Strong LO ORB | ProjectSyndicateStrong LO ORB — London Opening Range Breakout catches the moment the London session resolves its opening range — and instead of treating every push past a line as a trade, it waits for a genuine close beyond the range, tags the direction, and ranks the breakout 0–10 with a star score. The first block of the London session builds a range; price then has to actually close outside it, in agreement with momentum and the higher-timeframe trend, before a signal arms. Every setup gets a structural stop beyond the range that just broke and fixed R-based targets, and is tracked live on a full statistics dashboard — including end-of-session time-stops — so you can see exactly how the logic behaves on the pair and timeframe you trade.
🧠 Opening-Range Core — the core idea. At the start of the London session the engine records the high and low of a configurable opening window, 08:00–09:00 by default. That band is the opening range: the session's first agreed value area. A signal fires on the release — the bar that closes beyond the range high for a long or the range low for a short inside the trade window — and the direction is set by that break. Sessions are evaluated in Europe/London wall-clock time, so the BST/GMT shift is handled automatically and the range always anchors to the real London open regardless of your data feed's server time. Signals are evaluated on the bar's close and are fixed once that bar closes — the range and the break do not repaint.
📈 Range Mapping & ADR Context — while the opening window is live, the engine continuously tracks the developing high, low, and width of the range, then freezes it the moment the window ends. The finished range is measured in pips and expressed as a percentage of the pair's Average Daily Range, a non-repainting daily read, so you instantly see whether the session is coiling tightly or has already burned its move. A clean, proportionate range is a loaded session; an over-wide one is a day that has already spent itself — and the engine treats them differently in both the gate and the score.
🎯 Structural Stop + R-Based Targets — the stop is anchored to the range that just broke: below the range low for a long, above the range high for a short, each with an ATR buffer, or against the range midline or a pure ATR distance if you prefer — then capped and floored by ATR so it can never balloon into a wide stop or collapse into a meaningless one. TP1, TP2, and TP3 are set at clean R multiples and default to a balanced 1R / 2R / 3R, fully adjustable to whatever reward-to-risk you trade. Every signal plots its complete Entry / SL / TP1 / TP2 / TP3 line set, labeled levels, and filled TP / SL zone boxes, with a result label on exit. Optional measured-move guides project the range width ×1 and ×2 beyond each edge for a classic ORB target read.
🎚️ Conviction Controls — a small set of dials sets how serious a breakout must be before it counts: the 0–10 Minimum Strength gate, an optional Only Strong filter, a Range-vs-ADR window that skips days whose range is too tight or too wide, an optional break-buffer that demands the candle close a set ATR fraction past the edge rather than just nicking it, and Max Breakouts / Day. Tighten them for fewer, higher-quality fires; loosen them for more activity. This is your main dial for conviction versus frequency.
🧭 HTF Trend Alignment + Session Gating — an optional higher-timeframe EMA filter blocks counter-trend fires, keeping you on the dominant side: longs only above it, shorts only below. The higher-timeframe value is read without lookahead. Entries are confined to a configurable trade window after the range forms, and a per-day cap spaces out tickets so one volatile session can't stack trades. Anything still open at the close of the trade window is flattened by an end-of-session time-stop — and that exit is booked and counted honestly, never quietly dropped.
⭐ 0–10 Setup-Quality Score — every release is scored and labeled with 1–5 stars and a tier FORMING → WEAK → MODERATE → STRONG → VERY STRONG → ELITE across breakout-native factors: expansion-candle body strength, candle range vs ATR, momentum alignment over short and medium lookbacks, volume confirmation, clean penetration beyond the range edge, RSI agreement, higher-timeframe EMA alignment, intraday bias of close versus the session open, a first-break-of-the-day premium, and a range-vs-ADR coil check. Treat the score as a confluence / cleanliness read for ranking and thinning setups — it describes how textbook a breakout is, not a guaranteed outcome. The Minimum Strength / Only Strong gate restricts what is displayed and alerted, while the dashboard keeps tracking every tier in the background.
📊 Live Statistics Dashboard — a non-intrusive Bloomberg-amber panel tracks, in real time on your chart: the current session state of waiting / forming OR / range set / armed / trade active, the live opening-range size and its ADR percentage, the pair's ADR, current status and the active trade, the last signal with its star score, total signals, win rate, closed trades, profit factor, average R per trade, best-performing direction, long vs short win rate, current and max win/loss streaks, and a TP1 / TP2 / TP3 / SL / EOD outcome breakdown. Every filled trade that reaches an outcome is counted — winners, stop-outs, and time-stops alike — so the numbers are computed live from the real signals on your current symbol and timeframe rather than a figure printed in a description.
🎨 Clean Themed Visuals — a Bloomberg Amber institutional palette, with Ice Blue, Emerald, and Mono alternates, shades the opening-range box, the ORH / ORL / midline levels, the per-trade SL / TP ladder, and the dashboard to one coherent look, so quality and direction read at a glance. The range box is drawn over the window where it formed and projected forward with pip-labeled edges; long and short trades are color-keyed; an optional faint tint marks the active opening window. A projection-length and max-drawn-trades control keep the chart clean — the right-edge zones never stretch into oversized towers, and only the most recent N tickets stay drawn while the statistics remain cumulative over the whole history.
🔔 Detailed Alerts — fires on long / short opening-range breakouts, plus TP3, partial-TP, SL, and end-of-session exit events, formatted for manual or automated use. The minimum-strength setting can restrict alerts to higher-conviction setups.
🔧 Fully Customizable — every component is exposed: the session timezone, opening-range window, and trade window; the ATR length and 0–10 strength gate with Only-Strong filter; the ADR lookback and min/max range-vs-ADR band; the break-buffer and max-breakouts-per-day; the stop basis of range opposite / midline / ATR with buffer and risk cap/floor; the three R targets; projection length, OR-days kept, and max drawn trades; the HTF alignment filter and timeframe; the pip definition for non-standard feeds; all four themes; and every label, dashboard, zone, and measured-move toggle.
🎯 Why this is different — most ORB tools just draw two lines at a fixed clock time and leave everything after that to you. This one anchors the range to the real London open in exchange time with automatic DST, sizes the break against the pair's own ADR so a tight coil and a blown-out day aren't treated alike, demands momentum, volume, penetration, and trend confirmation before it fires, anchors the stop to the range that actually broke, then layers an objective 0–10 ranking and a live, honest statistics panel — one that counts stop-outs and end-of-session exits in full — so you are tuning and judging the system on real, current data instead of a marketing figure.
🚀 Where to use it — built and validated for Forex, with particular strength on London-driven pairs: GBP, EUR, and USD majors and crosses such as GBPUSD, GBPJPY, GBPCAD, GBPNZD, and EURUSD, on intraday timeframes around M5 / M10 / M15. It is pip-aware for both 5-digit and 3-digit JPY pairs, and the ATR-based stop and ADR sizing adapt to each pair's volatility automatically. The session windows can be re-pointed for the New York or Asian open if you want to run the same engine on a different session.
🎯 How to trade it
Apply it to a liquid pair on an intraday timeframe and let the dashboard populate. Read the live win rate, profit factor, and average R for your symbol and timeframe before committing — if the logic doesn't suit that pair, you'll see it.
Keep the HTF Trend Alignment filter on so you only take breakouts in the direction of the larger trend, and keep the Range-vs-ADR gate on to skip dead or already-spent sessions.
Wait for a LO ORB LONG / LO ORB SHORT label — it marks a confirmed close beyond the opening range, with the star score and Entry, SL, and TP1/2/3 already plotted.
Manage the trade with the plotted levels: the structural SL defines your risk, TP1/2/3 sit at your chosen R multiples, and any position still open at the trade-window close is flattened by the time-stop. Bank or trail however suits your style.
Use Minimum Strength, the break-buffer, and Max Breakouts / Day to set your tempo — stricter for fewer, cleaner releases; looser for more activity — and use the star score and Only-Strong gate to focus on the cleanest setups.
⚠️ Important — this is a decision-support tool, not a standalone buy/sell system, and it makes no performance guarantees. Default settings were chosen on historical data and behavior will vary by pair, timeframe, session, and configuration; the dashboard's statistics are historical and descriptive, not a forecast. The trade model includes an end-of-session time-stop, so some trades close at the session boundary at a fraction of a target rather than a full win or loss — these are counted in full, which is honest but means win rate alone is misleading; always weigh it together with average R and profit factor, and resize the R targets to your own risk profile. Signals confirm on the closed bar, so always wait for the labeled release on a closed candle. Always combine it with your own analysis and risk management, and test it on your market before trading it live. Indicator
NY RTH Opening Range [M1D]NY RTH Opening Range
This indicator marks the New York Regular Trading Hours Opening Range (09:30–10:00 New York time, DST-adjusted automatically) on any chart timeframe at or below 30 minutes.
How it works: the script accumulates the highest high and lowest low across every bar that falls inside the 09:30–10:00 New York session window, rather than assuming a single candle equals the range — this makes it accurate whether you're viewing a 1-minute or 30-minute chart.
Once the window closes, the range locks and three levels are drawn: the range high, the range low, and the midpoint (equilibrium). The current day's range plus a user-defined number of prior days are displayed for reference, with prior days dimmed automatically.
After the range locks, the script monitors price for a confirmed bar close beyond the range high or low and marks a single directional signal per side per day. If price later closes back inside the range following a break, a separate marker flags that the break may have failed, prompting reassessment rather than continued directional bias.
A status panel in the corner of the chart shows whether the range is still forming or has locked, the current high/low values, and the live directional bias.
Settings: session window and timezone, line extension length, number of prior days shown, line/marker colours, and panel visibility are all user-adjustable via the indicator's settings menu.
Note: This tool identifies a structural reference level and does not constitute financial advice or a standalone trading signal. As with any single concept, it is intended to be used as one component of a broader trading framework and should be combined with proper risk management. Indicator
Opening Range Breakout & Liquidity EngineOpening Range Breakout & Liquidity Engine
Overview
A complete intraday opening-range-breakout engine. For each session it auto-detects the open, builds the opening range (the high–low band of the first N minutes, where the day's initial balance is set), and then does the three things most opening-range scripts leave out: it filters the day for tradability, it projects a trade map (targets and a stop) scaled to that day's own volatility, and it keeps an honest, on-chart win-rate tally of how often breaks actually reach their first target before the stop. It draws the structure and the map; it does not place orders. Analytical tool, not advice.
What makes it different — why these pieces are ONE engine (mashup rationale)
The opening range is the substrate — the reference band the whole day is measured against (ORH / ORL / midpoint).
