ST – Soothing areas 1TF + Mitigated [Soothing Trades]

Short Description
ST – Soothing areas 1TF + Mitigated turns higher-timeframe Heikin Ashi body gaps into clean bullish/bearish areas, extends them forward, and marks them as mitigated once price has traded back into them. Active boxes are decision zones; faded boxes show where liquidity has already been tapped earlier in the day.

Full Description
This indicator builds a structured map of higher-timeframe "impulse origins" and tracks when those areas have been cleaned up by price.
Core logic
• Uses a user-selected higher timeframe (HTF) built from Heikin Ashi candles.
• Detects body gaps between prior Heikin Ashi candles – strong impulsive moves that often define supply/demand zones.
• Classifies each valid gap as: Bullish area (potential support on retest) or Bearish area (potential resistance on retest).
• Applies a per-symbol minimum gap size (in price units) so only meaningful gaps become areas.
• Creates a box from the gap body and anchors it at the previous HTF open time, then extends it forward in real time.
Mitigation & fading
Each area remains active until price trades back into it deeply enough.
Mitigation depth is controlled by "Mitigation penetration (0–1)":
• 1.0 ≈ full-depth penetration of the box
• Lower values = shallower penetration required
When the HTF body overlaps the area and the penetration rule is satisfied:
• The area flips from active → mitigated.
• It switches to your mitigated colors, opacity, and border style.
• Its status is stored so you can treat it as de-prioritised.
If "Keep faded after mitigation (same day)" is enabled:
• Mitigated areas remain on the chart and keep extending for the rest of the current trading day.
• When the daily session changes, they stop extending and effectively step into "historic context."
Inputs & customization
• HTF (built from HA bodies) – Choose the higher timeframe used to build areas.
• Per-Symbol Min Gap (price units) – Map individual symbols to custom minimum gap sizes; a default value handles everything else.
• Bull/Bear area (active/mitigated) – Separate colors and opacity for both direction and state.
• Fill opacity / Border opacity / Border width – Visual fine-tuning for active and mitigated boxes.
• Active border style / Mitigated border style – Switch between solid, dashed, or dotted for each state.
• Extend boxes until mitigation – If on, active boxes extend right until they are mitigated.
• Mitigation penetration (0–1) – Controls how deep price must enter the area to count as mitigated.
• Keep faded after mitigation (same day) – Controls whether mitigated areas remain visible and extending during the current day.
How traders use it
Use active areas as primary decision zones for:
• Entries into trend continuation or reversals
• Defining stop placement or invalidation areas
• Planning targets when price trades away from a zone
Use mitigated areas as secondary context:
• They show where liquidity has already been harvested.
• They may still react, but are typically less "fresh" than untouched areas.
• They can help explain why the market stalled or reversed earlier in the session.
Visual features
• HTF Heikin Ashi body gaps converted to structured areas
• Separate colors for bullish vs bearish areas
• Active vs mitigated states with different opacity and borders
• Per-symbol minimum gap filtering for cleaner charts
• Configurable mitigation penetration depth
• Same-day faded area persistence for context
Notes & disclaimer
• Works on most symbols supported by TradingView Pine Script v6.
• Designed for educational and analytical use, not for automated trading.
• This tool is not financial advice.
Always manage your own risk and test any approach before using it with live capital.