GVWAP_Core (CalendarSpan + EventSpike)GVWAP Core Indicator
General Description (Public)
GVWAP (Generalized Volume-Weighted Average Price) is an advanced anchoring and averaging framework designed to reveal market structure rather than predict price. Unlike traditional VWAP, GVWAP is not limited to volume weighting or session-based anchoring. It can operate on any input series (price, indicators, transforms) and supports multiple weighting schemes, decay behavior, and structural reset logic.
At its core, GVWAP answers a simple question: “Where is the statistically relevant center of activity since the last meaningful structural event?”
The indicator continuously updates a weighted average of the input series, gradually forgetting older data using exponential decay. The anchor point can reset on calendar boundaries (day, week, month, etc.) or on statistically significant events such as abnormal volume spikes. Robust dispersion bands based on mean absolute deviation (MAD) surround the average, providing context for trend, rotation, and compression regimes.
GVWAP is not a trading signal by itself. It is best used as a structural reference layer or as an intermediate transform feeding other indicators, strategies, or regime filters.
Mathematical Description (Quantitative)
Let x_t be an arbitrary input series and w_t a selectable weight function. GVWAP is defined as a normalized exponentially decayed weighted estimator:
GVWAP_t = N_t / D_t
with recursive updates:
N_t = (1 − α)·N_{t−1} + α·w_t·x_t
D_t = (1 − α)·D_{t−1} + α·w_t
where α = 1 − 2^(−1/H) and H is the decay half-life in bars.
Weights may be defined as:
• w_t = V_t (volume)
• w_t = 1 (equal weight)
• w_t = 1 / ATR_t (volatility-normalized)
• w_t = f(n_t) (time-weighted, where n_t is bars since reset)
The estimator resets when a structural condition R_t is satisfied, at which point:
N_t = w_t·x_t, D_t = w_t
For event-based anchoring, volume surprise is computed using a Student‑t–compressed z‑score:
z_t = (V_t − μ_V) / σ_V
tZ_t = z_t / sqrt(1 + z_t² / ν)
A reset occurs when tZ_t exceeds a threshold τ.
Dispersion is measured via a decayed Mean Absolute Deviation:
MAD_t = (Σ λ^{t−i} w_i |x_i − GVWAP_t|) / (Σ λ^{t−i} w_i)
Bands are defined as GVWAP_t ± k·MAD_t.
GVWAP therefore represents a bounded-memory, robust, non‑Gaussian estimator of the local conditional expectation of x_t under dynamic anchoring and weighting.
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S&R Detector by Rakesh Sharma📊 Support & Resistance Auto-Detector
Automatically identifies key Support and Resistance levels with strength ratings
✨ Key Features:
🎯 Intelligent S/R Detection
Automatically finds Support and Resistance levels based on swing highs/lows
Shows strength rating (Very Strong, Strong, Medium, Weak)
Displays number of touches at each level
📅 Key Time-Based Levels
Previous Day High/Low (PDH/PDL) - Blue lines
Previous Week High/Low (PWH/PWL) - Purple lines
Optional Round Numbers for psychological levels
⚙️ Fully Customizable
Adjust sensitivity (5-20 pivot length)
Filter by minimum touches (1-10)
Control maximum levels displayed (3-20)
Optional S/R zones (shaded areas)
📊 Live Dashboard
Shows nearest Support/Resistance
Distance to key levels
Total S/R levels detected
🔔 Smart Alerts
PDH/PDL breakout signals
Visual markers on chart
Perfect for: Intraday traders, Swing traders, Price action analysis
SNIPER ORB V3# 🎯 SNIPER ORB TRADING CHEAT SHEET
## Quick Reference Guide for Live Trading
---
## 📊 VISUAL IDENTIFICATION GUIDE
```
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
YOUR CHART AT A GLANCE
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
🔵 BRIGHT BLUE LINES (3px) → 5min ORB High/Low
🔷 CYAN LINES (2px) → 15min ORB High/Low
🟣 PURPLE LINES (2px) → 30min ORB High/Low (PRIMARY)
🟢 GREEN DASHED LINES (1px) → Upside targets (1x, 2x, 3x from 30min ORB)
🔴 RED DASHED LINES (1px) → Downside targets (1x, 2x, 3x from 30min ORB)
🟡 GOLD LINE (2px) → Anchored VWAP (9:30 AM anchor for NY, 3:00 AM for London)
📋 INFO TABLE (top-right) → Shows live ORB ranges, VWAP price, status
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
```
**KEY DIFFERENCE FROM OTHER ORB INDICATORS:**
- You see **ALL 3 ORB PERIODS SIMULTANEOUSLY** (5min, 15min, 30min)
- Targets calculated from **30min ORB ONLY** (not 5min or 15min)
- **NO BOX FILLS** - clean line-only display for sniper precision
- Auto-disappears at session end (no clutter from old sessions)
---
## 🔘 NEW FEATURE: ORB DISPLAY TOGGLES
**You now have FULL CONTROL over which ORB periods to display!**
```
In indicator settings → "ORB Display" section:
☑ Show 5min ORB → Toggle blue lines ON/OFF
☑ Show 15min ORB → Toggle cyan lines ON/OFF
☑ Show 30min ORB → Toggle purple lines ON/OFF
USE CASES:
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
1. FOCUS MODE (30min only)
☐ 5min ☐ 15min ☑ 30min
→ Clean chart, just your primary trading range
→ Best for beginners or minimalist traders
2. EARLY WARNING MODE (5min + 30min)
☑ 5min ☐ 15min ☑ 30min
→ See early breaks with 5min, trade 30min confirmation
→ Reduces visual noise from 15min
3. CONFLUENCE MODE (all 3 ORBs)
☑ 5min ☑ 15min ☑ 30min
→ Maximum information, all alignment signals
→ For advanced traders seeking highest probability
4. INTRADAY SCALP MODE (5min only)
☑ 5min ☐ 15min ☐ 30min
→ Ultra-fast entries on 5min breaks
→ High-risk, high-frequency approach
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
💡 PRO TIP: Start with 30min only, then add 5min/15min as you gain experience
```
---
## 🎯 FIXED: ANCHORED VWAP (TIMESTAMP-BASED)
**The VWAP now anchors with SURGICAL PRECISION to the exact session start candle!**
```
LONDON SESSION:
• Anchors at the EXACT 3:00 AM ET candle
• Uses timestamp checking: hour == 3 AND minute == 0
• Resets every morning at London Open
NEW YORK SESSION:
• Anchors at the EXACT 9:30 AM ET candle
• Uses timestamp checking: hour == 9 AND minute == 30
• Resets every day at NY Open
WHAT THIS MEANS:
✅ VWAP starts accumulating from the first tick of the session
✅ No more "off by one bar" errors
✅ Institutional-grade VWAP anchoring
✅ Perfect alignment with your ORB start times
HOW TO VERIFY IT'S WORKING:
1. Load indicator on 1min or 5min chart
2. Find the exact 9:30 AM candle (NY) or 3:00 AM candle (London)
3. VWAP should START appearing from that exact bar
4. Not the bar before, not the bar after - THAT EXACT BAR
```
---
## ⏰ SESSION TIMING MATRIX
| Session | Start Time | 5min Complete | 15min Complete | 30min Complete | Session End |
|---------|-----------|---------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
| **London** | 3:00 AM ET | 3:05 AM | 3:15 AM | 3:30 AM | 9:30 AM ET (disappears) |
| **New York** | 9:30 AM ET | 9:35 AM | 9:45 AM | 10:00 AM | 5:00 PM ET (disappears) |
**💡 GOLDEN RULES:**
1. **WAIT FOR 30MIN ORB TO COMPLETE** before trading targets (10:00 AM NY / 3:30 AM London)
2. Use 5min and 15min ORBs as **early warning signals** only
3. All ORB lines + VWAP **auto-delete** at session end (clean chart)
---
## 🎯 THE 3-ORB SYSTEM: HOW IT WORKS
### **Hierarchical ORB Structure**
```
TIME: 9:30 AM ─────────────────────────────────> 10:00 AM ──────> 5:00 PM
↓ ↓
SESSION START 30min ORB COMPLETE
(all 3 ORBs begin forming) (targets appear)
📍 5min ORB (9:30-9:35 AM): ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━>
Purpose: EARLY breakout signal, fastest-moving boundary
