MTF SMC / ICT Market State Engine# MTF SMC / ICT Market State & Reversal Dashboard
A multi-timeframe market-structure dashboard designed for traders using **Smart Money Concepts (SMC), ICT, liquidity and price-action analysis**.
The indicator combines structural information across **1D, 4H, 15M and 1M** into a single compact dashboard, helping traders identify the current **directional bias, market stage, liquidity condition and potential reversals** without having to manually compare multiple timeframes.
### What the Dashboard Shows
For each timeframe, the dashboard displays:
* **Bias** — Bullish, Bearish or Neutral
* **Structure** — HH/HL, LH/LL, BOS, MSS or CHOCH
* **Market Stage** — Accumulation, Liquidity Build, Manipulation, Confirmed Shift, Expansion, Retracement, Continuation, Exhaustion, Distribution or Reversal
* **Liquidity** — BSL, SSL, EQH, EQL and recently swept liquidity
* **Reversal State** — Normal, Reversal Warning, Reversal Developing or Confirmed Reversal
* **Structural Confidence** — Low, Medium or High
### Multi-Timeframe Bias
The indicator treats each timeframe according to its role in the market hierarchy:
**1D → Macro Bias**
**4H → Primary/Intraday Bias**
**15M → Setup & Market Structure**
**1M → Execution Structure**
This allows the indicator to distinguish between a genuine trend reversal and a simple lower-timeframe retracement.
For example:
**1D Bullish → 4H Bullish → 15M Bearish → 1M Bearish**
may be classified as:
> **HTF BULLISH / LTF RETRACEMENT**
rather than incorrectly changing the overall bias to bearish.
### Reversal Detection
The indicator does not treat every liquidity sweep or MSS as a confirmed reversal.
Reversal conditions progress through four stages:
**Normal → Reversal Warning → Reversal Developing → Confirmed Reversal**
A stronger reversal requires multiple structural factors such as:
* Liquidity sweep
* Displacement
* MSS/CHOCH
* Protected high/low violation
* Structural follow-through
This helps separate **liquidity manipulation and retracement** from an actual change in market structure.
### Market-State Engine
Rather than displaying disconnected SMC signals, the indicator interprets them as part of a market cycle:
**Accumulation → Liquidity Build → Manipulation → Confirmed Shift → Expansion → Retracement → Continuation → Exhaustion → Reversal**
The purpose is to answer four key questions:
> **What is the market direction?**
> **What stage is the market currently in?**
> **Where is the relevant liquidity?**
> **Is the market continuing, retracing or beginning a reversal?**
### Designed for SMC / ICT Traders
The indicator is intended as a **market-analysis and decision-support tool**, not an automatic trading system.
It does not attempt to predict future price or provide guaranteed buy/sell signals. Instead, it organizes multi-timeframe structural information into a clear framework so traders can make more consistent discretionary decisions.
**Primary workflow:**
**1D Bias → 4H Structure → 15M Setup → 1M Confirmation → Liquidity → Market Stage → Reversal Status**
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Strong MTF Liquidity Matrix | ProjectSyndicateStrong MTF Liquidity Matrix
Strong MTF Liquidity Matrix puts four higher-timeframe charts on one screen and reads the same institutional map on every one of them — order blocks, fair value gaps, and resting liquidity — then ranks each zone by strength so you know which level actually matters. It's a command deck: your main chart stays clean while four live mini-panels track the structure above you, and the liquidity pools that price is really hunting sit directly on your candles.
Most multi-timeframe tools make you flip between charts. This one stops the flipping.
🔲 Four-Panel MTF Engine — the core. Four independent mini-charts render right on your pane — M30 · H1 · H2 · H4 by default, each one fully configurable to any timeframe (drop to seconds or push to Daily). Every panel fetches its own higher-timeframe candles, keyed on the HTF bar's own time, so the zones are invariant to your master chart timeframe — switch your main chart from M30 to H1 to D1 and the panels don't move. The last candle in each panel tracks the live, forming HTF bar tick by tick.
🟩 Order Block Detection — real ICT logic, per timeframe. Each panel runs a swing-pivot + displacement scan: the last opposing candle before an impulsive move that clears your displacement multiple becomes the order block. Bull OBs from swing-low reversals, bear OBs from swing-high reversals — detected natively on every one of the four timeframes at once.
🟥 Fair Value Gap Detection — the imbalance map. True three-candle FVGs on each timeframe, with an optional ATR gap filter so only gaps worth trading survive. Bullish and bearish gaps rendered in the original green/red palette, distinct from the order blocks, on all four panels simultaneously.
🧲 Universal Zone Height — the accuracy differentiator. Raw OB/FVG zones come in wildly different sizes and clutter the read. Every zone is normalized to one clean height — ATR-based or a fixed percentage of price — so the panels stay legible and every zone carries equal visual weight. Fair value framed; noise removed.
🔢 0–10 Strength Ranking — the power-ranking. Every zone earns a live grade, printed inside the shaded box (OB 8.5, FVG 6.0). Order blocks score on displacement force, zone height and age; fair value gaps score on gap size versus ATR. Set a minimum strength floor and the weak zones simply don't draw — only the levels that earned attention survive.
🌊 Liquidity Heatmap — resting pools on your main chart. Buy-side and sell-side liquidity, seeded from fractal swing highs and lows across two pivot passes, drawn as heat-weighted boxes whose opacity scales with liquidity weight (volume × range). Strong pools glow, weak ones stay faint. When price trades through a pool it's consumed — the zone freezes and fades to show exactly what's already been taken. Colours locked 100% to the OB/FVG palette: buy-side green, sell-side red.
🏷️ Clean Liquidity Labels — above the zone, never in the way. Each resting pool is tagged with its side (BSL/SSL), price, weight and distance from current price — anchored above the zone at its left edge so labels never overlap the fills and never protrude past the level. Read the map without the mess.
🧹 Clean-Chart Discipline — dashboard off by default. No stat panel competing with price. The liquidity dashboard exists — nearest SSL/BSL, hottest level, pool counts, consumed tally — but it's switched off out of the box. Turn it on only if you want it.
🎨 Fully Themed & Configurable. Neutral-gray candles that let the coloured zones pop, custom OB/FVG/liquidity colours, panel size and spacing, right-offset from live price, 2× timeframe labels, per-panel OB/FVG toggles, adjustable swing length, displacement, mitigation type (Touch / Full Fill / 50% Fill), gap filter, zone-height method, strength floor, pivot lengths, heat contrast, pool extension and cap.
🔒 Honest, Non-Repainting Core. Panel history is built from confirmed higher-timeframe bars only; the live forming candle refreshes as it builds — inherent to showing a real-time HTF candle, not a defect — while every closed bar is fixed. Liquidity pools consume on confirmed interaction and don't un-consume to flatter the chart. The 0–10 strength score is a descriptive ranking framework for directing attention, not a backtested edge.
🔔 Native Alerts — new sell-side pool and new buy-side pool formation.
🎯 Why this is different. MTF tools make you tab between charts and reconcile the structure in your head. Profile tools show you liquidity and leave the map disconnected from your entries. Strong MTF Liquidity Matrix holds all four higher timeframes in view at once, marks the order blocks and fair value gaps on every one of them, grades each so you know which to trust, and lays the liquidity price is actually hunting directly on your candles — so you read where structure sits, how strong it is, and where price is being pulled, at a glance.
🚀 Apply to Gold (XAUUSD), Silver, Forex, Crypto, Indices and Futures on any timeframe (liquidity heat requires a volume-bearing symbol).
💡 Cleanest setup: give the four panels room — nudge Right Offset and the panels sit clear of live price to the right, while liquidity zones map onto the candles on the left.
🎯 How To Trade It — Two Approaches
Everything hinges on one read the Matrix gives you at a glance: is higher-timeframe structure lining up, and is price being pulled toward unfilled liquidity?
◾ 1) Trade into confluence toward liquidity (the core thesis)
Use when a high-strength zone on a higher panel lines up with a resting liquidity pool in the same direction.
▪️ Scan the four panels for a strong OB or FVG (7+) on H1/H2/H4 sitting where price is heading.
▪️ Confirm a naked liquidity pool (BSL below / SSL above) as the magnet — the untested pools are where price is drawn.
▪️ Entry: as price reaches the higher-timeframe zone, in the direction of the unfilled liquidity beyond it.
▪️ Stop: beyond the zone; if price closes through and accepts, the level failed — stand aside.
▪️ Target: the nearest resting pool in your direction; the opposite-side pool if the move extends.
⚖️ The cleanest version: H1 and H2 panels both print a strong bull OB at the same area, a fat buy-side pool sits just below unconsumed, and the M30 panel shows price rotating down into it. Structure, strength and liquidity all point the same way. That confluence is the exact setup this tool was built to frame.
◾ 2) Stand down — the map says wait
The Matrix also tells you when there's nothing to do.
▪️ Panels disagree — a bull OB on H1 against a bear FVG on H4 is conflict, not confluence. Wait for alignment.
▪️ Liquidity already consumed on your side — the magnet's gone; the pull is spent.
▪️ No strong zone in range — low scores everywhere means no level worth risking on. Let it develop.
Rule of thumb: ⭐ Aligned high-strength zones + an unfilled pool in the same direction → trade into the confluence toward the liquidity. ⭐ Conflicting panels, consumed pools, or weak scores → stand down until the map agrees.
⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTICE: Strong MTF Liquidity Matrix is a structure-and-liquidity mapping tool. Order blocks, fair value gaps and liquidity pools are drawn from swing-pivot and gap logic — a model of institutional behaviour, not exchange order-book data. Liquidity weight is inferred from volume × range and requires a volume-bearing symbol. The 0–10 strength score is a descriptive ranking framework for directing attention — NOT a backtested signal and NOT a standalone trade trigger. Trading into higher-timeframe structure still carries real risk of failed levels and stop-outs. Always combine it with your own strategy, price-action analysis and risk management. Past behaviour does not guarantee future results. Indicator
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HTF Power of 3 (PO3) with Trailing Stop🔵 OVERVIEW
The HTF Power of 3 (PO3) with Trailing Stop is a technical indicator created by BigBeluga to capture institutional market cycles based on Smart Money Concepts (SMC). Detecting market manipulation phases and structural accumulation zones has always been a major challenge in technical analysis, as traditional breakouts often lead to false signals and whipsaw trades. In order to provide a solution to this problem, this indicator maps higher timeframe (HTF) Power of 3 cycles—breaking price action down into Accumulation, Manipulation, and Distribution phases—combined with an advanced volatility-based trailing stop engine.
The indicator aims to visualize institutional order-building and subsequent expansions. The core element of its calculation involves tracking HTF session levels alongside a dynamic ATR-based trailing threshold defined as:
trailingStop = close ± currentAtr * trailMultiplier
where currentAtr is the standard Average True Range of period atrPeriod , and trailMultiplier is the sensitivity footprint multiplier. Higher values of accumMultiplier and trailMultiplier allow the indicator to adjust to longer consolidation periods and filter out minor market noise.
🔵 FEATURES
The system utilizes a multi-layered matrix structure to provide actionable market intelligence:
1 — Auto HTF Matrix Mode & Session Engine
Dynamic Timeframe Scaling: When enabled, the indicator automatically scales the higher timeframe matrix dynamically based on your current chart timeframe context.
Session Tracking: Continuously calculates local open, high, low, and close parameters across higher timeframe layers to project real-time structural candles on the right side of your chart.
2 — Power of 3 (PO3) Phase Breakdown & Peak Labels
Accumulation Phase: Maps the initial consolidation boundary lines over a defined accumMultiplier bar count, outlining the high and low thresholds where institutional orders cluster.
Manipulation Phase & Peak Labels: Triggers automatically when price breaks out of the accumulation boundaries, identifying fakeouts and plotting a peak manipulation label marked with an M at the extreme high or low.
Distribution Phase & Peak Labels: Transitions into the expansion phase once the trailing stop is breached, tracking the final leg of the institutional delivery cycle and plotting a peak distribution label marked with a D .
3 — Dynamic Trailing Stop & Cloud Fill
Volatility Boundaries: Employs a robust ATR trailing line that shifts dynamically to lock in profits and signal shifts in market bias.
