PDH / PDL / ONH / ONL (CST)PDH / PDL / ONH / ONL — Chicago Session Levels
Marks the four key reference levels traders watch each session, calculated in Chicago (CST/CDT) time:
PDH / PDL — the high and low of the previous Regular Trading Hours session (default 08:30–16:00 CT)
ONH / ONL — the high and low of the overnight range, from the prior RTH close to the pre-market cutoff (default 16:00–08:25 CT)
Each level is finalized when its session closes and extends to the right until the next session produces a new one.
Features
Fully customizable session windows and time zone — set it to any market you trade
Independent color, line style (solid/dashed/dotted), and width for each of the four levels
Optional lines anchored at the wick that created the extreme, so you can see exactly which candle produced the level
Vertical session dividers at day start and day end, with their own colors, styles, and history limit
Price labels that follow the right edge of the chart
Option to keep prior days' levels on screen as fixed segments
Built-in alerts for crosses above PDH/ONH and below PDL/ONL
How to use
Apply on an intraday timeframe — 5-minute or lower gives the most accurate overnight extremes. Enable "Extended Trading Hours" in your chart settings so overnight data is available. These levels commonly act as support/resistance, liquidity targets, and breakout reference points at the open.
This indicator is a visualization tool, not a trading signal. Test on your own instruments and timeframes before relying on it. Indicator
Zero Noise LevelsThe Previous Highs and Lows, Outlined. Nothing else.
What it does
- Marks the completed previous day, week, and month high and low — six levels, never more.
- Each level anchors at the candle that actually made it and extends forward until price trades through it — then it greys out and stops. A sweep counts on the wick: any trade through the level retires it, even if the candle closes back inside.
- When a new day, week, or month begins, its levels replace the old pair. Nothing accumulates — the cleanup is structural, not a setting.
- Levels come from completed periods only, so they never repaint. Each level takes the more extreme of the official candle and what your chart actually printed — on stock charts showing extended hours, the line sits on the wick you can see.
- Theme: Auto / Dark / Light — change any swatch and your color wins on every theme.
What it deliberately doesn't do
- No signals, no alerts, no arrows — a deliberate omission in the free tools, not an oversight. A previous high is context, not a trade call. The trade is yours.
Settings
- Levels: Previous Day / Previous Week / Previous Month, each an independent toggle
Style: theme, colors, line width and style, level tags, watermark — all optional
Futures, stocks, and FX. Each level shows on any chart timeframe at or below its own period.
For informational and educational purposes only — not financial advice. Trading involves substantial risk of loss; past performance does not guarantee future results. Indicator
Previous Day / Week / Month Highs & LowsPrevious Day / Week / Month Highs & Lows.
A precision multi-period key-level tool that automatically draws previous-period highs and lows from the Daily, Weekly and Monthly timeframes — plus optional midpoints, an optional grid of psychological round-number levels around price, and a compact right-side info table with distance-to-price for every visible level. Built for intraday, scalping and swing traders who want a clean, opinionated read of the reference levels that institutional desks actually watch.
How it works:
The indicator pulls the previous completed candle from D, W and M via request.security and anchors each level line at the exact open time of that source bar — so a Weekly line starts on last week's Monday, not on the current week's first bar. Lines stay live and extend to the right through the chart's future offset area, so the reference points from yesterday, last week and last month are always visible on the current bar. The optional round-number grid re-anchors to price on every bar, so the closest N round levels above and below are always in view.
What it calculates:
- Previous Day High / Low + optional Midpoint (PDH, PDL, PD MID)
- Previous Week High / Low + optional Midpoint (PWH, PWL, PW MID)
- Previous Month High / Low + optional Midpoint (PMH, PML, PM MID)
- Psychological round-number grid centered on the current price, with adjustable step and count
- Live distance from the current close to every enabled level (in %)
Key features:
- Per-period visibility toggles: enable exactly the levels you use, hide everything else
- Configurable history depth — keep 1 to 20 previous daily / 1 to 12 weekly / 1 to 6 monthly sessions on the chart
- Auto-hide only when the chart timeframe strictly exceeds the level period: Daily levels stay on 1D, Weekly stay on 1W, Monthly never hide
- Lines anchored at the source bar (open time of the previous D/W/M candle), not at the first bar of the new period — you see the actual range the level came from
- Label anti-collision system: each label sits on its own horizontal slot in the right-offset area, with configurable Label Spacing — PDH / PWH / PMH texts never overlap even when their prices are close together
- Compact right-side info table with three columns (level name, price, +/- % distance to close), positioning across 6 chart corners, three text sizes, adjustable background transparency
- Three line styles (Solid / Dashed / Dotted) applied independently to main lines, midpoints and round levels
- Adjustable line width, label size and label visibility for a clean or a dense look
- Line extension modes: Right (default), Both, or None
- Fully customizable color per period — defaults follow a heat-scale palette (Daily = yellow, Weekly = orange, Monthly = red — nearest to furthest horizon)
- Round-number step tuned per asset class (BTC / ETH / FX / index / equities)
- Built-in alerts: PDH / PDL touched, same for weekly and monthly
- Auto-adapts to any instrument and any chart timeframe
Who it's for:
Intraday, scalping and swing traders — SMC / ICT, price-action, order-flow, or classical technicals — who want the exact levels institutional desks pin their orders around, cleanly drawn, without the visual noise of a dozen overlapping tools. Indicator
Liquidity Levels, Sweeps & Grabs | Falcon AIPrice is constantly hunting liquidity — the pools of stop orders that sit just beyond obvious highs and lows. This free tool draws the four levels where that liquidity rests, then flags the exact bar each one gets taken, so you see stop-runs as they happen instead of after the move.
THE LEVELS IT DRAWS
• Previous Day High / Low (PDH / PDL)
• Previous Week High / Low (PWH / PWL)
Calculated from the last COMPLETED day and week and fixed for the whole period — non-repainting.
TWO WAYS LIQUIDITY GETS TAKEN — FLAGGED SEPARATELY
• Sweep (triangle) — a multi-candle event. Price runs beyond a level, can hover or consolidate there, then closes back through it. The classic stop-run that often front-runs a reversal.
• Grab (diamond) — a single-candle event. One candle wicks sharply beyond the level and closes back inside with a small body (a doji-like rejection). A fast, one-bar liquidity raid.
The two are mutually exclusive per level: a slow multi-candle reversal reads as a sweep; a one-bar wick rejection reads as a grab.
ALERTS
Four ready-to-use alerts — high sweep, low sweep, high grab, low grab — so you're pinged the moment buy-side or sell-side liquidity is taken.
INPUTS
• Toggle each level set (day / week) and each signal type (sweeps / grabs)
• Grab sensitivity via a wick-to-body ratio (higher = stricter / more doji-like)
• Line style, colors, price labels
HOW TRADERS USE IT
Sweeping and grabbing liquidity is a core Smart-Money / ICT idea: price is pushed beyond a well-watched level to fill orders and trigger stops before reversing. Watching for a sweep or grab of PDH/PDL or PWH/PWL — especially into a higher-timeframe level or a session open — can help spot exhaustion and potential turning points. This tool marks those moments objectively; how you act on them is your call.
