Price Action Signals V2Indicator that shows buy/sell signals based on price action and volume as it relates to a double EMA. If the candle is above the double EMA, we look for candles with long wicks on the top indicating selling pressure. If the candle is below the double EMA , we look for candles with a long bottom wick indicating buying pressure. The user defined parameters are the length of the double EMA and the length of the volume moving average. Lower timeframes such as 5 minutes and lower are better off using lower lengths while higher timeframes should user higher lengths. Your mileage will vary.
Note, while this indicator can signal the beginning of long term trends, it will also signal minor retracements. Do not blindly buy or sell based on a signal appearing, pay attention to where the candle is in the overall trend and wait for confirmation to avoid losses.
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Price Action [Morty]This price action indicator uses the higher timeframe SSL channel to identify trends.
The long entry signal is a bullish candlestick pattern when the price retraces to EMA20 in an uptrend.
The short entry signal is a bearish candlestick pattern when the price retraces to the EMA20 in a downrend.
Currently, this indicator shows engulfing patterns, pin bar patterns, 2 bar reversal patterns and harami patterns.
It also shows a volatility squeeze signal when the Bollinger bands is within the Kelter channels.
The buy and sell signal can also be filter by the ADX indicator greater than a threshold.
You can set your stoploss to the previous low/high when you go long/short.
The risk/reward ratio could be 1 to 1.5.
This indicator can be used in any market.
Price Action Level IndicatorThis indicator develops levels based off prior price action as well as candles
It also then places a red or green arrow on the candle once the level is retested
I prefer using this on $SPX $ES_F and $NQ_F
On the hourly chart
It also works well in Forex and Stocks
Price Action Pack v1.00With the Price Action Pack you can read buying and selling activity, view strong pivot highs / lows, see GAP pattern or StarGap formation. Next you can use fibonacci retracement with even and odd setting, fibo extensions, timeframe could be changed to daily, weekly, monthly or more. You can have for example monthly Initial ballance (fibo extensions) within for example 30 minutes chart. The indicator has more features like VWAP POC on every bar, volume based reversal signal devivated from volume change and candle patterns which often start new trend. If you find area with more then one level on your chart it is likely very strong zone to watch for rebounce or breakout.
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Price Action ChannelAnother Price Action Channel that uses real market data instead of Heiken Ashi data to calculate values and plot the indicator when used with Heiken Ashi candles.
Also offers a quick glance with up/down triangles plotted above/below the PAC when Deam Malone's conditions are met.
*Uses the Exponential Moving Average to calculate PAC channel.
Price Action based indicator to visualize waves and trendsANAS indicator is a proprietary script that quickly analyze price action and plot 3 price levels around each bar. Namely, green level, yellow level, and red zone. You will easily be able to identify current trend, support/resistance levels, wave count, targets and stops by studying different patterns and scenarios evolving around each bar. When applying the indicator to the same symbol on two different time frames, you differently got an edge!
Nothing can explain things more than giving it a try.
Price Action Channel Master by JustUncleL Restored by YZRJustUncleL did a fabulous job in the making of this overlay indicator. With the intent of making Traders Dynamic Index's Price Action Channel based from MT4 CompassFX Traders Dynamic Index PAC.
I had saved it time ago and came to find the best settings by comparing to MT4 data points and believe to have come the closest to the best setting for trading with the PAC Master.
It must be used freely, and I will only protect the source code.
If the original author purposefully erased it, deleted it or something else occurred yet desires to have the original source code I will hand over the original source code (I have saved) to its proper owner.
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Canal Maestro de Acción de Precio por JustUncleL restaurado y corregido por YardleyRosette.
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Price Action Candles R2.0 by JustUncleLThis is an updated version of my previous script, I have added a few extra Patterns and some patterns specs have chnaged over those specified by "Price Action Battle Station by theforexguy".
Because this script has diverted from the original specification of "theforexguy", I have decided to release it as a new version. Improvements have been made to some of the pattern finding calculations, for example Hammer and Shooting Stars are now special Pin Bars, they now must have preceding and succeeding confirm bars, so they do not occur very often.
NOTE: All the identification of PA candles is disabled by default.
Changes made in Version 2.0 :
Added Forex Morning and Evening Stars (the centre small candle is not a specific color).
Abbreviated text names for less cluttered look.
Change minimum/maximum bar sizes to be a % of current ATR, rather than pips, this makes relative sizing independent on Time Frame, and make the script work better with non-currency assets like stocks and commodities.
Change definition of Hammer and shooting Star so the the previous candle is part of a trend and is followed by a confirm candle.
Added some precendence test to reduce multiple action labels.
Price action scriptIn the indicator field my basic price-action script appliead on the Dutch AEX-index with a weekly timeframe.
Price Action Volatility FilterThis creates a none oscillating histogram that shows price action without lower time frame volatility to help show bias for use with macd or entries with other trending indicators.
Price Action Candles v0.3 by JustUncleLThis requested release includes an Alert condition, so an alarm can be created on selected Price Action bars. Also this version modifies the Doji calculation to be similar to an Harami, so now the description of the Doji's are:
- Bearish Doji (aka Bearish Harami) (Fuchsia Highlight above Bar):
A large body Bull (green) candle followed by a small or no body candle
with wicks top and bottom that are at least 60% of candle.
- Bullish Doji (aka Bullish Harami) (Fuchsia Highlight below Bar):
A large body Bear (red) candle followed by a small or no body candle
with wicks top and bottom that are at least 60% of candle.
The % wick size (default 60%) of the Doji and the size of previous candle (default 15 pips) can be modified in the script Format parameters.
This modified Doji is particularly useful when combined with Heikin Ashi candles.
When Alerts are selected, an alert dot is also displayed along the bottom of the chart.
Price Action Trading System v0.3 by JustUncleLThis is an updated and improved version of my "Price Action Trading strategy". I have added two extra optional filters, one is a trend direction filter based on the MACD slow EMA(17), blue line, and the other is a RSI(7) filter which works similarly to CCI(14) but slightly different dynamics (thank you to gianfranco60 for the suggestion). Also made a couple of corrections:
- input for lenLower minval=1 should be maxval=-1
- one bar pullback did not reset trigger, missing some alerts
Some Notes about usage:
- this is an alert indicator not a signal generator, each alert is a strong trend continuance candidate,
but should be treated on it's own merits by looking at chart dynamics and market conditions.
- will work well on trending markets only.
- works best on the first alert after MACD cross over.
- don't take trades when MACD and signal are close together.
- don't trade when channel and slow MA are flat or close together or
chopper (yellow and blue MA cross over quickly over short period).
[AlbaTherium] MTF Volatility Edge Zones Premium for Price Action Volatility Edge Zones Premium for Price Action (HTF)
The MTF Volatility Edge Zones Premium for Price Action is an advanced Multiple Timeframes (MTF) trading indicator that combines the power of volume analysis with price action, designed to reveal key volatility zones and assess market participants’ engagement levels . This tool offers unique insights into the dynamics of higher timeframes (HTF), helping traders identify critical zones of decision-making, such as potential reversals, continuations, or breakout areas.
Introduction to the MTF Volatility Edge Zones Premium
This indicator is built upon a deep understanding of the interaction between price action and volume. By mapping volume data onto price action, Volatility Edge Zones Premium (HTF) pinpoints areas of heightened market engagement. These zones represent where buyers and sellers have shown significant activity, allowing traders to identify market intent and anticipate key movements.
Key Features:
Higher Timeframe Analysis: Focuses on significant price and volume interactions over HTFs (e.g., 4H, Daily, Weekly) for a broader perspective on market trends.
Volatility Zones : Highlights areas where market participants show increased activity, signaling potential market turning points or strong continuations.
Volume-Driven Insights: Tracks the behavior of aggressive buyers and sellers, showing their engagement levels relative to price changes.
Overlayon Price Action: Provides a clear and actionable visual representation of volatility and engagement zones directly on price charts.
Chapter 1: Understanding Volatility and Engagement
1.1 Volatility Edge Zones
Volatility Edge Zones are areas where price and volume interact to signal potential changes in market direction or momentum. These zones are derived from high-volume clusters where significant market activity occurs.
1.2 Participant Engagement
Market participants can be categorized based on their level of engagement in these zones:
Aggressive Buyers: Represented by sharp spikes in volume and upward price action.
Aggressive Sellers: Represented by high volume during downward price movement.
Passive Participants: Identified in zones of consolidation or low volatility.