The relative-volume ("in play") filter asks whether the range formed on above-average volume — the single biggest edge driver in the research. A break on a quiet day and a break on an active day are not the same event, so the engine measures the range's volume against a rolling average of prior sessions' opening-range volume and flags it.
The direction filter can require the break to agree with the opening-range candle's own direction, dropping the counter-range breaks that fare worst.
The accepted-break logic (close beyond the edge, optionally held a bar) separates a real initiative move from a wick.
The trade map projects targets (as range multiples or risk/R multiples) and a stop (opposite edge, range midpoint, or an ATR distance), so the plan scales to each day's volatility instead of fixed points — and reports the resulting R:R.
The win-rate harness closes the loop: it tracks every break until it tags target 1 or the stop and reports a real, path-aware Hit % and Edge on your instrument (optionally in-play only), logging unresolved breaks as end-of-day exits separately.
The failed-break module handles the other half of reality: a break that closes back inside the range traps breakout traders, so the engine flags it, projects the reversal to the opposite edge (stop at the failure extreme), and runs a second harness measuring how often that fade reaches the opposite edge before the failure is re-broken. A retest-hold flag marks the high-probability continuation entry; a trap flag marks both-edges-broken days; a range-state read (compressed / normal / wide) says what kind of break you're looking at.
Split apart, each piece is a fragment: a box without the filters is noise, targets without the harness are guesses, and a break with no failure case is half the picture. Chained, they answer one question — is this opening-range break worth taking here, and if it fails, is the fade? That interdependence is why it's a single engine, not a bundle.
What this adds over a standard opening-range script
Most ORB scripts stop at drawing the box and the two breakout lines. This engine adds the parts that decide and verify:
Relative-volume "in play" filter. Flags whether today's opening range formed on above-average volume — research-shown to be the dominant driver of opening-range edge — with an optional toggle to count only in-play days in the stats.
Range-direction filter. Optionally restricts breaks to the direction the opening-range candle closed, removing the weakest counter-range trades.
Volatility-scaled trade map. Targets as range or R (risk) multiples; stop at the opposite edge, the range midpoint, or an ATR distance — with the live R:R shown.
Path-aware win-rate harness. Tracks each break to target 1 or stop and reports an honest Hit % / Edge (vs a 50% coin-flip), counting end-of-day exits separately — a real, in-sample reality check, not a curve-fit claim.
Failed-break reversal module. Detects the break that closes back inside the range (a fakeout — research puts breakout failure rates in the 60–80% range), projects the fade toward the opposite edge with the failure extreme as its stop, and runs a second harness reporting how often the fade reaches that edge first. A failed break is often the better trade, and almost no ORB script measures it.
Retest-hold, trap and range-state context. A retest-hold flag marks the broken edge holding as support/resistance (the higher-probability continuation entry); a trap flag marks both-edges-broken whipsaw days; a range-state read (compressed / normal / wide vs the rolling average) says whether the break is likely to run or fail.
Reference levels with built-in legends. Current-day H/L, prior-day H/L (PDH/PDL) and prior-week H/L (PWH/PWL) — the most-watched intraday liquidity pools — are drawn as labelled lines that extend right, each tagged (DH/DL/PDH/PDL/PWH/PWL) so every line identifies itself. A Day position read shows whether price is above PDH, inside the prior-day range, or below PDL.
Liquidity-sweep detection, fused with the failure logic. A sweep — price wicks beyond PDH/PDL/PWH/PWL and closes back inside, taking the stops there — is flagged with a marker and in the dashboard. Because the opening-range edges are themselves prime liquidity, a failed ORB break that sweeps a level is the highest-conviction version of the fade; the engine ties the two together.
Institution-grade, readable visuals. Events are compact bar-anchored markers (triangle / cross / circle / flag) instead of stacked labels; key levels are drawn as glowing lines with bold colour-coded legend chips at the right edge; a legend-key panel decodes every mark and line; and only the most recent sessions' drawings are kept, so the chart stays clean even after months of history. The dashboard and legend key are theme-adaptive — they auto-match a light or dark chart background for proper contrast.
Auto-session that works where others break. New-session detection keys off a calendar-day change in the instrument's own timezone, so it resets correctly even on feeds with no out-of-session bars (NSE index futures only print 09:15–15:30) — where edge-detection scripts silently fail.
Fused decision dashboard. Break state, ORH/ORL, range, range state, range direction, relative volume / in-play, targets, stop, R:R, day position vs the prior day, liquidity-sweep status, the running Hit % / Edge, the failed-break fade and its Hit % / Edge, and retest/trap status — theme-adaptive to your chart.
How it works
Session: Auto groups by the instrument's trading day in its native timezone (works even with no out-of-session bars); Manual pins a window. Range: the high/low of the first N minutes become ORH/ORL; the midpoint is the pivot; the range candle's close-vs-open sets the range direction; its volume vs a rolling average gives the relative-volume "in play" read; its size vs a rolling average gives the range state (compressed / normal / wide). Break: the first close beyond ORH (long) or ORL (short) after the range completes, optionally held a bar and optionally restricted to the range direction. Map: targets = break edge + range multiples, or entry + risk (R) multiples; stop = opposite edge, range midpoint, or an ATR distance. Harness: each break is followed until it tags target 1 or the stop; unresolved breaks at the close are logged as end-of-day exits, separate from the Hit %. Failure: if an accepted break closes back inside the range it is flagged failed; the reversal targets the opposite edge with the failure extreme as stop, and a separate fade harness reports how often that reversal reaches the opposite edge before the failure extreme is re-broken. A retest of the broken edge that holds is flagged continuation; both edges breaking is flagged a trap. Levels: current-day H/L (tracked live), prior-day H/L and prior-week H/L (from the weekly series) are drawn as labelled lines (DH/DL, PDH/PDL, PWH/PWL) extending right. Liquidity: a sweep is a bar that wicks a set fraction of ATR beyond PDH/PDL/PWH/PWL then closes back inside — the stops there are taken and price rejects — flagged with a marker and in the dashboard alongside the day-position read.
How to use
Trade with an accepted break toward target 1 / 2, invalidated back inside the range (or at the chosen stop); favour in-play, range-direction and compressed-range breaks, and breaks that also clear PDH / PWH (genuine acceptance through liquidity) — all shown to carry the edge. When a break fails back inside, or sweeps a key level and rejects, the fade toward the opposite edge is often the better trade — the dashboard's fade Hit % / Edge tells you whether it has paid here. A retest that holds confirms continuation; a trap (both edges broken) is usually a stand-aside. Use the Hit % / Edge reads as a reality check before relying on any of it. Context for your decisions — not a standalone trigger.
Universal across markets (configurable data source)
High / low / close sources, the session mode / window / timezone and the range length are all inputs, so the engine runs on any instrument and intraday timeframe. Defaults target NSE NIFTY index futures with a first-15-minute range (the research tested 5 / 15 / 30 / 60 minutes; 5 was best on US single stocks). Change the sources, session and range for any other market. Use an intraday chart; the relative-volume filter needs a real volume feed and degrades gracefully without one.
Originality
The opening-range, fakeout-reversal and liquidity concepts are public (credited below); the original work is the assembly and the code — auto-session detection that works on instruments with no out-of-session bars, the relative-volume "in play" / range-direction / range-state filters, the range / R-multiple trade map with ATR stop and end-of-day exit, the path-aware win-rate harness, the failed-break reversal module with its own fade harness, and the reference-level + liquidity-sweep engine that ties the break to prior-day / prior-week liquidity. No third-party code is reused.
Companion drawings (PulseWire compliance note)
Everything this plots is part of the one engine and is explained above — the opening-range box, the ORH/ORL/midpoint lines, the day/week reference levels (DH/DL, PDH/PDL, PWH/PWL) with their right-edge legends, the bar-anchored break / failed / retest / sweep markers, the target / stop / reversal lines, the legend-key panel, and the dashboard. There are no unrelated studies. Before publishing, clean the chart so only this indicator is shown.
Concept credit
The opening-range-breakout concept is long-standing market lore, formalised by Toby Crabel ("Day Trading with Short Term Price Patterns and Opening Range Breakout") and related to Mark B. Fisher's ACD method ("The Logical Trader"). The relative-volume "stocks in play" filter and the range-direction entry follow the empirical study of Zarattini, Barbon & Aziz (2023–24). The failed-breakout (fakeout) reversal and retest-hold continuation are classic price-action concepts, and prior-day / prior-week liquidity with the liquidity-sweep (stop-raid-then-reject) read are general price-action / Smart-Money-Concept ideas in wide public use. Implementation is original; not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, any third party, and no third-party code is reused.
Honesty / limitations
The Hit % is path-aware but in-sample, ignores costs and slippage, assumes the target/stop fills exactly at touch, and counts one break per session — descriptive context, not a verified backtest. Opening-range behaviour varies by instrument, session and regime. This engine maps structure; it does not predict which breaks will work.
Disclaimer
Research / educational only. NOT financial advice; no guarantee of profitability or accuracy. Indicators describe past behaviour; they do not predict the future. Trading carries risk of loss. Test out-of-sample and make your own decisions. The author accepts no liability Indicator
IB/ORB Statistical Mapper (hardcoded)# IB / ORB Live Stats — Publication Description
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## What This Indicator Does
The **IB / ORB Live Stats** indicator studies the relationship between the **Initial Balance (IB)** and a user-defined **Opening Range Breakout (ORB)** window, and builds its probability statistics **live, from the history on your own chart** — there are no pre-supplied or hard-coded numbers anywhere in this script. Every percentage you see is computed from the completed sessions visible on the current symbol and timeframe, so the statistics describe exactly the instrument you are looking at.
Rather than issuing buy/sell signals, the indicator answers structural questions about how each session tends to behave:
- When the IB **high** forms before the IB **low**, which side tends to **break first** afterward — and vice versa?
- Does the side that formed first also tend to break first (a continuation tendency), or reverse?
- Do these tendencies change when the range is unusually **wide** or **narrow**?
- When the ORB closes bullish or bearish, how often does the IB end up bullish or bearish?
It draws a box and midpoint for both the IB and the ORB, and presents two independent, separately-configurable statistics tables — one for the IB, one for the ORB.
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## Core Concepts and Definitions
Before the statistics make sense, it helps to define each term precisely as the script uses it.
### Initial Balance (IB)
The price range established during the IB window (default **09:30–10:30 ET**). The IB high is the highest traded price and the IB low the lowest traded price during that hour. The IB midpoint is the average of the two.
