Gann Ultimate Time-Price Squares Method V 1.0This Script is an outcome of my Passion towards Gann Theory and his Methodology towards Trading.
The Script is still Evolving.So wait for more updates....
# Complete Trading Guide: Gann Time-Price Squares Indicator
## 🎯 Core Trading Philosophy
**Gann's Key Principle**: "When time and price come together, a change in trend occurs."
Your indicator identifies these critical moments where **Time = Price**, creating high-probability trading opportunities.
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## 📊 Setup & Configuration
### Recommended Settings by Timeframe
| Timeframe | Pivot Lookback | Min Price Move | Tolerance | Use Case |
|-----------|---------------|----------------|-----------|----------|
| **1-5 min** | 5-8 bars | 0.5-1.0 | 1.0-2.0 | Scalping |
| **15-30 min** | 8-12 bars | 1.0-3.0 | 1.5-2.5 | Day Trading |
| **1-4 hour** | 10-15 bars | 2.0-5.0 | 2.0-3.0 | Swing Trading |
| **Daily** | 15-25 bars | 5.0-20.0 | 3.0-5.0 | Position Trading |
### Initial Setup Steps
1. **Add indicator** to your chart
2. **Set lookback period** based on your timeframe
3. **Adjust tolerance** - start with 2.0 and fine-tune
4. **Enable all visualizations** initially
5. **Position info table** where it doesn't block price action
---
## 🚀 Trading Strategies
### Strategy 1: Square Completion Reversal Trading
#### **Long Entry Setup**
```
CONDITIONS:
✅ Bullish square completes (green box appears)
✅ Info table shows "✅ COMPLETED" status
✅ Price bounces off square's bottom edge
✅ Volume increases on bounce
✅ RSI < 30 (oversold confirmation)
ENTRY: Market buy when price breaks above square's top edge
STOP: Below square's bottom edge (-2 ATR)
TARGET: Next resistance level or 1:2 Risk/Reward
```
#### **Short Entry Setup**
```
CONDITIONS:
✅ Bearish square completes (red box appears)
✅ Info table shows "✅ COMPLETED" status
✅ Price rejects square's top edge
✅ Volume increases on rejection
✅ RSI > 70 (overbought confirmation)
ENTRY: Market sell when price breaks below square's bottom edge
STOP: Above square's top edge (+2 ATR)
TARGET: Next support level or 1:2 Risk/Reward
```
### Strategy 2: Gann Angle Trend Following
#### **1x1 Angle (45°) - The Master Angle**
- **Most Important**: This is Gann's primary trend line
- **Bullish**: Price above 1x1 = uptrend intact
- **Bearish**: Price below 1x1 = downtrend intact
- **Break**: 1x1 angle break = major trend change
#### **Multi-Angle Confluence Trading**
```
STRONG BULLISH SIGNAL:
✅ Price above 1x1 angle (45°)
✅ Bouncing off 2x1 angle (support)
✅ Volume increasing
✅ Multiple angles pointing up
ENTRY: Buy on 2x1 angle bounce
STOP: Below 1x2 angle
TARGET: Next angle resistance
```
### Strategy 3: Projection Trading (Forming Squares)
#### **Anticipation Strategy**
```
SETUP IDENTIFICATION:
👀 Info table shows "⚡ FORMING" status
👀 Progress bar > 70%
👀 P/T Ratio approaching 1.00
👀 Price approaching projected completion zone
ENTRY PREPARATION:
- Set alerts for projected completion levels
- Prepare for reversal at projection zone
- Watch for volume confirmation
- Monitor momentum indicators
```
## 📈 Step-by-Step Trading Process
### Phase 1: Market Analysis (Before Trading)
1. **Check Market Trend**: Look at info table trend indicator
2. **Identify Active Pivots**: Note last significant high/low
3. **Assess Volatility**: High volatility = larger stops needed
4. **Review Completed Squares**: These become support/resistance zones
### Phase 2: Trade Setup Identification
1. **Monitor Forming Squares**: Watch progress bars in info table
2. **Check Gann Angles**: Are they supporting or opposing your bias?