Educational tool — not financial advice. Past behavior does not guarantee future results. Indicator
Time Based ORBTime Based ORB — Multi-Anchor Opening Ranges with Session Context
WHAT IT DOES
Plots up to three independent, time-anchored opening ranges (defaults: 7:30,
8:50, and 9:30 ET) as boxes with high/low/midpoint lines extended to 16:00 ET,
alongside a session-anchored VWAP and the prior day's key reference levels:
Midnight Open (MNO), Previous Day High (PDH), Previous Day Low (PDL), and
Previous Day Midpoint (PDMid).
WHY THESE COMPONENTS ARE COMBINED
This is not a collection of unrelated tools — it implements one workflow:
trading opening-range breakouts *in context*. An ORB breakout signal alone
has a weak edge; its quality depends on where the range sits relative to
the prior day's structure and whether price is trading with or against
session value:
- The three time anchors map how the range develops: the 7:30 range captures
pre-market structure, the 8:50 range captures positioning just before the
cash open, and the 9:30 range is the classic opening range. Nesting or
expansion between them shows whether the open is compressing or trending.
- PDH/PDL/PDMid define the levels a breakout must clear to have room to run.
A 9:30 breakout directly into PDH is a very different trade than one
breaking out above it.
- Session VWAP acts as the with-value / against-value filter: breakouts
taken on the VWAP side of price have participation behind them; breakouts
against VWAP are treated as fade candidates.
The components share one anchoring engine and one alert framework, which is
why they live in a single script rather than three indicators stacked on
a chart.
HOW IT WORKS
Ranges are captured from the high/low of the bar at each configured ET time,
then drawn as boxes with extended H/L and midpoint lines. Breakout icons
print once per range per day on the first confirmed close outside the range.
Prior-day levels are requested from confirmed daily data (no repainting).
VWAP is session-anchored, matching PulseWire's built-in, with optional
standard-deviation bands. All times use America/New_York regardless of
chart timezone.
HOW TO USE
Intraday timeframes (1–15 min). Set your anchor times in Settings or use
the defaults. Alerts are available for every range breakout, VWAP cross,
and PDH/PDL break. Indicator
Previous Day High Low Key Levels, Reach Stats & Alerts [LunqFX]The previous day high and previous day low — PDH and PDL — are the first two levels most intraday traders mark on the chart, together with the previous week high and low. They are not hand-drawn support and resistance: they are objective facts of what the market did, which is exactly why price keeps reacting to them. This indicator plots those key levels automatically on any symbol and any timeframe, shades the previous day's range, tracks which levels are still untested, and answers the question no other levels tool answers — how often price actually reaches them on the instrument you are trading.
❶ THE LEVELS IT PLOTS
Every level is taken straight from the instrument's own higher-timeframe candles, so nothing needs configuring and it works the same on forex, gold, indices, crypto and stocks.
PDH and PDL — previous day high and low. The core intraday support and resistance levels.
PWH and PWL — previous week high and low. Higher-timeframe context for swing trading.
PMH and PML — previous month high and low, optional, for the bigger picture.
Each level is labelled with its name and exact price, and each timeframe gets its own label column on the right, so levels sitting at almost the same price never overlap.
❷ UNTESTED vs TESTED — WHICH LEVEL STILL MATTERS
This is the difference between a level that will move price and one that already has.
UNTESTED — price has not returned to it in the current period. It is drawn bright, solid and glowing. Untested levels are the strongest magnets, because the orders resting there have not been filled yet.
TESTED ✕ — price has already traded through it. The line turns dashed and dim, and the label gets a ✕. Its pull is spent, so you stop treating it as a fresh level.
The dashboard also names the NEAREST MAGNET: the closest untested level above or below price, which is the most likely place price travels to next.
❸ REACH STATS — WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT
Most key-level indicators simply draw lines and stop there. This one measures how your symbol actually behaves, over the last 100 completed days:
PDH reached — the share of days on which price traded all the way up to the previous day's high.
PDL reached — the same for the previous day's low.
Break rate — of the days that did reach the level, how often price closed through it instead of rejecting from it.
That turns a line into a decision. If the previous day high is reached on 68% of days but broken on only 27% of them, a rejection is far more likely than a breakout — so you plan a fade, not a chase. On another symbol the numbers flip, and so does the plan.
❹ HOW TO TRADE IT
1 — Read the DAY RANGE state. INSIDE RANGE means balance and rotation: fade the edges back toward the middle. EXPANSION means price has left yesterday's range and the day is trending: trade continuation, not reversals.
2 — Pick the target. The NEAREST MAGNET is the closest untested level — use it as the objective for a trade you are already in.
3 — Check the stats before you commit. High reach rate with a low break rate favours fading the level; a high break rate favours trading the breakout through it.
4 — Trade the reaction. Wait for price to arrive at an untested PDH, PDL, PWH or PWL, then enter on the rejection or on the break, using the level itself as your invalidation.
5 — Look for confluence. Weekly and monthly levels outrank daily ones, and when a daily level sits right on top of a weekly level, that is the strongest zone on the chart.
❺ HOW IT WORKS
Each level is read from the previous completed higher-timeframe candle, using the offset pattern that keeps higher-timeframe data fixed, so a level never changes after it is drawn. A level is flagged tested the moment price trades through it, and resets when the new period begins. The reach statistics are calculated only from completed daily candles: the share of days whose high reached the prior day's high, whose low reached the prior day's low, and — as a conditional rate — how many of those days closed beyond the level. Nothing repaints and nothing looks into the future.
SETTINGS — turn day, week and month levels on or off, hide tested levels, shade the previous day and week range with adjustable transparency, control level width, right extension and line thickness per timeframe, switch the custom candles off, and place the dashboard strip where you want it.
ALERTS — previous day high reached, previous day low reached. Both fire on closed bars only.
This indicator is an educational market-analysis tool, not financial advice. The reach statistics describe past behaviour on the current symbol and do not guarantee future results. Always confirm with your own analysis and manage your risk.
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Key Daily Levels by Flip On DipKey Daily Levels marks the reference points most intraday traders watch: the previous day high and low, and the high and low of a session you choose.
Sessions cover New York, London, Tokyo and Sydney, plus a custom option for any other window. Each preset uses the session's local exchange hours and adjusts for daylight saving on its own, so the times stay correct through the year instead of drifting an hour twice a year.
When a session extreme sits at the same price as the previous day high or low, the two are combined into one line instead of being drawn twice. The label then reads something like PDH (NY High), so both are kept without doubling up on the chart.
Each level is drawn from the bar where it formed and runs until price takes it out. The line stops on the exact bar that crossed it. The wick counts, so it doesn't wait for a close. A level still holding is shown solid; once it gets taken it turns dashed and fades, and a small check is dropped on the bar that swept it. A small table in the corner lists each level and whether it has been swept.
