
This signal occurs when the RSI value crosses above the oversold threshold. It indicates a potential shift from a downtrend to an uptrend, suggesting that the market may start to move higher. Traders might use this signal as an opportunity to enter long positions.
Bearish Reversal ("▼")
This signal appears when the RSI value crosses below the overbought threshold. It suggests a possible transition from an uptrend to a downtrend, indicating that the market may begin to decline. This signal can alert traders to consider entering short positions or taking profits on long positions.
These classification symbols are plotted near the adjusted RSI line, with their positions adjusted based on the standard deviation and a distance multiplier. This placement helps in visualizing the classification's strength and ensuring clarity in the indicator's presentation. By monitoring these symbols, traders can quickly assess the market's state and make more informed trading decisions.
🔶 Disclaimer
Use with Caution: This indicator is provided for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. Users should exercise caution and perform their own analysis before making trading decisions based on the indicator's signals.
Not Financial Advice: The information provided by this indicator does not constitute financial advice, and the creator (UAlgo) shall not be held responsible for any trading losses incurred as a result of using this indicator.
Backtesting Recommended: Traders are encouraged to backtest the indicator thoroughly on historical data before using it in live trading to assess its performance and suitability for their trading strategies.
Risk Management: Trading involves inherent risks, and users should implement proper risk management strategies, including but not limited to stop-loss orders and position sizing, to mitigate potential losses.
No Guarantees: The accuracy and reliability of the indicator's signals cannot be guaranteed, as they are based on historical price data and past performance may not be indicative of future results.
Dynamic Pivot PointThis indicator calculates and displays dynamic pivot points (Pivot, Support, and Resistance levels) based on a selected timeframe. These levels help traders identify potential price reversal zones, support/resistance, and trend direction.
it calculates:
Support Levels (S1, S2, S3)
Resistance Levels (R1, R2, R3)
Dynamic Feature:
a pivot defined period ( default = 5). you can change .
You can choose a specific timeframe (pivotTimeFrame) for calculating pivot levels (e.g., Daily, Weekly, etc.).
Visibility Toggle:
You can turn the pivot levels on or off using the input toggle.
Color Scheme:
Pivot Line: White
Support Levels: Green (S1, S2, S3)
Resistance Levels: Red (R1, R2, R3)
How to Trade With It:
1. Support and Resistance Reversals:
Buy near support levels (S1, S2, S3) if price shows bullish reversal signals.
Sell near resistance levels (R1, R2, R3) if price shows bearish reversal signals.
2. Breakout Trading:
Break above R1/R2/R3 with strong volume may indicate a bullish breakout — consider long positions.
Break below S1/S2/S3 may signal a bearish breakout — consider short positions.
3. Trend Confirmation:
If price stays above Pivot and supports hold — trend is likely bullish.
If price stays below Pivot and resistances hold — trend is likely bearish.
Head & Shoulders Pattern (Zeiierman)█ Overview
The Head & Shoulders Pattern (Zeiierman) is an advanced pattern recognition tool that automatically detects and visualizes one of the most powerful reversal patterns in technical analysis — the classic Head & Shoulders and Inverse Head & Shoulders formations .
This indicator brings structure clarity directly onto the price chart, allowing traders to instantly spot potential major reversal zones without manually drawing or searching for patterns.
It doesn't just draw lines — it intelligently scans price action for symmetry, pivot behavior, and neckline structures — then projects realistic price targets based on the pattern's height.
⚪ In simple terms:
▸ Standard Head & Shoulders → Bearish Reversal Pattern
▸ Inverse Head & Shoulders → Bullish Reversal Pattern
▸ Target Projection → Estimated Move from Neckline Break
▸ Labels → Clear annotation of Left Shoulder, Head, and Right Shoulder
█ How It Works
The indicator combines multiple technical detection layers into a clean visual model:
⚪ Dynamic Pivot Engine
Automatically detects pivot highs and lows based on user-defined Period.
Longer Period = Broader, higher-confidence patterns
Shorter Period = Smaller, more frequent patterns
⚪ Pattern Detection Logic
Scans pivot structures in real-time to identify valid:
Bearish Head & Shoulders (H&S)
Bullish Inverse Head & Shoulders (iH&S)
Conditions include:
▸ Symmetry validation
▸ Head above (or below) Shoulders
▸ Neckline structure
▸ Minimum price conditions met
█ How to Use
⚪ Reversal Trading
Look for Head & Shoulders at the top of an uptrend
Look for Inverse Head & Shoulders at the bottom of a downtrend
⚪ What makes our tool truly unique is that it goes beyond the traditional textbook definition.
Our custom Head & Shoulders algorithm is built with flexibility and adaptability in mind. It dynamically responds to real-time price action, allowing it to detect valid patterns not only at major trend reversals — but also within trending environments.
That means you can spot Head & Shoulders formations at:
Consolidation zones
Trend continuation areas
Corrective phases within established trends
It doesn’t have to be the absolute top or bottom of a move — and that’s the real power of this tool. It adapts. It evolves. It finds structure where most indicators stay blind.