3. **Confirm with Volume**: Look for volume spikes at key levels
4. **Set Alerts**: Use TradingView alerts for completion zones
### Phase 3: Trade Execution
1. **Wait for Confirmation**: Don't trade on projections alone
2. **Enter on Breakout**: Price breaking square boundaries
3. **Set Stops Immediately**: Use square edges as stop levels
4. **Scale Out**: Take partial profits at angle intersections
### Phase 4: Trade Management
1. **Trail Stops**: Use Gann angles as trailing stop levels
2. **Monitor Progress**: Watch for new square formations
3. **Exit Signals**: New squares in opposite direction
4. **Review Performance**: Analyze win/loss against square accuracy
---
## 🎯 High-Probability Setups
### Setup A: Double Confirmation
```
BULLISH EXAMPLE:
1. Bullish square completes at major support
2. Price bounces off 1x1 Gann angle
3. Volume surge confirms reversal
4. RSI divergence present
PROBABILITY: 75-80%
RISK/REWARD: 1:3 typical
```
### Setup B: Angle Breakout
```
BEARISH EXAMPLE:
1. Price breaks below 1x1 angle
2. Bearish square forming below break
3. Multiple angles now resistance
4. Volume confirms breakdown
PROBABILITY: 70-75%
RISK/REWARD: 1:2.5 typical
```
### Setup C: Time Cycle Convergence
```
REVERSAL EXAMPLE:
1. Square completion at time cycle high/low
2. Multiple Gann angles converging
3. Momentum divergence
4. Volume climax
PROBABILITY: 80-85%
RISK/REWARD: 1:4 possible
```
---
## ⚠️ Risk Management Rules
### Position Sizing
- **Conservative**: 1-2% risk per trade
- **Aggressive**: 2-3% risk per trade
- **Never exceed**: 5% total portfolio risk
### Stop Loss Guidelines
- **Completed Squares**: Opposite edge + 1 ATR
- **Gann Angles**: Below/above angle + 0.5 ATR
- **Projections**: 50% of square height
### Take Profit Targets
- **Target 1**: Next Gann angle (1:1 R/R)
- **Target 2**: Next completed square (1:2 R/R)
- **Target 3**: Major S/R level (1:3 R/R)
---
## 📊 Reading the Info Table for Trading
### Market Trend Section
```
📈 BULLISH → Look for long setups
📉 BEARISH → Look for short setups
➡️ NEUTRAL → Wait for direction
```
### Volatility Status
```
🔥 HIGH → Larger stops needed
⚡ ELEVATED → Normal stops
😴 LOW → Tighter stops possible
📊 NORMAL → Standard approach
```
### Square Progress Monitoring
```
✅ COMPLETED → Ready to trade
⚡ FORMING → Prepare for setup
🔥 ACTIVE → Monitor closely
⏳ WAITING → No immediate action
```
### P/T Ratio Interpretation
```
🎯 Perfect (0.8-1.2) → High probability setup
⚡ Good (0.6-1.4) → Moderate probability
⚠️ Watch (outside range) → Lower probability
```
---
## 🔄 Common Trading Scenarios
### Scenario 1: Trend Continuation
**Setup**: Price pulls back to completed square in uptrend
**Action**: Buy at square support with 1x1 angle confirmation
**Management**: Trail stop below each new square formation
### Scenario 2: Reversal Trading
**Setup**: Multiple squares complete at major S/R
**Action**: Fade the move when price rejects square edges
**Management**: Quick profits, tight stops
### Scenario 3: Breakout Trading
**Setup**: Price consolidates in square, then breaks out
**Action**: Trade breakout direction with volume confirmation
**Management**: Use opposite square edge as stop
---
## 📱 Alert Setup Recommendations
### Critical Alerts
1. **Square Completion**: "Gann Square Completed - Check for reversal"
2. **1x1 Angle Break**: "Master angle broken - Trend change possible"
3. **Projection Reached**: "Forming square at 90% - Prepare for reversal"
4. **Multi-Angle Touch**: "Price at angle confluence - High probability setup"
---
Remember: **Gann analysis is both art and science**. The indicator provides the mathematical framework, but successful trading requires patience, discipline, and continuous learning. Start with small positions while you master the methodology!
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Enhanced Gann Time-Price SquaresEnhanced Gann Time-Price Squares Indicator
A comprehensive Pine Script indicator that identifies and visualizes W.D. Gann's time-price square formations on your charts. This tool helps traders spot potential market turning points where time and price movements align according to Gann's legendary market theories.