Visual Cloud Fills: Dynamically colors and fills the space between price action and the trailing stop line to offer clear visual confirmation of trend direction.
🔵 HOW TO USE
Apart from the basic visualization of institutional market cycles, this tool can also act in alternative ways to support decision-making:
Identify Accumulation Zones: Monitor the orange accumulation channel during the early stages of an HTF session to spot tight consolidation ranges before an expansion.
Trade the Manipulation Breakout: Wait for price to sweep outside the accumulation boundaries to trigger a "Manipulation" label and an M peak marker, signaling an institutional run on liquidity before the true directional move.
Manage Risk with Trailing Stops: Use the dynamic trailing stop line, cloud fill, and subsequent D distribution peak markers as a trailing stop loss mechanism to guide entries, manage open positions, and catch the final distribution leg.
🔵 NOTES
Why this implementation is unique:
It automates complex multi-timeframe ICT concepts directly onto lower timeframe charts without requiring manual chart reconfiguration.
The right-aligned visual projection engine gives traders a clear look at the developing higher timeframe candle and session metrics without cluttering active price history.
The script is fully optimized for Pine Script version 6, integrating seamless label sizing and automated line management for maximum rendering performance.
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TJR Smart Money Model [JOAT]TJR Smart Money Model
An original, non-repainting build of the smart-money day-trading sequence: sweep liquidity, wait for a market-structure shift, confirm with SMT, then enter the retrace — timed to killzones.
What it is
Most "smart money" tools just spray BOS and CHoCH labels wherever price crosses a line. This one follows the actual process the method teaches, as an ordered sequence, and only signals when each step has happened in the right order. It is written from scratch; it implements widely-taught price-action concepts (liquidity, structure, displacement, SMT, killzones) rather than reusing anyone's code.
The sequence it trades
• Liquidity sweep — price raids an obvious swing high or low (where stops rest) and closes back inside. The failed raid, not the level itself, is the trigger. Sweeps are tagged, and the swept buy-side and sell-side liquidity are drawn and labelled.
• Market structure shift (MSS) — after the sweep, a displacement candle (a body larger than an ATR multiple) must break the short-term structure in the opposite direction. Structure is tracked one break per level: each swing can only produce one BOS or CHoCH, so the labels land exactly where the shift occurs instead of being repeated on every bar. This is the direct fix for the "random label" problem common to naive structure scripts.
• SMT divergence — an optional confluence filter. Set a correlated instrument and the tool checks whether that instrument confirms the sweep's new extreme. If your symbol makes a new low but the correlated one does not (or the mirror for highs), that break in correlation is flagged as SMT and can be required for entries. It is read with lookahead disabled, so it never borrows future data.
• Entry — once the MSS confirms, the tool marks the discount/premium zone: the fair-value gap left by the displacement, or the 50% equilibrium of the reversal leg. A signal fires when price retraces into that zone and reacts, inside a user-selected killzone (London and New York AM by default). The stop rests beyond the swept liquidity — the level that invalidates the idea — and targets ladder out in R multiples inside red-risk and green-reward boxes with labelled entry, stop and take-profit prices.
The dashboard
An adjustable "process card" shows exactly which stage the market is in right now — hunting a sweep, swept and awaiting an MSS, or shifted and awaiting the entry retrace — plus the bias, the SMT state, the active killzone, a conviction reading, the current signal, and a live first-target-before-stop tally computed on closed bars only.
How to use it
• Works on any asset and timeframe; it was designed for intraday index, forex and futures trading but the logic is scale-independent.
• For SMT, pair correlated instruments (for example two related indices, or two correlated currency pairs). Leave the correlated symbol blank to trade the model without the SMT filter.
• Set the killzones and timezone to the session you actually trade, or disable the killzone filter to see signals around the clock.
• Read the dashboard stage before acting: the model is a sequence, and the highest-quality entries are the ones where sweep, shift, SMT and killzone all agree.
Settings
Pivot strength, displacement size, sweep-to-MSS and MSS-to-entry windows, fair-value-gap and order-block controls, equilibrium band thickness, SMT symbol and toggle, killzone windows/timezone, candle paint, risk padding and target R multiples, plus dashboard controls.
Originality and usefulness
The value is the ordered, gated state machine: a sweep must precede a displacement-qualified structure shift, which arms an equilibrium/FVG entry, optionally cross-checked against a correlated instrument and a session window. The once-per-level structure logic and the confirmed-bar evaluation make the labels and signals precise and non-repainting — which is what separates this from a pile of overlaid smart-money drawings.
Notes and limitations
• The model is selective by design; on quiet days or ranges it may produce few or no setups. That is intended.
• SMT is only meaningful with a genuinely correlated symbol; a poor pairing produces misleading divergence.
• Displacement and sweeps are defined algorithmically and may differ slightly from a discretionary trader's manual reading.
• The win tally reflects only past bars on the current chart and is not a prediction of future results.
• Educational and analytical tool, not financial advice. Manage your own risk.
— made with passion by officialjackofalltrades
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ICT Liquidity Sweep & Structure [JOAT]ICT Liquidity Sweep and Structure
A smart-money workflow that maps resting liquidity, detects stop-hunt sweeps, and reads market structure shifts on one clean overlay.
What it is
This tool organises several well-known smart-money / ICT concepts into one coherent, non-repainting engine and — importantly — explains how the pieces reinforce each other rather than just stacking them. The premise: price is drawn to pools of resting orders (old highs and lows), often sweeps them to trigger stops, and then reveals its true intent through a structure break. The indicator makes each of those steps visible and gates its signals on their confluence.
How it works
• Liquidity levels — confirmed swing highs and lows (pivots) are drawn as buy-side liquidity (above old highs) and sell-side liquidity (below old lows) lines, each labelled with its price. These mark where stops are likely resting.
• Liquidity sweeps — a sweep is detected when price trades through one of these levels and then closes back on the original side, i.e. the level was raided but not accepted. This is the classic stop-hunt footprint and is the setup trigger.
• Market structure (BOS / CHoCH) — the engine tracks the live sequence of swings. A Break of Structure confirms trend continuation; a Change of Character is the first counter-break that flips the internal bias. Both are labelled on confirmed closes.
• Fair value gaps — three-bar imbalances left by displacement are drawn as zones and used as entry confluence, since price often rebalances them.
• Confluence gate — a Buy requires a bullish sequence (a sweep of sell-side liquidity followed by a bullish structure shift, optionally aligned with a fair-value gap); a Sell is the mirror. Buy and Sell are made mutually exclusive so both never print on the same bar, and a minimum-spacing control prevents clustering.
Trade levels
Each signal renders a red risk box from entry to stop and a green reward box from entry to the third target, with inner target dividers and right-edge labels for entry, stop and each take-profit at your R multiples. The stop is anchored to the structure that produced the signal, not to a fixed distance.
The dashboard
An adjustable panel summarises the current structural bias, the most recent liquidity event, the nearest untapped level, a conviction estimate, the active signal, and a live first-target-before-stop tally computed only on closed bars.
How to use it
• Suitable for any asset and timeframe; the concepts are scale-independent, though very low timeframes produce more noise.
• Use the liquidity lines to anticipate where price may be drawn next, and wait for a sweep-plus-structure confluence rather than acting on a raw level touch.
• Combine with a higher-timeframe bias for directional filtering.
Settings
Pivot strength, liquidity extension, sweep sensitivity, fair-value-gap minimum size, structure options, risk multiple and target R multiples, plus full colour and dashboard controls.
Originality and usefulness
Rather than plotting isolated ICT drawings, this engine chains them into a single logical sequence — liquidity, sweep, structure shift, imbalance — and only signals when that sequence agrees. The description of why those components belong together, and the confirmed-bar evaluation that keeps them honest, is what distinguishes it from a generic structure plotter.
Notes and limitations
• Structure and sweeps are defined algorithmically; discretionary traders may mark them slightly differently.
• Signals confirm on bar close, which trades a small amount of immediacy for stability and no repainting.
• The on-chart tally reflects only past bars on the current chart and is not a prediction.
• Educational and analytical tool, not financial advice.
— made with passion by officialjackofalltrades
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Trend Market by erdensedatThis indicator ("Trend Market") is a highly comprehensive trading system that brings together modern Smart Money Concepts (SMC), Price Action analysis, and dynamic trend structures under one roof. Breaking away from the lagging nature of traditional indicators, it focuses entirely on the real-time market structure dictated by price itself.
Here are the core features of the indicator and what they mean for your trading:
1. Market Structure (MS) Breakouts
The indicator instantly detects shifts in market structure. When price breaks through previous lower highs or higher lows, it labels them as BOS (Break of Structure) to indicate trend continuation, or CHoCH (Change of Character) at points where the trend changes direction. These breakouts are the most fundamental Price Action components for understanding where the price wants to go.
2. Order Blocks and High-Probability Entries (Re-Tests)
When a BOS or CHoCH occurs, the indicator automatically draws "Order Block" zones, which highlight where the institutional volume that initiated the breakout is concentrated.
Why it matters: Order Blocks (OB) are areas where "smart money" enters the market with large volume. After these breakouts, price often retraces (re-tests) these zones to grab liquidity. Entering a trade when a trend-aligned Order Block is tested provides the highest risk-to-reward (R/R) ratio and the most robust, reliable entry opportunities (sniper entries).
3. FVG (Fair Value Gaps)
The indicator detects FVGs, which represent imbalances in the market.
Why it matters: FVGs occur during rapid, high-volume price movements when there is an imbalance between buyers and sellers. FVGs formed at the beginning of a new trend (especially alongside a CHoCH) confirm the strength of that trend. FVGs formed while a trend is ongoing act as magnets for the price during pullbacks, serving as potential support/resistance and target areas.
4. Ghost Trend Engine
Unlike traditional static trendlines, this feature calculates the slopes of price wicks to generate dynamic trendlines that adapt to the market's momentum. It draws both Minor (Ghost) and Major (Confirm) resistance and support slopes.
The Confirmation Mechanism: If price bounces off one of these dynamic Ghost/Confirm trendlines during an Order Block re-test or an FVG fill, your entry signal becomes "double confirmed." Furthermore, when these trendlines are broken, they serve as early warning signs of an impending trend reversal.
5. Dynamic TP (Take Profit) Machine (Infinite Fibonacci)
It plots automatic Fibonacci extension levels calculated from your entry point (CHoCH/BOS) and the peak/trough of the current structure.
How it works: As price hits these targets (TP1, TP2, etc.), the indicator automatically extends the targets higher/lower, creating an infinite sequence of Take Profit levels. No matter how far a trend extends, your potential target levels will always be ready on your chart.
Summary: How to Trade with It?
Determine the market direction using the CHoCH and BOS labels.
Don't rush in immediately after a breakout; wait for the price to retrace (Re-test) into the Order Block (OB) or FVG zones.
When price reaches these zones, observe the reaction from the Ghost Trend lines to confirm that the trend will continue.
Once you enter a trade, use the automatically generated Dynamic TP levels for scaled profit-taking.
Disclaimer
This indicator is designed for educational, analytical, and informational purposes only. The signals, labels, or support/resistance zones provided do not constitute financial or investment advice. Trading cryptocurrencies, stocks, and forex involves a high degree of risk and can result in the loss of your entire capital. All trades taken using this indicator are strictly at your own risk and responsibility. Please ensure you apply your own risk management and trading plan. Indicator
Quant SMC Pro [JOAT]QUANT SMC PRO
A complete Smart Money Concepts engine rebuilt from first principles — pivots, structure, order blocks, fair value gaps, liquidity, premium/discount, HTF context, and a 0–100 confluence score per zone — wired together so every element actually talks to every other element. This is the SMC toolkit you build when you have read enough versions of "BOS / CHoCH / OB" to know that the difference between a coin-flip and a real signal is the quality of the underlying pivots, the filter on the order-block detection, and the scoring of how much confluence each zone actually carries.
Pivot engine — adaptive, not arbitrary
A clean structure read is impossible if the pivots themselves are noisy. Quant SMC Pro ships two pivot engines and lets you pick:
Adaptive ZigZag (default) — a pivot is confirmed only after price retraces by an ATR-multiple from the candidate extreme. The threshold is volatility-aware, so the engine produces clean swing structure across very different instruments without retuning.
