MM Day Trader LevelsAs an intraday trader, there are certain key levels that I care about for short-term price action on every single chart. When I first began day trading, each morning I would painstakingly mark those key levels off on the charts I planned to trade each day. Depending on the number of charts I was watching, this would take up quite a bit of my time that I felt would have been much better spent doing other things. It also meant that those levels would often be left behind, and on later days I might be trading a symbol and get confused when a line appeared and I'd be paying attention to it only to later discover that it wasn't from prior day, but from some other day in the past when I had marked it off.
I looked all over TradingView to find indicators that did this automatically for me, and I found a lot of them. One by one I tried them, and inevitably I would always find that something was wrong with them. Often they didn't have all of the levels I wanted (so I would have to combine multiple indicators), but more often I found that the levels would be incorrect, or they would be buggy and not appear consistently, or they would not appear at the right time, or they would not work on futures! The list of problems went on and on. And the biggest issue I found was that nobody knew how to get session volume profile in an indicator.
So, over the course of a few years I figured out how to solve all of those problems and now I'm thrilled to present this free indicator for everyone like me who trades intraday and wants a clean consistent way to see the prior day levels that they care about automatically on every single chart (even futures). The levels the indicator provides are:
Yesterday High & Low
Value Area High & Low & Point of Control
Today's Open
Yesterday's Close (aka "Settlement" on futures)
Premarket High & Low (non-futures only)
Overnight High & Low (futures only)
These levels are extremely important, and I expect price to be reactive to them, so each level has a shaded background behind it so that the levels stand out against other lines you may have on your chart. I try to keep configuration as simple as possible, but there are configuration options that allow you to:
Hide any of the levels
Change the color for the levels
Shade the value area (or not)
Change the label text, size, type (basic label or plain text) and location (how far to the right of last candle to place the label
Adjust session volume profile value area volume & number of rows
The biggest advantage to this indicator over others on TradingView is how it handles session volume profile. When it comes to futures, TradingView does differentiate between regular trading hours and "electronic" trading hours on the charts, but their timeframes for those sessions are unusual, and they do not provide any programmatic way to differentiate between them. So, I created a whole new library for dealing with futures sessions that is fully integrated into both my Session Volume Profile library and this indicator, allowing me to bring you the best and only custom indicator available on TradingView that provides you with true regular session volume profile information across every type of symbol, including futures.
I'm incredibly proud of everything I've been able to provide with this indicator, and even more thrilled to say that I'm proud of how the indicator has been implemented. Once again releasing this indicator and all associated code for free and open source. I encourage you to take a look at the source code to see how it all works, take advantage of the free underlying libraries I created to make all of this possible: Session Library and Session Volume Profile Library.
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Volume Profile PlusThis indicator provides a high-resolution and high-precision implementation of Volume Profile with flexible range settings. Its key features include:
1. Support for a high resolution of up to 2,500 rows.
2. Capability to examine lower timeframe bars (default 5,000 intra-bars) for enhanced precision.
3. Three range modes — "Visible Range", "Anchored Range", and "All Range".
4. Highlighting of Point of Control and Value Area.
5. Extensive customization options allowing users to configure dimensions, on-chart placements, and color schemes.
🔵 Settings
The settings screen, along with the explanations for each setting, is provided below:
🔵 High Resolution using Polyline
Inspired by @fikira, this indicator utilizes the newly introduced `polyline` type in PineScript to plot the volume profile. It employs a single polyline instance to represent the entire histogram. With each polyline instance supporting up to 10,000 points and each histogram row requiring 4 points, this indicator can accommodate 2500 rows, resulting in a significantly higher resolution compared to conventional volume profile indicators that use `line`s or `box`es to draw the histogram.
🔵 High Precision Data-binning using Lower Timeframe Data
Conventional volume profile indicators often face one or both of the following limitations:
1. They only consider volume within the chart's current timeframe.
2. They assign each bar's total volume to a single price bucket based on the bar's average price, rather than distributing volume across multiple price buckets.
As a result, when the number of bars in the chart is low, those indicators may provide imprecise results, making it difficult to accurately identify significant volume nodes and the point of control.
To address these limitations and enhance accuracy, this indicator examines data from lower timeframes and distributes the volume to fine-grained price buckets. It intelligently selects an appropriate lower timeframe to ensure precise output while complying with a maximum specified number of bars to maintain good performance.
🔵 Three Range Modes
This indicator offers users the flexibility to choose from three range modes:
1. Visible Range (Default Mode): In this mode, the volume profile calculation begins at the time of the left-most bar displayed in the current viewport. As the user scrolls through the viewport, the volume profile updates automatically.
2. Anchored Range: This mode allows the user to set the start time either by using the datetime input boxes or by dragging the anchor line on the chart.
3. All Range: In this mode, the volume profile calculation is based on all the historical bars available in the chart.
Volume Profile with Delta [TradeMaster Lite]The indicator estimates and displays the total traded volume and it's delta** at each price level during the user-defined period. It can be used to identify key support and resistance levels, determine logical take profit and stop loss levels, identify balanced and unbalanced markets and determine trend strength. The indicator offers different approaches to visualize the volume profile and can be chosen based on your preferred trading strategy and analysis method. The position and size of the Volume Profile is fully customizable, it can even be flipped if needed!
Three different display types (cosmetic effect only):
Classic
Compact
Modern
The Lite version offers three different range types:
Visible Range: displays the volume profile for the visible range of bars or candles on the chart. It adjusts dynamically as you change the chart view making it ideal for the modern trader who values both precision and simplicity.
Open End: displays the volume profile from a specific start date without a defined end, including real delta data. It provides an overview of the volume activity across all price levels of the examined period.
Fixed End: lets you define a specific start and end point for the volume profile. It can be useful if you want to analyze the volume activity within a specific time period or price range.
👉 Usage
The Volume Profile is a histogram that shows the estimated trading volume at certain price levels, how much was sold and how much was bought of the asset. The longer the histogram, the greater the trading volume at that price level. The Delta estimates which side was dominant at that price level and by how much.
To make the most out of the indicator, you can look for
pullbacks to high volume nodes or value areas,
initial equilibrium pullbacks,
buy or sell opportunities for price reversals,
institutional order flow.
The largest histogram node is called the Point of Control (POC). It is the estimated real market price of a coin. There's a common belief that when the price is above this point, the market sentiment is bullish, and when it's below, the sentiment turns bearish. It can act as a strong support if the price is above it and as strong resistance if the price is below it.
Price action usually finds the most support and resistance and the edge of the high volume areas. The indicator can mark these as VAH and VAL (Value Area High and Low).
In addition to the indication of support and resistance zones, the volume profile can also be used to infer the speed of price movements. At levels where there is little trading volume, faster and more volatile price movements are expected. In such scenarios the price may fall or rise faster to the next high volume zone.
👉 General advice
Confirming Signals with other indicators:
As with all technical indicators, it is important to confirm potential signals with other analytical tools, such as support and resistance levels, as well as indicators like RSI, MACD, and volume. This helps increase the probability of a successful trade.
Use proper risk management:
When using this or any other indicator, it is crucial to have proper risk management in place. Consider implementing stop-loss levels and thoughtful position sizing.
Combining with other technical indicators:
The indicator can be effectively used alongside other technical indicators to create a comprehensive trading strategy and provide additional confirmation.
Keep in Mind:
Thorough research and backtesting are essential before making any trading decisions. Furthermore, it's crucial to have a solid understanding of the indicator and its behavior. Additionally, incorporating fundamental analysis and considering market sentiment can be vital factors to take into account in your trading approach.
Limitations:
The Lite version shows simple delta with current timeframe volume data.