By isolating these behaviors, traders can gain a clearer picture of market sentiment and the relative strength of buyers versus sellers.
Chapter 2: The Principle of Volume and Price Interplay
2.1 Volume as a Leading Indicator
Volume often precedes price movements, and the Volatility Edge Zones Premium captures this relationship by overlaying volume activity onto price charts. This allows traders to:
Identify where volume supports price movement (trend confirmation).
Spot divergences where price moves without volume support (potential reversals).
2.2 The Role of Higher Timeframes
HTFs filter out market noise, revealing macro trends and key levels of engagement. The indicator uses this perspective to highlight long-term volatility zones, helping traders align their strategies with the broader market context.
Chapter 3: Visualizing Volatility Edge Zones
3.1 Color-Coded Zones for Engagement
The indicator uses a color-coded system to represent volatility zones and market engagement levels. These colors correspond to different market conditions:
Red Zones: High selling pressure and aggressive bearish activity.
Blue Zones: High buying pressure and aggressive bullish activity.
Yellow Zones: Transitional zones, representing indecision or balance between buyers and sellers.
White Zones: Neutral areas, where low engagement is observed but could serve as potential breakout points.
3.2 Key Metrics Tracked
Volume Clusters: Areas of concentrated buying or selling activity.
Directional Bias: Net buying or selling dominance.
Momentum Shifts: Sudden changes in volume relative to price action.
These metrics provide actionable insights into market dynamics, making it easier to predict key movements.
Chapter 4: Practical Applications in Trading
4.1 Identifying High-Impact Zones
By focusing on HTFs, traders can use the Volatility Edge Zones Premium to identify high-impact areas where market participants are most engaged. These zones often align with:
Support and Resistance Levels: High-volume areas that act as barriers or catalysts for price movement.
Breakout Points: Zones of heightened volatility where price is likely to escape consolidation.
4.2 Detecting Bull and Bear Campaigns
The indicator highlights early signs of bullish or bearish campaigns by analyzing volume surges in critical volatility zones. These campaigns often signal the beginning of significant trends.
Chapter 5: Real-World Examples and Strategies
5.1 Spotting Market Reversals
Real-world examples demonstrate how the indicator can identify volatility zones signaling potential reversals, allowing traders to enter positions early.
5.2 Riding the Trend
By tracking volatility zones in alignment with HTF trends, traders can maximize profit potential by entering during periods of high engagement and riding the trend until it weakens.
Conclusion
The MTF Volatility Edge Zones Premium for Price Action is an essential tool for traders looking to master market dynamics through a combination of volume and price action analysis. By focusing on higher timeframes and overlaying volatility zones onto price charts, this indicator provides unparalleled insights into market participant engagement.
Whether you’re trading intraday, swing, or long-term strategies, the MTF Volatility Edge Zones Premium equips you with the information needed to make confident and precise trading decisions. Stay tuned as we continue to enhance this tool for even greater accuracy and usability.
Liquitive Buy/Sell Dollar AveragerLiquitive Buy/Sell Dollar Averager Indicator
The "Liquitive Buy/Sell Dollar Averager" is a versatile trading tool designed for intraday and multi-timeframe analysis, combining advanced range-bound calculations, RSI normalization, volume spikes, and candle pattern recognition to identify optimal buy and sell conditions. This indicator is particularly suitable for traders employing strategies that focus on dollar-cost averaging, position scaling, and systematic buy/sell decision-making.
Key Features:
Adaptive RSI-Based Levels:
Dynamically calculates inner bounds (IB) and outer bounds (OB) using RSI and price ranges, helping to identify overbought and oversold conditions relative to the price action.
Normalizes RSI values to the price range for seamless visualization overlaid on the chart.
Volume and Candle Analysis:
Detects significant volume spikes relative to a moving average, signaling increased market activity.
Identifies spiking green/red candles to capture momentum-driven price movements.
Dynamic Support and Resistance:
Calculates and plots support and resistance levels based on recent swing highs and lows.
Median and boundary lines help visualize key price levels for decision-making.
Profitability Check:
Buy and Sell Signals:
Checks profitability thresholds based on percentage gains/losses.
Incorporates logic for "time to buy" and "time to sell" using target profit margins.
Implements average move percentage to define realistic thresholds for buy/sell actions.
Time-Based Trading Restrictions:
Configures trading logic to disallow trades after a specific time (e.g., 3:40 PM for intraday sessions).
Ensures logical entry and exit decisions are only made within active trading hours.
Color-Coded Visualization:
Background colors dynamically shift between green (bullish), red (bearish), and neutral, depending on RSI and price position relative to the inner bounds.
Opacity of the background adjusts based on normalized RSI differences to provide a visual cue of market strength.
Customizable Parameters:
Allows user input for key settings like lookback periods, RSI length, percent ranges, volume thresholds, and transparency levels, enabling flexible configuration tailored to individual strategies.
Actionable Alerts and Signals:
Plots "Open Position", "Add to Position", and "Close Position" markers directly on the chart, making it easy to follow systematic trading rules.
How It Works:
Buy Signals:
Triggered when price conditions, volume spikes, and RSI-based thresholds align with profitability metrics.
Designed for dollar-cost averaging, identifying opportunities to add to long positions or open new positions.
Sell Signals:
Evaluates profitability conditions to identify when to close or scale out of positions.
Incorporates real-time evaluation of market momentum and profitability.
Smart Money Price Action ProSmart Money Price Action Pro - Smart Money and Price Action Dynamic Toolkit
The Smart Money Price Action Pro is designed to bring together multiple layers of market analysis into a single, cohesive framework, combining trend identification and consolidation detection in an actionable format. While individual indicators can provide useful insights, they often work in isolation. This toolkit integrates market flow detection, range analytics, and adaptive visualization into one system, allowing traders to see the bigger picture without piecing together multiple disconnected tools.
Building on principles from institutional trading behaviors, the toolkit gives traders a clearer picture of where “smart money” may be entering or exiting the market. Its design emphasizes confluence: signals from multiple independent modules overlap to create higher conviction setups, offering a structured edge when planning entries, exits, and risk levels.
At its core, the toolkit addresses the duality of market conditions: trending versus ranging. By offering a combination of trend-following signals and contrarian insights, it helps traders operate with a deeper understanding of market structure. While it provides actionable signals and visual guidance, it is intended as an assistive system, helping traders make more informed decisions rather than serving as a single source of truth.
Key Modules
1. Smart Money Signal Module
The Smart Money Signal Module identifies potential institutional activity by analyzing price swings and momentum shifts. Using configurable swing detection, it highlights potential reversal or continuation zones, expressed as adaptive zones around key market levels.
Signals are augmented with trend-colored candle overlays, offering immediate guidance on market bias. Bullish and bearish zones are clearly marked, while continuation and reversal markers help distinguish between trend shifts and market noise.
At its core, the engine applies swing detection combined with a sensitivity filter to track directional momentum across recent bars. This allows it to pinpoint bullish pivots (where downside momentum fades and strength returns) and bearish pivots (where upside momentum collapses). Once a pivot is confirmed, the system draws flow lines that map the breakout and classify it as either continuation or reversal, depending on broader market bias.
Momentum zones are then plotted to show areas where buyers stepped in with strength or sellers forced price lower. These levels extend forward dynamically, shifting in real time as new data forms. Zones change color the moment they break, visually confirming whether market structure has held or failed. Gradient shading highlights periods of extreme pressure, giving traders a clear visual of when momentum surges into overbought or oversold territory.
Instead of simply showing trend direction, this module also maps accumulation and distribution zones tied to institutional flows. When combined with the Range Module, these zones become more meaningful — for example, when institutional accumulation aligns with a breakout from consolidation.
Practical Use: Traders can use these signals to align trades with institutional flows. For example, entering a long position near a bullish accumulation zone or managing risk when bearish distribution areas form. By combining these insights with higher timeframe analysis, traders can filter out false signals and improve decision-making.
2. Range Detection Module
The Range Detection engine continuously monitors price action to flag when markets transition into consolidation phases. Ranges are defined not just by flat price action, but by a measurable contraction in volatility, repeated touches of boundary levels, and the clustering of traded volume around a central equilibrium point.
Once a valid range is identified, the system assigns a compression strength score (0–100). This score reflects how cleanly defined and structurally sound the consolidation is—higher scores indicate tighter boundaries and stronger evidence of accumulation or distribution.
