All-In-One Trader Toolkit# All-In-One Trader Toolkit (AIO Toolkit)
A comprehensive overlay indicator that combines the key tools intraday futures traders need into a single script. Designed for ES, NQ, and other futures instruments with all sessions anchored to New York (Eastern) time.
## Features
**Supply & Demand Zones**
Auto-detected zones scored 1–10 based on impulse strength vs. basing range. Zones auto-extend until price closes through them (or use a fixed bar width). Filter by minimum score to show only the strongest levels. Fully customizable colors.
**Previous Day High/Low (PDH/PDL)**
Automatically plots the prior trading day's high and low as dashed reference lines. Configurable number of days to keep on chart.
**Pre-Market High/Low (PMH/PML)**
Captures the high and low of the overnight/globex session. Default session is 6:00 PM – 9:30 AM ET (full globex), adjustable to any window (e.g. 4:00 AM – 9:30 AM for London open only).
**15-Minute Opening Range Breakout (ORB)**
Plots the 9:30–9:45 AM ET opening range high/low. Generates BUY/SELL signals on breakout retests. Includes three configurable take-profit levels with optional symbol-specific points for NQ and ES.
**Daily VWAP + ±1 Standard Deviation Bands**
Manually calculated VWAP with upper and lower bands, resetting each trading day.
**NY-Open Anchored VWAP + ±1 Standard Deviation Bands**
Session-only VWAP anchored to the 9:30 AM NY open. Plots only during the 9:30–4:00 PM session with no carryover lines between sessions.
**Initial Balance (IB) + Extensions**
Captures the first 60 minutes of the NY session (9:30–10:30 AM ET). Plots IB High/Low with 50% and 100% extensions in both directions.
**News / Event Markers**
Up to 3 configurable event markers with custom labels and timestamps. Draws vertical dashed lines at the specified times.
**Dual EMA**
Two independent EMAs with adjustable length, color, and line width. Defaults: 8 EMA and 200 EMA.
## Display
- All labels are pinned to the right edge of the chart for easy identification
- Global label size control (tiny / small / normal / large / huge) applies to all elements
- Every feature can be toggled on/off independently
- All colors are fully customizable through the settings panel
## Alerts
Built-in alert conditions for ORB breakouts (up/down) and retest buy/sell signals.
## Best Used On
Intraday futures charts (1-min, 2-min, 5-min) for instruments like NQ, ES, YM, RTY. Works on any symbol but session times are optimized for US equity futures. Indicator
Initial Balance Breakout [samjNQ] v3---samjNQ Initial Balance Breakout strategy---
**Initial Balance Breakout — Strategy Description**
Trades breakouts of the first-hour Initial Balance on the Micro E-mini S&P 500 (MES1!) using a clean set of filters to avoid noise and low-quality setups.
**How it works:**
The Initial Balance (IB) is defined as the high and low of the 9:30–10:30 AM ET window — the first hour of Regular Trading Hours. Once that window closes and the IB locks, the strategy waits for price to break above the IB High (long) or below the IB Low (short) during the trade window (10:30 AM–2:30 PM ET).
**Filters applied:**
- **VWAP trend filter** — only takes long breakouts when price is above VWAP, and short breakouts when price is below. Avoids trading against intraday momentum.
- **IB range filter** — skips days where the IB is too narrow (choppy, commissions eat returns) or too wide (extensions become unreachable). Configurable min/max in points.
- **2:30 PM cutoff** — no new entries in the last 90 minutes of the session. Late breakouts rarely have time to reach targets.
- **One trade per direction per day** — no re-entries after a stop-out.
**Exits:**
- Stop: opposite IB level (IB Low for longs, IB High for shorts)
- Target: 1.5× the IB range beyond the breakout level
- EOD flat: any open position is closed at 3:55 PM ET
**Chart visuals:**
- Yellow background = IB building window
- Blue lines = IB High / IB Low / Midpoint
- Green lines = long extension targets (T1 / T2)
- Red lines = short extension targets (T1 / T2)
- Orange line = VWAP
- Gray background = day filtered out by range rules
**Settings:** All parameters are adjustable — IB window, trade window, target multiples, stop mode, range filter thresholds, and VWAP filter toggle.
Built and backtested on MES1! 5-minute chart. Commission set to $2.25/contract, 1-tick slippage included.
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Smooths IB MapSmooths IB Map — Initial Balance Probability Engine
Overview
Smooths IB Map is an Initial Balance indicator built around a statistical probability engine rather than simple level plotting. The Initial Balance (IB) is the price range established during the first hour of the regular trading session (9:30–10:30 ET by default). This range has long been used by institutional and retail traders as a reference for the day's expected price behavior — price frequently sweeps one or both IB extremes before reversing or continuing. This indicator quantifies that tendency and makes it actionable.
