Intraday Refuges/Shelters (RID)==========================================
RID (INTRADAY SHELTERS/REFUGES) INDICATOR
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*Fair warning: this may be more words than a humble, simple indicator truly
needs… but Claude insisted.
// ** INTRODUCTION ** //
RID (Intraday Shelters/Refuges) is a lightweight, fast, and easy-to-implement
indicator designed for monitoring price action on intraday timeframes — the same
ones used by institutional operators to execute their trades within each market session.
The indicator generates a framework of support and resistance levels automatically
calculated from the asset's Daily Opening Price (D.O.P.). These levels are established
using fixed percentages that have proven their effectiveness in institutional trading
for decades, constituting "textbook" references widely adopted by market professionals.
RID integrates as an optional module within our Weekly Shelters (RS) indicator, allowing
the operator to simultaneously control their weekly positions and, when conditions warrant,
move down to intraday operations without loading additional indicators or losing sight
of the higher timeframe.
// ** INDICATOR FUNDAMENTALS ** //
The foundation of RID rests on a proven market principle: the daily opening price acts
as a "psychological anchor" that influences participant behavior throughout the entire session.
Why does this method work?
• UNIVERSAL REFERENCE POINT: The daily opening price is objective data, visible to all
market participants simultaneously. Institutions, algorithms, and retail traders use it
as a common reference to calibrate their decisions.
• STANDARD PERCENTAGE LEVELS: The percentages used (0.382%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 2.0%, 2.5% and
extensions) are not arbitrary. They represent intraday volatility thresholds that have
historically acted as inflection points across multiple asset classes.
• SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY EFFECT: When a critical mass of operators place orders at the
same percentage levels —whether for profit-taking, protective stops, or entries—
these levels become high-probability price reaction zones.
• INSTITUTIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT: Institutional trading desks frequently define their daily
loss limits and profit targets in percentage terms relative to the open. RID captures
this logic and makes it visible for retail operators.
The ±0.382% level deserves special mention: it's a derivation of the Fibonacci golden ratio
(0.382) applied to the intraday context, representing the first significant movement threshold
from the opening.
// ** INDICATOR OBJECTIVES ** //
1) Facilitate manual intraday trade execution by providing a framework of target prices
established under a scheme of mathematical certainty, eliminating subjectivity in
defining entries, exits, and stops.
2) Serve as a lightweight and modular tool, easily integrable —either as an overlay or
source code— with strategies and indicators specialized in intraday trade execution,
both manual and automated.
3) Provide a visual reference framework that allows the operator to quickly assess the
intraday market "temperature": Is price near a key support or resistance? Has it already
reached the session's typical movement target? Is it time to seek entries or protect profits?
// ** INDICATOR TECHNICAL FEATURES ** //
• 21 CONFIGURABLE LEVELS: 11 main levels (±0.382%, ±1.0%, ±1.5%, ±2.0%, ±2.5% and D.O.P.)
plus 10 extended levels (±3.0% to ±5.0%) for high volatility sessions. Each level can
be individually enabled or disabled according to operator needs.
• AUTOMATIC D.O.P. DETECTION: The indicator automatically identifies the start of each daily
session and captures the opening price without user intervention.
• CONFIGURABLE HISTORY LIMIT: Option to limit processing to the last N days (default: 3),
optimizing performance on very low timeframes (1m, 5m) where excess historical data can
slow down the chart.
• PROFESSIONAL VISUALIZATION: Labels with formatted price (thousands separators) and
percentage, placeable with configurable offset. The D.O.P. level (0%) is highlighted
with differentiated width.
• VERTICAL REFERENCE LINES: From D.O.P. to each level, facilitating visualization of the
percentage distance traveled.
• FULL CUSTOMIZATION: Colors, widths, line styles (solid, dashed, dotted), label opacity,
and forward extension fully adjustable.
• PRICE SCALE INTEGRATION: Levels can be displayed on the right margin of PulseWire,
controllable from the indicator's Style tab.
• BAR REPLAY COMPATIBILITY: Works perfectly with Bar Replay for back-testing
intraday strategies.
• OPTIMIZED PERFORMANCE: Efficient architecture with persistent arrays and intelligent
updating, suitable for timeframes down to 1 minute.
// ** OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS ** //
INITIAL SETUP:
1) Load the indicator on a chart with 4H or lower timeframe (1H, 30m, 15m, 5m, 1m).
2) Enable "Limit history by days" and adjust "Maximum days to display" according to your needs:
• For scalping (1m-5m): 1-2 days
• For day trading (15m-1H): 2-3 days
• For intraday swing (4H): 3-5 days
OPERATIONAL USE:
3) Identify the D.O.P. (0% line): This is your central reference point for the session.
4) Observe current price position relative to levels:
• Price above D.O.P. → Session with bullish bias
• Price below D.O.P. → Session with bearish bias
5) Use levels as:
• ENTRIES: Look for reversal signals when price reaches S1-S5 (buys) or R1-R5 (sells)
• TARGETS: Set take-profits at the next resistance level (longs) or support (shorts)
• STOPS: Place protective stops beyond the immediate opposite level
PRACTICAL RULES:
6) The ±1.0% and ±2.0% levels are historically most respected; prioritize them.
7) If price exceeds ±2.5% from open, it might be time to take profits and close your position
or consider enabling extended levels (±3.0% to ±5.0%).
8) High volatility days (news, earnings): wait for price to respect at least one level
before trading in its direction.
9) Combine RID with other indicators from our ecosystem (RS, RMP, RLP/RLPS) to confirm level
confluence across multiple timeframes.
VISUAL OPTIMIZATION:
10) For clean charts: keep enabled only main levels (±0.382% to ±2.5%).
11) For detailed volatile asset analysis: also enable extended levels.
12) Adjust "Label margin" to prevent overlap with current price.
// ** INTEGRATION WITH OTHER SHELTER VALUE INDICATORS ** //
RID is part of a complete shelter-based analysis ecosystem we have developed:
• RLP (Long-Term Shelters): For automatic determination of the preponderant phase
of a Zigzag, which institutional investors choose as the base of a Fibo whose
levels calculate order placement projection over the following months and years.
• RLPS (Simplified Long-Term Shelters): Simplified version of RLP where known
coordinates of the preponderant phase are captured, obtained through own analysis
or automatically with the RLP indicator.
• RMP (Medium-Term Shelters): Provides psychological shelter and resistance levels
that institutional investors establish at the beginning of each year. They
constitute the main framework used by professionals to plan operations
throughout the year.
• RS (Weekly Shelters): For short-term tactical analysis (4H, 1H) based on selected
phases of one or two Zigzags that define Fibo tracing, over recent major and minor
degree pauses, whose levels take effect during the current and following weeks.
• RID (Intraday Shelters): This indicator. For intraday operations based on levels
calculated from daily opening price, designed for 4H or lower timeframes,
including scalping strategies.
By combining RID with RLP/RLPS, RMP and RS, a multilevel scaffolding is built that
allows trading with clarity on any time horizon, from minute positions to operations
projected over months and years.