Breakout tendencies are modeled dynamically. The system updates a forward-looking bias by incorporating:
Boundary time distribution – how often price presses against upper vs. lower edges
Historical breakout patterns – probability benchmarks derived from structurally similar ranges
Volume skew – whether traded volume leans toward buyers or sellers inside the range
Momentum alignment – auxiliary filters such as slope-based oscillators that indicate when energy is building for a directional move
The result is a live breakout forecast that evolves bar by bar as the range matures. Each active range carries a visual strength meter plotted above the consolidation zone, quantifying both compression and breakout potential in real time.
The module also supports range memory, preserving completed consolidations even after a breakout. This allows traders to review the prior structure for post-analysis or to track whether price respects the boundaries of the old range as support or resistance going forward.
Practical Use : Traders can use these ranges to anticipate breakout direction or step aside when conditions are unclear. A tight consolidation near a bullish zone, for instance, often signals a potential long opportunity, while overlapping bearish flows warn of false breakouts.
Integrated Workflow
The strength of the toolkit lies in its synergy. Each module is effective on its own, but the real advantage comes when their signals align.
A typical workflow may include:
Assessing the market trend using the Smart Money Signal Module and its trend-colored overlays
Identifying consolidation and breakout zones with the Range Detection Module
Watching for confluences: institutional accumulation aligning with range compression, or dashboard bias matching local setups
Executing trades with structured confidence, using these layered confirmations rather than relying on a single trigger
This integrated workflow streamlines decision-making and avoids the conflicting signals that can occur when combining unrelated indicators.
Additional Features
Adaptive Visualization : Dynamic zones and trend overlays adjust to volatility, keeping charts clear and focused
Analytics Dashboard : A compact summary panel shows active zones, bullish vs bearish flow counts, and current bias, giving context at a glance
Instead of simply adding more signals, the dashboard provides a meta-layer of analysis — context, bias, and flow strength — helping traders manage risk and stay aligned with broader market conditions.
Use Cases
Trend Confluence : Entering trades in line with prevailing smart money flows while filtering out counter-trend setups
Breakout Trading : Using the Range Detection Module to anticipate breakout zones and confirming direction with institutional flow signals
Contrarian Reversal Trades : Targeting accumulation/distribution zones where both modules indicate potential reversals
Each use case demonstrates how layered confluence creates clarity and conviction, making the toolkit a strong complement to other forms of technical analysis.
Conclusion
The Smart Money Signals Toolkit simplifies complex market analysis into actionable, visually intuitive insights. While standalone indicators provide value, this toolkit goes further by combining smart money flows, range detection, adaptive zones, and dashboard analytics into one cohesive system.
It doesn’t just generate buy/sell markers — it shows why a setup matters, where it is occurring, and how it aligns with broader conditions. This allows traders to operate with greater clarity, structure, and discipline.
Risk Disclaimer : This toolkit and its features are for educational and informational purposes only. Past performance does not guarantee future results. All suggested use cases are theoretical and should be applied with proper risk management.
Directional Volume EStimate from Price Action (RedK D_VESPA)The "Directional Volume EStimate from Price Action (RedK D_VESPA)" is another weapon for the VPA (Volume Price Analysis) enthusiasts and traders who like to include volume-based insights & signals to their trading. The basic concept is to estimate the sell and buy split of the traded volume by extrapolating the price action represented by the shape of the associated price bar. We then create and plot an average of these "estimated buy & sell volumes" - the estimated average Net Volume is the balance between these 2 averages.
D_VESPA uses clear visualizations to represent the outcomes in a less distracting and more actionable way.
How does D_VESPA work?
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The key assumption is that when price moves up, this is caused by "buy" volume (or increasing demand), and when the price moves down, this is due to "selling" volume (or increasing supply). Important to note that we are making our Buy/sell volume estimates here based on the shape of the price bar, and not looking into lower time frame volume data - This is a different approach and is still aligned to the key concepts of VPA.
Originally this work started as an improvement to my Supply/Demand Volume Viewer (V.Viewer) , I ended up re-writing the whole thing after some more research and work on VPA, to improve the estimation, visualization and usability / tradability.
Think of D_VESPA as the "Pro" version of V.Viewer -- and please go back and review the details of V.Viewer as the root concepts are the same so I won't repeat them here (as it comes to exploring Balance Zone and finding Price Convergence/Divergence)
Main Features of D_VESPA
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- Update Supply/Demand calculation to include 2-bar gaps (improved algo)
- Add multiple options for the moving average (MA type) for the calculation - my preference is to use WMA
- Add option to show Net Volume as 3-color bars
- Visual simplification and improvements to be less distracting & more actionable
- added options to display/hide main visuals while maintaining the status line consistency (Avg Supply, Avg Demand, Avg Net)
- add alerts for NetVol moving into Buy (crosses 0 up) or Sell (crosses 0 down) modes - or swing from one mode to the other
(there are actually 2 sets of alerts, one set for the main NetVol plot, and the other for the secondary TF NetVol - give user more options on how to utilize D_VESPA)
Quick techie piece, how does the estimated buy/sell volume algo work ?
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* per our assumption, buy volume is associated with price up-moves, sell volume is associated with price down-moves
* so each of the bulls and bears will get the equivalent of the top & bottom wicks,
* for up bars, bulls get the value of the "body", else the bears get the "body"
* open gaps are allocated to bulls or bears depending on the gap direction
The below sketch explains how D_VESPA estimates the Buy/Sell Volume split based on the bar shape (including gap) - the example shows a bullish bar with an opening gap up - but the concept is the same for a down-bar or a down-gap.
I kept both the "Volume Weighted" and "2-bar Gap Impact" as options in the indicator settings - these 2 options should be always kept selected. They are there for those who would like to experiment with the difference these changes have on the buy/sell estimation. The indicator will handle cases where there is no volume data for the selected symbol, and in that case, it will simply reflect Average Estimated Bull/Bear ratio of the price bar
The Secondary TF Est Average Net Volume:
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I added the ability to plot the Estimate Average Net Volume for a secondary timeframe - options 1W, 1D, 1H, or Same as Chart.
- this feature provides traders the confidence to trade the lower timeframes in the same direction as the prevailing "market mode"
- this also adds more MTF support beyond the existing TradingView's built-in MTF support capability - experiment with various settings between exposing the indicator's secondary TF plot, and changing the TF option in the indicator settings.
Note on the secondary TF NetVol plot:
- the secondary TF needs to be set to same as or higher TF than the chart's TF - if not, a warning sign would show and the plot will not be enabled. for example, a day trader may set the secondary TF to 1Hr or 1Day, while looking at 5min or 15min chart. A swing/trend trader who frequently uses the daily chart may set the secondary TF to weekly, and so on..
- the secondary TF NetVol plot is hidden by default and needs to be exposed thru the indicator settings.
the below chart shows D_VESPA on a the same (daily) chart, but with secondary TF plot for the weekly TF enabled
Final Thoughts
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* RedK D_VESPA is a volume indicator, that estimates buy/sell and net volume averages based on the price action reflected by the shape of the price bars - this can provide more insight on volume compared to the classic volume/VolAverage indicator and assist traders in exploring the market mode (buyers/sellers - bullish/bearish) and align trades to it.
* Because D_VESPA is a volume indicator, it can't be used alone to generate a trading signal - and needs to be combined with other indicators that analysis price value (range), momentum and trend. I recommend to at least combine D_VESPA with a variant of MACD and RSI to get a full view of the price action relative to the prevailing market and the broader trend.
* I found it very useful to take note and "read" how the Est Buy vs Est Sell lines move .. they sort of "tell a story" - experiment with this on your various chart and note the levels of estimate avg demand vs estimate avg supply that this indicator exposes for some very valuable insight about how the chart action is progressing. Please feel free to share feedback below.
Cnagda Pure Price ActionCnagda Pure Price Action (CPPA) indicator is a pure price action-based system designed to provide traders with real-time, dynamic analysis of the market. It automatically identifies key candles, support and resistance zones, and potential buy/sell signals by combining price, volume, and multiple popular trend indicators.
How Price Action & Volume Analysis Works
Silver Zone – Logic, Reason, and Trade Planning
Logic & Visualization:
The Silver Zone is created when the closing price is the lowest in the chosen window and volume is the highest in that window.
Visually, a large silver-colored box/rectangle appears on the chart.
Thick horizontal lines (top and bottom) are drawn at the high and low of that candle/bar, extending to the right.
