Smtdivergence — Indicators and Strategies

SMT Divergence SMT Divergence Indicator This powerful indicator identifies high-probability reversal points by detecting SMT (Smart Money Technique) divergences between two correlated assets. It spots subtle shifts in market momentum, revealing when one asset fails to confirm the price action of another—often signaling an impending trend change. Key Features: Inter-Market Divergence Detection: Automatically compares the price action of the main symbol with a second user-defined asset. Identifies Key Reversals: Pinpoints both bullish and bearish SMT divergences, highlighting hidden strength in downtrends and underlying weakness in uptrends. Customizable Pivot Detection: Allows fine-tuning of the pivot length to adjust sensitivity for different market conditions and timeframes. Flexible Display Modes: Choose between clean 'Lines' connecting the diverging pivots or precise 'Labels' marking the exact high/low points. Full Visual Customization: Complete control over the colors and line thickness for seamless integration with your existing chart layout. Built-in Alerts: Stay notified of every potential opportunity with alerts for both bullish and bearish signals. Settings: Core Parameters: Comparison Symbol: Select the second asset to compare against for divergence analysis (e.g., NQ1! if you are charting ES1!). Pivot Length: Defines the number of bars to the left and right required to confirm a pivot high or low. Visual Settings: Display Style: Choose to visualize divergences as 'Lines' or 'Labels'. Bearish/Bullish Color: Set custom colors for bearish and bullish divergence indicators. Line Width: Adjust the thickness of the divergence lines for optimal visibility. Perfect for traders who utilize inter-market analysis to confirm trade ideas. The SMT Divergence indicator provides a crucial edge by exposing non-confirmations between related assets, allowing for earlier and more confident entries into potential market reversals.

SMT Divergence ICT 02 [TradingFinder] Smart Money Technique SMC 🔵 Introduction SMT Divergence (Smart Money Technique Divergence) is a price action-based trading concept that detects discrepancies in market behavior between two assets that are generally expected to move in the same direction. Rooted in ICT (Inner Circle Trader) methodology, this approach helps traders recognize subtle signs of market manipulation or imbalance, often ahead of traditional indicators. The core idea behind SMT divergence is simple: when two correlated instruments—such as currency pairs, indices, or assets from the same sector—start forming different swing points (highs or lows), this can reveal a lack of confirmation in the trend. Such divergence is often a precursor to a price reversal or pause in momentum. This technique works effectively across various markets including Forex, stocks, and cryptocurrencies. It’s particularly valuable when used alongside concepts like liquidity sweeps, market structure breaks (MSBs), or order block identification. In advanced use cases, Sequential SMT helps uncover patterns of alternating divergences across sessions, often signaling engineered liquidity traps before price reacts. When combined with the Quarterly Theory—which segments market behavior into Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution, and Continuation/Reversal phases—traders gain insight not only into where divergence happens, but when it's most likely to be significant within the market cycle. Bullish SMT : Bullish SMT Divergence occurs when one asset prints a higher low while the correlated asset forms a lower low. This asymmetry often suggests that the downside move is losing strength, hinting at a potential bullish shift. Bearish SMT : Bearish SMT Divergence is formed when one asset creates a higher high, while the second asset fails to confirm by printing a lower high. This typically signals weakening bullish pressure and the possibility of a reversal to the downside. 🔵 How to Use The SMT Divergence indicator is designed to detect imbalances between two positively correlated assets—such as major currency pairs, indices, or commodities. These divergences often indicate early signs of market inefficiency or smart money manipulation and can help traders anticipate trend shifts with higher precision. Unlike traditional divergence indicators or earlier versions of this script, this upgraded version does not rely solely on consecutive pivot comparisons. Instead, it dynamically scans all available pivots within the chart to identify divergences at any structural level—major or minor—across the price action. This broader detection method increases the reliability and frequency of meaningful SMT signals. Moreover, when integrated with Sequential SMT logic, the indicator is capable of identifying multiple divergence sequences across sessions. These sequences often signal engineered liquidity traps and can be mapped within the Quarterly Theory framework, allowing traders to pinpoint not just the presence of divergence but also the phase of the market cycle it appears in (Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution, or Continuation). 🟣 Bullish SMT Divergence This signal occurs when the primary asset forms a higher low, while the correlated asset forms a lower low. This pattern implies weakening bearish momentum and a potential shift to the upside. If the correlated asset breaks its previous low but the primary asset does not, this divergence suggests absorption of selling pressure and possible accumulation by smart money—making it a strong bullish signal, especially when aligned with a favorable market phase (e.g., the end of a manipulation phase in Q2). 🟣 Bearish SMT Divergence This signal occurs when the primary asset creates a higher high, while the correlated asset forms a lower high. This mismatch indicates fading bullish momentum and a potential reversal to the downside. If the correlated asset fails to confirm a breakout made by the main asset, the divergence may point to distribution or exhaustion. When seen within Q3 or Q4 phases of the Quarterly Theory, this pattern often precedes sharp declines or fake-outs engineered by smart money 🔵 Settings ⚙️ Logical Settings Symbol : Choose the secondary asset to compare with the main chart asset (e.g., XAUUSD, US100, GBPUSD). Pivot Period : Sets the sensitivity of the pivot detection algorithm. A smaller value increases responsiveness to price swings. Activate Max Pivot Back : When enabled, limits the maximum number of past pivots to be considered for divergence detection. Max Pivot Back Length : Defines how many past pivots can be used (if the above toggle is active). Pivot Sync Threshold : The maximum allowed difference (in bars) between pivots of the two assets for them to be compared. Validity Pivot Length : Defines the time window (in bars) during which a divergence remains valid before it's considered outdated. 🎨 Display Settings Show Bullish SMT Line : Draws a line connecting the bullish divergence points. Show Bullish SMT Label : Displays a label on the chart when a bullish divergence is detected. Bullish Color : Sets the color for bullish SMT markers (label, shape, and line). Show Bearish SMT Line : Draws a line for bearish divergence. Show Bearish SMT Label : Displays a label when a bearish SMT divergence is found. Bearish Color : Sets the color for bearish SMT visual elements. 🔔 Alert Settings Alert Name : Custom name for the alert messages (used in TradingView’s alert system). Message Frequency : All : Every signal triggers an alert. Once Per Bar : Alerts once per bar regardless of how many signals occur. Per Bar Close : Only triggers when the bar closes and the signal still exists. Time Zone Display : Choose the time zone in which alert timestamps are displayed (e.g., UTC). Bullish SMT Divergence Alert : Enable/disable alerts specifically for bullish signals. Bearish SMT Divergence Alert : Enable/disable alerts specifically for bearish signals 🔵Conclusion The SMT Plus indicator offers a refined and powerful approach to detecting smart money behavior through divergence analysis between correlated assets. By removing the limitations of consecutive pivot comparisons and allowing for broader structural detection, it captures more accurate and timely signals that often precede major market moves. When paired with frameworks like Sequential SMT and the Quarterly Theory, the indicator not only highlights where divergence occurs, but also when in the market cycle it's most likely to matter. Its flexible settings, customizable visuals, and integrated alert system make it suitable for intraday scalpers, swing traders, and even long-term macro analysts. Whether you're using it as a standalone decision-making tool or combining it with other ICT concepts, SMT Plus gives you an edge in recognizing manipulation, timing reversals, and staying in sync with the real market narrative—not just the chart.