// ** NOTES ** //
• All comments regarding detected errors and improvement suggestions are welcome and deeply appreciated. Your feedback helps us refine these tools.
• To our Hispanic speaking friends, we sincerely regret to inform you that we have not
included the Spanish translation in the published version, due to our latent concern
regarding the ambiguous rules about prohibitions on publishing indicators documented
or described in languages other than English.
• Sharing is motivating because there’s no better way to receive genuine feedback
of real acceptance.
• RECOMMENDED VALIDATION METHOD: Use PulseWire's Bar Replay to verify, session by
session, how price of your favorite asset interacts with RID levels. This personal
validation will give you statistical confidence before incorporating the indicator
into your actual trading.
Happy hunting in this magnificent jungle!
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RLPS -Simplified Long-Term Support/Resistance Levels (Shelters)// Introduction //
RLPS (Simplified Long-Term Shelters) is a streamlined indicator designed for traders who have already identified the preponderant long-term phase of their assets and want to efficiently track multiple assets using pre-calculated Fibonacci levels.
IMPORTANT: Before using this indicator, you need to have determined the date-price coordinates of the preponderant phase (i0→i1 pivots) for your asset(s). These coordinates can be obtained using our master RLP indicator (Long-Term Shelters), which automatically helps to calculates them, or through your own research and analysis.
// Theoretical Foundation //
Many traditional institutional investors use the latest higher-degree market phase that stands out from others (longest duration and greatest price change on daily timeframe) to base a Fibonacci retracement on whose levels they open long-term positions. These positions can remain open to be activated in the future even years in advance. The phase is considered valid until a new, more preponderant phase develops over time.
RLPS allows you to manually input these pre-identified phase coordinates and draw Fibonacci levels that serve as Long-Term Shelter Levels—marking future trading points (entries, exits, risk management) that remain valid for months and even years.
// Key Features //
• Supports up to 5 different assets with permanently stored phase coordinates
• Dropdown selector to quickly switch between configured assets
• No ZigZag calculation required—user provides pre-calculated coordinates
• Timeframe-agnostic: levels remain constant across all timeframes
• Works with any price source (exchange) regardless of historical data availability
• Asset Information table with visual validation (✅ Match / ❌ No Match)
• Long-Term Historical Prices (LTHP): add up to 5 psychological price levels per asset (historical highs/lows, annual opening prices, etc.)
• Customizable Fibonacci levels, colors, styles, and label formatting
• Logarithmic scale support for volatile assets like cryptocurrencies
// Quick Start Guide //
STEP 1: In PulseWire, select "Bitcoin / U.S. dollar" from Bitstamp Exchange (BITSTAMP:BTCUSD).
STEP 2: Configure the chart to Daily (D) timeframe.
STEP 3: Load the RLPS indicator. Initially no drawing appears (fields are empty by default).
STEP 4: Open indicator settings and activate "Practice Asset Data Table" in the GENERAL section.
STEP 5: A table appears with sample data for 5 assets. Locate "Bitcoin on Bitstamp":
- i0 Date: 2020-03-13 18:00 | i0 Price: 3850.0
- i1 Date: 2021-11-10 18:00 | i1 Price: 69000.0
STEP 6: Copy this data to "ASSET 1 - IDENTIFICATION AND DATE-PRICE PIVOT COORDINATES".
STEP 7: Verify "Asset 1" is selected in the dropdown and close settings.
STEP 8: You should now see the yellow diagonal phase line, horizontal Fibonacci levels, and the validation table showing "✅ Match".
STEP 9: Navigate the chart to verify how Fibonacci levels align with historical support/resistance zones.
// Important Notes //
• The sample data in the Practice Table was validated in 02/2026 and serves as reference only.
• It is your responsibility to validate or update the preponderant phase of your assets over time.
• Use our master RLP indicator to automatically find and calculate preponderant phases, then transfer the coordinates here for permanent tracking.
• You can deactivate the Practice Table once you've copied the data you need.
// Shelter Indicators Ecosystem //
RLPS is part of a comprehensive ecosystem of indicators for price action analysis based on shelter levels:
RLPS (Simplified Long-Term Shelters): This indicator. Simplified version of RLP that allows manual input of previously identified preponderant phase coordinates. Ideal for permanent operations with multiple assets across different timeframes.
RLP (Long-Term Shelters): Automatically identifies the preponderant Zigzag phase that institutional investors use as a reference to project Fibonacci levels. These levels determine order placement over the following months and years.
RMP (Mid-Term Shelters): Provides the psychological shelter and resistance levels that institutional investors establish at the beginning of each year. These form the main framework that professionals use to plan entry and exit operations throughout the year.
RS (Weekly Shelters): Tactical structural analysis indicator designed to precisely track price action and manage positions during current weeks.
RID (Intra-Day Shelters): For intraday operations based on levels calculated from the daily opening price. Designed for 1H timeframes or lower, including scalping strategies.
By combining RLPS, RLP, RMP, RS, and RID, you obtain a multi-timeframe framework that provides certainty and clarity to apply strategies grounded in price action, across any time horizon: from scalping to long-term investments.
// Final Notes //
We sincerely regret to inform you that we have not included the Spanish translation previously provided in our indicators, due to our significant concern regarding the ambiguous rules on publication bans related to indicators.
Sharing motivates. Happy hunting in this great jungle!
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Power200EMA - MTF 200 EMA SuiteThe MTF 200 EMA Suite is a trend-confluence tool designed to reveal institutional support and resistance levels across multiple timeframes simultaneously. By plotting the 200-period Exponential Moving Average from six different time horizons onto a single chart, it allows you to identify "Power Zones" where various market cycles overlap.
Core Functionality
Multi-Timeframe Visibility: On a single lower-timeframe chart (like the 1m or 5m), you can see exactly where the 200 EMA sits on the 1m, 3m, 5m, 15m, 1h, and 4h horizons.
Institutional Benchmarking: The 200 EMA is the primary "line in the sand" used by institutional algorithms and bank traders to determine long-term trend bias.
Dynamic Clustering: When multiple EMA lines converge or "cluster" in one price area, it identifies a high-probability zone of institutional interest.
Floating Labels: Each line features an auto-updating label at the current price bar, allowing you to instantly identify which timeframe you are looking at without hovering over the plots.
Strategic Use
Trend Filter: Trade only in the direction where price is relative to the majority of the EMAs (e.g., only buy when price is above the 1h and 4h lines).
Mean Reversion: Use the higher-timeframe lines (1h/4h) as targets for price to return to during volatile over-extensions.
Support/Resistance: Use EMA clusters as "hard" barriers to place stops behind or to look for bounce-entry confluence. Indicator
GridMap PRO by TradeAkademiGridMap PRO – Structural Price Mapping Framework
GridMap PRO is a price-mapping framework designed to visualize repeatable price reaction zones, based on the observation that price tends to evolve within specific percentage-based bands over time.
Despite its name, GridMap PRO is not a traditional grid trading indicator; it does not generate signals, predict direction, or provide automated trade execution. Its purpose is to segment price into logical and structurally consistent zones, offering a map that supports the decision-making process rather than replacing it.