📍 15min ORB (9:30-9:45 AM): ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━>
Purpose: MID-TERM institutional reference level
📍 30min ORB (9:30-10:00 AM): ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━>
Purpose: PRIMARY TRADING RANGE - all targets calculated from this
🎯 TARGETS (10:00 AM onward): ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ (1x, 2x, 3x from 30min ORB)
Purpose: Profit-taking levels based on 30min range
```
**Why 3 ORBs Instead of 1?**
- **5min ORB**: Captures early institutional positioning (first 5 minutes)
- **15min ORB**: Confirms directional bias (more stable than 5min)
- **30min ORB**: Full market digestion of overnight news + opening orders
- **Confluence = Higher Win Rate**: When all 3 align, breakouts are extremely reliable
---
## 🎯 THE 5 HIGH-PROBABILITY SETUPS
### **SETUP #1: TRIPLE ORB BREAKOUT CONFLUENCE** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
```
CONDITIONS:
✅ 30min ORB complete (10:00 AM NY / 3:30 AM London)
✅ Price breaks ALL 3 ORBs simultaneously:
• 5min high/low (blue line)
• 15min high/low (cyan line)
• 30min high/low (purple line)
✅ VWAP confirms direction (below price = bullish, above = bearish)
✅ Volume spike on breakout candle
ENTRY: Close of breakout candle (must close beyond ALL 3 ORBs)
STOP: Inside 30min ORB at 30m low (long) or 30m high (short)
TARGET 1: First green/red dashed line (0.5x 30m range)
TARGET 2: Second target (1x 30m range)
TARGET 3: Third target (1.5x 30m range)
WIN RATE: 75-85% | R:R = 1:2.5 minimum
NOTES: When all 3 ORBs align, institutional order flow is unanimous
```
---
### **SETUP #2: 5MIN EARLY BREAKOUT → 30MIN CONFIRMATION** ⭐⭐⭐⭐
```
CONDITIONS:
✅ Price breaks 5min ORB first (blue line crossed)
✅ 15min ORB holds initially (cyan line not crossed yet)
✅ After 30min ORB completes, price breaks 30min boundary (purple)
✅ VWAP alignment confirms direction
✅ All 3 ORBs now broken in same direction
ENTRY: When 30min ORB breaks (purple line) + 5min/15min already broken
STOP: 30min ORB opposite boundary
TARGET 1-3: Standard targets from 30min ORB
WIN RATE: 70-80% | R:R = 1:2+
NOTES: 5min gave early warning, 30min confirms institutional commitment
```
---
### **SETUP #3: FALSE 5MIN BREAKOUT → 30MIN REVERSAL** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
```
CONDITIONS:
✅ Price breaks 5min ORB (blue line)
✅ Fails to break 15min or 30min ORBs (cyan/purple lines hold)
✅ Price reverses back inside 5min ORB
✅ Then breaks OPPOSITE side of 30min ORB (purple line)
✅ VWAP flips to confirm new direction
ENTRY: When 30min ORB breaks in OPPOSITE direction of failed 5min break
STOP: Failed 5min breakout high/low (now a liquidity grab zone)
TARGET 1-3: Standard targets
WIN RATE: 80-90% | R:R = 1:3+ (trapped traders forced to exit)
NOTES: Most profitable setup - 5min breakout was liquidity hunt
```
---
### **SETUP #4: TIGHT COMPRESSION → EXPLOSION** ⭐⭐⭐⭐
```
CONDITIONS:
✅ All 3 ORBs tightly overlapping (5m, 15m, 30m within 50 points on YM)
✅ Range < 0.3% of price (very tight consolidation)
✅ VWAP sitting in middle of compression
✅ 30min ORB complete, price still inside all 3
ENTRY: Simultaneous break of ALL 3 ORBs + VWAP cross
STOP: Middle of compression zone
TARGET: 2x-4x normal targets (volatility expansion)
WIN RATE: 65-75% | R:R = 1:5+ (explosive breakout)
NOTES: Low volatility → high volatility shift, institutions coiling spring
```
---
### **SETUP #5: VWAP BOUNCE WITHIN 30MIN ORB** ⭐⭐⭐⭐
```
CONDITIONS:
✅ Price stayed inside 30min ORB for 1+ hours post-formation
✅ VWAP acting as dynamic support (long) or resistance (short)
✅ Price bouncing between VWAP and 30min ORB boundaries
✅ Clear rejection candles at VWAP
ENTRY: When price bounces off VWAP toward 30min ORB boundary
• Long: VWAP bounce up toward 30m high (purple)
• Short: VWAP rejection down toward 30m low (purple)
STOP: Beyond VWAP by 20 points
TARGET: 30min ORB opposite boundary
WIN RATE: 70-80% | R:R = 1:1.5-2
NOTES: Range-bound play, NOT for breakout traders
```
---
## 🛡️ RISK MANAGEMENT RULES
### **Position Sizing by ORB Range**
```
30min ORB Range | Stop Distance | Risk $500 (1%) | YM Contracts
-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------
< 50 points | 50 pts | $500 ÷ $250 = | 2 contracts
50-100 points | 100 pts | $500 ÷ $500 = | 1 contract
100-150 points | 150 pts | $500 ÷ $750 = | 0.66 (use 1)
150-200 points | 200 pts | $500 ÷ $1000 = | 0.5 (use 1)
> 200 points | Don't trade | Too wide | Skip setup
Formula: Risk $ ÷ (Stop Distance × $5 per YM point) = Max Contracts
```
### **The 3-Strike Rule (MANDATORY)**
```
✅ Trade 1: Full position size (based on 30m ORB range)
❌ Stop hit → Trade 2: HALF position size
❌ Stop hit → Trade 3: QUARTER position size
❌ Stop hit → DONE FOR THE DAY (no exceptions)
```
### **Profit Taking Ladder**
```
TARGET 1 (0.5x 30m range): Take 50% off, move stop to breakeven
TARGET 2 (1.0x 30m range): Take 30% off, trail stop by 25 points
TARGET 3 (1.5x 30m range): Take 15% off, let 5% run with 50pt trail
```
---
## ⚠️ DO NOT TRADE IF...
```
🚫 30min ORB incomplete (< 10:00 AM NY / < 3:30 AM London)
🚫 30min ORB range < 40 points YM (too tight, likely chop)
🚫 30min ORB range > 250 points YM (too wide, unpredictable)
🚫 All 3 ORBs wildly divergent (5m=100pts, 15m=180pts, 30m=240pts)
🚫 Major news release within 30 minutes (wait for ORB to reform)
🚫 You've hit 3 losses in the session (3-strike rule)
🚫 You're tired, emotional, revenge trading, or distracted
🚫 Time > 12:00 PM ET (lunch, avoid until 1:00 PM)
🚫 Time > 3:00 PM ET unless Power Hour (3:00-4:00 PM) momentum
```
---
## 🔍 PRE-SESSION CHECKLIST
**15 Minutes Before London (2:45 AM ET) or NY (9:15 AM ET):**
```
□ Check economic calendar (FOMC? NFP? CPI? → extra caution)
□ Review previous session's ORB ranges (context for today's volatility)
□ Load SNIPER ORB on 1min or 5min chart
□ Select correct session: "London" or "New York"
□ Verify indicator settings:
• Number of Targets: 3
• Target % of 30min Range: 50%
• Show Anchored VWAP: ON
□ Set TradingView alerts:
• 30min ORB complete (10:00 AM or 3:30 AM)
• Price crossing 30min high/low
• VWAP crosses
□ Prepare bracket orders mentally (entry, stop, 3 targets)
□ Review yesterday's P&L and lessons learned
□ Set phone to "Do Not Disturb" mode
```
---
## 🎨 INDICATOR SETTINGS GUIDE
### **Core Settings (Updated with Toggles)**
```
SESSION SETTINGS:
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
• Active Session: "London" or "New York"
ORB DISPLAY (NEW!):
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
☑ Show 5min ORB (toggle blue lines)
☑ Show 15min ORB (toggle cyan lines)
☑ Show 30min ORB (toggle purple lines)
💡 Turn OFF any ORB to declutter your chart!
TARGET SETTINGS:
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
• Number of Targets: 3 (default)
• Target % of 30min Range: 50% (default)
VWAP SETTINGS:
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
☑ Show Anchored VWAP
• VWAP Color: Gold (#FFC107)
• VWAP Width: 2px
```
### **Color Customization (Optimized for Dark Charts)**
```
DEFAULT COLORS:
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
5min ORB: Bright Blue (#2196F3) - 3px wide
15min ORB: Cyan (#00BCD4) - 2px wide
30min ORB: Purple (#9C27B0) - 2px wide
Upside Targets: Green (#4CAF50) - 1px dashed
Downside Targets: Red (#F44336) - 1px dashed
VWAP: Gold (#FFC107) - 2px solid
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
WHY THESE COLORS?
