Tradingiq — Indicators and Strategies

Open Interest Footprint IQ [TradingIQ]Hello Traders! Th e Open Interest Footprint IQ indicator is an advanced visualization tool designed for cryptocurrency markets. It provides a granular, real-time breakdown of open interest changes across different price levels, allowing traders to see how aggressive market participation is distributed within each bar. Unlike standard footprint charts that rely solely on volume, this indicator offers unique insights by focusing on the interaction between price action and changes in open interest (OI) — a leading metric often used to infer trader intent and positioning. How it works The Open Interest Footprint IQ processes lower timeframe price and open interest data to build a footprint-style chart that shows how traders are positioning themselves within each candle. Here’s a breakdown of the process: 1. Granular OI & Price Sampling The script retrieves lower-timeframe data (1-minute, 1-second, or 1-tick, based on your setting). For each candle, it captures: High and low prices Price change direction Change in open interest (OI) 2. Classifying Trader Behavior For each lower-timeframe segment, the indicator determines the type of positioning occurring based on price movement and OI change: If price is moving up and open interest is increasing, it suggests that long positions are being opened. This is considered a "Longs Opening" event, labeled as UU (Up/Up). If price is moving up but open interest is decreasing, it indicates that short positions are being closed. This is referred to as UD (Up/Down), or "Shorts Closing." If price is moving down and open interest is increasing, it signals that short positions are being opened. This is known as DU (Down/Up), or "Shorts Opening." If price is moving down while open interest is also decreasing, it means that long positions are being closed. This is labeled as DD (Down/Down), or "Longs Closing." These are stored in separate arrays and displayed at specific price levels. It is particularly useful for identifying: Where longs or shorts are opening/closing positions Stacked imbalances (indicative of potential absorption or exhaustion) Value area zones and POC (Point of Control) based on OI, not volume This footprint runs on your choice of sub-bar granularity and is ideal for high-frequency trading, scalping, and entries based on order flow dynamics. Key Features Footprint Visualization At each price level within a candle: Long/short opening and closing behavior is broken down. Delta (net open interest change) is displayed both numerically and color-coded. Optional gradient coloring shows intensity and type of flow (longs/shorts opened/closed). Cumulative or per-bar reset modes allow you to track OI evolution over time. The image above explains the information that each Footprint box shows across a candlestick! Each footprint box shows: OI Delta OI Delta % Longs Opened (LO) Longs Closed (LC) Shorts Opened (SO) Shorts Closed (SC) The image above explains the color-coding feature of the indicator. Boxes are color coded to show which position action dominated at the price area. For this example: Green boxes = Long positions being opened dominated Purple boxes = Long positions being closed dominated Red boxes = Short positions being opened dominated Yellow boxes = Short positions being closed dominated All colors are customizable. Additionally, for traders who are only interested in whether OI increased/decreased, a "two-color" option is available in the settings. For the two-color option, footprint boxes can be one of two colors. Showing whether OI increased or decreased at the level. Cumulative Levels Open Interest Footprint IQ contains a "Cumulative Levels" feature that tracks/stores open interest change at tick levels over time, rather than resetting per bar. With the "Cumulative Levels" feature enabled, traders can see open interest changes persist across all candlesticks. This feature is useful for determining whether longs opening, longs closing, shorts opening, or shorts closing are dominating at particular price areas over time rather than on a single bar. A useful feature to see if shorts/longs are favoring certain price throughout the day, week, month, etc. Input Settings Explained Granularity (Dropdown: Granularity) Options: 1-Minute, 1-Second, 1-Tick Determines how finely the script samples the lower timeframe data to construct the footprint. For precision: 1-Tick = Highest accuracy, but more resource-intensive. 