█ Common Real-World Stop Loss Strategies with Head & Shoulders Patterns
Not all Head & Shoulders patterns are created equal — and neither are the stop loss strategies used to trade them.
Depending on your trading style, risk tolerance, and market context — here are the 3 most common ways traders manage stop placement when trading Head & Shoulders (H&S) or Inverse Head & Shoulders (iH&S) patterns:
⚪ Conservative Stop Placement
Maximum Safety — Minimum Chance of Being Stopped Prematurely
Stop Placement:
Above the Head (Bearish H&S)
Below the Head (Bullish iH&S)
Pros: Safest approach. Provides maximum protection against false breakouts and noise.
Cons: Often results in very large stop losses, especially on bigger patterns or higher timeframes. Risk-to-Reward (RR) can be poor unless the target is far.
⚪ Aggressive Stop Placement
Tighter Risk — Faster Invalidations
Stop Placement:
Above the Right Shoulder (Bearish H&S)
Below the Right Shoulder (Bullish iH&S)
Pros: Smaller stop losses. Improved RR. Ideal for traders who want tighter control over risk.
Cons: Higher chance of getting stopped on retests or minor volatility around the neckline zone.
⚪ Neckline Reclaim Invalidation
Dynamic & Price-Action Based Exit
Stop Placement:
Exit the trade if price closes back above (bearish) or below (bullish) the neckline after breaking it.
Pros: Dynamic approach based on market behavior rather than static levels. Allows more flexibility.
Cons: Requires active trade management. Not suitable for fully automated or set-and-forget trading styles.
█ Why It's Useful
This is not a basic pattern drawing tool — it's a complete detection system built for traders who want to:
Automatically detect powerful reversal patterns
Avoid the subjectivity of manually drawing H&S structures
Trade with clear target projections
Identify high-probability reversal zones
Visually map structure shifts in real-time
█ Settings
Pivot Detection
Period → Number of bars used to scan for pivots (Higher = Bigger patterns)
Pattern Detection
Enable Bullish Head & Shoulders
Enable Bearish Head & Shoulders
Visualization
Customize Colors (Lines, Fills, Labels)
Enable/Disable Labels
Pattern Style: Closed / Open
Custom Label Colors
Target Projection
Enable/Disable Target Projection
Customize Target Colors
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Disclaimer
The content provided in my scripts, indicators, ideas, algorithms, and systems is for educational and informational purposes only. It does not constitute financial advice, investment recommendations, or a solicitation to buy or sell any financial instruments. I will not accept liability for any loss or damage, including without limitation any loss of profit, which may arise directly or indirectly from the use of or reliance on such information.
All investments involve risk, and the past performance of a security, industry, sector, market, financial product, trading strategy, backtest, or individual's trading does not guarantee future results or returns. Investors are fully responsible for any investment decisions they make. Such decisions should be based solely on an evaluation of their financial circumstances, investment objectives, risk tolerance, and liquidity needs.
Special Candle SetupThe Special Candle Setup Indicator is designed to detect significant bearish and bullish candlestick patterns , helping traders identify potential trend shifts and key price action setups . This indicator recognizes 8 bearish patterns and 6 bullish patterns , derived from multi-candlestick formations observed across different markets, including crypto, indices, forex, and stocks.
How It Works
This indicator scans the market for specific candlestick structures that indicate potential reversals or trend continuations . It includes:
• Bearish Patterns (8 types) : Identifies candlestick structures that suggest potential downside movement.
• Bullish Patterns (6 types) : Detects formations indicating upward momentum.
• Reversal Signals : Additional patterns that highlight key turning points in price action.
• Key Level Marking : Automatically draws support and resistance levels based on detected setups.
• Expiry Signals (Optional) : Highlights patterns commonly seen on expiry days in the Indian market, but these patterns are universally applicable to other asset classes as well.
Key Features
✔ Comprehensive Candlestick Pattern Recognition – Detects 14 key bullish and bearish formations.
✔ Reversal & Trend Continuation Setups – Helps identify both potential reversals and momentum-based entries.
✔ Automated Key Level Marking – Plots dynamic blue lines for key support and resistance zones.
✔ Customizable Pattern Selection – Allows users to enable/disable specific pattern types.
✔ Non-Repainting Signals – Ensures stability by maintaining signal integrity over time.
Customization Options
• Enable/Disable Specific Patterns – Users can disable main patterns or reversal patterns based on their preference, allowing them to focus on a single type of setup if needed.
• Key Level Customization – The blue lines represent critical price levels, drawn automatically based on identified patterns. These act as reference points for potential breakouts or reversals.
• Optional Expiry Signals – Includes patterns commonly observed on expiry days, primarily for the Indian market, but they also appear in global markets like crypto, forex, and indices.
How to Use
• Trend Trading – Use bullish and bearish patterns to identify entry points within an existing trend.
• Reversal Trading – Focus on reversal signals near key levels for potential market turnarounds.
• Key Level Validation – Utilize the blue lines to confirm important price zones.
• Customization – Tailor the indicator to your strategy by selecting only the patterns that align with your trading style.
Why This Combination?
This indicator blends multiple candlestick formations, ensuring a well-rounded approach to market analysis. The integration of expiry signals, reversal structures, and key level plotting makes it adaptable for various asset classes, not just expiry-based trading.