Key Features:
Automatic Square Detection - Identifies completed squares where price movement equals time movement
Future Projections - Shows forming squares with projected completion points
Pivot Integration - Automatically detects pivot highs/lows as square starting points
Visual Clarity - Clean box outlines with customizable colors and styles
Smart Filtering - Prevents overlapping squares and includes minimum move thresholds
Real-time Status - Information table showing current square formations
How to Use:
The indicator draws boxes when price moves from pivot points equal the time elapsed (number of bars). Green squares indicate upward movements, red squares show downward movements. Dashed lines show forming squares, while dotted lines project where they might complete.
Settings:
Adjust pivot sensitivity and minimum price moves
Customize tolerance for time-price matching
Toggle projections, labels, and visual elements
Fine-tune colors and line styles
Perfect for Gann theory practitioners and traders looking for time-based market analysis. The squares often coincide with significant support/resistance levels and potential reversal points.
Compatible with all timeframes and instruments.
More updates to follow
Your trading time period background fillThis script allows you to add background highlights to charts during any regional trading session, customize your own trading time, and is precise and customizable yet simple and easy to use, making it more convenient to review transactions.
Support global mainstream time zones: The drop-down list includes 30 commonly used IANA time zones (default is Asia/Shanghai) (such as Asia/Shanghai, America/New_York, Europe/London, etc.), one-click switching, no need to manually calculate the time difference.
Fully localized time input: "Start hour/minute" and "End hour/minute" are filled in with the local time of the selected time zone. The end hour defaults to 23:00 and can be adjusted to 0-23 at will.
Accurate time difference splitting: The script internally splits the time zone offset into whole hours and remainder minutes (supports half-hour zones, such as UTC+5:30), and ensures that all parameters are integers when calling timestamp to avoid errors.
Dynamic background rendering: Each K-line is judged according to the UTC timestamp whether it falls within the set range. If it meets the time period, it will be marked with a semi-transparent green background, and it will return to its original state after crossing the time period, helping you to identify the opening, closing or active period of any market at a glance.
Wide range of scenarios: It can be used for time-sharing highlighting of all-weather varieties of foreign exchange and cryptocurrency, and can also be used in conjunction with backtesting and timing strategies to only send signals during the active period of the target market, greatly improving trading efficiency and strategy accuracy.
Just select the region and set the time, and the script will automatically complete all complex time zone conversions and drawing, allowing you to focus on the transaction itself.
Multi-Asset & TF RSI
Multi-Asset & TF RSI
This indicator allows you to compare the Relative Strength Index (RSI) values of two different assets across multiple timeframes in a single pane. It’s ideal for traders who wish to monitor momentum across different markets or instruments simultaneously.
Key Features:
Primary Asset RSI:
The indicator automatically calculates the RSI for the chart’s asset. You can adjust the timeframe for this asset using a dropdown that offers standard TradingView timeframes, a "Chart" option (which syncs with your current chart timeframe), or a "Custom" option where you can enter any timeframe.
Optional Second Asset RSI:
Enable the “Display Second Asset” option to compare another asset’s RSI. Simply select the symbol (default is “DXY”) and choose its timeframe from an identical dropdown. When enabled, the second asset’s RSI is computed and plotted for easy comparison.
RSI Settings:
Customize the RSI length and choose the data source (e.g., close price) to suit your trading strategy.
Visual Aids:
Overbought (70) and oversold (30) levels are clearly marked, along with a midline at 50. These visual cues help you quickly assess market conditions.
Asset Information Table:
A dynamic table at the top of the pane displays the symbols being analysed – the chart’s asset as the “1st” asset and, if enabled, the second asset as the “2nd.”
How to Use:
Apply the Indicator:
Add the indicator to your chart. By default, it will calculate the RSI for the chart’s current asset using your chart’s timeframe.
Adjust Primary Asset Settings:
Use the “Main Asset Timeframe” dropdown to choose the timeframe for the RSI calculation on the chart asset. Select “Chart” to automatically match your current chart’s timeframe or choose a preset/custom timeframe.
Enable and Configure the Second Asset:
Toggle the “Display Second Asset” option to enable the second asset’s RSI. Select the asset symbol and its desired timeframe using the provided dropdown. The RSI for the second asset will be plotted if enabled.
Monitor the RSI Values:
Observe the plotted RSI lines along with the overbought/oversold levels. Use the table at the top-centre of the pane to verify which asset symbols are being displayed.
