Indicators and strategies
MTF Trend + SMC Structure (EMA/SMA Mix - HH/HL)Objective
To provide a quick, visual, and reliable reading of market trends and structure.
Combines dynamic moving averages and SMC (market structure) logic.
Effectively integrates into the chart via a clear table displayed in the top right corner.
📊 What the indicator displays (by timeframe: M5, M15, M30, H1, H4, D1, W1)
🟢 1. MA Trend
Based on two moving averages (short and long).
Average Type:
EMA for M5 to M30 (reactive)
SMA for H1 to Weekly (smoother)
Display:
🟢 Up if short MA > long MA
🔴 Down if short MA < long MA
Customizable lengths per timeframe
🧱 2. Structure (SMC logic)
Detects Higher High / Higher Low and Lower High / Lower Low
Based on significant pivots (pivothigh, pivotlow)
Logic inspired by SMC swing trading
Display:
🟢 Up = bullish structure (HH + HL)
🔴 Down = bearish structure (LH + LL)
⚪ Neutral = no clear structure
✅ Advantages
🔍 Instant view of the overall multi-timeframe context
📉 Combines trend by MA and SMC structure
🎯 Helps filter out bad entries Countertrend
⚡️ Very useful for intraday, swing, or SMC traders
FutureObitz Official Bank Levels// © 2025 FutureObitz - Custom version for private use
This Bank Levels indicator automatically calculates daily high, low, mid, and premium/discount zones using dynamic ranges.
Ideal for intraday traders using supply/demand, liquidity concepts, and institutional levels. Labels are cleanly aligned and update once per day for minimal chart clutter.
This version was customized for my personal trading style and refined for visual clarity.
Smart Money Premium | Made by EF (Improved)📊 Smart Money Premium | Made by EF (Improved)
A powerful all-in-one toolkit built for Smart Money / ICT traders.
It helps you clearly identify market structure, liquidity, order blocks, fair value gaps, and high-probability entry signals — all visualized directly on your chart.
✨ Key features:
✅ Automatic detection of Swing High / Swing Low points
✅ Real-time BOS / CHOCH (Break of Structure / Change of Character) labeling
✅ Dynamic Order Blocks with adjustable duration and color
✅ Detection of Fair Value Gaps (FVG) and visualization with customizable zones
✅ Liquidity zones (EQH/EQL) with tolerance settings
✅ Smart Swing Failure Patterns (SFP) with instant labels
✅ Built-in Kill Zones for London & New York sessions
✅ Automatic adaptation of key parameters to your timeframe
✅ Volume filter for additional signal confirmation
✅ Clear SL/TP levels with customizable Risk:Reward
✅ Interactive status panel showing trend, structure, session, and live signal readiness
⚙️ How to use:
1️⃣ Add the indicator to your chart
2️⃣ Choose your preferred settings (or let it auto-tune by timeframe)
3️⃣ Follow the on-chart signals: BOS, CHOCH, SFP, OB & FVG zones
4️⃣ Use the SL/TP levels and Risk:Reward built into each signal to plan your trades
✅ Designed for:
• Traders who follow Smart Money Concepts / ICT methodology
• Those who want a clean, visual and data-driven approach
• Both beginners and advanced traders looking to save time and keep discipline
🛠 All logic is transparent and customizable — colors, lookback periods, OB/FVG duration, liquidity sensitivity and more.
🔔 Alerts included for Long and Short setups.
Highlight Candles with Open-Close Difference ≥ 24momentum candle. price starts big move or continue momentum on either side.
Adj Momentum (3M / 6M / 12M)Mirza Salman Volatility Adjusted Momentum.
The Volatility Adjusted Momentum Indicator distills a security’s recent performance into a single, decision-ready metric that captures both the velocity and the reliability of its trend. By simultaneously rewarding sustained price appreciation and discounting erratic fluctuations, the indicator highlights those stocks that are not only advancing but doing so with a consistent, low-volatility profile—attributes typically favoured by quantitative momentum and trend-following frameworks. A high positive reading points to instruments exhibiting strong, orderly upward trajectories, making them prime candidates for capital allocation in momentum-oriented portfolios. Conversely, muted or negative readings reveal markets whose returns have been lacklustre, unstable, or downward-sloping, signalling that they warrant caution or exclusion. In practice, this indicator enables portfolio managers and traders to rank broad watch-lists swiftly, focus due-diligence on the most robust price leaders, and enforce systematic discipline in scaling back exposure to choppier, less reliable names—all without resorting to subjective chart interpretation or ad-hoc volatility filters.