Reasoning:
This combination typically occurs at strong “accumulation” or support areas:
Sellers push the price down to the lowest point, but aggressive buyers step in with high volume, absorbing supply.
Indicates potential exhaustion of selling and likely shift in market control to buyers.
How to Plan Trades Using Silver Zone:
Watch if price returns to the Silver Zone in the future: It often acts as powerful support.
Bullish entries (buys) can be planned when price tests or slightly pierces this zone, especially if new buy signals occur (like yellow/green candle labels).
Place your stop-loss below the bottom line of the Silver Zone.
Target: Look for the nearest resistance or opposing zone, or use indicator’s bullish label as confirmation.
Extra Tip:
Multiple touches of the Silver Zone reinforce its importance, but if price closes deeply below it with high volume, that’s a caution signal—support may be breaking.
Black Zone – Logic, Reason, and Trade Planning (as CPPA):
Logic & Visualization:
The Black Zone is created when the closing price is the highest in the chosen window and volume is the lowest in that window.
Visually, a large black-colored box/rectangle appears on the chart, along with thick horizontal lines at the top (high) and bottom (low) of the candle, extending to the right.
Reasoning:
This combination signals a strong “distribution” or resistance area:
Buyers push the price up to a local high, but low volume means there is not much follow-through or conviction in the move.
Often marks exhaustion where uptrend may pause or reverse, as sellers can soon step in.
How to Plan Trades Using Black Zone:
If price revisits the Black Zone in the future, it often acts as major resistance.
Bearish entries (sells) are considered when price is near, testing, or slightly above the Black Zone—especially if new sell signals appear (like blue/red candle labels).
Place your stop-loss just above the top line of the Black Zone.
Target: Nearest support zone (such as a Silver Zone) or next indicator’s bearish label.
Extra Tip:
Multiple touches of the Black Zone make it stronger, but if price closes far above with rising volume, be cautious—resistance might be breaking.
Support Line – Logic, Reason, and Trade Planning (as Cppa):
Logic & Visualization:
The Support Line is a dynamically drawn dashed line (usually blue) that marks key price levels where the market has previously shown significant buying interest.
The line is generated whenever a candle forms a high price with high volume (orange logic).
The script checks for historical pivot lows, past support zones, and even higher timeframe (HTF) supports, and then extends a blue dashed line from that price level to the right, labeling it (sometimes as “Prev Support Orange, HTF”).
Reasoning:
This line helps you visually identify where demand has been strong enough to hold price from falling further—essentially a floor in the market used by professional traders.
If price approaches or re-tests this line, there’s a good chance buyers will defend it again.
How to Plan Trades Using Support Line:
Watch for price to approach the Support Line during down moves. If you see a bullish candlestick pattern, buy labels (yellow/green), or other indicators aligning, this can be a high-probability entry zone.
Great for planning stop-loss for long trades: place stops just below this line.
Target: Next resistance zone, Black Zone, or the top of the last swing.
Extra Tip:
Multiple confirmations (support line + Silver Zone + bullish label) provide powerful entry signals.
If price closes strongly below the Support Line with volume, be cautious—support may be breaking, and a trend reversal or deeper correction could follow.
Resistance Line – Logic, Reason, and Trade Planning (from CPPA):
Logic & Visualization:
The Resistance Line is a dynamically drawn dashed line (usually purple or red) that identifies price levels where the market has previously faced significant selling pressure.
This line is created when a candle reaches a high price combined with high volume (orange logic), or from a historical pivot high/resistance,
The script also tracks higher timeframe (HTF) resistance lines, labeled as “Prev Resistance Orange, HTF,” and extends these dashed lines to the right across the chart.
Reasoning:
Resistance Lines are visual markers of “supply zones,” where buyers previously failed, and sellers took control.
If the price returns to this line later, sellers may get active again to defend this level, halting the uptrend.
How to Plan Trades Using Resistance Line:
Watch for price to approach the Resistance Line during up moves. If you see bearish candlestick patterns, sell labels (blue/red), or bearish indicator confirmation, this becomes a strong shorting opportunity.
Perfect for placing stop-loss in short trades—put your stop just above the Resistance Line.
Target: Next support zone (Silver Zone) or bottom of the last swing.
If the price breaks above with high volume, avoid shorting—resistance may be failing.
Extra Tip:
Multiple resistances (Resistance Line + Black Zone + bearish label) make short signals stronger.
Choppy movement around this line often signals indecision; wait for a clear rejection before entering trades.
Bullish / Bearish Label – Logic, Reason, and Trade Planning:
Logic & Visualization:
The indicator constantly calculates a "Bull Score" and a "Bear Score" based on several factors:
Trend direction from price slope
Confirmation by popular indicators (RSI, ADX, SAR, CMF, OBV, CCI, Bollinger Bands, TWAP)
Adaptive scoring (higher score for each bullish/bearish condition met)
If Bull Score > Bear Score, the chart displays a green "BULLISH" label (usually below the bar).
If Bear Score > Bull Score, the chart displays a red "BEARISH" label (usually above the bar).
If neither dominates, a "NEUTRAL" label appears.
Reasoning:
The labels summarize complex price action and indicator analysis into a simple, actionable sentiment cue:
Bullish: Majority of conditions indicate buying strength; trend is up.
Bearish: Majority signals show selling pressure; trend is down.
How to Use in Trade Planning:
Use the Bullish label as confirmation to enter or hold long (buy) positions, especially if near support/Silver Zone.
Use the Bearish label to enter/hold short (sell) positions, especially if near resistance/Black Zone.
For best results, combine with candle color, volume analysis, or other labels (yellow/green for buys, blue/red for sells).
Avoid trading against these labels unless you have strong confluence from zones/support levels.
Yellow Label (Buy Signal) – Logic, Reason & Trade Planning:
Logic & Visualization:
The yellow label appears below a candle (label.style_label_up, yloc.belowbar) and marks a potential buy signal.
Script conditions:
The candle must be a “yellow candle” (which means it’s at the local lowest close, not a high, with normal volume).
Volume is decreasing for 2 consecutive candles (current volume < previous volume, previous volume < second previous).
When these conditions are met, a yellow label is plotted below the candle.
Reasoning:
This scenario often marks the end of selling pressure and start of possible accumulation—buyers may be stepping in as sellers exhaust.
Decreasing volume during a local price low means selling is slowing, possibly hinting at a reversal.
How to Trade Using Yellow Label:
Entry: Consider buying at/just above the yellow-labeled candle’s close.
Stop-loss: A bit below the candle’s low (or Silver Zone line, if present).
Target: Next resistance level, Black Zone, or chart’s bullish label.
Extra Tip:
If the yellow label is found at/near a Silver Zone or Support Line, and trend is “Bullish,” the setup gets even stronger.
Avoid trading if overall indicator shows “Bearish.”
Green Label (Buy with Increasing Volume) – Logic, Reason & Trade Planning:
Logic & Visualization:
The green label is plotted below a candle (label.style_label_up, yloc.belowbar) and marks a strong buy signal.
Script conditions:
The candle must be a “yellow candle” (at the local lowest close, normal volume).
Volume is increasing for 2 consecutive candles (current volume > previous volume, previous volume > second previous).
When these conditions are met, a green label is plotted below the candle.
Reasoning:
This scenario signals that buyers are stepping in aggressively at a local price low—the end of a downtrend with strong, rising activity.
Increasing volume at a price low is a classic sign of accumulation, where institutions or large players may be buying.
How to Trade Using Green Label:
Entry: Consider buying at/just above the green-labeled candle’s close for a momentum-based reversal.
Stop-loss: Slightly below the candle’s low, or the Silver Zone/support line if present.
Target: Nearest resistance zone/Black Zone, indicator’s bullish label, or next swing high.
Extra Tip:
If the green label is near other supports (Silver Zone, Support Line), the setup is extra strong.
Use confirmation from Bullish labels or trend signals for best results.
Green label setups are suitable for quick, high momentum trades due to increasing volume
Blue Label (Sell Signal on Decreasing Volume) – Logic, Reason & Trade Planning:
Logic & Visualization:
The blue label is plotted above a candle (label.style_label_down, yloc.abovebar) as a potential sell signal.
Script conditions:
The candle is a “blue candle” (local highest close, but not also lowest, and volume is neither highest nor lowest).
Volume is decreasing over 2 consecutive candles (current volume < previous, previous < two ago).
When these match, a blue label appears above the candle.