What makes this different
1 — Timeframe-independent data collection. Most IB indicators compute statistics directly from chart bars. This means the sample size — and therefore the probabilities — change depending on which timeframe the chart is set to. A 1-minute chart may only hold 16 days of history while a 15-minute chart holds 240, producing completely different numbers from the same lookback setting. This indicator solves that problem by anchoring all data collection inside request.security("5") — a fixed 5-minute reference feed. Probabilities are identical on any chart timeframe.
2 — Exponential decay weighted probability. A raw historical average gives equal weight to a sweep that happened 200 days ago and one that happened last week. This indicator applies exponential decay (factor 0.85 per day of age) so that recent sessions contribute proportionally more to the probability estimate. When market regime shifts, the indicator adapts faster than a simple percentage would.
3 — Range-conditional probability. Every historical IB day is classified as SMALL (<70% of the historical average range), NORMAL (70–130%), or LARGE (>130%). The indicator then computes the IBH and IBL sweep rate specifically for days that match today's size bucket. If today's IB is unusually tight, the conditional column in the table shows the sweep rate from similar tight-range days only — a more relevant reference than the overall average.
4 — First-break direction tracking. The table shows what percentage of historical days saw the IBH break first vs the IBL break first vs both sweeping on the same bar. Over a large enough sample this can reveal directional tendencies for specific instruments and sessions.
5 — Failed retest signal. After a level is swept, price often pulls back to retest it from the other side. If the retesting candle closes back on the swept side (confirming rejection), the level has flipped from resistance to support or vice versa. The indicator detects this condition and plots a colored circle directly on the wick of the confirming bar — one signal per level per day, first confirmed retest only.
How to use it
Add the indicator to any intraday chart (1m through 60m). Set your IB Open and IB Close times to match your instrument's session. Set the Data Cutoff to the time after which you do not want sweeps counted — for US equities, 16:00 ET is appropriate. Increase the Lookback Days to the maximum your plan supports (the tooltip explains approximate limits by plan). The probability labels display inside the IB box as a percentage — green indicates a historically high sweep rate (≥65%), red indicates low (≤35%), and white is neutral. The third column of the data table shows the conditional probability for today's IB size bucket. A teal circle on a bar's low signals a bullish failed retest of the IBH. A red circle on a bar's high signals a bearish failed retest of the IBL. All four alert conditions (IB formed, IBH swept, IBL swept, failed retest) are available for notification.
Notes
Designed and built for MNQ/NQ futures but compatible with any intraday instrument. A minimum of 5 completed historical sessions is required before probability values are shown. Statistics are always computed from completed days only — the current in-progress session is excluded. The failed retest signal requires the sweep to have been established on at least one prior bar before it can trigger, preventing false fires on the original sweep candle itself. Indicator
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Initial Balance Breaks [NQ stats x CantoLab]An open source indicator built around the Initial Balance break statistics from NQ Stats (nqstats.com). Credit to NQ Stats for the original research — published here with permission.
⚠️ Important
This is a statistical study indicator. It does not guarantee that the IB high or low will be hit. Over a large sample, this is the expected behaviour based on 10 years of NQ data. It is best combined with other confluences to confirm direction — this indicator alone is not a strategy.
What is the Initial Balance?
The Initial Balance (IB) is the price range established during the first hour of the New York equity session — 09:30 to 10:30 ET. The high and low set within this window become key levels for the rest of the trading day.
Based on 10 years of NQ data, IB breaks 83% of the time before noon and 96% of the time before 4:00 PM. The stat alone doesn't give you direction — but combined with where the IB closes relative to its own midpoint, you get a directional edge:
IB closes in the upper half → high breaks 82% of the time
IB closes in the lower half → low breaks 76% of the time
What it does
Once the IB window closes at 10:30, the indicator plots the IB High, Low and Mid as levels on the chart and automatically determines the directional bias based on where price closed within the IB range.
The expected break side is labelled with its probability and a tracking line extends forward tracking whether that level gets hit. When the level is breached the label updates to show Success or Failed in real time.
IB High — upper boundary of the initial balance range
IB Low — lower boundary of the initial balance range
IB Mid — equilibrium of the range, plotted in orange.
When price closes above mid, high break is expected.
When price close below mid, low break is expected.
Probability line — extends from IB close forward on the expected side, updates to Success or Failed when hit
Settings
IB Time — configurable session window, default 09:30–10:30 NY time
Label Size — Tiny / Small / Normal / Large / Huge
Per-level line style and width — IB High, Low, Mid and vertical markers
Auto color — IB High and Low auto-adapt to chart theme, or set manually
Notes
Built for NQ Futures. Behaviour on other instruments is untested
All times are New York time
Current version tracks directional bias from IB close relative to midpoint. The 83% before noon and 96% before 4PM time-based breach tracking and IB formation order confluence are not yet implemented
Probability data derived from 10 years of NQ historical data by NQ Stats.