The indicators within the TradeMaster Lite package aim for simplicity and efficiency, while retaining their original purpose and value. Some settings, functions or visuals may be simpler than expected.
**The Delta estimates which side was dominant at that price level and by how much. It is the difference between bull and bear volume of the candle.
⭐ Conclusion
We hold the view that the true path to success is the synergy between the trader and the tool, contrary to the common belief that the tool itself is the sole determinant of profitability. The actual scenario is more nuanced than such an oversimplification. Our aim is to offer useful features that meet the needs of the 21st century and that we actually use.
🛑 Risk Notice:
Everything provided by trademasterindicator – from scripts, tools, and articles to educational materials – is intended solely for educational and informational purposes. Past performance does not assure future returns.
MTF Evolving Weighted Composite Value Area🧾 Description:
This indicator calculates evolving value areas across 3 different timeframes/periods and combines them into one composite, multi-timeframe evolving value area - with each of the underlying timeframes' VAs assigned their own weighting/importance in the final calculation. Layered with extra smoothing options, this creates an informative and useful 'rolling value area' effect that can give you a better perspective on the value area across multiple periods at once as it develops - without total calculation resets at the onset of every new period.
Let's start with a simplified primer on value areas and then jump in to the new ideas this indicator introduces.
🤔 What is a value area?
Value areas are a tool used in market profile analysis to determine the range of prices that represents where most trading activity occurred during a specific time period, typically within a single 'bar' of a certain higher timeframe, such as the 4-hour, daily, or weekly. It helps traders understand the levels where the market finds value.
To calculate the value area, we look at the distribution of prices and trading volume. We determine a percentage, usually 70% or 80%, that represents the significant portion of trading volume. Then, we identify the price range that contains this percentage of trading volume, which becomes the value area.
Value areas are useful because they provide insights into market dynamics and potential support and resistance levels. They show where traders have been most active and where they find value, and traders can use this information to make better-informed decisions.
For example, if price is trading within the value area, it suggests that it's within a range where traders see value and are actively participating, which could indicate a balanced market. If the price moves above or below the value area, it may signal a potential shift in market sentiment or a breakout/breakdown from the established range.
By understanding the value area, traders can identify potential areas of supply and demand, determine levels of interest for buyers and sellers, and make decisions based on the market's perception of value.
📑 Limitations of traditional value areas
Static representation: Value areas are usually represented as static zones calculated after the fact. For example, after a daily period is completed, a typical 1D VA indicator will display the value area for the past period with static horizontal lines. This approach doesn't give you the power to see how the value area evolved, or developed, during the time period, as it is only displayed retroactively. It also doesn't give you the ability to view it as it evolves in real-time. This is why we chose to use an evolving value area representation, specifically borrowed from @sourcey's Value Area POC/VAH/VAL script function for calculating evolving VAs.
Rollover resets - no memory of past periods!: The traditional value area is calculated over a static period - it is calculated from the beginning of the period, for example a 1 day period, to the end, and that's the end of it. When the next daily period begins, the calculation resets, and has no memory of the preceding period. This limits the usefulness of the value area visual when viewed near the beginning of a new period before price and volume have been given ample time to define an area.
Hard to absorb all of that information: Value areas aren't generally meant to be a hardline representation of something extremely exact - they're based on a percentage of the area where traders appeared to find value over a certain time period. Most traders use them as a guide for support and resistance levels or finding an expected range. Traders typically overlay multiple VAs - sometimes requiring several instances of the same indicator to be applied - to represent the VA across multiple timeframes such as the 4H, 1D, or 1W. The chart quickly gets cluttered and it's not necessarily easy to understand the relationship between these multiple periods' VAs at a glance.
🧪 New concepts introduced in this indicator
With the evolving weighted composite value area we tried to address these limitations, and we think the result can be useful and intuitive for traders who want more dynamic and practical VAs for their everyday technical analysis.
⚖️ 1. A composite, weighted multi-timeframe VA
This indicator's value areas represent a combination or composite of the value areas calculated across multiple timeframes. The VAs calculated across each timeframe are then given a weighting percentage, which determines their contribution to the final 'weighted composite value area'.
Pictured below: a 4H/1D/1W MTF evolving weighted composite VA on the BTCUSDT Perpetual Futures (Binance) 5 minute chart:
Traditionally, when traders wanted to get a view of where the majority of trading activity occurred over the past four hours, day, and week, they would need to apply three value area indicators (or sometimes one if it allows multiple custom timeframes), each set to a different period (4H, 1D, 1W). The chart gets cluttered quickly and the information is hard to absorb in one shot. Addressing this problem was the main impetus for creating this weighted composite process.
〰️ 2. Rolling and smoothed evolving VAs
Because the composite VA is calculated based on multiple period VAs, there is no one single point where the area calculation resets (unless all 3 selected timeframes happen to rollover on the same bar). This creates a 'rolling' effect that gives a sense of the progression of the VA as price transitions through the different underlying time periods, without the traditional 'jump' in calculations between periods.
Pictured below: a 1D/1W/1M MTF evolving weighted composite VA on the NQ futures 1H chart:
To help give even more of a sense of perspective and 'progression' of the VA, there are also smoothing options to even out the 'jumps' at period-rollover points.
✔️ What's it good for?
Smoothed, rolling, and evolving multi-timeframe VAs that give you a better real-time perspective of where traders are finding value across multiple time periods at once.
📎 References
1. @sourcey's Value Area POC/VAH/VAL script by adapting its f_poc(tf) function.
💠 Features:
A MTF evolving weighted composite value area based on 3 underlying VAs calculated across customizable timeframes
Aesthetic and flexible coloring and color theme styling options
Period-roller labels and options for ease-of-use and legibility
⚙️ Settings:
Calculation Decimal Resolution: This setting essentially determines how 'granular' the value area calculating process is. This value should be set to some multiple of the tick size/smallest decimal of the symbol's price chart. Eg. On BTCUSDT, the tick size/decimal is usually 0.1. So, you might use 0.5. On TSLA, the tick size is 0.01. You might use 0.05 or 0.25. Beware: if the resolution is too small, calculation will take too long and the script may timeout.
Show Me Suggested Resolutions: If enabled, a label will display in the bottom right of the chart with some suggested resolutions for the current chart.
Area Percentage: Set the displayed percentage of the calculated composite value area. Igor method = 70%; Daniel method: 68%.
Use a Color Theme: When this setting is enabled, all manual 'Bullish and Bearish Colors' are overridden. All plots will use the colors from your selected Color Theme - excepting those plots set to use the 'Single Color' coloring method.
Color Theme: When 'Use a Color Theme' is enabled, this setting allows you to select the color theme you wish to use.
Resistance Color: When 'Use a Color Theme' is disabled, this will set the 'resistance color' for the composite VA.
Support Color: When 'Use a Color Theme' is disabled, this will set the 'support color' for the composite VA.
Show Period Rollover Labels: When enabled, a label will show above or below the composite VA marking any underlying period rollovers with the label 'New __' (eg. 'New 4H', 'New 1D', 'New 1W').
Size: Sets the font size of the period rollover labels.
Show Period Rollover Lines: When enabled, a translucent vertical dashed line will be drawn across the composite VA when one of the underlying periods rolls over.
Fill Composite Value Area: When enabled, the composite VA will be filled with a gradient coloring from the support line to the resistance line using their respective colors.
Smooth: When enabled, a smoothing moving average will be applied to the composite value area.
Smoothing Period: Set the lookback period for the smoothing average.
Smoothing Type: Set the calculation type for the smoothing average. Options include: Exponential, Simple, Weighted, Volume-Weighted, and Hull.
Enable: Include/exclude a timeframe's VA in the composite VA calculation.