### Opening Range Breakout (ORB)
A shorter range measured from the open. You set its length in **minutes** (default **15**), and the script builds the corresponding session window automatically. The ORB high, low and midpoint are defined the same way as the IB's.
### Formed First (the order of the extremes)
For each window, "formed first" identifies whether the session **high** or the session **low** was reached **earlier in time**. This is the single most important measurement in the script, and it is deliberately **not** judged from chart bars. A single chart candle frequently contains both the session high and the session low, which makes any bar-by-bar guess unreliable. Instead, the script requests **1-minute intrabar data** and walks those sub-bars in chronological order: the first 1-minute bar whose high reaches the final session high, versus the first whose low reaches the final session low — whichever comes earlier is the extreme that "formed first."
### Broke First (the order of the breakouts)
Once a window's formation period closes, the script watches for price to trade **beyond** that window's high or low. "Broke first" records which side was exceeded **first** during the rest of the regular session. Like formed-first, this uses the 1-minute intrabar feed so a large chart candle cannot hide the true sequence. If neither side is exceeded before the regular session ends, broke-first is recorded as **"none" (Neither)**.
### Direction (Bullish / Bearish / Neutral)
A single composite read of the window, combining where it formed first with where it closed:
- **Bullish** — the **low** formed first **and** the window closed in its **upper** half.
- **Bearish** — the **high** formed first **and** the window closed in its **lower** half.
- **Neutral** — every other combination (mixed signals).
The same definition is applied to both the IB and the ORB so the two can be compared like-for-like.
### Range Size: Narrow / Normal / Wide
Each window's range (high minus low) is classified **relative to its own prior history on the chart**. The classification is computed **before** the current session is added to the history, so "Wide" genuinely means wide relative to the past, not relative to a sample that already includes today. Two methods are available:
- **Z-Score** — today's range is expressed as a number of standard deviations from the historical mean. A range at or below `−Z band` is **Narrow**; at or above `+Z band` is **Wide**; in between is **Normal**.
- **Percentile** — today's range is ranked against history. At or below the Narrow percentile cutoff it is **Narrow**; at or above the Wide cutoff it is **Wide**; in between is **Normal**.
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## The Statistics Tables, Explained Line by Line
There are two tables — **IB LIVE STATS** and **ORB LIVE STATS** — each with the same structure. The ORB table adds one extra section (the ORB-to-IB contingency) at the bottom.
### Top block — today's live readout
- **Formed first** — for the current session: `HIGH`, `LOW`, `pending` (window not yet complete), or `—` (could not be resolved, e.g. no intrabar data).
- **Broke first** — `HIGH`, `LOW`, `pending` (window not complete), `watching…` (window complete, no break yet this session), or `none` (session ended with no break).
- **Range** — today's range value, followed where available by its z-score (`z=`) and its percentile rank (`%`) against history.
- **Type** — the Narrow / Normal / Wide classification of today's range.
- **Direction** — today's Bullish / Bearish / Neutral composite.
### Cross-tabulation block — the formed-first by broke-first matrix
This is the heart of the tool. It answers: *given which extreme formed first, which side then broke first?* The columns are **BrkH** (broke high first), **BrkL** (broke low first) and **Neither**. There are two rows:
- **HIGH (n)** — all completed sessions where the **high** formed first. The three percentages show how often, within those sessions, the high broke first, the low broke first, or neither side broke. `n` is the number of such sessions.
- **LOW (n)** — the same, for sessions where the **low** formed first.
Each row sums to 100% across its three columns. Reading across the HIGH row tells you, when the high formed first, whether the market tends to continue up (BrkH) or reverse down (BrkL).
- **Same side broke 1st** — a single summary figure: across **all** completed sessions, how often the side that formed first was also the side that broke first. This is the overall **continuation tendency**; a high value means formed-first tends to predict broke-first, a low value means the market tends to reverse the early extreme.
### BY SIZE block — does range size change behavior?
This block splits every completed session into its size bucket and reports, per bucket:
- **Size** — Narrow, Normal or Wide. The bucket matching **today's** session is highlighted.
- **n** — number of completed sessions in that bucket.
- **Brk%** — of those sessions, how often **any** side broke (i.e. the session was not a "Neither" day).
- **Cont%** — of those sessions, how often the side that formed first also broke first (the continuation tendency, but isolated to that size bucket).
This is where the size classification earns its place: you can see directly whether, say, Wide ranges break and continue more often than Narrow ones.
### ORB-to-IB contingency block (ORB table only)
This answers how the early ORB read relates to the later IB outcome. It is a small matrix with the columns **IB Bull**, **IB Bear** and **IB Neut**, and two rows:
- **Bullish (n)** — all completed days where the **ORB** direction was Bullish. The three percentages show how the **IB** direction turned out on those days. `n` is the count.
- **Bearish (n)** — the same, for days where the ORB direction was Bearish.
Each row sums to 100%. The Bullish row directly answers "when the ORB is bullish, how often is the IB also bullish, bearish, or neutral?"
### The "Min sample" dimming rule
Any percentage drawn from fewer completed days than the **Min sample** input is shown in grey rather than its normal colour. This is a guard against over-reading thin data — a 100% figure from 2 sessions is meaningless, and the dimming makes that visually obvious while still letting the count build.
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## How To Use This Indicator
### Recommended setup
Run it on a **1-minute chart** for the most accurate formed-first and broke-first detection. A 5-minute chart is the practical maximum; on higher timeframes the 1-minute intrabar window loses resolution and the ordering of extremes becomes less reliable. Make sure your chart has enough history loaded — the statistics only accumulate from sessions actually present on the chart, so a fresh chart starts empty and fills in over days of scrolled-back or elapsed history.
### A typical workflow
1. **Let it build.** The longer the history on the chart, the larger every `n`. Figures stay greyed out until they pass the Min sample threshold.
2. **Read the cross-tab.** In the IB table, look at the HIGH and LOW rows to see whether the first extreme tends to lead to continuation or reversal on your instrument.
3. **Check the size split.** In the BY SIZE block, compare Brk% and Cont% across Narrow / Normal / Wide to see whether range size meaningfully changes behavior. Today's bucket is highlighted for quick reference.
4. **Use the ORB-to-IB contingency** to gauge whether the early ORB direction is informative about how the IB resolves.
5. **Combine with your own analysis.** These figures are descriptive context, not signals.
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## Inputs and Configuration
Every input is listed below with its default and its effect.
### Sessions group
- **IB Period (ET)** — the Initial Balance window. Default `0930-1030`.
- **ORB Period (minutes from 09:30)** — the ORB length in minutes. Default `15`, range `1–120`. The script builds the actual session window from this (e.g. 15 → 09:30–09:45) so you never edit a session string for the ORB.
- **RTH (ET)** — the regular trading hours window during which breaks are tracked and after which each day's outcome is recorded. Default `0930-1600`.
- **Intrabar resolution** — the lower timeframe used for first-touch detection. Default `1` (one minute). This must be at or below your chart timeframe; one minute is strongly recommended.
### IB/ORB Type group
- **Size method** — `Z-Score` or `Percentile`, selecting how Narrow / Normal / Wide is decided. Default `Z-Score`.
- **Z band (Narrow<=-z, Wide>=+z)** — the z-score threshold used by the Z-Score method. Default `0.5`. A range at or below −0.5 SD is Narrow, at or above +0.5 SD is Wide.
- **Narrow <= percentile** — the percentile cutoff for Narrow when using the Percentile method. Default `33`.
- **Wide >= percentile** — the percentile cutoff for Wide when using the Percentile method. Default `67`.
### Display group
- **Show IB (box)** — draw the IB box and midpoint. Default on.
- **Show ORB (box)** — draw the ORB box and midpoint. Default on.
- **Show NY Open Line** — draw a vertical line at the regular-session open. Default on.
- **Box Transparency** — transparency of the box fills, `50–95`. Default `88` (higher is more transparent).
- **IB / ORB / NY Line colours** — colour pickers for each element.
### Tables group
- **Show IB Table** — master toggle for the IB statistics table. Default on.
- **IB Position** — one of nine on-chart positions for the IB table. Default Top Right.
- **IB Text Size** — Tiny / Small / Normal / Large. Default Tiny.
- **Show ORB Table** — master toggle for the ORB statistics table. Default on.
- **ORB Position** — nine-position selector for the ORB table. Default Top Left.
- **ORB Text Size** — Tiny / Small / Normal / Large. Default Tiny.
- **Min sample (dim below)** — the minimum number of completed days a percentage must be based on before it is shown in full colour rather than grey. Default `30`, range `5–200`.
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## How the Calculations Work (methodology)
All statistics are computed on-chart, in real time, with no external data:
1. **During each window**, the script accumulates the running high and low and collects every 1-minute sub-bar's high and low.
2. **At window close (seal)**, it walks the collected 1-minute bars in order to determine which extreme was reached first, classifies the range size against prior history, computes the composite direction, and freezes the box and midpoint at the closing bar.
3. **After the window, through the regular session (watch)**, it scans the 1-minute feed for the first break of either side and records broke-first.
4. **At the regular-session close (tally)**, it increments the cumulative counters — the formed-first by broke-first cross-tab, the size buckets, and (for the ORB) the ORB-to-IB direction contingency — so each completed day is counted exactly once.
The boxes and midpoints are **frozen** at each window's close; they do not extend across the day.
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## Important Limitations and Considerations
1. **History-dependent.** All statistics come only from sessions present on your chart. A fresh chart has no sample; figures grow over time and stay greyed until they pass the Min sample threshold. The depth of history PulseWire loads depends on your plan and the chart timeframe.
2. **Intrabar accuracy.** Formed-first and broke-first rely on the 1-minute feed and are most accurate at or below 5-minute chart resolution. On higher timeframes the ordering can be wrong.
3. **Same-sub-bar ties.** If a single 1-minute bar contains both a new extreme and a break of the opposite side simultaneously, the tie is resolved in favour of the high. This is rare but worth knowing.
4. **Descriptive, not predictive.** The indicator reports what has happened on your data. It does not forecast, and it issues no signals. Past frequency does not guarantee future behavior — a 70% tendency still failed 30% of the time.
5. **Not financial advice.** Use these statistics as objective context alongside your own strategy and risk management, never as a substitute for judgement.
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*This is an analytical and educational tool. It does not provide buy or sell signals and makes no claim about future price direction.* Indicator
IB / ORB Live Stats# IB / ORB Live Stats — Publication Description
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## What This Indicator Does
The **IB / ORB Live Stats** indicator studies the relationship between the **Initial Balance (IB)** and a user-defined **Opening Range Breakout (ORB)** window, and builds its probability statistics **live, from the history on your own chart** — there are no pre-supplied or hard-coded numbers anywhere in this script. Every percentage you see is computed from the completed sessions visible on the current symbol and timeframe, so the statistics describe exactly the instrument you are looking at.