This indicator does not provide financial advice or a complete strategy. You are responsible for how you build around and execute on this data
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Initial Balance Break Planner [AGPro Series]Initial Balance Break Planner
🧠 Core Idea
Is the Initial Balance break being accepted, or is it becoming vulnerable to failure back inside the balance?
📌 Overview / What it does
Initial Balance Break Planner is an intraday session planning tool built around the first major balance of the trading session. It maps a configurable Initial Balance window, tracks the first break beyond that balance, and evaluates whether that break has enough quality to deserve structured review. The default showcase workflow is designed for intraday charts up to 60 minutes.
The script produces a locked Initial Balance box, break review labels, acceptance labels, failure-risk labels, failed-IB markers, target rails, and an invalidation reference. The panel summarizes the active state through IB State, Break Side, Acceptance Score, Failure Risk, and Action.
It does not predict future price movement, automate trades, or tell the user what to buy or sell. It is a rule-based decision-support overlay for reading Initial Balance behavior with more structure.
🎯 Purpose & Design Philosophy
This script was built to solve a common intraday problem: many traders can see that price broke the first balance, but they still need a cleaner way to judge whether that break is accepted, stretched, weak, or vulnerable.
The tool is designed for traders who use session structure, Initial Balance concepts, intraday breakouts, and structured risk review. Its purpose is not to create another simple breakout signal. Its purpose is to turn the Initial Balance break into a practical planning framework.
The design philosophy is simple: map the balance, evaluate the break, show the risk, project the planning rails, and keep the next action readable.
⚡ Why This Script Is Different
Most opening-range tools focus on basic breakout direction, raw high/low levels, or target projections.
This script does NOT clone ORB Quality or Opening Range Failure Zones. ORB Quality is focused on opening range breakout quality and drive continuation. Opening Range Failure Zones is focused on failed opening range probes and reclaim zones.
Instead, Initial Balance Break Planner focuses on the post-IB decision layer: is the first Initial Balance break accepted, does the retest response support the break, where is the invalidation reference, where are the target rails, and what should the trader review next?
⚙️ Methodology
1. Context Detection
The script builds the Initial Balance from a configurable session window. The default uses the first 60 minutes of the New York regular session.
2. Reference Mapping
Once the IB window ends, the script locks the IB high, IB low, and midpoint. The box remains centered with an internal state label so the chart stays visually clear.
3. Reaction Evaluation
After the first break, the planner scores the setup using:
• IB width
• Break close quality
• Retest response
• Relative volume support
• Volatility fit
4. Visual Output
The chart displays break labels, acceptance labels, risk-review labels, failed-IB markers, target rails, and an invalidation rail. The panel converts the model into a compact next-action state.
🗺️ How to Read the Chart
The Initial Balance box represents the first session balance selected by the user.
Break labels show when price closes beyond the IB edge with enough buffer to start review.
Acceptance labels appear when the break has enough score, enough confirmation time, and controlled failure risk.
Failure-risk labels warn that the break is weakening or returning back inside the balance.
Target rails show measured planning references from the broken IB edge.
The invalidation rail marks the area where the break begins losing acceptance quality.
Panel colors summarize the current state:
• Teal → stronger acceptance or constructive long-side context
• Pink → bearish break side or failed context
• Amber → watch, risk review, or unresolved state
• Indigo / blue → active planning context
🚦 Signals & States
• IB READY → the Initial Balance has locked and the planner is ready to track the first break
• BREAK UP REVIEW → price closed beyond the upper IB edge and long-side review has started
• BREAK DOWN REVIEW → price closed beyond the lower IB edge and short-side review has started
• RETEST HOLD → price retested the broken IB edge without clearly losing it
• ACCEPTED → the break met the acceptance threshold with controlled failure risk
• RISK REVIEW → the break is not yet accepted and failure vulnerability is rising
• FAILED IB → price failed back inside the Initial Balance with elevated weakness context
🔔 Alerts Logic
Alerts trigger when the script detects:
• A bullish IB break review
• A bearish IB break review
• Bullish IB acceptance
• Bearish IB acceptance
• Failure-risk review
• Failed return back inside the IB
Alerts are attention markers only. They are not trade instructions.
🧩 Confluence Logic
The strongest context appears when the break close is clean, the IB width is balanced, volume is supportive, volatility is not overheated, and the retest response holds the broken edge.
When these elements align, the Acceptance Score improves and the panel can move from Observe Retest into Review Long or Review Short.
