AlgoRhythmica - Liquidity Stats

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The AlgoRhythmica - Liquidity Stats is a comprehensive trading indicator designed to analyze and plot liquidity data across various time periods. It uses estimated liquidity data and allows traders to select between 6 different scopes to analyze and view that data.

What is liquidity?

Liquidity refers to how quickly and easily an asset can be bought or sold in the market without affecting its price. High liquidity means that there are many buyers and sellers, and transactions can happen rapidly and smoothly.
Liquidity analysis involves examining where and how liquidity is distributed across different price levels.
Price often moves from liquidity zone to liquidity zone, and therefore, having an idea of whether there's more liquidity above or below price give traders an idea of where price might go next.

How does it work?

Internally, the indicator is simulating a complete liquidity map of the chart and cleverly estimates where traders might face losses (liquidations). It does this by looking at the volume of trading in each candle and projecting where, given certain common trading practices like using 10x or 20x leverage, traders are likely to get squeezed out of their positions. These projected squeeze-out points helps in visualizing potential future price movements, as prices often move towards these areas to balance out. But instead of rendering the liquidity on the main chart, which can get cluttered, this data is viewed in a separate panel through a selection of different scopes.
Keep in mind though, this liquidity data here is just an estimation based on general assumptions, it doesn't have access to actual liquidity data.
However, some risk and leverage amounts are more common than others. People like using those even numbers like 10x, 20x leverage or 1% stop loss etc. And that's why the liquidity estimations in this and other liquidity indicators can still be quite accurate.

Special Feature:

A special feature to this indicator is it's unique eye for 'vector candles'—those high-impact candles signaling significant market moves. It tracks these candles over time to see if the market revisits them, a behavior that can indicate major market maker activities and potential price reversal points.

The 6 different plotting scopes:

Liquidity Dominance:
The Liquidity Dominance is the long liquidity minus the short liquidity. When there's more liquidity above price, price tends to go up. There's also a 50 EMA running through it, indicating whether the liquidity dominance is particularly extended.
There is also a setting for normalizing the dominance to an adjustable EMA. Normalizing means that the value of the EMA will then become the zero-value of the dominance. This can be particularly effective in trending markets because it allows traders to see more clearly how the liquidity deviates from it's EMA.

Split Dominance:
This is simply the long and short liquidity plotted separately with a 200 SMA running through. This gives traders a slight more in-depth look at the liquidity. Looking at the difference between long and short liquidity and using the SMA as a reference, traders can more easily spot a trend shift and whether the liquidity types are about to cross each other.

Stochastic LQ:
Instead of using price data, the Stochastic LQ applies the stochastic oscillator formula to liquidity data. It measures the position of the current liquidity level relative to its high-low range over a specified period. By doing so, it aims to provide a clear picture of whether buyers or sellers are dominating the liquidity landscape within the chosen lookback period.

Liquidations:
This will display the amount of volume that was consumed when price wicked or crossed into a liquidity level on that particular bar. There's also a setting to cumulate the liquidations over the selected period. This will show you whether longs or shorts are suffering the most.

Vector Count:
This tool counts the number of unrecovered vector candles. If there are more to the upside, price is likely to go up. The vector count also has a setting for normalizing the count to an EMA. Some older vectors never get recovered and therefore normalizing the count to an EMA can be a more useful way of focusing on more recent vectors.

Total LQ:
By focusing on the total liquidity without differentiating between long and short positions, this tool simplifies the liquidity landscape. High total liquidity can support the sustainability of current trends, as it shows that there is enough market participation to support the price direction.

Additional Features:

Vector Recovery Dots:
A feature to visually identify recovered vector candles, indicating potential market reaction points for strategic entry or exit decisions.
This is used in combination with any of the tools. It will plot dots whenever a vector candle has been recovered. A recovered vector candle while liquidity is extended, could indicate a top or a bottom.

Dynamic Period Selection:
Choose between aggregating the liquidity over a fixed period (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly etc.) which then stays the same when the user switches timeframe, or choose a dynamic period with a fixed amount of candles which then dynamically shifts when changing time frame. This offers flexibility to look at liquidity over different time frames. Liquidity that falls outside of the selected period is considered gone, as traders eventually close their positions.

Lookback and Sensitivity Adjustment:
Customize the lookback period for volume averages and adjust sensitivity to refine the indicator's responsiveness to volume changes and liquidity calculations.

Leverage Settings:
Input specific leverage amounts to calculate liquidity on. These should be adjusted depending on the chart and timeframe the user is looking at. Decide on up to three different leverage amounts that traders would typically use on the chart and timeframe you're on. The liquidity will then be calculated using that leverage.

Tooltips:
The indicator comes with extensive tooltips for every function, making sure the user understand every part of it.
And as usual, use it together with other market analysis and perhaps a liquidity map of your choice.