Custom Opening Price Levels (PO3)This indicator is designed to assist the trader in identifying the Power of Three through the opens of the candles.
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The PO3 is a concept introduced by ICT. First, you need to have a directional bias for the month or the specific candle in question. It should be of high time frame (HTF BIAS).
At the open of the specific candle, the market will generate interest in the direction opposite to the HTF BIAS, accumulating positions. It will then manipulate the positions of less informed traders to generate the necessary liquidity to fill informed operators positions.
Finally, positions are distributed in favor of the bias.
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The PO3 is a phenomenon that repeats across all timeframes. This indicator is highly customizable and allows the user to choose from a range of timeframes: 3 months, 1 month, 1 week, 1 day, and 3 hours. The indicator displays the last 3 opens for the selected period.
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The script is open-source, so feel free to add more timeframes or open levels if you have coding skills.
Liquidity
Open Interest (OI) Delta [UAlgo]The Open Interest (OI) Delta indicator is a tool designed to provide insights into the dynamics of Open Interest changes within the futures market. Open Interest (OI) refers to the total number of outstanding derivative contracts, such as options or futures, that have not been settled. The OI Delta measures the change in Open Interest over a specified period, allowing traders to assess whether new money is entering the market or existing positions are being closed.
This indicator offers two distinct display modes to visualize OI Delta, along with customizable levels that help in categorizing the magnitude of OI changes. Additionally, it provides the option to color-code the bars on the price chart based on the intensity and direction of OI Delta, making it easier for traders to interpret market sentiment and potential future price movements.
🔶 Key Features
Two Display Modes: Choose between two different modes for visualizing OI Delta, depending on your analysis preferences:
Mode 1: Displays the OI Delta directly as positive or negative values.
Mode 2: Separates positive and negative OI Delta values, displaying them as absolute values for easier comparison.
Customizable Levels: Set up to four levels of OI Delta magnitude, each with customizable thresholds and colors. These levels help categorize the OI changes into Normal, Medium, Large, and Extreme ranges, allowing for a more nuanced interpretation of market activity.
MA Length and Standard Deviation Period: Adjust the moving average length and standard deviation period for OI Delta, which smooths out the data and helps in identifying significant deviations from the norm.
Color-Coded Bar Chart: Optionally color the price bars on your chart based on the OI Delta levels, helping to visually correlate price action with changes in Open Interest.
Heatmap Display: Toggle the display of OI Delta levels on the chart, with the option to fill the areas between these levels for a more visually intuitive understanding of the data.
🔶 Interpreting Indicator
Positive vs. Negative OI Delta:
A positive OI Delta indicates that the Open Interest is increasing, suggesting that new contracts are being created, which could imply fresh capital entering the market.
A negative OI Delta suggests that Open Interest is decreasing, indicating that contracts are being closed out or settled, which might reflect profit-taking or a reduction in market interest.
Magnitude Levels:
Level 1 (Normal OI Δ): Represents typical, less significant changes in OI. If the OI Delta stays within this range, it may indicate routine market activity without any substantial shift in sentiment.
Level 2 (Medium OI Δ): Reflects a more significant change in OI, suggesting increased market interest and possibly the beginning of a new trend or phase of market participation.
Level 3 (Large OI Δ): Indicates a strong change in OI, often associated with a decisive move in the market. This could signify strong conviction among market participants, either bullish or bearish.
Level 4 (Extreme OI Δ): The highest level of OI change, often preceding major market moves. Extreme OI Δ can be a signal of potential market reversals or the final phase of a strong trend.
Color-Coded Bars:
When enabled, the color of the price bars will reflect the magnitude and direction of the OI Delta. This visual aid helps in quickly assessing the correlation between price movements and changes in market sentiment as indicated by OI.
This indicator is particularly useful for futures traders looking to gauge the strength and direction of market sentiment by analyzing changes in Open Interest. By combining this with price action, traders can gain a deeper understanding of market dynamics and make more informed trading decisions
🔶 Disclaimer
Use with Caution: This indicator is provided for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. Users should exercise caution and perform their own analysis before making trading decisions based on the indicator's signals.
Not Financial Advice: The information provided by this indicator does not constitute financial advice, and the creator (UAlgo) shall not be held responsible for any trading losses incurred as a result of using this indicator.
Backtesting Recommended: Traders are encouraged to backtest the indicator thoroughly on historical data before using it in live trading to assess its performance and suitability for their trading strategies.
Risk Management: Trading involves inherent risks, and users should implement proper risk management strategies, including but not limited to stop-loss orders and position sizing, to mitigate potential losses.
No Guarantees: The accuracy and reliability of the indicator's signals cannot be guaranteed, as they are based on historical price data and past performance may not be indicative of future results.
ICT Immediate Rebalance Toolkit [LuxAlgo]The ICT Immediate Rebalance Toolkit is a comprehensive suite of tools crafted to aid traders in pinpointing crucial trading zones and patterns within the market.
The ICT Immediate Rebalance, although frequently overlooked, emerges as one of ICT's most influential concepts, particularly when considered within a specific context. The toolkit integrates commonly used price action tools to be utilized in conjunction with the Immediate Rebalance patterns, enriching the capacity to discern context for improved trading decisions.
The ICT Immediate Rebalance Toolkit encompasses the following Price Action components:
ICT Immediate Rebalance
Buyside/Sellside Liquidity
Order Blocks & Breaker Blocks
Liquidity Voids
ICT Macros
🔶 USAGE
🔹 ICT Immediate Rebalance
What is an Immediate Rebalance?
Immediate rebalances, a concept taught by ICT, hold significant importance in decision-making. To comprehend the concept of immediate rebalance, it's essential to grasp the notion of the fair value gap. A fair value gap arises from market inefficiencies or imbalances, whereas an immediate rebalance leaves no gap, no inefficiencies, or no imbalances that the price would need to return to.
Rule of Thumb
After an immediate rebalance, the expectation is for two extension candles to follow; otherwise, the immediate rebalance is considered failed. It's important to highlight that both failed and successful immediate rebalances, when considered within a context, are significant signatures in trading.
Immediate rebalances can occur anywhere and in any timeframe.
🔹 Buyside/Sellside Liquidity
In the context of Inner Circle Trader's teachings, liquidity primarily refers to the presence of stop losses or pending orders, that indicate concentrations of buy or sell orders at specific price levels. Institutional traders, like banks and large financial entities, frequently aim for these liquidity levels or pools to accumulate or distribute their positions.
Buyside liquidity denotes a chart level where short sellers typically position their stops, while Sellside liquidity indicates a level where long-biased traders usually place their stops. These zones often serve as support or resistance levels, presenting potential trading opportunities.
The presentation applied here is the multi-timeframe version of our previously published Buyside-Sellside-Liquidity script.
🔹 Order Blocks & Breaker Blocks
Order Blocks and Breaker Blocks hold significant importance in technical analysis and play a crucial role in shaping market behavior.
Order blocks are fundamental elements of price action analysis used by traders to identify key levels in the market where significant buying or selling activity has occurred. These blocks represent areas on a price chart where institutional traders, banks, or large market participants have placed substantial buy or sell orders, leading to a temporary imbalance in supply and demand.
Breaker blocks, also known as liquidity clusters or pools, complement order blocks by identifying zones where liquidity is concentrated on the price chart. These areas, formed from mitigated order blocks, often act as significant barriers to price movement, potentially leading to price stalls or reversals in the future.
🔹 Liquidity Voids
Liquidity voids are sudden price changes when the price jumps from one level to another. Liquidity voids will appear as a single or a group of candles that are all positioned in the same direction. These candles typically have large real bodies and very short wicks, suggesting very little disagreement between buyers and sellers.
Here is our previously released Liquidity-Voids script.
🔹 ICT Macros
In the context of ICT's teachings, a macro is a small program or set of instructions that unfolds within an algorithm, which influences price movements in the market. These macros operate at specific times and can be related to price runs from one level to another or certain market behaviors during specific time intervals. They help traders anticipate market movements and potential setups during specific time intervals.
Here is our previously released ICT-Macros script.
🔶 SETTINGS
🔹 Immediate Rebalances
Immediate Rebalances: toggles the visibility of the detected immediate rebalance patterns.
Bullish, and Bearish Immediate Rebalances: color customization options.
Wicks 75%, %50, and %25: color customization options of the wick price levels for the detected immediate rebalance.
Ignore Price Gaps: ignores price gaps during calculation.
Confirmation (Bars): specifies the number of bars required to confirm the validation of the detected immediate rebalance.
Immediate Rebalance Icon: allows customization of the size of the icon used to represent the immediate rebalance.
🔹 Buyside/Sellside Liquidity
Buyside/Sellside Liquidity: toggles the visibility of the buy-side/sell-side liquidity levels.
Timeframe: this option is to identify liquidity levels from higher timeframes. If a timeframe lower than the chart's timeframe is selected, calculations will be based on the chart's timeframe.
Detection Length: lookback period used for the detection.
Margin: sets margin/sensitivity for the liquidity levels.
Buyside/Sellside Liquidity Color: color customization option for buy-side/sell-side liquidity levels.
Visible Liquidity Levels: allows customization of the visible buy-side/sell-side liquidity levels.
🔹 Order Blocks & Breaker Blocks
Order Blocks: toggles the visibility of the order blocks.
Breaker Blocks: toggles the visibility of the breaker blocks.
Swing Detection Length: lookback period used for the detection of the swing points used to create order blocks & breaker blocks.
Mitigation Price: allows users to select between the closing price or the wick of the candle.
Use Candle Body in Detection: allows users to use candle bodies as order block areas instead of the full candle range.
Remove Mitigated Order Blocks & Breaker Blocks: toggles the visibility of the mitigated order blocks & breaker blocks.
Order Blocks: Bullish, Bearish Color: color customization option for order blocks.
Breaker Blocks: Bullish, Bearish Color: color customization option for breaker blocks.
Visible Order & Breaker Blocks: allows customization of the visible order & breaker blocks.
Show Order Blocks & Breaker Blocks Labels: toggles the visibility of the order blocks & breaker blocks labels.
🔹 Liquidity Voids
Liquidity Voids: toggles the visibility of the liquidity voids.
Liquidity Voids Width Filter: filtering threshold while detecting liquidity voids.
Ignore Price Gaps: ignores price gaps during calculation.
Remove Mitigated Liquidity Voids: remove mitigated liquidity voids.
Bullish, Bearish, and Mitigated Liquidity Voids: color customization option..
Liquidity Void Labels: toggles the visibility of the liquidity voids labels.
🔹 ICT Macros
London and New York (AM, Launch, and PM): toggles the visibility of specific macros, allowing users to customize macro colors.
Macro Top/Bottom Lines, Extend: toggles the visibility of the macro's pivot high/low lines and allows users to extend the pivot lines.
Macro Mean Line: toggles the visibility of the macro's mean (average) line.
Macro Labels: toggles the visibility of the macro labels, allowing customization of the label size.
🔶 RELATED SCRIPTS
ICT-Killzones-Toolkit
Smart-Money-Concepts
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SMC Orderblocks (MTF)The SMC Orderblocks Indicator is designed to detect institutional orderblocks by focusing on price action and pattern detection, with a strong emphasis on identifying liquidity grabs.
This tool helps traders pinpoint areas where significant institutional trades are likely to occur by assuming the presence of orderblocks based on observed market behavior.
Unlike other indicators that may rely heavily on volume, the SMC Orderblocks Indicator offers a fresh approach rooted in a deep study of price action and Smart Money Concepts (SMC).
🔍 Unique Approach
Unlike other orderblock indicators that typically depend on volume to detect orderblocks (a common and valid method), the SMC Orderblocks Indicator explores a new approach. After extensive study and understanding of price action and SMC principles, this indicator focuses on market behavior to assume where institutional orderblocks might be. This approach offers traders a unique perspective and valuable insights, allowing them to view the market through a different lens.
🧠 The Theory Behind It
In trading, liquidity is essential for institutions and large market participants to execute their substantial orders. Orders tend to cluster around predictable levels, such as recent highs or lows, creating pools of liquidity. To secure better entry points for their large trades, institutions and market makers may manipulate prices to sweep these liquidity levels. The SMC Orderblocks Indicator is designed to detect these market manipulations—when price moves to capture liquidity—and uses these events to assume the presence of orderblocks at key levels. By recognizing these manipulations, the indicator provides insights into potential areas of significant institutional activity.