Timeframe: Set the timeframe for this specific underlying VA.
Weighting %: Set the weighting percentage or 'importance' of this timeframe's value area in calculating the composite VA. Beware! The sum of the weighting percentages across all enabled timeframes must ALWAYS add up to 100 in order for this indicator to work as designed.
OI Profile RemasteredOI Profile Remastered
This indicator is the successor to the very popular first open interest profile,
the indicator provides the opportunity to show: Delta, Positive and negative OI in seperation,
as well as calculate the High Value Nodes (HVN) + Liquidations independently of the OI shown.
Users are granted options such as
HVN - Auto detects areas of High Open Interest
Liquidations - Provides points of maximum likely liquidation areas
Users can select their margin manually else the Auto settings for margin will do its job based on the chart selected, perp vs usdt.
All settings are set to defaults that I currently use for BTC trading.
Liquidation points can be useful for Targets when taking a trade.
HVN /OI. Can be used as S/R dynamically as well as the OI develops throughout the session.
Positive Profile With Positive HVN Calculation
Delta Profile with Positive HVN Calculation (shows indepedence)
Footprint ClassicThe Volume Footprint chart is analyzing volume data contained within candles and split it into two components - Up and Down volume. This analysis is similar to how Volume Profile evaluates volume data from a portion of the chart.
This script can be used by any user. You do not need to have PRO or PREMIUM account to use it.
As a user, you have the flexibility to select the desired level of data precision for the Volume Footprint analysis. We highly recommend using the highest precision possible, as it provides the most accurate results. However, it's important to keep in mind that Trading View has several limitations and not all levels of precision are available on all intervals. The higher the precision, the shorter the history of available data.
If, after adding the script or changing the precision, you encounter an error message stating "'The study references too many candles in history'", it may be necessary to reduce the precision level in the script settings to resolve the issue.
This script is a part of the "Volume Footprint" toolkit, which includes:
I. Footprint chart visualization scripts in two variants:
⠀⠀Volume Footprint - Presenting volume data on both sides of the candle.
⠀⠀Volume Footprint Classic - Presenting volume data on the right side of the candle.
II. Supporting tools:
⠀⠀Volume Footprint Statistics - Script presents, in tabular form, basic statistics calculated from candle volume data, such as Delta, min Delta, max Delta and more. It can support both Volume Footprint and Volume Footprint Classic.
⠀⠀Volume Footprint Candles - Tool drawing candles adapted for footprint chart scripts.
III. Tools dedicated to more detailed analysis:
⠀⠀Volume Delta - A candle chart illustrating changes in delta values.
⠀⠀Volume Cumulative Delta - A candle chart ilustrating changes in cumulative delta values.
⠀⠀Volume Delta In Candle - A line chart showing changes in delta values over a period equal to the chart interval.
⠀⠀Volume Cumulative Delta in Interval - A line chart showing changes in cumulative delta over a period equal to the chart interval.
Script with limited access, contact author to get authorization
User Interface:
The script groups Up and Down volume into slots based on price. The height of the slots is controlled by the "Slot height" parameter in the settings. Each slot has the following configurable features:
Text - A label that displays the value. You can choose from:
⠀- - Hidden
⠀V - Slot Volume (UP + Down)
⠀V% - Slot volume as percentage of Candle volume
⠀UD - Up and Down volume
⠀UDI - Up and Down volume + Imbalance symbols.
⠀Δ - Delta (Up - Down Volume)
⠀Δ% - Delta as percent of slot volume (from -100% to 100%)
Border - Highlight slots with border color. You can chose from:
⠀- - Hidden
⠀C - Constant color
⠀POC - Slot with biggest volume
⠀V - Slot volume compared to other slots in that candle
⠀VA - Value area, highlights slots forming the value area
⠀Δ - Delta is the slot.
Background - Highlight slots with background color. You can pick one of:
⠀- - Hidden
⠀C - Constant color
⠀POC - Slot with biggest volume
⠀V - Slot volume compared to other slots in that candle
⠀VA - Value area, highlights slots forming the value area
⠀Δ - Delta is the slot.
Imbalances symbols:
Before the Down Volume, the following imbalance symbols may appear:
⠀↓ - 3 times
⠀↡ - 5 times
⠀⇊ - 10 times
After the Up Volume the following imbalance symbols may appear:
⠀↑ - 3 time
⠀↟ - 5 times
⠀⇈ - 10 times
Above the candle, the following basic statistics can be shown:
"V:" - Row with volume statistics:
⠀∑ - Total volume ,
⠀Δ - Difference between Up and Down Volume .
⠀min Δ - The smallest difference between Up and Down Volume in that candle
⠀max Δ - the biggest difference between Up and Down Volume in that candle
Script settings:
Slot height = 10^ - Price slot height on the chart, recorded as a power of 10, which means:
⠀ 0 - 1$
⠀ 1 - 10$
⠀ 2 - 100$
⠀ 3 - 1000$
⠀-1 - 0.1$
⠀-2 - 0.01$
⠀-3 - 0.001$
Data precision - One of 6 standard levels of data precision: ▉▇▆▅▃▁, where ▉ means the highest precision and ▁ the lowest available precision and two special values "W" and "M" dedicated for biggest intervals. The highest precision should be available for 15-minute chart, but for a 1D chart, it may hit TradingView limitations and the script will not be launched by the platform with error: "'The study references too many candles in history'". The general recommendation is to use the highest available precision for a given instrument and interval.
Precise warnings - An option to show warnings about missing volume in candle footprint (warning connected with one of TradingView limitations).
Text - Picking what king of info is on label:
⠀- - Hidden
⠀V - Total slot Volume
⠀V% - Slot volume as % of Candle volume
⠀UD - Up and Down volume
⠀UDI - Up and Down volume + Imbalance symbols.
⠀Δ - Delta
⠀Δ% - Delta as percent of slot volume
Centered - If checked volume labels are stick to candle (centered), if not they are alligned to right.
Border, Background:
⠀- - Hidden
⠀C - Color1
⠀POC - Slot with biggest volume
⠀V - Slot volume compared to other slots in that candle
⠀VA - Value area, highlights the slots forming the value area
⠀Δ - Delta is the slot, color1 is used when volume Up is at least 10% bigger, color2 is used when Volume Down is at least 10% bigger
Filter - Filtering option than allow hinding labels with small values:
⠀0 - filter turned off.
⠀1-5 - filtering with transparency
⠀6-10 - Filtering with hiding values
Show zeros - Option to show zeros or leave empty spaces
Draw candles - Option to draw candles that fit the volume labels, and 2 fields to choose the color of up and down candles. It is recommended to hide chart candles and use candles adapted to the footprint chart. TradingView has a bug and candles are drawn under the slots. If you choose a non-transparent background or border, they may be invisible. If possible (free accounts have a limit of 3 scripts), it is recommended to use Volume Footprint Candles script to draw thin candles over the slots.
Show stats - Showing stats over the candle: ∑, Δ, min Δ, max Δ. It's recommended to use 'Volume Footprint Statistics' script instead
Font size - Used to draw stats over the chart: T(iny), S(mall), N(ormal), L(arge)
Instrument and Volume status - A dialog showing basic chart information: Instrument type, Volume type, Smallest change, slot height.
Value area - Value area is the smallest group set of neighboring slots that have at least n(param) % of candle volume.
⠀ Value Area Minimal Volume (%) - Value area size as % of candle volume
⠀ Track - Option to track value areas, potencial support-resistance zones.
⠀ Only active - Option to hide areas that were crossed by the price.
⠀ Show Values - Opiton to show volume value over tracked value areas.