• Blue family (5m/15m) = short-term, high-frequency
• Purple (30m) = primary, institutional level
• Green/Red = universal up/down
• Gold VWAP = fair value anchor (stands out)
```
### **Settings by Trading Style**
**BEGINNER (Clean & Simple):**
```
ORB Display:
☐ Show 5min ORB
☐ Show 15min ORB
☑ Show 30min ORB (30min only - focus mode)
Number of Targets: 2-3
Target % of 30min Range: 50%
Chart Timeframe: 5-minute
```
**SCALPER (5-15 min holds):**
```
ORB Display:
☑ Show 5min ORB (early signals)
☐ Show 15min ORB
☑ Show 30min ORB (confirmation)
Number of Targets: 5
Target % of 30min Range: 30-40%
Label Size: Tiny
Chart Timeframe: 1-minute
```
**DAY TRADER (30-90 min holds):**
```
ORB Display:
☑ Show 5min ORB
☑ Show 15min ORB
☑ Show 30min ORB (all 3 - confluence mode)
Number of Targets: 3
Target % of 30min Range: 50%
Label Size: Small
Chart Timeframe: 5-minute (RECOMMENDED)
```
**SWING TRADER (2-4 hour holds):**
```
ORB Display:
☐ Show 5min ORB (too noisy for swings)
☑ Show 15min ORB
☑ Show 30min ORB
Number of Targets: 2-3
Target % of 30min Range: 75-100%
Label Size: Normal
Chart Timeframe: 15-minute
```
---
## 📈 TIMEFRAME SELECTION GUIDE
| Your Timeframe | What You See | Best For |
|---------------|--------------|----------|
| **1-minute** | Every tick, high noise | Scalping, precision entries |
| **5-minute** | Balanced clarity | Day trading (RECOMMENDED) |
| **15-minute** | Clean structure | Swing positions |
| **30-minute** | Too compressed | Not recommended (can't see ORB form) |
**💡 PRO TIP:**
- **Primary chart: 5-minute** (for entries and monitoring)
- **Secondary chart: 1-minute** (for precise timing)
- **Never go above 15-minute** (ORBs won't form properly)
---
## 🧠 READING THE 3-ORB STRUCTURE
### **Bullish Alignment Patterns**
```
PATTERN 1: "Staircase Expansion"
5min: ━━━━ (tight, 60 pts)
15min: ━━━━━━ (wider, 90 pts)
30min: ━━━━━━━━ (widest, 120 pts)
→ Bullish expansion, expect upside breakout
PATTERN 2: "Nested Compression"
5min: ━━ (30 pts)
15min: ━━━ (35 pts)
30min: ━━━━ (40 pts)
→ All tight, explosive breakout likely
PATTERN 3: "Early Commitment"
5min: ━━━━━━ (100 pts, already broken up)
15min: ━━━━━ (80 pts, holding)
30min: ━━━━━ (110 pts, about to break)
→ 5min led the way, 30min confirmation coming
```
### **Bearish Alignment Patterns**
```
PATTERN 1: "Waterfall Setup"
5min: ━━━━ (50 pts, broke down)
15min: ━━━━━ (70 pts, broke down)
30min: ━━━━━━ (90 pts, about to break)
→ Sequential breakdown, strong bearish momentum
PATTERN 2: "Failed Highs"
5min: ━━━━━━ (upper wick rejections)
15min: ━━━━━━ (couldn't break)
30min: ━━━━━━━ (topped out)
→ All 3 rejecting highs, bearish reversal likely
```
### **Neutral/Chop Patterns (AVOID TRADING)**
```
PATTERN 1: "Wide Divergence"
5min: ━━ (30 pts)
15min: ━━━━━━━ (120 pts)
30min: ━━━━━━━━━━━ (200 pts)
→ No consensus, unpredictable, skip
PATTERN 2: "Whipsaw City"
• Price breaking 5min up, then down, then up again
• 15min and 30min not aligned
• VWAP getting crossed every 5 minutes
→ Chop day, step aside, wait for clarity
```
---
## 📊 INTEGRATION WITH YM ULTIMATE SNIPER v8.1
**The 2-System Confluence Method:**
```
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ STEP 1: SNIPER ORB → Defines "Zones That Matter" │
│ • 30min ORB = primary institutional range │
│ • VWAP = fair value anchor │
│ • Targets = profit zones │
│ • 5min/15min = early warning signals │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ STEP 2: YM ULTIMATE SNIPER → Triggers precise entry │
│ • Wait for GOD MODE signal AT 30min ORB boundary │
│ • 6-gate filter: Score ≥9, fat body ≥70%, delta ≥70% │
│ • Candle Dominance Index (CDI) ≥7 │
│ • Intrabar pressure consistent throughout formation │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ STEP 3: EXECUTE TRADE │
│ • ORB breakout + GOD MODE = MAXIMUM PROBABILITY │
│ • Enter ONLY when BOTH systems align │
│ • This is TRUE "sniper" trading (2-5 trades/day max) │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
**Confluence Scoring for Combined System:**
```
SNIPER ORB Criteria:
□ 30min ORB complete (10:00 AM+) +2 points
□ All 3 ORBs broken in same direction +2 points
□ VWAP alignment (below=bull, above=bear) +1 point
□ Volume spike on breakout candle +1 point
□ Tight 3-ORB compression (<100pt divergence) +1 point
YM ULTIMATE SNIPER Criteria:
□ GOD MODE signal at ORB boundary +3 points
□ Score ≥9.0 (tier classification) +1 point
□ Candle Dominance Index (CDI) ≥8 +1 point
TOTAL POSSIBLE: 12 points
TRADE EXECUTION RULES:
• 10-12 points = MAX SIZE (this is the holy grail setup)
• 8-9 points = FULL SIZE (high probability)
• 6-7 points = HALF SIZE (moderate probability)
• <6 points = NO TRADE (wait for better alignment)
```
---
## 💡 COMMON MISTAKES & FIXES
```
❌ MISTAKE: Trading before 30min ORB completes
✅ FIX: Wait until 10:00 AM (NY) or 3:30 AM (London), NO EXCEPTIONS
❌ MISTAKE: Ignoring 5min and 15min ORBs (only watching 30min)
✅ FIX: Use all 3 for confluence - they're your early warning system
❌ MISTAKE: Chasing breakouts 100+ points beyond 30min ORB
✅ FIX: Wait for pullback to VWAP or 30min boundary for re-entry
❌ MISTAKE: Not adjusting target % for market conditions
✅ FIX: Volatile day (ORB >200pts)? Use 75-100% targets
Calm day (ORB <80pts)? Use 30-40% targets
❌ MISTAKE: Trading when all 3 ORBs are wildly different sizes
✅ FIX: Skip the day if 5m/15m/30m diverge by >100pts - no consensus
❌ MISTAKE: Forgetting VWAP position
✅ FIX: VWAP MUST confirm bias:
• Long: price > VWAP
• Short: price < VWAP
• If VWAP contradicts, skip the trade
❌ MISTAKE: Not respecting the 3-strike rule
✅ FIX: 3 losses = DONE for the session, no rationalization
❌ MISTAKE: Trading during lunch (12:00-1:00 PM ET)
✅ FIX: Volume dies, ORBs lose relevance, false signals increase
```
---
## 🔔 ALERT SETUP (ESSENTIAL)
**TradingView Alerts You MUST Set:**
```
ALERT 1: "30min ORB Complete"
• Type: Time-based
• Trigger: 10:00 AM ET (NY) or 3:30 AM ET (London)
• Message: "🎯 30min ORB complete - targets now active"
ALERT 2: "30min ORB High Breakout"
• Type: Crossing Up
• Value 1: Close
• Value 2: 30min ORB High (purple line)
• Message: "🚀 30m ORB HIGH broken - check for long setup"
ALERT 3: "30min ORB Low Breakdown"
• Type: Crossing Down
• Value 1: Close
• Value 2: 30min ORB Low (purple line)
• Message: "📉 30m ORB LOW broken - check for short setup"
ALERT 4: "VWAP Cross"
• Type: Crossing
• Value 1: Close
• Value 2: VWAP
• Message: "⚡ VWAP crossed - check institutional bias shift"
ALERT 5: "Target 1 Hit"
• Type: Crossing
• Value 1: High (for longs) or Low (for shorts)
• Value 2: First target line
• Message: "🎯 Target 1 hit - take 50% off, move stop to BE"
```
---
## 📱 MOBILE TRADING WORKFLOW
**TradingView Mobile App Setup:**
```
1. SAVE LAYOUT
• Chart: 5-minute timeframe
• SNIPER ORB indicator loaded
• YM Ultimate SNIPER v8.1 loaded (if using)
• Save as "SNIPER ORB - YM"
2. ENABLE NOTIFICATIONS
• Settings → Notifications → Push Alerts: ON
• All 5 alerts above configured
3. QUICK ACCESS
• Add YM futures to Watchlist: "MYM" or "YM1!"
• Pin SNIPER ORB layout to favorites
4. EXECUTION READY
• Broker app (TastyTrade, NinjaTrader, etc.) logged in
• Preset bracket orders:
- Entry: market order
- Stop: 30m ORB opposite boundary
- Targets: 3 levels (50%, 30%, 20% of position)
5. BATTERY & CONNECTIVITY
• Phone charged 100% before session
• Stable WiFi or LTE connection
• Backup power bank available
```
---
## 🎓 DAILY PERFORMANCE JOURNAL
**After Each Trading Session (MANDATORY):**
```
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
DATE: __________ SESSION: □ London □ New York
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
ORB DATA:
• 5min ORB Range: ______ points
• 15min ORB Range: ______ points
• 30min ORB Range: ______ points
• Alignment: □ Tight □ Moderate □ Wide (skip if wide)
VWAP BEHAVIOR:
• Opening position: □ Above price □ Below price □ Mixed
• Did VWAP act as support/resistance? □ Yes □ No
TRADES TAKEN:
Total Setups Identified: _____
Trades Executed: _____
Win/Loss Record: _____ W / _____ L
Win Rate: _____%
Gross P&L: $_______
Net P&L (after commissions): $_______
BEST TRADE:
• Setup: ____________________ (which of the 5 setups?)
• Entry Price: ______ Exit Price: ______
• Profit: $_______
• What went RIGHT: _________________________________
_________________________________________________
WORST TRADE:
• Setup: ____________________
• Entry Price: ______ Exit Price: ______
• Loss: $_______
• What went WRONG: _________________________________
_________________________________________________
• Lesson Learned: ___________________________________
3-STRIKE RULE STATUS:
□ No losses (great day)
□ 1 loss (still in game)
□ 2 losses (caution, half size)
□ 3 losses (stopped for day, as required)
TOMORROW'S ADJUSTMENTS:
□ _________________________________________________
□ _________________________________________________
□ _________________________________________________
EMOTIONAL STATE TODAY:
□ Calm & focused (optimal)
□ Anxious/rushed (need to work on patience)
□ Overconfident (dial back position size)
□ Fearful (review winning trades to build confidence)
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
```
---
## 🚀 YOUR FIRST LIVE TRADE WALKTHROUGH
**Step-by-Step for New York Session (Most Common):**
```
⏰ 9:15 AM ET - PREPARATION
□ Load SNIPER ORB on YM 5-minute chart
□ Select "New York" session in indicator settings
□ Verify VWAP is showing (gold line)
□ Check economic calendar (any big news at 9:30?)