This framework is not built on randomly drawn support and resistance levels, but on long-term observations, reverse-engineering studies, and the analysis of recurring price behavior across different market conditions.
Core Concept: Percentage-Based Scaling and Structural Bands
At the core of GridMap PRO lies a percentage-based scaling model centered around a 33% expansion ratio.
This ratio was not selected as a theoretical or mathematical constant. Instead, it emerged empirically through extensive analysis across multiple asset classes (including cryptocurrencies and traditional market instruments), by examining the percentage moves from significant price lows to areas where major price reactions frequently occurred.
Long-term observations have highlighted the following patterns:
In many upward price movements originating from a low, the first major price reaction often occurs within the 30–35% range
The midpoint of this range, 33%, has shown a recurring tendency to produce meaningful price reactions
Similar behavior can be observed not only when projecting from local lows, but also when applying the same ratio from the asset’s historical low
These findings suggest that the 33% ratio may reflect an aspect of price’s intrinsic scaling behavior, rather than representing a singular or “special” level.
Why the Historical Low (All-Time / Structural Low)?
GridMap PRO does not rely on dynamic or constantly shifting reference points when performing its calculations. Instead, it uses the historical lowest price as the most objective and indisputable anchor point available.
This design choice is intentional:
Dynamic lows:
introduce visual noise
require frequent redrawing of levels
reduce long-term structural consistency
The historical low:
is singular and fixed
does not repaint
preserves long-term perspective
By anchoring calculations to this structural low, GridMap PRO prioritizes stability and consistency over attempting to identify the “perfect” level at every moment. The goal is not precision through constant adjustment, but a coherent and durable price map.
Calculation Logic
The historical lowest price is used as the reference point
From this level, price levels are projected upward using a 33% multiplicative expansion
The resulting levels form long-term structural reference zones
Calculations are logarithmic, preserving the proportional nature of price scaling
Unlike traditional horizontal support and resistance tools, this approach allows price to expand while maintaining consistent relative distances as it grows.
Map Resolution: Long Term & Short Term
GridMap PRO offers two map resolution options, both derived from the same underlying structure and calculations.
Long Term
Displays only the primary 33% levels
Produces wider, more spaced structural bands
Suitable for macro structure analysis, swing trading, and position trading
Provides a clean and simplified view in high-volatility environments
Short Term
Retains the same primary levels
Adds logarithmic sub-levels between them
Produces denser and more precise reaction zones
Suitable for intraday analysis, short-term trade planning, and micro-structure evaluation
The underlying calculations remain unchanged; only the visual resolution and level density differ.
Visual Context & Supporting Tools
GridMap PRO also provides several optional visual tools that are not included in the core level calculations and are intended purely for visual support. These elements are designed to help interpret the price map more clearly and to provide additional contextual awareness.
The available visual components may include:
Moving Averages (EMA)
Used to provide contextual insight into the general price direction. They do not generate any entry or exit signals.
RSI Overbought / Oversold Zones
Displayed solely as background shading based on RSI values from the current timeframe and, optionally, from higher timeframes (e.g., 4H).
RSI Divergence Zones
Visual markers used to highlight potential momentum discrepancies, incorporating filters to limit repetitive signals.
None of these visual elements affect GridMap PRO’s level calculations, nor are they designed to serve as standalone trading signals. All visual settings are optional and can be enabled or disabled by the user.
What GridMap PRO Does – and Does Not Do
What It Does
Segments price into meaningful structural zones
Visualizes areas where price reactions are statistically more likely to occur
Provides reference regions for limit orders, grid-based approaches, or DCA planning
Helps identify whether price is trading within an active zone or moving through low-interaction space
What It Does Not Do
Generate long or short trade signals
Predict future price direction
Provide standalone buy or sell decisions
Offer any form of performance or outcome guarantee
GridMap PRO is not a signal generator, but a decision-support map.
Relationship to DCA and Grid Approaches
GridMap PRO is not a grid or DCA strategy by itself. However, when price fails to react at a given level, the next calculated percentage band naturally becomes a potential area of interest, offering a logical framework for DCA or layered position management.
In this context, GridMap PRO is particularly suitable for traders who favor process-driven and structured position management, rather than relying on single-point entries.
Final Note
Although the levels displayed by GridMap PRO have historically produced meaningful price reactions across many markets, no level can guarantee future price behavior. Market conditions, volatility, liquidity, and news flow should always be taken into account.
This tool is not designed to suggest that “price will definitely reverse here,” but rather that “price may pause, struggle, or change direction in this area.”
Because each market exhibits its own unique dynamics, the relevance of individual levels may vary by asset. Users are encouraged to validate all levels through their own historical observation and analysis. Indicator
Multi-Timeframe S&R V1The Multi-Timeframe S&R V1 is a clean and powerful technical indicator designed to visualize key Support and Resistance (S&R) levels from multiple timeframes directly on your chart.
Instead of drawing lines manually, this tool automates the process by plotting critical levels from the previous day, week, and month.
This indicator is ideal for traders focusing on Price Action, Market Structure (HH/HL), or Mean Reversion strategies.
Key Features:
Daily Levels (D): Displays yesterday's High and Low, along with the current Daily Open. Essential for intraday trading and identifying the daily bias.
Weekly Levels (W): Plots the High and Low from the previous week. These often act as major psychological levels where significant price reactions occur.
Monthly Levels (M): Shows the High and Low of the previous month for a macro perspective on the market.
Dynamic Labels: Each level is clearly labeled on the right side of the chart (e.g., "D-high", "W-low", "M-high") for instant identification.
Fully Customizable: Toggle the visibility of each timeframe (D, W, M) independently via the settings to keep your chart clean and focused.
Visual Hierarchy: Lines are distinguished by varying thicknesses and colors, allowing you to assess the importance of a level at a single glance.
How to Use:
Support & Resistance: Use these lines as potential bounce or breakout zones.
Trend Confirmation: Combine these levels with your own Market Structure analysis (Higher Highs / Higher Lows).
Targeting: Utilize weekly or monthly extremes as Take Profit targets or Stop Loss reference points. Indicator
RLP V4.3 -Long Term Support/Resistance Levels (Refuges-Shelters)// Introduction //
We have utilized the Zigzag library technology from ©Trendoscope Pty Ltd for Zigzag generation, allowing users the freedom to choose which of the different Zigzags calculated by Trendoscope as "Levels and Sub-Levels" is most suitable for generating ideal phases for evaluation and selection as "most preponderant phases" over long-term periods of any asset, according to its particular behavior based on its age, volatility, and price trend.
// Theoretical Foundation of the Indicator //
Many traditional institutional investors use the latest higher-degree market phase that stands out from others (longest duration and greatest price change on daily timeframe) to base a Fibonacci retracement on whose levels they open long-term positions. These positions can remain open to be activated in the future even years in advance. The phase is considered valid until a new, more preponderant phase develops over time, at which point the same strategy is repeated.
// Indicator Objectives //
1) Automatically find the latest most preponderant long-term phase of an asset, analyzing it on daily timeframe while considering whether the long-term market trend is bullish or bearish.
2) Draw a Fibonacci Retracement over the preponderant phase (reversed if the phase is bullish).