Fixed Window — the classic N-bar look-left, N-bar look-right confirmation. Use it on instruments where you want strict symmetry rather than ATR-relative confirmation.
A separate, lighter minor-pivot window drives the minor structure layer so you can see internal liquidity grabs without polluting the major read.
Market structure
Both major and minor structure are tracked. BOS (break of structure) and CHoCH (change of character) are labelled in the palette colour at the breaking bar. MSS (market structure shift) is only printed when the requireDisp gate is satisfied: the breaking candle must be a real impulse — strong body, range above an ATR multiple. This single filter eliminates the bulk of the "CHoCH on a doji" false positives that plague off-the-shelf SMC scripts.
// Displacement requirement for MSS confirmation (illustrative)
float bodyAbs = math.abs(close - open)
float rangeBar = high - low
bool isImpulse = bodyAbs >= rangeBar * 0.6 and rangeBar >= ta.atr(14) * dispMult
bool isMSS = isCHoCH and isImpulse
Order Blocks — two detection methods
OBs are detected at the structural origin of the move that broke structure, not blindly at the last opposite candle. Two methods are exposed:
Structural Extreme (default, stricter) — scans backward inside the walk-back window and selects the most-extreme qualifying opposite-color candle. This is the cleaner output and the one you want on a working chart.
Last Opposite Candle — the simpler heuristic. Useful for comparison and for replicating the look of older SMC scripts.
Optional above-average-volume filtering, configurable mitigation rule (wick-touch vs close-through), per-side count cap (1–10), and a structural walk-back window let the OBs stay relevant instead of cluttering up old territory.
Fair Value Gaps — ATR-filtered
FVGs use the standard three-candle imbalance definition, but only register when the gap exceeds a configurable ATR multiple. This is the difference between a clean chart and a wallpaper of 1-tick gaps. Hard caps on count per side, optional extension bars, and an optional "keep mitigated FVGs faded" toggle (off by default to prevent accumulation) round out the controls.
JOAT enhancements (new vs every other SMC script)
Three concepts most public SMC scripts skip — implemented here as proper, gated layers:
Inversion FVGs (iFVG) — when an FVG is mitigated and the polarity flips within a configurable bar window, the gap is re-rendered with a multi-stop gradient so you can see the flipped zone. Off by default because it adds visual density; turn it on when you specifically want to read polarity flips.
Breaker Blocks — an OB that gets mitigated and then holds on the opposite side for a configurable bar count is re-tagged as a Breaker Block in its own palette color. This is one of the strongest re-entry concepts in SMC and almost never implemented correctly in public scripts.
Mitigation Block tag — the first OB created after a BOS is tagged "MB" so you can read which block carries the most structural significance.
Liquidity — equal highs / lows and real sweeps
Equal highs / lows are detected with an ATR-relative tolerance over a configurable scan depth. Liquidity sweeps are detected against actual structural pivots (the minor-pivot output, not a rolling ta.highest ) — so a sweep is registered when a wick punctures a recent pivot extreme and the bar closes back inside, which is what the term actually means in the textbook. A cooldown prevents double-prints of the same sweep.
Premium / Discount array
Two equilibrium methods:
AVWAP Equilibrium (default) — equilibrium is anchored to the most recent major structure event, so the PD array drifts with trend rather than re-anchoring on every minor pivot. This is the institutional read.
Range Midpoint — the classic 50% of the most recent major leg.
A toggleable multi-stop gradient render paints premium and discount as shaded regions instead of just lines. Configurable stop count keeps it tunable.
HTF context
Optional previous-day, previous-week, and previous-month H / L overlays in their own per-timeframe colours. Optional midpoint lines. When enabled, the HTF read also contributes to the confluence score — because no zone is really meaningful without HTF agreement.
Confluence Score (0–100)
Every order block carries an aggregate confluence score derived from:
Zone size relative to ATR
Displacement quality of the move that produced it
Volume on the originating bar relative to the rolling average
Overlap with active FVGs
(Optional) HTF level proximity
A "Hide zones below score" input lets you mute lower-quality blocks. A separate alert threshold fires when a zone above your minimum score is created. The score is also rendered into the confluence heatmap dashboard.
Dashboard (confluence heatmap)
A compact, monospaced table positionable to any of nine corners with a per-row vertical alpha gradient. Reads the current bias, nearest premium / discount zone, count of active OBs, count of active FVGs, and the highest confluence score on the chart. Background transparency is user-controlled so it never visually competes with structure.
How to read it
The intended workflow is structure-first, confluence-second. Wait for a BOS or MSS in the direction you want to trade. Look at the OB or breaker block at the origin of the move — its confluence score is your edge proxy. If the zone has an iFVG or active FVG overlap, the score will reflect it. HTF agreement (previous-day midpoint, previous-week high, etc.) is the final filter. Liquidity sweeps before the structural break are a particularly clean confluence — they indicate the move broke because liquidity was taken first.
Originality / what's reused
The SMC vocabulary (BOS, CHoCH, MSS, OB, FVG, premium/discount) is, of course, public-domain market-structure language. The implementations here — the adaptive ATR-confirmed pivot engine, the structural-extreme OB scan, the iFVG gradient render, the breaker block detection, the mitigation block tagging, the AVWAP-anchored PD array, the confluence-score aggregation, and the heatmap dashboard — are written from scratch and tuned together. No third-party code is reused.
Open source
Published open-source under the default Mozilla Public License 2.0. The source is fully readable: every helper function is documented inline, every input has a tooltip, and the file is sectioned with banner headers so you can navigate it like a textbook chapter. If you want to fork it, please keep the credit and please make it materially better — that is what open-source SMC actually needs.
Limitations
SMC is a structural read, not a signal generator — Quant SMC Pro does not print buy/sell labels. It prints zones and structure; you decide the entry. Equal H/L detection and structural sweeps rely on minor-pivot output, so on very illiquid instruments those layers may be sparse. Confluence scoring is heuristic by definition — it ranks zones by features that historically correlated with significance; it does not predict reactions.
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-made with passion by jackofalltrades
Indicator
SmartBreak Fibo [TraderHook]SmartBreak Fibo
Stop drawing your setups by hand. SmartBreak watches market structure in real time, and the moment price breaks a structural swing — a BOS (Break of Structure) or CHoCH (Change of Character) — it instantly maps a full Fibonacci trade plan on your chart: entry, stop, and three targets. No manual fib dragging, no guesswork on where to place levels.
How it works
The engine tracks swing highs/lows and detects every structural break (BOS / CHoCH).
On each break, a Fibonacci is anchored from the broken swing (level 1) to the opposing swing (level 0).
Entry is plotted at the 0.618 retracement, Stop-Loss at level 0 (the swing extreme).
Three take-profits sit at fib extensions 2.0 / 2.618 / 3.618 .
A green box shows the profit zone (entry → TP3), a red box shows the risk zone (entry → SL).
Why traders like it
Setups appear the instant structure breaks — you decide whether to take them, the levels are already there.
Long breaks are marked green, short breaks red — direction is readable at a glance.
Fully adjustable: entry level, all three TPs, pivot sensitivity, colors, and how many recent setups stay on screen.
"ChoCh only" mode if you prefer to trade reversals over trend continuations.
Settings
Pivot Period — structure sensitivity (higher = bigger swings only).
Entry / TP1 / TP2 / TP3 — every fib level is yours to tune.
Number of recent setups — keep the chart clean with just the latest, or show history.
Long / Short setups — toggle either side on or off.
Credits
The market-structure engine (ZigZag, swing classification, BOS/CHoCH) is based on the open-source work of TFlab , used under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. The Fibonacci trade-box system is by TraderHook. Published open-source — feel free to study and build on it.
Disclaimer
This is a visualization tool, not financial advice or a signal service. The take-profit levels are mechanical Fibonacci extensions — they do not predict that price will reach any target. Always backtest and manage your own risk before trading. Indicator
Auto TrendLine Intelligence [BOS+CHoCH+FVG] [Rehan Khanani]================================================================
AUTO TRENDLINE INTELLIGENCE
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Auto TrendLine Intelligence is a professional-grade, institutional-level technical analysis indicator built for traders who think and operate like smart money. It combines automatic trend line detection with full Smart Money Concepts — BOS, CHoCH, and FVG — into one clean, powerful overlay.
This is not just a trend line tool. It is a complete market structure analysis system that tells you what the market is doing, why it is doing it and exactly where to enter, exit, and place your stop-loss.
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HOW IT WORKS
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The indicator runs five analytical engines simultaneously on every bar:
ENGINE 1 — AUTOMATIC TREND LINE DETECTION
The indicator automatically detects the most recent swing highs and swing lows using a pivot-based algorithm, then draws two types of trend lines in real time without any manual input:
Major Trend Lines (solid): Connect significant swing highs and swing lows using the full pivot lookback length. These represent the dominant structural trend and carry the highest weight for trading decisions.
Minor Trend Lines (dashed): Connect shorter-term pivots using a reduced lookback period. These represent intraday or near-term structure and are useful for precise entry timing.
Both lines update automatically as new pivots form. No manual drawing, no redrawing, no guesswork.
ENGINE 2 — BREAK OF STRUCTURE (BOS)
A Break of Structure is a continuation signal. It occurs when price convincingly breaks above a previous swing high (bullish BOS) or below a previous swing low (bearish BOS), confirming that the current trend is likely to continue.
Bullish BOS: price closes above the last confirmed swing high — signals trend continuation to the upside.
Bearish BOS: price closes below the last confirmed swing low — signals
trend continuation to the downside.
BOS labels appear directly on the chart at the point of the break.
ENGINE 3 — CHANGE OF CHARACTER (CHoCH)
A Change of Character is a reversal signal — the first indication that the current trend may be ending and a new one beginning. It is the most important signal in Smart Money analysis.
Bullish CHoCH: in a confirmed downtrend (lower highs, lower lows), price breaks above a recent lower high for the first time — this signals a potential reversal to the upside.
Bearish CHoCH: in a confirmed uptrend (higher highs, higher lows), price breaks below a recent higher low for the first time — this signals a potential reversal to the downside.
CHoCH labels are clearly marked on the chart and distinguished from BOS.
ENGINE 4 — FAIR VALUE GAP (FVG)
Fair Value Gaps are imbalance zones left behind by aggressive institutional buying or selling. Price frequently returns to these zones to rebalance before continuing in the original direction.
Bullish FVG: a gap between the high of the candle two bars ago and the low of the current candle — shown as a teal shaded zone.
Bearish FVG: a gap between the low of the candle two bars ago and the high of the current candle — shown as a red shaded zone.
FVG boxes automatically disappear when price returns to fill the gap (mitigation), keeping the chart clean at all times.
ENGINE 5 — LIQUIDITY ZONES
Equal highs and equal lows represent areas where institutional stop orders and limit orders are clustered. The indicator detects when two recent pivot highs or lows are at approximately the same price level and marks them with a dotted yellow line — highlighting where liquidity is likely to be swept before a major move.
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ENTRY SIGNAL SYSTEM (MULTI-FILTER CONFLUENCE)
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LONG and SHORT entry signals are generated only when ALL of the following conditions align simultaneously — ensuring institutional-grade signal quality:
For a LONG signal:
1. Price touches or approaches the support trend line within ATR buffer
2. Price is above the EMA 200 (bullish market bias confirmed)
3. RSI is not in overbought territory (momentum not exhausted)
4. Volume is above the 20-period average (institutional participation)
5. Candle closes bullish (price accepts support level)
For a SHORT signal:
1. Price touches or approaches the resistance trend line within ATR buffer
2. Price is below the EMA 200 (bearish market bias confirmed)
3. RSI is not in oversold territory (momentum not exhausted)
4. Volume is above the 20-period average (institutional participation)
5. Candle closes bearish (price rejects resistance level)
This five-layer confluence model ensures you only take trades where structure, trend, momentum, and volume all agree.