⚙️ How It Works
In order to make it work, there are two big essentail parts for this indicator. The first one is being able to identify liquidity areas. The second one is to detect the liquidity grab pattern.
1. Identifying Liquidity
So, in order to find market manipulations, mainly "liquidity grabs", the first thing we need is to find where the liquidity is.
Here "liquidity", refers to "orders", and only the exchange actually knows at what price orders are placed. The limit orders are visible in the order book and most of the time the exchange let this information be publicly accessed. But not all orders are in the orderbook. The stop-limit orders like stop-loss orders are added in the orderbook only when the market price reaches a certain price (the stop price).
At present, when using a chart script like Pinescript, there is no known way to access this real information.
But fortunately, traders and institutional behavior stay the same. Traders tend to place their orders at predictable levels, like above highs or below lows. They can also be near inducement areas, specifically created by institutions to induce traders to place their orders at certain levels.
So, the job of the indicator is first to find these levels, regardless of the method used. In the previous version of this script, I used pivots to detect highs and lows, but this method was lacking when it came to finding inducement zones or stacks of liquidity.
Instead, the indicator now uses a new method to check whether there is a stack of non-liquidated candles. This method allows the detection of inducement zones with unliquidated candles. When the stack reaches a certain number (by default, three), the liquidity is marked as valid for sweep detection.
Note: When using the indicator, you can enable the display of liquidity (to see mitigated and unmitigated liquidity) and their stack number.
2. Detecting a Liquidity sweep
Once the first and key part is done, we need to detect the market manipulation: the liquidity grabs. Liquidity grab patterns are always the same. In the following example, let's assume the institutions want to fill sell orders in a bearish market. Here are the steps they will likely take:
- 1. The institutionals place their main orders (the orderblock) at a desired price.
- 2. They let the liquidity accumulate next to that desired price. They can even induce traders to place their own orders there. The will serve as liquidity.
- 3. Institutionals will manipulate the market price to move it towards their awaiting orders to fill them. Once that price is reach, and their orders are being filled, the market price will start moving in the opposite direction.
- 4. The grab is confirmed, when the liquidity in that oppsiite direction is grabed, or simply when the bearish market trend resumes by breaking the lows, along with additional confirmations
Sometimes, institutions will have two opposite positions in the same asset—one short and one long. This is called hedging. The goal here is to use the long orders to push the market price towards the main sell orders. Once the sell orders are filled and the market price starts falling, they may try to push it up again to close their long position with minimal loss and finally let the price fall for good.
It is at that moment that it is best to enter the market. This is why, by default, the indicator will display when the price starts moving upward towards the liquidity grab: because it's where the manipulation started and where the price is likely to reach again before resuming the main trend.
Real-Time Visualization:
As soon as an "orderblock" (or market manipulation) is detected, the indicator will display it on the chart in real time.
This immediate visualization helps traders stay ahead and catch the main market move.
💡 Usage Tips
Apply the script to your chart. This is a price-action based script so it will work on most markets. You do not need to edit settings but you can adjust them to match your trading style.
To get the most out of the SMC Orderblocks Indicator, it’s recommended to use it alongside other analysis tools, espacially market structure indicators. You can try the free-to-use SMC Market Structure (MTF) to filter the interesting orderblocks.
Additionnaly, if you search liquidity areas to set as your trade's target, you can enable their display to see mitigated and unmitigated liquidity lines. The display is disabled by default to keep charts clean.
While the indicator helps detect potential institutional orderblocks based on liquidity grabs, combining its insights with your trading knowledge and other tools will enhance decision-making.
⚠️ Disclaimer
While this method provides useful information, the orderblocks can only be assumed based on market behavior. Moreover, given how the indicator works, the accuracy cannot be guaranteed. It's important to combine the indicator's information with your own experience and other confirmation methods.
Orderblocks are also time-sensitive. The fact that an orderblock was detected and displayed on the chart does not guarantee that orders will still be present when the price returns to that level. If too much time has elapsed since the orderblock was created, or if the market structure has changed, it may be wise to disregard it. Always seek additional confirmation before opening a position.
The theory presented here on how institutional orderblocks are made, and how the market may be manipulated to fill orders, is based on my own research, knowledge, and analysis. Since I have never worked within an institution, these are educated assumptions and could be incorrect. Please always do your own research.
🚀 Active Development
The SMC Orderblocks Indicator is continuously evolving, with updates aimed at improving the rules for detecting and confirming orderblocks. Future updates may include new features and bug fixes to enhance performance and adapt to different trading styles.
📬 Note: If you encounter a bug, please contact me directly via private message, as I do not want to pollute the comment section with screenshots.
If you have any questions or suggestions for new features, feel free to reach out. You can also add a comment to boost its visibility.
Additionally, it’s recommended to compare the results of this indicator with others to find what best suits your trading style.
Please note that while this indicator is a paid script, you do not need to pay to test it. Contact me directly on TradingView via private message or through my socials, or leave a comment, and I’ll provide you with a free trial.
Delta Flow Profile [LuxAlgo]The Delta Flow Profile is a charting tool that tracks and visualizes money flow and the difference between buying and selling pressure accumulated within multiple price ranges over a specified period. It reveals the relationship between an asset's price and traders' willingness to buy or sell, helping traders identify significant price levels and analyze market activity.
The Normalized Profile displays the percentage of money flow at each price level relative to the maximum money flow level, enabling traders to easily compare levels and understand the relative importance of each price point in the context of overall trading activity.
🔶 USAGE
The Delta Flow Profile is made of two principal components with different usability, each one of them described in the sub-sections below.
🔹 Money Flow Profile
The Money Flow Profile illustrates the total buying and selling activity at different price ranges. By analyzing this profile, users can identify key price zones with substantial buying or selling pressure. These zones can often act as potential support or resistance.
The rows of the Money Flow Profile represent the trading activity at specific price ranges over a given period.
A normalized profile is included to compare each zone relative to the peak money flow using a percentage, with 100% indicating that a price range is the one with the highest accumulated money flow.
🔹 Delta Profile
The Delta Profile assesses the dominant sentiment (buying or selling) from volume delta at different price levels to gauge market sentiment and potential reversals.
Delta Profile rows with more significant buying or selling volume indicate dominance from one side of the market in that specific price area. Price coming back to that area might indicate willingness from a dominant side to further accumulate orders within it, potentially causing price to follow the direction established by this dominant side afterward.
The volume delta is determined from the user-selected Polarity Method, with "Bar Polarity" using candle sentiment to determine if a bar associated volume is buying or selling volume, and "Bar Buying/Selling Pressure" making use of the high/low price to obtain more precise results.
🔹 Level of Significance
Users can quickly highlight the price levels with the highest recorded money flow activity through the included "Level of Significance". Various display methods are included:
Developing: Show the price level with the highest recorded money flow activity spanning over the indicator calculation interval.
Level: Show the price level with the highest recorded money flow activity.
Row: Show the price zone with the highest recorded money flow activity.
These levels/zones can be used as potential support/resistance points and can serve as a reference of where prices might go next for market participants to accumulate orders.
🔶 SETTINGS
The script offers a range of customizable settings to tailor the analysis to your trading needs.
🔹 Calculation Settings
Money Flow Profile: Toggles the visibility of the Money Flow Profile.
Normalized: Toggles the visibility of the Normalized Profile.
Sentiment Profile: Toggles the visibility of the Sentiment Profile.
Polarity Method: Choose between Bar Polarity or Bar Buying/Selling Pressure to calculate the Sentiment Profile.
Level of Significance: Toggles the visibility of the level of significance line/zone.
Lookback Length / Fixed Range: Sets the lookback length.
Number of Rows: Specify how many rows each profile histogram will have.
🔹 Display Settings
Profile Width %: Alters the width of the rows in the histogram, relative to the profile length.
Profile Horizontal Offset: Enables moving the profile on the horizontal axis.
Profile Text: Toggles the visibility of profile texts, and alters the size of the text. Setting to Auto will keep the text within the box limits.
Currency: Extends the profile text with the traded currency.
Profile Price Levels: Toggles the visibility of the profile price levels.
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Money-Flow-Profile
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Pure Price Action Liquidity Sweeps [LuxAlgo]The Pure Price Action Liquidity Sweeps indicator is a pure price action adaptation of our previously published and highly popular Liquidity-Sweeps script.
Similar to its earlier version, this indicator detects the presence of liquidity sweeps on the user's chart, while also identifying potential areas of support/resistance or entry when liquidity levels are taken. The key difference, however, is that this price action version relies solely on price patterns, eliminating the need for numerical swing length settings.
🔶 USAGE
A Liquidity Sweep occurs when the price breaks through a liquidity level , after which the price returns below/above the liquidity level , forming a wick.
The examples below show a bullish and bearish scenario of "a wick passing through a liquidity level where the price quickly comes back".
Short-term liquidity sweep detection is based on short-term swing levels. Some of these short-term levels, depending on further market developments, may evolve into intermediate-term levels and, in the long run, become long-term levels. Therefore, enabling short-term detection with the script means showing all levels, including minor and temporal ones. Depending on the trader's style, some of these levels may be considered noise. Enabling intermediate and long-term levels can help filter out this noise and provide more significant levels for trading decisions. For further details on how swing levels are identified please refer to the details section.
The Intermediate-term option selection for the same chart as above, filters out minor or noisy levels, providing clearer and more significant levels for traders to observe.
🔶 DETAILS
The swing points detection feature relies exclusively on price action, eliminating the need for numerical user-defined settings.
The first step involves detecting short-term swing points, where a short-term swing high (STH) is identified as a price peak surrounded by lower highs on both sides. Similarly, a short-term swing low is recognized as a price trough surrounded by higher lows on both sides.
Intermediate-term swing and long-term swing points are detected using the same approach but with a slight modification. Instead of directly analyzing price candles, we now utilize the previously detected short-term swing points. For intermediate-term swing points, we rely on short-term swing points, while for long-term swing points, we use the intermediate-term ones.
🔶 SETTINGS
Detection: Period options of the detected swing points.
🔶 RELATED SCRIPTS
Pure-Price-Action-Structures.
Liquidity-Sweeps.
Volume Gaps and ImbalancesThis Pine script indicator is designed to visually depict price inefficiencies, as identified by Volume Imbalances (VI) or Gaps. A Volume Gap is a scenario where the wicks of two successive candles don’t intersect, while an Imbalance occurs when only the wicks overlap, leaving the bodies apart. These zones of inefficiency frequently act as magnets for price, with the market striving rebalance in accordance with ICT principles.
Relevance:
Volume Gaps/Imbalances are zones of highly inefficient price delivery as per ICT concepts and represent a very strong draw to price. Price will often seek to rebalance those zones to ensure efficient price delivery. Consequently, these zones can provide good targets for entries in the opposite direction or take profit targets for previous entries in the direction of the Gap/Imbalance.
How It Works:
The indicator keeps track of all Gaps/Imbalances from the beginning of the available history. It automatically removes all mitigated Gaps/Imbalances, which are situations where the price has at least reached the bottom of a bullish gap or the top of a bearish gap.
On the last bar, the most recent valid gaps are highlighted with a box drawn from the start to the end of the gap. The start of a bullish gap is determined by the highest price of the previous candle’s open or close, while for bearish gaps, it’s the lowest price of the previous candle’s open or close. Conversely, the end of a bullish gap is the lowest price of the current candle’s open or close, and for bearish gaps, it’s the highest price of the current candle’s open or close.
To enhance the indicator’s speed and minimize chart noise, only the most recent gaps will be displayed, up to the limit set in the indicator settings.
Each displayed VI/GAP will indicate the size of the imbalance in ticks. For imbalances greater than 3 ticks, which represent stronger draws of liquidity, the color transparency will be reduced, and the text will be made more prominent. Volume Gaps are also marked with a 🧲 emoji for easy visual identification.
The indicator will automatically extend the boxes representing valid imbalances to the current bar for as long as the imbalance is not mitigated.
If an imbalance has been tapped, but not mitigated, the indicator will append 🚩emoji to denote that the imbalance has been partially mitigated and may no longer have as strong of a draw for price.
Configurability:
A user may configure the number of imbalances to show, the setting applies to bullish/bearish imbalances individually. This setting can be set to any value from 1 – 50.