Alerts:
⠀ One alert per Bar - Emits no more than one alert per bar.
⠀ Add value area to tracking - Emits an alert about a new VA beeing added to the tracking list.
⠀ Remove value area from tracking - Emits an alert when a VA is removed from the tracking list.
Troubleshooting:
In case of any problems, please send error details to the author of the script.
Known issues:
"The study references too many candles in history" - If you encounter this issue, try changing "Data precision" setting to a lower value.
[Pt] Daily Market Profile / TPOA great mentor of mine once told me, trading is like driving. When you are driving, there are directions and road signs to follow. The key areas and levels from TPO market profile are the road signs in trading, you shouldn't trade without them much like you shouldn't drive without road signs, as you will get lost.
From Wikipedia: "A Market Profile is an intra-day charting technique (price vertical, time/activity horizontal) devised by J. Peter Steidlmayer, a trader at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), ca 1959-1985. Steidlmayer was seeking a way to determine and to evaluate market value as it developed in the day time frame. The concept was to display price on a vertical axis against time on the horizontal, and the ensuing graphic generally is a bell shape--fatter at the middle prices, with activity trailing off and volume diminished at the extreme higher and lower prices." If you are unfamiliar with the concept, search for Market Auction Theory, Market Profile, and TPO on the web.
What's cool about this script?
As a professional trading, you should be drafting a trading plan and drawing all your key areas and levels before entering a trade. If you are trading with market profile, with this script, you no longer have to spend the time it takes to manually draw those key areas and levels. All are automatically generated with this script to give you the visual cues in your trades~!!
**IMPORTANT** Please note that due to the limitation on TradingView, there can only be limited number of boxes and lines that can be generated per indicator. Hence, this script only aims to provide you with as many key areas and levels as possible. This may be mitigated by having multiple instances of this indicator. Please use at your risk and discretion.
This script provides a comprehensive set of indicators / elements of daily TPO market profile, which includes the following:
- Market Profile based on TPO
- Point of Control (POC)
- Value Area (VA)
- Single Prints (SP)
- Excess (EX)
- Naked vs Visited (Touched) POC and VA
This script also includes the following key features that hopes to provide value in your trading:
- Automatically generated key areas and levels, including all the elements above
- Those key areas and levels will fade away as they become less significant, based on number of crosses and touches
- Customizable display settings
- Customizable session for generating the MP
- Two positions for MP placement
Setting descriptions:
Market ProfileThis indicator is meant to be used on CME Group futures products.
This indicator is the market profile firstly developed by J. Peter Steidlmayer, and also described in J. Dalton's book Mind Over Markets.
Each period is indicated by a color in the profile and overlayed on price by means of the bars of the same color, and the letter on top of it.
In addition to that, the rotation factor (see Mind over markets book) is indicated inside the 30min bar, under the letter.
It is possible to choose the session between different options. Each option changes the open and the close of the regular trading hours session.
It is possible to see the profile shifted on the left of the session open, or overlayed to the session.
The following plots are visible intraday:
Previous day's settlement price (white circles)
Previous day's Value high (red continuous)
Previous day's Point of control (orange continuous)
Previous day's Value low (green continuous)
Current day's Value high (red dashed)
Current day's Point of control (orange dashed)
Current day's Value low (green dashed)
Current day's value area is also highlighted by the light blue background.
If you would like to have your own custom version of this script, you can contact me privately.
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TAS Market Profile Map [TASMarketProfile]TAS Market Profile Map (aka “ TAS Market Map ”) displays volume accumulation at price using our attractive color-coded sideways histogram overlaid onto the price data pane. Hunt for high reward-to-risk opportunities with our favorite “Alligator Jaws” chart pattern setup that reveals significant volume gaps and actionable signals. TAS Market Map can paint up to 5 Maps simultaneously across time windows customized by the user.
TAS Market Map has 4 distinct colored lines:
RED ZONE – Designates an area where there are many market participants willing to transact. This zone of red lines grouped together is known as the “value area” and contains approximately 70% of the volume transacted in that particular section of the price map within the overall Market Map.
YELLOW LINE – Each TAS Market Map will contain at least one yellow horizontal line. This line is called the “Point of Control” (POC) and it represents the price where the most executions have occurred. In the case of multiple yellow POC lines, the one that extends closest to the price axis is considered the “Master Point of Control.”
PURPLE ZONE – Represents an area where there are less people willing to transact and is referred to as being “outside of value.”
BLUE ZONE – Designates areas where there is little interest on the part of commercial or institutional professionals to transact. When these areas occur on the perimeters of the TAS Market Map, they are referred to as “runaway gaps” or “rejection tails.”
∟ THE ALLIGATOR JAWS CHART PATTERN:
A popular chart pattern utilizing TAS Market Map is called the “Alligator Jaws” setup. Due to its unmistakable appearance similar to the side profile of an alligator with its mouth open, this chart pattern seeks to exploit when there are two significant Points of Control (yellow lines) with a large volume gap in between. Enter the trade as the market breaks outside of the value area (red zone) in the direction of the volume gap (inside the open jaws), place a stop loss on the other side of the Point of Control and preferably also across the value area (red zone). Seek to take profits at either 50% of the way through the volume gap or a more optimistic target just ahead of entering the opposing jawline (red zone value area). This trading technique can be applied to both long and short side entries.
Below you will find a couple examples of this chart pattern.
∟ INPUT SETTINGS:
By default, three TAS Market Maps will appear. You can activate the 4th and 5th Market Maps easily by checking the boxes in the Input settings. TAS Market Map updates automatically at the close of each bar after it has calculated all of the volume from the closed bar in addition to the completed OHLC data (Open, High, Low, Close). This happens in a matter of seconds at each bar close. The analysis is not static, but rather a rolling period of analysis at each bar close.
THERE ARE 3 SETTINGS FOR EACH MARKET MAP :
>>> # of Lines – This represents how many horizontal lines you want to comprise the Market Map so it generates a transparency customization. The default is 50 lines. If you increase the number to, for example 100, then the Market Map will appear more prominent and less transparent on the chart. Similarly, a lower input setting would remove lines and make it more transparent.
>>> BarStart – This setting dictates the starting point for that particular Market Map analysis based on the number of bars from the current bar. The default is 50 bars so this means the start of the 1st Market Map begins 50 bars from the present. At the close of each new bar, the analysis rolls to the most recent 50 bars automatically. Therefore a setting of 100 would start the analysis based on the most recent rolling 100 most recent bars.
>>> BarStop – This setting dictates the end point for the analysis of that particular Market Map. By default, the 1st Market Map will have a 0 which means it runs analysis through to the most recent bar.
OTHER NOTES ABOUT SETTINGS:
You’ll notice that by default the input settings for BarStart and BarStop for all 5 of the Market Maps are set to 50 bar increments and don’t overlap. For example the StopBar of Market Map #2 is 51, whereas the StartBar for Market Map #1 begins at 50. It is best practice to have consistency regarding the number of bars from the start and stop of the analysis.
Although not as popular, if you want to flip the orientation of the Market Map to paint from right to left instead of the default left to right, simply change the StartBar to 0 and StopBar to 50 and you’ll achieve this preference.
∟ INTERPRETATION AND RULES:
When the market is inside the red zone “value area” of the Market Map, it tends to move sideways within the range of the zone. Therefore you can look to enter trades near the top and bottom of the red zones with potential exits near the POC (yellow line) or opposing side of the red zone value area.
When price does break and close outside the value area zone, then the value area zone becomes new support or resistance and this can be leveraged for trailing stops. The most aggressive trailing stop would be after the market has penetrated into open space away from the value area, moving the stop to just back inside the value area. This would significantly reduce the trade risk.