Cross detection accounts for gaps, and the trading day is read from each symbol's own calendar rather than a fixed clock, so levels stay accurate on crypto, futures and stocks, on continuous charts and gapped ones alike.
Colors, line styles and width, label options, the sweep marker and the table are all configurable.
Open source, free to study or extend. Indicator
Level Range Scanner-WatchlistLevel Range Scanner — Watchlist
See how price is progressing toward your key levels across an entire watchlist at a glance. No more flipping between 18 charts wondering how much further a stock has to go before it tags premarket or prior-day levels — this scanner draws a live progress bar for every level on every symbol, so you can instantly see what's coiled and about to break.
WHAT IT DOES
Track up to 20 symbols in a single on-chart table. For each ticker it monitors four critical intraday levels and shows you, with a filling progress bar, exactly how close price is to breaking each one:
- PDH — Previous Day High
- PDL — Previous Day Low
- PMH — Premarket High
- PML — Premarket Low
When price has room to run, you see a partially filled bar (more fill = closer to the level). The moment a level breaks, the bar flips to a green dot (high broken) or red dot (low broken) so confirmed breaks jump out instantly.
HOW TO USE IT
1. Add the indicator to any intraday chart (1m–15m works best — it needs intraday data for premarket levels).
2. Open settings and type your tickers into Symbol 01–20. Leave slots blank to hide them.
3. Watch the table. Bars filling toward the top of a range = building pressure toward a breakout; bars filling toward the bottom = pressure toward a breakdown.
4. Set an alert (see below) and let it watch the list for you.
READING THE COLUMNS
- Ticker / Price / Volume — Symbol, last price, and accumulated session volume (auto-formatted K/M/B).
- % Change — Move vs. the prior close — green up, red down.
- PDH / PDL Break — Progress bar from the opposite level toward the prior-day high/low. Green/red dot on break.
- PMH / PML Break — Same idea, for the premarket high/low.
- Trend — Up arrow = price broke BOTH PDH and PMH (bullish trend established). Down arrow = broke BOTH PDL and PML (bearish). Warning icon = mixed / not yet confirmed.
The Trend column is the headline signal: an up or down arrow means a symbol has cleared both its daily AND premarket level in the same direction — a higher-conviction continuation setup than a single-level poke.
ALERTS
Use "LE Scanner Triggered." It fires whenever any watched symbol breaks both its premarket and prior-day level in the same direction (i.e. flips to an up or down arrow). Add it once and the scanner watches all 20 names for you in the background.
SETTINGS
- Table Size / Position — fit it anywhere on your layout.
- Show Empty Rows — keep or hide blank symbol slots.
NOTES
- Levels are calculated using extended-hours data (premarket/after-hours included), so PDH/PDL reflect the full trading day, not regular session only.
- Requires an intraday timeframe for the premarket columns to populate.
- Best on liquid stocks/ETFs where premarket and prior-day levels carry weight.
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Day Trading Session LevelsA clean, session‑accurate framework for intraday traders - maps-out critical levels from the prior session to save you prep time in the morning.
Automatically adapts to equities and futures, with all levels time‑anchored to the exact bar where they occurred.
Features
Prior Day High / Low (PDH / PDL)
Tracks the true previous RTH session
Not based on calendar days
Futures‑aware weekend handling (Thursday → Sunday/Monday)
Overnight High / Low (ONH / ONL)
Combined overnight session
Equities: After‑Hours + Pre‑Market
Futures: Globex PM + Globex AM
Levels reset at the correct session boundary
Anchored to the bar where the extreme was made
Prior Day Value Area (VAH / VAL / POC)
Calculated by full volume profile of the prior RTH session
Identifies: POC (highest‑volume price), VAH / VAL (70% value area)
Optional shaded value‑area region extending into the current session
Automatic Session Detection
Adjusts logic for equities vs futures
Handles Globex structure, dead zones, and weekend behavior
Clean, Time‑Anchored Visuals
All levels extend forward using bar‑time anchoring
Consistent across all timeframes
Optional price‑scale markers and text labels
Minimal Mode
One‑click option to show only: PDH, PDL, ONH, ONL
Perfect for traders who want a clean, high‑signal chart.
This indicator was built with help from AI-coding tools. Please reach out to me if you find issues or have suggestions for improvement. Indicator
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Prev Day & Week Levels with Extensions (Historical)Overview
This indicator automatically plots key historical levels from the Previous Day and Previous Week, including high, low, and equilibrium (midpoint) levels. It is designed for intraday traders who use daily and weekly price ranges to identify potential support, resistance, and mean-reversion zones.
Key Features
Fibonacci Extensions: Beyond the standard H/L/Mid levels, it automatically calculates and plots extension levels (150%, 200%, -150%, and -200%) based on the prior period's range.
Dynamic Labels: All levels are clearly labeled on the right side of the chart with their specific price values for quick reference.
Historical Tracking: Includes an option to toggle between showing only the current active levels or keeping historical levels on the chart to analyze past reactions.
Clean Visuals: Fully customizable colors and line styles (solid, dashed, or dotted) to match any chart theme.
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Key Levels Pro [AGPro Series]Key Levels Pro
🔑 Overview
Key Levels Pro is a comprehensive, non-repainting level tracker that consolidates every institutionally significant price reference into one clean overlay. Previous day, week, and month highs/lows (PDH, PDL, PWH, PWL, PMH, PML) are plotted alongside Asian, London, and New York session highs and lows. Every level is actively monitored — touch count, break count, and respect rate update in real time, giving you a live quality score for each price zone.
Most level scripts stop at drawing lines. Key Levels Pro goes further: lines automatically thicken on repeated touches, switch to dashed style when broken, and fade to muted color to signal invalidation. Zone rectangles extend back to the formation bar of each level, making historical respect visible at a glance. An ATR-aware label collision system keeps the chart readable on every timeframe, and same-price levels are intelligently deduplicated so you never see four overlapping labels at the same price.
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📐 Unique Edge
Unlike generic pivot or S/R scripts, Key Levels Pro tracks the behavioral quality of each level — not just its existence. A level that has been tested five times without breaking carries a different weight than a fresh, untested one. Key Levels Pro surfaces that difference automatically through line width, style, and panel data.
What makes it distinct:
🔹 Complete previous-period coverage (PDH/PDL, PWH/PWL, PMH/PML) in one overlay, without redundant current-period duplicates.
🔹 Live session tracking for Asian, London, and New York simultaneously, with automatic hiding on Daily and higher timeframes.
🔹 Per-level touch count, break count, and respect rate computed from actual historical price interaction.
🔹 Dynamic line thickening on repeated touches (width 1 → 2 → 3).
🔹 Auto-broken state with dashed style + muted color — no distracting flags or banners.
🔹 Historical zone boxes extending back to the formation bar of each level.
🔹 ATR-aware label collision resolution that stacks overlapping labels vertically.