Why It’s Worth Using?
Manually spotting multiple candlestick setups can be time-consuming and subjective. This indicator automates the process, providing structured insights into market movements with clearly defined signals and key level plotting, making it valuable for traders across different markets.
Bollinger Band Percentile SuiteThe Bollinger Band Percentile Suite (𝐵𝐵𝒫𝒸𝓉 𝒮𝓊𝒾𝓉𝑒) is a comprehensive and customizable toolkit built upon the foundation of the %B indicator. The methodology behind this toolkit remains consistent with the original %B indicator, while introducing a host of powerful features to enhance its functionality and adaptability.
Key Features and Customization:
The 𝐵𝐵𝒫𝒸𝓉 offers a wide array of customizable options to suit your trading preferences and strategies. It includes a variety of 14 moving average types that can be chosen as the basis for the Bollinger Band calculation. Additionally, traders have the flexibility to set their upper and lower boundaries for mean reversion detection, allowing for analysis tailored to the user's preference.
Deviation Calculation:
The toolkit provides an option to choose between standard and weighted deviation calculation methods. This added customization ensures that the indicator's behavior aligns with your unique trading style and preferences.
Signals and Reversals:
The 𝐵𝐵𝒫𝒸𝓉 excels in identifying potential overbought and oversold market conditions. It highlights these levels on the chart and marks potential reversal signals with small circles positioned either at the top or bottom of the indicator pane, providing traders with actionable insights.
Trend and Color Coding:
Incorporating a color-coded approach, the BBpct Suite enhances your understanding of market dynamics. It offers bar coloring options based on trend, allowing traders to identify bullish or bearish market conditions as the percentile goes above or below the midline.
Extremities and Reversions:
Recognizing extreme market conditions is crucial for traders. The 𝐵𝐵𝒫𝒸𝓉 includes color-coded indicators for extremities, indicating when the percentile ventures above or below the predefined thresholds. Moreover, it promptly identifies reversions by marking the moment the percentile crosses under the upper threshold (overbought) or over the lower threshold (oversold).
The Bollinger Band Percentile Suite equips traders with a versatile toolkit to gain valuable insights into market overbought and oversold conditions, and potential reversal signals. Its extensive customization options and array of features empower traders to make well-informed decisions based on their unique trading strategies and risk tolerance.
Please note that while the BBpct Suite provides robust analysis, it is advisable to combine its insights with other technical indicators and tools for a comprehensive trading approach.
Example Chart:
Prime Oscillators Pro [ChartPrime]The Prime Oscillators Pro suite provides two unique oscillators that provide useful insights on divergences, overbought and over sold conditions, momentum reversals, confluence alerts, amongst a myriad of other features.
The Trend Fusion Oscillator
This oscillator uses an amalgamation of price and volume to give market participants useful insight into possible future price action. It is designed in the format of a classical oscillator to be recogniseable and have a easy learning curve.
The main features of the Trend Fusion Oscillator:
Trend mode: The price volume oscillator uses an adaptive calculation to signify when price is entering a downtrend or and uptrend. When the price volume oscillator intersects with the adaptive plot the color of the price volume band will change to signify an uptrend or a down trend. This is easy to interpret with red signifying a down trend and green signifying an uptrend.
Oversold or overbought conditions: A reasonable range calculation was implemented and normalized in order to extrapolate areas of overbought an oversold conditions.
Divergences: When the price volume oscillator ribbon peaks and valleys are diverging with price action a thin line will connect the two diverging peaks or vallyes to indicate to market participants that there is a higher probability of a reversal. Divergences can be used in a classical fashion for trading.
Areas of reversal: These signals incorporate an algorithm that takes the median length of the assets trends, average true range, price deviation, volatility, and gap conditions, to signal areas with high a probability of reversal.
Main Settings
Oscillator Mode: Select the desired type of oscillator via this dropdown
Bands On/Off: Display deviation bands on the oscillators
Bearish Divergences On/Off: Allow for toggling of bearish divergences
Hidden Bearish Divergences On/Off: Allow for toggling of hidden bearish divergences
Bullish Divergences On/Off: Allow for toggling of bullish divergences
Hidden Bullish Divergences On/Off: Allow for toggling of bullish divergences
Max disatance between points: Input to adjust the distances between divergences in terms of candles
Use cases
The Trend Fusion Oscillator can be used in a simple fashion using the red/green waves to idenfity market direction. Using the waves of the market, a trader can filter other indicators and build confluence. This can also apply to contrarian logic. Divergences and oversold/bought levels can be used in confluence with other factors such as classical SR or other user selected indicators.
The Prime oscillator
Reversal signals: These are in essence a contrarian signal predicting the reversal of the market and the oscillator.
The peak seekers are blue dots that analyse multiple indicators to deduce more accurate and confluence within divergences. Settings here are auto optimised depending on the user selected timeframe.
The momentum ribbon analyses market volatility and produces an actionable ribbon on which other calculations are deduced. When it twists it can indicate a shift in the trend.
Divergences are calculated so the indicator can catch the maxmimum number of divergences in order to avoid possible reversals being missed by the trader.