Appearance wise, color, style and color transparency of each box representing an imbalance can be configured. The imbalance box label can be configured by setting the text size, along with the vertical & horizontal alignment.
What makes this indicator different:
Designed with high performance in mind, to reduce impact on chart render time.
Only keeps valid imbalances on the chart, with a limit on the # drawn
Indicates the size of the gap and provides visual markets to denote stronger, weaker and partially mitigated gaps
ICSM (Impulse-Correction & SCOB Mapper) [WinWorld]DESCRIPTION
ICSM (Impulse-Correction SCOB Mapper) is the indicator that analyzes the price movement and identifies valid impulses, corrections and SCOBs. It is a powerful tool that can be used with any type of technical analysis because it's flexible, informative, easy to use and it does substantially improve trader's awareness of the most liquid zones of interest.
SETTINGS
General | Visuals
Colour theme — defines the colour theme of the ICSM.
SCOB | Visuals
Show SCOB — enables/disables SCOB;
Mark SCOB with — represents a list of style options for SCOB representation;
SCOB colour — defines the colour of the SCOB;
ICM | Visuals
Show ICM lines — enables/disables ICM (Impulse-Correction Mapper) lines;
Show IC trend — enables/disables visualization of impulse-correction trend via coloured divider at the bottom of the chart;
Line colour — defines the colour of the ICM lines;
Line style — defines the style of the ICM lines;
Alerts
ICM — enables/disables alert for breaking ICM lines;
SCOB — enables/disables alert for SCOB creation;
ICM+SCOB — enables/disables alert for SCOB occurance at the end of the single impulse/correction, which grabs ICM line's liquidity.
ICM+SCOB (same candle) — enables/disables alert for SCOB occurance at the candle, which grabs ICM line's liquidity.
IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
In order to fully understand what ICSM can do, let's do a quick overview of the most important concepts that this indicator is built on.
By ICM we mean the liquidity grabbing of Impulse-Correction Mapper's lines (ICM lines; represented as dashed horizontal lines on the chart ). Saying shortly, liquidity grabs of ICM lines posses great opportunities for finding great entries.
SCOB (Single Candle Order Block) builds up by 3 simple rules:
Previous candle's liquidity is grabbed;
Current candle closes inside previous candle;
Imbalance occurs on the next candle.
SCOB is a quite useful zone of interest, from which the price usually reverses. You can also use SCOB as POI* on HTF** or as entry zone on LTF***.
* POI — Point Of Interest
* HTF — Higher TimeFrame
* LTF — Lower TimeFrame
"ICM+SCOB" is a short name that we use for event, at which price first grabs the liquidity from ICM line and then creates a SCOB at the same impulse/correction movement ( on the same ICM line, that does the liquidity grab ). Usually the SCOB that occurs after this event represents a highly liquid zone of interest , which should be considered when choosing entry level.
"ICM+SCOB (same candle)" is basically the same as "ICM+SCOB" event but with one major difference — the candle, which grabs the liquidity of ICM line, is also the candle at which the SCOB occurs, making such SCOB an even better zone of interest than a regular SCOB from ICM+SCOB event.
BIGGEST ADVANTAGES
ICSM precisely identifies impulses and corrections. Huge load of indicators on the TradingView does only show the simplest zones of interests, while ICSM uses our team's signature algorithms to precisely identify true impulses and corrections in the market, allowing traders to see both local and global price direction better and at the same time providing traders with the most liquid zones of interest;
ICSM shows points of interest and liquidity. The indicator identifies the nearest points of interest and zones, where the liquidity is concentrated, allowing you to find great entry and exit points for your trades;
ICSM has SCOB (Single Candle Order Block) detection function. ICM is packed with the extremely useful in SMC trading SCOB detetction feature, which allows you find even more solid points of interest;
ICSM has super minimalistic design, which contains only the things you really need. Your chart will not be overloaded with unnecessary information. You will only see clear points of interest, liquidity and price movement.
WHY SHOULD YOU USE IT?
As was said above, ICSM allows you to see the most profitable points and zones of interest, which professional SMC traders consider as one of the best in the market, because they are historically the areas from which the price bounces the most, allowing the smartest traders to get quick an clean profits with low drawdown.
In the ICSM indicator these zones are SCOB and ICM line liquidity grabs. By using these zones of interest to find entry points, you increase the chance to open a trade at the most lucrative price and reduce trading risks.
Considering what was said above, this indicator can help traders reduce drawdown risks and increase potential profits simply by showing the most liquid zones of interest, which are perfect for opening a trading position.
Here are some of the examples of how you leverage ICSM in your trading process:
Example of the short trade:
Price shows overall short trend. Trend liquidity is being formed.
Price grabs liduiqity from three ICM lines in a row and then creates a long SCOB at the end of 3rd liquidity grab.
SCOB, which occured at the end of ICM line, represents much stronger zone of interest than a regular SCOB. In this case it represents a zone, which we will use to find an entry.
The entry for the trade will be SCOB candle's low, stop-loss target should be put above SCOB candle's high. Our take-profit target is trend liquidity. See the screenshot above for better understanding.
▼ Now let's see the long trade example. ▼
Example of the long trade:
Price creates trend liquidity by showing equal highs ( EQH ).
Price grabs liduiqity from four ICM lines in a row and then creates a long SCOB at the end of 4th liquidity grab.
Again: SCOB, which occured at the end of ICM line, represents much stronger zone of interest than a regular SCOB. In this case it represents a zone, which we will use to find an entry.
The entry for the trade will be SCOB candle's high, stop-loss target should be put below SCOB candle's low. Our take-profit target is EQH. See the screenshot above for better understanding.
ALERTS
ICSM provides simple and easy alert customization, allwoing to choose only the alerts you want to receive. You can choose from the following alert options:
ICM — impulse or correction liquidity grab;
SCOB — SCOB is formed, wether or not the liquidity is grabbed from the impulse or correction;
SCOB+ICM — SCOB is formed after grabbing the liquidity of the ICM line;
SCOB+ICM (same candle) — SCOB is formed in the liquidity area of the impulse or correction.
HOW CAN I GET THE MOST OUT OF IT?
ICSM displays only the first liquidity of an impulse or correction, which matches the IDM (Inducement) in the Advanced SMC strategy . This strategy is completely covered in the World Class SMC indicator and is available for free for PDF in three parts.
You can also ICSM with any other strategy, because ICSM is a very flexible indicator and will help anyone improve their trading by making one aware of the high-quality liquidity on the chart.
Let's see how you can leverage ICSM with our World Class SMC indicator and other different strategies:
Example of the long & short trades with World Class SMC.
Long (1-3):
Price reached previous OB-EXT . This is the first sign for the potential price reversal;
ICM+SCOB happened after price reached OB-EXT;
After that, you can need to look for an entry on LTF. If you don't know how to do it, you can refer to our education materials.
Short (4-6):
Price reached OB-IDM , which is also a great sign for a potential upcoming price reversal;
ICM+SCOB occured after liquidity grab of the previous SCOB. This fact does strengthen the probability of the potential upcoming price reversal;
Now you need to switch to LTF and find an entry there.
Example of the short trade with simple Fibonacci retracement strategy.
Price grabs the liquidity of the ICM lines three times in a row, forming SCOB after the 3rd grab;
Price performs correctional move down without testing the SCOB, leaving no entry opportunity by our initial strategy, so we can add another strategy — Fibonacci retracement from 0.618 level — to our analysis in order to find an entry ;
We use Fibonacci grid with our initial strategy to find the best POI, that will align with the trend direction and will eventually become our entry point.
SUMMARY
ICSM is a unique indicator that indentifies zones and points of interests with high-quiality liquidity and can be both a stand-alone tool and can be integrated into any other strategy to increase the efficiency of analysis, accuracy of trading entries and reduce trading risks.
If you want to learn the SMC strategies that our team uses in our products, you can refer to our educational materials.
We hope that you will find a great use of ICSM and it will help you improve your perfomance as a trader. Best of luck, traders!
— with love, WinWorld Team
Price Action Toolkit Lite [UAlgo]The Price Action Toolkit Lite is a comprehensive indicator designed to enhance your chart analysis with advanced price action tools. This powerful toolkit combines multiple technical analysis concepts to provide traders with a clear visualization of market structure, liquidity levels, order blocks, and trend lines. By integrating these elements, the indicator aims to offer a holistic view of price action, helping traders identify potential entry and exit points, as well as key levels of interest in the market.
🔶 Key Features
Market Structure Analysis: The indicator includes a ZigZag feature to highlight significant market highs and lows, aiding in the visualization of market structure changes and trends.
Liquidity Sweeps Detection: It identifies and displays liquidity sweeps, which are crucial for recognizing potential market reversals and areas of interest where significant price action is likely to occur.
Order Blocks: Automatically detects and draws order blocks, highlighting areas of institutional buying and selling pressure, which can serve as key support and resistance levels.
Trend Lines: The toolkit can draw and extend trend lines based on pivot points, providing a clear view of prevailing market trends and potential breakout points.
Customizable Settings: Users can adjust various settings, including the length of the ZigZag, liquidity detection sensitivity, the number of order blocks to display, and trend line detection parameters, allowing for a tailored analysis experience.
🔶 Disclaimer
The "Price Action Toolkit Lite " is intended for educational and informational purposes only.
It is not financial advice and should not be construed as such. Trading in financial markets involves substantial risk, including the risk of loss.
Past performance is not indicative of future results.
🔷 Similar Scripts
Liquidity Swings & SweepsThis Pine script indicator is designed to create a visual representation liquidity as identified by swing Highs/Lows along with an indication of the liquidity level that was swept, optionally rating the strength of the sweep based on time & price.
Relevance:
Liquidity levels & sweeps are crucial for many SMC/ICT setups and can indicate a point at which the price changes direction or may re-trace in an opposite direction to provide additional liquidity for continued move in the original direction. Additionally, liquidity levels may provide targets for setups, as price action will often seek to take out those levels as they main contain many buy/sell stops.
How It Works:
The indicator tracks all swing points, as identified using user-defined strength of the swing. Once a swing is formed that meets the criteria, it is represented by a horizontal line starting at the price of the current swing until the last bar on the chart. While the swing is valid, this line will continue to be extended until the swing is invalid or a new swing is formed. Upon identifying a new swing, the indicator then scans the earlier swings in the same direction looking for a point of greatest liquidity that was taken by the current swing. This level is then denoted by dashed horizontal line, connecting earlier swing point to the current. At the same time any liquidity zones between the two swings are automatically removed from the chart if they had previously been rendered on the chart. If the setting to enable scan for maximum liquidity is enabled, then while looking back, the indicator will look for lowest low or highest high that was taken by the current swing point, which may not be a swing itself, however, is a lowest/highest price point taken (mitigated) by the current swing, which in many cases will be better price then then the one represented by previous swing. If the option to render sweep label is enabled, the sweep line will also be completed by a label, that will score the sweep and a tooltip showing the details of the level swept and the time it took to sweep it. The score explained further in configurability section ranks the strength of the sweep based on time and is complemented by price (difference in price between the two liquidity levels).
Configurability:
A user may configure the strength of the swing using both left/right strength (number of bars) as well as optionally instruct the indicator to seek the lowest/highest price point which may not be previous swing that was taken out by newly formed swing.
From appearance perspective liquidity level colors & line width presenting the liquidity/swing can be configured. There is also an option to render the liquidity sweep label that will generate an icon-based rating of the liquidity sweep and a tooltip that provides details on the scope of the swing, which includes liquidity level swept and when it was formed along with the time it took to sweep the liquidity.
Rating is of sweeps is primarily based on time with a secondary reference to price
💥- Best rating, very strong sweep with an hourly or better liquidity sweep
🔥- Second rating, strong sweep with 15 – 59 minute liquidity sweep, or 5+ minute sweep of 10+ points
✅- Third rating, ok sweep with 5 - 15 minute liquidity sweep, or lower-time-frame sweep of 10+ points
❄️ - Weakest sweep, with liquidity of 5 or less minutes swept
What makes this indicator different:
Designed with high performance in mind, to reduce impact on chart render time.