🔹 Price-based deduplication: when two levels share the same price, the higher-priority one wins (Monthly > Weekly > Daily > Session).
🔹 ATR-normalized proximity to the nearest level above and below the current price.
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🔬 Methodology
Previous-period levels are pulled from the daily, weekly, and monthly timeframes using request.security() with lookahead enabled for the completed-period values. This approach is standard, transparent, and non-repainting — historical data does not change.
Session levels are tracked bar by bar using customizable session time inputs. Each session resets at its start time and tracks the running high and low until the session closes. The Asian, London, and New York sessions can each be configured independently.
Touch detection uses an ATR-based tolerance band (default 10% of ATR). When price closes within that tolerance of a level, the touch counter increments. A break is registered when price closes on the opposite side of a level compared to the prior bar. Respect rate is calculated as touches / (touches + breaks) × 100.
Line width scales with touch count: 1 touch = width 1, 2–4 touches = width 2, 5+ touches = width 3. Broken levels switch to dashed style and a muted color.
The label collision system operates in three stages: first, all enabled levels are collected into a sorted array; second, same-price levels are deduplicated based on priority (Monthly highest, Session lowest); third, an upward sweep enforces minimum vertical spacing using a blend of ATR and chart-range heuristics, ensuring labels never overlap regardless of market volatility.
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📊 Signals & States
This script is a visualization and data tool — it does not generate buy or sell signals.
Level states are communicated visually:
🔹 Active (solid line, full color): level has not been broken.
🔹 Touched (thicker line, 2–3px): level has been tested one or more times.
🔹 Broken (dashed line, muted slate color): level has been decisively closed through.
Info panel states:
🔹 Session: active market session (Asian / London / New York / Off-Hours / N/A on Daily+).
🔹 Near Above / Near Below: price of the closest active level on each side of the current close.
🔹 Dist Above / Below ATR: distance expressed as a multiple of ATR(14).
🔹 Touch and respect rate data for PDH, PDL, PWH, PWL.
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⚙️ Key Inputs
Level Groups: Toggle previous day, week, month, and session levels independently.
Session Times: Fully customizable start/end times for Asian, London, and New York sessions in exchange timezone.
Zone Style: Enable/disable S/R zones and adjust zone transparency.
Lines & Labels: Set line extension length, toggle labels, choose label density (All / Reduced / Minimal), set font size, and enable or disable same-price deduplication.
Info Panel: Toggle panel, set location (six positions), and choose theme (Dark / Light).
ATR Settings: Set ATR period and touch tolerance as an ATR multiple (0.02 to 0.50).
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📖 How to Use
1. Add the script to a chart — all major levels appear immediately.
2. Adjust session times if trading non-crypto markets.
3. Watch line thickness: thicker = more tested = stronger historical reaction zone.
4. Dashed + muted color = broken. Treat broken levels as potential new S/R from the opposite side (role reversal).
5. Use the panel's Near Above and Near Below fields to gauge proximity before entry or exit decisions.
6. Use "Reduced" density (default) for cleaner charts, or switch to "All" when you need session context.
7. Works on all asset classes: crypto, forex, equities, indices, commodities.
Recommended timeframes: 15m–4H for session levels; 1H–1D for previous-period levels.
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⚠️ Limitations & Transparency
🔹 Session tracking is session-relative and resets each new session.
🔹 Touch tolerance is an ATR-based heuristic and may need adjustment on extremely low-volatility instruments.
🔹 All data is historical. Touch count and respect rate describe past price behavior, not future outcomes.
🔹 This script is not a trading strategy, does not issue trade signals, and cannot predict market direction.
🔹 On exotic or illiquid instruments with large gaps, formation-bar zone boxes may appear truncated if the level formed outside the chart's visible range.
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🛡️ Risk Disclosure
This script is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It does not constitute financial advice, investment advice, or a recommendation to buy or sell any financial instrument. All trading involves risk. Past level behavior does not guarantee future results. Always use proper risk management and test any approach in a demo environment before committing real capital. Indicator
AG Pro Previous Day Sweep & Reclaim [AGPro Series]AG Pro Previous Day Sweep & Reclaim
Overview / What it does
AG Pro Previous Day Sweep & Reclaim is an overlay built to map one very specific price behavior around the previous day’s range: a sweep of the Previous Day High (PDH) or Previous Day Low (PDL), followed by a reclaim back inside the level.
The script is designed for traders who want a structured way to observe failed expansion attempts around prior-day liquidity. Instead of treating every break of PDH or PDL as continuation, this tool focuses on the opposite question: when price briefly trades beyond a prior-day extreme and then reclaims that level, is the move showing signs of rejection strong enough to deserve attention?
The core idea is intentionally narrow. This is not a broad market-structure engine, not a support/resistance dashboard, and not a general breakout system. Its purpose is to isolate a specific sequence: sweep -> reclaim -> quality assessment. That single workflow helps keep the script readable and functionally distinct.
Signals can be confirmed on the same bar or on the next bar, depending on user preference. Once a reclaim is confirmed, the script assigns a quality score, draws a directional arrow, prints a reclaim label, and keeps the visual structure compact enough for practical chart work across intraday and higher timeframes.
Unique Edge
The distinguishing feature of this script is that it does not simply plot PDH and PDL, and it does not label every break as meaningful. It attempts to separate ordinary range interaction from failed liquidity grabs by requiring reclaim confirmation and then grading the event.
Its logic is centered on reversal-quality mapping rather than static level display. That means the script does more than show where the previous day’s extremes are located. It evaluates whether the move through those extremes was shallow or excessive, whether the reclaim was weak or decisive, whether wick behavior supports rejection, whether volume was comparatively active, and whether the event occurred inside the selected session context.
Another practical edge is the confirmation flexibility. Some traders prefer immediate reclaim behavior on the same bar. Others want one additional bar for confirmation. This script supports both approaches, plus an Either mode for broader detection.
The visual side is also deliberately managed. Reclaim labels, arrows, guide lines, sweep boxes, label spacing controls, visible label limits, and HTF label filtering are included so the output remains usable instead of turning into uncontrolled chart clutter.
Methodology
The script retrieves the previous day’s high and low and tracks live interaction with those two reference levels.
Bullish reclaim logic begins with a downside sweep:
- price trades below the Previous Day Low
- price then closes back above the Previous Day Low
- confirmation can occur on the same bar, on the next bar, or by either method depending on settings
Bearish reclaim logic mirrors that process:
- price trades above the Previous Day High
- price then closes back below the Previous Day High
- confirmation follows the selected reclaim mode
After confirmation, the script computes a quality score from multiple components. These components are intended to give structure to the event rather than to claim certainty about future direction.
The quality model includes:
- sweep depth relative to ATR
- reclaim strength within the bar range
- rejection wick fraction
- relative volume versus a moving average baseline
- bar range relative to ATR
- urgency factor for same-bar versus next-bar confirmation
- candle body bias
- session participation
The final score is normalized to a 0-100 scale and translated into a simple tier:
- A
- B
- C
- D
This score is not meant to be a prediction engine. It is a ranking tool that helps organize reclaim events by relative quality under the script’s own rules.
