VSA - The Volume HUD

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VSA Volume HUD: Your At-a-Glance Volume Dashboard

Tired of cluttered charts with multiple indicators taking up screen space?

The VSA Volume HUD is a clean, powerful, and fully customisable Heads-Up Display that puts all the critical volume and price action data you need into one compact box, right on your chart.

Designed for traders who rely on Volume Spread Analysis (VSA), this tool helps you instantly gauge the strength, conviction, and context behind every price move as it happens.

Key Features

This indicator isn't just about showing the current volume; it provides a comprehensive, real-time analysis of the market's activity.

Real-time VSA Dashboard: A persistent on-screen table that updates with every tick, giving you instant feedback without needing to look away from the price. The HUD is fully draggable (hold Ctrl/Cmd + click and drag) to place it anywhere you like.

Essential Volume Metrics:

Current Volume: Displayed in a clean, abbreviated format (e.g., 1.25M for millions, 54.3K for thousands).

% Change (vs. Previous Bar): Instantly see if volume is expanding or contracting.

Vs Short-Term Average: Compare the current bar's volume to a moving average to spot unusual spikes.

Volume Velocity: Measures the rate of change in volume over a short period, helping you spot acceleration or deceleration in market interest.

Relative Volume (RVOL): See how the current volume compares to the average for that specific time of day, perfect for identifying abnormally high or low activity.

Price Action & Volatility Context:

Range vs. ATR: Quickly determine if the current bar's volatility is expanding or contracting compared to the recent average.

Price vs. VWAP: See how far the current price has deviated from the session's Volume-Weighted Average Price, a key level for institutional traders.

Deep Customization is Key

Tailor the HUD to perfectly match your trading style and chart aesthetic.

Display & Layout:

Compact Mode: Remove the metric labels for a sleek, minimalist view that saves screen space.

Bar Meters: Enable optional visual bars next to key metrics for a quick, graphical representation of strength.

Total Control: Toggle every single metric on or off to build the exact dashboard you need. Adjust text size, position, and background opacity with ease.

Smart Coloring & Visual Alerts:

Advanced VSA Coloring: This isn't just about up/down candles. The script intelligently colors volume based on confluence. It highlights increasing volume on a strong up-bar (bullish confirmation) or increasing volume on a down-bar (potential climax or distribution), giving you a deeper VSA context.

High Volume Highlight: Make standout bars impossible to miss! The entire HUD background can change color automatically when volume surges past a custom threshold (e.g., over 150% of the average), instantly drawing your attention to critical moments.

Full Color Customization: Change every color to match your chart's theme, including separate colors for bullish/bearish moves, the background, and the border.

How to Use It

The VSA Volume HUD is a powerful confirmation tool. Use it to:

Confirm Breakouts: Look for a spike in Volume vs. Average and RVOL as price breaks a key level.

Spot Exhaustion: Notice high volume on a narrow-range candle after a long trend, visible through the Range/ATR metric.

Gauge Conviction: Use the Advanced Coloring to see if volume is supporting the price move (e.g., green volume on a green candle) or diverging from it.

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VSA Volume HUD: Your Custom VSA Dashboard

This indicator gives you a powerful and flexible Heads-Up Display (HUD) for Volume Spread Analysis (VSA). The core idea of VSA is to understand the story behind the price by comparing the volume (effort) with the price movement (result). This HUD brings all the essential data into one clean box on your chart, which you can tailor to your exact needs.

Three Strategies, One Tool

As shown in the main chart image, the HUD isn't a one-size-fits-all tool. You can fully customize it to match your trading style. Here are a few examples:

The Full Analyst View: This setup shows every available metric. It gives a complete, detailed picture of the market's health, perfect for in-depth analysis of a single stock.

The Breakout Trader's View: This minimalist setup focuses only on the essentials for confirming breakouts: Volume vs. Average and RVOL. The highlight feature is set to be very sensitive to immediately flag any surge in volume.

The Minimalist View: Using Compact Mode, this setup removes all labels to save screen space. It might show only Close Position and Effort/Result to focus on the quality of the price action itself.

Detailed Breakdown of All Metrics

You have full control to toggle any of these metrics on or off.

Core Volume & Price Metrics

Volume: The total volume for the current bar.

% Chg (Prev): Percentage change in volume compared to the previous bar.

vs ST Avg: How the current volume compares (as a %) to its recent average (e.g., last 20 bars). This is key for spotting unusual activity.

Vol Velo: Measures if volume is accelerating or decelerating, showing if market interest is picking up or fading.

RVOL (Relative Volume): Compares current volume to the average for that specific time of day. An RVOL of 3.0x means volume is 300% of normal.

Range/ATR: The size of the current bar as a percentage of the Average True Range. It tells you if volatility is expanding or contracting.

vs VWAP: The current price’s distance from the Volume-Weighted Average Price, a key institutional level.

Advanced VSA Metrics

Close Pos (Close Position): Shows where the bar closed within its own range (0-100%). A close above 80% shows strong buying commitment; a close below 20% shows weakness.

Effort/Result: Directly measures the VSA principle. It calculates the amount of volume it took to produce the price move. A high reading means a lot of effort produced little result, a classic warning sign.

Wicks: Shows the size of the top and bottom wicks. Large wicks can reveal a battle between buyers and sellers, signaling rejection at certain price levels.

Instant Visual Feedback

The HUD uses two systems to draw your attention to what matters:

High-Volume Highlight: The entire HUD background can change color when volume surges past a threshold you define (e.g., 150% of the average). It’s a simple "pay attention now" signal.

Smart Color Coding: The text for each metric changes color to give you at-a-glance context. Green text shows signs of strength (e.g., rising volume on an up-bar), while Red text shows signs of weakness (e.g., rising volume on a down-bar).

Total Customization for Your Strategy

You can adjust every aspect of the HUD to build your perfect tool:

Display Settings: Toggle Compact Mode or Bar Meters, adjust text size, change all colors, and add bottom padding to position the HUD perfectly.

Calculation Settings: Fine-tune the logic by changing the lookback periods for the Short-Term Average, Volume Velocity, RVOL, and ATR. For example, a scalper might use a shorter average length than a swing trader to get faster signals.

Alert Settings: You have full control over the visual alerts. You can enable or disable the High-Volume Highlight and set the exact percentage that triggers it, filtering out market noise and focusing only on the volume levels that matter to your strategy.

What's New in This Version? (Update Notes) 📝

This update adds few new VSA metrics and a few quality-of-life improvements. All new features are enabled by default but can be toggled off instantly in the settings.

New 'Close Pos' Metric: See exactly where the price closed within the bar's range (0-100%).

New 'Effort/Result' Metric: A direct measure of the classic VSA principle, showing how much volume was behind a price move compared to the average.

New 'Wicks' Metric: Analyze the size of the top and bottom wicks to spot buying or selling pressure.

New 'Bottom Padding' Option: You can now add some space below the HUD to keep it from overlapping your chart's price scale.