GalihRidha ZoneX — Adaptive MTF S&R + Smart Money AreasWelcome to ZoneX: The new frontier of Support & Resistance for modern traders!
ZoneX is more than just S&R — it’s a hybrid price map that fuses classic pivots with institutional logic, visualizing the zones that really matter.
What Makes ZoneX Different?
Multi-Timeframe S&R:
Instantly spot the true key levels from higher timeframes, not just what everyone else sees on the current chart.
Smart Money Order Blocks:
Automatically highlights supply and demand zones where institutions accumulate or distribute — find the real “trap” areas and avoid getting faked out.
VWAP Bands:
See where the liquidity is thickest — these bands act as magnets for price, great for both reversals and breakouts.
Midline Channel:
Identify the market’s equilibrium — know when you’re in value and when you’re at the edge.
Previous High/Low:
Mark institutional magnets and classic stop-hunt zones, updated in real-time.
Ultra Customizable:
One-click to enable/disable any feature. Clean for minimalists, packed for pros.
How to Use ZoneX
Breakout?
Wait for price to clear a ZoneX band or order block with momentum — enter on the retest.
Reversal?
Fade wicks and exhaustion right in the highlighted zone — confirm with price action or volume.
Range/Balance?
Trade the ping-pong between ZoneX midline and outer bands — great for scalping and mean reversion.
Who’s It For?
Active traders who want an edge beyond standard S&R.
Institutional-mindset scalpers and swing traders.
Anyone who loves a clean chart but craves real market context.
Level up your chart, see what the big players see —
and never trade blind again. This is ZoneX.
OTC supply & demand Candleshi traders and OTC colleagues,
this simple indicator used to spot easly the (indecisive , decisive , explosive) candles
i suggest to keep the candle boarders from the chart setting (blue or green for bullish ) and (red for bearish) . this indicator simplify spotting the supply and demand zones and the most powerful explosive candles in eye plink based on Bernd Skorupinski
theory.
from indicator setting
colour 0 (indecisive)
colour 1 (decisive) bullish
colour 2 (decisive) bearish
colour 3 (explosive) bullish
colour 4 (explosive) bearish
you can change the colour as u wish.
have a good trading day
OTC supply & demand Candleshi traders and OTC colleagues,
this simple indicator used to spot easly the (indecisive , decisive , explosive) candles
i suggest to keep the candle boarders from the chart setting (blue or green for bullish ) and (red for bearish) . this indicator simplify spotting the supply and demand zones and the most powerful explosive candles in eye plink based on Bernd Skorupinski
theory.
from indicator setting
colour 0 (indecisive)
colour 1 (decisive) bullish
colour 2 (decisive) bearish
colour 3 (explosive) bullish
colour 4 (explosive) bearish
you can change the colours as u wish.
have a good trading day
Average Volume (Millions) On ChartThe indicator shows the average number Volume in the period of time of your decision
ADX and DI – Clean Trend IndicatorADX and DI – Clean Trend Indicator helps traders identify trending conditions and the strength of a trend using the classic Average Directional Index (ADX) along with the +DI and -DI directional movement lines.
ADX (orange line) shows overall trend strength.
+DI (green line) and -DI (red line) reveal bullish or bearish pressure.
When ADX is above the threshold (default 25), the background turns green to highlight strong trending conditions — a great time to apply trend-following strategies.
This script offers:
A visually clean layout
Configurable ADX length and strength threshold
Automatic background highlighting when strong trends are detected
Use this tool to confirm market momentum, avoid sideways chop, and enhance your entry timing for breakout or pullback setups.