Session filtering is available because many traders only want to evaluate sweep-and-reclaim behavior during specific active windows. London, New York, custom sessions, or unrestricted monitoring can be selected.
For chart usability, the script also includes:
- previous day range fill
- optional reclaim guide lines
- optional sweep boxes
- reversal arrows
- reclaim labels
- summary panel
- visible label limits
- HTF smart label filtering
- minimum bar spacing between same-side labels
Signals & Alerts
The script produces two primary confirmed event types:
1. Bullish Previous Day Sweep & Reclaim
A downside sweep through PDL followed by a reclaim back above that level.
2. Bearish Previous Day Sweep & Reclaim
An upside sweep through PDH followed by a reclaim back below that level.
When enabled, the chart can display:
- directional reclaim arrows
- reclaim labels with score, tier, and confirmation mode
- sweep zone boxes
- short reclaim guide lines
Built-in alerts are included for:
- Bullish Previous Day Sweep & Reclaim
- Bearish Previous Day Sweep & Reclaim
These alerts are tied to confirmed reclaim conditions defined by the selected confirmation mode and minimum quality threshold.
Key Inputs
Reclaim Confirmation
Choose whether confirmation must occur on the Same Bar, Next Bar, or Either.
One Signal Per Side / Day
Limits repeated signals of the same side within a single day.
Use Session Filter
Restricts detection to the selected session environment when desired.
Minimum Quality Score
Filters out lower-ranked reclaim events.
ATR Length / Volume SMA Length
Inputs used by the quality model.
Ideal Sweep Depth (ATR) / Maximum Sweep Depth (ATR)
Define how the script evaluates sweep depth quality.
Label and Visual Controls
Manage font size, offset, sweep boxes, guide lines, visible label count, and general chart cleanliness.
HTF Smart Label Filter
Helps reduce label overload on daily, weekly, and monthly charts.
Minimum Bars Between Same-Side Labels
Introduces spacing between repeated bullish or bearish reclaim labels to prevent visual stacking.
Limitations & Transparency
This script is an analytical overlay. It is not a strategy, not an execution model, and not a guarantee of reversal.
A reclaim of PDH or PDL can still fail. Markets can continue trending after a sweep, especially during strong directional conditions, news-driven volatility, or low-liquidity distortions. For that reason, the quality score should be interpreted as an internal event-ranking framework, not as proof of future performance.
Session settings matter. Timeframe context matters. Confirmation mode matters. Label filters also affect what is visible on the chart, especially on higher timeframes. Users should understand that changing these inputs changes the strictness and presentation of the output.
This tool does not use order book data, broker-specific execution data, or hidden liquidity metrics. It works entirely from chart-based price and volume inputs available in Pine.
It is also important to note what this script does not attempt to do:
- it does not classify overall market regime
- it does not replace broader structure analysis
- it does not define entries, stops, or exits for the user
- it does not evaluate multi-level confluence outside its own reclaim framework
In short, it is a focused map for previous-day sweep and reclaim behavior, nothing more and nothing less.
Risk Disclosure
This script is for chart analysis and educational use only. It does not provide financial, investment, legal, or tax advice.
All trading decisions involve risk. Past price behavior around previous-day levels does not guarantee future results. Users should apply their own confirmation process, risk management rules, and market context analysis before acting on any chart signal.
Always test settings carefully and use the tool as one component inside a broader decision-making process, not as a standalone basis for trading.
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AG Pro PDH PDL PWH PWL Engine [AGPro Series]AG Pro PDH PDL PWH PWL Engine
Overview / What it does
AG Pro PDH PDL PWH PWL Engine is a price-reference overlay built to track prior day, prior week, and prior month high / low levels in a clean and structured way. The script can display PDH, PDL, PWH, PWL, and optionally PMH / PML, together with midpoint equilibrium levels for the selected ranges.
The main purpose of the script is not to predict direction, generate guaranteed entries, or replace a complete trading plan. Its role is narrower and more practical: it helps traders keep important prior-period reference levels visible on the chart, distinguish which levels remain active, and identify which ones have already been traded through. In many markets, prior highs and lows are widely monitored as liquidity, reaction, and reference areas. This script organizes those areas into a format that is easier to read in live conditions.
A core design goal of this tool is chart hygiene. Many prior-level indicators become visually noisy when several daily, weekly, and monthly references are drawn together. This script was designed to keep the structure readable by using a minimal label system, right-extended lines, a swept / unswept state model, and an optional dashboard that summarizes the nearest active daily, weekly, and monthly levels.
The result is a workflow-oriented overlay that helps with context. Instead of forcing interpretation through aggressive signals, it presents a structured map of where important prior-period levels are located, whether they are still untouched, and whether current price is approaching one of them. That makes it suitable for traders who want an objective level engine rather than a directional prediction tool.
Unique Edge
The script focuses on presentation quality and state clarity rather than simple level plotting. Prior highs and lows are not rare concepts, but the practical usefulness of such levels depends heavily on how they are filtered, displayed, and maintained on the chart. This script aims to improve that usability in several ways.
First, it separates active levels from swept levels. This matters because a previously untouched level and a level that has already been traded through do not carry the same contextual value for many traders. By visually differentiating unswept and swept references, the overlay can help reduce ambiguity when reviewing current structure.
Second, it combines multi-period references in one coherent engine. Daily, weekly, and optional monthly levels can all be displayed together, while preserving a relatively clean visual hierarchy. This is particularly useful for traders who want to see whether current price is interacting with short-term references inside larger higher-timeframe ranges.
Third, it includes proximity logic. The script can highlight levels when price is near them using a threshold defined in ticks, percentage, or ATR terms. This does not imply a trade signal by itself. Instead, it acts as a situational awareness feature that helps traders notice when price is entering a predefined level zone.
Fourth, the script offers session and timezone controls. That allows the user to adapt the level-building logic to the exchange clock or to a chosen session definition. For traders who care about session-based construction and consistency across instruments, this can be an important operational detail.
Finally, the panel is designed as a compact summary rather than a decorative feature. It reports the nearest active daily, weekly, and monthly references, shows counts for active and swept levels, and keeps session / timezone / label mode settings visible. The goal is to reduce chart scanning time and make the script easier to use during live analysis.
Methodology
The engine tracks highs and lows from completed prior periods and then projects those values forward as reference lines. Depending on the enabled settings, it can build:
- Previous Day High and Previous Day Low
- Previous Week High and Previous Week Low
- Previous Month High and Previous Month Low
- Optional equilibrium midpoints for each enabled range
Each level is created only after the relevant source period is completed. In that sense, the level itself is based on completed historical range data. Once created, the line is monitored for its state. If price trades through a high reference or a low reference, the script marks that level as swept and changes its visual treatment accordingly.