Reasoning:
This typically signals buyer exhaustion at a local high: price has gone up, but volume is dropping, suggesting big players may not be buying any more at these levels.
The trend is losing strength, and a reversal or pullback is likely.
How to Trade Using Blue Label:
Entry: Look to sell at/just below the candle with the blue label.
Stop-loss: Just above the candle’s high (or above the Black Zone/resistance if present).
Target: Nearest support, Silver Zone, or a swing low.
Extra Tip:
Blue label signals are stronger if they appear near Black Zones or Resistance Lines, or when the general market label is "Bearish."
As with buy setups, always check for confirmation from trend or volume before trading aggressively.
Blue Label (Sell Signal on Decreasing Volume) – Logic, Reason & Trade Planning:
Logic & Visualization:
The blue label is plotted above a candle (label.style_label_down, yloc.abovebar) as a potential sell signal.
Script conditions:
The candle is a “blue candle” (local highest close, but not also lowest, and volume is neither highest nor lowest).
Volume is decreasing over 2 consecutive candles (current volume < previous, previous < two ago).
When these match, a blue label appears above the candle.
Reasoning:
This typically signals buyer exhaustion at a local high: price has gone up, but volume is dropping, suggesting big players may not be buying any more at these levels.
The trend is losing strength, and a reversal or pullback is likely.
How to Trade Using Blue Label:
Entry: Look to sell at/just below the candle with the blue label.
Stop-loss: Just above the candle’s high (or above the Black Zone/resistance if present).
Target: Nearest support, Silver Zone, or a swing low.
Extra Tip:
Blue label signals are stronger if they appear near Black Zones or Resistance Lines, or when the general market label is "Bearish."
As with buy setups, always check for confirmation from trend or volume before trading aggressively.
Here’s a summary of all key chart labels, zones, and trading logic of your Price Action script:
Silver Zone: Powerful support zone. Created at lowest close + highest volume. Best for buy entries near its lines.
Black Zone: Strong resistance zone. Created at highest close + lowest volume. Ideal for short trades near its levels.
Support Line: Blue dashed line at historical demand; buyers defend here. Look for bullish setups when price approaches.
Resistance Line: Purple/red dashed line at supply; sellers defend here. Great for bearish setups when price nears.
Bullish/Bearish Labels: Summarize trend direction using price action + multiple indicator confirmations. Plan buys, holds on bullish; sells, shorts on bearish.
Yellow Label: Buy signal on decreasing volume and local price low. Entry above candle, stop below, target next resistance.
Green Label: Strong buy on increasing volume at a price low. Entry for momentum trade, stop below, target next zone.
Blue Label: Sell signal on dropping volume and local price high. Entry below candle, stop above, target next support.
Best Practices:
Always combine zone/label signals for higher probability trades.
Use stop-loss near zones/lines for risk management.
Prefer trading in the trend direction (bullish/bearish label agrees with your entry).
if Any Question, Suggestion Feel free to ask
Disclaimer:
All information provided by this indicator is for educational and analysis purposes only, and should not be considered financial advice.
Uptrick: Price Action Momentum Oscillator### Detailed Description of the Indicator: "Uptrick: Price Action Momentum Oscillator (PAM Oscillator)"
The "Uptrick: Price Action Momentum Oscillator" (PAM Oscillator) is a highly customized and sophisticated trading indicator designed to provide traders with a multi-dimensional analysis of market momentum across varying timeframes. It stands out due to its comprehensive approach, combining price action analysis with cycle detection to deliver insights into potential trend reversals, continuations, and market strength or weakness. The PAM Oscillator is not just another momentum oscillator; its design incorporates both the granular details of price swings and broader cyclical trends, offering a unique blend of short-term agility and long-term reliability.
#### 1. **Input Settings**
- **PAM Oscillator Settings:**
- **Enable PAM Oscillator:** This feature allows traders to toggle the main oscillator on or off, making it versatile for different trading setups or when combining with other indicators.
- **Short-Term Influence (Default: 1.2):** This parameter controls how much weight short-term price movements have on the overall oscillator. The ability to adjust this weight provides traders with the flexibility to fine-tune the sensitivity of the indicator to short-term fluctuations.
- **Mid-Term Influence (Default: 2.5):** The mid-term weight balances the oscillator by adding a medium-term perspective, essential for capturing sustained price movements without getting swayed by short-term noise.
- **Long-Term Influence (Default: 3.5):** The long-term weight adds stability to the oscillator, ensuring that the indicator reflects broader market trends, which is crucial for long-term traders or when trading in higher timeframes.
- **Oscillator Smoothing (Default: 3):** This parameter allows traders to smooth the oscillator output, reducing the effect of market noise and making the indicator more reliable by filtering out minor price fluctuations.
- **Bullish Trend Color (Default: Green - #4caf50):** The color customization for bullish trends enables traders to visually distinguish market conditions quickly.
- **Bearish Trend Color (Default: Red - #e91e63):** Similarly, the bearish trend color customization aids in quickly identifying market downturns.
- **Enable Oscillator Signals:** This setting allows for the plotting of explicit buy and sell signals, helping traders who prefer clear, actionable insights rather than interpreting raw oscillator values.
- **Bullish Signal Color (Default: Green - #4caf50):** The ability to customize signal colors enhances the clarity of the signals, allowing them to stand out on the chart.
- **Bearish Signal Color (Default: Red - #e91e63):** Like the bullish signal color, this ensures that bearish signals are easily distinguishable.
- **Cycle Analysis Settings:**
- **Enable Cycle Analysis Histogram:** This feature introduces an additional layer of analysis by displaying a histogram that represents cyclical market behavior. It's particularly useful for traders looking to understand the underlying cyclical trends in momentum.
- **Cycle Length (Default: 6):** Adjusting the cycle length allows traders to tailor the cycle detection to different market conditions or asset classes, making the PAM Oscillator adaptable across different markets.
- **Cycle Bullish Color (Default: Light Green - #8bc34a):** The histogram's color customization for bullish cycles aids in quickly identifying periods of positive market momentum.
- **Cycle Bearish Color (Default: Orange - #ff5722):** The bearish cycle color helps in visualizing negative momentum phases.
- **Enable Cycle Signals:** This option allows traders to generate additional buy and sell signals based on the cycle histogram, offering further opportunities to enter or exit trades based on cyclic trends.
- **Cycle Bullish Signal Color (Default: Light Green - #8bc34a):** Customizable signal colors for cycle-based bullish signals improve the indicator's usability by making important signals more visible.
- **Cycle Bearish Signal Color (Default: Orange - #ff5722):** Similarly, bearish signal colors ensure that traders can quickly identify when the market is potentially entering a downtrend.
#### 2. **Custom Types and Functions**
- **PriceData Structure:** The `PriceData` structure encapsulates essential price information (open, high, low, close) along with the bar index. This structure is fundamental for the accurate calculation of swings and trends, ensuring that the oscillator is grounded in precise and up-to-date market data.
- **SwingData Structure:** This structure manages the market's swing points (highs and lows) and their respective indices. It is crucial for detecting and updating the oscillator with significant price levels, helping to identify key turning points in the market.
- **detectSwing Method:** The `detectSwing` method is a core component that determines whether a significant swing (high or low) has occurred. This detection is pivotal for the oscillator, as it triggers the update of the swing data, marking crucial levels where momentum may shift.
- **updateSwing Method:** This method updates the `SwingData` structure when new swing points are detected. It resets the structure's state, ensuring that the most recent price action is accurately reflected in the oscillator.
- **normalizeOsc Function:** The `normalizeOsc` function standardizes the oscillator values between 0 and 100, ensuring consistency across different timeframes and smoothing the data to emphasize genuine momentum changes. This normalization makes the oscillator easier to interpret and more reliable, especially when comparing across different assets or timeframes.
#### 3. **Core Calculations for the Oscillator**
- **Short-Term Oscillator Calculation:**
- This calculation focuses on recent price action to detect short-term trends or reversals. It updates the swing structures based on new highs and lows, determining whether the market is currently bullish or bearish on a short-term basis.
- This feature is particularly useful for traders who need to react quickly to market changes, such as scalpers or day traders.
- **Multi-Term Oscillator Calculation:**
- This function handles the mid-term and long-term oscillators, combining data from these timeframes to produce a comprehensive view of market momentum. It detects and updates swing points across these periods, offering a more robust trend analysis.
- By focusing on multiple timeframes, this calculation helps in filtering out noise and identifying more sustained market trends.