1-Second/1-Minute = Suitable for broader or more zoomed-out analysis. Tick Level Distance (Tick Level Distance (0 = Auto)) Defines the vertical spacing between levels in the footprint chart. If 0, the script uses an automatic calculation based on ATR to adapt to volatility. Set a manual value (e.g., 5) to control the height granularity of each level in ticks. Cumulative Levels (Toggle) If enabled, the footprint builds cumulatively over time, rather than resetting per candle. Use case: Visualize ongoing buildup of OI activity across a session or day. Cumulative Levels Reset TF (Timeframe) Sets the reset interval for the cumulative view (e.g., reset daily, hourly, etc.) Works only when Cumulative Levels is enabled. Delta Box Display Settings Show Delta Percentage Toggles the display of the percentage change in OI across the footprint level. Helpful to gauge how aggressive positioning is relative to total OI at that level. Show Longs/Shorts (Opened/Closed) Show Longs Opened: Displays OI increase in up candles (price ↑, OI ↑). Show Longs Closed: Displays OI decrease in down candles (price ↓, OI ↓). Show Shorts Opened: OI increase in down candles (price ↓, OI ↑). Show Shorts Closed: OI decrease in up candles (price ↑, OI ↓). These behaviors are color-coded to give traders instant context: Blue-green for longs opening. Purple for longs closing. Red for shorts opening. Yellow for shorts closing. Value Area & POC Value Area % (Value Area %) Controls how much cumulative open interest is used to define the value area. Example: 70% means the smallest range of prices that contains 70% of total OI in that bar will be marked. Helps identify zones of interest, support/resistance, and institutional levels. The image above explains how to identify the VAH/VAL/POC shown by Open Interest Footprint IQ. VAH = Upper 🞂 POC = ● VAL = Lower 🞂 Imbalances Imbalance Percentage Defines the minimum delta % required at a level to be marked as an imbalance. If the net open interest change at a level exceeds this threshold, a visual marker appears. Stacked Imbalance Count If the number of consecutive imbalance levels meets this count, a “Stacked Imbalance” alert will trigger. This can signal aggressive buying or selling pressure, potential breakout zones, or institutional absorption. Color Settings Longs Opened / Closed, Shorts Opened / Closed Customize the color palette for each order flow behavior. These colors appear in the background gradient of the footprint boxes. Up/Down Only Mode Toggle to override all behavior-based colors with a single Up Color and Down Color. Useful if you prefer a simple bull/bear view. Up Color / Down Color If "Up/Down Only" is enabled, these two colors are used to represent all net positive or negative deltas. Special Notes Crypto only: This script works only with crypto tickers on TradingView. For other assets (stocks, futures), a warning message will appear instead. OI data must be available from the exchange (many perpetual pairs support this). If the footprint is too small or invisible, increase your tick level spacing in the settings. Alerts When a stacked imbalance is detected, an alert is fired ("Stacked Imbalance"). This feature is useful for automated systems, bots, or simply staying informed of potential trade setups. And that's all for now! If you have any questions or features you'd like to see feel free to share them in the comments below! Thank you traders!

Divergence IQ [TradingIQ]Hello Traders! Introducing "Divergence IQ" Divergence IQ lets traders identify divergences between price action and almost ANY TradingView technical indicator. This tool is designed to help you spot potential trend reversals and continuation patterns with a range of configurable features. Features Divergence Detection Detects both regular and hidden divergences for bullish and bearish setups by comparing price movements with changes in the indicator. Offers two detection methods: one based on classic pivot point analysis and another that provides immediate divergence signals. Option to use closing prices for divergence detection, allowing you to choose the data that best fits your strategy. Normalization Options: Includes multiple normalization techniques such as robust scaling, rolling Z-score, rolling min-max, or no normalization at all. Adjustable normalization window lets you customize the indicator to suit various market conditions. Option to display the normalized indicator on the chart for clearer visual comparison. Allows traders to take indicators that aren't oscillators, and convert them into an oscillator - allowing for better divergence detection. Simulated Trade Management: Integrates simulated trade entries and exits based on divergence signals to demonstrate potential trading outcomes. Customizable exit strategies with options for ATR-based or percentage-based stop loss and profit target settings. Automatically calculates key trade metrics such as profit percentage, win rate, profit factor, and total trade count. Visual Enhancements and On-Chart Displays: Color-coded signals differentiate between bullish, bearish, hidden bullish, and hidden bearish divergence setups. On-chart labels, lines, and gradient flow visualizations clearly mark divergence signals, entry points, and exit levels. Configurable settings let you choose whether to display divergence signals on the price chart or in a separate pane. Performance Metrics Table: A performance table dynamically displays important statistics like profit, win rate, profit factor, and number of trades. This feature offers an at-a-glance assessment of how the divergence-based strategy is performing. The image above shows Divergence IQ successfully identifying and trading a bullish divergence between an indicator and price action! The image above shows Divergence