3) The indicator automatically numbers and locates the 3 most preponderant phases, selecting Top-1 for initial Fibo drawing.
4) If the user disagrees with the indicator's automatic selection, they have the freedom to choose any of the other 2 Top phases for the Fibo drawing and its levels.
5) If the user disagrees with the amplitude or frequency of the initially drawn Zigzag phases, they can modify the Zigzag calculation algorithm parameters until one of the Top-3 matches the phase they had in mind.
6) As an experimental bonus, the indicator runs a popularity contest (CP) of "bullseye" daily price (OHLC) matches, subject to user-defined tolerance ranges, against all Fibo levels of the Top 3 selected phases, to verify which phase the market prices are validating as the most popular for placing trades. Contest results are displayed in the POP. CONTEST column of the Top-3 phases table. If the contest detects a change in the winning phase, a switch can be enabled to activate an alert that the user can utilize with PulseWire's alert creator to display an alarm, send an email, etc.
7) This indicator was designed for users to find the preponderant long-term phase of their assets and manually record the date-price coordinates of the i0-i1 anchors of the preponderant phase. The Top-1 phase coordinates are shown in the Top-3 phases table where they can be captured. The date-price coordinates of all HH and LL pivots, from all Zigzag phases, can be displayed via a switch. With the pivots, the user can select a different phase than those automatically found by the indicator, according to the conclusions of their own research. Subsequently, the user can forget about this RLP indicator for a while and move on to apply in their normal trading our RLPS indicator (Simplified Long-Term Shelters), in which they can draw and simultaneously track the long-term shelters of up to 5 different assets, simply by entering their corresponding date-price coordinates, previously located with this RLP indicator or through their own observation.
// Additional Notes //
1) As of the this V4.3 publication date (01/2026), the Zigzag generation parameters were adjusted by default to find the long-term preponderant phases for the following assets: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin futures BTC1! (all generated due to the 2020-2021 pandemic). It also provides by default the confirmed preponderant phases for the following assets: Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, PayPal, NQ1!, ES1! and SP500 Cash.
2) Prices, phases, and levels shown on the graphic chart correspond to results obtained using daily Bitcoin data from the Bitstamp exchange, BTCUSD:BITSTAMP (popular here in Europe).
3) Any error corrections or improvements that can be made to the phase selection algorithms or the CP phase popularity contest algorithm will be highly appreciated (statistics and mathematics, among many other sciences, are not particularly our strong suit).
4) We sincerely regret to inform you that we have not included the Spanish translation previously provided, due to our significant concern regarding the ambiguous rules on publication bans related to indicators.
4) Sharing motivates. Happy hunting in this great jungle! Indicator
Short-Term Weekly Refuges (Shelters)## // Introduction //
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Short-Term Weekly Refuges (Shelters) (WR or RS) is a structural analysis indicator designed to track price action during the current week. It combines a configurable ZigZag with Fibonacci retracements anchored to recent phases, using the Weekly Opening Price (W.O.P.) as a key reference level.
This indicator is optimized for 4H timeframe but also works on 1H and 15min charts.
## // Theoretical Foundation of the Indicator //
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The WR (RS) indicator provides a structural framework for following price action during the current trading week.
The core concept: Recent ZigZag phases, combined with the Weekly Opening Price, create dynamic support and resistance levels that institutional traders often monitor and use for intraweek positioning. The indicator allows you to select which recent phase (1-10) serves as the Fibonacci anchor.
## // Indicator Objectives //
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1) Display a configurable ZigZag showing recent price structure with numbered phases (1 = most recent). Users should configure the ZigZag parameters based on whether they are analyzing a Major Degree Pattern (larger swings, less noise) or a Minor Degree Pattern (smaller swings, more detail), following standard Elliott Wave terminology. Configure the ZigZag to match the degree of your analysis: use higher Depth values for Major Degree Patterns, or lower values for Minor Degree Patterns.
2) Draw Fibonacci retracements on a user-selected phase, with two modes:
• "On ZigZag": Traditional Fibonacci on the selected phase.
• "Relative to W.O.P.": Fibonacci from phase anchor (i0) to Weekly Opening Price.
3) Show Weekly Opening Price lines as horizontal references, with the current week's line extended into the future.
4) Provide Pivot Up/Down markers for additional confirmation of local highs and lows.
5) Support multiple simultaneous indicator loads with visual identifier labels to distinguish between different analysis degrees (e.g., "Major Degree Pattern" vs "Minor Degree Pattern").
6) Optional Embedded Indicator: Enable Intraday Shelters (RID) - percentage-based support/resistance levels calculated from the Daily Opening Price, useful for 1H and 15min trading.
## // Key Features //
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• **Flexible ZigZag**: Adjustable Depth, Deviation, and Backstep parameters to adapt to any asset's volatility.
• **Phase Selection**: Choose from the 10 most recent phases for Fibonacci anchoring.
• **Dual Fibonacci Modes**: Trace on the ZigZag phase itself, or relative to the Weekly Opening Price.
• **New Age Color Palette**: Professional Fibonacci color scheme used by old school experienced traders.
• **Weekly Opening Price (W.O.P.)**: Historical weekly opens plus current week projection.
• **"Show Only W.O.P." Mode**: Isolate just the Weekly Opening Price line for cleaner charts on non-4H timeframes.
• **Optional Intraday Shelters (RID)**: 11 percentage levels (±0.382%, ±1%, ±1.5%, ±2%, ±2.5%) based on Daily Opening Price.
• **Multi-Load Support**: Visual identifier tags and Large Label for running multiple indicator instances simultaneously.
## // Recommended Workflow //
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1) Load the indicator on a 4H chart.
2) Adjust ZigZag parameters (Depth, Deviation) until the phases match your visual analysis of recent price structure.
3) Select the phase you want to use as Fibonacci anchor (typically Phase 2, 3 or higher).
4) Choose Fibonacci mode: "On ZigZag" for phase analysis, or "Relative to W.O.P." for analysis based on weekly opening price context.
5) Monitor how price interacts with the Fibonacci levels and Weekly Opening Price throughout the week.
6) Optionally enable RID for intraday precision on 1H or 15min charts.
## // Integration with Other Refuge Indicators //
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WR (RS) is part of a complete refuge-based analysis ecosystem:
• LTR (RLP) (Long-Term Refuges): For automatic determination of the predominant phase of a ZigZag, which institutional investors choose as the basis for a Fibo whose levels calculate the projection for order placement over the following months and years.
• LTRS (RLPS) (Simple Long-Term Refuges): Simplified version of LTR in which the known coordinates of the predominant phases (obtained with the LTR indicator) of one or up to five assets are easily captured for permanent long-term operation.
• WR (RS) (Short-Term Weekly Refuges): (This indicator) For short-term tactical analysis (4H, 1H) based on chosen phases of a ZigZag that define Fibo levels generated during the near past week(s) and probably effective in the present week.
• IDR (RID) (Intra-Day Refuges): For daily operations relying on intraday levels on timeframes of 1H or less. Ideal for scalping traders.