Risk Disclaimer
All content and developments created by ChartPrime are purely for informational & educational purposes only. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
LuxAlgo® - Oscillator Matrix™Oscillator Matrix™ is an all-in-one indicator that incorporates 6+ unique components designed for interoperability & confluence with one another to provide a powerful trend following & reversal detection experience.
Users can create various ways to utilize the indicator's features together such as looking for excess money flowing into the market alongside strong reversal signals appearing or getting real-time divergence signals alongside a lack of money flowing into the market to predict upcoming trends.
This indicator is described as an 'Oscillator Matrix' as it's made up of many different components that can create a systematic approach to analyzing markets alone, however, the indicator also can serve as a great secondary piece to a user's primary analysis with or without our other LuxAlgo Premium indicators.
🔶 FEATURES
Below we describe each component of Oscillator Matrix™ in order of each's significance for the most confluent analysis possible.
Money Flow - Easily see the amount of buying or selling liquidity entering the market by analyzing the green & red waves and how they react with their thresholds to achieve further insight. Best to analyze first before considering any signals the indicator can generate.
Thresholds - Dynamic levels that align above/below the Money Flow to show at which level significant buying or selling is actually taking place.
Overflow - Small lighter waves that occur within the Money Flow's display when excess buying or selling activity is occurring to accurately predict upcoming reversals.
Hyper Wave - An oscillator ribbon in green/grey that provides highly reactive trend following signals & powerful divergence detection.
Real-Time Divergences - Real-time divergence labels that appear on the Hyper Wave oscillator's adaptive ribbon. A highly effective approach to a concept that's not typically done for oscillators. Users can also increase the sensitivity of divergences within the settings.
Reversal Signals - Small dots on the upper or lower boundaries represent high frequency points that indicate possible reversals or a warning signal to upcoming larger reversal signals which are indicated separately by the large triangular arrows on the top & bottom of the indicator's panel.
Confluence Zones - Allows the Money Flow & Hyper Wave oscillator to be used together to display easily interpretable shades of bullish & bearish activity. Brighter, more vibrant colors indicate strong bullish or bearish confluence between these 2 features.
Confluence Meter - An optional display at the current bar to easily find the current level of confluence between all features within Oscillator Matrix™ indicated by the arrow pointing to bullish or bearish levels. (Disabled by default)
Generally, we recommend using these features in order from first to last, whereas analyzing components of the Smart Money Flow category prior to considering other features in your analysis is most productive to ensure you find proper confluence alongside any signal that is generated.
🔶 USAGE
In the image below, we can see 5 points of interest to a user analyzing Oscillator Matrix™ based on various different behaviors.
Point 1 : Here we can see a large reversal signal arrow at the bottom of the panel. These signals, like all signals in LuxAlgo Premium & any indicator in general are not meant to be used as buy/sell signals themselves.
What makes this signal particularly more of interest opposed to other reversal signals that may not play out right away is the Money Flow that corresponding as weak. We can tell the Money Flow is weak because it is not near the red threshold level.
This indicates to us that there is not real selling pressure occurring and that the market could easily reverse in these conditions.
Point 2 : In this specific area we can notice the Money Flow in green is moving upwards alongside the green threshold level. This combination indicates a high probability there is a lot of real buying volume coming into the market, opposed to the previous example (point 1) where the Money Flow was not near the threshold level.
We can also notice the Hyper Wave Oscillator is printing a green dot while above the 50 value on Oscillator Matrix™ panel, further indicating a likely bullish impulse to come.
Point 3 : There are multiple indications here showing us the market may potentially be reversing. The most notable being the larger red reversal arrow, however, as we mentioned previously these cannot be used by themselves.
A further indication is that on the Money Flow we can see Overflow has occurred by the lighter small wave that has appeared & is now turning downwards. This indicates that an excess of buyers have come into the market & are likely to be washed out with a move to the downside.
We can see this happen once again about 8 candles later paired with a high frequency reversal signal (red dot) which marked a local high before the larger impulse down.
Point 4 : You can notice during the recent 25 or so candles the high frequency reversal points (green & red dots) have been highly effective for indicating potential local highs & lows in real-time.
There was a previous real-time bullish divergence detected while Money Flow was strongly in the red and this did indicate a small move upwards, however, with the Money Flow still holding in the red, another high frequency reversal dot, and then as the Money Flow begins to decrease further, we see a clean local top detected here at point 4.
Point 5 : As the lower Confluence Zone moved into the bright red, we saw a large move to the downside and a large bullish reversal signal printed in real-time as well.
Just like point 1, we have a very clear indication the selling has stopped as we further analyze the Money Flow is nowhere near it's true Activity Line.
This analysis combined gave us a further indication of a larger reversal which played out with no lag at all as all reversal signals are fully predictive separate from the Hyper Wave oscillator itself, which can be used as a further trend following approach alongside signals & money flow.
🔶 NAVIGATING MARKET CONDITIONS
In the image above we can see another example with 6 new points of interest marked in green & red shaded areas, all accompanied by a list of possible interpretations of the indicator.