The script also maintains historical periods up to the number defined in the settings. This makes it possible to preserve a limited amount of recent structure without keeping an unlimited number of stale objects on the chart.
The equilibrium option adds the midpoint of the corresponding prior range. Some traders use these 50% areas as balance references or as secondary context between the prior high and low. Because that midpoint is optional, the user can keep it visible when needed or disable it for a cleaner chart.
The proximity engine measures how close current price is to an active level using one of three methods:
- Tick distance
- Percentage distance
- ATR-based distance
This feature is meant to flag nearness, not to define trade quality on its own. A prior level being near price does not automatically make the setup actionable. It only states that price is close to a tracked reference according to the selected threshold logic.
States / Signals / Alerts
This script is primarily a level-state and context tool. It is not a directional forecasting model. Its most important outputs are state-based:
1) Active level
A level is considered active when it has been created from a completed prior period and has not yet been traded through by price.
2) Swept level
A level is considered swept when price trades through that reference. Visually separating swept levels from active ones helps the chart communicate which prior references remain untouched.
3) Near-level condition
When enabled, the script can highlight active levels that are close to current price according to the user-defined threshold method. This can help traders focus attention on nearby reference zones without scanning the entire chart manually.
4) Compact dashboard state
The panel summarizes the nearest active daily, weekly, and monthly levels, along with active count, swept count, near count, selected timezone, session configuration, and label mode.
The included alert conditions are intentionally simple and state-based:
- Price is near one of the active levels
- At least one tracked level was swept on the current bar
These alerts are meant to support monitoring. They are not, by themselves, a complete trading trigger. Users should interpret them together with structure, volatility, session context, confirmation rules, and their own risk process.
Why this script can be useful
This script can be useful because prior highs and lows often matter most when they are easy to monitor and hard to misread. In practice, traders do not only need the raw numbers; they need a chart presentation that allows those numbers to remain readable during fast market conditions.
A clean prior-level map can help in several common situations:
- Evaluating whether price is approaching an untouched daily or weekly reference
- Checking whether a local move is happening inside a larger higher-timeframe level framework
- Distinguishing still-relevant references from already-tested ones
- Monitoring potential reaction zones without crowding the chart with excessive objects
- Organizing reference structure across intraday and swing workflows
The script is also designed to remain practical over time. Instead of drawing everything with equal visual importance, it uses state logic and summary logic to keep the display more structured. That can make the tool easier to integrate into a routine where prior-period references are part of the trader's contextual process.
Another useful aspect is that the script stays objective. It does not attempt to label every market move with a strong opinion. It shows completed prior-period levels, their current state, and whether price is approaching them. Many traders prefer this kind of neutral reference framework because it can be combined with other methodologies without forcing one interpretation.
Key Inputs
Timezone
The script can use the exchange timezone or a selected timezone. This affects how period transitions are interpreted.
Use Custom Session Filter
When enabled, highs and lows are built only from bars inside the selected session. This allows the user to adapt the range construction to a chosen session framework.
Session
Defines the custom session window when session filtering is enabled.
Show Previous Day / Week / Month Levels
Each group can be enabled or disabled independently so the user can decide how much structure to display.
Show Equilibrium Midpoints
Adds the 50% midpoint of each enabled prior range.
Historical Periods to Keep
Controls how many past periods remain visible on the chart for each enabled level family.
Proximity Threshold Type
Lets the user define nearness by ticks, percentage, or ATR.
Threshold Value / ATR Length
Controls the sensitivity of the proximity logic.
Highlight Levels When Near
Allows visual emphasis when price approaches an active level.
Line Style and Extension Settings
Controls the appearance of unswept and swept lines and whether active lines extend to the right.
Minimal Label Mode
Allows labels to be turned off, restricted, or shown for active levels, depending on the user's preferred chart cleanliness.
Panel Controls
The dashboard can be enabled or disabled and its size, position, and colors can be adjusted.
Example use cases
This script can be used in different ways depending on the trader's workflow.
Intraday context mapping:
A trader may monitor PDH and PDL together with PWH and PWL to understand whether intraday price is moving into untouched daily liquidity while still operating inside a broader weekly range.
Reaction-zone awareness:
A trader may use near-level highlighting to notice when price is approaching an unswept prior high or prior low and then look for separate confirmation with their own method.
Structure filtering:
A trader may ignore swept references and focus mainly on active levels that remain intact, especially when trying to simplify the chart during live sessions.
Session-based reference building:
A trader who prefers a specific session logic can use the session filter so the constructed ranges better match their market framework.
Dashboard monitoring:
A trader may use the panel as a quick situational summary to identify which daily, weekly, or monthly reference is closest without manually reading every line.
Limitations & Transparency
This script does not know why price interacts with a level. It only identifies prior-period references and tracks whether they are active, near, or swept according to the rules defined in the code.
A prior level is not automatically support or resistance in every market condition. Some reactions are meaningful, some are shallow, and some levels are passed through with little response. For that reason, the script should be treated as a structured reference map rather than a self-sufficient trade decision engine.
The near-level logic depends on user-defined thresholds. Different threshold types and values can materially change how often levels are classified as near. Traders should calibrate these settings according to instrument volatility and their own workflow.
Session and timezone choices also matter. The same market can produce different prior-period values depending on how the session is defined. Users should select settings that match the way they analyze the instrument.
Historical object limits, chart timeframe, and chart compression can influence how dense the display appears. A setting that looks clean on one instrument or timeframe may feel crowded on another. The script provides controls to manage that, but users should still adapt it to their own use case.
The midpoint equilibrium lines are optional because not every trader uses 50% references the same way. Their inclusion does not imply that the midpoint has universal predictive value. It is simply provided as an additional structural reference.
This script is intentionally conservative in what it claims. It does not claim to detect institutional intent, hidden order flow, or guaranteed reversals. It displays prior completed reference levels and their current state on the chart.
Risk Disclosure
This script is for chart analysis and educational use. It does not provide financial advice, investment advice, or trade recommendations.
Prior-period highs, lows, and midpoint references can be useful market context, but they are not guarantees of reaction, reversal, continuation, or liquidity behavior. Market conditions can change quickly, and price can move through any level without producing a tradable setup.
Users should combine this tool with their own confirmation process, execution rules, position sizing framework, and risk management. No indicator should be used as the sole basis for entering or exiting a trade.
Before using any chart tool in live markets, it is important to understand how its settings affect output, how it behaves on the instrument being traded, and how it fits into a broader decision process.
AG Pro PDH PDL PWH PWL Engine is designed to help organize prior-period level information in a cleaner and more operational format. Its value comes from clarity, state tracking, and context support, not from predictive certainty.
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Smart Daily Levels Pro (PDH/PDL) + FractalsSmart Daily Levels Pro (PDH/PDL) + Fractals is a professional-grade technical analysis tool designed to automatically plot key liquidity levels and market structure.
This indicator is a perfect fit for traders utilizing Smart Money Concepts (SMC), Price Action, or intraday breakout strategies.