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AUTOMATIC TP1 / TP2 / SL LEVELS
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Every entry signal automatically plots:
Stop Loss: placed below/above the entry using ATR multiplier (default 1.5x ATR)
Take Profit 1 (TP1): at 50% of the full RR target — for partial exits
Take Profit 2 (TP2): at full Risk:Reward ratio target (default 2:1 RR)
All three levels are drawn as dashed lines directly on the chart with
exact price labels so you never have to calculate manually.
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INSTITUTIONAL DASHBOARD — 12 DATA POINTS
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A professional real-time dashboard is displayed in the corner of your
chart showing:
1. Market Bias — BULLISH or BEARISH based on EMA 200 position
2. Market Structure — Higher Highs/Lows | Lower Highs/Lows | Consolidation
3. EMA Stack — Bullish Stack | Bearish Stack | Mixed
4. RSI Reading — Exact value + zone (Overbought / Oversold / Neutral)
5. Volume Status — High Volume | Above Average | Below Average
6. ATR Value — Current ATR for volatility awareness
7. Support TL — Projected support trend line price at current bar
8. Resistance TL — Projected resistance trend line price at current bar
9. Fair Value Gap — Bullish FVG | Bearish FVG | None
10. SMC Event — Latest BOS or CHoCH event detected
11. Signal Status — LONG ENTRY | SHORT ENTRY | WATCHING
Dashboard position is fully adjustable: Top Right, Top Left, Bottom Right, or Bottom Left.
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FULL FEATURE LIST
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Automatic Features (Zero Manual Work Required):
- Auto major trend lines from pivot highs and lows
- Auto minor trend lines from shorter-term pivots
- Auto BOS detection and labeling
- Auto CHoCH detection and labeling
- Auto FVG zone drawing and auto-removal on mitigation
- Auto liquidity zone detection (equal highs / equal lows)
- Auto TP1, TP2, SL calculation and plotting on every signal
- Auto dashboard with 11 live market readings
Filters and Controls:
- EMA 200 trend direction filter
- EMA 50 for stack analysis
- RSI momentum filter (adjustable OB/OS levels)
- Volume spike filter (adjustable multiplier)
- ATR-based signal sensitivity buffer
- All filters individually toggleable
Visual Controls:
- Major and minor trend line toggle
- Individual color pickers for all line types
- Line width control (1 to 5)
- Extend lines right toggle
- FVG transparency control
- Dashboard position selector
Alert Conditions (9 Total):
1. LONG Entry Signal
2. SHORT Entry Signal
3. Any Entry Signal
4. Bullish BOS
5. Bearish BOS
6. Bullish CHoCH
7. Bearish CHoCH
8. Bullish FVG detected
9. Bearish FVG detected
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SETTINGS GUIDE
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Group 1 — Trend Line Settings
Pivot Lookback Length: Controls how significant a swing must be to form a trend line. Default is 10. Lower values (5-7) give more frequent lines suitable for scalping. Higher values (15-20) give fewer but stronger structural lines suitable for swing and position trading.
Show Major Trend Lines: Toggle the primary solid trend lines on/off.
Show Minor Trend Lines: Toggle the secondary dashed trend lines on/off.
Extend Lines Right: Extends all lines to the right edge of the chart.
Major Line Width: Visual thickness of major trend lines (1 to 5).
Color pickers: Customize all four line types independently.
Group 2 — Smart Money Concepts
Show BOS: Toggle Break of Structure labels on/off.
Show CHoCH: Toggle Change of Character labels on/off.
Show FVG: Toggle Fair Value Gap boxes on/off.
Show Liquidity Zones: Toggle equal high/low dotted lines on/off.
FVG Transparency: Adjust how opaque or subtle the FVG boxes appear.
Group 3 — Signal and Entry Settings
ATR Length: Period for ATR calculation (default 14).
ATR Buffer Multiplier: How close price must come to the trend line to
trigger a signal. Lower = stricter, higher = more relaxed.
Stop Loss ATR Multiplier: Distance of SL from entry in ATR units.
Risk Reward Ratio: Multiplier applied to the SL distance to set TP2.
Show TP/SL on Chart: Toggle the TP1, TP2, SL lines on/off.
Group 4 — Volume and Momentum Filter
Enable Volume Filter: When on, signals only fire on above-average volume.
Volume Spike Multiplier: Threshold multiplier over 20-period volume MA.
Enable RSI Filter: When on, blocks signals in exhausted momentum zones.
RSI Length, Overbought, Oversold: Standard RSI parameters.
Group 5 — Dashboard
Show Dashboard: Toggle the entire dashboard panel on/off.
Dashboard Position: Place it in any corner of the chart.
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HOW TO USE — STEP BY STEP
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Step 1 — Check the Dashboard
Before looking at any signal, check the dashboard. Confirm Market Bias, Structure, and EMA Stack all point in the same direction. Trade only when at least two of the three agree.
Step 2 — Identify the Trend Lines
Watch where the major trend lines are relative to current price. The support line (teal/blue) and resistance line (red) define your trading range and structural boundaries.
Step 3 — Wait for SMC Confluence
Before entering on a trend line touch, check whether a CHoCH has recently occurred in your direction. A CHoCH near a trend line is one of the highest-probability setups this indicator generates.
Step 4 — Watch for FVG Zones
If a Fair Value Gap is present near the trend line, this adds further confluence. Institutional traders frequently use FVG zones as entry triggers.
Step 5 — Enter on Signal
When a LONG or SHORT label appears, all five filters have aligned. Enter at the close of the signal candle. Your TP1, TP2, and SL levels will appear automatically on the chart.
Step 6 — Manage the Trade
Consider taking partial profits at TP1 (50% of position) and letting the remainder run to TP2. Move stop loss to breakeven after TP1 is hit.
Step 7 — Set Alerts
Use the 9 built-in alert conditions to be notified of signals and SMC events without watching the chart constantly.
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RECOMMENDED TIMEFRAMES
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Scalping: 1 minute, 5 minutes (Pivot Length 5-7)
Intraday: 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 Hour (Pivot Length 8-10)
Swing Trading: 4 Hour, Daily (Pivot Length 10-15)
Position Trading: Weekly (Pivot Length 15-20)
The indicator automatically adapts to any timeframe. Only the Pivot Lookback Length needs to be adjusted based on your trading style.
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COMPATIBLE MARKETS
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This indicator works on all liquid markets available on PulseWire:
Forex: All major, minor, and exotic currency pairs
Crypto: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and all altcoins
Commodities: Gold (XAUUSD), Silver (XAGUSD), Oil (WTI, Brent)
Indices: S&P 500, NASDAQ, Dow Jones, FTSE, DAX, Nikkei
Stocks: Any individual equity with sufficient volume
Futures: All futures contracts available on PulseWire
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WHO CAN USE THIS INDICATOR
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Beginner Traders:
The dashboard and automatic signals remove the need for manual analysis. Beginners can use the LONG and SHORT labels as guided entry points while learning how the underlying concepts work.
Intermediate Traders:
Use the BOS and CHoCH labels to understand market structure shifts and combine them with trend line touches for high-confluence entries. The FVG zones add an additional layer for precise entry timing.
Advanced and Professional Traders:
Use the full system as an institutional-grade market structure scanner. Combine BOS, CHoCH, FVG, and liquidity zones with your own HTF bias for a complete multi-confluence trading framework. The volume and RSI filters can be tuned precisely to your strategy requirements.
Algorithmic and Systematic Traders:
All 9 alert conditions can be connected to PulseWire webhooks for automated notification systems or strategy integration.
Portfolio Managers and Analysts:
The dashboard provides a rapid one-glance market assessment across any asset — useful for screening multiple instruments quickly.
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IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER
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Auto TrendLine Intelligence is a technical analysis tool designed to support trading decisions. It does not guarantee future results. All trading involves risk. Always apply proper risk management, use appropriate position sizing, and conduct your own due diligence before entering any trade. Past signal performance is not indicative of future results. This indicator is not financial advice. Indicator
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FOREXSOM Previous High LowFOREXSOM Previous High Low automatically plots the Previous Week High PWH, Previous Week Low PWL, Previous Day High PDH, and Previous Day Low PDL using the exact candle wick highs and lows from higher timeframes
The indicator is designed for traders who use price action, Smart Money Concepts SMC, ICT concepts, liquidity analysis, and market structure in their trading
These levels are commonly used by traders to identify liquidity zones, support and resistance, stop hunts, breakout areas, and potential reversal points during the trading session
The script keeps the chart clean while providing important higher timeframe reference levels that many traders use for intraday and swing trading decisions
Features
Plots exact Previous Week High and Low
Plots exact Previous Day High and Low
Uses precise wick highs and lows
Customizable colors and line styles
Adjustable line thickness
Lightweight and clean chart design
Works across all timeframes
Useful for Forex, Crypto, Indices, Commodities, and Futures markets
This indicator can be useful for traders analyzing GBPUSD, EURUSD, XAUUSD Gold, NASDAQ, US30, and other highly traded markets Indicator
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Shark Hunt | AnonycryptousShark Hunt | Anonycryptous
Description & user manual
(Some chart snapshots below)
Why makes this indicator different?
Most liquidity indicators show you levels. They draw a box where a swing high or low formed and wait for price to return. They do not tell you whether the return matters. They do not filter what is noise from what is a genuine institutional event. They do not confirm whether the move that touched the level was a stop hunt or just a graze. They show you where. Not what.
Shark Hunt works differently.
It does not just detect liquidity zones. It hunts what happens at them — mechanically, bar by bar, through a multi-layer confirmation engine that evaluates wick penetration, volume, rejection strength, and optional pattern confluence before a signal fires. Every condition has a purpose. Every filter reflects something that institutional order flow actually leaves behind.
Most traders can look at a chart in hindsight and spot a liquidity sweep. They see the wick, they see the reversal, they understand what happened. The challenge is identifying it as it forms, before the move is over. That is what Shark Hunt is built to do.
And then there is the Failure Entry engine.
Not every meaningful institutional move starts at a marked zone. Sometimes price sweeps a structural pivot mid-chart — no zone, no prior markup — and reverses sharply. These are swing failure patterns: a wick through a recent high or low, a close back inside, and the market moving the other way. Shark Hunt includes a complete standalone engine for detecting and trading these setups, with its own signal system, trade block, and performance tracking. It is an indicator within an indicator. When you enable it, the entire color scheme shifts to make the mode change unmistakable.
Most indicators are built for one idea. Shark Hunt is built for two ways of reading the same market — and it tells you clearly which mode you are in.
Important notice
Shark Hunt generates trading signals based on pattern detection and volume analysis.
These signals are not financial advice.
They do not predict the future.
They do not guarantee profitability.
All trading decisions are made entirely by the user.
Always manage your own risk. Always apply your own judgment.
1. Overview
Shark Hunt is a liquidity zone detection and sweep confirmation indicator built around the behavior of institutional participants — how they build positions, how they run stops, and how that activity shows up on a chart.
What it includes:
- Impulse-scored liquidity zone detection at swing highs and lows
- Three-tier zone significance: scalp, intermediate, and major
- Multi-layer sweep confirmation: wick penetration, volume, rejection, and pattern gates
- Zone flip logic: broken support becomes resistance and vice versa
- Zone hold statistics with percentage display and liquidity value per zone
- Five price pattern detections: imbalances, absorption bars, price failures, level break retests, and wick traps
- Trade block visualization with configurable RR ratio, SL mode, and width
- Failure Entry engine: standalone SFP signal system with independent settings and trade blocks
- Sweep and failure mode color switching: fluor green/red for zone mode, fluor cyan/red for failure mode
- Neon glow rendering for both candles and zones: independently configurable
- Live dashboard showing active mode, zones, trade statistics, and PnL in R
- Alerts for zone sweep longs, zone sweep shorts, failure longs, and failure shorts
2. How zones are built
Shark Hunt detects liquidity pools at confirmed swing highs and lows using a pivot-based engine. Every zone is scored at the moment of formation using a composite impulse quality score — a weighted combination of body strength, volume relative to average, and bar range relative to ATR. Higher scores mean the move away from the zone was more decisive. When two zones form too close together, the weaker one is removed. Only the more significant level survives.
Zone significance is configurable in three modes:
-Scalp
Short pivot lookback. More zones formed, closer to current price. Suited for fast timeframes and intraday scalp setups.