The importance of this usage example is to demonstrate the ability to focus on certain components of the indicator during specific market conditions. For any indicator attempting to catch reversals, trending market conditions will be a detriment to its usability.
The same amount of the components within Oscillator Matrix™ will support trending market conditions as there are components to support ranging market conditions. The indicator further aims to provide clear abilities to detect when the market is likely trending or ranging.
With an understanding of the components within the Smart Money Flow section particularly such as the Overflow & Thresholds, it's possible to develop a more significant understanding of when to consider the market is trending vs when to consider the market may be ranging.
By doing this, we can potentially determine at certain points when to 'filter out' reversal signals or to just consider them merely indications of local tops/bottoms opposed to significant tops/bottoms.
Analyzing a significant Overflow particularly is useful to consider a trend potentially coming to an end. For example, at point 5 in the image above we had a clear downtrend only until there was a very considerable amount of Overflow that begun a real reversal.
We recommend studying the outlined chart above & the list of indications at each shaded area to develop a deep understanding of how to navigate varying market conditions & spot various points of confluence during reversals.
🔶 CONCLUSION & ACCESS
This indicator is an extremely comprehensive approach to an oscillator that allows users to further develop a systematic approach to trading and can be paired great alongside other forms of technical analysis such as our LuxAlgo Signals & Overlays indicator.
Although we believe this indicator to be useful, it's critical to understand that past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results and there are many more factors that go into being a profitable trader.
You can see the Author's instructions below to get instant access to Oscillator Matrix™ & our LuxAlgo Premium suite.
NQ Climax Signals - Chart OverlayThis specialized overlay indicator identifies extreme volume exhaustion points (climaxes) in NQ1! (Nasdaq 100 E-mini futures) that often signal major market reversals. By analyzing volume spikes relative to historical patterns, it helps traders spot potential turning points before they become obvious to the broader market.
Key Features
🎯 Climax Detection Technology
Selling Climax: Extreme red candle volume indicating selling exhaustion (potential reversal UP)
Buying Climax: Extreme green candle volume indicating buying exhaustion (potential reversal DOWN)
Volume Ratio Analysis: Compares current volume to 30-day historical averages
Dynamic Thresholds: Adjustable sensitivity for different market conditions
📍 Precision Signal Placement
Chart Overlay: Signals appear directly on price bars where they occur
Fixed Positioning: Signals remain stable regardless of chart scaling or zoom level
Clear Visual Hierarchy: Purple for selling climax, blue for buying climax
Dual Display Options: Text labels or clean diamond shapes
⚡ Real-Time Analysis
Live Calculations: Updates with each new candle
30-Day Lookback: Analyzes recent volume patterns for context
Smart Filtering: Only triggers on true volume extremes
Background Highlighting: Subtle chart tinting during climax events
Trading Applications
🔄 Reversal Trading
Selling Climax at Support: High probability bounce setup
Buying Climax at Resistance: High probability rejection setup
Counter-trend Entries: Fade extreme moves with volume confirmation
Risk Management: Clear invalidation levels based on climax bars
📊 Market Structure Analysis
Volume Exhaustion Points: Identify where trends may pause or reverse
Institutional Activity: Spot large player capitulation or distribution
Market Sentiment Extremes: Recognize panic selling or euphoric buying
Confirmation Tool: Validate other technical analysis signals
How Volume Climaxes Work
🔴 Selling Climax (Purple Signals)
Definition: Extremely high volume on red candles
Psychology: Panic selling, forced liquidation, capitulation
Opportunity: Often marks short-term or intermediate bottoms
Action: Consider long positions with proper risk management
🔵 Buying Climax (Blue Signals)
Definition: Extremely high volume on green candles
Psychology: FOMO buying, euphoria, exhaustion buying
Opportunity: Often marks short-term or intermediate tops
Action: Consider short positions with proper risk management
Technical Specifications
📈 Algorithm Details
Volume Multiplier: Default 2.5x average (customizable 2.0-5.0x)
Ratio Threshold: Default 1.5 for trend confirmation
Lookback Period: 30 days (customizable 1-250 days)
Update Frequency: Real-time with each tick
🎛️ Customization Options
Show/Hide Labels: Toggle between text and diamond displays
Sensitivity Adjustment: Fine-tune trigger thresholds
Background Effects: Optional chart highlighting
Alert System: Comprehensive notification setup
Best Practices
✅ Optimal Usage
Combine with Support/Resistance: Climaxes near key levels are most reliable
Confirm with Price Action: Look for reversal candlestick patterns
Use Proper Position Sizing: Climax trades can be volatile
Set Clear Stops: Define risk before entering any position
⚠️ Important Considerations
Not Every Climax Reverses: Some lead to continuation after brief pause
Context Matters: Consider overall trend and market structure
Volume Quality: Higher timeframe confirmation strengthens signals
Risk Management: Always use appropriate stop losses
Educational Value
This indicator teaches traders to:
Recognize Volume Patterns: Understand how volume reveals market psychology
Identify Exhaustion: Spot when trends may be running out of steam
Time Market Entries: Enter near potential turning points
Develop Market Feel: Build intuition for volume-price relationships
Installation & Setup
Add this overlay indicator directly to your NQ futures chart
Adjust volume multiplier based on recent market volatility
Enable alerts for automatic climax notifications
Combine with the companion "NQ Volume Analysis" oscillator for complete analysis
Disclaimer
This indicator is for educational and informational purposes only. Volume climax signals do not guarantee reversals and should be used as part of a comprehensive trading strategy. Past performance does not predict future results. Trading futures involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors.