Rather than issuing buy/sell signals, the indicator answers structural questions about how each session tends to behave:
- When the IB **high** forms before the IB **low**, which side tends to **break first** afterward — and vice versa?
- Does the side that formed first also tend to break first (a continuation tendency), or reverse?
- Do these tendencies change when the range is unusually **wide** or **narrow**?
- When the ORB closes bullish or bearish, how often does the IB end up bullish or bearish?
It draws a box and midpoint for both the IB and the ORB, and presents two independent, separately-configurable statistics tables — one for the IB, one for the ORB.
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## Core Concepts and Definitions
Before the statistics make sense, it helps to define each term precisely as the script uses it.
### Initial Balance (IB)
The price range established during the IB window (default **09:30–10:30 ET**). The IB high is the highest traded price and the IB low the lowest traded price during that hour. The IB midpoint is the average of the two.
### Opening Range Breakout (ORB)
A shorter range measured from the open. You set its length in **minutes** (default **15**), and the script builds the corresponding session window automatically. The ORB high, low and midpoint are defined the same way as the IB's.
### Formed First (the order of the extremes)
For each window, "formed first" identifies whether the session **high** or the session **low** was reached **earlier in time**. This is the single most important measurement in the script, and it is deliberately **not** judged from chart bars. A single chart candle frequently contains both the session high and the session low, which makes any bar-by-bar guess unreliable. Instead, the script requests **1-minute intrabar data** and walks those sub-bars in chronological order: the first 1-minute bar whose high reaches the final session high, versus the first whose low reaches the final session low — whichever comes earlier is the extreme that "formed first."
### Broke First (the order of the breakouts)
Once a window's formation period closes, the script watches for price to trade **beyond** that window's high or low. "Broke first" records which side was exceeded **first** during the rest of the regular session. Like formed-first, this uses the 1-minute intrabar feed so a large chart candle cannot hide the true sequence. If neither side is exceeded before the regular session ends, broke-first is recorded as **"none" (Neither)**.
### Direction (Bullish / Bearish / Neutral)
A single composite read of the window, combining where it formed first with where it closed:
- **Bullish** — the **low** formed first **and** the window closed in its **upper** half.
- **Bearish** — the **high** formed first **and** the window closed in its **lower** half.
- **Neutral** — every other combination (mixed signals).
The same definition is applied to both the IB and the ORB so the two can be compared like-for-like.
### Range Size: Narrow / Normal / Wide
Each window's range (high minus low) is classified **relative to its own prior history on the chart**. The classification is computed **before** the current session is added to the history, so "Wide" genuinely means wide relative to the past, not relative to a sample that already includes today. Two methods are available:
- **Z-Score** — today's range is expressed as a number of standard deviations from the historical mean. A range at or below `−Z band` is **Narrow**; at or above `+Z band` is **Wide**; in between is **Normal**.
- **Percentile** — today's range is ranked against history. At or below the Narrow percentile cutoff it is **Narrow**; at or above the Wide cutoff it is **Wide**; in between is **Normal**.
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## The Statistics Tables, Explained Line by Line
There are two tables — **IB LIVE STATS** and **ORB LIVE STATS** — each with the same structure. The ORB table adds one extra section (the ORB-to-IB contingency) at the bottom.
### Top block — today's live readout
- **Formed first** — for the current session: `HIGH`, `LOW`, `pending` (window not yet complete), or `—` (could not be resolved, e.g. no intrabar data).
- **Broke first** — `HIGH`, `LOW`, `pending` (window not complete), `watching…` (window complete, no break yet this session), or `none` (session ended with no break).
- **Range** — today's range value, followed where available by its z-score (`z=`) and its percentile rank (`%`) against history.
- **Type** — the Narrow / Normal / Wide classification of today's range.
- **Direction** — today's Bullish / Bearish / Neutral composite.
### Cross-tabulation block — the formed-first by broke-first matrix
This is the heart of the tool. It answers: *given which extreme formed first, which side then broke first?* The columns are **BrkH** (broke high first), **BrkL** (broke low first) and **Neither**. There are two rows:
- **HIGH (n)** — all completed sessions where the **high** formed first. The three percentages show how often, within those sessions, the high broke first, the low broke first, or neither side broke. `n` is the number of such sessions.
- **LOW (n)** — the same, for sessions where the **low** formed first.
Each row sums to 100% across its three columns. Reading across the HIGH row tells you, when the high formed first, whether the market tends to continue up (BrkH) or reverse down (BrkL).
- **Same side broke 1st** — a single summary figure: across **all** completed sessions, how often the side that formed first was also the side that broke first. This is the overall **continuation tendency**; a high value means formed-first tends to predict broke-first, a low value means the market tends to reverse the early extreme.
### BY SIZE block — does range size change behavior?
This block splits every completed session into its size bucket and reports, per bucket:
- **Size** — Narrow, Normal or Wide. The bucket matching **today's** session is highlighted.
- **n** — number of completed sessions in that bucket.
- **Brk%** — of those sessions, how often **any** side broke (i.e. the session was not a "Neither" day).
- **Cont%** — of those sessions, how often the side that formed first also broke first (the continuation tendency, but isolated to that size bucket).
This is where the size classification earns its place: you can see directly whether, say, Wide ranges break and continue more often than Narrow ones.
### ORB-to-IB contingency block (ORB table only)
This answers how the early ORB read relates to the later IB outcome. It is a small matrix with the columns **IB Bull**, **IB Bear** and **IB Neut**, and two rows:
- **Bullish (n)** — all completed days where the **ORB** direction was Bullish. The three percentages show how the **IB** direction turned out on those days. `n` is the count.
- **Bearish (n)** — the same, for days where the ORB direction was Bearish.
Each row sums to 100%. The Bullish row directly answers "when the ORB is bullish, how often is the IB also bullish, bearish, or neutral?"
### The "Min sample" dimming rule
Any percentage drawn from fewer completed days than the **Min sample** input is shown in grey rather than its normal colour. This is a guard against over-reading thin data — a 100% figure from 2 sessions is meaningless, and the dimming makes that visually obvious while still letting the count build.
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## How To Use This Indicator
### Recommended setup
Run it on a **1-minute chart** for the most accurate formed-first and broke-first detection. A 5-minute chart is the practical maximum; on higher timeframes the 1-minute intrabar window loses resolution and the ordering of extremes becomes less reliable. Make sure your chart has enough history loaded — the statistics only accumulate from sessions actually present on the chart, so a fresh chart starts empty and fills in over days of scrolled-back or elapsed history.
### A typical workflow
1. **Let it build.** The longer the history on the chart, the larger every `n`. Figures stay greyed out until they pass the Min sample threshold.
2. **Read the cross-tab.** In the IB table, look at the HIGH and LOW rows to see whether the first extreme tends to lead to continuation or reversal on your instrument.
3. **Check the size split.** In the BY SIZE block, compare Brk% and Cont% across Narrow / Normal / Wide to see whether range size meaningfully changes behavior. Today's bucket is highlighted for quick reference.
4. **Use the ORB-to-IB contingency** to gauge whether the early ORB direction is informative about how the IB resolves.
5. **Combine with your own analysis.** These figures are descriptive context, not signals.
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## Inputs and Configuration
Every input is listed below with its default and its effect.
### Sessions group
- **IB Period (ET)** — the Initial Balance window. Default `0930-1030`.
- **ORB Period (minutes from 09:30)** — the ORB length in minutes. Default `15`, range `1–120`. The script builds the actual session window from this (e.g. 15 → 09:30–09:45) so you never edit a session string for the ORB.
- **RTH (ET)** — the regular trading hours window during which breaks are tracked and after which each day's outcome is recorded. Default `0930-1600`.
- **Intrabar resolution** — the lower timeframe used for first-touch detection. Default `1` (one minute). This must be at or below your chart timeframe; one minute is strongly recommended.
### IB/ORB Type group
- **Size method** — `Z-Score` or `Percentile`, selecting how Narrow / Normal / Wide is decided. Default `Z-Score`.
- **Z band (Narrow<=-z, Wide>=+z)** — the z-score threshold used by the Z-Score method. Default `0.5`. A range at or below −0.5 SD is Narrow, at or above +0.5 SD is Wide.
- **Narrow <= percentile** — the percentile cutoff for Narrow when using the Percentile method. Default `33`.
- **Wide >= percentile** — the percentile cutoff for Wide when using the Percentile method. Default `67`.
### Display group
- **Show IB (box)** — draw the IB box and midpoint. Default on.
- **Show ORB (box)** — draw the ORB box and midpoint. Default on.
- **Show NY Open Line** — draw a vertical line at the regular-session open. Default on.
- **Box Transparency** — transparency of the box fills, `50–95`. Default `88` (higher is more transparent).
- **IB / ORB / NY Line colours** — colour pickers for each element.
### Tables group
- **Show IB Table** — master toggle for the IB statistics table. Default on.
- **IB Position** — one of nine on-chart positions for the IB table. Default Top Right.
- **IB Text Size** — Tiny / Small / Normal / Large. Default Tiny.
- **Show ORB Table** — master toggle for the ORB statistics table. Default on.
- **ORB Position** — nine-position selector for the ORB table. Default Top Left.
- **ORB Text Size** — Tiny / Small / Normal / Large. Default Tiny.
- **Min sample (dim below)** — the minimum number of completed days a percentage must be based on before it is shown in full colour rather than grey. Default `30`, range `5–200`.
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## How the Calculations Work (methodology)
All statistics are computed on-chart, in real time, with no external data:
1. **During each window**, the script accumulates the running high and low and collects every 1-minute sub-bar's high and low.
2. **At window close (seal)**, it walks the collected 1-minute bars in order to determine which extreme was reached first, classifies the range size against prior history, computes the composite direction, and freezes the box and midpoint at the closing bar.
3. **After the window, through the regular session (watch)**, it scans the 1-minute feed for the first break of either side and records broke-first.
4. **At the regular-session close (tally)**, it increments the cumulative counters — the formed-first by broke-first cross-tab, the size buckets, and (for the ORB) the ORB-to-IB direction contingency — so each completed day is counted exactly once.
The boxes and midpoints are **frozen** at each window's close; they do not extend across the day.