- **Oscillator Data Collection:**
- The `collectOscData` function aggregates oscillator values from short-term, mid-term, and long-term analyses. This comprehensive approach ensures that the final oscillator value reflects a balanced view of the market, taking into account different time horizons and their respective weights.
- The weighted average calculation of the oscillator values allows traders to customize the importance of each timeframe, tailoring the indicator to their specific trading style or strategy.
#### 4. **Plotting the Oscillator and Cycle Histogram**
- **Oscillator Plot:**
- The main oscillator is plotted on the chart, providing a color-coded visualization of market momentum. The gradient from bearish to bullish colors helps traders quickly assess the current market condition.
- Buy and sell signals are plotted based on the oscillator's crossing of the 50 line, offering clear entry and exit points for traders. This feature is particularly beneficial for those who prefer straightforward signals over interpreting complex data.
- **Cycle Histogram Plot:**
- The cycle histogram adds another layer of analysis, highlighting the cyclical nature of market momentum. By displaying the difference between the oscillator value and its smoothed cycle, traders can visualize the strength and direction of cyclical trends.
- The histogram is color-coded to differentiate between bullish and bearish cycles, making it easier to identify periods of rising or falling momentum.
- **Cycle Signal Plot:**
- If cycle signals are enabled, the indicator plots additional buy and sell signals based on the cycle histogram. This feature provides further opportunities for traders to act on cyclical trends, potentially capturing profits from both major and minor market cycles.
### Uniqueness of the PAM Oscillator
The PAM Oscillator is unique in its approach to blending multiple timeframes and cyclical analysis into a single, cohesive indicator. Unlike traditional oscillators that focus on a single aspect of price action, the PAM Oscillator integrates short-term, mid-term, and long-term price data, giving traders a more holistic view of market momentum. Its ability to adjust the influence of different timeframes and the inclusion of cycle analysis makes it exceptionally versatile, catering to a wide range of trading strategies.
- **Comprehensive Multi-Term Analysis:** The PAM Oscillator doesn't just focus on a single timeframe; it aggregates data across short, mid, and long-term horizons, providing a nuanced and adaptable view of market conditions.
- **Integrated Cycle Analysis:** By incorporating a cycle histogram, the PAM Oscillator allows traders to understand and act on the cyclical nature of markets, something that is often overlooked in standard momentum indicators.
- **Customizable Weighting System:** The ability to adjust the weighting of different timeframes and customize colors and signals makes the PAM Oscillator adaptable to different trading environments and preferences, offering a level of customization that is rare among other indicators.
- **Signal Clarity:** The indicator not only visualizes market momentum but also provides clear buy and sell signals based on oscillator and cycle data, making it user-friendly and effective for traders at all levels.
### How Different Traders May Use the PAM Oscillator
1. **Scalpers:**
- **Short-Term Focus:** Scalpers will primarily use the short-term oscillator to identify quick momentum changes for intraday trades. The oscillator’s responsiveness to recent price swings allows them to catch rapid price movements and capitalize on brief market opportunities.
- **Cycle Avoidance:** The cycle histogram can help scalpers avoid periods of low momentum, ensuring they only trade when the market is actively trending, thereby enhancing their profitability.
2. **Day Traders:**
- **Multi-Term Strategy:** Day traders can leverage both the short-term and mid-term oscillators to confirm trend directions before entering trades. This dual-layered approach minimizes the chances of getting
caught in false breakouts, improving trade accuracy.
- **Signal-Based Entries:** The buy/sell signals generated by the oscillator crossing the 50 line offer clear entry and exit points, making it easier for day traders to make quick decisions.
3. **Swing Traders:**
- **Long-Term Influence:** Swing traders might emphasize the long-term oscillator to identify major trend reversals. By smoothing out noise and focusing on longer-term price action, they can hold positions through minor corrections and capitalize on larger market movements.
- **Cycle Confirmation:** The cycle histogram can serve as a confirmation tool, helping swing traders stay in trades during strong cycles and exit when momentum starts to weaken.
4. **Position Traders:**
- **Cycle Dominance:** Position traders can use the cycle histogram to identify macro trends, holding positions for extended periods based on long-term cyclical analysis. This approach is particularly useful in markets with clear cyclical patterns.
- **Multi-Term Validation:** These traders can use the multi-term oscillator to ensure that all timeframes are aligned with their long-term trading strategy, providing greater confidence in maintaining positions through periods of short-term volatility.
### In Summary
The PAM Oscillator is not just an indicator; it’s a comprehensive toolkit for understanding and trading market momentum across different timeframes and cycles. Its unique combination of customizable weighting, multi-term analysis, and integrated cycle detection makes it a powerful tool for traders of all styles, from scalpers to long-term investors. Whether you're looking to capitalize on short-term price movements or identify long-term trends, the PAM Oscillator provides the insights and flexibility needed to navigate the complexities of modern trading.
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[F][IND] - Price Action with Market StructurePrice Action with Market Structure Indicator
Unlock the power of price action and market structure with our comprehensive TradingView indicator. This dynamic tool is designed to enhance your trading strategy by identifying key candle patterns and market trends.
Key Features:
1. Bullish and Bearish Candle Patterns Identifier: Pinbars (PB), Engulfing (BE), and Big Candles (BC), each available in both bullish (Green) and bearish (Red) variations.
2. Entry Signals: Buy only when bullish price action aligns with an established uptrend in market structure. Conversely, sell when bearish price action coincides with a downtrend.
3. Customizable Settings: Tailor the indicator to your preferences with adjustable parameters. Choose from Big Candles (BC), Engulfing patterns (BE), or Pinbars (PB) based on your trading style.
4. Reference Colors and Abbreviations:
- Green = Bullish
- Red = Bearish
- BC = Big Candle
- BE = Engulfing
- PB = Pinbar
5. Stoch RSI Filtering: Refine your entries with Stoch RSI overbought and oversold conditions:
- Overbought = Bearish Price Action Candles (BC, BE, PB) only appear if the Stoch RSI overbought is above the set value.
- Oversold = Bullish Price Action Candles (BC, BE, PB) only appear if the Stoch RSI oversold is below the set value.
- ZigZag Market Structure Line: Visualize market trends with the ZigZag line, providing a clear representation of the prevailing market structure.
How to Use:
1. Identify Price Action: Watch for bullish or bearish price action signals based on your selected candle patterns.
2. Confirm Market Structure: Ensure the market structure aligns with the intended trade direction – uptrend for buy signals and downtrend for sell signals.
3. Fine-Tune with Stoch RSI: Use Stoch RSI to filter signals, increasing the precision of your entries.
4. Customize Your View: Tailor the indicator display to your preferences by selecting specific candle patterns in the input settings.
Gain a deeper understanding of market structure: Understanding the Basics of Market Structure .
Upgrade your trading strategy with the Price Action with Market Structure Indicator. Empower your decisions and master the art of precision trading.
Disclaimer:
This indicator is provided for educational purposes only. Trading involves risk, and users should consult with a financial professional before making any trading decisions.
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Three Bar Gap (Simple Price Action - with 1 line plot)This script is tailored towards experienced traders who prefer to view raw price charts during live execution. It searches for a three-bar pattern of what is colloquially called "fair value gap", or "imbalance" and uses a single line to plot the results. The goal is to display price in a way that is as simple as possible so that chart readers who don't prefer to add indicators on their screen will still find this indicator as an acceptable option to consider for.
From a code perspective, this script explores a new PineScript feature called UDT (user-defined types). This is an incredible update because it brings developers one step close to having the ability to create abstract data types.
█ What is price action?
Experienced traders will tell you that the chart that they use for live execution is raw, clean, and uses no indicators. They say they execute on price action, so what exactly is price action?
There is no formal definition to it, but one can agree that it implies the process of analyzing price without considering the fundamentals, without needing to know what the news was about, and without needing to know any of the Greeks (except for the desire to “seek alpha” Ha.haa...). This is not to say that price action traders are executing in their own vacuums without the need to know what is happening around the world. Surely fundamentals and financial models can be used beforehand for developing a bias for what is being traded, but it’s price-first at the moment of execution. That said, Factor (A) is Price.
Factor (B) is time-perception, it’s how the trader reads the tape. How the trader perceives price to change with respect to time is valuable information. Interpretation of "time" will be elaborated in the next section that talks about candlestick patterns detected by this script.