The use of multiple Market Maps allows the trader to anticipate upcoming areas of support and resistance when the market moves beyond the scope of the current 1st Market Map. Historical Market Maps provide valuable information regarding where commercial interest existed in the past and likely to revisit in the future.
When multiple Market Maps form and the value areas align or overlap across their respective different time windows, these tend to be significant attraction zones for the market and a trader can expect sideway trading within the red value areas zones. Prudent trading is to observe the market conditions present and you the trader must adapt your trading mode to match, or not trade at all. In other words, you must trade the range during times when the market is in the value area zones and trade breakout when confirmed moves occur outside the value area zones.
In the case of a Market Map that develops “multiple distribution” areas (i.e. multiple developed value areas within Market Map), we anticipate a trending move
with price continuing in the direction the value areas are forming in relation to one another and in relation to the direction multiple Market Maps are forming.
Example of multiple Market Maps forming lower and revealing the bearish market trend:
Trade Well My Friends,
TAS Navigator + TAS Ratio + TAS Yield Zones [TASMarketProfile]This bundle of 3 TAS Market Profile indicators reveal when markets are gaining momentum, exhausted and reaching critical overbought/oversold conditions. The indicators display on a space-saving bottom pane and provide multi-perspective analysis that yield confidence in what direction to trade and when. The TAS Navigator, TAS Ratio, and TAS Yield Zones can be applied to any financial market such as stocks, ETFs, futures, Forex and digital currencies.
∟ ABOUT TAS NAVIGATOR:
TAS Navigator is a versatile indicator that combines several signals to help you manage your trades and avoid unfavorable situations. At a glance, the Navigator can provide the trader with useful information about underlying trading conditions for any time frame chart. The Navigator is comprised of three primary components – the histogram, the moving average and the zero line.
The histogram consists of the vertical bars plotted above and below the horizontal “zero line.” The bars are color-coded to provide the following information:
NEON GREEN / RED – The directional move continues to gain momentum.
DARK GREEN / RED – The buying or selling momentum is falling off.
MAGENTA – Exhaustion warning and the move has reached “peaking” conditions that may be difficult to maintain. Markets are likely to run sideways for a period of time or a direction change may be near.
The moving average (MA) is the blue line that travels horizontally across the Navigator and provides a relative measure of the overall levels of buying or selling. You will notice that the dots capping the histogram bars change from green to red as they move above or below the MA. The color of these dots tells us the following:
GREEN DOTS – The buyers are currently in control.
RED DOTS – The sellers are currently in control.
The zero line is the horizontal line around which the histogram plots. It provides a reference point for the larger momentum shifts. It is color-coded in the following manner:
CYAN – The current market phase is trending / unbalanced.
YELLOW – The current market phase is sideways / balanced.
INTERPRETATION AND RULES:
The TAS Navigator’s inherent ability to visualize the overall pulse of the market can inform your trading decisions in several ways:
>>> If the histogram is neon green or red, the trader should look for trading opportunities in the appropriate direction (green = long; red = short) and hold for increased profits as long as the bars remain neon green or red.
>>> If magenta bars appear, the trader knows to tighten stops and look for profit-taking opportunities because the trend has reached peaking conditions.
>>> When the histogram switches to dark green or red – indicating momentum is slowing – the trader can look to tighten stops and consider technical areas for reentry.
>>> Once the histogram crosses the MA and the capping dot changes to the opposite color of the histogram bar, a trader knows that they can begin looking for countertrend trade opportunities.
>>> Most importantly, until that dot changes color, the trader knows that the odds do not favor looking for trading opportunities against the current trend.
>>> The relative peaks of the histogram bars can also provide valuable information. As consecutive histogram peaks move further away from the zero line, price should extend the trending move. When consecutive histogram peaks become closer to the zero line, the price should create a lower high or higher low soon.
>>> A trend line connecting histogram peaks can be used to identify trading levels based upon momentum reaching the necessary level to touch the projected trend line.
>>> Trading opportunities can also be found when divergence occurs between the histogram and price. For example, consecutive histogram peaks move further away from zero line, but price cannot extend the trend.
∟ ABOUT TAS RATIO:
TAS Ratio is a leading indicator which helps forecast short-term price movements. It is best used for gauging targeted areas for entry and exit points. It was designed to identify when price movement is confirmed by volume and volatility as well as when market moves lack momentum, conviction and follow through. TAS Ratio levels are determined by a defined time within a 24-hour period and applicable for intraday charts only. The analysis can be applied to any liquid financial instrument and provides target trading zones in either direction.
INPUT SETTINGS FOR TAS RATIO:
There are 3 inputs for TAS Ratio and below you’ll find the default settings:
Ratio RangeBars: 10
Ratio AverageBars: 3
Ratio MABars: 3
>>> Ratio RangeBars – Sets the desired lookback period. Default = 10.
>>> Ratio AverageBars – Sets the smoothing factor and should be the same as MABars setting. Default = 3.
>>> Ratio MABars – Sets the smoothing factor and should be the same as AverageBars setting. Default = 3.
CONFIGURATION NOTES:
As a rule, the RangeBars period should be twice (or more) than the AverageBars and MABars setting. Remember that the AverageBars and MABars settings should be equal. For example, 6/3/3 or 8/4/4 would be minimum separation.
Faster time charts may prefer slower indicator settings for smoother readings. For example, on 30-minute charts or lower the settings for RangeBars period and AverageBars and MABars could be 10/5/5 or even 16/8/8 respectively.
TAS RATIO DISPLAY:
TAS Ratio – Displays more volatile orange-colored line
Moving Average – Displays smoothed moving average purple-colored line
Note that the default colors can be adjusted in the Style settings.
INTERPRETATION AND RULES:
TAS Ratio is displayed on the same pane and scale as TAS Navigator in which readings of +40 is considered overbought and -40 is oversold.
TAS Ratio is especially effective when traders are aiming to time entry points into emerging intraday trends which can be observed when the price is making new “higher lows” or alternatively when price is making new “lower highs.”
TAS Ratio is a sensitive indicator by nature and should be viewed as a tool for fine-tuning a more granular entry or exit within the scope of other TAS Indicators.
TAS Ratio is useful in confirming when price may be at an area of divergence to locate and target higher probability entries and exits.
In general, price should move freely in the same direction of the indicator and in a proportionate range of movement.
When price fails to move proportionately, as much as TAS Ratio moves or stalls, this divergence alerts you to focus on immediate areas of support and resistance.
When price stalls and TAS Ratio does not stall, this is an indication to seek confirmation for a valid counter-trend trading opportunity.
Pay attention to TAS Ratio (orange line) crossovers above and below the Moving Average line (purple line), but also observe the trajectory and whether the Ratio line is pulling away and creating greater distance from the Moving Average line. Increasing distance is a sign of strength of move in that direction.
∟ ABOUT TAS YIELD ZONES:
TAS Yield Zones provides a valuable visual warning via a yellow background color when TAS Navigator and/or TAS Ratio indicators are exceeding specific overbought or oversold threshold lines dictated by the user. The indicator is visible in the same bottom pane as these two indicators. The user controls how extreme of the overbought or oversold condition they mandate in order to trigger the “Yield Zone” warning for each indicator based on the inputs for the TAS Yield Zones threshold lines.
INPUT SETTINGS FOR TAS YIELD ZONES:
Within the Input settings, you can activate or deactivate the visibility of TAS Yield Zones for TAS Navigator or TAS Ratio. By default, both will be visible. There are 4 inputs for TAS Yield Zones and below you’ll find the default settings:
Yield Zones Nav Overbought Line: 40 (red line by default)
Yield Zones Nav Oversold Line: -40 (green line by default)
Yield Zones Ratio Overbought Line: 40 (gray line by default)
Yield Zones Ratio Oversold Line: -40 (gray line by default)
The farther away the Inputs are from the 0 line, the stronger the move must be bullish or bearish in order to get to the threshold lines. For instance, Inputs of 50/-50 would require a more substantial move than 30/-30 settings. Additionally, the user can adjust the coloring of the TAS Yield Zones inside the Style settings.