Key Features:
- Historical PDH/PDL Levels: Automatically draws Previous Day Highs and Lows. You can customize the lookback period (up to 20 days).
- Smart Line Termination: Level lines extend precisely until they are touched or crossed by the price, clearly showing where liquidity has been swept.
- Visual Touch Markers: Clean circles appear at the exact bar where the price first hits a level, allowing for instant analysis of price reaction.
- Integrated Fractals: Built-in fractal detection (3 or 5-bar) to identify local pivot points, featuring visual offsets to keep your charts clutter-free.
- Day Separators: Subtle vertical lines to provide a clear visual boundary between trading sessions.
- Full Customization: Total control over colors, line styles (solid, dashed, dotted), and transparency to match any chart theme.
Описание (Russian)
Smart Daily Levels Pro (PDH/PDL) + Fractals — это профессиональный инструмент для технического анализа, который автоматически отрисовывает ключевые уровни ликвидности и структуру рынка.
Индикатор идеально подходит для трейдеров, работающих по стратегиям Smart Money (SMC), Price Action или внутридневным пробоям.
Основные возможности:
- Исторические уровни PDH/PDL: Автоматическое построение максимумов (High) и минимумов (Low) предыдущих дней. Вы сами выбираете глубину истории (до 20 дней).
- Умная остановка линий: Линия уровня тянется ровно до того момента, пока цена не коснется её. Это позволяет наглядно видеть снятую ликвидность.
- Визуальные маркеры касаний: В местах первого касания уровня (пробоя) появляются аккуратные круги, что помогает быстро анализировать реакцию цены.
- Настраиваемые Фракталы: Встроенная система фракталов (3 или 5 баров) для определения локальных разворотных точек с визуальным смещением для чистоты графика.
- Разделители дней: Тонкие вертикальные линии для четкого визуального отделения одной торговой сессии от другой.
- Гибкая кастомизация: Полный контроль над цветами, стилями линий (сплошная, пунктир, точки) и прозрачностью. Indicator
Prev day High, Low, Close + continuing trend
📊 Yesterday's Levels: Market Strength and Sentiment (HLC)
This indicator is designed for intraday traders who need to quickly identify the previous day's key levels (High, Low, and Close) and, most importantly, understand the sentiment of the previous session at a glance.
🔍 What does this indicator do?
Unlike other “Daily High/Low” indicators, this tool cleans up historical noise and pre-market gapping to provide a purist view of the regular session.
Real Static Levels: Draws the YHP (Yesterday's High Price), YLP (Yesterday's Low Price), and YCP (Yesterday's Close Price).
No “Steps”: Lines only appear in the current session and start exactly at the market open (RTH), eliminating annoying pre-market tails.
Thirds Strength Analysis: Applies an algorithmic rule based on the location of the close relative to the previous day's total range:
Green Shading (Bullish Strength): If the price closed in the upper third of the range (dominant buying pressure).
Red Shading (Bearish Strength): If the price closed in the lower third of the range (dominant selling pressure).
No color: If the close was neutral (in the middle third).
### 💡 How to use it?
* **Trend Continuity**: If you see green shading and the price opens above the PDC, buyers are in control.
* **Reaction Levels**: The PDH and PDL act as natural support and resistance levels where institutions tend to make decisions.
* **Session Filter**: Ideal for avoiding “traps” during the pre-market, as the indicator only activates when real liquidity begins.
### 🛠 Technical Features
* **Optimized for MSTR and volatile assets**: Filters weekend gaps to maintain data accuracy.
* **Dynamic Tags**: Level names automatically scroll to the right so as not to obstruct the candles.
* **Clean Code**: Written in Pine Script v5 with corrected `lookahead` logic to avoid repainting.
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Liquidity Sweep Guardian (Universal % or point based)
Liquidity Sweep Guardian - Complete User Guide
## Overview
The **Liquidity Sweep Guardian** is a visual warning system designed to prevent premature counter-trend trades (fades) near Previous Day High (PDH) and Previous Day Low (PDL) levels. This indicator helps you avoid one of the most common trading mistakes: fading too early before liquidity sweeps complete.
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## 🎯 Core Trading Principle
### **THE GOLDEN RULE: Don't Fade Until It's Unlocked**
Price often **accelerates into key levels** to sweep liquidity before reversing. Trading against this momentum is extremely dangerous.
**The Process:**
1. **Danger Zone** (Red/White Box) = ⚠️ **DO NOT FADE** - Sweep likely incoming
2. **Sweep Occurs** (Triangle marker appears) = Price penetrates the level
3. **Reclaim Happens** (Price returns above/below level) = Level is tested
4. **🔓 UNLOCKED** (Gold border, green label) = **NOW you may CONSIDER a fade**
> **Important:** "UNLOCKED" means you may now *consider* a fade setup. It is NOT a trade signal itself. You still need your entry confirmation, risk management, and trade plan.