Putting this together, price action means the analysis of price movement by only considering (A) price, and (B) time, to predict which direction the market will move. A speculative trader is timing the market with the expectation to make a quick in-and-out profit; she/she is using price action. On the other hand, a long term investor holding a diversified portfolio with a strategy based on modern portfolio theory combined with fundamental analysis (at this point candlesticks are irrelevant) but has one additional criteria of, say, can only go Long on a stock when it has closed Green on Daily; he/she is also considered to be executing on price action.
█ Candlestick patterns
This script calculates the displacement of highs and lows over three consecutive bars.
A) Down move = When High of the recent confirmed bar is lower than the Low of the previous-previous candle
B) Up move = When Low of the recent confirmed bar is higher than the High of the previous-previous candle
(Note that its the confirmed bar that is being talked about, so it does not repaint)
An ATR filter will be applied to reduce the number of lines generated as many times they might just be associated with minor price changes.
Interpretations:
When price moves quickly across three bars, it can be thought that it has gapped. Although the candle in the middle appears to be solid, it’s not from a conceptual perspective. This is because time itself is arbitrary; timeframes don’t necessarily have to be fixed intervals. Take stocks with regular trading hours for example, if price makes a breakaway gap and you bundle the after-hours and pre-market sessions together as one candle, never minding that intervals should be fixed, then you will see the exact three-bar-gap patterns. Similar happens during intraday sessions on lower timeframes, if you zoom-in closer, you’ll see that ticks within the middle candle are sparsely dispersed. This is why it's called a gap.
█ Parameters with fixed inputs & assumptions used:
ATR is used for filtering out minor movements that will likely be deemed as irrelevant by trader for the purpose of live execution. The following inputs are required:
A) ATR lookback period
B) Multiplier
The product of ATR(len=A) and B produces a threshold for minimum distance that price must gap by. Initially, it was proposed to be only based on one ATR, but often an ATR is too wide and using it will filter out too many lines. Because of this observation, a multiplier (Parameter B) has been introduced to allow users to apply fractional ATR as a threshold.
█ Applications:
For trend followers: Follow the direction of the gap. Entering above recent high/low points above/below the first impulse with a stop-limit order is a viable tactic.
For contrarians fading a trend: The mid-point is a good point of reference for predicting potential areas of support/resistance.
Pure Price Action Momentum OscillatorComplete Trading Guide: Pure Price Action Momentum Oscillator
1. Script Overview
What It Does
Tracks real-time momentum strength (bullish/bearish acceleration)
Identifies dynamic support/resistance zones for momentum (not price)
Alerts when momentum breaks or holds critical levels
What It Doesn’t Do
Predict long-term trends (use with trend indicators)
Replace price-based S/R levels (use alongside them)
Work well in extreme choppiness (adjust settings or avoid)
2. Key Features & Components
Feature Purpose Visual Cue
Momentum Histogram Shows strength/direction of price acceleration Color-coded bars
Zero Line Bullish/bearish momentum baseline Gray line (0 level)
Support Zone (Blue) Momentum floor where bounces happen Blue horizontal line
Resistance Zone (Orange) Momentum ceiling where pullbacks start Orange horizontal line
Stateful Alerts Persistent signals until conditions reverse Green/Red labels
3. Best Timeframes & Markets
Market Recommended Timeframe Notes
Stocks 5min - 1H Works best with high liquidity
Forex 15min - 4H Avoid during major news spikes
Crypto 1H - 4H Use with volume confirmation
Futures 5min - 1H Ideal for intraday momentum trades
❌ Avoid: Tick charts, <1min (too noisy), >Daily (loses sensitivity).
4. Confirmation Tools (Must-Use Combos)
A. Trend Confirmation
200 EMA (Price Chart)
Only trade longs if price > 200 EMA + momentum supports
Only trade shorts if price < 200 EMA + momentum confirms
ADX (14)
Use when ADX > 25 (strong trend) + momentum aligns
B. Volume Confirmation
Volume Profile
Enter longs only if momentum breaks resistance at high-volume nodes
VWAP
Buy pullbacks when momentum holds support and price is above VWAP
C. Price Structure
Fibonacci Retracements
Look for momentum breaks at 61.8% Fib levels for high-probability trades
Market Structure (Higher Lows/Lower Highs)
Momentum breakouts work best when price confirms trend
5. Trading Signals & Execution Rules
A. Breakout Trades (High Momentum)
Signal Conditions Action
Resistance Broken Histogram > Orange Zone + Price > Key S/R Enter Long
Support Broken Histogram < Blue Zone + Price < Key S/R Enter Short
Stop Loss:
Longs: 1 tick below nearest swing low
Shorts: 1 tick above nearest swing high
Take Profit:
Trail using the opposite zone (exit long when momentum drops below support)
B. Reversal Trades (Momentum Exhaustion)
Signal Conditions Action
Resistance Holding Histogram rejects Orange Zone + Bearish candle Short Entry
Support Holding Histogram bounces off Blue Zone + Bullish candle Long Entry
Stop Loss:
Beyond the recent swing high/low
Take Profit:
At next key S/R level
6. Advanced Interpretation
A. Divergence Trading
Hidden Bullish Divergence:
Price makes higher low, but momentum makes lower low → Potential reversal up
Hidden Bearish Divergence:
Price makes lower high, but momentum makes higher high → Potential reversal down
B. Session-Based Trading
London Open (3 AM EST): Watch for momentum breaks with volume surge
NY Midday (10 AM - 12 PM EST): Best for trend continuation
Crypto (UTC Midnight): Often sees volatility spikes
7. Risk Management & Position Sizing
Risk per trade: 1-2% of account
Leverage: ≤5x for intraday, ≤2x for swing
Avoid trading:
First 15 mins after major news
Low-volume periods (e.g., forex after 5 PM EST)
8. Pro Tips for Consistency
✅ Wait for Close: Don’t trade wicks, wait for candle close beyond zones.
✅ Combine with Price Action: Only trade if momentum aligns with candlestick patterns (e.g., pin bars, engulfing).
✅ Adjust Lookback: Increase in choppy markets, decrease in trends.
9. Limitations & Fixes
Issue Solution
Whipsaws in choppy markets Increase Min Lookback to 30+
Slow reaction in trends Reduce Max Lookback to 50
False breakouts Require volume confirmation
Final Verdict
This script is best used as a momentum filter – not a standalone system. Combine with:
✔ Trend indicators (200 EMA, ADX)
✔ Volume analysis (VWAP, Volume Profile)
✔ Price structure (S/R, Fibs)
AL Brooks - Price Action Multi-Signal Suite📘 Price Action Multi-Signal Suite📘
This indicator is a complete visual toolset for traders who use price action principles inspired by Al Brooks-style analysis.
It combines multiple nuanced signals — like first/second entries, breakout failures, trend bias, higher-timeframe context, and dynamic trend channels — into one elegant, customizable interface.
It is built with clarity, flexibility, and actionable precision in mind.
🧠 Core Concepts Behind the Tool
1. Trend Bias with EMA (20 by default)
The indicator calculates a standard EMA (default: 20) to establish trend direction bias.
When price is above EMA, we consider the market to be in a bull trend, and vice versa.
The EMA line changes color dynamically — green (bull), red (bear), gray (neutral).
🟢 Example:
If price is forming higher highs and staying above EMA with strong bull bars, the bias is bullish. In this phase, you're looking for High 1 and High 2 (H1/H2) setups.
2. First and Second Entries (H1/H2 and L1/L2)
High 1 (H1): First pullback in a bull trend after a minor new high.
High 2 (H2): A second attempt to push up after a failed H1.
Low 1 (L1) and Low 2 (L2): Mirror the above logic for bear trends.
📈 Example Trade – H2 Long:
Price breaks out above EMA.
Pulls back and forms an H1, but it fails to break out.
Second push (H2) forms a higher low, then closes strong above previous bar → BUY entry.
📉 Example Trade – L2 Short:
Market is below EMA.
A rally creates L1, fails.
L2 forms and closes below the previous bar low with a bear body → SELL entry.
3. Second Entry Logic (Simplified Swing Count)
This adds context to H2/L2 by ensuring at least two swings occurred in the same direction.
Reduces false signals in choppy markets.
Painted as colored circles (aqua = long, fuchsia = short).
4. Breakout Failure Detection
Detects false breakouts using 10-bar highs/lows:
Failed High Breakout: Price breaks a 10-bar high but closes back inside → potential reversal short.
Failed Low Breakout: Price breaks a 10-bar low but closes back inside → potential long.