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## Important Limitations and Considerations
1. **History-dependent.** All statistics come only from sessions present on your chart. A fresh chart has no sample; figures grow over time and stay greyed until they pass the Min sample threshold. The depth of history PulseWire loads depends on your plan and the chart timeframe.
2. **Intrabar accuracy.** Formed-first and broke-first rely on the 1-minute feed and are most accurate at or below 5-minute chart resolution. On higher timeframes the ordering can be wrong.
3. **Same-sub-bar ties.** If a single 1-minute bar contains both a new extreme and a break of the opposite side simultaneously, the tie is resolved in favour of the high. This is rare but worth knowing.
4. **Descriptive, not predictive.** The indicator reports what has happened on your data. It does not forecast, and it issues no signals. Past frequency does not guarantee future behavior — a 70% tendency still failed 30% of the time.
5. **Not financial advice.** Use these statistics as objective context alongside your own strategy and risk management, never as a substitute for judgement.
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*This is an analytical and educational tool. It does not provide buy or sell signals and makes no claim about future price direction.* Indicator
Nexus Global 15m ORBIntroduction
The Nexus Global 15m ORB indicator is a comprehensive opening range tool designed to map the initial 15-minute price action across the three major global trading sessions: Tokyo, London, and New York. Beyond simply marking the high and low of the opening range, this script integrates Fibonacci-based Optimal Trade Entry (OTE) zones, mathematical trend extensions, and Higher Timeframe (HTF) structural confluence to help traders identify high-probability reversal and continuation zones.
Core Concepts & What It Does
Opening Range Breakout (ORB) strategies rely on the volatility generated at the start of a trading session. The first 15 minutes often establish a support and resistance framework for the hours that follow. This indicator automatically detects these 15-minute windows and projects the range forward until the next session begins.
However, a standard ORB is often not enough to build a complete trading plan. To address this, the indicator incorporates:
- Internal Fibonacci Levels & OTE Zone: Calculates key retracement levels (38.2% and 50%) and highlights a specific Optimal Trade Entry (OTE) box between the 61.8% and 78.6% levels of the session's range.
- Session Trend Extensions: Projects standard Fibonacci extensions (0.618, 1.272, and 1.618) outward from the ORB high and low to serve as dynamic take-profit targets or exhaustion levels.
- HTF Institutional Pivots: Pulls structural swing highs and lows from a user-defined higher timeframe (e.g., 4-hour) and calculates its own macro Fibonacci levels. When these macro levels intersect with the micro 15m ORB range, the indicator highlights them as "Institutional Pivots."
How It Calculates (Underlying Logic)
- Session Tracking: Uses time() functions to detect the exact 15-minute timeframe of the Tokyo (0845-0900 JST), London (0800-0815 GMT), and New York (0930-0945 EST) opens. It dynamically tracks the high and low during this window and locks the values once the window closes.
- Internal Mathematics: The range size (rng) is calculated as ORB High - ORB Low. Internal levels are found by subtracting percentages of the range from the ORB High (e.g., ORB High - (rng * 0.5) for the 50% level).
- HTF Confluence: Utilizes request.security() alongside ta.highest() and ta.lowest() over a customizable lookback period to establish the macro structural range. It then checks if the macro 38.2%, 50%, or 61.8% levels fall sequentially inside the current active ORB boundaries, plotting them distinctly when true.
- Performance Optimization: To ensure the indicator does not cause chart lag (a common issue with heavy line/box drawing scripts), the drawing engine is restricted to update visual arrays strictly on barstate.islast, ensuring lightning-fast load times even on the 1-minute chart.*
How to Use It
- Breakout & Retest: Watch for price to break the ORB High or Low, and then wait for a retracement back to the 38.2% or 50% internal levels to join the trend toward the 1.272 or 1.618 extensions.
- OTE Reversals: If a false breakout (fake-out) occurs, look for price to return to the highlighted OTE Zone (61.8% - 78.6%). This zone often acts as a strong area of defense for institutional order flow, providing excellent risk-to-reward entries back toward the opposite side of the ORB.
- Institutional Pivots: When an HTF line populates inside the session range, treat it as a heavy magnet or resistance. Trades taken in confluence with these pivots carry a much higher structural weighting.
Originality & Usefulness
While there are many ORB tools on PulseWire, the vast majority only display horizontal lines for the high and low. This script is highly original because it combines micro-session timing with macro-structural Fibonacci confluence. By mashing up session tracking with HTF swing analysis and deep optimization drawing methods, it provides a complete, lag-free institutional framework in a single indicator, saving traders from needing multiple overlapping scripts to achieve the same result. Indicator
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ORB ORB V2 plots the Opening Range Breakout for the Asia, London, or New York session, using the high and low of a selectable timeframe candle (1 to 240 min) captured at the exact session open in New York time.
What it draws:
High, midpoint (50%), and low lines of the opening range, extended live for the duration of the session
Color-coded labels showing the exact price of each level
A vertical opening marker at session start
Built-in bias filter:
A configurable EMA (default 20-period on the 1H timeframe, both adjustable) is calculated independently of the chart timeframe via request.security, and compared to price to display a simple Bullish/Bearish bias — useful for filtering ORB breakout trades in the direction of the higher-timeframe trend rather than trading every breakout blindly.
Dashboard:
A bottom-right table shows the total range size and the distance to the 50% level, converted into your choice of units (ticks, pips, or % for crypto), plus the previous day's high and low for additional context, and the current bias reading.
How to use it:
Select your session (Asia / London / NY) and the opening candle timeframe.
Watch for price to break above/below the ORB high/low.
Use the EMA bias reading to favor breakouts aligned with the higher-timeframe trend, and the 50% level as a mid-range reference for partial targets or re-entries.
Use the dashboard to gauge range size in your preferred unit before sizing a trade.
All colors, label sizes, and the dashboard display can be customized from the indicator settings. Indicator
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AlgoSentry Opening Range Breakout [Non-Repaint]The Opening Range is the high and low of the first minutes of a session. This indicator maps that range and then tracks the classic Break -> Retest -> Trend sequence that opening-range traders watch — built non-repaint from the ground up.
How it works
Once your opening window closes, the range high and low freeze. From there the script tracks three events:
• Break — the first candle to CLOSE beyond the frozen range, confirmed on the timeframe you choose (chart, 5m, 10m, or 15m). Higher confirmation = fewer fakeouts, later signal.
• Retest — the first pullback that taps an enabled zone: the broken edge, a percent level inside the range, or the session volume Point of Control.
• Trend — the first re-close beyond the range after the retest, marking continuation.
Why non-repaint matters here
Most "breakout" tools look perfect on history because they quietly use future data or redraw as you scroll. This one does not:
• The range freezes at session close and never moves.
• The volume Point of Control is computed once, over a fixed time window — no visible-range tricks, so it never shifts when you scroll or zoom.
• Every signal is committed on bar close.
• Higher-timeframe confirmation is read only after the higher-timeframe candle has closed (lookahead off).
What you saw in real time is what stays on the chart.
Settings
• Opening range session and timezone (default 09:30-09:45, exchange time).
• Confirmation timeframe for the breakout.
• Three retest zones — broken edge, percent of range, and volume Point of Control — each can be toggled on or off.
• Volume POC window: the opening range itself, or the full trading day.
• A compact dashboard shows session state, range size, the live Break/Retest/Trend state, the confirmation timeframe, and the volume POC level.
Every parameter is an input, and every filter can be turned on or off, so you can adapt the tool to your own market and style. It is designed for index futures on intraday charts (1-5 minute), but works on any symbol — validate it on your own instrument and timeframe before relying on it.
A note on honesty
Opening-range breakout is a well-known, widely-published concept. This tool does not invent an edge or promise results — it gives you a clean, disciplined, non-repaint way to see the sequence and study how it actually behaves on your charts.
Educational and informational use only. This is not financial advice, and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell. Past or hypothetical behavior does not predict future results. Always test thoroughly before trading. Indicator
TSA futures ORB Volume Breakout Alert15/30 Minute ORB Volume Breakout
This indicator is built for traders who use the Opening Range Breakout strategy and want volume confirmation before acting on a move.
It plots a selectable 15-minute or 30-minute Opening Range for the NY, London, or Asia session, then watches for breakouts using 5-minute volume confirmation. When price breaks above the ORB high or below the ORB low with increased volume, the indicator marks the chart with ORB VOL BUY or ORB VOL SELL and can trigger PulseWire alerts.
Features include:
Selectable 15m or 30m ORB
Session dropdown for NY, London, and Asia
Breakout signals based on 5-minute volume expansion
ORB HIGH, ORB LOW, and MID ORB levels
3 upside and 3 downside profit targets based on ORB range
NY-only PMH/PML and PDH/PDL levels
FTFC dashboard showing 1H, 4H, Daily, Weekly, and Monthly direction
Dashboard placement options
PulseWire alert support for breakout-volume buy/sell signals
This script is intended to help identify high-volume ORB breakout opportunities while keeping key session levels, targets, and higher-timeframe context visible on the chart.
This indicator is best used for SEED_ALEXDRAYM_SHORTINTEREST2:NQ , $MNQ, NYSE:ES , MSTAR:MES , CSE:GC , AMEX:MGC , but can also be used for others at your discretion.
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ORB WindowsA clean, fully configurable Opening Range Breakout indicator with up to three simultaneous time windows. This script lets you define your own windows. Set them to whatever your session or strategy calls for.
Three configurable windows
Each window tracks its own high and low independently. Window 1 defaults to 5 minutes, Window 2 to 15 minutes, Window 3 to 60 minutes (hidden by default). Set any window to whatever range you want. Lines are visually differentiated: W1 is solid, W2 is dashed, W3 is dotted.
Break and confirm markers
Two signals per level, per window:
Small triangle — price ticked through the level (break)
Larger triangle — candle closed through the level (confirmation)
Filtering on close confirmation reduces noise from wicks and fakeouts.
Range label
When each window locks in, a label shows the high, low, and range size in both points and percentage. Useful for quickly assessing whether the ORB is tight or wide before deciding how to trade the break.
Formation window highlight
A subtle background color marks the W1 formation period so you can see exactly which candles built the range.
12 alert conditions
Four per window: break above, break below, close above, close below. Wire them up however your workflow calls for.
Settings
ORB Windows: set the duration (in minutes) for each of the three windows
Visibility: toggle each window, markers, range label, and formation highlight independently
Colors: fully customizable per window
Designed for intraday use. Works on any liquid instrument with a defined regular session. Indicator
ORB Risk LadderORB Risk Ladder
ORB Risk Ladder is a Trade Manager-style opening range research indicator built for traders who want more than a basic ORB high/low plot.