📊 When to Use
• Intraday markets with clear session structure
• 1-minute to 60-minute charts
• Index, futures, FX, and liquid crypto sessions
• Initial Balance breakout review
• Session expansion planning
• Post-break retest evaluation
• Risk and target planning after the first session balance breaks
⚠️ When NOT to Use
• Very low-liquidity symbols
• Extremely noisy micro timeframes
• Markets with poor session definition
• Events with abnormal volatility spikes
• Symbols where volume data is unreliable and should not be weighted heavily
• Higher timeframes where the selected IB session has little practical meaning
• 4H, daily, weekly, or monthly charts where a one-session Initial Balance cannot be mapped cleanly
🎛️ Key Inputs
• Initial Balance Window → defines the balance-building period
• Tracking Session → defines when break review can update
• Sensitivity → adjusts how selective the planner is
• Acceptance Lookback → controls the review window after the first break
• Minimum Acceptance Score → sets the threshold for accepted-break states
• Confirmation Mode → chooses confirmed-bar behavior or live updating
• Break Buffer ATR → controls how far price must close beyond the IB edge
• Retest Response Buffer ATR → controls retest tolerance around the broken edge
• Failure Buffer ATR → controls how quickly returning inside the IB raises risk
• Target Rail Multiples → control measured target references
• Max Visible IB Boxes → controls how many recent balance boxes stay on the chart
• Max Visible Labels → controls how many recent event labels stay on the chart
• Show IB Ready Labels → optionally displays a readiness label when the Initial Balance locks
• Visual Settings → control labels, box count, rail projection, and spacing
• Panel Settings → control panel visibility, location, theme, and font size
🖥️ Interface & Visual Design
The script uses a chart-first design. The Initial Balance box is the main anchor, and the centered box label keeps the active state visible without requiring a large dashboard.
Event labels are deliberately compact and offset away from candles. Target rails and invalidation rails are projected only after a break, so the chart remains clean during the balance-building phase.
The AG Pro panel uses a single merged blue header row and five compact rows so the user can quickly scan state, side, score, risk, and action.
🧪 Practical Usage Workflow
1. Read the panel after the Initial Balance locks.
2. Wait for price to break one IB edge.
3. Check whether the break receives a clean score or moves into risk review.
4. Watch the broken edge for retest behavior.
5. Use the target rails and invalidation rail as planning references.
6. Interpret the result within broader market context.
🔍 Interpretation Guidelines
The Acceptance Score is a quality score, not a prediction. Higher scores mean the break has better internal structure according to the script's rules.
Failure Risk is a warning layer. It rises when price loses acceptance quality, moves back inside the IB, shows weak close behavior, or lacks participation.
The Action row is the most practical summary. It helps the user decide whether the environment is still building, waiting, reviewing, accepted, vulnerable, or better left alone.
🚫 What This Script Is NOT
• Not a prediction engine
• Not financial advice
• Not auto trading
• Not guaranteed signals
• Not a generic ORB breakout system
• Not Opening Range Failure Zones
• Not a broad support/resistance or order-block map
⚠️ Limitations & Transparency
Initial Balance behavior changes across symbols, sessions, and timeframes. A 60-minute IB on one market may behave differently from the same window on another market.
Relative volume can be less useful on symbols where reported volume is incomplete or inconsistent.
Fast news events, thin liquidity, and unusual volatility can reduce the usefulness of any session-break model.
The script evaluates rule-based context only. It cannot know future order flow or guarantee what price will do next.
🧠 Market Context Notes
Initial Balance analysis is most useful when the session has a meaningful opening phase and a clear expansion phase.
A clean break usually needs more than a line cross. The break should show location, acceptance, participation, and controlled risk.
A weak break can still travel further, and a strong break can still fail. The script is designed to help structure the review, not remove uncertainty.
🧾 Use Case Examples
When price breaks above the IB high, receives a strong acceptance score, holds the broken edge on retest, and keeps failure risk low, the panel may move into Review Long.
When price breaks below the IB low but quickly returns back inside the balance with weak close quality, the panel may move into Failure Watch or Failed Back In.
When the IB is too wide, volatility is unstable, and the break lacks volume support, the planner can remain cautious even if price has crossed the edge.
🧱 System Philosophy
The AGPro Series approach is built around decision structure, not raw signal output.
Initial Balance Break Planner follows that philosophy by combining a visible session reference with a score, risk layer, target references, and a next-action panel.
The goal is to make the chart easier to interpret without making the chart crowded.
🔐 Non-Promise Statement
This script does not provide certainty.
It does not guarantee that an accepted break will continue or that a vulnerable break will reverse.
All outputs should be interpreted as structured analytical context.
📉 Risk Disclosure
Trading involves risk.