SMT Divergences [OutOfOptions]Smart Money Technique (SMT) Divergence is designed to identify discrepancies between correlated assets within the same timeframe. It occurs when two related assets exhibit opposing signals, such as one forming a higher low while the other forms a lower low. This technique is particularly useful for anticipating market shifts or reversals before they become evident through other Premium Discount (PD) Arrays. This indicator works by identifying the highs and lows that have formed for an asset on the current chart and the correlated symbol defined in the settings. Once a pivot on either asset is formed, it checks if the pivot has taken liquidity as identified by the previous pivot in the same direction (i.e., a new high taking out a previous high). If this is the case and the corresponding asset has not taken a similar pivot, the condition is determined to be a potential valid divergence. The indicator will then filter out SMTs formed by adjacent candles, requiring at least one candle difference between the candles forming the SMT. If the “Candle Direction Validation” setting is enabled, the indicator will further check both assets to ensure that for bullish SMTs, the last high on both assets was formed by down candle, and for bearish SMTs, the low was formed by an up candle. This check can often eliminate low-probability SMTs that are frequently broken. The referenced chart shows divergence between Nasdaq (NQ) and S&P 500 (ES) futures, which are normally closely correlated assets that move in the same direction. The lines shown represent bullish and bearish divergences between the two when they are formed. As you can see from the chart, SMT Divergences may not always indicate a reversal, or a reversal might be just a short-term retrace. Therefore, SMT Divergences should not be used independently. However, in conjunction with other PD arrays, they can provide strong confirmation of a change in market direction. Configurability: Pivot strength - Indicates how many bars to the left/right of a high for pivot to be considered, recommended to keep at 1 for maximum detection speed Candle Direction Validation - Additional SMT validation to filter out weak/low-probability SMTs be examining candle direction Line Styling for Bullish/Bearish SMTs - Ability to customize line style, color & width for bullish/bearish SMTs Label Control - Whether or not to show SMT label and if shown what font size & color should be used What makes this indicator different: Unlike other SMT indicators, this indicators has additional built-in controls to remove low-probability SMTs

SMT Divergences [LuxAlgo]The SMT Divergences indicator highlights SMT divergences between the chart symbol and two user-selected tickers (ES and YM by default). A dashboard returning the SMT divergences statistics is also provided within the settings. 🔶 SETTINGS Swing Lookback: Calculation window used to detect swing points. Comparison Ticker: If enabled, will detect SMT divergences between the chart prices and the prices of the selected ticker. 🔹 Dashboard Show Dashboard: Displays statistics dashboard on the chart. Location: Location of the dashboard on the chart. Size: Size of the displayed dashboard. 🔶 USAGE SMT Divergences are characterized by diverging swing points between two securities. The detection of SMT Divergences is performed by detecting swing points using the user chart prices as well as the prices of the selected external tickers. If a swing point on the chart ticker is detected at the same time on external tickers, comparison is performed. Due to the detection requiring swing point confirmation (3 candles by default), this indicator can better be used to study price behaviors on the occurrence of an SMT divergence. The dashboard highlights the number of SMT divergences that occurred on a swing high and swing low between the chart ticker and the selected external tickers. The returned percentage indicates the proportion of swing highs or swing lows that led to an SMT divergence.