Volume Breakout SignalsScript by Hanssome
The Volume Breakout Signals indicator is a trading tool designed to identify potential entry points by pinpointing high-momentum price breakouts on your main chart. It operates on a simple but powerful principle: a true breakout should be supported by a significant increase in trading volume.
The indicator plots two primary visual elements on your price chart:
Pivot Highs and Lows: These are marked with green and red circles and represent the most recent significant swing points in the price. They act as dynamic support and resistance levels, and the script watches for the price to break past them.
BUY and SELL Labels: These signals appear directly on the chart to indicate a potential trading opportunity.
A signal is only generated when two specific conditions are met simultaneously:
Price Breakout: A BUY signal requires the price to cross decisively above the most recent pivot high. A SELL signal requires the price to cross below the most recent pivot low.
Volume Confirmation: This price breakout must be accompanied by a recent spike in trading volume. This confirmation suggests strong momentum and conviction behind the move, increasing the probability of a successful breakout.
All the parameters, such as the sensitivity of the pivot points and the definition of a volume spike, can be adjusted in the indicator's settings to fit your specific trading style and the asset you are viewing.
Volume VisualizerVolume by Hannsome
The Volume Visualizer is a simple yet effective tool designed to display trading volume in a dedicated panel below the main price chart. Its primary goal is to help you easily identify when trading activity is significantly higher than usual.
The indicator plots two key elements:
Volume Bars: These are standard volume bars showing the amount of trading activity for each period. To draw your attention to important moments, bars with unusually high volume are highlighted in a distinct color (yellow by default).
Average Volume Line: A moving average line (orange by default) is plotted over the volume bars. This line represents the recent average trading volume, giving you a clear baseline to compare the current volume against.
A "significant" volume spike is defined as any period where the volume exceeds the moving average by a certain multiplier. You can adjust both the moving average length and this multiplier in the indicator's settings to fine-tune its sensitivity to what you consider a significant spike in activity.
OBV MACD IndicatorI have added alert function providing the ability to add an alert when either a long or short signal is detected.
The original script is OBV MACD Indicator by RafaelZioni
Hurst Exponent DFAThis script computes the Hurst exponent using Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (DFA) in TradingView. It works as follows:
- It takes a user-defined lookback window of closing prices and centers them by subtracting their mean.
- It builds a cumulative profile of these centered values.
- For each sample size input by the user, it divides the profile into non-overlapping segments, fits a local linear trend in each segment, and measures the root-mean-square fluctuation around that trend.
- It then performs a log–log regression of the average fluctuation versus segment size to estimate the Hurst exponent H.
- An optional exponential moving average smooths the Hurst series to reduce noise.
- A horizontal line at H = 0.5 helps distinguish trending regimes (H > 0.5) from mean-reverting regimes (H < 0.5).
The Great Anchors: Dual AVWAP Powered by RSI
The Great Anchors
*Dual Anchored Volume Weighted Average Price Powered by RSI*
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📌 Overview
The Great Anchors is a dual AVWAP-based indicator that resets dynamically using RSI extremes — either from the current asset or a master symbol (e.g., BTCUSDT). It identifies meaningful shifts in price structure and momentum using these "anchored" levels.
It’s designed to help traders spot trend continuations, momentum inflection points, and entry signals aligned with overbought/oversold conditions — but only when the market confirms through volume-weighted price direction.
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🛠 Core Logic
• AVWAP 1 (favwap): Anchored when RSI reaches overbought levels (top anchor)
• AVWAP 2 (savwap): Anchored when RSI reaches oversold levels (bottom anchor)
• AVWAPs are recalculated each time a new OB/OS condition is triggered — acting like "fresh anchors" at key market turning points.
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⚙️ Key Features
🔁 Auto or Manual RSI Thresholds
→ Automatically determines dynamic RSI OB/OS levels based on past peaks and troughs, or lets you set fixed levels.
🧠 Master Symbol Control
→ Use the RSI of a separate asset (like BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT, SOLUSDT, BNBUSDT, SUPRAUSDT) or indices (like TOTAL, TOTAL2, BFR) to control resets — ideal for tracking how BTC/major coins impacts altcoins/others.