💡 Developed by ProfitGang Trading Community
Advanced volume analysis tools for serious traders
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Companion Tools
NQ Volume Analysis: Complete multi-timeframe volume oscillator
Works Best Together: Use both indicators for comprehensive volume analysis
Professional Trading Suite: Part of ProfitGang's advanced indicator collection
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Ehlers Convolution Indicator [CC]The Convolution Indicator was created by John Ehlers (Cycle Analytics For Traders pgs 170-174) and this is version of an indicator to find potential reversal points. The idea behind this indicator is to use a variation of his AutoCorrelation Indicator that transforms the data using digital signal processing and as you can see it looks very similar to his BandPass Filter . The idea is that when this indicator peaks then it has reached a potential reversal point and so the stock may continue in the current direction but most of the time this indicator correctly points out the reversal points. I have included normal buy and sell signals but generally speaking you would want to buy when the indicator is around 0.05 to 0.10 and moving up and sell when it reaches its peak and is starting to move down.
Let me know if you have any other scripts you would like to see me publish!
Kawabunga Swing Failure Points Candles (SFP) by RRBKawabunga Swing Failure Points Candles (SFP) by RagingRocketBull 2019
Version 1.0
This indicator shows Swing Failure Points (SFP) and Swing Confirmation Points (SCP) as candles on a chart.
SFP/SCP candles are used by traders as signals for trend confirmation/possible reversal.
The signal is stronger on a higher volume/larger candle size.
A Swing Failure Point (SFP) candle is used to spot a reversal:
- up trend SFP is a failure to close above prev high after making a new higher high => implies reversal down
- down trend SFP is a failure to close below prev low after making a new lower low => implies reversal up
A Swing Confirmation Point (SCP) candle is just the opposite and is used to confirm the current trend:
- up trend SCP is a successful close above prev high after making a new higher high => confirms the trend and implies continuation up
- down trend SCP is a successful close below prev low after making a new lower low => confirms the trend and implies continuation down
Features:
- uses fractal pivots with optional filter
- show/hide SFP/SCP candles, pivots, zigzag, last min/max pivot bands
- dim lag zones/hide false signals introduced by lagging fractals or
- use unconfirmed pivots to eliminate fractal lag/false signals. 2 modes: fractals 1,1 and highest/lowest
- filter only SFP/SCP candles confirmed with volume/candle size
- SFP/SCP candles color highlighting, dim non-important bars
Usage:
- adjust fractal settings to get pivots that best match your data (lower values => more frequent pivots. 0,0 - each candle is a pivot)
- use one of the unconfirmed pivot modes to eliminate false signals or just ignore all signals in the gray lag zones
- optionally filter only SFP/SCP candles with large volume/candle size (volume % change relative to prev bar, abs candle body size value)
- up/down trend SCP (lime/fuchsia) => continuation up/down; up/down trend SFP (orange/aqua) => possible reversal down/up. lime/aqua => up; fuchsia/orange => down.
- when in doubt use show/hide pivots/unconfirmed pivots, min/max pivot bands to see which prev pivot and min/max value were used in comparisons to generate a signal on the following candle.
- disable offset to check on which bar the signal was generated
Notes:
Fractal Pivots:
- SFP/SCP candles depend on fractal pivots, you will get different signals with different pivot settings. Usually 4,4 or 2,2 settings are used to produce fractal pivots, but you can try custom values that fit your data best.
- fractal pivots are a mixed series of highs and lows in no particular order. Pivots must be filtered to produce a proper zigzag where ideally a high is followed by a low and another high in orderly fashion.
Fractal Lag/False Signals:
- only past fractal pivots can be processed on the current bar introducing a lag, therefore, pivots and min/max pivot bands are shown with offset=-rightBars to match their target bars. For unconfirmed pivots an offset=-1 is used with a lag of just 1 bar.
- new pivot is not a confirmed fractal and "does not exist yet" while the distance between it and the current bar is < rightBars => prev old fractal pivot in the same dir is used for comparisons => gives a false signal for that dir
- to show false signals enable lag zones. SFP/SCP candles in lag zones are false. New pivots will be eventually confirmed, but meanwhile you get a false signal because prev pivot in the same dir was used instead.
- to solve this problem you can either temporary hide false signals or completely eliminate them by using unconfirmed pivots of a smaller degree/lag.
- hiding false signals only works for history and should be used only temporary (left disabled). In realtime/replay mode it disables all signals altogether due to TradingView's bug (barcolor doesn't support negative offsets)
Unconfirmed Pivots:
- you have 2 methods to check for unconfirmed pivots: highest/lowest(rightBars) or fractals(1,1) with a min possible step. The first is essentially fractals(0,0) where each candle is a pivot. Both produce more frequent pivots (weaker signals).