-Intermediate
Balanced detection. A practical default across most instruments and timeframes.
-Major
Extended pivot lookback. Only the most significant structural levels qualify. Fewer zones, higher conviction per zone.
Each zone extends to the right in real time. A stats label shows the percentage of touches where price held without sweeping — the hold rate — and the estimated liquidity value at the formation bar, calculated as volume multiplied by price. These two numbers tell you how historically respected a zone is and how much institutional interest was present when it formed.
When price closes decisively through a zone, the zone flip logic converts it to the opposite side. A broken demand zone becomes supply. A broken supply zone becomes demand. This mirrors how smart money re-uses levels.
3. Sweep confirmation
A sweep fires only when all enabled conditions are satisfied on the same bar at close.
Wick penetration
The wick must break through the zone boundary by at least a configurable percentage of price. This filters grazes from genuine stop hunts. At 0.05%, small but intentional penetrations qualify. At 0.2% and above, only decisive spikes are counted.
Volume confirmation
The sweep bar must have volume at or above a configurable multiple of the rolling average. Institutional sweeps require size to move price and collect stops. A sweep on below-average volume is usually noise. This filter is toggleable.
Wick rejection
The wick that swept the zone must represent a minimum percentage of the bar's total range. A high rejection percentage means the bar closed far from its sweep extreme — price was pushed back hard. A low percentage means price drifted through and kept going. This filter is toggleable.
Pattern confirmation gates
Three optional gates can be added on top of the base sweep conditions:
- Require Price Failure (SFP): the sweep bar must also close back inside a recent pivot. Stop hunt confirmed by structure.
- Require Wick Trap: the sweeping wick must be at least twice the body size and larger than half an ATR. Pin-bar quality required.
- Require Absorption Bar: the sweep bar must fully engulf the previous candle. One-sided institutional commitment on the sweep itself.
Each gate is independent. Any combination can be active simultaneously. When all three are off, the base filters apply. When one or more are on, they stack as AND conditions — all must pass.
A cooldown setting prevents duplicate signals on the same level by requiring a minimum number of bars between confirmed sweeps.
When a sweep confirms, the zone is marked as swept and fades. A trade block is drawn showing the SL zone and TP zone based on the configured stop loss mode and RR ratio.
4. Price patterns
Five independent price pattern detections run continuously alongside the zone engine. Each can be toggled on or off.
-Price imbalances
Three-candle gaps where price moved too fast for two-sided trading. The gap between the first and third candle is visible as a small filled box. These areas act as magnets — price tends to return. A bull imbalance forms when a bullish candle leaves a gap above. A bear imbalance forms the same way in the opposite direction.
-Absorption bars
A candle that fully engulfs the previous candle in body. The current bar opened inside the prior bar's body and closed beyond it on the opposite side. This shows one side overpowering the other in a single bar — a sign of directional commitment. Marked with a small dot above or below the bar.
-Price failures
A bar that breaks a recent swing pivot with its wick but closes back inside. The market attempted a breakout, ran the stops beyond the pivot, then reversed. This is the mechanical signature of an institutional stop hunt at a structural level. Marked with a clean "F" label in bull or bear color.
-Level break and retest
When price closes through a recent pivot level and then returns to test it from the other side, a retest marker fires. Broken resistance retested as support, and vice versa. The cross marker appears at the retest bar.
-Wick traps
Candles with a wick at least twice the body size and larger than half an ATR. These mark areas of strong rejection. When a wick trap appears at or near a zone, it adds weight to the setup. Marked with a directional arrow.
5. Trade block
When a zone sweep confirms, a trade block is drawn from the signal bar forward. It shows the SL zone in red and the TP zone above or below entry.
Two stop loss modes are available:
-Zone mode
The stop is placed at the zone boundary plus a configurable ATR buffer. Consistent across setups — the SL is anchored to the structural level that defined the zone.
-Wick mode
The stop is placed at the deepest point of the sweep wick plus a configurable ATR buffer. Tighter, and closer to the actual sweep extreme. Can vary significantly bar to bar depending on wick size.
The RR ratio scales the TP distance as a multiple of the SL distance. At 1.0, TP equals SL distance — a 1:1 setup. At 2.0, TP is twice the SL distance. The trade block width in bars is configurable.
The backtest engine runs alongside the live chart. Every confirmed signal is tracked. When TP or SL is reached, the result is recorded as positive or negative R and accumulated in the dashboard.
6. Dashboard
The dashboard is displayed in a configurable position at tiny, small, or normal size.
It shows:
- Active mode: Sweep — on or off. Failure — on or off. Immediately visible at a glance.
- Depth: the current zone significance setting.
- Bull liquidity: number of active bull zones, with fresh zone count.
- Bear liquidity: same for bear zones.
- ATR: current ATR value for the active calculation period.
- Trades, longs, shorts, wins, losses, win rate: cumulative signal statistics.
- Total PnL in R: cumulative result across all signals.
- Expected value in R: average result per trade.
Mode colors are active throughout. In zone sweep mode, bull elements appear in fluor green. In failure entry mode, everything bull switches to fluor cyan. Bear elements remain in fluor red in both modes. The mode switch is visible across every element on the chart — zones, candles, markers, trade blocks, and the dashboard simultaneously.
7. Neon glow
Two independent glow systems are available under the Visuals section.
Neon glow candles
Three stacked plotcandle layers render the candles in fluor color with a soft outer glow. Body transparency and wick and border transparency are separately adjustable — softer body, harder wicks gives the most readable result. Two glow layers control the diffuse outer glow and the inner primary glow independently.
For best results: open chart settings, go to the Style tab, and set the default candle body, border, and wick to fully transparent. This removes the standard PulseWire candle rendering and lets only the glow candles show.
Neon glow zones
Four stacked box layers per zone produce a layered neon glow from the zone boundary outward. A single Zone Glow Strength slider controls all layers simultaneously — lower values produce a more intense neon effect, higher values produce a softer ambient glow.
Both systems work in both modes. When failure entry mode is active, the glow shifts to fluor cyan for all bull elements.
8. ⚡ The Failure Entry engine — the Bonus 🦈
Zone sweeps are the core of Shark Hunt. But not every institutional move starts at a marked level.
Sometimes price sweeps a structural pivot that has no zone drawn on it — a recent swing high or low that formed mid-session, between established zones. The move is decisive: a wick beyond the pivot, a close back inside, and price accelerating in the opposite direction. These are swing failure patterns. They are one of the cleanest institutional signatures available — a stop hunt at a structural level, confirmed by the bar's own price action.
The Failure Entry engine is a fully independent system inside Shark Hunt, built specifically to detect and trade these setups.
When Failure Entry mode is enabled, the zone sweep signal system is suspended. Zones remain on the chart as structural context — they often align with logical TP levels for failure trades. But entries come only from the failure engine.
The failure engine uses its own pivot lookback, separate from the zone detection engine. A dedicated wick size filter measured in ATR is the primary quality gate — it controls how large the failure wick must be relative to current volatility. Small values allow minor structural failures. Larger values require significant spike reversals. This is the primary lever for tightening or loosening signal quality.
A separate wick rejection percentage filter ensures the sweep bar closed convincingly away from its extreme. Volume confirmation with its own multiplier can be applied independently. A cooldown prevents duplicate signals on the same pivot.
The failure engine has its own trade block: fluor cyan for TP, fluor red for SL. The SL can be placed at the wick tip or at the pivot level itself, each with its own ATR buffer. The RR ratio and block width are independently configurable.
Performance is tracked separately. The failure PnL, win rate, and expected value accumulate in their own records and are reflected in the total dashboard figures. Every failure trade contributes to the overall session result.
Enabling failure entry mode changes the entire visual environment. All bull elements — zones, candles, markers, trade blocks — switch from fluor green to fluor cyan. The mode status rows in the dashboard confirm what is active at a glance. Switching modes is one toggle. The chart responds immediately across every element.
The failure engine is not a replacement for the zone sweep system. It is a complementary tool for catching institutional moves that do not begin at a pre-mapped level. Used in combination with the zone context still visible on the chart, it gives Shark Hunt coverage of both types of setup — the anticipated sweep at a known level, and the opportunistic reversal at an unmarked pivot.
9. Settings reference
9.1 Zone detection
- Pivot lookback: bars each side to confirm a swing high or low
- Zone significance: scalp, intermediate, or major
- Max active zones per side: upper limit on tracked zones
- Zone ATR width: zone height as a multiple of ATR
- Min zone separation (ATR): minimum distance between zones of the same type
- Show fresh zones only: hide swept zones or keep them faded
- Enable zone flip: convert broken zones to the opposite side
9.2 Sweep confirmation
- Min wick penetration (%): minimum wick break through zone boundary
- Volume confirmation: toggle volume filter on or off
- Min volume multiple: minimum sweep bar volume relative to average
- Volume average period: rolling volume baseline length
- Wick rejection filter: toggle wick size filter on or off
- Min wick rejection (%): minimum wick as percentage of bar range
- Cooldown bars between sweeps: minimum gap between signals
- Require price failure (SFP): optional pattern gate
- Require wick trap: optional pattern gate
- Require absorption bar: optional pattern gate
9.3 Price patterns
- Show price imbalances
- Show absorption bars
- Show price failures
- Show level breaks and retests
- Show wick traps
9.4 Trade block
- Show trade block on sweep
- RR ratio
- SL mode: zone or wick
- SL buffer (ATR)
- Trade block width (bars)
9.5 Visuals
- Bull and bear liquidity zone transparency
- Show zone stats label
- Show % hold
- Show liquidity value
- Zone label size
- Min % hold to show zone
- Enable neon glow candles
- Body transparency (soft)
- Wick and border transparency (hard)
- Primary glow strength
- Secondary glow strength (diffuse)
- Enable neon glow zones
- Zone glow strength
9.6 Failure entry
- Enable failure entry mode
- Pivot lookback
- Min failure wick (ATR)
- Min wick rejection (%)
- Volume confirmation
- Min volume multiple
- Cooldown bars between failures
- SL mode: wick or pivot
- SL buffer (ATR)
- RR ratio
- Trade block width (bars)
- Show trade block on failure
9.7 Dashboard
- Show dashboard
- Position: top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right
- Size: tiny, small, normal
10. How to use
10.1 Initial setup
1. Set zone significance to match your timeframe. Major works well on 3m and 15m as a starting point.
2. Enable the filters you want active. Volume confirmation and wick rejection are on by default — these are the minimum recommended filters.
3. Set your RR ratio. The default of 1.0 is conservative. Adjust based on your own risk management rules.
4. Decide whether to use zone mode or failure entry mode. Both can be tested and compared using the dashboard statistics.
5. If you want neon glow rendering, set default chart candles to transparent first, then enable the glow toggles.
10.2 Reading the chart
Zones in fluor green are bull liquidity pools — unfilled stop clusters below recent swing lows. Zones in fluor red are bear liquidity pools above swing highs. The opacity and label show how historically respected each zone is.
When price approaches a zone, watch the sweep confirmation criteria. A qualifying bar at close triggers the signal and draws the trade block.
"F" labels mark price failure patterns. When an F appears near a zone boundary, it strengthens the setup. A price failure at a liquidity zone is the clearest confluence available in Shark Hunt — a structural stop hunt confirmed by both the zone engine and the failure pattern simultaneously.
Imbalance boxes, absorption dots, retest crosses, and wick trap arrows all provide additional context. None of them are trade signals by themselves. They are confluence indicators — the more of them align with a zone sweep, the higher the contextual quality of the setup.
10.3 Illustrative bull scenario
Educational example only. Not a trading recommendation.
A swing low forms with strong impulse score. A bull liquidity zone is drawn below it, showing 100% hold and a high liquidity value. Several bars later, price dips into the zone with a sharp wick on elevated volume. The wick is larger than the body, covering more than 25% of the bar range. The bar closes above the zone boundary. A fluor green triangle fires below the bar. The trade block appears showing the TP zone above and the SL zone below. An "F" label also appears on the same bar — the zone sweep and the price failure both confirmed simultaneously.
10.4 Illustrative bear scenario
Educational example only. Not a trading recommendation.