Users are responsible for their own analysis, execution, and risk management.
This script is not financial advice and does not provide guaranteed trading outcomes.
📚 Educational Note
Initial Balance analysis can help traders study how a session moves from balance into expansion, but it should always be combined with broader market structure, liquidity, volatility, and personal execution rules.
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Initial Balance Volume Deficit [LuxAlgo]The IB Volume Deficit indicator measures the relationship between Initial Balance (IB) volume and the volume traded during the remainder of the session to identify shifts in market participation, institutional conviction, and potential exhaustion.
🔶 USAGE
The indicator operates on the principle that the first 60 minutes of a trading session (the Initial Balance) often set the tone for the day, representing the period where institutional "price discovery" and large-scale orders are most prevalent. By tracking the cumulative volume during this period and subsequently subtracting the volume from the rest of the session, the script visualizes whether the "opening conviction" is being sustained or overwhelmed by subsequent market activity.
🔹 Volume Deficit and Trend Conviction
When the oscillator drops below the zero line, a "Volume Deficit" occurs. This signifies that the volume traded after the Initial Balance has exceeded the volume accumulated during the IB. This is a critical marker for trend traders; a deep deficit often confirms that the market has found a directional bias with enough sustained participation to overcome the initial opening volatility. If the deficit continues to grow (the oscillator moves further into negative territory), it suggests that late-session participants are aggressively following the trend established (or reversed) after the first hour.
🔹 No Deficit Detection & Market Psychology
If the oscillator remains above zero until the end of the session, the script highlights this at the start of the next session with a colored background. This "No Deficit" event indicates that the volume in the first hour was greater than the volume of the entire rest of the day combined.
From a psychological perspective, this represents a "Loud Open, Quiet Close" scenario. It suggests that while there was significant institutional interest or news-driven positioning at the open, it failed to attract follow-through participation from the broader market. This often results in:
Exhaustion: The initial move spent all available "fuel" in the first hour. Range-Bound Behavior: Without a volume deficit, the market likely spent the afternoon in a low-liquidity chop, unable to break the IB high or low. Lack of Retail Follow-through: It indicates that the initial institutional orders were met with indifference rather than a trend-following response.
🔹 Trading with the Anchored Moving Average (AMA)
The indicator includes an Anchored Moving Average (AMA) that resets at the start of each session. The relationship between the oscillator and the AMA provides a real-time gauge of volume momentum.
Bullish Momentum: When the oscillator is above the AMA during the IB, it indicates an accelerating buildup of volume, often seen in high-impact opens. Bearish Momentum (Depletion): After the IB, if the oscillator crosses below the AMA, it suggests that volume is being subtracted (consumed) faster than the average rate. This can be used as a confirmation signal for entering trend trades as the market moves toward a deficit state.
🔶 DETAILS
The indicator calculates a cumulative sum starting at the first bar of a new session. During the first 60 minutes (IB), the oscillator increases by the volume of each bar. After 60 minutes, the logic flips, and the volume of each subsequent bar is subtracted from the total.
🔹 Tops and Bottoms Averages
To provide historical context and act as dynamic benchmarks for volume conviction, the indicator plots two dashed horizontal lines:
Tops Average (Benchmark of Opening Strength): This is the average peak volume reached at the end of the IB over the last N sessions. If the current session's peak is significantly higher than this average, it suggests an unusually high-conviction opening, often triggered by major news or earnings. If the peak fails to reach this average, the session may lack the necessary liquidity for a sustained directional move. Bottoms Average (Benchmark of Session Intensity): This tracks the average final deficit value at the close of the last N sessions. It serves as a target or "support" level for volume. If the oscillator breaches this average to the downside, it signals an exceptionally high-conviction trend day that is outperforming historical norms.
🔶 SETTINGS
Moving Average Length: Sets the smoothing period for the Anchored Moving Average (AMA). A shorter length makes the AMA more reactive to sudden bursts in volume. Tops/Bottoms Average Length: Determines the lookback period (in sessions) used to calculate the historical benchmarks for IB peaks and session-end deficits. Style Group: Bullish Color: Sets the color of the oscillator during the IB accumulation phase. Bearish Color: Sets the color of the oscillator once it enters a deficit (below zero) or starts subtracting volume. MA Color: Sets the color of the Anchored Moving Average line.
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NY AM Opening Range by GRCtrader📊 NY AM Opening Range by GRCtrader
=== OVERVIEW ===
This is a professional-grade opening range analysis tool designed for futures traders focusing on the critical 9:30 AM ET session. It automatically detects and visualizes the New York AM opening range, center encroachment levels, and standard deviation extensions—key support/resistance structures used in ICT/SMC trading methodology.