- an unconfirmed pivot is used in comparisons to generate a valid signal only when it is a higher high (> max high) or a lower low (< min low) in the dir of a trend. Confirmed pivots of a higher degree are not affected. Zigzag is not affected.
- you can also manually disable the offset to check on which bar the pivot was confirmed. If the pivot just before an SCP/SFP suddenly jumps ahead of it - prev pivot was used, generating a false signal.
- last max high/min low bands can be used to check which value was used in candle comparison to generate a signal: min(pivot min_low, upivot min_low) and max(pivot max_high, upivot max_high) are used
- in the unconfirmed pivots mode the max high/min low pivot bands partially break because you can't have a variable offset to match the random pos of an unconfirmed pivot (anywhere in 0..rightBars from the current bar) to its target bar.
- in the unconfirmed pivots mode h (green) and l (red) pivots become H and L, and h (lime) and l (fuchsia) are used to show unconfirmed pivots of a smaller degree. Some of them will be confirmed later as H and L pivots of a higher degree.
Pivot Filter:
- pivot filter is used to produce a better looking zigzag. Essentially it keeps only higher highs/lower lows in the trend direction until it changes, skipping:
- after a new high: all subsequent lower highs until a new low
- after a new low: all subsequent higher lows until a new high
- you can't filter out all prev highs/lows to keep just the last min/max pivots of the current swing because they were already confirmed as pivots and you can't delete/change history
- alternatively you could just pick the first high following a low and the first low following a high in a sequence and ignore the rest of the pivots in the same dir, producing a crude looking zigzag where obvious max high/min lows are ignored.
- pivot filter affects SCP/SFP signals because it skips some pivots
- pivot filter is not applied to/not affected by the unconfirmed pivots
- zigzag is affected by pivot filter, but not by the unconfirmed pivots. You can't have both high/low on the same bar in a zigzag. High has priority over Low.
- keep same bar pivots option lets you choose which pivots to keep when there are both high/low pivots on the same bar (both kept by default)
SCP/SFP Filters:
- you can confirm/filter only SCP/SFP signals with volume % change/candle size larger than delta. Higher volume/larger candle means stronger signal.
- technically SCP/SFP is always the first matching candle, but it can be invalidated by the following signal in the opposite dir which in turn can be negated by the next signal.
- show first matching SCP/SFP = true - shows only the first signal candle (and any invalidations that follow) and hides further duplicate signals in the same dir, does not highlight the trend.
- show first matching SCP/SFP = false - produces a sequence of candles with duplicate signals, highlights the whole trend until its dir changes (new pivot).
Good Luck! Feel free to learn from/reuse the code to build your own indicators!
Hybrid Momentum Suite [QuantAlgo]The Hybrid Momentum Suite is an advanced momentum-based technical indicator that utilizes a weighted fusion of RSI and CCI, combined with adaptive boundary detection to help traders and investors identify momentum strength and potential reversal zones across different timeframes and asset classes.
🟢 Technical Foundation
The Hybrid Momentum Suite employs a dual-component approach to momentum analysis, incorporating:
Hybrid RSI-CCI Calculation: Uses a customizable ratio for momentum signature creation, allowing traders and investors to balance the characteristics of both indicators
Bi-Directional Component Separation: Automatically separates unified momentum into distinct bullish and bearish forces for independent analysis
Adaptive Impulse Boundary: Uses exponential moving average combined with standard deviation multipliers to detect momentum exhaustion zones
Multi-Level Gradient Visualization: Applies sophisticated layering with varying transparency to show momentum strength and direction changes
The indicator processes price data through multiple filtering stages, applying mathematical principles including weighted averaging, component isolation, and statistical variance analysis. This creates a momentum system that adapts to market volatility while maintaining clarity in directional bias and strength quantification.
🟢 Key Features & Signals
1. Bi-Directional Component Separation
The indicator presents momentum through mathematically isolated histograms that separate bullish and bearish forces for independent analysis.
When bullish momentum is dominant, the bullish component (green) shows greater amplitude than the bearish component.
Similarly, when bearish momentum is dominant, the bearish component (red) shows greater amplitude than the bullish component.
During transitional periods, components may show equal strength, indicating momentum equilibrium.
This visualization provides immediate insights into:
→ Competing market forces simultaneously
→ Momentum exhaustion before reversals
→ Quantified momentum strength across different timeframes
2. Real-Time Status Update
The indicator features a comprehensive analysis dashboard that operates with dynamic strength classification:
The dashboard automatically categorizes momentum from "Very Weak" to "Very Strong" based on component amplitude.
Historical comparison displays previous bar metrics for trend analysis, helping traders and investors understand momentum persistence.
Color-coded visualization matches histogram components for immediate recognition of market bias.
Adaptive positioning offers nine customizable table locations for optimal display across different chart layouts.
Regardless of position, the dashboard displays:
Current momentum direction (BULLISH or BEARISH)
Momentum strength percentage (0-100%)
Previous bar comparison for trend persistence
Active component colors for visual consistency
This comprehensive approach helps traders and investors:
→ Assess current momentum strength quantitatively
→ Identify momentum shifts through historical comparison
→ Make informed decisions based on momentum context
3. Reversal Signal Detection System
The indicator generates trading signals using advanced multi-factor validation:
Exhaustion signals are detected when components cross down after exceeding statistical boundaries, indicating potential momentum reversals.