Price rallies into a bear liquidity zone marked from a prior swing high. The approach candle is an absorption bar — a dot appears above it. On the next bar, a sharp spike above the zone on high volume forms a wick that covers more than 25% of the bar range, closing back below the zone top. The sweep confirms. A fluor red triangle fires above the bar. The trade block drops from entry to the TP target below. A wick trap arrow also marks the same bar — strong institutional rejection at a known supply level.
10.5 Using failure entry mode
Enable failure entry mode when you want to trade swing failure patterns without requiring a pre-mapped zone.
The zone boundaries remain on the chart. Use them as context. A failure trade that targets a nearby bull or bear zone as its TP has structural justification for the exit level.
The min failure wick (ATR) setting is the primary quality control. Start at 0.4. If you see too many minor failures firing, raise it. If the engine is missing moves you can see visually, lower it.
The dashboard will show failure-specific statistics. Compare the failure win rate and expected value to the zone sweep statistics. Over time, this data tells you which setup type performs better on your instrument and timeframe.
10.6 Timeframe guide
- 1m–2m: scalp depth, loose filters, high zone count, failure mode useful
- 3m–5m: recommended default settings, both engines perform well
- 15m: major depth, tighter wick penetration, fewer but higher quality setups
- 30m and above: increase pivot lookback for both zone and failure engines
11. Tip
The zone hold percentage is information. A zone with 0% hold has been swept every time price visited it. That is a weak zone — it may not hold the next time either. A zone at 95% hold has defended itself repeatedly. That is a level with a track record.
Volume confirmation is your noise filter. On most instruments, genuine institutional sweeps show up on volume. A sweep on below-average volume is usually a retail move or a thin-market spike. Keep volume confirmation on unless your instrument has unreliable volume data.
The pattern confirmation gates stack. Requiring price failure, wick trap, and absorption simultaneously will produce very few signals — but the ones that fire will have three independent confirmations in addition to the base sweep conditions. Use the gates selectively based on how many signals your timeframe normally generates.
Zone glow and candle glow are independent. You can use zone glow without candle glow, or both together. The neon rendering is a visual choice — it does not affect signal logic.
Failure mode changes everything visually. When you enable it, the entire chart shifts to fluor cyan for bull elements. This is intentional — it makes the mode switch obvious. There is no ambiguity about which engine is active.
The dashboard expected value is the most useful long-term metric. A positive expected value means the average signal generates profit over time. A negative value means the current settings lose on average even if the win rate looks reasonable. Track it across sessions to validate your configuration.
Chart snapshots:
12. Disclaimer
This indicator is provided for educational and informational purposes only. Nothing in this document constitutes financial advice or any form of recommendation. Trading financial instruments involves substantial risk of loss. Past performance is not indicative of future results. You may lose all of your invested capital.
Anonycryptous accepts no responsibility or liability for any losses incurred as a result of using this indicator.
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Smart Money Matrix ICT + Volume Profile [Point algo]This indicator is a comprehensive institutional-grade toolkit designed to bridge the gap between Market Structure (SMC/ICT) and Volume Analysis (Volume Profile). By combining these two distinct analytical disciplines, the indicator provides a high-confluence "Matrix" view of the market, helping traders identify where high-conviction orders are resting and how price structure is reacting to them.
Core Functionality
The script is divided into three primary modules that work in synergy:
1. ICT & Smart Money Structure
This module tracks the "DNA" of market movement using high-precision pivot detection:
Market Structure Shift (MSS) & Break of Structure (BOS): Automatically identifies trend transitions and continuations.
Liquidity Sweeps: Highlights "stop hunts" where price wicks beyond previous swing points before reversing, signaling institutional absorption.
Dynamic Fair Value Gaps (FVG): Plots active FVGs and automatically removes them (mitigation) once price returns to fill the imbalance.
2. Advanced Volume Profile (VP)
While most volume profiles are static, this engine calculates volume distribution over a user-defined lookback period to find the "fairest" price levels:
Point of Control (POC): The price level with the highest traded volume, acting as a massive magnet or pivot.
Value Area (VAH/VAL): Highlights the zone where 70% (customizable) of the volume took place, distinguishing between value-driven moves and "excess" price action.
Bull/Bear Volume Split: The profile histogram is color-coded to show whether buyers or sellers were more aggressive at specific price nodes.
3. Master Intelligence Dashboard (HUD)
A real-time terminal in the corner of your chart that synthesizes all data points:
Market Bias: Real-time bullish/bearish/neutral status based on structural breaks.
Zone Positioning: Instantly tells you if price is above, below, or at value (POC).
Distance Metrics: Calculates the percentage distance to the POC for mean-reversion planning.
How to Use
High Confluence Entry: Look for a Liquidity Sweep or MSS that occurs exactly at the Value Area Low (VAL) or POC. This suggests institutions are defending a high-volume zone.
Targeting: Use the POC as a primary take-profit level during mean-reversion trades.
Imbalance Trading: Use the FVG boxes to identify "magnets" in the market. If price breaks structure (BOS) and leaves an FVG near the Value Area High, expect a retracement to that zone before the next leg.
Technical Breakdown
Pivots: Uses a customizable lookback length to detect swing points.
Volume Binning: Divides the price range into numBins to calculate volume density accurately across the lookback period.
Non-Repainting: All structural labels (MSS/BOS/Sweeps) and FVG boxes are calculated on closed bars to ensure signal integrity.
Transparency: All features, from FVG transparency to the number of Volume bins, are fully adjustable via the user settings menu.
Disclaimer: Trading involves significant risk. This tool is designed for technical analysis and educational purposes. It does not provide financial advice. Past performance of structural patterns is not indicative of future results. Indicator
Market Phase Detector [JOAT]Market Phase Detector
Introduction
Market Phase Detector is an open-source market structure classification engine that continuously identifies whether price is operating in a Bullish Trend, Bearish Trend, or Range state. The classification uses three independent inputs that must align simultaneously before a regime is confirmed, making the output robust against single-factor noise and false positives that plague simpler trend detectors.
The problem Market Phase Detector solves is context. Trend-following entries during range conditions produce whipsaws. Mean-reversion entries during strong trending moves produce losses against the dominant flow. Knowing the regime before interpreting any other signal improves the relevance of every decision made from it. Market Phase Detector makes that determination automatically, updates it bar by bar, and visualizes both the current regime and every structural event that contributed to it — including labeled BOS and CHoCH events with horizontal level lines, live swing extension lines at the right edge, and an institutional-grade dashboard.
Core Concepts
1. Swing Detection and Pivot Tracking
Price structure is derived from pivot highs and lows confirmed using ta.pivothigh() and ta.pivotlow() with a configurable symmetric lookback. The lookback controls sensitivity — a value of 5 requires 5 bars on each side of the pivot to confirm it, producing only the most structurally significant swings. Each confirmed pivot updates the tracked level and resets its broken flag to allow new break detection on the next cycle:
pivHi = ta.pivothigh(high, swingLen, swingLen)
pivLo = ta.pivotlow(low, swingLen, swingLen)
if not na(pivHi)
topLevel := pivHi
topBroken := false
2. Break of Structure vs Change of Character
Two structural event types are distinguished and tracked independently. A Break of Structure (BOS) occurs when price closes through the previous swing extreme in the same direction as the current structural bias — confirming continuation. A Change of Character (CHoCH) occurs when price closes through the previous swing extreme against the current structural bias — signaling a potential regime flip:
bosBull = bullBreak and structureBias == 1
chochBull = bullBreak and structureBias != 1
Every event is labeled directly on the chart with a horizontal line at the break level and a text label (BOS +, BOS -, CHoCH +, CHoCH -). Running counts of each type are tracked and displayed in the dashboard.
3. Three-Factor Regime Gate
The regime classification evaluates all three inputs simultaneously before assigning a state. Structure bias is set by BOS and CHoCH events. The volatility gate compares current ATR to a moving average of ATR multiplied by a contraction threshold — when ATR falls below this level the market is classified as compressed and the regime defaults to Range regardless of structure or momentum. Momentum uses a smoothed rate-of-change that must confirm the structural direction:
if isLowVol
regime := 0 // Range — volatility gate overrides everything
else if strBias == 1 and roc > 0
regime := 1 // Bullish
else if strBias == -1 and roc < 0
regime := -1 // Bearish
else
regime := 0 // Inconclusive — range
A confidence score (1-3) counts how many of the three factors currently agree and is displayed in the dashboard, allowing the trader to distinguish a fully confirmed 3/3 regime from a weaker 2/3 reading.
4. Swing Level Extension Lines
The current unbroken swing high and swing low are extended as dotted horizontal lines to the right edge of the chart with price labels. These serve as the nearest structural reference levels — the next points where a BOS or CHoCH could occur. They are deleted and redrawn each bar using barstate.islast so they remain current without consuming the indicator's line budget:
if barstate.islast and showSwingExt
line.delete(swingHiLine)
swingHiLine := line.new(topBar, topLevel, bar_index + 4, topLevel,
color=color.new(#E65100, 45), style=line.style_dotted, width=2)
5. Regime Background Shading
The chart background is tinted according to the current regime — faint teal for Bullish, faint orange for Bearish, neutral gray for Range. This gives immediate context at a glance without adding visual noise to the price action.
Features
Three-state regime output: Bullish, Bearish, and Range states derived from structure, volatility, and momentum alignment
BOS and CHoCH event labels: Every structural break labeled on-chart with event type, direction, and horizontal level line
Independent BOS and CHoCH counters: Running totals of each structural event type in the dashboard
Swing level extension lines: Dotted right-edge lines at the current unbroken swing high and low with price labels
ATR-based volatility gate: Low-volatility contraction forces a Range classification regardless of structure or momentum
Smoothed momentum confirmation: Rate-of-change must align with structure before a trending regime is confirmed
Confidence scoring (1/3 to 3/3): Quantifies how many of the three classification factors are currently aligned
Regime background shading: Chart background tint reflects the current regime in real time
Institutional dashboard (top right): 15-row table with regime state, confidence, last break direction and age, BOS and CHoCH counts, swing levels, and ATR
Fully configurable colors: Bullish, bearish, and ranging tints plus structure line colors are independently adjustable
All signals confirmed bar only: No repainting — all structural events fire on barstate.isconfirmed
Input Parameters
Structure Detection:
Swing Lookback: Left/right bars required for pivot confirmation (default: 5)
ATR Period: ATR calculation length (default: 14)
Regime Classification:
Volatility MA Length: MA length for ATR comparison (default: 20)
Range Contraction Multiplier: ATR fraction below which the market is classified as ranging (default: 0.7)
Momentum Lookback: Rate-of-change lookback and EMA smoothing period (default: 10)
Display:
Regime Background Shading toggle
Show Dashboard toggle
Show Structure Lines toggle
Show Swing Level Extensions toggle
How to Use This Indicator
Step 1: Read the Current Regime
Check the REGIME row in the dashboard. BULLISH, BEARISH, or RANGE appears in its corresponding color. This is the primary output. Use it to establish directional bias before consulting any other signal source.
Step 2: Check Confidence Score
The Confidence row shows how many of the three inputs align (e.g., 2/3). A 3/3 reading means structure, volatility, and momentum all agree. A 2/3 reading means one factor is diverging. Weight directional decisions higher during full 3/3 alignment.
Step 3: Monitor CHoCH Events
Each CHoCH label marks a structural break against the current bias — a warning that the regime may be shifting. When a CHoCH appears, watch whether subsequent bars confirm a new opposing BOS or whether the previous regime resumes.
Step 4: Use Swing Extension Lines as Forward Reference
The dotted right-edge lines mark the current unbroken swing levels — the nearest structural break zones. Knowing how close price is to these levels frames where the next BOS or CHoCH could occur.
Step 5: Apply Regime as a Filter
Market Phase Detector is designed as a context layer, not a standalone signal generator. Apply the regime output as a filter to your existing tools: only take long signals when the regime is Bullish, only take short signals when Bearish, and step aside or apply mean-reversion logic when Range is active.