TAS Yield Zones are best used in conjunction with TAS Navigator and TAS Ratio so the user can visually see when the threshold lines are near being approached and exceeded. When all three indicators are visible on the pane, you can see when there is a confluence of overbought or oversold conditions simultaneously on both TAS Navigator and TAS Ratio indicators and when exhaustion warning conditions are present. When these three conditions occur, there is a likelihood that a move in the opposite direction (or at a minimum a sideways condition) may be near.
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TAS Boxes + TAS Vega + TAS Compass [TASMarketProfile]This bundle of 3 TAS Market Profile indicators provides a shaded background that reveals directional bias, colored price bars show clearly when breakout conditions are bullish (green) or bearish (red) as well as 3 real-time dotted lines that show developing commercial balance areas known as “value areas.” These TAS Boxes 3 lines are calculated in real-time and leveraged to identify trade entry zones, trailing stops and targets. The 3 indicators can be activated and applied to a chart simultaneously (as shown) or individually in the Inputs settings tab. This description contains descriptions for all 3 indicators in the order of TAS Boxes, TAS Vega and TAS Compass so you’ll need to scroll below to get to the one you want insight.
∟ ABOUT TAS BOXES:
TAS Boxes (also known as TAS Dynamic Profile) offers a dynamic representation of developing commercial balance areas known as “value areas” and are depicted with 3 colored horizontal dotted lines. Note that the thickness of the dotted lines may be adjusted in the Style settings.
Red Line- Supply / High Value Area (HVA) / Resistance
Cyan Line- Point of Control (POC)
Green Line- Demand / Low Value Area (LVA) / Support
The TAS Boxes calculate and display in real-time intrabar and are finalized at the close of the bar. The levels may dynamically update intrabar and move and this is viewed as foreshadowing of where new value areas may be attempting to appear next. When the market is between the top and bottom lines, the market is considered “in value” or “in balance.” When the market closes outside the top or bottom lines, the market is considered out of value/unbalanced and in breakout mode in that direction.
INPUT SETTINGS FOR TAS BOXES:
There are 3 inputs for TAS Boxes and below you’ll find the default settings:
MinSignal_123: 2 (only options are 1, 2, or 3)
Length: 7
MapLength: 7
MinSignal_123 -- Measures how established the commercial interest creating the balance area must be to create a new TAS Box. In other words, this input is a measure of the strength of the box.
Length –- Takes into consideration the relative “momentum” behind the move and how extended the move must be before the formation of new TAS Box levels.
MapLength –- Specifies the number of bars of data used to create the parameters of the TAS Box.
In summary, the first two inputs determine how often a new TAS Box will appear. The higher the input numbers the less often and harder it is to establish a new TAS Box, and vice versa. The last input simply determines how much data is included in the calculation of the new TAS Box.
While we recommend the default 2-7-7 as standard inputs for most traders as they work well with any tradable instrument with sufficient liquidity, other input combinations can be explored per the user’s preferences for varying sensitivity to market conditions and how recent of market conditions. Other settings to consider are 2-14-7 or 3-4-50. We invite the user to explore the cause and effect of changing the settings but doing so only after they have mastered an understanding of the strategy deployment with the defaults. The vast majority of users do not change the default settings.
WHAT MARKETS AND TIMEFRAMES CAN BE TRADED?
TAS Boxes can be displayed on Stocks, ETFs, futures, Forex and digital currencies. TAS Boxes can be applied to a chart of any time frame (e.g. 1-minute, 5-minute, 20-minute, daily, weekly, etc.) and will also function with many other style charts such as Range and Renko. Boxes displayed on longer time frames designate more significant balance areas and can be used to locate higher probability entries. Boxes on shorter time frames can be used to identify if the tradable instrument is currently in balance or breaking out, and pinpoint entries accordingly.
INTERPRETATION AND BASIC RULES:
HEIGHT OF BOXES: The height of the TAS Boxes from top line to bottom line is a measure of volatility. When taller Boxes are present and subsequent Boxes expand, this means the volatility of the market has increased. When the height of the Boxes is smaller or contracting, then we are experiencing a market in decreasing volatility or consolidating.
WIDTH OF BOXES: The width of the TAS Boxes are a measure of significance. The longer TAS Boxes have remained at the same levels, the higher the impact they will generally have as support or resistance levels, and in the instances they are breached the market may experience fast and vertical movement.
The TAS Boxes are used to identify high-probability zones for trading both inside the range of the Boxes and also when in breakout mode outside the Boxes:
>>> When price is trading within the boundaries of a normal to wide range commercial
balance area, we can consider trades within the range of the Boxes and should look for entries around the support (green line) or resistance (red line) areas with profit targets around the POC (cyan line) or opposite boundary.
>>> When taking trades near both the upper and lower boundaries, we like to see the POC
near the middle of the box’s range. This is known as a “symmetrical box” as pictured below.
>>> If the POC is plotted tightly close to or at the same price level as the green or red line, we refer to this as forming a “wall” or "plywood" and anticipate stronger commercial interest providing support or resistance in those areas.
>>> When trading above or below the current box, price is said to be in breakout/breakdown mode. During these modes, one should be getting out of any opposing positions that are not in the direction of the breakout. Not all breakout/breakdowns are created equal. Moves outside of TAS Boxes when the vertical distance from Top to Bottom is minimal will tend to have more powerful moves, especially in instances when there are recent long-range bars in the direction of the break.
>>> When markets are breaking out or down outside of Boxes, if there is sizeable space before you encounter recent historal TAS Boxes levels that is favorable for good follow through of the move. Prior TAS Boxes levels do serve as as areas the market may encounter friction and go sideways for a period of time.
MANAGING RISK WITH STOP LOSSES:
We highly recommend the use of stop losses when trading. You can place stop losses outside of the 3 lines of TAS Boxes and trail them behind the market as new Boxes appear in the direction of the trade. You may also move trailing stops among the 3 levels to suit your risk tolerance (e.g. when market is in breakout mode, trailing it from out the Boxes to outside the POC level or opposing level). You can start your initial stop outside the opposite of all 3 lines or on the other side of the POC for lower risk.
∟ ABOUT TAS VEGA:
TAS Vega changes the coloring of the price bars to provide a more meaningful interpretation of when markets are in balance (based on TAS Boxes) or in bullish/bearish breakout mode. There are four colors generated for TAS Vega:
GREEN – Bullish breakout / Don’t be short
RED – Bearish breakdown / Don’t be long
ORANGE – 1st bar back inside TAS Boxes after prior move outside.
GRAY – Balanced, each subsequent bar after the 1st bar closes inside Boxes.
INTERPRETATION AND BASIC RULES:
WHEN VEGA IS GREEN:
Don’t be short.
Consider longs only or retain existing long positions.
Entering on the bar close above the Boxes is higher probability than intrabar entry.
Many consecutive bar closes above Boxes increases probability of eventual move higher.
WHEN VEGA IS RED:
Don’t be long.
Consider shorts only or retain existing short positions.
Entering on the bar close below the Boxes is higher probability than intrabar entry.
Many consecutive bar closes below Boxes increases probability of eventual move lower.
WHEN VEGA IS ORANGE:
If orange due to closing back inside Boxes of your initial entry Box, hold.