□ Prepare mentally: "I will wait for 30min ORB to complete"
⏰ 9:30 AM ET - SESSION OPENS
□ Watch 3 ORBs begin forming:
• Blue lines (5min) will lock in at 9:35 AM
• Cyan lines (15min) will lock in at 9:45 AM
• Purple lines (30min) will lock in at 10:00 AM
□ Observe VWAP anchoring at 9:30 AM candle
□ DO NOT TRADE YET - just observe
⏰ 9:35 AM - 5MIN ORB COMPLETE
□ Note 5min high/low (blue lines locked)
□ Check info table: "5m Range = XX points"
□ If 5min ORB breaks early, note direction but DON'T ENTER
⏰ 9:45 AM - 15MIN ORB COMPLETE
□ Note 15min high/low (cyan lines locked)
□ Compare to 5min ORB: Aligned? Expanding?
□ Still waiting... patience pays
⏰ 10:00 AM - 30MIN ORB COMPLETE (TARGETS APPEAR!)
□ Purple lines locked (30m high/low)
□ Green/red dashed target lines appear automatically
□ Info table shows "Status: ✓ Complete"
□ NOW you can trade breakouts
⏰ 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM - TRADING WINDOW
□ Wait for price to break purple line (30m ORB high or low)
□ Confirm:
1. All 3 ORBs broken in same direction?
2. VWAP confirming (below=bullish, above=bearish)?
3. Volume spike visible?
4. YM SNIPER GOD MODE signal? (if using)
□ If all YES → ENTER TRADE:
• Market order at breakout close
• Stop at 30m ORB opposite boundary
• Targets at green/red dashed lines
⏰ TARGET MANAGEMENT
□ Price hits first target (1x) → Take 50% off, move stop to BE
□ Price hits second target (2x) → Take 30% off, trail stop
□ Price hits third target (3x) → Take 15% off, let 5% run
⏰ 12:00 PM - LUNCH (AVOID TRADING)
□ Volume dies down
□ ORBs become less relevant
□ Take a break, review morning trades
⏰ 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM - AFTERNOON SESSION
□ ORBs still valid but less reliable
□ Consider waiting for Power Hour (3:00-4:00 PM)
⏰ 5:00 PM - SESSION END
□ All ORB lines disappear automatically
□ VWAP disappears automatically
□ Chart cleans itself - ready for tomorrow
□ Fill out daily journal
```
---
## 🏆 WINNING MINDSET AFFIRMATIONS
Read these BEFORE each trading session:
```
"I trade ORBs, not chaos. Structure gives me edge."
"3 high-quality trades beat 20 mediocre ones."
"The 30min ORB is my anchor. I wait for it. Every. Single. Time."
"When all 3 ORBs align, institutions are unified. I follow."
"VWAP is my institutional compass. I respect its guidance."
"3 strikes and I'm out. Discipline > Ego."
"I am a SNIPER, not a machine gunner. Precision wins."
"My edge is patience. Let the ORBs complete."
"I don't predict. I react to proven structure."
"One perfect setup is worth waiting all morning."
```
---
## 📞 TROUBLESHOOTING
**"ORB lines not showing on chart!"**
→ Check timeframe: Must be 1min-30min (not daily/weekly)
→ Verify session time: Must be during London (3AM-9:30AM) or NY (9:30AM-5PM)
→ Check indicator status: Should say "⏳ Forming" or "✓ Complete" in table
**"Targets not appearing!"**
→ 30min ORB must be complete (10:00 AM NY / 3:30 AM London)
→ Check "Number of Targets" setting (must be ≥1)
→ Verify "Target % of 30min Range" is set (default 50%)
**"VWAP disappeared!"**
→ Normal behavior: VWAP auto-deletes at session end (5PM NY / 9:30AM London)
→ Toggle "Show Anchored VWAP" OFF then ON to reset
→ Check if you're viewing chart outside session hours
**"All 3 ORBs look the same!"**
→ This is actually GOOD - means tight alignment (high-probability setup)
→ If they're diverging wildly (>100pts difference), that's a skip signal
**"Info table blocking my view!"**
→ Info table is in top-right corner by default
→ Drag it to a different position (TradingView allows moving)
→ Or minimize it by clicking the small arrow
**"Colors are hard to see on my chart!"**
→ Go to indicator settings:
• "5min ORB", "15min ORB", "30min ORB" color pickers
• "Upside Targets", "Downside Targets" color pickers
• Recommended: Use contrasting colors vs your chart background
---
## 📚 ADVANCED INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES
### **Combining with Market Profile**
```
• Use Volume Profile to identify Value Area High (VAH) and Low (VAL)
• If 30min ORB aligns with VAH/VAL → extra confluence
• POC (Point of Control) acts similar to VWAP
```
### **Combining with Cumulative Delta**
```
• Check if delta is positive on 30min ORB high break (bullish confirmation)
• Negative delta on low break confirms bearish institutional flow
• Your YM SNIPER already tracks this - use together!
```
### **Combining with Options Flow**
```
• Large call buying near 30min ORB high? Institutions positioning for breakout
• Large put buying near 30min ORB low? Smart money hedging/shorting
• Tools: Unusual Whales, Cheddar Flow, OptionStrat
```
---
## 🎯 FINAL PRE-LIVE CHECKLIST
**DO NOT GO LIVE UNTIL ALL CHECKED:**
```
□ Practiced on TradingView Replay for 2+ weeks
□ Can identify all 5 setups by pattern recognition
□ Understand why targets come from 30min ORB only
□ Know difference between 5min/15min/30min roles
□ Risk management rules memorized (position sizing, 3-strike)
□ YM Ultimate SNIPER v8.1 loaded (optional but recommended)
□ All 5 TradingView alerts configured
□ Broker platform tested with demo account
□ Stop/target orders can be placed in <10 seconds
□ Daily journal template prepared
□ Emotional state: calm, patient, focused
□ Account size: Minimum $10,000 recommended
□ Understand auto-disappear behavior (ORBs delete at session end)
□ Know NOT to trade before 30min ORB complete
□ Comfortable with looking at chart and seeing 6+ lines (3 ORBs + targets)
IF ALL CHECKED → YOU'RE READY TO SNIPE! 🎯
IF ANY UNCHECKED → KEEP PRACTICING, DON'T RUSH
```
---
## 💎 THE CORE PRINCIPLE
```
╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ ║
║ "The ORB doesn't predict the market. ║
║ The ORB reveals where institutions are positioned. ║
║ ║
║ When you see all 3 ORBs align and break, ║
║ you're not guessing direction— ║
║ you're following the billion-dollar order flow." ║
║ ║
║ THAT'S YOUR EDGE. ║
║ ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
```
**🎯 Good luck, stay patient, and happy sniping! 🎯**
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
END OF SNIPER ORB TRADING CHEAT SHEET v3.0
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ICT Macro Tracker - Study Version (Original by toodegrees)This indicator is a modified study version of the ICT Algorithmic Macro Tracker by toodegrees, based on the original open-source script available at The original indicator plots ICT Macro windows on the chart, corresponding to specific time [ periods when the Interbank Price Delivery Algorithm undergoes checks/instructions (aka "macros") for the price engine to reprice to an area of liquidity or inefficiency.
This study version adds functionality to hide bars outside macro periods. When enabled, the indicator draws boxes that cover the full chart height during non-macro periods, obscuring those bars so only macro periods are visible. This helps focus on macro-only price action. The feature is configurable, allowing users to enable or disable it and customize the box color. All original functionality remains intact.
Rectangle Breakout Patterns📊 Rectangle Breakout Pattern Detector (Support & Resistance)
This indicator is a dynamic tool designed to automatically identify and visualize Rectangle Continuation Patterns and Trading Ranges based on pure price action. It focuses on finding horizontal areas of long-term support and resistance where price is consolidating before an eventual breakout.
💡 What It Does
The core function of this indicator is to detect and plot the boundaries of significant consolidation areas on your chart. It follows a multi-step confirmation process:
Level Detection: It automatically identifies significant Pivot Highs and Lows.
Pattern Confirmation: It confirms Support and Resistance by counting the number of times price 'touches' a level (controlled by the Min Pivot Touches setting).
Visualization: Once confirmed, it draws a Box around the consolidation area. This box automatically extends to the right as long as the price remains contained, showing the active trading range.
This provides an objective, code-driven approach to a classic chart pattern often relied upon by technical analysts.
Dual Pivot StructureDual Pivot Structure: Speed vs. Stability
Overview
This script is an experimental prototype designed to solve the most common frustration with Market Structure indicators: The Trade-off between Lag and Noise.
In traditional Price Action analysis, verifying a Pivot High or Low requires waiting for X number of candles to close.
High Lookback (e.g., 5 bars): Reliable structure, but the signal appears too late to trade.
Low Lookback (e.g., 1 bar): Fast signals, but prone to "fake-outs" and noise.
This indicator runs both logic systems simultaneously, allowing traders to see the "True" market structure while receiving "Early Warning" signals for potential entries.
How It Works
The script calculates two parallel layers of market data:
1. The "Structure" Layer (Slow & Reliable)
Uses a standard, higher lookback period (Default: 5 Left / 5 Right).
Purpose: Defines the macro trend. It labels confirmed Higher Highs (HH), Lower Lows (LL), etc.
Visual: Solid colored labels. These confirm the trend bias.
2. The "Signal" Layer (Fast & Actionable)
Uses a rapid, minimal lookback period (Default: 1 Left / 1 Right).
Purpose: Hunts for potential reversals within the macro trend.