By combining LTR, LTRS, WR and IDR, you obtain a multi-level framework that allows you to operate with clarity at any time horizon, from intraday positions to investments spanning months and years.
## // Additional Notes //
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1) Default parameters are optimized for volatile assets (crypto, tech stocks). For forex or less volatile instruments, consider reducing Deviation to 3-8%.
2) The "Phase in Development" (dashed line) shows the tentative current ZigZag segment that may still change as new bars form.
3) Bug reports, improvement proposals for the ZigZag generator, pattern determination, or Fibo composition, etc., will be greatly appreciated and taken into account for a future version. Best regards and happy hunting.
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Support & Resistance Automated📌 Support and Resistance Automated (Pivot-Based)
Support and Resistance Automated is a lightweight and fully automated indicator that plots key support and resistance levels using pivot highs and pivot lows. It helps traders quickly identify important price reaction zones without manual drawing.
This indicator is especially useful for price-action traders, swing traders, and intraday traders who rely on clean charts and objective levels.
🔍 How It Works
Pivot Highs → Resistance Levels
Pivot Lows → Support Levels
Each detected pivot creates a horizontal dotted line that extends forward, allowing you to observe how price reacts over time.
Once a level is formed, it is kept permanently on the chart — no repainting, no disappearing levels.
⚙️ Customizable Settings
You can easily adjust:
Left & Right Pivot Bars – control how strong a pivot must be
Line Extension Length
Line Width
Support & Resistance Colors
Show / Hide Pivot Highs and Pivot Lows independently
This flexibility allows the indicator to adapt to intraday, swing, or higher-timeframe analysis.
✅ Key Features
✔ Fully automatic support & resistance detection
✔ Based on proven pivot-point logic
✔ No repainting
✔ Clean, minimal chart appearance
✔ Unlimited support & resistance levels
✔ Works on all timeframes & instruments
📈 Best Use Cases
Identifying key demand and supply zones
Planning entries, targets, and stop-losses
Confluence with price action, RSI, moving averages
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MA Ribbon (Horizontal Levels)📊 MA Ribbon (Horizontal Levels)
MA Ribbon (Horizontal Levels) is a minimalist moving average tool that displays moving averages as horizontal price levels instead of traditional sloping lines.
Rather than showing the historical path of each moving average, this indicator focuses exclusively on where each selected MA is currently located in price, allowing traders to treat moving averages as dynamic support and resistance levels.
The result is a clean, uncluttered chart that preserves moving average structure without visual noise.
🔍 What Makes It Different
No traditional moving average curves
No shading, bands, or fills
Each moving average is represented as a horizontal line at its current value
Lines automatically update as price and the MA value change
Designed to complement price action rather than dominate the chart
This approach makes it easier to see key MA levels at a glance, especially when multiple averages are in use.
⚙️ Key Features
✅ Fully Customizable Moving Averages
Select the moving average type:
SMA
EMA
SMMA (RMA)
WMA
VWMA
Choose the price source (e.g., close)
Configure up to 10 independent moving averages
✅ Per-MA Controls
Each moving average can be customized individually:
Enable or disable any MA (use anywhere from 1 to 10)
Set the MA period (length)
Choose line color
Adjust line thickness
Select line style (solid, dashed, dotted)
✅ Horizontal Level Visualization
Each MA is plotted as a horizontal line extending across the chart, representing the current value of that moving average.
As the MA updates, the level shifts vertically, maintaining a clear and consistent reference point.
🧠 How to Use It
This indicator is designed as a context and structure tool, not a signal generator.
Common use cases include:
Identifying dynamic support and resistance zones
Visualizing where short-term and long-term MA levels are stacked
Using MA levels as confluence with price action, VWAP, or volume-based tools
Maintaining a clean chart while still respecting moving average structure
Because the lines are horizontal, the indicator is especially useful for:
Breakout traders
Mean-reversion traders
Market participants who focus on structure and levels rather than indicator signals
🎯 Who It’s For
This indicator is ideal for traders who:
Prefer minimal, uncluttered charts
Think of moving averages as levels, not signals
Want full control over MA appearance and behavior
Use price action and structure first, indicators second
Use this tool in conjunction with standard moving average indicators, treating these horizontal MA levels as complementary reference points rather than replacements
MA Ribbon (Horizontal Levels) is built for traders who want clarity, flexibility, and structural insight — without sacrificing chart readability. Indicator
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Sessions & Key Levels {basic}Introduction
Sessions & Key Levels {basic} is a streamlined key level indicator designed to provide traders with clear visual structure around intraday trading sessions and essential higher timeframe reference levels.
The {basic} version focuses on the most commonly used session and price levels, helping traders identify important areas of interest without overwhelming the chart. It is ideal for traders who want a clean, reliable framework for session-based and timeframe-based analysis.
Description
The indicator plots the Asia, London and New York trading sessions directly on the chart, including session boxes and key session levels. Session highs and lows update dynamically while the session is active, providing real-time context as price develops.
In addition to session levels, the indicator includes current and previous period levels from a single configurable timeframe. These levels highlight important open, high, low and midpoint references that are frequently respected by price and commonly used for intraday bias, structure and trade planning.
The {basic} version is designed to remain visually minimal, with fixed styling and simplified settings, making it easy to use straight out of the box.
Features
Global session windows
Asia, London and New York sessions.
Custom session times.
Session boxes with adaptive highs and lows.
Session levels
Open, high, low and midpoint per session.
Automatically updates during active sessions.
Clean, consistent labelling.
Previous period levels
One configurable timeframe.
Open, high, low and midpoint of the prior period.
Useful for daily or intraday reference levels.
Current period levels
Tracks live open, high, low and midpoint of the selected timeframe.
Updates dynamically as the timeframe progresses.
Simplified design
Fixed line styles and colors for clarity.
Dark and light theme support.
Minimal settings for ease of use.
Terms & Conditions
This indicator is provided for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice.
Trading involves risk and past performance is not indicative of future results.
The user assumes full responsibility for any trading decisions made using this indicator.
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Liquidation Map [Alpha Extract]A sophisticated liquidity distribution visualization system that identifies potential liquidation zones through pivot-based detection and renders them as an interactive histogram with cumulative distance-to-liquidation curves. Utilizing multi-exchange volume aggregation and ATR-scaled pocket detection, this indicator delivers institutional-grade liquidity mapping with real-time histogram display showing relative concentration of long and short liquidation levels across configurable price ranges. The system's box-based rendering architecture combined with cumulative distribution overlays provides comprehensive visual assessment of asymmetric liquidity positioning for strategic trade planning.
🔶 Advanced Multi-Exchange Aggregation Framework
Implements intelligent ticker detection and multi-source volume aggregation across major exchanges including Binance, Bybit, KuCoin, OKX, and MEXC for accurate liquidity weight calculations. The system automatically identifies base currency (BTC, ETH, SOL) from chart ticker, retrieves volume data from matching perpetual contracts across multiple venues, and aggregates into composite volume metric for enhanced pocket weighting accuracy.