If orange due to closing inside a new Box appearing in the direction of your trade (higher Boxes for longs, lower Boxes for short) consider this a potential 1st tier profit-taking opportunity for multi-lot/shares positions. If single units, exit is at the trader's discretion contingent on the extent of the move.
It is prudent risk management to also use the appearance of orange closed bars as a reminder to trail your stop loss behind the new TAS Boxes levels.
Many times you may see many orange bars over a series of bars (not consecutive, however) and this means the market continues to explore both sides of TAS Boxes and is indecisive about intentions. Be cautious at these times.
WHEN VEGA IS GRAY:
Gray bars simply means the bar has closed in balance within the value area of TAS Boxes.
Gray bars are not a cue to exit a position necessarily. It is just a visual that the bar has closed in the value area. Often a trending move will have many periods that the market closes back inside new Boxes that are appearing in the direction of the trend and your largest trades will require that you simply adjust your trailing stop rather than exit with gray bars.
It is prudent risk management to also use the appearance of orange closed bars as a reminder to trail your stop loss behind the new TAS Boxes levels.
Many times you may see many orange bars over a series of bars (not consecutive, however) and this means the market continues to explore both sides of TAS Boxes and is indecisive about intentions. Be cautious at these times.
The user can adjust the coloring of the TAS Vega bars in Style settings.
∟ ABOUT TAS COMPASS:
TAS Compass changes the background color of the chart to reveal the directional bias of the market. It may be applied to charts in any timeframe for stocks, ETFs, futures, Forex and digital currencies.
There are two colors generated for TAS Compass:
GREEN – Bullish directional bias
RED – Bearish directional bias
INTERPRETATION AND BASIC RULES:
The directional bias is established (or changes) when a bar closes outside of TAS Boxes levels. When a market closes above the TAS Boxes, it will establish a bullish bias (green background) and this will remain intact until there is a close below the TAS Boxes. At the time there is a bar close below the TAS Boxes, then the TAS Compass bias changes to bearish bias (red background). This sequence continues back and forth indefinitely. When using TAS Compass, one should still follow the prudent rules and best practices of TAS Boxes as there may be opportunities to exit a losing position sooner by doing so even in the instance a TAS Compass directional bias has not changed.
TAS Compass can be used as a stand-alone visual cue on a chart, but will have accentuated value when used in conjunction with TAS Boxes and TAS Vega indicators included within this bundle.
Below is an example showing TAS Compass with TAS Boxes in order to show how the closes outside of TAS Boxes is the trigger to the background color change logic.
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Volume Profile, Pivot Anchored by DGTVolume Profile (also known as Price by Volume ) is an charting study that displays trading activity over a specified time period at specific price levels. It is plotted as a horizontal histogram on the finacial isntrumnet's chart that highlights the trader's interest at specific price levels. Specified time period with Pivots Anchored Volume Profile is determined by the Pivot Levels, where the Pivot Points High Low indicator is used and presented with this Custom indicator
Finally, Volume Weighted Colored Bars indicator is presneted with the study
Different perspective of Volume Profile applications;
Anchored to Session, Week, Month etc : Anchored-Volume-Profile
Custom Range, Interactive : Volume-Profile-Custom-Range
Fixed Range with Volume Indicator : Volume-Profile-Fixed-Range
Combined with Support and Resistance Indicator : Price-Action-Support-Resistance and Volume-Profile
Combined with Supply and Demand Zones, Interactive : Supply-Demand-and-Equilibrium-Zones
Disclaimer : Trading success is all about following your trading strategy and the indicators should fit within your trading strategy, and not to be traded upon solely
The script is for informational and educational purposes only. Use of the script does not constitutes professional and/or financial advice. You alone the sole responsibility of evaluating the script output and risks associated with the use of the script. In exchange for using the script, you agree not to hold dgtrd TradingView user liable for any possible claim for damages arising from any decision you make based on use of the script
EsIstTurnt's Relative Value Comparison Multi SymbolCompare the relative valuation of up to 8 tickers. By taking a shorter term moving average and dividing by a longer term moving average(optionally with an offset) we get a value that is either above or below 1. Easy to tell what is undervalued and overvalued with this setup. Useful for comparing different asset classes or sector specific securities looking for outperformers/underperformers. Overvalued and Undervalued levels marked by Red and Green background. Recommended in conjunction with other indicators of your choosing for confirmation of trend changes but this is good for getting a broader view of the market you're interested in. Multiple timeframes, sources available however you should tinker with it to find what gives you the best view for your preferred timeframe.
Session TPO Market ProfileIntroduction
Wikipedia: A Market Profile is an intra-day charting technique (price vertical, time/activity horizontal) devised by J. Peter Steidlmayer, a trader at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), ca 1959-1985. Steidlmayer was seeking a way to determine and to evaluate market value as it developed in the day time frame. The concept was to display price on a vertical axis against time on the horizontal, and the ensuing graphic generally is a bell shape--fatter at the middle prices, with activity trailing off and volume diminished at the extreme higher and lower prices. In this structure he recognized the 'normal', Gaussian distribution he had been introduced to in college statistics.
Important : The market profile tool is designed to be used on the 30min timeframe, however, you can modify its parameters and use it on lower timeframes (15/10/5min)
This indicators displays the following information
Session open
TPO
Value area calculation zone
POC
Highlight of Single prints
Session High/Low
The current price (TPO Profile is often used isolated without any candlesticks on it)
Parameters
Session beginning configuration (not coded with a session input yet)
Number of candles to use for calculation (default 13 for a single session)
Extend yesterday's levels (VAH/VAL/POC)
Show/Hide Market profile calculation area (background color)
Bars number (number of rows that will be used to draw the profile)
Show/Hide TPO's
TPO Colors customization (For in/out of VA, VAL/VAH/POC/High/Low levels and single prints)
Show/Hide High/Low levels
Show/Hide VAL/VAH/POC Levels as lines
Enable/Disable Single prints highlighting
Value area size (as percent)
Show/Hide current price (corresponding to a line scaled on the "close" price)
Additional Notes
Each session is drawn when the day is over
To use as much space as possible, TPO's are not directly drawn on the area of their calculation (which can be confusing if you use candlesticks directly over it)
This script will probably be updated in the future (especially concerning its implementation which is a bit spaghetti coded for now) .
If you have interesting suggestions about new features that are usual within market profile tools and missing from this script , don't hesitate to suggest it.
Supply, Demand and Equilibrium Zones, Interactive by DGTSupply, Demand and Equilibrium Zones, Interactive
The law of supply and demand is a theory that explains the interaction between the sellers of an asset and the buyers for that asset. The theory defines the relationship between the price of a given asset and the willingness of traders to either buy or sell it. Generally, as price increases, traders are willing to supply more and demand less and vice versa when the price falls.