This versatile tool is designed to support multi-asset analysis and can be a valuable addition to your technical analysis toolkit. Enjoy enhanced RSI comparison across markets and timeframes!
Happy Trading!
👽 TIME PERIODS👽 TIME PERIODS v1.15
Visualize key time divisions and session levels on any chart:
• Timezone‐aware session shading
– Highlight active NY session (configurable HHMM–HHMM and days)
– Adjustable background opacity
• Weekly & Monthly Separators
– Toggle on/off
– Custom color, style (solid/dashed/dotted) & width
• Day-of-Week Labels
– Diamonds at session start for M–S
– Toggle on/off
• Session Open Line
– Horizontal line at each session’s open
– Configurable color, width & “distanceRight” in bars
– Always shows current session
• Midpoint Vertical Line
– Plots halfway between session open & close
– Custom color, style & width
– Toggle on/off
▶ All elements grouped for easy parameter tweaking
▶ Fully timezone-configurable (default America/New_York)
▶ Version 1.15 — added distanceRight feature & current session support
Use this to see exactly where your chosen session, weekly/monthly boundaries, and intraday pivot points fall—across any timeframe.
Yaman's - TREND 🔴🟢This indicator is designed to show two types of Trends.
Logic #1 Short Term Trends for scalping Traders.
Logic #2 Long Term Trends from the same Time Frames for Swing Traders.
Default Pairs: XAUUSD, DXY & BTCUSD (any other user defined pairs).
Time Frames: 1M, 5M, 15, 1H.
HAPPY TRADING!!!
Thanks
Yaman Didi
01/07/2025
Session Open/Close BoxThis Pine Script indicator for TradingView allows you to visualize up to three distinct time-based sessions on your chart. For each active session, it draws a box from the session's open to its close, extending all the way to the right edge of the screen. It also includes a dotted line at the halfway point between the session's open and close. This tool is designed to help traders quickly identify and analyze price action within specific, customizable time windows.
Pristine Value Areas & MGIThe Pristine Value Areas indicator enables users to perform comprehensive technical analysis through the lens of the market profile in a fraction of the time! 🏆
A Market Profile is a charting technique devised by J. Peter Steidlmayer, a trader at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), in the 1980's. He created it to gain a deeper understanding of market behavior and to analyze the auction process in financial markets. A market profile is used to analyze an auction using price, volume, and time to create a distribution-based view of trading activity. It organizes market data into a bell-curve-like structure, which reveals areas of value, balance, and imbalance.
💠 How is a Value Area Calculated?
A value area is a distribution of 68%-70% of the trading volume over a specific time interval, which represents one standard deviation above and below the point of control, which is the most highly traded level over that period.
The key reference points are as follows:
Value area low (VAL) - The lower boundary of a value area
Value area high (VAH) - The upper boundary of a value area
Point of Control (POC) - The price level at which the highest amount of a trading period's volume occurred
If we take the probability distribution of trading activity and flip it 90 degrees, the result is our Pristine Value Area!
Market Profile is our preferred method of technical analysis at Pristine Capital because it provides an objective and repeatable assessment of whether an asset is being accumulated or distributed by institutional investors. Market Profile levels work remarkably well for identifying areas of interest, because so many institutional trading algorithms have been programmed to use these levels since the 1980's!
The benefits of using Market Profile include better trade location, improved risk management, and enhanced market context. It helps traders differentiate between trending and consolidating markets, identify high-probability trade setups, and adjust their strategies based on whether the market is in balance (consolidation) or imbalance (trending). Unlike traditional indicators that rely on past price movements, Market Profile provides real-time insights into trader behavior, giving an edge to those who can interpret its nuances effectively.
Virgin Point of Control (VPOC) - A point of control from a previous time period that has not yet been revisited in subsequent periods. VPOCs are great for identifying prior supply or demand zones.
Below is a great example of price reversing lower after taking out an upside VPOC
💠 Are all POCs Created Equal?
If POCs are used to gauge supply & demand zones at key levels, then a POC with higher volume should be viewed as more significant than a POC that traded lower volume, right? We created Golden POCs as a tool to identify high volume POCs on all timeframes.
Golden POC (GPOC) - A POC that traded the highest volume compared to prior POCs (proprietary to Pristine Capital)
We calculate value areas for the following time intervals based on the user selected timeframe:
5 Minute and 15 Minute Timeframes -> Daily Value Area
The daily value area paints the distribution of the PRIOR session's trading activity. The "d" in the label references for VAHd, POCd and VALd is a visual cue that value area shown is daily.