🔍 Trend-Filtering Signal Logic
→ Signals are filtered for less noise and are triggered when:
- Both AVWAPs are rising (bullish) or falling (bearish)
- Price action confirms the structure
🎯 Visual Markers & Alerts
→ "💥" for bullish signals and "🔥" for bearish ones. Alerts included for automation or push notifications.
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🎯 How to Use It
1. Add the indicator to your chart.
2. Choose whether to use RSI from the current symbol or a master symbol (e.g., BTC).
3. Select auto-adjusted or manual OB/OS levels.
4. Watch for:
- AVWAP(s) making a significant change (at this point it's one of the AVWAPs resetting)
- Check if price flip it upwards or downwards
- If price goes above both AVWAPs thats a likely bullish trend
- If price can't go above both AVWAPs up and fall bellow both that's a likely bearish trend
- Price retesting upper AVWAP and bounce
- likely bullish continuation
- Price retesting lower AVWAP and dip
- likely bearish continuation
- Signal icons on chart ("💥 - Bullish" or "🔥- Bearish")
Best suited for:
• Swing traders
• Momentum traders
• Traders timing altcoin entries using BTC/Major asset's RSI
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🔔 Signal Explanation
💥 Bullish Signal =
• Both AVWAPs rising
• Higher lows in price structure
• Bullish candle close
• Triggered from overbought RSI reset
🔥 Bearish Signal =
• Both AVWAPs falling
• Lower highs in price structure
• Bearish candle close
• Triggered from oversold RSI reset
Signals reset by opposite signals to prevent noise or overfitting.
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⚠️ Tips & Notes
• Use AVWAPs as dynamic support/resistance, even without signal triggers
• Pair with volume or divergence tools for stronger confirmation
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🧩 Credits & Philosophy
This tool is built with a simple philosophy:
"Anchor your trades to meaningful moments in price — not arbitrary time."
The dual AVWAP concept helps you see how price reacts after momentum peaks, giving you a cleaner bias and more precise trade setups.
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Delta Spike Detector [GSK-VIZAG-AP-INDIA]📌 Delta Spike Detector – Volume Imbalance Ratio
By GSK-VIZAG-AP-INDIA
📘 Overview
This indicator highlights aggressive buying or selling activity by analyzing the imbalance between estimated Buy and Sell volume per candle. It flags moments when one side dominates the other significantly — defined by user-selectable volume ratio thresholds (10x, 15x, 20x, 25x).
📊 How It Works
Buy/Sell Volume Estimation
Approximates buyer and seller participation using candle structure:
Buy Volume = Proximity of close to low
Sell Volume = Proximity of close to high
Delta & Delta Ratio
Delta = Buy Volume − Sell Volume
Delta Ratio = Ratio of dominant volume side to the weaker side
When this ratio exceeds a threshold, it’s classified as a spike.
Spike Labels
Labels are plotted on the chart:
10x B, 15x B, 20x B, 25x B → Buy Spike Labels (below candles)
10x S, 15x S, 20x S, 25x S → Sell Spike Labels (above candles)
The color of each label reflects the spike strength.
⚙️ User Inputs
Enable/Disable Buy or Sell Spikes
Set custom delta ratio thresholds (default: 10x, 15x, 20x, 25x)
🎯 Use Cases
Spotting sudden aggressive activity (e.g. smart money moves, traps, breakouts)
Identifying short-term market exhaustion or momentum bursts
Complementing other trend or volume-based tools
⚠️ Important Notes
The script uses approximated Buy/Sell Volume based on price position, not actual order flow.
This is not a buy/sell signal generator. It should be used in context with other confirmation indicators or market structure.
✍️ Credits
Developed by GSK-VIZAG-AP-INDIA
For educational and research use only.
High Volume Buyers/SellersThis indicator will help you indicate wether breakout happened with high volume or not
Daily High-Low RangeThis Pine Script calculates the daily range (High - Low) for each trading day to measure intraday volatility.
The orange line shows the actual daily high-low range.
The purple line represents the 10-day simple moving average of the daily range, smoothing out fluctuations for trend observation.