Most ORB indicators stop at drawing the opening range and marking a breakout. This one is designed around the full trade-planning sequence after the range breaks: where the breakout triggered, where the setup is invalidated, and where structured targets sit relative to the initial risk.
What makes it different:
- Full risk map, not just an ORB box: the script plots Entry, Stop Loss, TP1, TP2, and TP3 after the first qualified breakout.
- Clean one-signal session logic: it focuses on the first valid breakout in the selected trade window instead of filling the chart with repeated arrows.
- R-based target ladder: TP levels are calculated from the distance between entry and stop, so the ladder adapts to the actual range size instead of using fixed arbitrary points.
- Optional midpoint stop mode: choose between a wider opposite-side ORB stop or a tighter midpoint invalidation model.
- Compact right-side labels: price values are attached to the end of each level line so the chart stays readable while still showing the exact ladder values.
- Session controls: customize the opening range window and breakout window to match the market or session you trade.
- Planning-first design: the output is meant to organize a setup visually, not claim prediction or profitability.
Core visual elements:
- Opening range box
- BUY/SELL breakout marker
- Entry line with price value
- Stop-loss line with price value
- TP1/TP2/TP3 ladder with price values
- Optional ORB midpoint reference
Suggested use:
Use it on intraday charts where the opening range matters and the trader wants a fast visual read of trigger, invalidation, and target structure. The default 9:30-9:45 opening range and 9:45-11:00 breakout window are designed around the U.S. cash open, but both are adjustable.
Suggested timeframe:
15m on NQ or ES for the cleanest public screenshot. Lower timeframes can be used for more granular review, but 15m keeps the ladder and range structure readable.
Important:
This script is provided for educational and research purposes only. BUY/SELL markers, TP levels, and SL levels are visual planning references, not financial advice or trade recommendations. The script does not predict market direction, guarantee profitability, or replace independent risk management. Test all settings on your own market and timeframe before relying on any output.
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Big Daddy Max ORB StrategyBig Daddy Max ORB Strategy | Scam or Slam Series
This script is part of my Scam or Slam series, where I take popular trading concepts, code them into PulseWire strategies, and backtest them properly to see if the idea actually has an edge — or if it only looks good in hindsight.
This strategy is based around the classic Opening Range Breakout concept.
The script builds an opening range using the selected ORB window, then looks for two main trade types:
1. Continuation Entries
If price closes above the ORB high, the strategy can enter long.
If price closes below the ORB low, the strategy can enter short.
2. Reversal Entries
If price breaks out of the ORB but then closes back inside the range, the strategy can treat that as a failed breakout and enter in the opposite direction.
The strategy includes adjustable settings for:
• ORB session window
• Trading window
• Take profit RR
• Contract / quantity size
• Continuation entries on/off
• Reversal entries on/off
• Stop loss at ORB midpoint or opposite ORB side
• Close trades at session end
• Entry, stop loss, and take profit visuals
• Risk/reward boxes
• ORB high, low, and midpoint levels
The script now works across all chart timeframes. Lower timeframes will give a more precise ORB, while higher timeframes will naturally be less detailed because they use fewer candles to build the range.
This is designed for backtesting and educational purposes only. The goal is not to claim that the strategy is profitable out of the box, but to test the logic properly and see whether the concept is a Scam or a Slam.
As always, this is not financial advice. Do your own research, test everything yourself, and never risk money you cannot afford to lose.
Strategy
Opening Auction Trap Map [AGPro Series]Opening Auction Trap Map
🧠 Core Idea
Did the opening auction accept value, reject an early extreme, or trap breakout participants?
📌 Overview / What it does
Opening Auction Trap Map is an intraday session-open analysis tool built to study the first auction window of the trading session.
The script builds an opening auction box, tracks the auction high and low, draws an acceptance rail, maps upper and lower failed-auction trap zones, and classifies whether price is accepting outside the auction or rejecting back into the range.
It does not predict price direction, automate trades, or claim that every opening trap will create a reversal. It is a structured visualization and decision-support tool for intraday auction context.
🎯 Purpose & Design Philosophy
Many opening-range tools focus only on breakout direction.
This script was built to answer a more precise auction question:
Was the opening move accepted, or did it trap traders who chased the first extreme?
The design goal is to help intraday traders read the opening range as an auction behavior map instead of treating it as a simple breakout box.
⚡ Why This Script Is Different
Most ORB tools mark the opening high and low, then wait for a breakout.
This script does NOT treat every opening breakout as valid.
Instead, it checks whether the move accepts beyond the auction edge, fails back inside the auction range, or retests a failed edge. The focus is auction behavior, trap risk, range control, and acceptance quality.
⚙️ Methodology
1. Opening Auction Window
The script tracks high, low, and midpoint during the selected opening auction window.
2. Auction Box and Rails
After the auction completes, the script projects the auction box, upper and lower trap zones, and the midpoint acceptance rail.
3. Failed-Auction Detection
If price breaks above the auction high and closes back inside the range with enough upper-wick rejection, the script can mark an upper auction trap.
If price breaks below the auction low and closes back inside the range with enough lower-wick rejection, the script can mark a lower auction trap.
4. Acceptance Evaluation
If price holds beyond the auction edge for the required number of closes, the script can mark accepted movement above or below the auction.
5. Visual Output
The chart displays the auction box, trap zones, acceptance rail, event labels, right-side tags, alerts, and a compact AG Pro panel.
🗺️ How to Read the Chart
Opening Auction Box = the high-low range created during the selected opening window.
Acceptance Rail = the midpoint of the opening auction range.
Upper Trap Zone = the area around the auction high where failed upside breakouts may be evaluated.
Lower Trap Zone = the area around the auction low where failed downside breakouts may be evaluated.
UPPER AUCTION TRAP = price failed above the auction high and closed back inside the range.
LOWER AUCTION TRAP = price failed below the auction low and closed back inside the range.
ACCEPT UP = price accepted above the auction high.
ACCEPT DOWN = price accepted below the auction low.
Panel = summarizes auction state, quality score, auction high/low, range control, trap risk, next context, session window, and timeframe scope.
TF Scope = shows whether the current chart timeframe is inside the supported auction-building range.
🚦 Signals & States
• UPPER TRAP → upside auction breakout failed back inside the range.
• LOWER TRAP → downside auction breakout failed back inside the range.
• ACCEPT UP → price accepted above the auction high.
• ACCEPT DOWN → price accepted below the auction low.
• RANGE CONTROL → price is trading inside the auction range.
• ABOVE AUCTION → price is above the auction high but not yet classified as accepted.
• BELOW AUCTION → price is below the auction low but not yet classified as accepted.
• BUILDING → the opening auction window is still forming.
🔔 Alerts Logic
Alerts trigger when a new major auction behavior state appears.
• Upper Opening Auction Trap → price failed above the auction high and closed back inside the range.
• Lower Opening Auction Trap → price failed below the auction low and closed back inside the range.
• Accepted Above Opening Auction → price accepted above the opening auction high.
• Accepted Below Opening Auction → price accepted below the opening auction low.
Alerts are attention markers, not trade instructions.
🧩 Confluence Logic
The context becomes stronger when:
• The auction range is clearly formed
• Price probes an auction edge
• The close rejects back inside the range
• Wick quality is strong
• Relative volume confirms participation
• The panel state agrees with the event label
If these elements do not align, the script avoids forcing a trap interpretation.
📊 When to Use
• Intraday session-open analysis
• Opening range review
• ORB validation and failed-breakout detection
• Equity index, stock, futures, forex, and crypto session studies
• 1m, 3m, 5m, 15m, 30m, and 1H charts
• Markets where the selected opening session has meaning
⚠️ When NOT to Use
• Daily, weekly, or monthly charts
• Symbols without a meaningful session open
• Very low-liquidity assets
• Extremely noisy markets where wick behavior is unreliable
• Charts where the selected auction window does not match the actual market session
• Situations where a single opening range should not be over-interpreted
🎛️ Key Inputs
• Opening Auction Window → defines the session segment used to build the auction range.
• Active Session Window → defines the session where post-auction behavior is evaluated.
• Max Chart TF Minutes → defines the largest chart timeframe that should build the auction map. With the default 09:30-10:00 auction window, 30m and lower charts are the intended use.
• Acceptance Close Count → sets how many closes are required before a breakout is treated as accepted.
• Trap Evaluation Window → limits how long after the auction trap logic remains active.
• Trap Wick Quality Threshold → controls how strong the rejection wick must be before a trap label appears.
• Use Volume Confirmation → adds relative volume to quality scoring.
• Trap Zone Width ATR → controls the thickness of the upper and lower trap zones.
• Event Label Mode → Premium focuses on traps and accepted moves. Detailed also allows lower-priority retest labels.
• Projection Bars → controls how far the auction structure projects to the right.
🖥️ Interface & Visual Design
The visual hierarchy is built around the auction range:
The box defines the opening auction.
Trap zones frame the dangerous edges.
The midpoint rail shows range control.
Event labels mark important acceptance or failure behavior.
The AG Pro panel summarizes the current auction state without requiring the user to decode every element manually.
🧪 Practical Usage Workflow
1. Select the opening auction window that matches the market.
2. Wait until the auction box completes.
3. Watch how price behaves around the auction high and low.
4. Check whether price accepts beyond the edge or fails back inside the range.
5. Use the panel to confirm auction state, quality score, range control, and trap risk.
6. Interpret the output inside broader market context.
🔍 Interpretation Guidelines
An upper trap does not guarantee a selloff. It means the auction high was probed and rejected back inside the range.
A lower trap does not guarantee a rally. It means the auction low was probed and rejected back inside the range.
Accepted movement does not guarantee continuation. It means price has held beyond the auction edge according to the script’s rule set.
🚫 What This Script Is NOT
This script is not a prediction engine.
It is not financial advice.
It is not an auto-trading system.
It does not provide guaranteed entry or exit signals.
It is not a standard ORB breakout strategy.
⚠️ Limitations & Transparency
Session settings matter. A poorly selected auction window can produce weak context.
Higher chart timeframes may not capture the opening auction precisely.
Low-liquidity markets may generate misleading wicks.
Gap-heavy markets may require wider interpretation.
The script is designed for intraday auction reading, not long-term chart analysis.
🧠 Market Context Notes
The opening auction is often useful because it reveals early participation, imbalance, and willingness to accept price outside the first range.
Failed extremes can matter because they show where early breakout attempts were rejected.
Acceptance can matter because it shows where the market was willing to continue trading beyond the auction edge.