Only keeps valid liquidity levels & sweeps on the chart
Automatically removes previously taken liquidity levels
Ranks liquidity sweeps to indicate strength of the sweep
Liquidity Founder The Liquidity Swings indicator aids traders in detecting liquidity swings within the market, providing essential insights for making well-informed trading decisions. Key features include:
How this Indicator work - this indicator search pivot point that is used to determine the levels at which price may face support or resistance. The Pivot Points indicator consists of a pivot point (PP) level and several support (S) and resistance (R) levels. if input number of bar selected 3 than it will look back 3 candle and wait for next 3 candle to make pivot high and low after it identify pivot it draw a line and extend until it no longer intersects with the high or low prices
What is different in my indicator compared to a normal pivot point and what Makes This Indicator Original :
1) Swing High and Low Logic:It avoids marking consecutive pivot highs until a new pivot low is formed, reducing market noise and highlighting significant trend reversals.
2)Volume Integration: By incorporating volume data, the indicator ensures that pivot points are validated with sufficient market activity, enhancing their reliability as support and resistance levels.
3) Multi-Time Frame Analysis:The ability to input and analyze multiple time frames allows the indicator to draw strong support and resistance levels that are relevant across different trading periods, making it versatile for various trading strategies.
🟠 Liquidity Swings indicator
✅Visualization of Liquidity Zones:Accumulation Areas: Identifying regions where liquidity is gathering.liquidity Sweeps: Pinpointing areas where liquidity is being cleared.
✅Pivot and Volume Analysis:Price Pivots: Monitoring significant pivots in price.
Volume Correlation: Linking price pivots with volume to highlight zones of potential support and resistance.
✅Market Dynamics Understanding:Enables traders to visualize and understand market dynamics more effectively.Assists in pinpointing potential support and resistance levels based on liquidity swings.
⭐Example -EurUsd 1 minutes chart developed Potential Support and Resistance Zone
⭐⭐⭐Key Features:
1) Adjustable Time Frame: Allows traders to analyze different periods by modifying the time frame setting.
2) Swing Look back Period: Sets the period for identifying potential price swings, enhancing flexibility in analysis.
🟠 Understanding Strong Support :These are identified by dense clusters of green lines, indicating high concentrations of buy orders that have not yet been executed. These areas suggest strong buying interest which can potentially halt further price declines.
⭐ Example -below chart image BtcUsd 5 minutes 2 line are still not touched by price
⭐⭐⭐Reasons for Strong Support:
✅Untouched Liquidity Lines: These green lines represent pending buy orders, indicating robust buying interest at these levels.
✅Accumulation of Orders: Many buy orders are aggregated in these zones, capable of preventing further price drops when approached.
✅ Historical Performance: These areas have previously prevented price declines, establishing them as reliable support zones.
✅ Market Confidence: Close clustering of green lines signifies widespread trader belief in favorable buying conditions, reinforcing support strength.
🟠 Understanding Strong Resistance :Highlighted by dense clusters of red lines, denoting substantial sell orders that did not executed. These zones signify significant selling interest which can impede further price increases.
⭐ Example -below chart image Btcusd 3 minutes 3 line did touched by price previously .price touched that area and retraced because of unfilled liquidity
⭐⭐⭐ Reasons for Strong Support:
✅ Untouched Liquidity Lines: These green lines represent pending buy orders, indicating robust buying interest at these levels.
✅ Accumulation of Orders: Many buy orders are aggregated in these zones, capable of preventing further price drops when approached.
✅ Historical Performance: These areas have previously prevented price declines, establishing them as reliable support zones.
✅ Market Confidence: Close clustering of green lines signifies widespread trader belief in favorable buying conditions, reinforcing support strength.
⭐⭐⭐ Usage of the Liquidity Founder Indicator ⭐⭐⭐
👍 Identifying Liquidity Zones: Pinpoints areas with dense clusters of pending buy (green) or sell (red) orders, providing initial entry points where significant buying or selling interest is concentrated.
👍 Avoiding Market Traps: Helps traders steer clear of market fluctuations or false breakouts by focusing on stable liquidity zones.
How to Use this indicator for Maximum benefit -
1) When the price approaches a cluster of resistance levels, traders should look for a candle showing rejection (e.g., a bearish reversal candle) to enter a short trade.
2)When the price approaches a cluster of support levels, traders should look for a candle showing rejection (e.g., a bullish reversal candle) to enter a long trade.
3) The identified liquidity levels offer a clear understanding of significant support and resistance areas, helping traders make more informed trading decisions.
4) Fake breakouts above resistance or below support clusters. If the price breaks above resistance and then falls back below, it can be a signal to enter a short trade vice versa if price break support cluster and back again above support cluster it can be a long trade
Pure Price Action Structures [LuxAlgo]The Pure Price Action Structures indicator is a pure price action analysis tool designed to automatically identify real-time market structures.
The indicator identifies short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term swing highs and lows, forming the foundation for real-time detection of shifts and breaks in market structure.
Its distinctive/unique feature lies in its reliance solely on price patterns, without being limited by any user-defined input, ensuring a robust and objective analysis of market dynamics.
🔶 USAGE
Market structure is a crucial aspect of understanding price action. The script automatically identifies real-time market structure, enabling traders to comprehend market trends more easily. It assists traders in recognizing both trend changes and continuations.
Market structures are constructed from three sets of swing points, short-term swings, intermediary swings, and long-term swings. Market structures associated with longer-term swing points are indicative of longer-term trends.
A market structure shift (MSS), also known as a change of character (CHoCH), is a significant event in price action analysis that may signal a potential shift in market sentiment or direction. Conversely, a break of structure (BOS) is another significant event in price action analysis that typically indicates a continuation of the prevailing trend.
However, it's important to note that while an MSS can be the first indication of a trend reversal and a BOS signifies a continuation of the prevailing trend, they do not guarantee a complete reversal or continuation of the trend.
In some cases, MSS and BOS levels may also act as liquidity zones or areas of price consolidation, rather than indicating a definitive change in market direction or continuation. Traders should approach them with caution and consider additional factors to confirm the validity of the signal before making trading decisions.
🔶 DETAILS
🔹 Market Structures
Market structures are based on the analysis of price action and aim to identify key levels and patterns in the market, where swing point detection is one of the core concepts within ICT trading methodologies and teachings.
Swing points are automatically detected solely based on market movements, without any reliance on user-defined input.
🔹 Utilizing Swing Points
Swing points are not identified in real time as they occur. While short-term swing points may be displayed with a delay of at most one bar, the identification of intermediate and long-term swing points depends entirely on market movements. Furthermore, detection is not limited by any user-defined input but relies solely on pure price action. Consequently, swing points are not typically utilized in real-time trading scenarios.
Traders often analyze historical swing points to discern market trends and pinpoint potential entry and exit points for their trades. By identifying swing highs and lows, traders can:
Recognize Trends: Swing highs and lows help traders identify the direction of the trend. Higher swing highs and higher swing lows indicate an uptrend, while lower swing highs and lower swing lows indicate a downtrend.
Identify Support and Resistance Levels: Swing highs often serve as resistance levels, known in ICT terminology as Buyside Liquidity Levels, while swing lows function as support levels, also referred to in ICT terminology as Sellside Liquidity Levels. Traders can utilize these levels to strategize entry and exit points for their trades.
Spot Reversal Patterns: Swing points can form various reversal patterns, such as double tops or bottoms, head and shoulders patterns, and triangles. Recognizing these patterns can signal potential trend reversals, allowing traders to adjust their strategies accordingly.
Set Stop Loss and Take Profit Levels: In the context of ICT teachings, swing levels represent specific price levels where a concentration of buy or sell orders is anticipated. Traders can target these liquidity levels/pools to accumulate or distribute their positions, essentially using swing points to establish stop loss and take profit levels for their trades.
Overall, swing points provide valuable information about market dynamics and can assist traders in making more informed trading decisions.
🔶 SETTINGS
🔹 Structures
Swings and Size: Toggles the visibility of the structure's highs and lows, assigns an icon corresponding to the structures, and controls the size of the icons.
Market Structures: Toggles the visibility of the market structures.
Market Structure Labels: Controls the visibility of labels that highlight the type of market structure.
Line Style and Width: Customizes the style and width of the lines representing the market structure.
Swing and Line Colors: Customizes colors for the icons representing highs and lows, and the lines and labels representing the market structure.
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Market-Structures-(Intrabar).
Buyside-Sellside-Liquidity.
Uptrick: 6 Coins Market Data TableThe "Uptrick: 6 Coins Market Data Table" indicator is a sophisticated tool designed to provide a comprehensive snapshot of the market data for six major cryptocurrencies. This tool displays crucial information in a table format directly on the chart, enabling traders to make informed decisions quickly. It focuses on providing key metrics such as the Relative Volatility Index (RVI), volume, buy and sell pressure, and liquidity for each coin. The primary purpose of this indicator is to consolidate essential market data for multiple cryptocurrencies into a single, easy-to-read table. This facilitates quick analysis and comparison, helping traders assess market volatility and momentum using the Relative Volatility Index (RVI), monitor trading volume to understand market activity and interest, evaluate buy and sell pressure to gauge market sentiment, and determine liquidity to understand the ease of entering or exiting positions. The indicator is titled "Uptrick: 6 Coins Market Data Table" and is set to overlay on the chart, ensuring that it does not obstruct the view of price action. It uses a custom function to calculate buy and sell pressure based on price movements and trading volume, where buy pressure measures the volume of trades executed at prices above the low but below the high, indicating buying interest, and sell pressure measures the volume of trades executed at prices below the high but above the low, indicating selling interest. Liquidity is calculated as the product of the trading range (high - low) and the trading volume, helping in understanding the ease with which an asset can be traded without affecting its price. The RVI is calculated using the standard deviation of price changes and the exponential moving average (EMA), distinguishing between periods of increasing and decreasing volatility to provide a normalized measure of market volatility, with the RVI value ranging from 0 to 100, where higher values indicate higher volatility. The table is created with six rows and seven columns, with each row representing a cryptocurrency and each column representing a specific metric. The first row of the table includes headers for each metric: Symbol, RVI, Volume, Buy Pressure, Sell Pressure, and Liquidity. The populateTable function retrieves and calculates the necessary data for each cryptocurrency, fetching open, high, low, close prices, and volume, then calculating the RVI, buy/sell pressure, and liquidity. These values are populated into the respective cells in the table, ensuring that traders can see all relevant data at a glance. The indicator allows users to specify six different cryptocurrency symbols through input fields, enabling traders to monitor their preferred coins. The table columns include Symbol (the trading symbol of the cryptocurrency, e.g., BTCUSDT), RVI (the Relative Volatility Index displayed as a percentage, indicating the volatility level), Volume (the trading volume for the specified period, indicating the level of trading activity), Buy Pressure (a volume-based measure of buying interest), Sell Pressure (a volume-based measure of selling interest), and Liquidity (a measure of the asset’s liquidity, combining price range and volume). By bringing together multiple key metrics for six cryptocurrencies into one table, the indicator provides a centralized view of market conditions, enhancing decision-making as traders can quickly assess volatility, market sentiment, and liquidity, aiding in more informed trading decisions. The tool's customizability, allowing users to tailor the table to display their preferred cryptocurrencies, makes it versatile for different trading strategies. This detailed description outlines the functionality and purpose of the "Uptrick: 6 Coins Market Data Table" indicator, emphasizing its role in providing comprehensive and actionable market data for traders.
Visible Range Support and Resistance [AlgoAlpha]🌟 Introducing the Visible Range Support and Resistance 🌟
Discover key support and resistance levels with the innovative "Visible Range Support and Resistance" indicator by AlgoAlpha! 🚀📈 This advanced tool dynamically identifies significant price zones based on the visible range of your chart, providing traders with crucial insights for making informed decisions.
Key Features:
Dynamic support and resistance levels based on visible chart range 📏
User-defined resolution for tailored analysis 🎯
Clear visual representation of significant key zones 🖼️
Easy integration with any trading strategy 💼
How to Use:
🛠 Add the Indicator : Add the indicator to favourites. Adjust settings like resolution and horizontal extension to suit your trading style.
📊 Market Analysis : Identify key support and resistance zones based on the highlighted areas. These zones indicate significant price levels where the market may react.