1 Hour Timeframe -> Weekly Value Area
The weekly value area paints the distribution of the PRIOR week's trading activity. The "w" in the label references for VAHw, POCw and VALw is a visual cue that value area shown is weekly.
1 Day Timeframe -> Monthly Value Area
The monthly value area paints the distribution of the PRIOR month's trading activity. The "m" in the label references for VAHm, POCm and VALm is a visual cue that value area shown is monthly.
1 Week Timeframe -> Yearly Value Area
The yearly value area paints the distribution of the PRIOR year's trading activity. The "y" in the label references for VAHy, POCy and VALy is a visual cue that value area shown is yearly.
💠 What is a developing value area?
The developing value area provides insight into the upcoming value area while it is still forming! It appears when 80% of the way through the current value area. As the end of a trading period approaches, it can make sense to start trading off the developing value area. When the time period flips, the developing value area becomes the active value area!
💠 Value Areas Trading Setups
Two popular market profile concepts are the bullish and bearish 80% rules. The concept is that there is an 80% probability that the market will traverse the entire relevant value area.
Bullish 80% Rule - If a security opens a period below the value area low , and subsequently closes above it, the bullish 80% rule triggers, turning the value area green. One can trade for a move to the top of the value area, using a close below the value area low as a potential stop!
In the below example, HOOD triggered the bullish 80% rule after it reclaimed the monthly value area!
HOOD proceeded to rally through the monthly value area and beyond in subsequent trading sessions. Finding the first stocks to trigger the bullish 80% rule after a market correction is key for spotting the next market leaders!
Bearish 80% Rule - If a security opens a period above the value area high , and subsequently closes below it, the bearish 80% rule triggers, turning the value area red. One can trade for a move to the bottom of the value area, using a close above the value area high as a potential stop!
ES proceeded to follow through and test the value area low before trending below the weekly value area
Value Area Breakouts - When a security is inside of value, the auction is in balance. When it breaks out from a value area, it could be entering a period of price discovery. One can trade these breaks out of value with tight risk control by setting a stop inside the value area! These breakouts can be traded on all chart timeframes depending on the timeframe of the individual trader. Combining multiple timeframes can result in even more effective trading setups.
RBLX broke out from the monthly value area on 4/22/25👇
RBLX proceeded to rally +62.78% in 39 trading sessions following the monthly VAH breakout!
💠 Market Generated Information to Improve Your Situational Awareness!
In addition to the value areas, we've also included stat tables with useful market generated information. The stats displayed vary based on the timeframe the user has up on their screen. This incentivizes traders to check the chart on multiple timeframes before taking a trade!
Metrics Grouped By Use Case
Performance
▪ YTD α - YTD Alpha (α) measures the risk-adjusted, excess return of a security over its user defined benchmark, on a year-to-date basis.
▪ MTD α - MTD Alpha (α) measures the risk-adjusted, excess return of a security over its user defined benchmark, on a month-to-date basis.
▪ WTD α - WTD Alpha (α) measures the risk-adjusted, excess return of a security over its user defined benchmark, on a week-to-date basis.
▪ YTD %Δ - Year-to-date percent change in price
▪ MTD %Δ - Month-to-date percent change in price
▪ WTD %Δ - Week-to-date percent change in price
Volatility
▪ ATR % - The Average True Range (ATR) expressed as a percentage of an asset's price.
▪ Beta - Measures the price volatility of a security compared to the S&P 500 over the prior 5 years (since inception if 5 years of data is not available)
Risk Analysis
▪ LODx - Low-of-day extension - ATR % multiple from the low of day (measures how extended a stock is from its low of day)
▪ MAx - Moving average extension - ATR % multiple from the user-defined moving average (measures how extended a security is from its moving average). Default moving average = 50D SMA
Why does MAx matter?
MAx measures the number of ATR % multiples a security is trading away from a key moving average. The default moving average length is 50 days.
MAx can be used to identify mean reversion trades . When a security trends strongly in one direction and moves significantly above or below its moving average, the price often tends to revert back toward the average.
Example, if the ATR % of the security is 5%, and the stock is trading 50% higher than the 50D SMA, the MAx would be 50%/5% = 10. A user might opt to take a countertrend trade when the MAx exceeds a predetermined level.