🔶 Pivot-Based Liquidation Pocket Detection
Features sophisticated swing point identification using configurable pivot width with ATR-scaled vertical zone construction for volatility-adaptive pocket sizing. The system detects pivot highs for short liquidation zones (placed above swing) and pivot lows for long liquidation zones (placed below swing), applying 200-period ATR with percentage multipliers to determine pocket heights that adjust to market volatility conditions.
🔶 Interactive Histogram Visualization Engine
Provides real-time box-based histogram rendering in indicator pane with configurable bin counts (up to 400 columns) and adjustable height, displaying liquidity concentration across fixed percentage range above and below current price. The system calculates bin sizes from view range, accumulates pocket weights into price bins, and renders vertical bars with gradient color intensity reflecting relative liquidity concentration at each price level.
🔶 Cumulative Distance Overlay System
Implements innovative cumulative distribution curves showing aggregate liquidity distance from current price for both long (left) and short (right) positions. The system calculates running totals of pocket weights from current price outward in both directions, normalizes against maximum span, and overlays line segments showing how much total liquidity exists at various distances, enabling instant assessment of liquidation cascade potential.
🔶 Dynamic Price Range Adaptation
Features fixed percentage-based view window that maintains consistent price range visualization across all timeframes and instruments, automatically centering histogram on current price with configurable +/- percentage bounds. The system recalculates histogram bins and pocket distributions on each bar close, ensuring visualization adapts to price movement while maintaining interpretable scale regardless of volatility regime.
🔶 Touch Detection and Weight Adjustment
Provides intelligent pocket state tracking that identifies when price trades through liquidation zones and applies configurable weight multipliers to touched pockets for historical context. The system monitors price interaction with pocket midpoints, marks pockets as "hit" when violated, and optionally increases their visual weight (default 5x) to emphasize historical liquidation levels while distinguishing from untouched future zones.
🔶 Gradient Intensity Color System
Implements sophisticated color gradient engine that modulates bar opacity from transparent to opaque based on relative liquidity concentration within each bin. The system normalizes bin values against maximum liquidity, applies color interpolation from faded to vivid hues, and distinguishes long liquidation zones (cyan) from short liquidation zones (yellow/gold) with current price column highlighted in red for instant orientation.
🔶 Performance-Optimized Rendering Architecture
Utilizes efficient box and line object management with dynamic allocation based on histogram configuration, implementing intelligent cleanup and reuse to maintain smooth performance. The system includes adaptive line budget calculations that adjust segment density for cumulative curves based on available object limits, ensuring consistent operation even with maximum histogram resolution settings.
🔶 Asymmetric Distribution Analysis
Calculates separate cumulative distributions for long and short liquidation zones split at current price, enabling identification of imbalanced liquidity positioning. The system normalizes distributions against respective maximums and overlays both curves on single histogram, allowing traders to instantly assess whether more liquidation risk exists above (shorts vulnerable) or below (longs vulnerable) current price levels.
🔶 Configurable Label and Scale System
Provides price axis labeling with adjustable frequency to reduce clutter while maintaining reference points, displaying price values at regular column intervals with configurable offset positioning. The system includes current price label showing exact value and percentile position within view range, offering both absolute price reference and relative positioning context for distribution interpretation.
🔶 Historical Pocket Persistence Framework
Maintains rolling window of liquidation pockets up to 3000 bars with automatic expiration management and optional preservation of touched zones for historical analysis. The system tracks pocket creation time, monitors age against lookback limits, and manages array cleanup to prevent memory overflow while retaining relevant historical liquidation levels for pattern recognition and support/resistance validation.
This indicator delivers sophisticated liquidity distribution analysis through histogram visualization and cumulative distance curves that reveal asymmetric positioning of potential liquidation levels. Unlike simple liquidation heatmaps that show absolute levels, the Liquidation Map's cumulative distribution overlays instantly communicate how much total liquidity exists at various distances from current price, enabling assessment of cascade potential. The system's multi-exchange volume aggregation, touch-weighted historical zones, and fixed-range visualization make it essential for traders seeking strategic positioning around institutional liquidity clusters in cryptocurrency futures markets. The histogram format enables instant identification of price levels where concentrated liquidations may trigger significant volatility or reversal events, while the asymmetric distribution curves reveal whether market structure favors upside or downside cascades. Indicator
Institutional Zone Detector [Scalping-Algo]█ OVERVIEW
The Institutional Zone Detector identifies key supply and demand zones where large market participants (institutions, banks, hedge funds) have likely placed significant orders. These zones often act as powerful support and resistance levels, making them strategic areas for trade entries and exits.
This indicator is non-repainting, meaning once a signal appears on your chart, it will never disappear or change position. What you see in backtesting is exactly what you would have seen in real-time.
█ CORE CONCEPT
Markets move when large players execute substantial orders. These orders leave footprints in the form of specific candlestick patterns:
Demand Zones (Bullish)
When institutions accumulate positions, we often see a bearish candle followed by a strong bullish sequence. The last bearish candle before this move marks the demand zone - an area where buying pressure overwhelmed sellers.
Supply Zones (Bearish)
When institutions distribute positions, we typically see a bullish candle followed by a strong bearish sequence. The last bullish candle before this move marks the supply zone - an area where selling pressure overwhelmed buyers.
Price has a tendency to revisit these zones, offering potential trade opportunities.
█ HOW IT WORKS
The indicator scans for:
1. A potential zone candle (bearish for demand, bullish for supply)
2. A sequence of consecutive candles in the opposite direction
3. Optional: A minimum percentage move to filter weak signals
When all conditions are met, the zone is marked on your chart with:
• Upper and lower boundaries (solid lines)
• Equilibrium/midpoint level (cross marker)
• Extended channel lines for easy visualization
█ SETTINGS
Consecutive Candles Required (Default: 5)
Number of same-direction candles needed after the zone candle to confirm the pattern. Higher values = fewer but stronger signals.
Minimum Move Threshold % (Default: 0.0)
Minimum percentage price movement required to validate a zone. Increase this to filter out weak moves and focus on significant institutional activity.
Display Full Candle Range (Default: Off)
• Off: Shows Open-to-Low for demand zones, Open-to-High for supply zones
• On: Shows complete High-to-Low range of the zone candle
Show Demand/Supply Zone Channel (Default: On)
Toggle extended horizontal lines that project the zone levels across your chart.
Visual Theme (Default: Dark)
Choose between Dark (white/blue) or Light (green/red) color schemes.
Show Statistics Panel (Default: Off)
Displays a floating panel with exact price levels of the most recent zones.
Display Info Tooltip (Default: Off)
Shows an information label with indicator documentation.