IQ successfully identifying and trading a bearish divergence between an indicator and price action! The image above shows Divergence IQ successfully identifying and trading a hidden bullish divergence between an indicator and price action! The image above shows Divergence IQ successfully identifying and trading a hidden bearish divergence between an indicator and price action! The performance table is designed to provide a clear summary of simulated trade results based on divergence setups. You can easily review key metrics to assess the strategy’s effectiveness over different time periods. Customization and Adaptability Divergence IQ offers a wide range of configurable settings to tailor the indicator to your personal trading approach. You can adjust the lookback and lookahead periods for pivot detection, select your preferred method for normalization, and modify trade exit parameters to manage risk according to your strategy. The tool’s clear visual elements and comprehensive performance metrics make it a useful addition to your technical analysis toolbox. The image above shows Divergence IQ identifying divergences between price action and OBV with no normalization technique applied. While traders can look for divergences between OBV and price, OBV doesn't naturally behave like an oscillator, with no definable upper and lower threshold, OBV can infinitely increase or decrease. With Divergence IQ's ability to normalize any indicator, traders can normalize non-oscillator technical indicators such as OBV, CVD, MACD, or even a moving average. In the image above, the "Robust Scaling" normalization technique is selected. Consequently, the output of OBV has changed and is now behaving similar to an oscillator-like technical indicator. This makes spotting divergences between the indicator and price easier and more appropriate. The three normalization techniques included will change the indicator's final output to be more compatible with divergence detection. This feature can be used with almost any technical indicator. Stop Type Traders can select between ATR based profit targets and stop losses, or percentage based profit targets and stop losses. The image above shows options for the feature. Divergence Detection Method A natural pitfall of divergence trading is that it generally takes several bars to "confirm" a divergence. This makes trading the divergence complicated, because the entry at time of the divergence might look great; however, the divergence wasn't actually signaled until several bars later. To circumvent this issue, Divergence IQ offers two divergence detection mechanisms. Pivot Detection Pivot detection mode is the same as almost every divergence indicator on TradingView. The Pivots High Low indicator is used to detect market/indicator highs and lows and, consequently, divergences. This method generally finds the "best looking" divergences, but will always take additional time to confirm the divergence. Immediate Detection Immediate detection mode attempts to reduce lag between the divergence and its confirmation to as little as possible while avoiding repainting. Immediate detection mode still uses the Pivots Detection model to find the first high/low of a divergence. However, the most recent high/low does not utilize the Pivot Detection model, and instead immediately looks for a divergence between price and an indicator. Immediate Detection Mode will always signal a divergence one bar after it's occurred, and traders can set alerts in this mode to be alerted as soon as the divergence occurs. TradingView Backtester Integration Divergence IQ is fully compatible with the TradingView backtester! Divergence IQ isn’t designed to be a “profitable strategy” for users to trade. Instead, the intention of including the backtester is to let users backtest divergence-based trading strategies between the asset on their chart and almost any technical indicator, and to see if divergences have any predictive utility in that market. So while the backtester is available in Divergence IQ, it’s for users to personally figure out if they should consider a divergence an actionable insight, and not a solicitation that Divergence IQ is a profitable trading strategy. Divergence IQ should be thought of as a Divergence backtesting toolkit, not a full-feature trading strategy. Strategy Properties Used For Backtest Initial Capital: $1000 - a realistic amount of starting capital that will resonate with many traders Amount Per Trade: 5% of equity - a realistic amount of capital to invest relative to portfolio size Commission: 0.02% - a conservative amount of commission to pay for trade that is standard in crypto trading, and very high for other markets. Slippage: 1 tick - appropriate for liquid markets, but must be increased in markets with low activity. Once more, the backtester is meant for traders to personally figure out if divergences are actionable trading signals on the market they wish to trade with the indicator they wish to use. And that's all! If you have any cool features you think can benefit Divergence IQ - please feel free to share them! Thank you so much TradingView community!