Indicator Limitations
Pivot detection confirms swingLen bars after the pivot forms, creating a natural offset between the candle where the swing occurred and when it is labeled. This is intentional non-repainting behavior
The volatility gate may temporarily classify a new trend as Range immediately after a volatility expansion if ATR has not yet risen above the threshold. This resolves within a few bars as ATR normalizes
In slow, grinding markets, momentum may repeatedly lag structure, resulting in extended Range readings during mild trends
Market Phase Detector classifies current market state. It does not predict future price direction or generate entry/exit signals
Originality Statement
Market Phase Detector is original in its three-factor gate requiring independent alignment of structure, volatility, and momentum before any regime is confirmed. This indicator is published because:
The combination of CHoCH and BOS structural logic, an ATR contraction gate, and a smoothed momentum filter into a single lightweight classifier that produces a confidence score is uncommon in published open-source Pine Script v6
Distinguishing BOS from CHoCH within the same indicator — with independent event counts and labeled historical events — provides structural context that standalone trend indicators do not offer
The confidence scoring system (1-3) quantifies the strength of the current regime reading across three independent analytical dimensions, not just a single oscillator value
Swing level extension lines provide live structural reference at the right edge of the chart without requiring the user to manually draw levels or add a separate pivot indicator
Disclaimer
This indicator is provided for educational and informational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any financial instrument. Trading involves substantial risk of loss. Regime classifications are based on historical price data and do not guarantee any future market behavior. All three factors can produce inaccurate readings in atypical market conditions. Always use proper risk management. The author is not responsible for any trading losses resulting from the use of this indicator.
-Made with passion by jackofalltrades
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BOS Adaptive Structure Average (Zeiierman)█ Overview
BOS Adaptive Structure Average (Zeiierman) is a structure-aware trend framework that blends market structure logic with an adaptive moving average and directional cloud visualization. Rather than treating all price movements equally, the indicator reacts to confirmed Break of Structure (BOS) and Change of Character (ChoCH) events, using them to dynamically adjust the average's responsiveness and directional bias.
The result is a smoother trend tool that does not rely only on price slope, but also incorporates structural confirmation. Alongside the adaptive average, the script tracks live structural highs and lows, scores their relative strength, and visualizes directional bias through a cloud that expands around the average. This creates a more contextual trend model that helps map both current momentum and active market structure.
█ How It Works
⚪ Structure Engine 1: BOS / ChoCH Detection
The first structure engine identifies pivot highs and pivot lows using a configurable pivot length. Once a pivot is established, the script monitors whether the price breaks above the active high or below the active low.
A break above the tracked high triggers a bullish structural event.
A break below the tracked low triggers a bearish structural event.
Each event is labeled either as:
BOS when it continues the current structural direction
ChoCH when it breaks against the prior structure state and signals a regime shift
This state is stored internally and becomes the foundation for the adaptive behavior of the average.
structText(os, isBull) =>
isBull ? (os == -1 ? "ChoCH" : "BOS") : (os == 1 ? "ChoCH": "BOS")
⚪ Adaptive Average Core
At the center of the indicator is a dynamic average that adjusts its response speed using structure activity.
The script converts BOS events into a directional impulse:
bullish BOS → positive impulse
bearish BOS → negative impulse
This impulse is smoothed into:
bosAct = activity strength
bosBias = directional pressure
Those values control how quickly the average reacts and how strongly it gets pushed in the active structure direction. When the structure activity is quiet, the average behaves more slowly. When structure becomes active, it accelerates and leans into the prevailing directional break.
bosImp = bullBos1 ? 1.0 : bearBos1 ? -1.0 : 0.0
bosAct = ta.rma(math.abs(bosImp), 20)
bosBias = ta.rma(bosImp, 20)
alpha = aSlow + (aFast - aSlow) * bosAct
This produces a trend line that is both smoother than the raw price and more structurally aware than a standard moving average.
⚪ Multi-Speed Internal Average Stack
The adaptive average is not built from just one line. Internally, the script calculates five related adaptive components using different multipliers, creating a fast-to-slow response stack around the same structural core.
⚪ Structure Midpoint Anchoring
To keep the average tied to evolving market structure rather than drifting too freely with price, the script also uses the midpoint between the current active structure high and low as an anchor.
This midpoint acts as a stabilizing force. When the structure is well-defined, the internal averages are gently pulled back toward the structural center, helping the line remain more aligned with the active price framework.
mid = na(hi1) or na(lo1) ? na : (hi1 + lo1) / 2.0
anchW = 0.20 * bosAct
⚪ Live High / Low Structure Strength Model
The second structure engine tracks broader live highs and lows using a separate pivot length. These are not plotted as static levels — the script scores them based on the sequence of BOS and ChoCH events generated by Structure Engine 1.
Weights used in the current code:
ChoCH = 1
BOS = 3
These points are accumulated into bullish and bearish buckets for both the live high and live low. The net values are then translated into simple strength labels:
Weak
Medium
Strong
This creates a live read on whether the current high is stronger resistance or the current low is stronger support.
So the indicator is not only tracking structure breaks, but also maintaining a running estimate of how structurally strong the current high and low levels are.
⚪ Directional Cloud Model
This version uses a layered cloud derived from the adaptive average.
The main adaptive line is b3. That line is smoothed and then compared to a short EMA reference of hlc3 to create intermediate cloud layers between the adaptive line and the reference line. This produces a graded visual zone that reflects both slope and price relationship.
█ How to Use
⚪ Follow Trend Bias Through the Adaptive Average
Use the main adaptive line and cloud to quickly read market direction:
Bullish cloud + rising average → uptrend
Bearish cloud + falling average → downtrend
Flat, mixed, or narrow cloud → consolidation/indecision
Because the average reacts to structure (BOS/ChoCH) instead of just price movement, it tends to give a clearer trend read than standard moving averages, especially in structurally driven markets.
⚪ Use BOS / ChoCH for Regime Shifts
The BOS and ChoCH labels are useful for identifying when the structure is continuing versus when it is changing character.
ChoCH suggests a meaningful break against prior structure and may indicate an early regime shift.
BOS suggests continuation in the active structural direction
This makes the indicator useful not only for trend following but also for spotting when a prior directional assumption may be weakening.
⚪ Map Live Support and Resistance Strength
The live High / Low lines and their strength labels help frame the current structure map.
A Strong High suggests overhead resistance is being reinforced by bearish structure.
A Strong Low suggests support is being reinforced by bullish structure.
Weak readings suggest the level is less structurally defended.
This can be useful for filtering breakout expectations, fade setups, or risk placement around active market boundaries.
█ Settings
Fast Response Length – Controls how quickly the adaptive average reacts during active structure conditions. Lower values make the fast side of the average more responsive.
Slow Response Length – Controls the baseline smoothness of the adaptive average when structure activity is low. Higher values slow the line down and reduce noise.
BOS Directional Push – Adds directional pressure to the adaptive average using smoothed BOS bias and ATR. Higher values increase directional drift after structural confirmation.
Pivot Length (Structure Engine 1) – Defines how sensitive the BOS / ChoCH engine is. Lower values generate more structure events; higher values focus on broader swings.
Pivot Length (Structure Engine 2) – Defines the broader live high/low structure map. Higher values create more stable but less reactive levels.
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Disclaimer
The content provided in my scripts, indicators, ideas, algorithms, and systems is for educational and informational purposes only. It does not constitute financial advice, investment recommendations, or a solicitation to buy or sell any financial instruments. I will not accept liability for any loss or damage, including without limitation any loss of profit, which may arise directly or indirectly from the use of or reliance on such information.
All investments involve risk, and the past performance of a security, industry, sector, market, financial product, trading strategy, backtest, or individual's trading does not guarantee future results or returns. Investors are fully responsible for any investment decisions they make. Such decisions should be based solely on an evaluation of their financial circumstances, investment objectives, risk tolerance, and liquidity needs.
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Fibonacci Structure Engine [WillyAlgoTrader]📐 Fibonacci Structure Engine is an overlay indicator that combines automatic Fibonacci retracement from live market structure with Smart Money Concepts (BOS/CHoCH detection), weighted confluence scoring, premium/discount zone classification, and context-filtered engulfing pattern entries — creating a complete structure-to-Fibonacci-to-entry workflow where every component feeds into the next.
The core idea: Fibonacci levels are only meaningful when drawn from the correct swing points. This indicator automates the entire process: it detects swing highs/lows with ATR-filtered pivot detection, identifies structure breaks (BOS) and trend reversals (CHoCH), anchors Fibonacci retracement levels from the structure-defined swing, trails the live edge as price extends, locks it when a confirmed pivot arrives, scores the confluence between current price and Fibonacci levels, and generates entry signals when engulfing patterns occur at high-confluence zones in the correct structural context.
Most Fibonacci tools on PulseWire require manual drawing — you select the swing high and low, and the levels appear. The problem: selecting the wrong swing, forgetting to update after a new structure break, or drawing from a minor swing that doesn't reflect the current trend leg. This indicator solves all three: the Fibonacci anchors update automatically on every structure break, trail the live edge as price extends, and lock when a confirmed pivot arrives — always reflecting the most relevant swing for the current market structure.
🧩 WHY THESE COMPONENTS WORK TOGETHER
Fibonacci retracement levels alone are static S/R lines. Structure detection alone tells you trend direction. Engulfing patterns alone fire everywhere. Confluence scoring alone has nothing to score against.
This indicator chains them into a dependency pipeline:
ATR-filtered swing detection → HH/HL/LH/LL classification → BOS/CHoCH structure breaks → Fibonacci anchor from structure swing → Live edge trailing + pivot locking → Fib level calculation → Confluence scoring (price vs Fib levels) → Premium/Discount zone classification → Engulfing pattern detection in structural context → Entry signal with cooldown
The swing detection feeds the structure engine — without confirmed pivots, no BOS/CHoCH can fire. The structure breaks anchor the Fibonacci levels — without a break, there's no swing to draw from. The Fibonacci levels feed the confluence scorer — without levels, there's nothing to score proximity against. The confluence score plus the premium/discount zone filter the engulfing patterns — without context, engulfing patterns produce too many false entries. And the signal cooldown prevents clustering from this entire chain.
Removing the structure detection breaks the Fibonacci anchoring. Removing the ATR filter floods the structure with noise swings. Removing the confluence scoring allows entries at non-Fibonacci prices. Removing the premium/discount filter allows bullish entries in premium (where sells should occur). Each component eliminates a specific failure mode.
🔍 WHAT MAKES IT ORIGINAL
1️⃣ Structure-anchored Fibonacci with live edge trailing.
The Fibonacci engine uses a 4-phase lifecycle:
Phase 1 — Anchor on structure break: When a BOS or CHoCH is detected:
— Bullish break: top = current high (live, will trail), bottom = most recent swing low (locked)
— Bearish break: bottom = current low (live, will trail), top = most recent swing high (locked)
This instantly draws Fibonacci levels from the break point.
Phase 2 — Trail live edge: As price extends beyond the initial break, the live edge (top for bull, bottom for bear) updates to the new extreme. Fibonacci levels recalculate continuously to reflect the current move. This captures the full extent of the breakout without waiting for a pivot confirmation.
Phase 3 — Lock on pivot: When a confirmed swing high (for bullish trailing) or swing low (for bearish trailing) is detected by the pivot engine, the live edge locks to that confirmed pivot. The Fibonacci levels stop updating and represent the confirmed swing range.
Phase 4 — Update on new swings: When a new confirmed swing arrives that differs from the current locked anchor, the Fibonacci levels update to the new structure — always reflecting the most recent confirmed swing.
This lifecycle means the Fibonacci levels are always relevant: immediately reactive after a break (phases 1–2), then structurally confirmed once a pivot is detected (phases 3–4).
2️⃣ ATR-filtered pivot detection with noise suppression.
Standard ta.pivothigh/ta.pivotlow detects every local extreme, including minor fluctuations that don't represent real swing points. The ATR filter requires:
— For a swing high: the distance from the pivot high to the most recent swing low ≥ ATR × multiplier (default 0.5)
— For a swing low: the distance from the most recent swing high to the pivot low ≥ ATR × multiplier
This ensures only swings of meaningful size (relative to current volatility) are used for structure detection and Fibonacci anchoring. The multiplier is configurable: lower (0.2–0.3) for more granular structure, higher (0.8–1.0) for only major swings.
3️⃣ BOS / CHoCH structure detection with bias tracking.