█ HOW TO USE
Entry Strategies
1. Zone Bounce (Mean Reversion)
• Wait for price to return to a previously identified zone
• Look for rejection candles (pin bars, engulfing patterns) at zone levels
• Enter in the direction of the original zone (long at demand, short at supply)
• Place stops beyond the zone boundary
2. Zone Break (Momentum)
• When price breaks through a zone with strong momentum
• The broken zone often becomes the opposite type (broken demand becomes supply)
• Use for trend continuation trades
3. Equilibrium Trades
• The midpoint (cross marker) often acts as a magnet for price
• Can be used as a first target or as an entry point for scaled positions
Risk Management
• Always place stop-loss orders beyond zone boundaries
• Consider the zone width when calculating position size
• Wider zones = wider stops = smaller position size
• Use the equilibrium level for partial profit taking
Best Practices
• Higher timeframes produce more reliable zones
• Zones on multiple timeframes (confluence) are stronger
• Fresh/untested zones are more powerful than zones that have been touched multiple times
• Combine with other analysis methods (trend direction, volume, market structure)
█ ALERTS
Two alert conditions are available:
• "Demand Zone Identified" - Triggers when a new demand zone is detected
• "Supply Zone Identified" - Triggers when a new supply zone is detected
To set up alerts: Click on the indicator name → Add Alert → Select condition
█ IMPORTANT NOTES
• This indicator is a tool for analysis, not a complete trading system
• Signals are NOT automatic buy/sell recommendations
• Always use proper risk management
• Past performance does not guarantee future results
• Works on all markets and timeframes
• Non-repainting: Signals appear only after bar close confirmation
█ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Inspired by institutional order flow concepts and smart money trading methodologies. Built with a focus on reliability and practical application. Indicator
LTF Distribution Analyzer█ OVERVIEW
LTF Distribution Analyzer reveals the hidden price distribution and order flow within each candle by sampling lower timeframe data. It visualizes where prices concentrated, how volume was distributed between buyers and sellers, and identifies divergences between price action and actual market participation.
Unlike traditional candlesticks showing only OHLC, this indicator exposes the statistical structure of price movement using quartile-based visualization combined with delta analysis.
█ CONCEPTS
The indicator is built on two core concepts:
1 — Statistical Price Distribution
Each candle contains many lower timeframe bars. By analyzing these bars, we calculate:
• Q1 (25th percentile) - 25% of prices traded below this level
• Q3 (75th percentile) - 75% of prices traded below this level
• Median - The middle price value
• IQR (Interquartile Range) - The Q3-Q1 spread containing 50% of all prices
2 — Volume Delta Analysis
Delta measures buying vs selling pressure:
• Delta = Buy Volume − Sell Volume
• Positive delta = More aggressive buying
• Negative delta = More aggressive selling
• Delta Ratio normalizes this as a percentage
█ HOW IT WORKS
The indicator fetches lower timeframe data using request.security_lower_tf() and processes it to create a statistical summary:
Step 1: Timeframe Calculation
• Auto mode: Chart timeframe ÷ Auto Divisor = LTF
• Example: 1H chart ÷ 1000 = ~3.6 second sampling
• Manual mode: User-specified timeframe
Step 2: Data Collection
• Collects all close prices from LTF bars within current candle
• Aggregates volume by candle direction (bullish/bearish)
Step 3: Statistical Analysis
• Calculates quartiles (Q1, Q3), median, and boundaries
• Identifies outliers using 1.5× and 3× IQR fences
• Finds Volume POC (price with highest volume)
Step 4: Delta Calculation
• Sums buy volume (from bullish LTF bars)
• Sums sell volume (from bearish LTF bars)
• Computes delta ratio for color determination
█ VISUAL ELEMENTS
┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ▲ Extreme outlier (3× IQR) │
│ △ Mild outlier (1.5× IQR) │
│ ─ Upper whisker cap │
│ ┊ Whisker line (dashed) │
│ ▄ IQR Box (Q1 to Q3 range) │
│ ━ Volume POC (highest volume) │
│ ● Median (green=bull, red=bear) │
│ ┊ Whisker line (dashed) │
│ ─ Lower whisker cap │
│ ▽ Mild outlier │
│ ▼ Extreme outlier │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
█ COLOR SYSTEM
Colors indicate the relationship between candle direction and order flow:
🟢 TEAL (Positive Flow)
Bullish candle + Positive delta
→ Strong buying confirmation
→ Trend continuation signal
🔴 RED (Negative Flow)
Bearish candle + Negative delta
→ Strong selling confirmation
→ Trend continuation signal
🟠 ORANGE (Mixed Signal A)
Bullish candle + Negative delta
→ Price up but sellers dominated
→ Potential weakness/reversal warning
🔵 BLUE (Mixed Signal B)
Bearish candle + Positive delta
→ Price down but buyers dominated
→ Potential accumulation/reversal signal
█ SETTINGS
Timeframe Settings
• LTF Mode — Auto or Manual selection
• Manual Timeframe — Specific LTF when in Manual mode
• Auto Divisor — Higher = finer granularity (default: 1000)
• Allow Sub-Minute — Requires Premium subscription
Visual Style
• Positive/Negative Flow colors — Customize the 4 flow colors
• Box Transparency — Opacity of the quartile box (0-100%)
Statistics Display
• Show Statistics Panel — Toggle on-chart stats table
• Show Timeframe Badge — Toggle LTF indicator badge
• Panel Position — Choose corner placement
• Panel Size — Text size selection
█ HOW TO USE
1. Divergence Detection
Look for color mismatches:
• Orange bars in uptrend = weakness, potential reversal
• Blue bars in downtrend = strength, potential reversal
• Multiple consecutive divergent bars strengthen signal
• Wait for confirmation before entry
2. Volume POC Trading
• POC marks where most volume traded
• POC clusters at similar levels = strong S/R zone
• Price often returns to POC before continuing
• Use POC for entry/exit targeting
3. Trend Confirmation
• Consecutive teal = strong uptrend
• Consecutive red = strong downtrend
• Median position shows intrabar momentum
• Wide boxes indicate high volatility
4. Outlier Analysis
• Extreme markers (▲▼) often mark stop hunts
• Consider fading extremes at key levels
• Mild markers (△▽) = areas to watch
█ RECOMMENDED SETTINGS
For different chart timeframes:
│ Chart TF │ Auto Divisor │ Resulting LTF │
├──────────┼──────────────┼───────────────┤
│ 15M │ 1500 │ ~1M │
│ 1H │ 1000 │ ~3-4s │
│ 4H │ 600 │ ~24s │
│ Daily │ 500 │ ~2-3M │
Tip: Check the TF badge to confirm active sampling timeframe.
█ BEST PRACTICES
Do:
✓ Use "Bars" chart style for cleanest display
✓ Combine with support/resistance analysis
✓ Wait for confirmation bars
✓ Note POC clusters across multiple bars
✓ Adjust divisor based on your timeframe
Avoid:
✗ Trading single bar signals alone
✗ Using during low volume periods
✗ Trading immediately after news releases
✗ Ignoring overall market context
█ LIMITATIONS
• Requires adequate market liquidity for reliable signals
• Sub-minute timeframes need Premium subscription
• Historical data depth depends on PulseWire's data availability
• Delta calculation assumes volume direction matches candle direction
█ NOTES
This indicator works best on liquid markets (forex majors, major indices, popular stocks/crypto) where volume data is meaningful.
The gray dotted vertical line marks where LTF data becomes available - bars before this line won't display the indicator.
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Options Gamma Flip Zones [BackQuant]Options Gamma Flip Zones
A market-structure style “gamma flip” mapper that builds adaptive strike-like zones, scores how price interacts with them, then promotes the strongest candidates into confirmed flip zones. Designed to highlight pinning, failed breaks, and rotational behavior without needing live options chain data.