Logic: If the Macro Trend is bullish, but price pulls back, this layer looks for a "Micro Pivot" that is higher than the previous Macro Low.
Visual: Orange "⚠ HL?" or "⚠ LH?" text.
How to Use This Script
This tool is best used to time entries within an established trend.
Identify the Trend: Look at the Solid Labels (Green/Red). Are we making HHs and HLs? The trend is Up.
Wait for the Pullback: Allow price to retrace.
Watch for the Early Warning: Look for the orange "⚠ HL?" text.
This appears bars before the structural pivot is confirmed.
The Signal: This is your aggressive entry trigger or alert to watch for a lower timeframe change of character.
Confirmation: If price continues in your direction, the script will eventually print a solid HL label, confirming your early entry was correct.
Settings
Structure Settings: Controls the sensitivity of the main trend (Default: 5/5). Increase this for higher timeframes to filter noise.
Signal Settings: Controls the sensitivity of the early warnings (Default: 1/1). Keep this low for maximum speed.
Visuals: Toggle the "Early Warning" labels on/off and customize colors to fit your chart theme.
Disclaimer
This script is a prototype for educational purposes. The "Early Warning" signals are, by definition, unconfirmed and carry higher risk. Always manage risk accordingly.
Parabolic SAR (PSAR) - Basit//@version=5
indicator("Parabolic SAR (PSAR) - Basit", overlay=true)
start = input.float(0.02, "Start (Step)", step=0.01)
increment = input.float(0.02, "Increment", step=0.01)
maximum = input.float(0.2, "Maximum", step=0.01)
showDots = input.bool(true, "Dotları Göster")
showLine = input.bool(false, "PSAR Çizgisi Göster")
bgTrend = input.bool(true, "Arka planı trende göre renklendir")
psar = ta.sar(start, increment, maxim
bull = close > psar
bear = close < psar
psarColor = bull ? color.green : color.
plot(showLine ? psar : na, title="PSAR Line", color=psarColor, linewi
plotshape(showDots and bull, title="PSAR Bull Dot", location=location.belowbar, style=shape.circle, size=size.tiny, color=color.green)
plotshape(showDots and bear, title="PSAR Bear Dot", location=location.abovebar, style=shape.circle, size=size.tiny, color=color.red)
bgcolor(bgTrend ? (bull ? color.new(color.green, 90) : color.new(color.red, 90)) : n
buySignal = ta.crossover(close, psar)
sellSignal = ta.crossunder(close, psa
plotshape(buySignal, title="AL Sinyali", location=location.belowbar, style=shape.triangleup, size=size.small, color=color.green)
plotshape(sellSignal, title="SAT Sinyali", location=location.abovebar, style=shape.triangledown, size=size.small, color=color.red)
alertcondition(buySignal, title="AL (PSAR flip)", message="PSAR flip: AL sinyali")
alertcondition(sellSignal, title="SAT (PSAR flip)", message="PSAR flip: SAT sinyali")
INAZUMA Bollinger BandsThis is an indicator based on the widely used Bollinger Bands, enhanced with a unique feature that visually emphasizes the "strength of the breakout" when the price penetrates the bands.
Main Features and Characteristics
1. Standard Bollinger Bands Display
Center Line (Basis): Simple Moving Average (\text{SMA(20)}).
1 sigma Lines: Light green (+) and red (-) lines for reference.
2 sigma Lines (Upper/Lower Band): The main dark green (+) and red (-) bands.
2. Emphasized Breakout Zones: "INAZUMA / Flare" and "MAGMA"
The key feature is the activation of colored, expanding areas when the candlestick's High or Low breaks significantly outside the \pm 2\sigma bands.
Upper Side (Green Base / Flare):
When the High exceeds the +2\sigma line, a green gradient area expands upwards.
Indication: This visually suggests strong buying pressure or overbought conditions. The color deepens as the price moves further away, indicating higher momentum.
Lower Side (Red Base / Magma):
When the Low falls below the -2 sigma line, a red gradient area expands downwards.
Indication: This visually suggests strong selling pressure or oversold conditions. The color deepens as the price moves further away, indicating higher momentum.
Key Insight: This visual aid helps traders quickly assess the momentum and market excitement when the price moves outside the standard Bollinger Bands range. Use it as a reference for judging trend strength and potential entry/exit points.
Customizable Settings
You can adjust the following parameters in the indicator settings:
Length: The period used for calculating the Moving Average and Standard Deviation. (Default: 20)
StdDev (Standard Deviation): The multiplier for the band width (e.g., 2.0 for -2 sigma). (Default: 2.0)
Source: The price data used for calculation (Default: close).
Bottom & Top ReversalBottom & Top Reversal
Bottom Reversal (Bullish):
Opens gap down but recovers strongly
Makes new low but closes above previous close
Lime green arrow + label
Top Reversal (Bearish):
Opens gap up but fails
Makes new high but closes below previous close
Red arrow + label
Extra features:
Status table showing active patterns
Toggle each pattern on/off
Background highlights
Alert system
ICT Premium/Discount Zones [Exponential-X]Premium/Discount Zones - Visual Market Structure Tool
Overview
This indicator helps traders visualize premium and discount price zones based on recent market structure. It automatically identifies swing highs and lows within a specified lookback period and divides the price range into three key areas: Premium Zone, Equilibrium, and Discount Zone.
What This Indicator Does
The script continuously monitors price action and calculates:
Highest High and Lowest Low within the lookback period
Equilibrium Level - the midpoint between the swing high and low
Premium Zone - the area from equilibrium to the swing high (typically viewed as relatively expensive price levels)
Discount Zone - the area from the swing low to equilibrium (typically viewed as relatively cheap price levels)
Core Calculation Method
The indicator uses pivot point logic to identify significant swing highs and lows based on the pivot strength parameter. It then calculates the highest high and lowest low over the specified lookback period. The equilibrium is computed as the arithmetic mean of these two extremes, creating a fair value reference point.
The zones are dynamically updated as new price data becomes available, ensuring the visualization remains relevant to current market conditions.
Key Features
Dynamic Zone Detection
Automatically adjusts zones based on recent price action
Uses customizable lookback period for flexibility across different timeframes
Employs pivot strength parameter to filter out minor price fluctuations
Visual Clarity
Color-coded zones for easy identification (red for premium, green for discount)
Optional equilibrium line display
Adjustable zone label placement
Customizable color schemes to match your charting preferences
Alert Capabilities
Alerts when price enters the premium zone
Alerts when price enters the discount zone
Alerts when price returns to equilibrium
Helps traders monitor key zone interactions without constant chart watching
Customization Options
Adjustable lookback period (5-500 bars)
Configurable pivot strength for swing detection (1-20 bars)
Control over box extension into the future
Toggle labels and equilibrium line on/off
Full color customization for all visual elements
How to Use This Indicator
Setup
Add the indicator to your chart
Adjust the lookback period to match your trading timeframe (shorter for intraday, longer for swing trading)
Set pivot strength to filter out noise (higher values for major swings, lower for more frequent updates)
Customize colors and labels to your preference
Interpretation
Premium Zone: Price trading here may indicate potential resistance or selling opportunities when aligned with other technical factors
Discount Zone: Price trading here may indicate potential support or buying opportunities when aligned with other technical factors
Equilibrium: Acts as a fair value reference point where price often consolidates or reacts
Trading Applications
This tool works well when combined with other forms of analysis such as:
Trend identification indicators
Volume analysis
Support and resistance levels
Price action patterns
Market structure analysis
Important Considerations
This indicator identifies zones based purely on historical price data
Premium and discount zones are relative to the recent lookback period
The effectiveness varies across different market conditions and timeframes
Should be used as part of a comprehensive trading strategy, not in isolation
Past price structure does not guarantee future price behavior
Technical Details
Calculation Method
Uses Pine Script's ta.pivothigh() and ta.pivotlow() functions for swing detection
Employs ta.highest() and ta.lowest() for range calculation
Updates dynamically with each new bar
Draws zones using box objects for clear visual representation
Performance Optimization
Efficiently manages box and line objects to minimize resource usage
Uses conditional plotting to reduce unnecessary calculations
Limited to essential visual elements for chart clarity
Timeframe Compatibility
This indicator works on all timeframes but the recommended settings vary:
1-5 minute charts: Lookback period 10-20, Pivot strength 3-5
15-60 minute charts: Lookback period 20-50, Pivot strength 5-10
Daily charts: Lookback period 50-100, Pivot strength 10-15
Weekly charts: Lookback period 20-50, Pivot strength 5-10
Adjust these values based on the volatility of your specific instrument.
Limitations and Considerations
What This Indicator Does NOT Do
Does not provide buy or sell signals on its own
Does not predict future price movements
Does not account for fundamental factors or market events
Does not guarantee profitability or accuracy
Market Condition Awareness
In strong trending markets, price may remain in premium or discount zones for extended periods
During ranging conditions, price typically oscillates between zones more predictably
High volatility can cause frequent zone recalculations
Low volatility may result in narrow zones with limited practical use
Risk Considerations
Premium and discount are relative concepts, not absolute values
What appears as a discount zone may continue lower in a downtrend
What appears as a premium zone may continue higher in an uptrend
Always use proper risk management and position sizing
Consider multiple timeframe analysis for context
Version Information
This indicator is written in Pine Script v6, ensuring compatibility with the latest TradingView features and optimal performance.
Final Notes
This tool is designed to enhance your market analysis by providing a clear visual representation of premium and discount price zones. It should be used as one component of a well-rounded trading approach that includes proper risk management, multiple forms of analysis, and realistic expectations about market behavior.