The indicator tracks a persistent structureBias variable (+1 bullish, −1 bearish, 0 neutral):
— BOS (Break of Structure) : close breaks above the most recent swing high while bias is already bullish (or below swing low while already bearish) — trend continuation
— CHoCH (Change of Character) : close breaks above swing high while bias was bearish, or below swing low while bias was bullish — trend reversal
Each break requires: barstate.isconfirmed + the swing level hasn't been broken before (tracked via lastBrokenHigh/lastBrokenLow). Structure lines are drawn from the swing point to the break bar with configurable style (solid/dashed/dotted) and width.
4️⃣ Weighted confluence scoring (0–100).
The indicator measures how close the current price is to each Fibonacci level (within ATR × tolerance) and assigns weights by Fib importance:
— 0.236 → weight 1.0 (minor level)
— 0.382 → weight 1.5 (shallow retracement)
— 0.500 → weight 2.0 (equilibrium)
— 0.618 → weight 2.5 (golden ratio — highest weight)
— 0.786 → weight 1.5 (deep retracement)
Swing highs/lows within tolerance add +1.0 each. Total weight × 10 = confluence score (capped at 100). Classification: Strong (≥ 60), Moderate (≥ 30), Weak (> 0), None (0).
The tolerance is ATR-based (default 0.3× ATR) — on a volatile instrument, the "near" zone expands proportionally. On a quiet instrument, it tightens. This prevents false confluence readings from both too-tight and too-loose proximity checks.
5️⃣ Premium / Discount zone classification.
Using the 0.500 Fibonacci level as the equilibrium:
— Premium : close > Fib 0.500 — price is above equilibrium (expensive relative to the swing)
— Discount : close ≤ Fib 0.500 — price is below equilibrium (cheap relative to the swing)
This classification is used as a context filter for engulfing patterns: bullish engulfing patterns are only marked when price is in discount or at a confluence zone. Bearish engulfing patterns are only marked in premium or at a confluence zone. This prevents the most common engulfing failure mode: bullish patterns at the top of a range and bearish patterns at the bottom.
6️⃣ Context-filtered engulfing pattern detection.
The engulfing pattern detection requires:
— Current candle body > EMA(body, 14) — above-average body size (not a doji)
— Previous candle body < EMA(body, 14) — smaller previous candle (setup for engulf)
— Current candle fully engulfs previous candle's body
— Context filter: in premium/discount zone OR confluence weight ≥ 1.5
Bearish engulfing (▼): marked when price is in premium or near a Fib level — a reversal pattern at resistance. Bullish engulfing (▲): marked when price is in discount or near a Fib level — a reversal pattern at support.
7️⃣ Dual-path entry signals with cooldown.
Two entry paths:
— Engulfing + Structure + Confluence : engulfing pattern in context + structure bias aligned + confluence weight ≥ 1.5
— CHoCH (trend reversal) : any confirmed CHoCH — strong reversal signal, no additional confluence required
Both paths subject to signal cooldown (default 5 bars) to prevent clustering. Buy/Sell signals are displayed as labels (off by default — enable in Visual Settings).
8️⃣ Golden Zone + Target Zone visualization.
Two highlighted zones drawn as semi-transparent boxes:
— Golden Zone (0.500 – 0.786): the highest-probability retracement area. Where most retests find support/resistance.
— Target Zone (−0.500 – −0.618): the Fibonacci extension target for the next leg. Where price typically reaches after a confirmed retracement entry.
Both zones extend rightward by the configurable extension (default 20 bars) and update with Fibonacci level changes.
9️⃣ Seven configurable Fibonacci levels.
Individually toggleable: 0.236, 0.382, 0.500, 0.618, 0.786, −0.500, and Target (−0.618). Each drawn with distinct line styles — 0.618 is the thickest and most opaque (golden ratio emphasis), 0.236 is the thinnest (minor level). A dotted reference line connects the swing low to swing high showing the measured move.
⚙️ HOW IT WORKS — CALCULATION FLOW
Step 1 — Pivot detection: ta.pivothigh/ta.pivotlow with configurable lookback. ATR filter removes minor swings (swing size must exceed ATR × multiplier).
Step 2 — Swing tracking: Most recent two swing highs and two swing lows stored with bar indices. Each new swing is compared to previous → HH/HL/LH/LL classification.
Step 3 — Structure detection: Close breaks above swing high → BOS (if bias already bullish) or CHoCH (if bias was bearish). Same logic inverted for bearish breaks. Structure bias updated.
Step 4 — Fibonacci anchoring: On break → live edge set at current extreme, locked edge at swing. Live edge trails with price. Locks when confirmed pivot arrives. Updates on new swings.
Step 5 — Level calculation: fibLevel = swingHigh − (swingHigh − swingLow) × ratio for each ratio. Extension targets use negative ratios.
Step 6 — Confluence scoring: For each Fib level, check if |close − level| ≤ ATR × tolerance. Add weighted score. Include swing level proximity. Cap at 100.
Step 7 — Entry logic: Path A: engulfing in context + bias + confluence ≥ 1.5. Path B: CHoCH. Both respect cooldown.
📖 HOW TO USE
🎯 Quick start:
1. Add the indicator — Fibonacci levels and structure labels appear automatically
2. HH/HL/LH/LL labels show market structure
3. BOS/CHoCH labels show structure breaks and reversals
4. Yellow-shaded Golden Zone (0.500–0.786) = highest-probability retracement area
5. ▲/▼ arrows = engulfing patterns in structural context
6. Enable Buy/Sell Signals in Visual Settings for entry labels
👁️ Reading the chart:
— 🟢 HH / HL labels = bullish structure (higher highs, higher lows)
— 🔴 LH / LL labels = bearish structure (lower highs, lower lows)
— 🟢 "BOS" line + label = bullish break of structure (continuation)
— 🔴 "BOS" line + label = bearish break of structure
— 🟢🔴 "CHoCH" = Change of Character (trend reversal)
— 🔵 Horizontal lines = Fibonacci levels (0.236–0.786)
— 🟡 Shaded box (upper) = Golden Zone (0.500–0.786)
— 🟡 Shaded box (lower) = Target Zone (−0.500 to −0.618)
— 🟢 ▲ = bullish engulfing in discount / Fib zone
— 🔴 ▼ = bearish engulfing in premium / Fib zone
— 🟢 "BUY" / 🔴 "SELL" = confirmed entry signals (when enabled)
🔧 Tuning guide:
— Too many structure labels: increase Swing Length (12–20) or increase ATR Multiplier (0.7–1.0)
— Missing swings: decrease Swing Length (5–8) or decrease ATR Multiplier (0.2–0.3)
— Confluence too strict: increase Confluence ATR Tolerance (0.4–0.5)
— Too many engulfing signals: they self-filter by premium/discount — increase ATR Filter to reduce swing count
— Signal clustering: increase Signal Cooldown (8–15 bars)
⚙️ KEY SETTINGS REFERENCE
⚙️ Main:
— Swing Detection Length (default 10): pivot lookback — higher = larger swings
— ATR Swing Filter (default On): minimum swing size as ATR multiple
— ATR Filter Multiplier (default 0.5): how large swings must be
— Signal Cooldown (default 5): bars between consecutive signals
📐 Fibonacci:
— Show Fibonacci Levels (default On)
— Fib Extension Bars (default 20): rightward line extension
— Individual level toggles : 0.236 (off), 0.382, 0.500, 0.618, 0.786, −0.5, Target −0.618
— Confluence ATR Tolerance (default 0.3): proximity threshold
🏗️ Structure:
— BOS / CHoCH (default On): show structure break lines and labels
— Swing Labels (default On): HH/HL/LH/LL on pivots
— Engulfing Signals (default On): context-filtered patterns
🎨 Visual:
— Buy/Sell Signals (default Off): enable for entry labels
— Structure line style (Solid/Dashed/Dotted) and width (1–4)
— Auto / Dark / Light theme
🔔 Alerts
— 🟢 BUY / 🔴 SELL — ticker, price, TF, confluence score, SL, TP
— 🔵 BOS — structure break with direction
— 🟡 CHoCH — trend reversal with direction
All support plain text and JSON webhook format. Bar-close confirmed.
⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTES
— 🚫 No repainting. All structure breaks and signals require barstate.isconfirmed. Pivot detection uses equal left/right lookback (swingLen/swingLen) — pivots are confirmed swingLen bars after the actual high/low. Fibonacci levels update on confirmed pivots and structure breaks only.
— 📐 The Fibonacci anchor system has two states per edge: live and locked . A live edge trails with price (capturing the full move after a break). A locked edge is confirmed by a pivot. You'll see the Fibonacci levels shift on bar close as the live edge updates — this is by design, not repainting. Once the pivot locks, levels stabilize.
— ⚖️ The 0.618 level carries the highest confluence weight (2.5) because it is the golden ratio — the most statistically significant Fibonacci retracement level. The 0.500 carries weight 2.0, while the extreme levels (0.236, 0.786) carry 1.0–1.5.
— 📊 Buy/Sell signals are off by default . The indicator is designed primarily as a structure + Fibonacci analysis tool. Enable signals in Visual Settings when you want automated entry detection.
— 🔄 CHoCH signals do not require confluence — they represent a structural trend reversal, which is inherently a high-conviction event. Engulfing-based entries require confluence weight ≥ 1.5 + correct structural bias.
— 📏 The Golden Zone (0.500–0.786) is the area where most successful retests occur . The Target Zone (−0.500 to −0.618) is the area where the next impulse leg typically reaches. Both are highlighted with semi-transparent boxes.
— 🛠️ This is a structure analysis and Fibonacci visualization tool , not an automated trading bot. It maps market structure, draws Fibonacci levels, scores confluence, and identifies high-probability entry zones — trade decisions remain yours.
— 🌐 Works on all markets and timeframes. Indicator
MTF Fair Value GapsMulti-Timeframe Fair Value Gaps (MTF-FVG) with Smart Mitigation
Overview
The Multi-Timeframe Fair Value Gaps (MTF-FVG) indicator is a high-performance price action tool designed for ICT and SMC (Smart Money Concepts) traders. Unlike standard FVG indicators that limit you to your current view, this script allows you to overlay gaps from up to five additional timeframes simultaneously, providing a "birds-eye view" of institutional liquidity without ever switching charts.
Key Features
True MTF Integration: Visualize 5m, 15m, 1h, 4h, and Daily FVGs (or your own custom selection) directly on a 1-minute chart.
Institutional Alignment: Each FVG is drawn with precision, starting exactly at the wick of the first candle in the 3-bar sequence for professional-grade alignment.
Smart Mitigation Engine: To prevent "chart clutter," the indicator automatically detects when price has traded through a zone. Once a gap is mitigated, the script cleans up the box in real-time.
Visual Midpoints: Every gap includes an optional dotted midpoint line (Consequent Encroachment), a key level for entries and institutional reactions.
Fully Customizable Aesthetic: Includes a refined color palette by default (Grey, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Purple) with 10% shading to ensure your price action remains the focal point.
How to Use
Confluence Trading: Look for "Stacked FVGs"—areas where a Higher Timeframe (HTF) gap overlaps with a Current Timeframe (CTF) gap. These are high-probability zones for reversals or continuations.
Liquidity Re-entry: Use the dotted midpoint line to identify the 50% level (CE) of the gap, where institutions often seek to fill orders.
Trend Confirmation: Use HTF gaps to determine the higher-level bias. If a Daily FVG is sitting above price, look for bullish setups on lower timeframes to fill that draw on liquidity.
Settings
Threshold %: Filter out tiny gaps by setting a minimum percentage size relative to price.
Box Extension: Control how far to the right the FVG zones project.
Timeframe Toggles: Individually enable or disable the 5 HTF slots.
Mitigation Toggle: Choose between keeping historical gaps for reference or auto-deleting them for a cleaner look.
Developer Note
Built on Pine Script® v6 with dynamic_requests enabled, this indicator is optimized for speed and accuracy. It respects the core logic of the original LuxAlgo FVG detection while expanding it into a powerful multi-timeframe suite.
Disclaimer: Trading involves significant risk. This indicator is a tool to assist in technical analysis and does not constitute financial advice. Indicator
