Wayne's Pivots ProThere is a public version of this indicator titled "Wayne's Pivots" if you would like to try out something similar to this indicator.
Wayne's Pivots Pro is named after Wayne McDonnel who came up with this indicator's pivot trading methodology. Wayne's Pivots are only one part of his methodology, but these pivots are the most critical part. They are frequently applied to supplement other trading methodologies as well. There are 3 key features that separate Wayne's Pivots specifically from every other pivot point indicator out there.
1. Midpoint Pivots
2. Biased Pivots
3. Next Period's Pivots
Understand that this indicator is supposed to be used, according to the methodology, alongside a fundamental bias. If you have not done fundamental research to know if you're a bull or bear on an asset, then you will likely not be using these pivots correctly. They do not tell you which direction the market will move. It tells you how far and how long a trade may go depending on which way you bias the pivots, and if your fundamental view was correct. This is trade planning tool for your entries and exits.
Breaking each point down:
1. Midpoint Pivots
If you take regular pivots (S#, R#), and get a histogram of every time price closed at or above each level, you generally end up with an even distribution. By adding midpoint levels you are doubling the amount of data, and increasing the resolution of the histogram. While these extra levels don't necessarily give us entries or exits, they do tell us when price doesn't quite reach a major support or resistance level. Midpoint pivot levels are calculated by finding the midpoint between each pivot level, and are labeled from the bottom up starting at M0 (Midpoint 0).
2. Biased Pivots
The traditional rules for trading pivot points are to buy support levels and sell resistance levels. In Wayne's methodology, we see pivots as a set for entries and take profits depending on our bias. It is known that trading the inverse of traditional pivot point rules that you can end up with a reasonable strategy. Biased pivots let us focus on only what matter to us by removing all other pivots, lines, and labels. Only showing us pivots useful to the bias we set.
For example, if you are a bull fundamentally you would set the bullish biased pivots. You would look for an entry in the area between the central pivot and second midpoint (M2), and an exit in the area between R2 and M4.
3. Next Period's Pivots
The third major feature of Wayne's Pivots are the "future" pivots. These are really calculated by taking the current HLC data and plotting it in realtime into the future before there's any data there. When we enter a new trading period, let say the day, we will have little data on the next day's pivots. As the current trading day goes on and gets closer to it's close, we start to see the next day's pivot points firm up. It's at this point that future pivots become actionable to create trading plans for the next day. The next period's pivots are exceptionally useful when scaled up to weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly timeframes. Daily, weekly, and monthly are the most commonly used within communities trading Wayne's methodology.
This is a completely rebuilt, professional use version of Wayne's Pivots. It includes many technical upgrades required by professional using Wayne's methodology. I released the original version publicly because it does not have many of the features here included in the Professional's version.
Features in Pro that are not in the public version:
Works on ALL timeframes.
Realtime pivot point updates.
Price levels on the pivots.
Extra pivots. (R3, M5, M0, S3)
All pivots start and end at the correct dates and times. (public version can't due to plot())
Easier to add more features!
Does this mean that you've abandoned the public version of Wayne's Pivots?
Absolutely not. Whenever there is a new feature in the Pro version, I always see if I can add it into the public one. It's just that the way it's built was not how I originally envisioned these pivots to be. If there's ever something that breaks the public version, I'm going to fix it because there's hundreds of people who use it.
I use the public version of Wayne's Pivots perfectly fine with my trading. Why switch to Pro?
Simply put, it's not going to give you the most accurate pivots that a professional would need. The pivots do not print properly on months with more or less than 30 days, and do their worst on short weeks. The public version has been like this ever since I first made it, and the only work around was to completely rebuild it. That's the major reason why I made the public version available to everyone in the first place. On top of all that, I can add way more features and customization options to these pivots than the public ones.
If I have a feature request will you try to implement it?
Absolutely! Some requests do have their limits, but don't be afraid to ask for something you really want. I'll try and implement lots of requested features as time goes on.