How it Works:
The indicator segments the price range into user-defined resolutions, analyzing the highest and lowest points to establish boundaries. It calculates the frequency of price action within these segments, highlighting key levels where price movements are least concentrated (areas where price tends to pivot). Customizable settings like resolution and horizontal extension allow for tailored analysis, while the intuitive visual representation makes it easy to spot potential support and resistance zones directly on your chart.
By leveraging this indicator, you can gain deeper insights into market dynamics and improve your trading strategy with data driven support and resistance analysis. Happy trading! 💹✨
Uptrick : HMA Adaptive Trend and Volatility BandsThis proprietary trading indicator, named "Uptrick: HMA Adaptive Trend and Volatility Bands," offers a sophisticated blend of trend detection and volatility measurement for financial markets. Designed to overlay directly on the price chart, it leverages a variety of technical analysis tools to provide clear visual signals and comprehensive market insights.
Key Features:
Hull Moving Average (HMA) with Volatility Bands:
HMA Calculation: Utilizes the Hull Moving Average (HMA) for smooth trend identification, applied to the average price of high and low (hl2).
Adaptive Volatility Bands: Incorporates bands around the HMA based on a responsive standard deviation adjusted by an Exponential Moving Average (EMA). These bands dynamically expand and contract with market volatility.
Parameters:
Length: Configurable period for the HMA and standard deviation (default 14).
Multiplier: Determines the width of the bands (default 2.0).
MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence):
MACD Calculation: Includes fast and slow EMA periods with a signal line to detect trend direction and strength.
Histogram: Difference between MACD line and signal line to visualize momentum.
Parameters:
Fast Length: Short-term EMA period (default 6).
Slow Length: Long-term EMA period (default 13).
Signal Length: Signal line EMA period (default 5).
Relative Strength Index (RSI):
RSI Calculation: Measures the speed and change of price movements to identify overbought or oversold conditions.
Parameter:
RSI Length: Period for RSI calculation (default 10).
Average True Range (ATR):
ATR Calculation: Evaluates market volatility by considering the true range over a specified period.
Parameter:
ATR Length: Period for ATR calculation (default 7).
Volume and Liquidity Analysis:
Volume: Directly incorporated into the indicator to gauge market activity.
Liquidity: Assessed using the HMA of volume to determine the ease of trade execution.
Parameter:
Liquidity Length: Period for HMA of volume calculation (default 14).
Trend Identification:
Uptrend Conditions: A combination of positive MACD histogram, RSI above 50, ATR above its HMA, and volume exceeding liquidity.
Downtrend Conditions: Negative MACD histogram, RSI below 50, ATR above its HMA, and volume exceeding liquidity.
Visual Cues: Color-coded background (green for uptrend, red for downtrend) with corresponding labels on the price chart to indicate trend shifts.
Additional Moving Averages and Bollinger Bands:
SMA (Simple Moving Average): Includes 50 and 200-period SMAs for long-term trend analysis.
EMA (Exponential Moving Average): Includes a 20-period EMA for short-term trend analysis.
Bollinger Bands: Standard deviation bands around a 20-period SMA to measure market volatility and identify potential breakout points.
Information Table:
Real-Time Data Display: An optional table that provides current values for key metrics such as price, volume, liquidity, ATR, RSI, MACD histogram, SMAs, EMA, Buy+Sell Pressure, ATH, Global liquidity, Distance from ATH and Bollinger Bands, offering traders a comprehensive snapshot of market conditions.
Visualization:
Upper and Lower Bands: Clearly plotted with distinct colors (blue for upper, red for lower) to highlight volatility boundaries.
Trend Labels: Automatic annotations on the chart to signal uptrend and downtrend conditions.
Background Highlighting: Subtle shading to visually emphasize prevailing trend conditions.
This indicator is designed for traders seeking an advanced tool to detect trends, measure volatility, and make informed trading decisions based on comprehensive technical analysis. By integrating multiple technical indicators and providing clear visual signals, it aims to enhance trading accuracy and market insight.
Institutional Liquidity and Price Action Concepts [AlgoAlpha]🚀 Introducing the Institutional Liquidity and Price Action Concepts™ (ILPAC) , a comprehensive toolkit developed by AlgoAlpha as part of our Premium Collection. This All-in-One indicator offers a robust approach to understanding price action and liquidity, empowering traders with hyper customizable features to tailor their analysis to their specific trading strategies.
Designed with efficiency and compactness in mind, the script shows Price action and liquidity through four methods: Market Structure , Liquidity Heatmap , Trend Lines , and FOMO Bubbles . Additionally, the script also includes a fully customizable interface, to match each individual's trading style. By utilizing a blend of advanced algorithms and customizable parameters, Institutional Liquidity and Price Action Concepts™ (ILPAC) provides traders with a vast array of trading strategies ranging from high frequency scalping to timing better entries on long-term swing and investing positions.
The ILPAC ™ can be used with or without other AlgoAlpha Premium Collection indicators as this indicator has been designed to be able to act as a standalone toolkit.
Let's delve into the key features and functionalities of this versatile indicator:
🎯 Key Features (summary):
Market Structure Analysis :
Customizable time-horizon
BOS confirmation methods
Adjustable CHoCH/BOS line styles
Swing point highlighting
Color customization
Liquidity Heatmap:
Configurable look-back period
Adjustable resolution
Customizable scale colors
Trend Lines :
Look-back period settings
Noise filter factor
Trend line signals with color options
FOMO Bubbles :
Configurable look-back period
Adjustable noise filter factor
Customizable bubble colors
🎯 Key Features (in-depth):
The Market Structure component within ILPAC ™ shows the underlying trend of the market using swing high and lows and is purely price action based. Higher Highs(HH), Higher Lows(HL) labels generally indicate an uptrend and Lower Highs(LH) and Lower Lows(LL) indicate a downtrend. The trend of the market is also determined by Change of Characters (CHoCH) and Break of Structure patterns (BOS). The Market Structure component marks out all these automatically and colours the bars on your chart for easy visualisation of trend.
The Liquidity Heatmap component within ILPAC ™ visualizes areas of high and low liquidity in the market. It identifies zones where liquidity is concentrated not only at specific price levels but also over time, giving the user a 3 Dimensional view of liquidity. The heatmap colours represent different levels of liquidity, making it easy to see where large volumes of orders may exist. This component helps traders understand the liquidity landscape and make informed decisions based on potential support and resistance levels.
The Trend Lines component within ILPAC ™ automatically draws trend lines based on historical price data. It identifies significant highs and lows, connecting them to form trend lines that highlight the overall market direction as well as give breakout signals as shown in the image below. The component also includes a noise filter to reduce false signals and ensure only valid trend breakouts are displayed. Customizable colour settings allow traders to personalize the visual representation of trend lines on their charts.
The FOMO Bubbles component within ILPAC ™ identifies periods of market activity driven by Fear of Missing Out (FOMO). By analysing price action and volume, it highlights bubbles where traders are likely entering positions impulsively. These bubbles are displayed on the chart with customizable colours, providing a visual cue for potential overbought or oversold conditions. This component helps traders recognize and potentially capitalize on market exuberance or panic.
🎯Usage Examples:
At its core, the components within ILPAC ™ were designed to operate with each other as a form of confluence and robust analysis. Typically, Price action components such as the Market Structure and Trend Lines can be used for entries while the Liquidity components like FOMO Bubbles and the Heatmap can be used to find exit points. Here are some examples of how they can be used.
Trend Trading
Using the Market Structure component, enter a trade during a CHoCH and set TP at key areas of liquidity using the heatmap. Users can also choose to enter into a BOS which is an indication of a trend continuation.
Reversal Trading
Using the Liquidity Heatmap to find areas of liquidity for possible reversals, wait for a rejection from a liquidity zone and use the Trend Line Breakout signals as confluence for an entry. Exits can be set at liquidity zones or using FOMO Bubbles as take profit signals.
(These are just examples for reference, the ILPAC ™ offers significantly more possibilities for customisation and fine tuning of your trading strategy.)
🎯Conclusion:
The Institutional Liquidity and Price Action Concepts™ (ILPAC) indicator by AlgoAlpha is a powerful tool for traders, offering in-depth market insights through its Market Structure, Liquidity Heatmap, Trend Lines, and FOMO Bubbles components. By integrating Price Action based analysis with Liquidity analysis, ILPAC ™ boasts a superior design for the confluence between its components, using Price Action components for entry opportunities and Liquidity based components for exit opportunities. With its highly customizable settings, this indicator caters to all trading styles, from scalping to long-term investing. By providing clear visualizations and automatic trend and liquidity detection, ILPAC ™ empowers traders to make informed decisions, enhancing their trading strategies and improving overall market understanding.
Liquidity Swings [UAlgo]The "Liquidity Swings " indicator is designed to help traders identify liquidity swings within the market. This tool is particularly useful for visualizing areas where liquidity is accumulating and where it is being swept, providing valuable insights for making informed trading decisions. By tracking the pivots in price and associating them with volume, the indicator highlights zones of potential support and resistance, helping traders understand market dynamics more clearly.
🔶 Key Features
Liquidity Swing Sensitivity: Adjustable sensitivity settings to fine-tune the detection of liquidity swings according to market conditions and trader preferences.
Two modes of liquidity calculation:
Cumulative Liquidity: Aggregates unswept liquidity over multiple swings until it is swept, providing a broader view of liquidity accumulation.
Individual Liquidity: Displays the accumulated liquidity for each swing independently, offering a more granular perspective.
Visual Customization: Options to customize the colors and sizes of liquidity lines, areas, and informational text for better visual clarity.
Dynamic Updates: The indicator dynamically updates liquidity zones and labels, adjusting to new market data to keep traders informed in real-time.
🔶 Disclaimer
The "Liquidity Swings " indicator is provided for educational and informational purposes only.
It should not be considered as financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any financial instrument.
The use of this indicator involves inherent risks, and users should employ their own judgment and conduct their own research before making any trading decisions. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
🔷 Related Scripts
Liquidity Sweeps
Williams %R Liquidity Sweeps
ICT IPDA Liquidity Matrix By AlgoCadosThe ICT IPDA Liquidity Matrix by AlgoCados is a sophisticated trading tool that integrates the principles of the Interbank Price Delivery Algorithm (IPDA), as taught by The Inner Circle Trader (ICT). This indicator is meticulously designed to support traders in identifying key institutional levels and liquidity zones, enhancing their trading strategies with data-driven insights. Suitable for both day traders and swing traders, the tool is optimized for high-frequency and positional trading, providing a robust framework for analyzing market dynamics across multiple time horizons.
# Key Features
Multi-Time Frame Analysis
High Time Frame (HTF) Levels : The indicator tracks critical trading levels over multiple days, specifically at 20, 40, and 60-day intervals. This functionality is essential for identifying long-term trends and significant support and resistance levels that aid in strategic decision-making for swing traders and positional traders.
Low Time Frame (LTF) Levels : It monitors price movements within 20, 40, and 60-hour intervals on lower time frames. This granularity provides a detailed view of intraday price actions, which is crucial for scalping and short-term trading strategies favored by day traders.
Daily Open Integration : The indicator includes the daily opening price, providing a crucial reference point that reflects the market's initial sentiment. This feature helps traders assess the market's direction and volatility, enabling them to make informed decisions based on the day's early movements, which is particularly useful for day trading strategies.
IPDA Reference Points : By leveraging IPDA's 20, 40, and 60-period lookbacks, the tool identifies Key Highs and Lows, which are used by IPDA as Draw On Liquidity. IPDA is an electronic and algorithmic system engineered for achieving price delivery efficiency, as taught by ICT. These reference points serve as benchmarks for understanding institutional trading behavior, allowing traders to align their strategies with the dominant market forces and recognize institutional key levels.
Dynamic Updates and Overlap Management : The indicator is updated daily at the beginning of a new daily candle with the latest market data, ensuring that traders operate with the most current information. It also features intelligent overlap management that prioritizes the most relevant levels based on the timeframe hierarchy, reducing visual clutter and enhancing chart readability.
Comprehensive Customization Options : Traders can tailor the indicator to their specific needs through an extensive input menu. This includes toggles for visibility, line styles, color selections, and label display preferences. These customization options ensure that the tool can adapt to various trading styles and preferences, enhancing user experience and analytical capabilities.
User-Friendly Interface : The tool is designed with a user-friendly interface that includes clear, concise labels for all significant levels. It supports various font families and sizes, making it easier to interpret and act upon the displayed data, ensuring that traders can focus on making informed trading decisions without being overwhelmed by unnecessary information.