The concept of premium and discount zones is rooted in auction market theory and the idea that price oscillates around fair value. However, traders should understand that these zones are interpretive tools based on historical data and do not constitute trading advice or predictions about future price action.
Remember to backtest any strategy using this indicator on historical data before applying it to live trading, and always trade responsibly within your risk tolerance.
Disclaimer: The information provided by this indicator is for educational and informational purposes only. It does not constitute financial advice, investment advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice. Always conduct your own research and consult with qualified financial professionals before making trading decisions.
Quantum Darvas BoxesQuantum Darvas Boxes - The Modern Evolution
The original Darvas Box methodology, conceived by Nicolas Darvas in the 1950s, revolutionized breakout trading by identifying consolidation phases as "boxes." However, modern markets move with algorithmic speed and fractal volatility that often trigger false breakouts. Quantum Darvas Boxes were designed not as a nostalgic tribute, but as a computational upgrade. By anchoring boxes to volatility-adjusted boundaries rather than raw highs/lows, and introducing adaptive stability mechanisms, this indicator transforms a classic discretionary tool into a systematic, noise-filtered engine.
Description & Improvements
Quantum Darvas Boxes solve the three fatal flaws of the original: false breakouts, arbitrary box sizing, and lack of confirmation. Instead of drawing boxes at exact recent highs/lows, it creates volatility-buffered boundaries using ATR, ensuring breakouts require meaningful momentum. The boxes remain anchored until a confirmed close beyond the buffer occurs, preventing the constant redrawing that plagued traditional Darvas implementations. Built-in volume and RSI filters add discretionary-grade confirmation to pure price action. Visually, the system presents as a stable, semi-transparent blue zone between red (resistance) and lime (support) lines, with clear triangle signals appearing only on validated breakouts.
How It's Based on Darvas
The core philosophy remains true to Darvas' 1950s methodology:
Identify Consolidation: Finds price ranges where the market consolidates
Draw Box: Creates a "box" representing the accumulation zone
Breakout Trading: Enters when price breaks out of the box with momentum
Volatility-Adjusted Boundaries
Original: Boxes at exact highs/lows → prone to false breakouts
QDB: Boxes set at High - (ATR × Multiplier) and Low + (ATR × Multiplier)
→ Breakouts require meaningful momentum, not just price tags
→ Adapts to different volatility regimes
Signal Logic:
Long: Close above box top, previous close was inside box
Short: Close below box bottom, previous close was inside box
Ideal Settings:
For daily charts, use lookback=13 and mult=2.4.
For intraday (1H-4H), reduce to lookback=8 and mult=1.8. Enable volume filter in trending markets and RSI filter in ranging conditions.
Trade Execution: Enter long on the green triangle below the bar following a close above the red top line; enter short on the red triangle above the bar after a close below the lime bottom line. The background glow provides immediate visual confirmation.
Risk Management: Set stops at the opposite box boundary. The volatility multiplier inherently calculates a risk buffer—larger multipliers create wider, higher-conviction boxes; smaller multipliers produce more frequent, sensitive signals. This system excels in trending markets and provides clear exit/reversal points, transforming Darvas's original speculation into a quantified, repeatable edge.
Resampling Reverse Engineering Bands XRREB X: Visual Oscillator Projection Bands
Based on the innovative "Resampling Reverse Engineering" concept pioneered by Donovan Wall, this enhanced script fixes the core mathematical symmetry and provides anchored, non-repainting bands for reliable analysis.
This indicator transforms any RSI, Stochastic, or CCI calculation directly onto your price chart as dynamic support/resistance bands. Instead of watching an oscillator below your chart, you see its overbought/oversold levels projected as price levels the market must reach.
RREB X reverses standard oscillator formulas to answer one question: "What price must the market reach for my chosen oscillator to hit an extreme level like RSI=70, Stoch=80, or CCI=100?" It then plots these levels as actionable bands.
Key Improvements
Adjustable Oscillator Values - While the original was hard coded the reverse engineered oscillator length which limited its usefulness, this script finally allows you to visualize any length oscillator as dynamic OB/OS regions directly on the chart.
Dynamic OB/OS levels: This version also lets you dynamically adjust the OB/OS levels location, making bands tighter or wider as your strategy demands.
Mathematical Symmetry: Outer bands are perfect mirrors, providing reliable projected levels.
Fixed Anchoring: Bands don't repaint historically, offering stable reference lines.
Direct Price Translation: Oscillator overbought/oversold conditions are visualized as clear price levels.
The Band Calculation Type switch lets you project different oscillator logics, each with unique characteristics for different market conditions.
RRSI - General trend & momentum. Change RSI Period (e.g., 7 for fast, 21 for slow). Adjust OB/OS (e.g., 80/20 for strong trends). The bands show the price needed to push your custom RSI into overbought/oversold territory.
RStoch - Ranging markets & short-term reversals. Focus on the Stochastic Period. The projected bands are highly sensitive to recent highs/lows. Excellent for spotting reversals at the edges of a range.
RCCI - Strong trends & volatile markets. Use a higher Outer Bands Multiplier. CCI's lack of upper/lower bounds means bands reflect extreme momentum shifts. Great for identifying explosive breakout or breakdown levels in trends.
Use Middle Band as Filter: Price above the white middle band suggests a bullish bias for long setups; below suggests bearish for shorts. Same as the 50 midline on the RSI or Stochastic or 0 for CCI.
Customizing the Calculation:
The power lies in changing the oscillator lengths that the bands reflect. Adjust these in the settings:
Change from 14 to 7 for faster, more reactive bands, or to 21 for slower, smoother bands.
Overbought/Oversold: Change from 70/30 to 80/20 for stronger-trend filters, or to 60/40 for more frequent signals.
Trading the Bands:
Bands as Dynamic S/R: The solid cyan (Upper 100) and magenta (Lower 0) bands act as dynamic support and resistance. A touch and reversal can signal a trade.
Gradient as Momentum: The colored fills between bands visually represent the "pressure" needed to reach the next oscillator level.
Middle Band as Trend Filter: Price above the white middle band suggests a bullish bias for long setups; below suggests bearish for short setups.
Round Strike Price, Levels Options Series➤ Strike Price Range Mode:
➤ Exact Strike Price Mode:
⭐ Overview and How It Works
Round Strike Price or Levels is a precision-focused visual tool designed for options and index traders.
It dynamically plots round strike levels around the current price and presents them either as:
⠀ — Exact strike prices, or
⠀ — Strike price ranges, where each zone represents the midpoint between two adjacent strikes.
The indicator continuously recalculates the base strike using the current price and aligns all surrounding levels using a fixed step size.
All lines and labels are updated only on the last bar for optimal performance and stability.
This makes StrikePrice ideal for:
🔹 Identifying key option strikes.
🔹 Visualizing price acceptance zones.
🔹 Understanding strike-to-strike movement during intraday trading.
⭐ Key Features and Functionality
Strike Price Range:
⠀ — Treats each pair of strike lines as a price zone.
⠀ — Labels are plotted at the midpoint between two lines.
⠀ — Last label is intentionally hidden (no upper range exists)
Exact Strike Price:
⠀ — Labels are plotted directly on each strike line.
⠀ — Useful for precise strike-based analysis.
Dynamic Base Calculation:
⠀ — Automatically snaps price to the nearest round strike.
⠀ — Re-centers the entire grid as price moves.
⠀ — No manual adjustment required.
Efficient Object Management:
⠀ — Uses persistent arrays for lines and labels.
⠀ — Objects are reused instead of recreated.
⠀ — Prevents flickering and avoids TradingView object limits.
🎨 Visualizations and User Experience
Clean horizontal strike grid with configurable:
⠀ — Line width, Line color, Line style (Solid / Dashed / Dotted), Extension direction (Left / Right / Both / None).
Labels are:
⠀ — Positioned to the right of price, Size-adjustable, Fully customizable in text color and background color.
Designed to stay visually clear even on:
⠀ — Fast-moving intraday charts, Options-focused layouts, Multi-indicator setups.
Tip: Increase Right Bars Margin in chart settings to give labels proper spacing.
⭐ Settings and Customization
🔹 Strike Settings:
⠀ — Step (points): Distance between adjacent strike levels (e.g., 50, 100)
⠀ — Levels per side: Number of strike levels plotted above and below the base.
⠀ — Strike Mode: Strike Price Range, Exact Strike Price.
🔹 Line Settings:
⠀ — Line width, Line color, Line style (Solid / Dashed / Dotted), Line extension direction.
🔹 Label Settings:
⠀ — Show / hide labels, Label distance (bars to the right), Label size, Label text color, Label background color.
All label properties are updated dynamically, allowing real-time UI tuning without reloading the script.
⭐ Uniqueness of the Concept:
Unlike generic round-number indicators, StrikePrice:
⠀ — Understands option-style strike structure.
⠀ — Separates range-based thinking from exact price levels.
⠀ — Uses midpoint logic to visualize strike-to-strike movement.
⠀ — Maintains strict performance discipline by updating only when necessary.
This makes it especially useful for:
⠀ • NIFTY / BANKNIFTY options.
⠀ • Index and futures traders.
⠀ • Intraday strike rotation analysis.
⠀ • Premium decay and range-bound setups.
🚀 Conclusion:
StrikePrice is a focused, professional-grade indicator for traders who think in strikes, ranges, and levels rather than arbitrary prices.