This indicator helps identify whether intraday volatility is increasing or decreasing over time and can be used to assess market momentum or risk.
이 Pine Script는 각 거래일의 고가와 저가의 차이 (일중 변동폭)을 계산하여 일중 변동성을 시각화합니다.
주황색 선은 매일의 고가-저가 범위를 나타냅니다.
보라색 선은 일중 변동폭의 10일 단순 이동평균(SMA)으로, 변동성의 추세를 부드럽게 보여줍니다.
이 지표를 통해 최근 시장의 변동성이 커지고 있는지 줄어들고 있는지를 파악할 수 있으며, 시장 리스크 또는 모멘텀 판단에 활용될 수 있습니다.
Price Deviation from MA5 (%)This Pine Script calculates and visualizes the percentage deviation of the current price from the 5-day simple moving average (SMA5).
The blue line represents the daily deviation (%) from the 5-day moving average.
The orange line shows the 10-day average of the deviation, providing a smoother trendline for volatility analysis.
A gray baseline at 0% helps identify whether the price is trading above or below the SMA5.
This indicator is helpful for identifying short-term overbought or oversold conditions and tracking intraday volatility behavior.
이 Pine Script는 현재 종가가 5일 이동평균선(MA5)으로부터 얼마나 떨어져 있는지(이격률, %)를 계산하고 시각화합니다.
파란색 선은 매일의 이격률(%)을 나타냅니다.
주황색 선은 이격률의 10일 평균값으로, 보다 부드러운 추세선을 제공합니다.
**0% 기준선(회색)**을 통해 현재 가격이 MA5 위에 있는지 아래에 있는지를 한눈에 파악할 수 있습니다.
이 지표는 단기 과열/과매도 구간을 파악하거나, 일중 변동성의 흐름을 분석할 때 유용합니다.
Custom Median MAThe 50-day moving average (50-DMA) is a popular technical analysis indicator used to identify the intermediate-term trend of a financial asset. It is calculated by averaging the closing prices of the asset over the past 50 trading days. As a lagging indicator, it smooths out price fluctuations and helps traders and investors identify potential support and resistance levels.
When the price is consistently above the 50-DMA, it often signals an uptrend or bullish market sentiment. Conversely, if the price remains below the 50-DMA, it may indicate a downtrend or bearish sentiment. Crossovers involving the 50-DMA are also closely watched. For instance, a "golden cross" occurs when a shorter-term moving average (e.g., 20-day) crosses above the 50-DMA, suggesting potential upward momentum. A "death cross" is the opposite and can signal a downward trend.
The 50-DMA is widely used because it strikes a balance between short-term sensitivity and long-term stability. It is applicable across various markets and timeframes, including stocks, indices, and cryptocurrencies.
SKVolBal Pro v1.0SKVolBal Pro v1.0
Volume-RSI Fusion with Advanced Pattern Detection
This space-efficient indicator combines volume analysis, RSI, and candlestick pattern recognition in a single pane. Key features:
Volume-RSI Integration
Dual view modes: Stacked volume (Type 1) or separated buy/sell columns (Type 2)
RSI overlay with configurable levels (default 30/70)
Color-coded volume: Green = Buying pressure, Red = Selling pressure
Pattern Detection & Labels
Text labels indicate detected patterns with priority weighting:
C: Volume Climax
E: Engulfing Pattern
D: Divergence
H: Hammer
I: Inverted Hammer
S: Shooting Star
M: Hanging Man
B: Bearish Marubozu
G: Gravestone Doji
Label color indicates direction: Green = Bullish, Red = Bearish
Smart Signal Validation
Adaptive thresholds adjust to market volatility
Volume filters (vs SMA20) minimize false signals
Pattern weighting system prioritizes significant signals
Hover labels show all detected patterns with weights
Customization & Alerts
Adjust 15+ parameters including pattern sensitivity and volume allocation
Toggle individual patterns on/off with priority weighting
Built-in alerts for all 12 pattern types
Interpretation Guidance:
Strong signals: Labels appearing at RSI extremes (near 30/70) with high volume
Confirmation: Multiple patterns detected simultaneously (view via tooltip)
Caution: Isolated signals without volume/RSI confluence
Priority: Higher-weighted patterns override label display (weights 70-100)
*Optimized for efficiency with 500-label limit and 200-bar lookback. Color intensity reflects signal strength.*
Active PMI Support/Resistance Levels [EdgeTerminal]The PMI Support & Resistance indicator revolutionizes traditional technical analysis by using Pointwise Mutual Information (PMI) - a statistical measure from information theory - to objectively identify support and resistance levels. Unlike conventional methods that rely on visual pattern recognition, this indicator provides mathematically rigorous, quantifiable evidence of price levels where significant market activity occurs.
