Hi Traders,
I've developed an indicator which can detect fake-breaks on the chart.
In the following you'll find the definition of the fake break candles and also you will find how to recognize it on the chart with practical examples.
What is the fake break pattern?
Sometimes support and resistance lines broke with a full body and strong candles that gives us...
After reading an article on how to trade volume I felt that I needed some kind of indicator using price action and volume together.
More precisely I tried to build two indicators. Bear in mind this indactor is very simple because it only evaluates each bar with its previous bar and an average.
Nr.1 Weak/fake push: Price suddenly goes up/down a lot more but...
This script highlights when price violates the highest high or lowest low within the user's selected lookback period, with the caveat that it occurs during the GLOBEX session. The script is designed to work exclusively with the trading hours for CME and CBOT Equity Index futures. I'm planning to make a more customizable version down the line.
My reasoning...
Shows 2 different states of breakout:
Arrow = unusual volume, raising volume, positiv rate of change, standard deviation breakout
Bolt = very unusual volume, very high standard deviation breakout