# Usage Note
The indicator is segmented into two key functionalities:
LTF Displays : The Low Time Frame (LTF) settings are exclusive to timeframes up to 1 hour, providing detailed analysis for intraday traders. This is crucial for traders who need precise and timely data to make quick decisions within the trading day.
HTF Displays : The High Time Frame (HTF) settings apply to the daily timeframe and any shorter intervals, allowing for comprehensive analysis over extended periods. This is beneficial for swing traders looking to identify broader trends and market directions.
# Inputs and Configurations
BINANCE:BTCUSDT
Offset: Adjustable setting to shift displayed data horizontally for better visibility, allowing traders to view past levels and make informed decisions based on historical data.
Label Styles: Choose between compact or verbose label formats for different levels, offering flexibility in how much detail is displayed on the chart.
Daily Open Line: Customizable line style and color for the daily opening price, providing a clear visual reference for the start of the trading day.
HTF Levels: Configurable high and low lines for HTF with options for style and color customization, allowing traders to highlight significant levels in a way that suits their trading style.
LTF Levels: Similar customization options for LTF levels, ensuring flexibility in how data is presented, making it easier for traders to focus on the most relevant intraday levels.
Text Utils: Settings for font family, size, and text color, allowing for personalized display preferences and ensuring that the chart is both informative and aesthetically pleasing.
# Advanced Features
Overlap Management : The script intelligently handles overlapping levels, particularly where multiple timeframes intersect, by prioritizing the more significant levels and removing redundant ones. This ensures that the charts remain clear and focused on the most critical data points, allowing traders to concentrate on the most relevant market information.
Real-Time Updates : The indicator updates its calculations at the start of each new daily bar, incorporating the latest market data to provide timely and accurate trading signals. This real-time updating is crucial for traders who rely on up-to-date information to execute their strategies effectively and make informed trading decisions.
# Example Use Cases
Scalpers/Day traders: Can utilize the LTF features to make rapid decisions based on hourly market movements, identifying short-term trading opportunities with precision.
Swing Traders: Will benefit from the HTF analysis to identify broader trends and key levels that influence longer-term market movements, enabling them to capture significant market swings.
By providing a clear, detailed view of key market dynamics, the ICT IPDA Liquidity Matrix by AlgoCados empowers traders to make more informed and effective trading decisions, aligning with institutional trading methodologies and enhancing their market understanding.
# Usage Disclaimer
This tool is designed to assist in trading decisions, but it should be used in conjunction with other analysis methods and risk management strategies. Trading involves significant risk, and it is essential to understand the market conditions thoroughly before making trading decisions.
AlgoBuilder [Trend-Following] | FractalystWhat's the strategy's purpose and functionality?
This strategy is designed for both traders and investors looking to rely on and trade based on historical and backtested data using automation. The main goal is to build profitable trend-following strategies that outperform the underlying asset in terms of returns while minimizing drawdown. For example, as for a benchmark, if the S&P 500 (SPX) has achieved an estimated 10% annual return with a maximum drawdown of -57% over the past 20 years, using this strategy with different entry and exit techniques, users can potentially seek ways to achieve a higher Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) while maintaining a lower maximum drawdown.
Although the strategy can be applied to all markets and timeframes, it is most effective on stocks, indices, future markets, cryptocurrencies, and commodities and JPY currency pairs given their trending behaviors.
In trending market conditions, the strategy employs a combination of moving averages and diverse entry models to identify and capitalize on upward market movements. It integrates market structure-based trailing stop-loss mechanisms across different timeframes and provides exit techniques, including percentage-based and risk-reward (RR) based take profit levels.
Additionally, the strategy has also a feature that includes a built-in probability and sentiment function for traders who want to implement probabilities and market sentiment right into their trading strategies.
Performance summary, weekly, and monthly tables enable quick visualization of performance metrics like net profit, maximum drawdown, compound annual growth rate (CAGR), profit factor, average trade, average risk-reward ratio (RR), and more. This aids optimization to meet specific goals and risk tolerance levels effectively.
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How does the strategy perform for both investors and traders?
The strategy has two main modes, tailored for different market participants: Traders and Investors.
Trading:
1. Trading (1x):
- Designed for traders looking to capitalize on bullish trending markets.
- Utilizes a percentage risk per trade to manage risk and optimize returns.
- Suitable for active trading with a focus on trend-following and risk management.
- (1x) This mode ensures no stacking of positions, allowing for only one running position or trade at a time.
◓: Mode | %: Risk percentage per trade
2. Trading (2x):
Similar to the 1x mode but allows for two pyramiding entries.
This approach enables traders to increase their position size as the trade moves in their favor, potentially enhancing profits during strong bullish trends.
◓: Mode | %: Risk percentage per trade
3. Investing:
- Geared towards investors who aim to capitalize on bullish trending markets without using leverage while mitigating the asset's maximum drawdown.
- Utilizes 100% of the equity to buy, hold, and manage the asset.
- Focuses on long-term growth and capital appreciation by fully investing in the asset during bullish conditions.
- ◓: Mode | %: Risk not applied (In investing mode, the strategy uses 100% of equity to buy the asset)
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What's the purpose of using moving averages in this strategy? What are the underlying calculations?
Using moving averages is a widely-used technique to trade with the trend.
The main purpose of using moving averages in this strategy is to filter out bearish price action and to only take trades when the price is trading ABOVE specified moving averages.
The script uses different types of moving averages with user-adjustable timeframes and periods/lengths, allowing traders to try out different variations to maximize strategy performance and minimize drawdowns.
By applying these calculations, the strategy effectively identifies bullish trends and avoids market conditions that are not conducive to profitable trades.
The MA filter allows traders to choose whether they want a specific moving average above or below another one as their entry condition.
This comparison filter can be turned on (>/<) or off.
For example, you can set the filter so that MA#1 > MA#2, meaning the first moving average must be above the second one before the script looks for entry conditions. This adds an extra layer of trend confirmation, ensuring that trades are only taken in more favorable market conditions.
MA #1: Fast MA | MA #2: Medium MA | MA #3: Slow MA
⍺: MA Period | Σ: MA Timeframe
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What entry modes are used in this strategy? What are the underlying calculations?
The strategy by default uses two different techniques for the entry criteria with user-adjustable left and right bars: Breakout and Fractal.
1. Breakout Entries :
- The strategy looks for pivot high points with a default period of 3.
- It stores the most recent high level in a variable.
- When the price crosses above this most recent level, the strategy checks if all conditions are met and the bar is closed before taking the buy entry.
◧: Pivot high left bars period | ◨: Pivot high right bars period
2. Fractal Entries :
- The strategy looks for pivot low points with a default period of 3.
- When a pivot low is detected, the strategy checks if all conditions are met and the bar is closed before taking the buy entry.
◧: Pivot low left bars period | ◨: Pivot low right bars period
By utilizing these entry modes, the strategy aims to capitalize on bullish price movements while ensuring that the necessary conditions are met to validate the entry points.
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What type of stop-loss identification method are used in this strategy? What are the underlying calculations?
Initial Stop-Loss:
1. ATR Based:
The Average True Range (ATR) is a method used in technical analysis to measure volatility. It is not used to indicate the direction of price but to measure volatility, especially volatility caused by price gaps or limit moves.
Calculation:
- To calculate the ATR, the True Range (TR) first needs to be identified. The TR takes into account the most current period high/low range as well as the previous period close.
The True Range is the largest of the following:
- Current Period High minus Current Period Low
- Absolute Value of Current Period High minus Previous Period Close
- Absolute Value of Current Period Low minus Previous Period Close
- The ATR is then calculated as the moving average of the TR over a specified period. (The default period is 14).
Example - ATR (14) * 1.5
⍺: ATR period | Σ: ATR Multiplier
2. ADR Based:
The Average Day Range (ADR) is an indicator that measures the volatility of an asset by showing the average movement of the price between the high and the low over the last several days.
Calculation:
- To calculate the ADR for a particular day:
- Calculate the average of the high prices over a specified number of days.
- Calculate the average of the low prices over the same number of days.
- Find the difference between these average values.
- The default period for calculating the ADR is 14 days. A shorter period may introduce more noise, while a longer period may be slower to react to new market movements.
Example - ADR (14) * 1.5
⍺: ADR period | Σ: ADR Multiplier
Application in Strategy:
- The strategy calculates the current bar's ADR/ATR with a user-defined period.
- It then multiplies the ADR/ATR by a user-defined multiplier to determine the initial stop-loss level.
By using these methods, the strategy dynamically adjusts the initial stop-loss based on market volatility, helping to protect against adverse price movements while allowing for enough room for trades to develop.
Trailing Stop-Loss:
One of the key elements of this strategy is its ability to detec buyside and sellside liquidity levels across multiple timeframes to trail the stop-loss once the trade is in running profits.
By utilizing this approach, the strategy allows enough room for price to run.
There are two built-in trailing stop-loss (SL) options you can choose from while in a trade:
1. External Trailing Stop-Loss:
- Uses sell-side liquidity to trail your stop-loss, allowing price to consolidate before continuation. This method is less aggressive and provides more room for price fluctuations.
Example - External - Wick below the trailing SL - 12H trailing timeframe
⍺: Exit type | Σ: Trailing stop-loss timeframe
2. Internal Trailing Stop-Loss:
- Uses the most recent swing low with a period of 2 to trail your stop-loss. This method is more aggressive compared to the external trailing stop-loss, as it tightens the stop-loss closer to the current price action.
Example - Internal - Close below the trailing SL - 6H trailing timeframe
⍺: Exit type | Σ: Trailing stop-loss timeframe
Each market behaves differently across various timeframes, and it is essential to test different parameters and optimizations to find out which trailing stop-loss method gives you the desired results and performance.
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What type of break-even and take profit identification methods are used in this strategy? What are the underlying calculations?
For Break-Even:
- You can choose to set a break-even level at which your initial stop-loss moves to the entry price as soon as it hits, and your trailing stop-loss gets activated (if enabled).
- You can select either a percentage (%) or risk-to-reward (RR) based break-even, allowing you to set your break-even level as a percentage amount above the entry price or based on RR.
For TP1 (Take Profit 1):
- You can choose to set a take profit level at which your position gets fully closed or 50% if the TP2 boolean is enabled.
- Similar to break-even, you can select either a percentage (%) or risk-to-reward (RR) based take profit level, allowing you to set your TP1 level as a percentage amount above the entry price or based on RR.
For TP2 (Take Profit 2):
- You can choose to set a take profit level at which your position gets fully closed.
- As with break-even and TP1, you can select either a percentage (%) or risk-to-reward (RR) based take profit level, allowing you to set your TP2 level as a percentage amount above the entry price or based on RR.
The underlying calculations involve determining the price levels at which these actions are triggered. For break-even, it moves the initial stop-loss to the entry price and activate the trailing stop-loss once the break-even level is reached.
For TP1 and TP2, it's specifying the price levels at which the position is partially or fully closed based on the chosen method (percentage or RR) above the entry price.
These calculations are crucial for managing risk and optimizing profitability in the strategy.
⍺: BE/TP type (%/RR) | Σ: how many RR/% above the current price
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What's the ADR filter? What does it do? What are the underlying calculations?
The Average Day Range (ADR) measures the volatility of an asset by showing the average movement of the price between the high and the low over the last several days.
The period of the ADR filter used in this strategy is tied to the same period you've used for your initial stop-loss.
Users can define the minimum ADR they want to be met before the script looks for entry conditions.
ADR Bias Filter:
- Compares the current bar ADR with the ADR (Defined by user):
- If the current ADR is higher, it indicates that volatility has increased compared to ADR (DbU).(⬆)
- If the current ADR is lower, it indicates that volatility has decreased compared to ADR (DbU).(⬇)
Calculations:
1. Calculate ADR:
- Average the high prices over the specified period.
- Average the low prices over the same period.
- Find the difference between these average values in %.
2. Current ADR vs. ADR (DbU):
- Calculate the ADR for the current bar.
- Calculate the ADR (DbU).
- Compare the two values to determine if volatility has increased or decreased.
By using the ADR filter, the strategy ensures that trades are only taken in favorable market conditions where volatility meets the user's defined threshold, thus optimizing entry conditions and potentially improving the overall performance of the strategy.