- The Mathematical Foundation: Pointwise Mutual Information
Pointwise Mutual Information measures how much more likely two events are to occur together compared to if they were statistically independent. In our context:
Event A: Volume spikes occurring (high trading activity)
Event B: Price being at specific levels
The PMI formula calculates: PMI = log(P(A,B) / (P(A) × P(B)))
Where:
P(A,B) = Probability of volume spikes occurring at specific price levels
P(A) = Probability of volume spikes occurring anywhere
P(B) = Probability of price being at specific levels
High PMI scores indicate that volume spikes and certain price levels co-occur much more frequently than random chance would predict, revealing genuine support and resistance zones.
- Why PMI Outperforms Traditional Methods
Subjective interpretation: What one trader sees as significant, another might ignore
Confirmation bias: Tendency to see patterns that confirm existing beliefs
Inconsistent criteria: No standardized definition of "significant" volume or price action
Static analysis: Doesn't adapt to changing market conditions
No strength measurement: Can't quantify how "strong" a level truly is
PMI Advantages:
✅ Objective & Quantifiable: Mathematical proof of significance, not visual guesswork
✅ Statistical Rigor: Levels backed by information theory and probability
✅ Strength Scoring: PMI scores rank levels by statistical significance
✅ Adaptive: Automatically adjusts to different market volatility regimes
✅ Eliminates Bias: Computer-calculated, removing human interpretation errors
✅ Market Structure Aware: Reveals the underlying order flow concentrations
- How It Works
Data Processing Pipeline:
Volume Analysis: Identifies volume spikes using configurable thresholds
Price Binning: Divides price range into discrete levels for analysis
Co-occurrence Calculation: Measures how often volume spikes happen at each price level
PMI Computation: Calculates statistical significance for each price level
Level Filtering: Shows only levels exceeding minimum PMI thresholds
Dynamic Updates: Refreshes levels periodically while maintaining historical traces
Visual System:
Current Levels: Bright, thick lines with PMI scores - your actionable levels
Historical Traces: Faded previous levels showing market structure evolution
Strength Tiers: Line styles indicate PMI strength (solid/dashed/dotted)
Color Coding: Green for support, red for resistance
Info Table: Real-time display of strongest levels with scores
- Indicator Settings:
Core Parameters
Lookback Period (Default: 200)
Lower (50-100): More responsive to recent price action, catches short-term levels
Higher (300-500): Focuses on major historical levels, more stable but less responsive
Best for: Day trading (100-150), Swing trading (200-300), Position trading (400-500)
Volume Spike Threshold (Default: 1.5)
Lower (1.2-1.4): More sensitive, catches smaller volume increases, more levels detected
Higher (2.0-3.0): Only major volume surges count, fewer but stronger signals
Market dependent: High-volume stocks may need higher thresholds (2.0+), low-volume stocks lower (1.2-1.3)
Price Bins (Default: 50)
Lower (20-30): Broader price zones, less precise but captures wider areas
Higher (70-100): More granular levels, precise but may be overly specific
Volatility dependent: High volatility assets benefit from more bins (70+)
Minimum PMI Score (Default: 0.5)
Lower (0.2-0.4): Shows more levels including weaker ones, comprehensive view
Higher (1.0-2.0): Only statistically strong levels, cleaner chart
Progressive filtering: Start with 0.5, increase if too cluttered
Max Levels to Show (Default: 8)
Fewer (3-5): Clean chart focusing on strongest levels only
More (10-15): Comprehensive view but may clutter chart
Strategy dependent: Scalpers prefer fewer (3-5), swing traders more (8-12)
Historical Tracking Settings
Update Frequency (Default: 20 bars)
Lower (5-10): More frequent updates, captures rapid market changes
