Auction Context Engine ( Value Area, VWAP & Regime)📌 Indicator Name
Auction Context Engine (Value Area, VWAP & Regime)
Short name: ACE Context
🧠 Description
Auction Context Engine (ACE) is a professional market context and structure indicator based on Auction Market Theory.It is designed to help traders understand where the market is positioned, not to generate trade signals.
ACE focuses on:
• Developing Value Area (VAH / VAL)
• Developing Point of Control (POC)
• Session VWAP positioning
• Volatility regime expansion
• Opening Range context
• Failed auction / trap detection
• Market bias and environment quality
This indicator provides context only and is intended to be used alongside a separate execution strategy or system.
🎯 What This Indicator Is
✔ A context engine
✔ A market structure filter
✔ A bias alignment tool
✔ A regime and environment classifier
❌ What This Indicator Is NOT
✘ Not a signal generator
✘ Not a buy/sell system
✘ Not a strategy
✘ Not a profitability promise
📊 How To Use
Use ACE to answer:
• Is price accepting or rejecting value?
• Is the market in balance or expansion?
• Is VWAP supporting or opposing price?
• Is this a breakout environment or a trap?
• Is volatility expanding?
• Is the market trending or ranging?
You may then use your own execution strategy aligned with this context.
🟢 Core Components
Developing Value Area
• VAH / VAL dynamically update through the session
• POC tracks highest traded volume area
VWAP Position
• Above VWAP = bullish bias
• Below VWAP = bearish bias
Opening Range Context
• Detects breakouts or balance after session open
Volatility Regime
• Identifies expansion vs normal conditions
Failed Auction Detection
• Highlights trap conditions near value extremes
Market Quality
• Strong / Mixed / Weak environment classification
Context Table
• Clean 1-column vertical dashboard with color-coded bias
🔵 Visual Elements
• Developing VAH, VAL, POC lines
• Session VWAP
• Small context dots when environment turns READY
• Compact professional context table
⚙️ Settings
• Value Area bin size
• Value area percentage
• Opening range duration
• Regime expansion factor
• Line colors and thickness
• Context table ON/OFF
• Context dots ON/OFF
🧩 Best Use Case
This indicator is ideal for:
• Intraday trading
• Index futures and equities
• Options context filtering
• Trend / range regime identification
• Professional discretionary traders
⚠️ Disclaimer
This script is provided for educational and informational purposes only.It does not constitute financial or investment advice.Trading involves risk. Always use proper risk management.
Market-context
MarketMind LITEM🜁rketMind LITE ────────────────────
Essential Market Awareness, Reduced to Its Core
M🜁rketMind LITE is a lightweight market awareness tool designed to display essential situational context .
It provides basic orientation and movement awareness without interpretation, risk framing, diagnostics, or decision guidance.
This script is designed as a standalone awareness layer. It does not evaluate trade quality, issue signals, or influence decision-making.
WHAT IT DOES ────────────────────
M🜁rketMind LITE presents a minimal, static view of current market conditions focused entirely on awareness rather than analysis.
The system displays only essential context, allowing traders to stay oriented without introducing judgment, noise, or implied direction.
The script provides visibility into:
Time-of-day session context
Basic market regime classification (trending, range-bound, mixed)
Short-term momentum direction only (up, down, neutral)
A clean, static HUD display
M🜁rketMind LITE also includes a minimal visual state indicator that reflects recent price responsiveness, intended to be observed over time alongside the trader’s own experience.
The goal is to support awareness without influence .
HOW TO USE IT ────────────────────
M🜁rketMind LITE is not a signal generator.
It is designed to remain visible in the background of any chart, offering quiet orientation while traders rely entirely on their own process for analysis and execution.
Common use cases include:
Maintaining session awareness
Preserving context during focused trading periods
Reducing cognitive load while monitoring markets
M🜁rketMind LITE does not evaluate risk, alignment, or opportunity.
It simply shows what is happening.
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY ────────────────────
M🜁rketMind LITE is intentionally minimal.
It includes only essential awareness elements and excludes all interpretive or evaluative logic:
Situational context only
Directional momentum (up / down / neutral)
No diagnostics, confidence, or conviction framing
No process, risk, or quality assessment
Presentation controls only (HUD on/off, size, position)
Nothing is inferred.
Nothing is suggested.
This script shows market state without interpretation.
WHO IT IS FOR ────────────────────
M🜁rketMind LITE is suited for traders who:
Want passive situational awareness
Prefer minimal on-chart information
Already operate with a defined decision process
It is not designed for:
Analytical or diagnostic use
Risk evaluation or context synthesis
Traders seeking guidance or confirmation
IMPORTANT NOTES ────────────────────
M🜁rketMind LITE does not provide financial advice
No system can predict future price behavior
This tool is designed for awareness only
Used appropriately, M🜁rketMind LITE helps traders stay oriented without interference.