>: Minimum required ADR for entry | %: Current ADR comparison to ADR of 14 days ago.
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What's the probability filter? What are the underlying calculations?
The probability filter is designed to enhance trade entries by using buyside liquidity and probability analysis to filter out unfavorable conditions.
This filter helps in identifying optimal entry points where the likelihood of a profitable trade is higher.
Calculations:
1. Understanding Swing highs and Swing Lows
Swing High: A Swing High is formed when there is a high with 2 lower highs to the left and right.
Swing Low: A Swing Low is formed when there is a low with 2 higher lows to the left and right.
2. Understanding the purpose and the underlying calculations behind Buyside, Sellside and Equilibrium levels.
3. Understanding probability calculations
1. Upon the formation of a new range, the script waits for the price to reach and tap into equilibrium or the 50% level. Status: "⏸" - Inactive
2. Once equilibrium is tapped into, the equilibrium status becomes activated and it waits for either liquidity side to be hit. Status: "▶" - Active
3. If the buyside liquidity is hit, the script adds to the count of successful buyside liquidity occurrences. Similarly, if the sellside is tapped, it records successful sellside liquidity occurrences.
5. Finally, the number of successful occurrences for each side is divided by the overall count individually to calculate the range probabilities.
Note: The calculations are performed independently for each directional range. A range is considered bearish if the previous breakout was through a sellside liquidity. Conversely, a range is considered bullish if the most recent breakout was through a buyside liquidity.
Example - BSL > 50%
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What's the sentiment Filter? What are the underlying calculations?
Sentiment filter aims to calculate the percentage level of bullish or bearish fluctuations within equally divided price sections, in the latest price range.
Calculations:
This filter calculates the current sentiment by identifying the highest swing high and the lowest swing low, then evenly dividing the distance between them into percentage amounts. If the price is above the 50% mark, it indicates bullishness, whereas if it's below 50%, it suggests bearishness.
Sentiment Bias Identification:
Bullish Bias: The current price is trading above the 50% daily range.
Bearish Bias: The current price is trading below the 50% daily range.
Example - Sentiment Enabled | Bullish degree above 50% | Bullish sentimental bias
>: Minimum required sentiment for entry | %: Current sentimental degree in a (Bullish/Bearish) sentimental bias
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What's the range length Filter? What are the underlying calculations?
The range length filter identifies the price distance between buyside and sellside liquidity levels in percentage terms. When enabled, the script only looks for entries when the minimum range length is met. This helps ensure that trades are taken in markets with sufficient price movement.
Calculations:
Range Length (%) = ( ( Buyside Level − Sellside Level ) / Current Price ) ×100
Range Bias Identification:
Bullish Bias: The current range price has broken above the previous external swing high.
Bearish Bias: The current range price has broken below the previous external swing low.
Example - Range length filter is enabled | Range must be above 5% | Price must be in a bearish range
>: Minimum required range length for entry | %: Current range length percentage in a (Bullish/Bearish) range
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What's the day filter Filter, what does it do?
The day filter allows users to customize the session time and choose the specific days they want to include in the strategy session. This helps traders tailor their strategies to particular trading sessions or days of the week when they believe the market conditions are more favorable for their trading style.
Customize Session Time:
Users can define the start and end times for the trading session.
This allows the strategy to only consider trades within the specified time window, focusing on periods of higher market activity or preferred trading hours.
Select Days:
Users can select which days of the week to include in the strategy.
This feature is useful for excluding days with historically lower volatility or unfavorable trading conditions (e.g., Mondays or Fridays).
Benefits:
Focus on Optimal Trading Periods:
By customizing session times and days, traders can focus on periods when the market is more likely to present profitable opportunities.
Avoid Unfavorable Conditions:
Excluding specific days or times can help avoid trading during periods of low liquidity or high unpredictability, such as major news events or holidays.
Increased Flexibility: The filter provides increased flexibility, allowing traders to adapt the strategy to their specific needs and preferences.
Example - Day filter | Session Filter
θ: Session time | Exchange time-zone
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What tables are available in this script?
Table Type:
- Summary: Provides a general overview, displaying key performance parameters such as Net Profit, Profit Factor, Max Drawdown, Average Trade, Closed Trades, Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR), MAR and more.
CAGR: It calculates the 'Compound Annual Growth Rate' first and last taken trades on your chart. The CAGR is a notional, annualized growth rate that assumes all profits are reinvested. It only takes into account the prices of the two end points — not drawdowns, so it does not calculate risk. It can be used as a yardstick to compare the performance of two strategies. Since it annualizes values, it requires a minimum 4H timeframe to display the CAGR value. annualizing returns over smaller periods of times doesn't produce very meaningful figures.
MAR: Measure of return adjusted for risk: CAGR divided by Max Drawdown. Indicates how comfortable the system might be to trade. Higher than 0.5 is ideal, 1.0 and above is very good, and anything above 3.0 should be considered suspicious and you need to make sure the total number of trades are high enough by running a Deep Backtest in strategy tester. (available for TradingView Premium users.)
Avg Trade: The sum of money gained or lost by the average trade generated by a strategy. Calculated by dividing the Net Profit by the overall number of closed trades. An important value since it must be large enough to cover the commission and slippage costs of trading the strategy and still bring a profit.
MaxDD: Displays the largest drawdown of losses, i.e., the maximum possible loss that the strategy could have incurred among all of the trades it has made. This value is calculated separately for every bar that the strategy spends with an open position.
Profit Factor: The amount of money a trading strategy made for every unit of money it lost (in the selected currency). This value is calculated by dividing gross profits by gross losses.
Avg RR: This is calculated by dividing the average winning trade by the average losing trade. This field is not a very meaningful value by itself because it does not take into account the ratio of the number of winning vs losing trades, and strategies can have different approaches to profitability. A strategy may trade at every possibility in order to capture many small profits, yet have an average losing trade greater than the average winning trade. The higher this value is, the better, but it should be considered together with the percentage of winning trades and the net profit.
Winrate: The percentage of winning trades generated by a strategy. Calculated by dividing the number of winning trades by the total number of closed trades generated by a strategy. Percent profitable is not a very reliable measure by itself. A strategy could have many small winning trades, making the percent profitable high with a small average winning trade, or a few big winning trades accounting for a low percent profitable and a big average winning trade. Most trend-following successful strategies have a percent profitability of 15-40% but are profitable due to risk management control.
BE Trades: Number of break-even trades, excluding commission/slippage.
Losing Trades: The total number of losing trades generated by the strategy.
Winning Trades: The total number of winning trades generated by the strategy.
Total Trades: Total number of taken traders visible your charts.
Net Profit: The overall profit or loss (in the selected currency) achieved by the trading strategy in the test period. The value is the sum of all values from the Profit column (on the List of Trades tab), taking into account the sign.
- Monthly: Displays performance data on a month-by-month basis, allowing users to analyze performance trends over each month.
- Weekly: Displays performance data on a week-by-week basis, helping users to understand weekly performance variations.
- OFF: Hides the performance table.
Labels:
- OFF: Hides labels in the performance table.
- PnL: Shows the profit and loss of each trade individually, providing detailed insights into the performance of each trade.
- Range: Shows the range length and Average Day Range (ADR), offering additional context about market conditions during each trade.
Profit Color:
- Allows users to set the color for representing profit in the performance table, helping to quickly distinguish profitable periods.
Loss Color:
- Allows users to set the color for representing loss in the performance table, helping to quickly identify loss-making periods.
These customizable tables provide traders with flexible and detailed performance analysis, aiding in better strategy evaluation and optimization.
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User-input styles and customizations:
To facilitate studying historical data, all conditions and rules can be applied to your charts. By plotting background colors on your charts, you'll be able to identify what worked and what didn't in certain market conditions.
Please note that all background colors in the style are disabled by default to enhance visualization.
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How to Use This Algobuilder to Create a Profitable Edge and System:
Choose Your Strategy mode:
- Decide whether you are creating an investing strategy or a trading strategy.
Select a Market:
- Choose a one-sided market such as stocks, indices, or cryptocurrencies.
Historical Data:
- Ensure the historical data covers at least 10 years of price action for robust backtesting.
Timeframe Selection:
- Choose the timeframe you are comfortable trading with. It is strongly recommended to use a timeframe above 15 minutes to minimize the impact of commissions on your profits.
Set Commission and Slippage:
- Properly set the commission and slippage in the strategy properties according to your broker or prop firm specifications.
Parameter Optimization:
- Use trial and error to test different parameters until you find the performance results you are looking for in the summary table or, preferably, through deep backtesting using the strategy tester.
Trade Count:
- Ensure the number of trades is 100 or more; the higher, the better for statistical significance.
Positive Average Trade:
- Make sure the average trade value is above zero.
(An important value since it must be large enough to cover the commission and slippage costs of trading the strategy and still bring a profit.)
Performance Metrics:
- Look for a high profit factor, MAR (Mar Ratio), CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), and net profit with minimum drawdown. Ideally, aim for a drawdown under 20-30%, depending on your risk tolerance.
Refinement and Optimization:
- Try out different markets and timeframes.
- Continue working on refining your edge using the available filters and components to further optimize your strategy.
Automation:
- Once you’re confident in your strategy, you can use the automation section to connect the algorithm to your broker or prop firm.
- Trade a fully automated and backtested trading strategy, allowing for hands-free execution and management.
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What makes this strategy original?
1. Incorporating direct integration of probabilities into the strategy.
2. Leveraging market sentiment to construct a profitable approach.
3. Utilizing built-in market structure-based trailing stop-loss mechanisms across various timeframes.
4. Offering both investing and trading strategies, facilitating optimization from different perspectives.
5. Automation for efficient execution.
6. Providing a summary table for instant access to key parameters of the strategy.
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How to use automation?
For Traders:
1. Ensure the strategy parameters are properly set based on your optimized parameters.
2. Enter your PineConnector License ID in the designated field.
3. Specify the desired risk level.
4. Provide the Metatrader symbol.
5. Check for chart updates to ensure the automation table appears on the top right corner, displaying your License ID, risk, and symbol.
6. Set up an alert with the strategy selected as Condition and the Message as {{strategy.order.alert_message}}.
7. Activate the Webhook URL in the Notifications section, setting it as the official PineConnector webhook address.
8. Double-check all settings on PineConnector to ensure the connection is successful.
9. Create the alert for entry/exit automation.
For Investors:
1. Ensure the strategy parameters are properly set based on your optimized parameters.
2. Choose "Investing" in the user-input settings.
3. Create an alert with a specified name.
4. Customize the notifications tab to receive alerts via email.
5. Buying/selling alerts will be triggered instantly upon entry or exit order execution.
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Strategy Properties
This script backtest is done on 4H COINBASE:BTCUSD , using the following backtesting properties:
Balance: $5000
Order Size: 10% of the equity
Risk % per trade: 1%
Commission: 0.04% (Default commission percentage according to TradingView competitions rules)
Slippage: 75 ticks
Pyramiding: 2
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Stop Hunts [MK]Liquidity rests above/below previous highs and lows because these are the areas where traders are most likely to leave their orders/stop losses. The market can tap into this liquidity source by going beyond the previous highs and lows, this liquidity can then be used to reverse the market in the opposite direction.
As traders we may want to know if price will continue beyond previous highs and lows, or reverse the market. If price looks to be reversing after tapping into liquidity, this can be a good area to enter a trade. The same area can be used as a take profit level also.
The indicator identifies previous high/lows in two ways:
1. previous high/lows using 'PIVOT POINTS'. Pivots are easy to spot and are obvious within a price trend. Also called 'higher highs", "lower lows" etc. The number of candles required to form the pivot point can be adjusted in the script settings.
see below example of pivot point and stop hunt:
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see how price reversed upwards after stop hunt on pivot point above.
2. previous candle high/lows. A previous candles high and low are also good areas of liquidity.
see below example of previous candle stop hunt:
see how price reversed upwards after stop hunt on previous candle low above.
Personally, I use the pivot point stop hunts on lower timeframes and previous candle stop hunts on higher timeframes. However users can adjust on which timeframes to show the indicator depending on their own trading style.
As ever all items within 'settings' are customizable.
The indicator is by no means a 'trading strategy' and users should be fully aware of the stop hunt concept and have conducted extensive back-testing before using with 'live' accounts.