It offers:
⠀ • Clear structure
⠀ • Accurate strike alignment
⠀ • Clean visuals
⠀ • Zero repainting logic
SuperTrend Long/Short Signals“Provides trend-based long and short signals. With regular use while adhering to the entry, stop-loss, and take-profit levels, profits can be achieved.”
ORB + Killzones - Universal AutoORB + Killzones • Universal Auto
A clean overlay indicator that automatically plots 15-minute Opening Range Breakout (ORB) levels for major global sessions with full DST handling and optional Killzone shading.
Key Features
Universal auto-detection: adapts session times and timezones perfectly for crypto (24/7) and traditional markets (cash hours only)
15-minute ORB high/low lines for Tokyo, Hong Kong, China, London, and New York sessions
Precise DST-aware London (Europe/London) and New York (America/New_York) sessions
Optional translucent Killzone background shading: London Open (0800–1100), NY Open (0930–1100), London Close (1530–1630) — with custom colors and transparency
Individual toggle switches for each session ORB and Killzone display
Clean neon color scheme matching popular retrowave setups (Tokyo teal, HK magenta, China red, London blue, NY gold)
Efficient drawing with persistent lines that extend until session end
No repainting, low resource usage (max 250 lines, 60 labels)
Ideal for ICT/SMC traders who want accurate multi-session ORBs and high-probability Killzone windows on any instrument or timeframe. Works on forex, indices, stocks, and crypto.
Recommend to uncheck timeframes over 1 hour in the Visibility tab of the Settings.
Daily Levels ImporterUser Guide: Daily Levels Importer
What This Indicator Does
This tool allows you to instantly draw multiple support and resistance lines on your TradingView chart by pasting a list of data. It avoids the need to manually draw lines one by one. It also features a dashboard to identify the ticker and filters to toggle specific line colors on or off.
1. The Data Format
The indicator reads text in a specific 3-column format (Comma Separated).
Format: \, \, \
* Ticker: The symbol name (used for the dashboard display).
* Price: The price level where the line will be drawn.
* Color Code:
r = Red
g = Green
y = Yellow
Example:
ES, 4150.25, r
ES, 4200.00, g
ES, 4175.50, y
2. How to Use It
3. Copy Your Data: Select your list of levels (from Excel, a text file, or a website) and copy them to your clipboard.
4. Open Settings: On your TradingView chart, hover over the indicator name and click the Settings (Gear Icon).
5. Paste Data:
* Find the "Paste Data Here" text box in the Inputs tab.
* Delete any existing text.
* Paste your new list.
6. Save: Click OK. The lines will instantly render on your chart.
7. Controls & Filters
You can customize the view without deleting data by using the checkboxes in the Settings menu:
* Line Filters:
* Show Red Levels: Uncheck to hide all red lines.
* Show Green Levels: Uncheck to hide all green lines.
* Show Yellow Levels: Uncheck to hide all yellow lines.
* Dashboard Location:
* Use the dropdowns to move the Ticker ID box to any corner of the screen (e.g., Top Right, Bottom Left) or change its size.
8. Troubleshooting
Lines aren't showing up?
* Ensure the prices match the asset you are viewing (e.g., don't paste SPX prices on an AAPL chart).
* Check if you accidentally unchecked the "Show " box in the settings.
"No Data" in Dashboard?
* The script reads the ticker name from the first row of your pasted data. Ensure the first row is not blank.
Is there a limit?
* Yes. TradingView allows approximately 4,000 characters in the text box. This is roughly 250 lines of price levels. If you need more, add a second instance of the indicator to the chart.
Daily Levels [cryptalent]Daily High / Low / Mid / Open Levels is a session-based reference indicator designed to visualize key daily price levels directly on the chart.
This indicator automatically plots the Daily High, Daily Low, Daily Midpoint (High + Low / 2), and Daily Open as horizontal lines for each trading day. These levels help traders quickly identify important structural prices where liquidity, reactions, or acceptance often occur.
Key Features
Automatic Daily Levels
Plots Daily High (H), Low (L), Mid (M), and Open (O) using higher-timeframe daily data.
Levels update in real time as the current day develops.
Multi-Day History
Displays daily levels for a configurable number of past days.
Older levels are automatically removed to keep the chart clean.
Line Extension
Current day levels can be extended forward by a user-defined number of bars.
Useful for projecting intraday reaction zones and liquidity targets.
Visual Customization
Independent line width and color settings for each level.
Mid level is shown as a dashed line for quick visual distinction.
Labels & Price Tags
Optional letter labels (H / L / M / O) displayed near the extended levels.
Optional price labels showing the exact level values on the right side of the chart.
Labels update dynamically and only display for the active trading day.
Performance-Oriented Design
Efficient line and label management using arrays.
Automatically cleans up unused objects to stay within TradingView limits.
Use Cases
Identifying intraday support and resistance
Tracking daily range behavior
Monitoring mean reversion vs. range expansion
Aligning intraday execution with higher-timeframe structure
This indicator is particularly useful for traders who rely on market structure, session behavior, and objective price references rather than subjective trend lines.
SuperTrend Long/Short Signals With Fibonacci“By using the updated version of the previously published indicator with a Fibonacci extension, you can obtain multiple take-profit levels and make profitable trades.
Wishing you plenty of profits.
Fair Value Gap WindowStupid little toy I made to get my toes back in the water. How does this work?
Detects fair value gaps up to the count you specify in the settings
Plots them on the chart if they are inside of the 2 lines (top and bottom)
If the fair value gap is partially outside of the "window", it will only draw the part of it thats inside the window.
Not really useful but if you wanna take a look at the code for practice for yourself, feel free I guess haha
RMA Trend
indicator("RMA Trend İndikatörü", overlay=true, timeframe="", timeframe_gaps=true)
length = input.int(14, "RMA Periyodu", minval=1)
src = input(close, "Kapanış Kaynağı")
rma_val = ta.rma(src, length)
rma_color = rma_val > rma_val ? color.new(color.lime, 0) : color.new(color.red, 0)
plot(rma_val, title="RMA", color=rma_color, linewidth=3
longSignal = ta.crossover(src, rma_val)
shortSignal = ta.crossunder(src, rma_val)
plotshape(longSignal, title="AL Sinyali", style=shape.triangleup, location=location.belowbar, color=color.new(color.lime, 0), size=size.large, text="AL")
plotshape(shortSignal, title="SAT Sinyali", style=shape.triangledown, location=location.abovebar, color=color.new(color.red, 0), size=size.large, text="SAT")
bgcolor(rma_val > rma_val ? color.new(color.lime, 90) : color.new(color.red, 90))
HMM Trend Exhaust Detector (Partial TP Areas)🔹 HMM Trend Exhaust Detector (Partial TP Areas)
HMM Trend Exhaust Detector is a professional risk-management and partial profit awareness tool, designed to highlight moments when price becomes over-extended within a strong trend.
This indicator is not an entry system and not a reversal predictor.
It is built to help traders protect profits, manage open positions, and avoid chasing price when the market is already stretched.
🧠 How it works (Simple Explanation)
When price moves aggressively away from its trend structure:
The candle color changes in real time, warning that price is entering a potential exhaustion zone.
A dotted guide level appears at the exact threshold price, showing where profit pressure begins.
After the candle closes, Partial TP Areas are marked on the chart to provide structure and context.
This two-step approach ensures:
Live awareness during the candle
Confirmed visual zones after close
🎯 What this indicator is best used for
✔ Partial profit booking
✔ Risk reduction during strong trends
✔ Avoiding late entries into extended moves
✔ Trade management & discipline
⚙️ Sensitivity Modes
The indicator includes a single Sensitivity setting to adapt to different trading styles:
Relaxed → Earlier warnings, more frequent partial TP zones
Strict → Balanced, institutional default
Very Strict → Only major, extreme exhaustion moves
(All internal calculations are handled automatically.)
📌 Important Notes
This indicator does not generate buy or sell signals.
Rectangle height is just based on candle heights at that time (Not strength based)
Partial TP Areas are confirmed after candle close by design.
Live candle highlighting and guide levels provide real-time awareness, not prediction.
Best used alongside your existing strategy or entries.
🧩 Recommended Use
Scalping / Fast markets → Relaxed
Intraday trading → Strict
Swing / News / Higher timeframes → Very Strict
🚀 About HMM
House of Market Minds -(HMM) indicators focus on clarity, discipline, and decision support — not hype or unrealistic promises.
This is the first public release in the HMM series, built with a long-term professional vision.
Peter Lynch Value (Dynamic Growth)This indicator implements Peter Lynch's core valuation principle: Fair Price = Earnings Per Share (EPS) * Growth Rate.
It provides a dynamic "fair value" line overlaid on the price chart, allowing traders and investors to quickly assess whether a stock's current price is trading above or below its intrinsic value according to the Lynch method.
Key Features
1. Dynamic Growth Rate Calculation
The indicator uses a custom algorithm to calculate the critical EPS Growth Rate, making it robust against missing data from standard financial fields.
Methodology: It fetches historical TTM Diluted EPS reports (EARNINGS_PER_SHARE_DILUTED, TTM) and calculates the Year-over-Year (YoY) Growth Percentage from the current TTM value versus the TTM value 4 periods prior.
Reliability: This custom calculation ensures the value line appears even when TradingView's pre-calculated growth metrics are unavailable (na).
2. Multiplier Control
P/E Cap: You can enforce a maximum P/E multiplier (maxPE, default 25), preventing the fair value from becoming unrealistically high for extremely fast-growing companies (as Lynch suggested).
Fallback P/E: If insufficient financial history is available to calculate the growth rate, the indicator automatically switches to a user-defined fallbackPE (default 15) and highlights the line in orange as a warning.