🧾 Use Case Examples
If price breaks above the auction high but closes back inside the range with a strong upper wick, the script may mark UPPER AUCTION TRAP.
If price breaks below the auction low but closes back inside the range with a strong lower wick, the script may mark LOWER AUCTION TRAP.
If price closes above the auction high for the required number of bars, the script may mark ACCEPT UP.
If price closes below the auction low for the required number of bars, the script may mark ACCEPT DOWN.
🧱 System Philosophy
This script follows a behavior-first approach:
Auction first.
Edge reaction second.
Acceptance third.
Trap risk fourth.
The goal is to reduce blind breakout thinking and encourage structured opening-session interpretation.
🔐 Non-Promise Statement
No script can guarantee outcomes.
No auction edge, trap label, acceptance state, or quality score should be treated as certainty.
The output should always be interpreted with broader structure, liquidity, volatility, and personal risk rules.
📉 Risk Disclosure
Trading involves risk.
Markets can move against any interpretation.
This script is for educational and analytical purposes only.
Users are fully responsible for their own decisions.
📚 Educational Note
Use this script to study how the market behaves around the opening auction and whether early extremes are accepted or rejected.
Indicator
Precision Progressive ORB# Precision Progressive ORB (PORB)
A different approach to the Opening Range Breakout: instead of waiting for the full ORB window to complete before drawing anything, PORB builds the range progressively using smaller sub-boxes that develop live during the auction. You can watch the opening range form in real time rather than staring at empty space until the ORB completes.
> 🖼️ ** **
> *Above: a 45-minute ORB built progressively from nine 5-minute sub-boxes. Each sub-box shows where price was leaning during its window — red borders for holding low, green for holding high, white for neutral rotation. The dotted line is the live midpoint tracking the running aggregate. The status table on the right tracks state and classification in real time.*
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## The problem this solves
A standard 15-minute ORB script draws nothing until 15 minutes have passed. On fast-moving small caps, the trade is often half over by the time the box appears. PORB shows you what's happening *inside* those 15 minutes by breaking them into smaller development windows — for example, three 5-minute sub-boxes that build the full ORB. You see the opening auction develop in stages instead of all at once.
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## Quick setup
Default settings work out of the box for US stocks:
- **Timezone:** Exchange (auto-detects from the symbol)
- **Start time:** 9:30 (matches NYSE/NASDAQ market open via the Exchange timezone)
- **ORB duration:** 15 minutes
- **Sub-box duration:** 5 minutes (three sub-boxes per ORB)
**Important about timezone:** the Hour and Minute inputs are interpreted in the selected Timezone. With the default "Exchange" setting, 9:30 means 9:30 AM in the symbol's home exchange — Eastern Time for NASDAQ/NYSE, Central European Time for DAX, JST for Nikkei, etc. If you want to anchor to a non-native session (trading EUR/USD on the London FX open from a US chart, for example), pick a specific timezone from the dropdown — DST is handled automatically.
If you pick a sub-box duration that doesn't divide the ORB evenly (e.g., 15 / 7), PORB auto-snaps to the nearest valid divisor and shows a one-time notice.
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## How it works
During the ORB window:
- Sub-boxes draw live, one at a time
- Two display modes: **Rolling** (only the current sub-box visible) or **Show All** (every sub-box stays visible through completion)
- Internally, PORB tracks the aggregate high/low across the entire ORB window — that's the real range being built
When the ORB completes:
- All sub-boxes sweep away (development is done)
- The final aggregate high/low locks in
- A bordered final box anchors the locked structure to its origin time
- High/low lines, midpoint, and optional buffer lines extend right for ongoing reference
> 🖼️ ** **
> *Above: the same auction after the ORB locks. Sub-boxes are gone — the chart transitions from "watching the auction form" to "trading the resulting structure." The locked box, ORB high/low lines, and midpoint extend right as structural reference for the rest of the session.*
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## Two display modes
**Show All Sub-Boxes** (the hero image at the top) keeps every completed sub-box visible through the ORB window, so you can see the full development sequence as it builds.
**Rolling Sub-Box Only** shows just the current developing sub-box — only one box visible at any time, moving forward as each new window begins. Less visual weight, more focus on the active auction phase.
> 🖼️ ** **
> *Above: PORB in rolling mode. Only the currently developing sub-box is drawn — prior sub-boxes disappear as new ones begin. Cleaner look for traders who want minimal chart clutter while still watching the auction form live.*
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## Visual language
Two clean channels, two distinct concepts:
**Sub-box border = position lean**
- Silver — close in the middle third of the developing range
- Green — close in the upper third (holding high)
- Red — close in the lower third (holding low)
**Sub-box fill = movement energy**
Progressive green/red shading reflects the relative strength of each sub-box move. Fills stay light — atmospheric tint, not solid overlay — so candles and other indicators remain clearly readable. The fill thresholds adapt to the symbol's volatility regime so a sleepy Large cap doesn't need the same magnitude as a volatile small cap to show energy.
**Final box** I'm using a cyan border with a faint neutral fill — a structural anchor for the locked range. The color can be changed based on your preferred canvas color.
**Live midpoint** (optional, on by default): a dotted line tracking the running aggregate midpoint during build. Provisional by design — it shifts as the range develops. Replaced by the locked dashed midpoint when the ORB completes.
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## Classification table
A 4-column status table tracks live state:
| State | Development | ORB High | ORB Low |
|-------|-------------|----------|---------|
The Development column shifts meaning by phase:
- **During build:** range classification — `Forming`, `Inside`, `Expanding`, `Compressing`, or `Stable`. Compares the current sub-box's range to the prior sub-box's range, with a tolerance threshold to avoid flickering on small differences.
- **After lock:** position classification — `Above Range`, `Upper Range`, `Mid Range`, `Lower Range`, or `Below Range`. Tells you where price sits relative to the locked structure, including whether it's broken out above or below.
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## Buffer lines (optional, off by default)
Toggleable dotted lines just outside the locked ORB high and low. Sized by ticks, ATR multiple, or percent — your choice. These give you a "you actually broke this, not just kissed it" reference for traders who want a visual cushion against wick-pokes and liquidity sweeps.
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## What this is and isn't
PORB is a structural visualization tool. It does not generate buy/sell signals, fire alerts, or recommend trades. It shows you the opening auction's development in a way that pure-completion ORB scripts can't, and gives you a clean structural reference once the range locks. How you use that information is up to you.
Best suited for:
- Active intraday traders working opening-range setups
- Anyone watching fast-moving instruments where the first 5–15 minutes carry most of the move
- Traders who want to see auction structure form rather than waiting for the result
**Note on viewing:** sub-boxes draw live during the ORB build phase. If you load PORB onto a chart after the ORB has already completed for the day, you'll only see the final locked structure — sub-boxes are part of the live development view, not a historical replay. To see sub-boxes in action, watch the next ORB window form in real time, or set the start time to the upcoming session.
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Released open source under MPL 2.0. Indicator
Sniper Trader V6.5 Pro SMC, FVGs & Volume Sweep EngineSniper Trader Pro is an all-in-one Smart Money Concepts (SMC) indicator designed to filter out market noise and identify high-probability institutional setups. Built for precision, this algorithm detects liquidity sweeps, Fair Value Gaps (FVGs), and volume-backed rejections, giving you a clear visual map of where the "Smart Money" is trapping retail traders.
Optimized for volatile assets like indices (NASDAQ/NQ, S&P500) on the 5-minute timeframe, this tool acts as a complete trading system.
Core Features
Dynamic Liquidity Boxes (FVGs): Automatically plots Demand (Aqua) and Supply (Red) zones based on momentum. The algorithm features a smart "garbage collector" that instantly deletes boxes once they are fully mitigated by price, keeping your chart perfectly clean.
Institutional Trend Filters: Integrates key dynamic support/resistance levels, including the 14 EMA, 80 HMA, 200 EMA, and the daily VWAP, allowing you to gauge the macro and micro trends at a glance.
Volume-Backed Sweep Signals: The indicator doesn't just look for wicks; it analyzes the relationship between wick size, body size, and relative volume. It plots clear "LONG" and "SHORT" triangles only when a rejection wick touches a key dynamic level (EMA/VWAP) and is backed by above-average volume.
Ultimate Sensitivity Engine: Fully customizable settings. You can adjust the required wick size, maximum opposite wick size, and volume multiplier to adapt the trigger sensitivity to the current market volatility.
How to Trade with Gems Sniper Trader Pro
This indicator is built to trade pullbacks into liquidity zones in the direction of the macro trend.
For a LONG Setup:
Ensure the price is trading above the 200 EMA (Macro Trend).
Wait for the price to pull back and enter an Aqua Demand Box.
Look for a green LONG triangle signal. This confirms a liquidity sweep bouncing off the 14 EMA, 80 HMA, or VWAP with institutional volume.
Place your Stop Loss safely below the sweep wick.
For a SHORT Setup:
Ensure the price is trading below the 200 EMA.
Wait for a fake breakout into a Red Supply Box.
Look for a red SHORT triangle rejecting the zone with volume.
Place your Stop Loss above the rejection wick.
Pro Tip :
Avoid taking signals that float in the middle of nowhere. The highest probability trades occur when the sweep signal perfectly aligns (confluence) with a Liquidity Box and a dynamic level like the VWAP. Indicator
Black Tie ORB MTFOpening Range Breakout for Tokyo, London, and New York sessions. Marks the high and low of the first N minutes of each major trading session, fills the range as a translucent box, and projects 1R / 2R / 3R extension levels above and below.
ORB is a documented institutional strategy (Toby Crabel, "Day Trading with Short Term Price Patterns", 1990). The opening range establishes the day's initial supply/demand balance. Sustained breakouts beyond it tend to continue; failed breakouts often reverse to the opposite side.
WHAT IT PLOTS
A translucent box covering the high-to-low range of the first N minutes of each enabled session.
Range high and range low lines, drawn from session open through session close.
1R, 2R, and 3R extensions above and below the range, projected as horizontal levels (only after the range is locked).
Optional breakout triangles on the bar where price first closes above or below the range. Green triangle below the bar = bullish breakout. Red triangle above the bar = bearish breakout.
USAGE
NY session ORB: most documented use case. Best on US equities, US futures (ES, NQ, YM, CL, GC), and during US session for major forex pairs.
London session ORB: best on European indices and forex during European hours.
Tokyo session ORB: typically less reliable due to thin liquidity but useful for JPY pairs.
A clean ORB long setup is: price builds the range during the first N minutes, breaks above with conviction (volume, no immediate retest), and reaches 1R within the session. The 1R / 2R / 3R extensions serve as profit targets. Failed breakouts (price returns inside the range and then breaks the opposite side) are also commonly traded.