🚨 Example:
Price breaks above a recent high but closes below it with a strong bear bar → look for reversal or fade setups.
5. Inside / Outside Bars
Helps recognize compression (inside bars) or volatility expansions (outside bars).
Inside bars often precede breakouts.
Outside bars may signal traps or indecision.
Use these in combination with entry logic. An H2 after an inside bar can signal a strong, clean breakout.
6. Higher Timeframe (HTF) Context
Pulls EMA and trend bias from a higher timeframe (default: 1hr).
Background color indicates HTF bias (adjustable opacity).
Green = HTF uptrend.
Red = HTF downtrend.
🧭 Usage: Trade in the direction of the HTF bias when possible. An H2 with HTF bias bullish adds confluence.
7. Trend Channels (Automatic, Visual)
Dynamically draws trend channel lines based on pivot highs/lows.
These act as support/resistance, visual guides for traps or continuation.
Trendline breakouts or touches often align with H2/L2 setups.
📏 Example:
Price touches lower channel and forms a second entry long (L2) with a strong bull bar → high-quality reversal trade.
⚙️ Customization Options
Toggle each signal component (entries, bias, bars, failures, channels).
Adjust EMA length, HTF resolution, background opacity.
Keep your chart clean and focused on the signals that matter to you.
📊 Trade Example Summary
H2 with HTF Bullish
Trade Setup: Strong bull bar after a failed H1, above EMA
Expected Move: Trend continuation upward
L2 with Channel Hit
Trade Setup: Pullback hits lower trend channel, forms L2
Expected Move: Reversal or scalp down
Failed High Breakout
Trade Setup: Price breaks above a 10-bar high, but reverses and closes inside
Expected Move: Quick fade or reversal short
Inside Bar + H2
Trade Setup: Price compresses into an inside bar, followed by a breakout with H2
Expected Move: Momentum breakout trade
Outside Bar + L2
Trade Setup: Price breaks strongly in one direction (outside bar), second push fails upward, forms L2
Expected Move: Short on weakness
Please note, this is an educational idea and representation of whatever I understood of it.
Historical performances may not be replicable in present/future.
Trade at your own responsibility.
Regards! ^^
Pure Price Action ICT Tools [LuxAlgo]The Pure Price Action ICT Tools indicator is designed for pure price action analysis, automatically identifying real-time market structures, liquidity levels, order & breaker blocks, and liquidity voids.
Its unique feature lies in its exclusive reliance on price patterns, without being constrained by any user-defined inputs, ensuring a robust and objective analysis of market dynamics.
🔶 MARKET STRUCTURES
A Market Structure Shift, also known as a Change of Character (CHoCH), is a pivotal event in price action analysis indicating a potential change in market sentiment or direction. An MSS occurs when the price reverses from an established trend, signaling that the prevailing trend may be losing momentum and a reversal might be underway. This shift is often identified by key technical patterns, such as a higher low in a downtrend or a lower high in an uptrend, which indicate a weakening of the current trend's strength.
A Break of Structure typically indicates the continuation of the current market trend. This event occurs when the price decisively moves beyond a previous swing high or low, confirming the strength of the prevailing trend. In an uptrend, a BOS is marked by the price breaking above a previous high, while in a downtrend, it is identified by the price breaking below a previous low.
While a Market Structure Shift (MSS) can indicate a potential trend reversal and a Break of Structure (BOS) often confirms trend continuation, they do not assure a complete reversal or continuation. MSS and BOS levels can also function as liquidity zones or areas of price consolidation rather than definitively signaling a change in market direction. Traders should approach these signals cautiously and validate them with additional factors before making trading decisions. For further details on other components of the tool, please refer to the following sections.
🔶 ORDER & BREAKER BLOCKS
Order and Breaker Blocks are key concepts in price action analysis that help traders identify significant levels in the market structure.
Order Blocks are specific price zones where significant buying or selling activity has occurred. These zones often represent the actions of large institutional traders or market makers, who execute substantial orders that impact the market.
Breaker Blocks are specific price zones where a strong reversal occurs, causing a break in the prevailing market structure. These blocks indicate areas where the price encountered significant resistance or support, leading to a reversal.
In summary, Order and Breaker Blocks are essential tools in price action analysis, providing insights into significant market levels influenced by institutional trading activities. These blocks help traders make informed decisions about potential support and resistance levels, trend reversals, and breakout confirmations.
🔶 BUYSIDE & SELLSIDE LIQUIDITY
Both buy-side and sell-side liquidity zones are critical for identifying potential turning points in the market. These zones are where significant buying or selling interest is concentrated, influencing future price movements.
In summary, buy-side and sell-side liquidity provide crucial insights into market demand and supply dynamics, helping traders make informed decisions based on the availability of orders at different price levels.
🔶 LIQUIDITY VOIDS
Liquidity voids are gaps or areas on a price chart where there is a lack of trading activity. These voids represent zones with minimal to no buy or sell orders, often resulting in sharp price movements when the market enters these areas.
In summary, liquidity voids are crucial areas on a price chart characterized by a lack of trading activity. These voids can lead to rapid price movements and increased volatility, making them essential considerations for traders in their analysis and decision-making processes.
🔶 SWING POINTS
Reversal price points are commonly referred to as swing points. Traders often analyze historical swing points to discern market trends and pinpoint potential trade entry and exit points.
Do note that in this script these are subject to backpainting, that is they are not located where they are detected.
The detection of swing points and the unique feature of this script rely exclusively on price action, eliminating the need for numerical user-defined settings. The process begins with detecting short-term swing points:
Short-Term Swing High (STH): Identified as a price peak surrounded by lower highs on both sides.
Short-Term Swing Low (STL): Recognized as a price trough surrounded by higher lows on both sides.
Intermediate-term and long-term swing points are detected using the same approach but with a slight modification. Instead of directly analyzing price candles, previously detected short-term swing points are utilized. For intermediate-term swing points, short-term swing points are analyzed, while for long-term swing points, intermediate-term ones are used.
This method ensures a robust and objective analysis of market dynamics, offering traders reliable insights into market structures. Detected swing points serve as the foundation for identifying market structures, buy-side/sell-side liquidity levels, and order and breaker blocks presented with this tool.
In summary, swing points are essential elements in technical analysis, helping traders identify trends, support, and resistance levels, and optimal entry and exit points. Understanding swing points allows traders to make informed decisions based on the natural price movements in the market.
🔶 SETTINGS
🔹 Market Structures
Market Structures: Toggles the visibility of the market structures, both shifts and breaks.
Detection: An option that allows users to detect market structures based on the significance of swing levels, including short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term.
Market Structure Labels: Controls the visibility of labels that highlight the type of market structure.
Line Style: Customizes the style of the lines representing the market structure.
🔹 Order & Breaker Blocks
Order & Breaker Blocks: Toggles the visibility of the order & breaker blocks.
Detection: An option that allows users to detect order & breaker blocks based on the significance of swing levels, including short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term.
Last Bullish Blocks: Number of the most recent bullish order/breaker blocks to display on the chart.
Last Bearish Blocks: Number of the most recent bearish order/breaker blocks to display on the chart.
Use Candle Body: Allows users to use candle bodies as order block areas instead of the full candle range.
🔹 Buyside & Sellside Liquidity
Buyside & Sellside Liquidity: Toggles the visibility of the buyside & sellside liquidity levels.
Detection: An option that allows users to detect buy-side & sell-side liquidity based on the significance of swing levels, including short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term.
Margin: Sets margin/sensitivity for a liquidity level detection.
Visible Levels: Controls the amount of the liquidity levels/zones to be visualized.
🔹 Liquidity Voids
Liquidity Voids: Enable display of both bullish and bearish liquidity voids.
Threshold Multiplier: Defines the multiplier for the threshold, which is hard-coded to the 200-period ATR range.
Mode: Controls the lookback length for detection and visualization. Present considers the last X bars specified in the option, while Historical includes all available data.
Label: Enable display of a label indicating liquidity voids.
🔹 Swing Highs/Lows
Swing Highs/Lows: Toggles the visibility of the swing levels.
Detection: An option that allows users to detect swing levels based on the significance of swing levels, including short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term.
Label Size: Control the size of swing level labels.
🔶 RELATED SCRIPTS
Pure-Price-Action-Structures.
Market-Structures-(Intrabar).
Buyside-Sellside-Liquidity.
Order-Breaker-Blocks.