3. Smoothing (Optional)
To reduce the volatility often seen in valuation metrics, you can apply an optional Simple Moving Average (SMA) to the Fair Value line. This helps visualize the underlying trend of intrinsic value.
4. Forward Estimate (Optional)
Display an optional projection (circles) based on the analysts' next Fiscal Year EPS Estimate (EARNINGS_ESTIMATE, FY). This shows the potential fair value if the company meets future expectations.
5. Diagnostic Table
A table in the corner provides transparency on the calculation:
Green/Red: Confirms if TTM EPS and Calculated Growth are found.
Final P/E Used: Shows the exact multiplier used (calculated growth or the manual fallback).
Disclaimer: This tool is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice.
Volatility Targeting: Single Asset [BackQuant]Volatility Targeting: Single Asset
An educational example that demonstrates how volatility targeting can scale exposure up or down on one symbol, then applies a simple EMA cross for long or short direction and a higher timeframe style regime filter to gate risk. It builds a synthetic equity curve and compares it to buy and hold and a benchmark.
Important disclaimer
This script is a concept and education example only . It is not a complete trading system and it is not meant for live execution. It does not model many real world constraints, and its equity curve is only a simplified simulation. If you want to trade any idea like this, you need a proper strategy() implementation, realistic execution assumptions, and robust backtesting with out of sample validation.
Single asset vs the full portfolio concept
This indicator is the single asset, long short version of the broader volatility targeted momentum portfolio concept. The original multi asset concept and full portfolio implementation is here:
That portfolio script is about allocating across multiple assets with a portfolio view. This script is intentionally simpler and focuses on one symbol so you can clearly see how volatility targeting behaves, how the scaling interacts with trend direction, and what an equity curve comparison looks like.
What this indicator is trying to demonstrate
Volatility targeting is a risk scaling framework. The core idea is simple:
If realized volatility is low relative to a target, you can scale position size up so the strategy behaves like it has a stable risk budget.
If realized volatility is high relative to a target, you scale down to avoid getting blown around by the market.
Instead of always being 1x long or 1x short, exposure becomes dynamic. This is often used in risk parity style systems, trend following overlays, and volatility controlled products.
This script combines that risk scaling with a simple trend direction model:
Fast and slow EMA cross determines whether the strategy is long or short.
A second, longer EMA cross acts as a regime filter that decides whether the system is ACTIVE or effectively in CASH.
An equity curve is built from the scaled returns so you can visualize how the framework behaves across regimes.
How the logic works step by step
1) Returns and simple momentum
The script uses log returns for the base return stream:
ret = log(price / price )
It also computes a simple momentum value:
mom = price / price - 1
In this version, momentum is mainly informational since the directional signal is the EMA cross. The lookback input is shared with volatility estimation to keep the concept compact.
2) Realized volatility estimation
Realized volatility is estimated as the standard deviation of returns over the lookback window, then annualized:
vol = stdev(ret, lookback) * sqrt(tradingdays)
The Trading Days/Year input controls annualization:
252 is typical for traditional markets.
365 is typical for crypto since it trades daily.
3) Volatility targeting multiplier
Once realized vol is estimated, the script computes a scaling factor that tries to push realized volatility toward the target:
volMult = targetVol / vol
This is then clamped into a reasonable range:
Minimum 0.1 so exposure never goes to zero just because vol spikes.
Maximum 5.0 so exposure is not allowed to lever infinitely during ultra low volatility periods.
This clamp is one of the most important “sanity rails” in any volatility targeted system. Without it, very low volatility regimes can create unrealistic leverage.
4) Scaled return stream
The per bar return used for the equity curve is the raw return multiplied by the volatility multiplier:
sr = ret * volMult
Think of this as the return you would have earned if you scaled exposure to match the volatility budget.
5) Long short direction via EMA cross
Direction is determined by a fast and slow EMA cross on price:
If fast EMA is above slow EMA, direction is long.
If fast EMA is below slow EMA, direction is short.
This produces dir as either +1 or -1. The scaled return stream is then signed by direction:
avgRet = dir * sr
So the strategy return is volatility targeted and directionally flipped depending on trend.
6) Regime filter: ACTIVE vs CASH
A second EMA pair acts as a top level regime filter:
If fast regime EMA is above slow regime EMA, the system is ACTIVE.
If fast regime EMA is below slow regime EMA, the system is considered CASH, meaning it does not compound equity.
This is designed to reduce participation in long bear phases or low quality environments, depending on how you set the regime lengths. By default it is a classic 50 and 200 EMA cross structure.
Important detail, the script applies regime_filter when compounding equity, meaning it uses the prior bar regime state to avoid ambiguous same bar updates.
7) Equity curve construction
The script builds a synthetic equity curve starting from Initial Capital after Start Date . Each bar:
If regime was ACTIVE on the previous bar, equity compounds by (1 + netRet).
If regime was CASH, equity stays flat.
Fees are modeled very simply as a per bar penalty on returns:
netRet = avgRet - (fee_rate * avgRet)
This is not realistic execution modeling, it is just a simple turnover penalty knob to show how friction can reduce compounded performance. Real backtesting should model trade based costs, spreads, funding, and slippage.
Benchmark and buy and hold comparison
The script pulls a benchmark symbol via request.security and builds a buy and hold equity curve starting from the same date and initial capital. The buy and hold curve is based on benchmark price appreciation, not the strategy’s asset price, so you can compare:
Strategy equity on the chart symbol.
Buy and hold equity for the selected benchmark instrument.
By default the benchmark is TVC:SPX, but you can set it to anything, for crypto you might set it to BTC, or a sector index, or a dominance proxy depending on your study.
What it plots
If enabled, the indicator plots:
Strategy Equity as a line, colored by recent direction of equity change, using Positive Equity Color and Negative Equity Color .
Buy and Hold Equity for the chosen benchmark as a line.
Optional labels that tag each curve on the right side of the chart.
This makes it easy to visually see when volatility targeting and regime gating change the shape of the equity curve relative to a simple passive hold.
Metrics table explained
If Show Metrics Table is enabled, a table is built and populated with common performance statistics based on the simulated daily returns of the strategy equity curve after the start date. These include:
Net Profit (%) total return relative to initial capital.
Max DD (%) maximum drawdown computed from equity peaks, stored over time.
Win Rate percent of positive return bars.
Annual Mean Returns (% p/y) mean daily return annualized.
Annual Stdev Returns (% p/y) volatility of daily returns annualized.
Variance of annualized returns.
Sortino Ratio annualized return divided by downside deviation, using negative return stdev.
Sharpe Ratio risk adjusted return using the risk free rate input.
Omega Ratio positive return sum divided by negative return sum.
Gain to Pain total return sum divided by absolute loss sum.
CAGR (% p/y) compounded annual growth rate based on time since start date.
Portfolio Alpha (% p/y) alpha versus benchmark using beta and the benchmark mean.
Portfolio Beta covariance of strategy returns with benchmark returns divided by benchmark variance.
Skewness of Returns actually the script computes a conditional value based on the lower 5 percent tail of returns, so it behaves more like a simple CVaR style tail loss estimate than classic skewness.
Important note, these are calculated from the synthetic equity stream in an indicator context. They are useful for concept exploration, but they are not a substitute for professional backtesting where trade timing, fills, funding, and leverage constraints are accurately represented.
How to interpret the system conceptually
Vol targeting effect
When volatility rises, volMult falls, so the strategy de risks and the equity curve typically becomes smoother. When volatility compresses, volMult rises, so the system takes more exposure and tries to maintain a stable risk budget.
This is why volatility targeting is often used as a “risk equalizer”, it can reduce the “biggest drawdowns happen only because vol expanded” problem, at the cost of potentially under participating in explosive upside if volatility rises during a trend.
Long short directional effect
Because direction is an EMA cross:
In strong trends, the direction stays stable and the scaled return stream compounds in that trend direction.
In choppy ranges, the EMA cross can flip and create whipsaws, which is where fees and regime filtering matter most.
Regime filter effect
The 50 and 200 style filter tries to:
Keep the system active in sustained up regimes.
Reduce exposure during long down regimes or extended weakness.
It will always be late at turning points, by design. It is a slow filter meant to reduce deep participation, not to catch bottoms.
Common applications
This script is mainly for understanding and research, but conceptually, volatility targeting overlays are used for:
Risk budgeting normalize risk so your exposure is not accidentally huge in high vol regimes.
System comparison see how a simple trend model behaves with and without vol scaling.
Parameter exploration test how target volatility, lookback length, and regime lengths change the shape of equity and drawdowns.
Framework building as a reference blueprint before implementing a proper strategy() version with trade based execution logic.
Tuning guidance
Lookback lower values react faster to vol shifts but can create unstable scaling, higher values smooth scaling but react slower to regime changes.
Target volatility higher targets increase exposure and drawdown potential, lower targets reduce exposure and usually lower drawdowns, but can under perform in strong trends.
Signal EMAs tighter EMAs increase trade frequency, wider EMAs reduce churn but react slower.
Regime EMAs slower regime filters reduce false toggles but will miss early trend transitions.
Fees if you crank this up you will see how sensitive higher turnover parameter sets are to friction.
Final note
This is a compact educational demonstration of a volatility targeted, long short single asset framework with a regime gate and a synthetic equity curve. If you want a production ready implementation, the correct next step is to convert this concept into a strategy() script, add realistic execution and cost modeling, test across multiple timeframes and market regimes, and validate out of sample before making any decision based on the results.