What this indicator does
This script identifies price levels that behave like “strike magnets” during conditions that resemble options pinning, then draws dynamic zones around those levels.
Instead of assuming every round number matters, it:
Creates a strike ladder (auto or manual step).
Applies a regime filter that looks for “pin-friendly” market conditions.
Tracks and scores repeated interactions with the level.
Upgrades a zone from candidate to confirmed when enough evidence accumulates.
Invalidates zones when price achieves sustained acceptance away from them.
The output is a set of shaded boxes (zones) centered on strike-like levels, with text readouts that show the current state of each zone.
Key concept: “Gamma proxy”
A true gamma flip requires options positioning data. This indicator does not use options chain gamma.
Instead, it uses a proxy approach:
When markets have elevated volatility relative to their recent baseline AND trend strength is weak, price often behaves “sticky” around key levels.
In those conditions, repeated touches and failed escapes around a level behave similarly to pinning around strikes.
So this tool is best read as:
“Where would a strike-like magnet likely exist right now, based on price behavior and regime conditions?”
How zones are created
Zones only start forming when the script detects a pin-friendly regime.
1) Strike Ladder (level selection)
Auto Strike Step selects a step size based on current price magnitude (bigger price, bigger step).
Manual Strike Step lets you force a fixed increment.
The current “active level” is the nearest rounded level to price.
Major Level Every optionally marks major ladder levels (multiples of step).
2) Band construction (zone thickness)
Each zone is a symmetric band around the level, using one of two modes:
ATR mode scales thickness with volatility.
Percent mode scales thickness as a fraction of price.
This matters because “pin behavior” is not a single tick. It’s a region where price repeatedly probes and rejects.
Regime filter (when the script is allowed to believe in pinning)
A zone is only eligible to form and strengthen when Pin Regime is active. Pin Regime is a conjunction of:
1) IV proxy (ATR z-score)
Uses ATR as a volatility proxy.
Converts ATR% into a z-score relative to a long lookback.
IV Proxy Threshold controls how elevated volatility must be before the script considers pinning likely.
2) Weak trend requirement
The script also requires price action to be non-trending:
EMA spread must be small (fast vs slow EMA not diverging strongly).
ADX must be below a ceiling, confirming weak directional trend strength.
Interpretation:
High “IV proxy” + weak trend is where pin-like behavior is most common.
If trend is strong, zones are less meaningful because price is more likely to accept away from levels.
Flip confirmation logic (what upgrades a zone)
A zone is not “confirmed” just because price is near it once. The script builds conviction via evidence accumulation.
Evidence types:
Touches : price comes close to the level within tolerance.
Failed escapes : price pushes outside the band but closes back inside (rejection).
Acceptance run : consecutive closes outside the band, suggesting price is accepting away from the zone.
Protections:
Touch Cooldown prevents counting the same micro-chop as multiple touches.
Acceptance Bars defines what “real acceptance” means, so the zone does not get invalidated by one noisy bar.
A zone becomes confirmed when:
Touches meet the “evidence” requirement.
Failed escapes meet the “rejection” requirement.
The regime filter still says the market is pin-friendly.
That is important, it avoids promoting levels that only worked briefly in a trending tape.
Zone scoring and lifecycle
Each zone maintains a score that evolves over time. Think of score as “how much this level has recently behaved like a magnet.”
Score dynamics:
Decay per bar : score fades over time if price stops respecting the zone.
+ per touch : repeated proximity increases score.
+ per failed escape : rejections add stronger reinforcement.
- per acceptance bar : sustained trading outside reduces score.
Min score to draw : prevents clutter from weak, low-confidence zones.
Invalidation:
If the score becomes very weak AND price achieves sustained acceptance away from the zone, the zone is deleted.
This keeps the chart clean and ensures zones represent current market behavior, not ancient levels.
How to read the plot on chart
1) Zone fill and border
Each zone is drawn as a box extended to the right.
Fill opacity adapts to zone strength, strong zones are visually more prominent.
Border color encodes the current directional context and special events.
2) Bullish vs bearish coloring
A zone is colored bullish when price is currently trading above the zone’s mid-level.
A zone is colored bearish when price is currently trading below it.
This is not a trade signal by itself, it is a state cue for “which side is in control around the level.”
3) Failed escape highlighting
If price attempts to break above the band and fails, the border temporarily highlights as a failed up escape.
If price attempts to break below the band and fails, the border temporarily highlights as a failed down escape.
These are the moments where pin behavior is most visible:
Break attempt.
Immediate rejection.
Return to the band.
4) Midline (optional)
The zone midline is the strike-like level itself.
It is dotted to distinguish it from price structure lines.
5) Optional strike ladder overlay
When enabled, the script draws major and minor ladder lines near current price.
Major levels are thicker and less transparent.
This is a visualization aid for “where the algorithm is rounding,” not a prediction tool.
On-chart text readout (what the box text means)
Each box prints a compact state summary, designed for fast scanning:
Γ CANDIDATE means the zone is being tracked but not yet validated.
Γ FLIP (PROXY) means the zone has met confirmation requirements.
BULL/BEAR indicates which side price is on relative to the mid-level.
L prints the level value.
T is touch count, repeated proximity events.
F is fail count, rejected escape attempts.
IVz is the volatility proxy z-score at the moment.
ADX is the trend strength context.
Practical use cases
1) Pinning and range trading context
Confirmed zones often act like gravity wells in sideways or rotational regimes.
When price repeatedly fails to escape, fading outer edges can be reasonable context for mean reversion workflows.
2) Breakout validation
If price achieves acceptance outside the band for multiple bars, that is stronger breakout context than a single wick.
Zones that invalidate cleanly can mark transitions from pinning to directional move.
3) Time your “do nothing” periods
When Pin Regime is active and a zone is confirmed, the tape often becomes sticky and inefficient for trend chasing.
This helps avoid taking trend entries into a pin environment.
Alerts
Standalone alertconditions are included:
Zone Confirmed : a candidate becomes confirmed.
Zone Touch : price touches an active zone within tolerance.
Zone Invalidated : the zone loses relevance and is removed.
Tuning guidelines
Sensitivity vs quality
Lower Touches Needed and Failed Escapes Needed creates more zones faster, but with lower quality.
Higher values create fewer zones, but the ones that remain are more behaviorally “proven.”
Band width
ATR mode adapts to volatility and is typically safer across assets.
Percent mode is consistent visually but can feel too tight in high vol or too wide in low vol if not tuned.
Regime thresholds
If you want fewer zones, raise IV proxy threshold and tighten weak-trend filters.
If you want more zones, lower IV proxy threshold and loosen weak-trend filters.
Limitations
This is a proxy model, not live options gamma.
In strong trends, pinning assumptions can break, the regime filter is there to reduce that risk, but not eliminate it.
Auto strike step is designed for typical market ranges, manual step is recommended for niche tick sizes or custom markets.
Disclaimer
Educational and informational only, not financial advice.
Not a complete trading system.
Always validate settings per asset and timeframe.
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