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## 📊 Visual Elements Explained
### 1. **Danger Zone Boxes (Red Border by Default)**
**Two types of zones around PDH/PDL:**
- **Outer Danger Zone** (White fill): ±75pts (or 0.30%) around the level
- Indicates proximity to a key level where sweeps commonly occur
- Yellow/cautious trading zone
- **Inner Critical Zone** (Black fill): ±25pts (or 0.10%) around the level
- Highest probability area for liquidity sweep traps
- Avoid fading here at all costs
**What to do:**
- When price enters these zones, **wait and watch**
- Do not initiate counter-trend positions
- Allow the sweep to play out
### 2. **Unlocked Zones (Gold Border #ffeb3b)**
When a zone turns **gold/yellow** with green fill:
- The level has been swept AND reclaimed
- The liquidity grab is complete
- You may now look for fade opportunities with proper confirmation
### 3. **PDH/PDL Lines**
- **PDH Line** (Red): Previous Day High with price label
- **PDL Line** (Green): Previous Day Low with price label
- These are your key reference levels for the session
### 4. **Sweep Labels**
**Triangle Markers (SWEEP):**
- **Green Triangle** = Clean sweep (10-25pts penetration)
- **Orange Triangle** = Extended sweep (25-50pts penetration)
- **Red Triangle** = Deep penetration (50+ pts) - likely continuation, not reversal
**Warning Labels:**
- **⚠️ DEEP CONTINUATION?** = Penetration too deep, probably NOT a reversal setup
**Unlock Labels:**
- **🔓 LONG UNLOCKED** = PDL swept and reclaimed, may consider long fades
- **🔓 SHORT UNLOCKED** = PDH swept and reclaimed, may consider short fades
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## ⚙️ Settings Guide
### **Calculation Mode**
**Use Percentage Mode (Default: ON)**
- ✅ **Enabled**: Universal mode - works on NQ, ES, RTY, stocks, crypto, forex
- ❌ **Disabled**: Fixed points mode - for specific instruments only
**When to use each:**
- **Percentage Mode**: Trading multiple instruments, or instruments with varying price levels
- **Fixed Points Mode**: Single instrument focus (e.g., only trading NQ at current levels)
### **Danger Zone Settings**
**Percentage Mode (Default for Universal Use):**
- **Danger Zone**: 0.30% each side (≈75pts on NQ@25,000)
- **Critical Zone**: 0.10% each side (≈25pts on NQ@25,000)
**Fixed Points Mode (For NQ Specifically):**
- **Danger Zone**: 75 points each side
- **Critical Zone**: 25 points each side
**Adjustment Tips:**
- For more volatile instruments: Increase percentages/points
- For less volatile instruments: Decrease percentages/points
- For higher timeframes: Use wider zones
- For lower timeframes: Use tighter zones
### **Sweep Classification**
**What defines a "real" sweep:**
- **Minimum**: 10pts / 0.04% - Shallow penetration may not grab enough liquidity
- **Optimal**: 10-25pts / 0.04-0.10% - "Goldilocks zone" for reversal setups
- **Extended**: 25-50pts / 0.10-0.20% - Deeper sweep, less reliable
- **Continuation**: 50+pts / 0.20%+ - Too deep, likely NOT reversing
**Max Bars for Reclaim**: 5 bars (default)
- Price should reclaim the level relatively quickly
- If it takes too long, the sweep may have failed
### **Visual Customization**
**Box Settings:**
- **Left Extension**: 60 bars (how far back the box extends)
- **Right Extension**: 50 bars (how far forward the box extends)
**Toggle Options:**
- Show/Hide Danger Zone Boxes
- Show/Hide PDH/PDL Lines
- Show/Hide Price Labels on lines
- Show/Hide Sweep Labels
- Show/Hide Unlock Labels
### **Color Customization**
All colors are fully customizable:
- Danger Zone Fill & Border
- Critical Zone Fill & Border
- Unlocked Zone Fill & Border
- PDH/PDL Line Colors
- PDH/PDL Label Colors
- Border Widths (1-5 pixels)
- Line Widths (1-5 pixels)
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## 🎓 Trading Strategy Examples
### **Example 1: Long Setup at PDL**
1. **Morning**: Price approaches PDL (danger zone appears)
2. **Don't Fade Yet**: Price enters critical zone - resist urge to buy
3. **Sweep**: Price drops 15pts below PDL (green triangle appears)
4. **Reclaim**: Price closes back above PDL within 3 bars
5. **🔓 UNLOCKED**: Gold border + "LONG UNLOCKED" label appears
6. **Trade Setup**: Now look for bullish confirmation (order flow, structure, etc.)
### **Example 2: Avoiding a Trap at PDH**
1. **Afternoon**: Price rallies into PDH danger zone
2. **Temptation**: You want to short here (it "looks toppy")
3. **Sweep**: Price breaks 50pts above PDH (red triangle + ⚠️ warning)
4. **Continuation**: Deep penetration suggests continuation, not reversal
5. **Result**: No unlock occurs, price keeps running higher - trap avoided!
### **Example 3: Failed Unlock (No Trade)**
1. Price sweeps PDL by 12pts (green triangle)
2. Price struggles to reclaim PDL, stays below for 10+ bars
3. No "UNLOCKED" label appears
4. **Correct Action**: Do not fade - sweep failed to reclaim
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## 📱 Alerts
The indicator includes built-in alerts for:
- **Entering Danger Zones**: Get warned when price approaches PDH/PDL
- **Sweep Detection**: Know immediately when a level is swept
- **Unlock Signals**: Get notified when fade setups become available
- **Continuation Warnings**: Alert when penetration suggests continuation
**To Set Alerts:**
1. Right-click indicator → "Add Alert"
2. Select desired alert condition
3. Configure notification preferences
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## ⚠️ Important Disclaimers
### **What This Indicator IS:**
✅ A visual warning system to prevent premature fades
✅ A tool to identify when liquidity sweeps have completed
✅ A framework for counter-trend trade timing
### **What This Indicator IS NOT:**
❌ A complete trading system
❌ An entry signal generator
❌ A guarantee of trade success
❌ A substitute for proper risk management
### **Always Remember:**
- "UNLOCKED" = You may CONSIDER a fade (not a signal to trade)
- You still need your own entry confirmation
- You still need proper stop placement
- You still need position sizing and risk management
- Not every unlock leads to a successful trade
- Market context and order flow still matter
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## 🔧 Recommended Settings by Instrument
### **NQ (Nasdaq-100 E-mini Futures)**
- Mode: Percentage or Fixed Points
- Percentage: 0.30% / 0.10% (default)
- Fixed Points: 75pts / 25pts (default)
### **ES (S&P 500 E-mini Futures)**
- Mode: Percentage
- Danger: 0.25% / Critical: 0.08%
- Or Fixed Points: 15pts / 5pts
### **RTY (Russell 2000 E-mini Futures)**
- Mode: Percentage
- Danger: 0.35% / Critical: 0.12%
- Or Fixed Points: 8pts / 3pts
### **Stocks (High Volume Large Caps)**
- Mode: Percentage (recommended)
- Danger: 0.20-0.40% / Critical: 0.08-0.15%
- Adjust based on ATR and volatility
### **Crypto (BTC, ETH)**
- Mode: Percentage (essential)
- Danger: 0.40-0.60% / Critical: 0.15-0.20%
- Higher volatility requires wider zones
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## 💡 Pro Tips
1. **Use on Higher Timeframes**: Works best on 5min, 15min, 1hr charts
2. **Combine with Order Flow**: Use with footprint/delta for confirmation
3. **Watch Volume**: Strong volume on sweep = better reversal potential
4. **Consider Time of Day**: Sweeps during RTH often more reliable
5. **Multiple Timeframes**: Check if higher TF also shows unlock
6. **Don't Force Trades**: Not every session produces clean setups
7. **Journal Results**: Track which unlock types work best for you
8. **Respect Continuation Signals**: When indicator says "too deep," listen
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## 🆘 Troubleshooting
**Q: Box isn't showing up**
A: Check that "Show Danger Zone Boxes" is enabled in Visual Settings
**Q: No price on labels**
A: Enable "Show Price Labels on Lines" in Visual Settings
**Q: Zones seem too tight/wide**
A: Adjust Danger Zone % or points based on current volatility
**Q: Getting too many/too few unlocks**
A: Adjust sweep classification thresholds (min/max penetration)
**Q: Want thicker/thinner lines**
A: Adjust line widths in "PDH/PDL Line Colors" section
**Q: Colors not matching my chart theme**
A: Fully customize all colors in the color settings groups
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## 📚 Additional Resources
- Study price action around PDH/PDL on your instruments
- Learn about liquidity sweeps and stop hunts
- Understand market structure and order flow
- Practice identifying setups on replay/historical data
- Keep a trading journal of unlock scenarios
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*Remember: The best trade is often the one you don't take. This indicator helps you avoid the trades you shouldn't take, so you can focus on the ones you should.* Indicator
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