The indicator may also serve as a 'teaching aid' to new students and as a reminder to more experienced traders.
Master Pattern [UAlgo]🔶 Description:
"Master Pattern by UAlgo" aims to identify and visualize "Master Patterns" in price movements on financial charts, and focusing on detecting liquidity levels and sweeps. The indicator provides users with the ability to customize settings such as master pattern detection and detection flexibility, sensitivity to liquidity levels, and visualization preferences.
🔶 What is the Master Pattern ?
The Master Pattern is a framework built around understanding market cycles, which include three main phases: Contraction, Expansion, and Trend.
Contraction Phase: During this phase, the market fluctuates less and consolidates within a narrow range. Institutional trading volumes tend to be low and it is recommended to avoid trading entries during this period.
Expansion Phase: volatility increases and prices fluctuate greatly. Institutional traders begin to establish positions at this stage and may manipulate prices to attract retail traders to create liquidity for their own buy or sell targets.
Trend Phase: The final phase that completes the market cycle. Institutional traders started taking profits, causing the trend to reverse. This triggered panic among retail traders, leading to liquidations and stop-losses. This creates liquidity from which institutional traders can profit, while retail traders' positions are overvalued.
🔶 Key Features:
Pattern Detection : The indicator detects and visualizes contraction patterns in price movements, helping traders identify potential areas of price consolidation.
Also traders can choose between different modes (Strict, Normal, Relax) for obtaining master patterns, providing flexibility in pattern identification based on individual trading strategies and preferences.
The Value/Expansion Line : This value line is considered by institutional traders as a potential “Point of Origin” for future price movements.
An Application Example of the Master Pattern :
Select the Appropriate Timeframes: A significant separation between the higher timeframe (HTF) and the lower timeframe (LTF) is essential. For instance, combinations like 4H and 15M, 4H and 5M, or 1H and 1M. You can change this according to your own strategy.
Trade Based on Contraction Box, Value Line and Liquidity: When the HTF is above value, look for buying opportunities on your LTF below value. Conversely, when the HTF is below value, seek selling opportunities on your LTF above value. Sweeping liquidity in LTF is also an important parameter.
Also Value/Expansion Line can also be used as Support/Resistance zone,
Liquidity Levels : The indicator includes functionality to detect and display liquidity levels on the chart.
Dashboard Display : A customizable dashboard provides users with key information, including liquidity levels, master pattern values, and whether the current price is above or below Master Pattern's value lines.
Additionally, when liquidity is swept or the price rises above or falls below the value line. this information can be displayed on the dashboard.
Customizable Settings: Users can adjust parameters such as the pattern detection mode, sensitivity to liquidity levels, liquidity type (cumulative or individual for each swing), visualization preferences for master patterns, the position and font size of the dashboard.
🔶 Disclaimer:
Use with Caution: This indicator is provided for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. Users should exercise caution and perform their own analysis before making trading decisions based on the indicator's signals.
Not Financial Advice: The information provided by this indicator does not constitute financial advice, and the creator (UAlgo) shall not be held responsible for any trading losses incurred as a result of using this indicator.
Backtesting Recommended: Traders are encouraged to backtest the indicator thoroughly on historical data before using it in live trading to assess its performance and suitability for their trading strategies.
Risk Management: Trading involves inherent risks, and users should implement proper risk management strategies, including but not limited to stop-loss orders and position sizing, to mitigate potential losses.
No Guarantees: The accuracy and reliability of the indicator's signals cannot be guaranteed, as they are based on historical price data and past performance may not be indicative of future results.
Liquidity Dependent Price Stability AlgorithmThe Liquidity Dependent Price Stability (LDPS) indicator is designed to measure liquidity levels on an equity and, from those measurements, provide Bullish or Bearish outlooks for future price action. These outlooks are given via reporting the equity's Liquidity Condition and Liquidity Flow.
Interpretation
Liquidity Condition (LC) and Liquidity Flow (LF) measurements are displayed with color-specific chart colors and/or with text output.
LC can be reported as "Weak Bullish", "Bullish", or "Strong Bullish" for Bullish outlooks and "Weak Bearish", "Bearish" or "Strong Bearish" for Bearish outlooks. LC can also just be reported as "Bullish" or "Bearish".
Bullish LCs have a statistical correlation with future price appreciation, and Bearish LCs have a statistical correlation with price depreciation. When LC is “Bullish”, the price is likely to go up, and if LC is “Bearish”, the price is likely to go down.
Liquidity Flow (LF) is a measure of how LC is changing. When LC is becoming more bullish, LF is reported as “Improving”. When LC is becoming more bearish, LF is reported as “Worsening”. LF is only displayed via text output.
Settings and Configurations
LDPS Sensitivity and Reactivity: Determines if you want LDPS to be more sensitive to changing conditions or less sensitive. This choice affects how certain LDPS is when forming its future outlooks. LDPS achieves this increase in sensitivity and reactivity by lowering the bar for what LDPS considers a significant change.
Aggressive : LDPS will optimize reporting early changes in LC and LF at the expensive of accuracy. Aggressive is good for low-risk trading styles that prefer to exit a position early rather than deal with increased risk of oppositional movement.
Balanced : LDPS will try to balance reporting changes in LC and LF with maintaining accuracy. Balanced style is a good setting to start out with and is applicable across the widest range of equity’s and timeframes.
Conservative : LDPS will optimize accuracy over being sensitive to changes in LC or LF. Conservative is a good choice for lower timeframes and traders who only want to change or exit positions with the greatest confidence.
LDPS Reporting Style: Determines how you want LC to be reported.
Simplified : LDPS will only report LC as “Bullish” or “Bearish”.
Full : LDPS will increase its reporting details and include the “Strong” and “Weak” pre-fixes, when appropriate.
LDPS Candle Coloring: There are three different ways that LC can be reported on the chart via coloring.
LDPS Candle Replacement: This will replace the chart’s default candles with those created by LDPS. Note: In order to see LDPS’ candles and not the chart’s, you have to disable to chart’s candles. This can be done in Settings -> Symbol and unchecking “Body”, “Borders” and “Wick” boxes.
LDPS Candle Coloring: This will just color the bodies of the chart’s default candles. Note: This setting should not have the chart’s candle’s disabled.
LDPS Background Coloring: This will color the chart’s background rather than any candles.
LDPS Text Output: LC and LF are reported via a text box that can be moved several places on the chart, or the text box can be removed.
LDPS Measurements – Display: When selected, LC and LF will be reported via the text box.
LDPS Measurement – Text Location: Determines where the text box with LC and LF are located.
LDPS Measurement – Text Size: Determines the size of LC and LF within the text box.
LDPS Measurement – Background Color: Determines the background color of the text box with LC and LF.
LDPS Condition Color Selection – Bullish / Bearish: Color selection for each type of LC. Note: If the Simplified reporting style is selected, the “Full Bullish” and “Full Bearish” are the bullish and bearish color choices, respectively.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Where can I get additional Information?
Please check the “Author’s Instructions” section below.
Where can I find the results of the LDPS research?
Please check the “Author’s Instructions” section below.
Help! Something’s not working!
Apologies. Please see the email listed in “Author’s Instructions” below and let’s get started on solving the issue.
Which Sensitivity setting should I use?
The author’s preference is Conservative in most cases, but the answer for you depends on your preferred style.
An analogy might help: the aggressive setting will ensure LDPS is early to the party – every party. Of the parties that really kick off, you can be certain LDPS is there, but they had to visit a several of parties before finding the right one.
The Conservative setting won’t bring LDPS to every party – it will gladly stay at the one it’s at but when it detects the next real big hit, LDPS will move to that party instead. It won’t be the first one there, but it is definitely earlier than most.
Should I use the Full or Simplified reporting style?
Depending on how engaged you are with the particular equity or position, either choice can be beneficial. The Full reporting style will let you detect changes in LC before they might show with the Simplified reporting style. Some enjoy the additional data, some (like the Author) enjoy keeping things simple.
I can see LDPS’ colors in the chart’s candlesticks when the settings are open, but not when the settings are closed. How come?
If you are using the “LDPS Candle Replacement” setting, be sure to turn off the Chart’s default candles by right-clicking on the chart, going to Settings, then Symbol and then un-checking “Body”, “Border” and “Wick”. This should fix the issue.
I think there’s a bug – where do I report it?
Thank you for reaching out about a potential bug or issue! Please see the email below in “Author’s Instructions” to report the issue.
LDPM Crossover Scanner AddonThe LDPM Crossover Scanner is designed to be used in conjunction with the Liquidity Dependent Price Movement Algorithm and is included with LDPM access.
The LDPM Crossover Scanner displays the LDPM status for up to 10 equity's. When conditions are bearish, per LDPM, the equity will light up on the scanner; otherwise, the equity will not light up.
When used in aggregate, this becomes a particularly useful way to measure up-coming market moves (especially when the crossover scanner showcases equities with significant beta to the chart's underlying!).
Liquidity Dependent Price Movement AlgorithmLiquidity-Dependent Price Movement (LDPM) is a metric designed to directly measure liquidity on a equity in real time, and to translate those measurements into signals to provide insights into where the anticipate price-direction is headed.
Liquidity can be characterized as a way of measuring how smoothly things are running in the market. When things are running smoothly – such as when there is good agreement as to the price of an asset, then things are considered liquid. Conversely, when things are not running smoothly, just as when the bid or the ask do not agree with each other, then things are considered not liquid. These different states have different outcome liklihoods.
In a liquid environment, a stock can trade a lot of shares without moving the price. On the other hand, when a stock is not liquid, even small volumes can move the price substantially.
It is therefore helpful to know when a stock is liquid to the upside or to the downside, or even, when a stock is not liquid to the upside or the downside. These data have statistical associations with future price movement and volatility.
The use of LDPM is straightforward:
If the price is above LDPM: bullish outlooks.
If the price is below LDPM: bearish outlooks.
There are a few key differences about LDPM as compared to other indicators, namely that timeframe matters . That means, LDPM will tailor its output to the timeframe selected. The advantage of this is that it allows LDPM to be "tailored" to the specific timeframe as desired, without having to do any conversions or adaptations mentally.
Key Settings and Configurations:
Setting - Smoothing Type of LDPM :
Default: KF.
LDPM can be smoothened if desired. There are 5 different types of smoothing available:
EMA : Exponential Smoothing
SMA : Simple Smoothing
WMA : Weighted Smoothing
RMA : Modified Smoothing
KF : Kellman Smoothing
The default is "KF" for Kellman Smoothing.
Setting - Include LDPM-Granular :
Default: Off.
LDPM-Granular is the more "raw" form of LDPM that displays the candle-specific result, rather than the smoothened result. This can be toggled on or off, if desired. LDPM granular is helpful for looking at candle-specific
Setting - Place LDPM Standard :
Default: Off.
An additional, single, LDPM line can be placed via this toggle. Settings for this LDPM can be configured directly below toggle.
Setting - Place LDPM-Fib :
Default: On.
LDPM-Fib is a default setting for displaying 5 LDPMs (LDPM-13, LDPM-21, LDPM-34, LDPM-55, and LDPM-89) whose lookbacks are spaced via the Fib sequence. Useful for those who enjoy a static relationship between the different "layers" of LDPM.
Setting - Place LDPM-Reference :
Default: Off.
Since LDPM is time-interval dependent, there may be times when a higher-order timeframe is desired to act as a reference. For instance, suppose you want to go long if the 1-Hour LDPM experiences a bullish crossover, but you want to scalp shorts on the 15-minute timeframe until then. Then you could place the chart on the 15-minute interval for your scalping, and then place a 1-Hour reference LDPM that will show you when the 1-Hour LDPM and price experience a crossover.
Note: The reference must be a higher-order timeframe. So if your chart is on the 15-minute, you can only reference timeframes greater than 15.
Setting - LDPM Box Creation :
Default: On.
Instead of implementing a reference LDPM, it is possible to display the other timeframes in a data table with conditional coloring for if the overall LDPM-Price relationship is bullish or bearish.
Why Chose LDPM
There are no other Liquidity-measuring indicators available to the retail investor. Measuring liquidity often requires the use of expensive data and high-throughput computing to be used in real-time. Neither of these requirements apply to utilizing LDPM.
Additionally, the data are supportive that LDPM provides statistically significant, price-direction-correct outlooks.