Trend flip alerts are generated when component dominance changes (bull>bear or bear>bull), signaling directional shifts.
Boundary interaction monitoring tracks crossovers above/below impulse threshold for extreme momentum identification.
Visual markers ( X ) are positioned using mathematical placement algorithms for clear signal identification.
The indicator also features a comprehensive alert system with notifications for:
Bullish potential reversals
Bearish potential reversals
Trend flip signals
Momentum boundary crossings
*Alerts can be customized and delivered through TradingView's notification system, making it easy to stay informed of important momentum developments even when away from the charts.
4. Conditional Bar Coloring
The indicator provides optional price bar coloring based on momentum analysis:
Bars are colored based on dominant momentum component (bullish/bearish).
Reversal conditions are highlighted with specialized coloring (default orange).
Color transparency adjusts based on momentum strength for immediate visual feedback.
Bar coloring can be toggled on/off to suit different chart aesthetics and personal preferences.
🟢 Practical Usage Tips
→ Component Analysis and Interpretation: The indicator visualizes momentum direction and strength through separate components, allowing traders to immediately identify dominant market forces. This helps in assessing potential for continuation or reversal.
→ Signal Generation Strategies: The indicator generates potential trading signals based on component crossovers, boundary violations, and momentum exhaustion. Users can focus on reversal signals at statistical extremes or trend-following signals during component dominance.
→ Multi-Component Assessment: Through its bi-directional approach, the indicator enables users to understand competing forces within the same timeframe. This helps in identifying momentum equilibrium and potential turning points.
🟢 Pro Tips
Adjust RSI/CCI ratio based on market conditions:
→ High ratios (70-100) for mean-reverting markets and longer timeframes
→ Low ratios (0-30) for trending markets and shorter timeframes
→ Default 50/50 for balanced momentum assessment across market types
Fine-tune impulse boundary based on volatility:
→ Lower boundary lengths (20-30) for more frequent reversal signals
→ Higher lengths (40-60) for only major momentum extremes
→ Adjust standard deviation multiplier (2.0-4.0) based on market volatility
Look for confluence between components:
→ Component divergence as early reversal warning
→ Simultaneous extreme readings for high-probability setups
→ Component correlation with price for confirmation
Use for multiple trading approaches:
→ Reversal trading at component extremes near impulse boundary
→ Trend following when components show clear dominance
→ Early momentum shift detection with gradient fading patterns
→ Position sizing based on component strength percentage
Combine with:
→ Support/resistance analysis for strategic entry and exit points
→ Volume indicators for momentum validation
→ Multiple timeframe analysis for broader market context
→ Price action patterns for confirmation of reversal signals
Half-Trend Channel [BigBeluga]Half Trend Channel is a powerful trend-following indicator designed to identify trend direction, fakeouts, and potential reversal points. The combination of upper/lower bands, midline coloring, and specific signals makes it ideal for spotting trend continuation and market reversals.
The base of the channel is calculated using smoothed half-trend logic.
// Initialize half trend on the first bar
if barstate.isfirst
hl_t := close
// Update half trend value based on conditions
switch
closeMA < hl_t and highestHigh < hl_t => hl_t := highestHigh
closeMA > hl_t and lowestLow > hl_t => hl_t := lowestLow
=> hl_t := hl_t
// Smooth
float s_hlt = ta.hma(hl_t, len)
🔵 Key Features:
Upper and Lower Bands:
The bands adapt dynamically to market volatility.
Price movements toward the bands help identify areas of overextension and potential reversal points.
Midline Trend Signal:
The midline changes color to reflect the current trend:
Green Midline: Indicates an uptrend.
Purple Midline: Signals a downtrend.
Fakeout Signals ("X"):
"X" markers appear when price briefly breaches the outer bands but fails to sustain the move.
Fakeouts help traders identify areas where price momentum weakens.
Reversal Signals (Triangles):
Triangles (▲ and ▼) mark potential tops and bottoms:
▲ Up Triangles: Suggest a potential bottom and a reversal to the upside.
▼ Down Triangles: Indicate a potential top and a reversal to the downside.
Dynamic Trend Labels:
At the last bar, the indicator displays labels like "Trend Up" or "Trend Dn" , reflecting the current trend direction.
🔵 Usage:
Use the colored midline to determine the overall trend direction.
Monitor "X" fakeout signals to spot failed breakouts or momentum exhaustion near the bands.
Watch for reversal triangles (▲ and ▼) to identify potential trend reversals at tops or bottoms.
Combine the bands and midline signals to confirm trade entries and exits:
Enter long trades when price bounces off the lower band with a green midline.
Consider short trades when price reverses from the upper band with a purple midline.
Use the trend label (e.g., "Trend Up" or "Trend Dn") for quick confirmation of the current market state.
The Half Trend Channel is an essential tool for traders who want to follow trends, avoid fakeouts, and identify reliable tops and bottoms to optimize their trading decisions.