Higher (50-100): Less frequent updates, focuses on major structural shifts
Timeframe scaling: 1-minute charts need lower frequency (5-10), daily charts higher (50+)
Show Historical Levels (Default: True)
Enables the "breadcrumb trail" effect showing evolution of support/resistance
Disable for cleaner charts focusing only on current levels
Max Historical Marks (Default: 50)
Lower (20-30): Less memory usage, shorter history
Higher (100-200): Longer historical context but more resource intensive
Fade Strength (Default: 0.8)
Lower (0.5-0.6): Historical levels more visible
Higher (0.9-0.95): Historical levels very subtle
Visual Settings
Support/Resistance Colors: Choose colors that contrast well with your chart theme Line Width: Thicker lines (3-4) for better visibility on busy charts Show PMI Scores: Toggle labels showing statistical strength Label Size: Adjust based on screen resolution and chart zoom level
- Most Effective Usage Strategies
For Day Trading:
Setup: Lookback 100-150, Volume Threshold 1.8-2.2, Update Frequency 10-15
Use PMI levels as bounce/rejection points for scalp entries
Higher PMI scores (>1.5) offer better probability setups
Watch for volume spike confirmations at levels
For Swing Trading:
Setup: Lookback 200-300, Volume Threshold 1.5-2.0, Update Frequency 20-30
Enter on pullbacks to high PMI support levels
Target next resistance level with PMI score >1.0
Hold through minor levels, exit at major PMI levels
For Position Trading:
Setup: Lookback 400-500, Volume Threshold 2.0+, Update Frequency 50+
Focus on PMI scores >2.0 for major structural levels
Use for portfolio entry/exit decisions
Combine with fundamental analysis for timing
- Trading Applications:
Entry Strategies:
PMI Bounce Trades
Price approaches high PMI support level (>1.0)
Wait for volume spike confirmation (orange triangles)
Enter long on bullish price action at the level
Stop loss just below the PMI level
Target: Next PMI resistance level
PMI Breakout Trades
Price consolidates near high PMI level
Volume increases (watch for orange triangles)
Enter on decisive break with volume
Previous resistance becomes new support
Target: Next major PMI level
PMI Rejection Trades
Price approaches PMI resistance with momentum
Watch for rejection signals and volume spikes
Enter short on failure to break through
Stop above the PMI level
Target: Next PMI support level
Risk Management:
Stop Loss Placement
Place stops 0.1-0.5% beyond PMI levels (adjust for volatility)
Higher PMI scores warrant tighter stops
Use ATR-based stops for volatile assets
Position Sizing
Larger positions at PMI levels >2.0 (highest conviction)
Smaller positions at PMI levels 0.5-1.0 (lower conviction)
Scale out at multiple PMI targets
- Key Warning Signs & What to Watch For
Red Flags:
🚨 Very Low PMI Scores (<0.3): Weak statistical significance, avoid trading
🚨 No Volume Confirmation: PMI level without recent volume spikes may be stale
🚨 Overcrowded Levels: Too many levels close together suggests poor parameter tuning
🚨 Outdated Levels: Historical traces are reference only, not tradeable
Optimization Tips:
✅ Regular Recalibration: Adjust parameters monthly based on market regime changes
✅ Volume Context: Always check for recent volume activity at PMI levels
✅ Multiple Timeframes: Confirm PMI levels across different timeframes
✅ Market Conditions: Higher thresholds during high volatility periods
Interpreting PMI Scores
PMI Score Ranges:
0.5-1.0: Moderate statistical significance, proceed with caution
1.0-1.5: Good significance, reliable for most trading strategies
1.5-2.0: Strong significance, high-confidence trade setups
2.0+: Very strong significance, institutional-grade levels
Historical Context: The historical trace system shows how support and resistance evolve over time. When current levels align with multiple historical traces, it indicates persistent market memory at those prices, significantly increasing the level's reliability.