This indicator does not generate trade signals. The breakout triangles mark the first close beyond the range; whether that close is a valid trade entry depends on context (volume, HTF trend, prior structure) that this indicator does not evaluate.
SETTINGS
Range Duration: 5, 15, 30, or 60 minutes. 15 min is the standard for US equities. 60 min is more common for forex and indices.
Fill Range as Box: shows the OR area as a translucent background. Recommended on, makes the range visually obvious.
Show Extensions: 1R, 2R, 3R toggles individually. Default 1R and 2R on.
Show Breakout Markers: optional triangles on the first close beyond the range.
Per-session colors are fully customizable.
By default only the NY session is enabled. Tokyo and London can be enabled in the SESSIONS group when needed. Indicator
IrishGOD (ORB)Opening Range Breakout (ORB) Indicator — Professional Description
Pine Script v5 Overlay Indicator Intraday
Opening Range Breakout (ORB)
A precision intraday indicator that defines the high and low of a configurable opening range window, locks those levels once the window expires, and flags the first directional breakout of the day with a clear visual signal directly on the chart.
Overview
The Opening Range Breakout strategy is one of the most widely used frameworks in active intraday and momentum trading. The theory holds that the high and low established during the first N minutes of a session represent a market structure boundary — a zone of price discovery where institutional and retail participants alike are establishing positions. A decisive break above or below this range often signals the direction of the day's dominant trend.
This indicator automates the entire process: it watches price during the formation window, locks the range the instant the window closes, draws clean reference lines, and marks the first breakout in each direction with a non-cluttering arrow label — without requiring any manual input from the trader after initial setup.
Core logic
Phase 1 — Range formation
From the configured session open time, the indicator tracks the rolling high and low of every bar within the ORB window. No lines are drawn yet; the range is still live and expanding with each new bar.
Phase 2 — Range lock
On the first bar after the ORB window closes, the high and low are frozen. Two horizontal lines are drawn from that exact bar extending forward for the remainder of the session. The range will not change again for the rest of the day.
Phase 3 — Bullish breakout signal
If price closes above the ORB High after the window has locked, a green upward arrow is plotted below the breakout candle. This signal fires only once per day — the first confirmed close above the range.
Phase 4 — Bearish breakout signal
If price closes below the ORB Low after the window has locked, a red downward arrow is plotted above the breakout candle. Like the bullish signal, this fires once per day on first confirmed close below the range.
Configuration parameters
Parameter Default Description
Session Start Hour 9 Hour of day (24-hour format) when the session opens and ORB formation begins. Adjust for futures, forex, or international markets.
Session Start Minute 30 Minute offset within the start hour. Combined with the hour input, defines the exact session open (default: 9:30 for US equities).
ORB Duration 30 min How many minutes the range formation window remains open. Common settings are 5, 15, 30, and 60 minutes. Accepts 1–240 minutes.
Range High Line Color Teal Color of the horizontal ORB High reference line. Fully customizable via the PulseWire color picker.
Range Low Line Color Orange Color of the horizontal ORB Low reference line. Distinct from the high to allow instant visual separation at a glance.
Line Width 1 Thickness of the range lines in pixels. Range of 1–4. Useful for scaling visibility on higher-resolution monitors.
Arrow Size small Controls the rendered size of breakout arrow labels. Options: tiny, small, normal, large. Sized to avoid obscuring surrounding price action.
Extend Lines true When enabled, range lines extend 500 bars to the right — effectively to the right edge of the visible chart. Disable to limit lines to ~390 bars (standard session length).
Enable Alerts false When enabled, fires a PulseWire alert on the first bullish or bearish breakout of each session. Compatible with webhooks, email, and push notifications.
Visual features
Formation Window
Yellow background tint
A subtle highlight shades the candles within the ORB formation window so you can immediately see which bars contributed to the range definition.
Reference Lines
Clean horizontal levels
Single solid lines mark the ORB High and Low from the moment the window closes, extending forward without visual clutter. Previous day's lines are removed automatically.
Breakout Arrows
Directional label markers
Arrow labels are offset from price using ATR(14) so they never overlap the candle body or wick. Transparent backgrounds keep the chart unobstructed.
Data Window
ORB level readout
Once the range is locked, the exact ORB High and Low values appear in PulseWire's Data Window panel for precise reference at any bar.
Compatibility
The indicator is designed for intraday timeframes — it is most effective on charts from 1-minute through 30-minute bars. It will not produce signals on daily or higher timeframes, as the ORB window logic depends on intraday time-of-day calculations.
The session start time defaults to 9:30 AM ET for US equity and ETF markets. For futures markets (ES, NQ, CL), crypto, or forex, adjust the start hour and minute to match the relevant session open.
US Equities
ETFs
Equity Futures
Crypto
Forex
Commodities
Installation
Open the Pine Script Editor in PulseWire, paste the full source code, click Save, then click Add to chart. The indicator will appear immediately on the active chart. All inputs are accessible via the gear icon in the indicator title bar. Indicator
ORB High/Low + Fibonacci TargetsShort Description
A Opening Range Breakout indicator that plots today’s ORB high/low, Fibonacci-based ORB targets.
Full PulseWire Description
ORB High/Low + Fibonacci Targets is a simple intraday Opening Range Breakout indicator designed for traders who use the first few minutes of the session to define market bias, breakout levels, and measured-move targets.
The indicator calculates the opening range using a fixed 1-minute internal calculation for accuracy, then plots clean horizontal levels for the current session’s ORB High and ORB Low. It also adds Fibonacci-based expansion targets above and below the range.
Key Features
Opening Range High and Low
Plots the session’s ORB High and ORB Low as horizontal lines.
Useful for identifying breakout, breakdown, and retest zones.
Multiple ORB Duration Options
Choose from:
1m
2m
3m
5m
15m
30m
1h
4h
Session Presets
NYSE RTH: 09:30–16:00
Futures RTH: 09:30–16:15
Futures ETH: 18:00–17:00
Custom session option
Fibonacci ORB Targets
T1 = 0.618 × ORB range
T2 = 1.0 × ORB range
T3 = 1.618 × ORB range
T4 = 2.618 × ORB range
Targets Above and Below ORB
Both bullish and bearish expansion levels are labeled as T1, T2, T3, and T4.
How To Use
A common ORB trading approach is:
Let the opening range complete.
Watch for price to break above ORB High or below ORB Low.
Use ORB High/Low as breakout and retest zones.
Use Fibonacci targets as potential profit-taking levels.
Example bullish setup:
Price breaks above ORB High.
Price holds ORB High on a retest.
Targets can be T1, T2, T3, and T4.
Example bearish setup:
Price breaks below ORB Low.
Price rejects ORB Low on a retest.
Downside targets can be T1, T2, T3, and T4.
Recommended Settings
For stocks and ETFs:
Session: NYSE RTH 09:30–16:00
ORB Duration: 5m or 15m
Show ORB Sessions: Today only
Show Fibonacci Targets: Enabled
For futures:
Session: Futures RTH or ETH depending on your strategy
ORB Duration: 5m, 15m, or 30m
Notes
This indicator is designed for intraday timeframes only. It automatically avoids plotting on daily or higher timeframes.
The opening range is calculated internally using 1-minute data for better precision across intraday charts.
Disclaimer
This indicator is for educational and informational purposes only. It does not provide financial advice, buy/sell recommendations, or guaranteed trading signals. Always use proper risk management and combine this tool with your own trading plan. Markets can move fast — especially around the open — so trade responsibly. Indicator
Session Range Map [ATC] v3.1Session Range Map is an intraday reference-level overlay that combines prior-day structure, pre-market structure, and opening-range structure into one organized chart view.
The goal of the script is simple: keep the most commonly watched session-based levels visible in a clean format so traders can quickly see where price is trading relative to important references throughout the day.
What this script plots
• Prior High
• Prior Low
• Pre-Market High
• Pre-Market Low
• Opening Range High
• Opening Range Low
The opening range can be configured to 5, 15, or 30 minutes.
Visual structure
• Prior High is drawn as a solid red line
• Prior Low is drawn as a solid green line
• Pre-Market High and Pre-Market Low are drawn as dashed white lines
• ORB High and ORB Low are drawn as blue lines
• ORB lines are thinner while the opening range is building and become thicker once the opening range is locked
HUD
The script includes an on-chart HUD that displays:
• Prior High
• Prior Low
• Pre-Market High
• Pre-Market Low
• ORB High
• ORB Low
• ORB Status
• ORB Range
For each level, the HUD also shows the live distance from price in ticks. This helps reduce manual chart estimation and makes it easier to judge whether price is trading directly into a nearby level or still has room before reaching it.
How to use it
This script is intended as a session-structure and chart-context tool rather than a standalone signal generator.
A practical workflow:
1. Start with the prior-day and pre-market levels
These levels provide an initial framework for likely reaction areas, acceptance zones, and rejection points before the regular session develops further.
2. Let the opening range form
As the market opens, the ORB High and ORB Low build automatically. Once the selected ORB window is complete, the range locks and remains on the chart.
3. Watch how price behaves around key levels
Price interaction with prior-day, pre-market, and ORB levels can help frame intraday structure and location.
4. Pay attention to level clustering
When multiple session levels are close together, that area can become a more important decision zone.
5. Use the HUD to judge proximity
The live tick-distance readout can help distinguish between price trading in open space and price trading close to an important level.
ORB behavior
The opening range starts at the regular-session open and builds for the selected 5-minute, 15-minute, or 30-minute window. After that window completes, the ORB locks.
The HUD reports whether the ORB is:
• Building
• Inside Range
• Breakout Up
• Breakout Down
Alerts included
• Close through Prior High
• Close through Prior Low
• Close through Pre-Market High
• Close through Pre-Market Low
• ORB Locked
• ORB Breakout Up
• ORB Breakout Down
Inputs
Main settings include:
• Regular Session
• Pre-Market Session
• Timezone
• Level visibility toggles
• Neutral band in ticks
• Label offset
• ORB visibility
• ORB window selection
• HUD position
• HUD theme
• Color settings
Best fit
This script is intended for intraday charts and is especially suited to liquid stocks, ETFs, and futures where prior-day, pre-market, and opening-range levels are commonly used as reference points.
Notes
• Session times and timezone can be adjusted in the settings
• The script is a chart-context tool and does not place trades or manage risk automatically
• It is intended to help organize session structure on the chart and improve level awareness during the trading day
Indicator
Indicator