TPO IQ [TradingIQ]Hello Traders! Introducing "TPO IQ"! TPO IQ offers a Time Price Opportunity profile with several customization options that packs several related features to help traders navigate the generated profiles! Features TPO Profiles Single Print identification Initial Balance Identification Can be anchored to timeframe change Can be anchored to fixed time interval Last profile detailed visuals Customizable value area percentage POC identification Mid-point identification TPO Profiles A TPO profile is a market profile visualization that details how much time was spent at each price level throughout the time interval. The image above further explains what a TPO Profile is! Each letter corresponds to a candlestick. With this information, traders are able to visualize how much time was spent at each price area. With customizable gradient colors, specifically in this example, blocks colored red are the earliest times in the profile, blocks colored green are in the beginning half of the time midpoint of the profile. Blue blocks represent the first half of the end of the time period, and purple blocks correspond to the end of the time period. Please note that this form of TPO profile generation will only occur when the most recent profile uses less than 500 alphabet characters! If more than 500 characters are preset, TPO IQ will revert to using labels! Initial Balance TPO IQ also identifies the initial balance range and all alphabet characters that form within it! The image above exemplifies this feature. The initial balance range is denoted by a a neon-blue line, with a blue circle showing the opening price. All characters within the initial balance range are highlighted blue, which is a feature that can be disabled with customizable colors. POC TPO IQ also identifies the point of control (POC) of the TPO Profile. The point of control for the profile is labeled yellow by default, and shows where price spent the most time throughout the time period. The image above shows the POC for the time period being identified by TPO IQ. Value Area TPO IQ also identifies the value area of the profile. A customizable percentage that is 70% by default, the value area of a TPO profile shows where price traded the majority of the time. The image above further explains this feature. For this example, with the value area percentage being set to 70%, the value area high and value area low show the price zone that prices traded at 70% of the time throughout the profile. TPO Midpoint In addition to the POC, the TPO profile midpoint is also identified by TPO IQ. The TPO midpoint simply corresponds to the middle price between the session's high and low! Fixed Interval Mode By default, TPO IQ recalculates every day, but this can also be changed to a customizable session time, such as 4 hours. If 4 hours is selected, then a new TPO profile will be generated every 4 hours. However, in Fixed Interval mode, a TPO profile will be generated through a user-defined time range, such as 1300-1700. In the image above, Fixed Interval mode is applied with a time range of 1300-1700 and, consequently, TPO IQ generates a new profile throughout every 1300-1700 time range! This feature allows traders to specify time ranges of interest to generate TPO profiles for! TPO Overview Label The TPO overview label shows key statistics for the TPO profile generated throughout the trading session! The "TPO Count" statistic shows how many alphabetical letters were generated for the profile, which is an adequate method to determine the session's volatility and price range. The "Tick Levels" statistic shows how many tick levels were used to create the profile - another method to determine the volatility and price range of the session. The "Top Letter" statistic shows which letter appears most throughout the profile. In this example, the top letter was "f", which means throughout creation of the profile, the letter "f" appeared the most! And that's all for now! If you have any feedback or new feature ideas for TPO IQ please feel free to share them with us! Thank you traders!

Footprint IQ Pro [TradingIQ]Hello Traders! Introducing "Footprint IQ Pro"! Footprint IQ Pro is an all-in-one Footprint indicator with several unique features. Features Calculated delta at tick level Calculated delta ratio at tick level Calculated buy volume at tick level Calculated sell volume at tick level Imbalance detection Stacked imbalance detection Stacked imbalance alerts Value area and POC detection Highest +net delta levels detection Lowest -net delta levels detection CVD by tick levels Customizable values area percentage The image above thoroughly outlines what each metric in the delta boxes shows! Metrics In Delta Boxes "δ:", " δ%:", " ⧎: ", " ◭: ", " ⧩: " δ Delta (Difference between buy and sell volume) δ% Delta Ratio (Delta as a percentage of total volume) ⧎ Total Volume At Level (Total volume at the price area) ◭ Total Buy Volume At Level (Total buy volume at the price area) ⧩ Total Sell Volume At Level (total sell volume at the price area) Each metric comes with a corresponding symbol. That said, until you become comfortable with the symbol, you can also turn on the descriptive labels setting! The image above exemplifies the feature. The image above shows Footprint IQ's full power! Additionally, traders with an upgraded TradingView plan can make use of the "1-Second" feature Footprint IQ offers! The image above shows each footprint generated using 1-second volume data. 1-second data is highly granular compared to 1-minute data and, consequently, each footprint is exceptionally more accurate! Imbalance Detection Footprint IQ pro is capable of detecting