=== KEY FEATURES ===
✓ Automatic 9:30 AM ET Detection
- Auto-detects opening range bars across all US futures markets
- COMEX (Gold, Silver, etc.) auto-detection with proper timezone handling
- Customizable timezone offset for CT, PT, and other regional traders
✓ Opening Range Framework
- High/Low lines from 9:30 AM session
- Center Encroachment (C.E.) midpoint for directional bias
- Multiple historical sessions (configurable 1-20 sessions)
- Clean, professional styling with customizable colors
✓ Standard Deviation Bands
- 8 preset standard deviation multiples: 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 4.0, 4.5
- Based on opening range size—scales automatically with volatility
- Dotted/dashed styling for clear visual separation
- Optional labels for quick reference trading
✓ Multi-Session Tracking
- View up to 20 historical opening ranges simultaneously
- Track mean reversion, range expansion, and structural shifts
- Identify trend bias and liquidity zones across sessions
=== USE CASES ===
• Range traders: Fade OR breaks and trade C.E. bounces
• Breakout hunters: Identify STDV targets beyond the range
• Macro traders: Monitor shift in opening range as volatility/bias indicator
• Day traders: Quick reference for high-probability rejection zones
• Market structure analysis: Understand intraday liquidity distribution
=== SETTINGS ===
• Futures Timezone Offset: Align charts to ET (default -1 for CT)
• Number of Opening Ranges: Display 1-20 historical sessions
• OR Line Width & Color: Customize high/low visualization
• C.E. Line Width & Color: Customize center encroachment display
• STDV Settings: Toggle, color, width, style (solid/dotted/dashed)
• Label Options: Size and visibility toggle for clean chart layout
=== TECHNICAL DETAILS ===
Built on Pine Script v6 with:
- Efficient 30-minute bar analysis
- Zero lag structure detection
- Dynamic line/label management (500 lines, 500 labels max)
- Full customization via Settings panel
=== OPEN SOURCE ===
This indicator is published as an open-source tool. Feel free to:
- Fork, modify, and redistribute for personal use
- Build derivatives and extended tools
- Share improvements with the community
- Use commercially with attribution
MPL 2.0 License: mozilla.org
=== DISCLAIMER ===
This tool is for analysis and education purposes. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Always use proper risk management, position sizing, and confirm signals with your trading strategy. No financial advice is implied. Indicator
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Initial Balance Wave MapThis indicator visualizes the Initial Balance (IB) range for any session, marking the first hour's high and low. It includes optional midpoints, extensions (e.g. 1.5x IB, 2x IB), and customizable time windows. Additional features allow users to display session open, high, low, close, and VWAP reference points. Designed to support price action and session structure analysis, it adapts to various global futures and FX market opens. All display elements are optional and fully configurable.
This updated indicator builds upon the open-source foundation by @noop-noop with enhancements and user-facing labels tailored for Auction Market Theory, scalping, and structure-based trade setups.
Key updated Featured: Multiple previous day's IB levels carry forward into the current day's chart, as opposed to just the previous day's levels carrying forward to the new IB time.
🙌 Credits:
This script builds upon the excellent open-source work by @noop-noop. Original script available here .
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Initial Balance |ASE|Introduction
Initial Balance (IB) refers to the price data that is formed during the first hour of a trading session. It is an important concept in trading as it provides insights into the market's opening sentiment and potential trading opportunities or reversals for the day. There are multiple trading sessions throughout the day. The most popular, the NY Session, is open from 9:30 am to 4:00pm EST making the Initial Balance(IB) range the first hour (9:30-10:30) The other sessions include London, Tokyo, and Sydney.
IB Customization
The Initial Balance lines are fully customizable to fit the traders need.
Show Initial Balance
This setting will plot the Initial Balance
Fill/Extend IB Range
The Fill IB Range toggle fills the area in between the IB High and IB Low. Use the IB Fill Color option to change the fill color in the “Line Settings” group on the settings panel.
The Extend IB Range extends the IB lines until the market closes.
Show 1x/2x Extensions
The Show 1x Extension toggle displays 1 times the IB range line (IB High - IB Low) above IB High and 1 times the IB range line below IB Low.
The Show 2x Extension toggle displays the 2 times the IB range line (IB High - IB Low) above IB High and 2 times the IB range line below IB Low.
*Use the Extension Level Color in the “Line Settings” to change the color of the lines.
Show Middle Levels
The Show Middle Levels toggle shows all the 50% lines between the upper 2x and upper 1x line, upper 1x and IB high, IB high and IB low, IB low and lower 1x line, and the lower 1x and lower 2x line.
*Use the Mid Level Color in the “Line Settings” to change the color of the lines.
Delete Previous Day’s Levels
This setting will only show the current day's Initial Balance and delete all previous day levels to produce a clean chart.