Simply said, the higher the price, the lower the quantity demanded, and from the seller's perspective, the higher the price, the higher the quantity supplied
Equilibrium zones are the price levels where both selling and buying trading activity is high, both sellers and buyres are interested at that price levels. More correctly, there is a great deal of activity on both the buy and sell side and the market stays at that price level for a great deal of time. Supply and demand are balanced or in equilibrium
Supply and Demand Shifts may occur when institutional investors step in, a change in both price and quantity demanded from one point to another
This experimental study attempts to presend Supply, Demand and Equilibrium Zones by measuring traded volume at all price levels on the market over a specified time period. Then the result is plotted as horizontal zones on the finacial isntrumnet's chart that highlights supply, demand and equilibrium zones at specific price levels
It is important for supply, demand and equilibrium zones to understand that time is always a dimension on charts. The quantity demanded or supplied, found along the horizontal axis, is always measured in traded volume of the asset over a given time interval. Longer or shorter time intervals can influence the levels of supply, demand and equilibrium zones
The study is made interactive, which requires the users to select two points on the chart, by simply clicking on the chart. In case the user would like to view different range then just dragging the vertical lines will be enough
By increasing/decreasing values for supply and demand zones or equilibrium zones, you will either get the zones enlarged or detect supply and demand shifts or other equilibrium zones
It is adviced to use this study in conjuction with a Volume Profile study, such as Volume-Profile-and-Volume-Indicator , Volume-Profile-Custom-Range , Anchored-Volume-Profile , and Price-Action-Support-Resistance , where volume profiles presents trading activities at specific price levels and Supply and Demand Zones can be treated as Value Area (they are not exact same but similar) for Volume Profiles
Disclaimer: Trading success is all about following your trading strategy and the indicators should fit within your trading strategy, and not to be traded upon solely
The script is for informational and educational purposes only. Use of the script does not constitutes professional and/or financial advice. You alone the sole responsibility of evaluating the script output and risks associated with the use of the script. In exchange for using the script, you agree not to hold dgtrd TradingView user liable for any possible claim for damages arising from any decision you make based on use of the script
Volume Profile - Custom Range, Interactive by DGTVolume Profile - Custom Range aims to display trading activity at specific price levels over user defined Custom Range of trading. Start and End Time is Interactive , they can be adjusted simply by clicking on the chart and drag the lines to specify the desired custom range. Same as is with the drawing tools available in TV
Please note, while switching between timeframes or switching to different instruments with different exchange timezones you may need to adjust the locations in case the plotting is not displied
Volume Profile - Custom Range is plotted as two horizontal histograms on the finacial isntrumnet's chart that highlights the trader's common interest at specific price levels as well as aims to reveal dominant party of who is in control, bulls or bears
You are also invated to galnce at Volume-Profile-and-Volume-Indicator , Anchored-Volume-Profile , and Price Action-Support-Resistance for different perspective of Volume Profiles
Special thanks to everyone who commented and presented their valuable suggestions
Disclaimer: Trading success is all about following your trading strategy and the indicators should fit within your trading strategy, and not to be traded upon solely
The script is for informational and educational purposes only. Use of the script does not constitutes professional and/or financial advice. You alone the sole responsibility of evaluating the script output and risks associated with the use of the script. In exchange for using the script, you agree not to hold dgtrd TradingView user liable for any possible claim for damages arising from any decision you make based on use of the script
Anchored Volume Profile by DGTAnchored Volume Profile aims to display trading activity at specific price levels over specified anchored periods of trading, where anchor period can be set to auto or users can specify anchor periods of their interest (Day (Session), Week, Quarter or Year)
Anchored Volume Profile is plotted as two horizontal histograms on the finacial isntrumnet's chart that highlights the trader's common interest at specific price levels as well as aims to reveal dominant party, bulls or bears
You are invited to glance at Vol Profile and Price Action-Support-Resistance studies
Disclaimer: Trading success is all about following your trading strategy and the indicators should fit within your trading strategy, and not to be traded upon solely
The script is for informational and educational purposes only. Use of the script does not constitutes professional and/or financial advice. You alone the sole responsibility of evaluating the script output and risks associated with the use of the script. In exchange for using the script, you agree not to hold dgtrd TradingView user liable for any possible claim for damages arising from any decision you make based on use of the script
Volume Profile and Volume Indicator by DGTVolume Profile (also known as Price by Volume) is an charting study that displays trading activity over a specified time period at specific price levels. It is plotted as a horizontal histogram on the finacial isntrumnet's chart that highlights the trader's interest at specific price levels.
The histogram is used by traders to predict areas of support and resistance. Price levels where the traded volume is high could be assumed as support and resistance levels.
Price may experience difficulty moving above or below areas with large bars. Usually there is a great deal of activity on both the buy and sell side and the market stays at that price level for a great deal of time
It is advised to use volume profile in conjunction with other forms of technical analysis to maximize the odds of success
Light version of Volume Profile is added to Price Action - Support & Resistance by DGT
SpaceTime Profile CompositesSpaceTime Profile Composites
SpaceTime Profiel Composites provides an alternative composite builder to the existing solution in the SpaceTime Profile Advanced.
Using the new pinev5 I utilize the ability for user confirmed data to give them the choice in time in a more interactable and user friendly way.
The main advantage of this is the ability to create multiple composites without multiple uses of SpaceTime Profile Advanced, additionally the user can select the indicator and edit the composite start time using the chart as opposed to the date picker in pine.
The indicator is fully fleshed out with all the features:
PoC
NPoC
Single Prints
Naked Single Prints
Value Area
Value Area Levels
Naked Value Area Levels
Excess
Poor highs and lows
Initial Balance
Auto TickSize
Auto TickSize
This has been heavily adjusted to allow greater detail, and less reliant on volatility, should this work well consistently SpaceTime Profile Advanced may also recieve this change to auto ticksize.
How To Use
Composites are best utilized when multiple value areas are overlapping with their POCS in range of the previous VA's, using a composite
the user is able to generate the greater picture for how this area will provide useful levels of interest, instead of multiple smaller profiles, the user can utilize one larger profile to give more accurate levels of reaction.
SpaceTime Profile Regular SpaceManBTCSpaceTime Profile Regular SpaceManBTC
Is a profiling tool for a market session.
Using time and price it calculates the TPO mapping the POC on your chart as well as the general profile.
The tool is useful as it can give you a general idea of how a day traded/is trading based off of its shape.
As well as provides the current developing POC as a reference for potentially a dynamic level of interest.
Value area shading is also including in the release using 68% as my reference of personal choice to represent where
bulk of the market activity occured on a given time frame.
To generate the data the indicator aims to look at the price variations over time of the given session (you can choose this in settings), this will then stack
and overlay on the chart to generate the TPO calculations by mapping 1 to 1 with the price you see on the chart.
This will give you areas of importance such as the POC which can be retested when naked providing a point of interest.
Works similar to volume profile but with no volume calculations only with price and time in mind.
Very useful tool for trend / market analysis by providing this graphical representation of a trading session between buyers and sellers!
Value Area POC/VAH/VALThis indicator is a Market Profiling tool used to analyse the Point of Control (POC) and Value Area (VAH/VAL) on the daily, weekly and monthly timeframes. It also optionally displays historical Value Areas to help find confluence with past data.
The Value Area is a range of prices where the majority of trading volume took place on the prior trading day. In specific, this area is the range where 70% of the prior day’s volume happened. The value area is approximately one standard deviation above and below the average highest volume price. With this knowledge, there are specific probabilities of market behavior we can understand to digest the value area. The value area gives us an idea of where the smart money is playing ball and where the institutions are guiding the market. From this data, we can derive intra-day strategies that capitalize on market behavior.
Value Area OscillatorThis is an oscillator version of the Value Area Indicator. The Value Area Indicator employs a custom, volatility-weighted moving average formula, which produces a moving average that becomes more reactive during volatile periods. The indicator then provides fibonacci channels above and below the main MA line. The fibonacci channels are sized based on the "golden ratio." This indicator may be helpful to show when the particular cryptocurrency or other instrument is oversold or overbought. If you are looking to add to your position, this indicator can help determine the best times to do so.
Value Area IndicatorThe Value Area Indicator employs a custom, volatility-weighted moving average formula, which produces a moving average that becomes more reactive during volatile periods. The indicator then provides fibonacci channels above and below the main MA line. The fibonacci channels are sized based on the "golden ratio." This indicator may be helpful to show when the particular cryptocurrency or other instrument is oversold or overbought. If you are looking to add to your position, this indicator can help determine the best times to do so.