user-defined delta imbalances. The image above further explains how Footprint IQ detects imbalances! The imbalance percentage is customizable in the settings, and is set to 70% by default. Therefore, When net delta is positive, and the positive net delta constitutes >=70% of the total volume, a buying imbalance will be detected (upwards triangle). When net delta is negative, and the negative net delta constitutes >=70% of the total volume, a buying imbalance will be detected (downwards triangle). Stacked Imbalance Detection In addition to imbalance detection, Footprint IQ Pro can also detect stacked imbalances! The image above shows Footprint IQ Pro detecting stacked imbalances! Stacked imbalances occur when consecutive imbalances at sequential price areas occur. Stacked imbalances are generally interpreted as significant price moves that are supported by volume, rather than a significant result with disproportionate effort. The criteria for stacked imbalance detection (how many imbalances must occur at sequential price areas) is customizable in the settings. The default value is three. Therefore, when three imbalances occur at sequential price areas, golden triangles will begin to print to show a stacked imbalance. Additionally, traders can set alerts for when stacked imbalances occur! Highest +Delta and Highest -Delta Levels In addition to being a fully-fledged Footprint indicator, Footprint IQ Pro goes one step further by detecting price areas where the greater +Delta and -Delta are! The image above shows price behavior near highest +Delta price areas detected by Footprint IQ! These +Delta levels are considered important as there has been strong interest from buyers at these price areas when they are traded at. It's expected that these levels can function as support points that are supported by volume. The image above shows a similar function for resistance points! Blue lines = High +Delta Detected Price Areas Red lines = High -Delta Detected Price Areas Value Area Detection Similar to traditional volume profile, Footprint IQ Pro displays the value area per bar. Green lines next to each footprint show the value area for the bar. The value area % is customizable in the settings. CVD Levels Footprint IQ Pro is capable of storing historical volume delta information to provide CVD measurements at each price area! The image above exemplifies this feature! When this feature is enabled, you will see the CVD of each price area, rather than the net delta! And that's it! Thank you so much to TradingView for offering the greatest charting platform for everyone to create on! If you have any feature requests you'd like to see for Footprint IQ, please feel free to share them with us! Thank you!

IQ Zones [TradingIQ]Hey Traders! Introducing "IQ Zones". "IQ Zones" is an indicator that combines support and resistance identification with volume, the "value area" of a candlestick to be exact. IQ Zones identifies turning points in the market; however, the candlestick high or low that formed the key turning point is not necessarily distinguished as the support/resistance area. Instead, the script looks into the bar at lower timeframes and calculates the value area of the candlestick that formed the support or resistance level. Therefore, any lines protruding from a candlestick reflect the value area of that candlestick. These levels (value area high and value area low) are marked on the candlestick as a support/resistance level. If the level formed on high volume it's marked as an "IQ Zone". Additionally, IQ Zones presents a heat map to show volume intensity at nearby price areas. The heatmap is a product of the Volume Profile (IQ Profile) located on the right of the chart. The IQ Profile is a segmented volume profile. Recent price is split into fifths (customizable), and individual volume profiles are calculated for all segmented price areas. Price is split into more than one segment to avoid a situation where volume in a ranging price zone far surpasses all other recent price areas - creating an "unusable" volume profile that doesn't offer helpful insights. If desired, you can set the segmenting option to "1" to calculate one unified volume profile for the entire price range. The image above shows IQ Zones in action! Core Features of IQ Zones Value Area Support and Resistance Levels Segmented volume profile for the recent trading period Volume intensity heatmap Support and resistance levels in high volume intensity may be more significant as price stoppers The image above explains the labels marked along the y-axis of the IQ Profile. The "more green" a price area/label is, the higher the volume intensity at the marked support/resistance area. The image above further explains line lines protruding from the IQ Profile. For this example, the value area of the candlestick (where most trading action occurred) is quite far from the high price of the candlestick that formed a resistance level! Using the value area of a candlestick that marks a key turning point to draw support/resistance offers insight into where the majority of trading action took place when the support/resistance level was forming! Additionally, you can hover your mouse over the IQ Zone labels (triangles pointing up or down) to see the prices of the value area for the support/resistance level, including the total buying volume and total selling volume at the price area! The image above further explains the IQ Profile! You can segment the recent price area anywhere from 1 - 15 times. The image above further explains IQ Zones and the IQ Profile! That will be all for this indicator - a fun project to share with the community. Thank you!