How To Use:
The Initial Balance Range can support a bias as it shows the opening market sentiment. By watching price action interact with the Initial Balance Range we can watch for indications of trending or failing moves at the high or the low and overall a ranging or trending session.
The extension levels are projections as to where price could potentially reach in a trending market. If we are bullish and trending higher, we would want to see price reach the first extension, signs of strength at these levels can be used as confirmation to target other levels.
Overall, all these levels can and should be used as support and resistance levels, and as always, can not be used by themselves and require additional confirmation, whether that be an indicator or price action. Below you can see chart examples of these levels in action.
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iBox, Initial Balance | IB High, Low, Midpoint | OpeningThis Indicator will print basically 4 lines.
You have to understand the importance of the "Initial Balance" the first trading hour of Cash session is very important in trading stocks and indizes.
So you will get 4 lines:
Opening
Initial Balance High
Initial Balance Low
Initial Balance Midpoint/Halfback
Most indicators for Range Box, Opening Trade, Opening Range, Initial Balance, iBOX and "Ultimate Lines" will only use the timezone of the exchange or your own timezone. I'm living in europe and we have this daylight saving time change in Summer/Winter - which will cause problems with most of the existing indicators or at least will push you to change the times regularly.
Another important point: I really like to switch the indizes when trading on my mobile. So what will happen when you set up opening range for DAX at 09:00 and then switch to S&P500? All indicators I tried failed here - they will just draw a wrong line for SPX, NDX, DJI, FTSE, ASX etc. I fixed that and hard coded stock exchanges and ticker symbols into 3 main groups Initial Balance EU/US/Asia
For example we take DAX - XETRA DAX is opening at 09:00 MEZ (Europe/Berlin)
The Initial Balance is set during the H1 Candle from 09:00 - 09:59
Please be aware, that some cash indizes only deliver data to PulseWire after the "opening auction" - so for Xetra DAX you have to book live data and often you will only see data at 09:02/09:03 after the opening auction.
So you will get different opening lines compared from cash to future or your CFD provider. Future and CFD should fit for 99%
The Opening Line will be drawn at exactly 09:00
IB High on the highest price during the H1 candle
IB Low on the lowest price during the H1 candle
IB Halfback is simple: (IB High + IB Low) / 2
The lines will be drawn from cash start until next day and will end 2 minutes before the next cash session will start again. Please make your own experience! Activate the indicator for a CFD or Future switch to M15 and watch the wicks around the 4 lines. Even in the night or the next morning before the next Initial Balance will be set.
For me the lines are valid for around 24 hours and often longer. That's why it's good to have the old lines on the chart too.
To-do:
Yesterday high / low / close / halfback (also for last week and month)
Labels for the lines - sometimes only the colors will confuse you - a simple label should be a benefit (IB_h, IB_l, IB_1/2, 1D_o)
Range Lines for Asia Range and Premarket Range - additionaly a parameter to disable premarket lines when premarket is trading in asia range.
Add Alert condition to get alerts after IB is set
If you have and thoughts, ideas or improvements, please send me an message or leave an comment!
Like i said, the stock exchanges and ticker symbols are hard coded and can be extended for all relevant assets.
Have fun and i really hope this indicator will help improving your trading experience! Indicator
Session Levels - Ultimate Range IndicatorSession Levels - Ultimate Range Indicator
Primarily developed for trading the E-MINI Futures Markets like NQ or ES from the CME Group,
but also more than suitable for Crypto or other instruments.
This indicator highlights the chosen session, which can be Globex, Asian, London and New York.
It plots the important levels and also renders the Opening Range as it forms (a.k.a. Initial Balance).
After the 1st hour Opening Range is finished, it can plot the Standard Deviations / Projections.
See below for a complete feature list.
All Opening Ranges on chart and for the New York session the Range Projections are turned on:
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How to use (example):
If you are trading the Nasdaq Futures (NQ!)
Enable the Globex Overnight session. Basically in the Futures Market, the Globex session is everything outside of US trading hours of Stocks. This draws the important overnight levels, like the Low, 25%, 50%, 75% and the High.
Enable the New York Session with Levels and Opening Range. Generally, 70% of the time the 1st hour will put a Low or High of the day.
If the price is trading above the Globex Low, most likely the Low of the Day is formed and the price target for the day will be 1.5x Standard Deviation and 2x Standard Deviation.
[*} Deviation of the Initial Balance depends on the volume ad overall market structure.
** This is not financial advice or any guarantee **
Features:
Show each Session Highlighted on Intraday chart in it's own color (each session can be turned off and has customizable times and color)
Show Line Levels of each session: Low, 25%, 50%, 75% and the High (customizable color)
Show the Opening Range (Initial Balance) of the Asian, London and New York session. Note: NY has more options.
Opening Range is displayed as a box with level lines (customizable color)
Levels are drawn to the end of the NY Cash session (customizable time)
Show IB Standard Deviations 0.5 - 3.0. Calculated from the Opening Range (Initial Balance)
Option to display Higher Timeframe levels: Previous Day Open/Close and Previous Week Open/Close
All level lines and OR boxes size dynamically as the session progresses
Built in Alerts for when price hits key levels. e.g. Alert when price crosses the NY Opening Range High. Or an Alert when the first STDEV is hit.
Option to toggle display of drawings for Today's trading session only, or Show all recent session levels. This keeps the chart clean or not.
Extras:
The NY Opening Range also has a 50% level line
The NY Opening Bar can be highlighted separately
The Level Lines can have small labels turned on/off. Values are only shown on mouse over to keep a clean chart
Keep in mind:
1) This indicator works on all instruments, but on instruments with limited market hours, your chart setting
has to be set to "Extended Hours" otherwise. For example TSLA on NASDAQ.
2) The Exchange Time Zone for the CME Group is Chicago UTC-6. So the session times you configure in the settings menu are based on that timezone too.
3) Globex opens at 5pm CST and closes when the US session starts 8:30CST.
4) When enabling the Alerts in the Indicator settings, be sure to also create an alarm for this indicator using the Alarm function of Tradingview.
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Single Prints - Session Initial BalancesDisclaimer: Expose yourself to the knowledge of different trading methods. If you are unaware of what a Single Print is then do some research and broaden your knowledge.
This indicator has only been tested on BTCUSDT Binance pair. This indicator is meant to be used on the 30 minute timeframe to highlight Single Prints.
The calculations are base on 0000 UTC and what Single Prints are created during that day.
Single Prints
Single Prints are where prices moves to fast through an area (on a 30 minute timeframe), in the case of this indicator in $50 intervals, where the price has not yet cross back past, represented as orange lines. If you were viewing this on a Time Price Opportunity Chart (TPO) each $50 would be represented as a square with a letter in it. If price has only been through that area once, within that 24 hour period, then it is called a Single Print. If however the Single Print is on the lower wick of the candle it is called a Buying Tail and on the Upper Wick a Selling Tail.
Single Prints leave low volume nodes with liquidity gaps, these inefficient moves tend to get filled, and we can seek trading opportunities once they get filled, or we can also enter before they get filled and use these single prints as targets.
Single Prints are a sign of emotional buying or selling as very little time was spent at those levels and thus there is no value there.
The endpoints of single print sections are considered to be potential support or resistance points and or get filled (like a CME gap).
The above is only a very short summary, to understand Single Prints, Buying Tails and Selling Tails more please do your own research (DYOR).
References:
Trading Riot Volume Profile - Website
TOROS TPO Charts Explained - Youtube
Session Boxes
Session Boxes are the high and low of that markets session before the new market session opens. I used the data from the website Trading Hours for the time input.
White box – Start of day UTC 0000 to Market Close UTC 2000
Purple box – Asia Start UTC 0130 to London Start UTC 0700
Yellow box – London Start UTC 0700 to New York Start UTC 1330
Blue box – New York Start UTC 1330 to Market Close UTC 2000
Red box – Market Close UTC 2000 to End of day UTC 2359
References:
Trading Hours - Website
Initial Balance
The Initial Balance is the market range between the high and low of the first hour of trading for the market. In the case of crypto when is the Initial Balance if it is 24/7.
Context of Initial Balance:
The Initial Balance is traditionally the range of prices transacted in the first hour of trade. Many regard the Initial Balance as a significant range because, especially for the index futures which are tied to the underlying stocks, orders entered overnight or before the open are typically executed prior to the end of the first hour of trade. Some use it to understand how the rest of the day may develop, while others use it as a span of time to avoid trading altogether because of its potential volatility.
For this indicator I have coded the Initial Balance time as below:
White Box - To appear for the first hour of the day 0000 to 0100 UTC .
Purple Box - To appear for the first hour of the day 0130 to 0230 UTC .
Yellow Box - To appear for the first hour of the day 0700 to 0800 UTC .
Blue Box - To appear for the first hour of the day 1330 to 1430 UTC .
Red Box - To appear for the first hour of the day 2000 to 2100 UTC .
The diagram above shows some examples:
How price (white arrows) retraces the single prints.
How price (red arrows) uses the single prints as S/R.
References:
Not Hard Trading – Website
My Pivots Initial Balance - Website
Thanks go to:
StackOverFlow Bjorn Mistiaen
Trading View user mvs1231
Please message me if you have any feedback/questions.
I am looking at developing this indicator further in the future.
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