The MAx can also be useful when trading breakouts above or below the key moving average of your choosing. The lower the MAx, the tighter stop loss one can take if trading against that level.
Identifying an extreme price extension using MAx 👇
Price mean reverted immediately following the high MAx 👇
💠 Trend Analysis
The Trend Analysis section consists of short-term and long-term stage analysis data as well as the value area timeframe and price in relation to the value area.
Stage Analysis
▪ ST ⇅ - Short-term stage analysis indicator
▪ LT ⇅ - Long-term stage analysis indicator
Short-term and long-term stage analysis data is provided in the two rightmost columns of each table. The columns are labeled ST ⇅ and LT ⇅.
Why is Stage Analysis important? Popularized by Stan Weinstein, stage analysis is a trend following system that classifies assets into four stages based on price-trend analysis.
The problem? The interpretation of stage analysis is highly subjective. Based on the methodology provided in Stan Weinstein’s books, five different traders could look at the same chart, and come to different conclusions as to which stage the security is in!
We solved for this by creating our own methodology for classifying stocks into stages using moving averages. This indicator automates that analysis, and produces short-term and long-term trend signals based on user-defined key moving averages. You won’t find this in any textbook or course, because it’s completely unique to the Pristine trading methodology.
Our indicator calculates a short-term trend signal using two moving averages; a fast moving average, and a slow moving average. We default to the 10D EMA as the fast moving average & the 20D SMA as the slow moving average. A trend signal is generated based on where price is currently trading with respect to the fast moving average and the slow moving average. We use the signal to guide shorter-term swing trades.
In general, we want to take long trades in stocks with strengthening trends, and short trades in stocks with weakening trends. The user is free to change the moving averages based on their own short-term timeframe. Every trader is unique!
The same process is applied to calculate the long-term trend signal. We default to the 50D SMA as our fast moving average, and the 200D SMA as the slow moving average for the LT ⇅ signal calculation, but users can change these to fit their own unique trading style.
What is Stage 1?
Stage 1 identifies stocks that transitioned from downtrends, into bottoming bases.
Stage 1A - Bottom Signal: Marks the first day a security shows initial signs of recovery after a downtrend, with early indications of strength emerging.👇
Stage 1B - Bottoming Process: Identifies the ongoing phase where the security continues to stabilize and strengthen, confirming the base-building process after the initial signal.👇
Stage 1R - Failed Uptrend: Detects when a security that had entered an early uptrend loses momentum and slips back into a bottoming phase, signaling a failed breakout.👇
What is Stage 2?
Stage 2 identifies stocks that transitioned from bottoming bases to uptrends.
Stage 2A - Breakout: Marks the first day a security decisively breaks out, signaling the start of a new uptrend.👇
Stage 2B - Uptrend: Identifies when the security continues to trade in an established uptrend following the initial breakout, with momentum building but not yet showing full strength.👇
Stage 2C - Strong Uptrend: Detects when the uptrend strengthens further, with the security displaying clear signs of accelerating strength and buying pressure.👇
Stage 2R - Failed Breakdown: Detects when a security that had recently entered a corrective phase reverses course and reclaims its upward trajectory, moving back into an uptrend.👇
What is Stage 3?
Stage 3 identifies stocks that transitioned from uptrends to topping bases.
Stage 3A - Top Signal: Marks the first day a security shows initial signs of weakness after an uptrend, indicating the start of a potential topping phase.👇
Stage 3B - Topping Process: Identifies the period following the initial signal when the security continues to show signs of distribution and potential trend exhaustion.👇
Stage 3R - Failed Breakdown: Detects when a security that had entered a deeper corrective phase reverses upward, recovering enough strength to re-enter the topping phase.👇
What is Stage 4?
Stage 4 identifies stocks that transitioned from topping bases to downtrends.
Stage 4A - Breakdown: Marks the first day a security decisively breaks below key support levels, signaling the start of a new downward trend.👇
Stage 4B - Downtrend: Identifies when the security continues to trend lower following the initial breakdown, with sustained bearish momentum, though not yet fully entrenched.👇
Stage 4C - Strong Downtrend: Detects when the downtrend intensifies, with the security displaying clear signs of accelerating weakness and selling pressure.👇
Stage 4R - Failed Bottom: Detects when a security that had begun to show early signs of bottoming reverses course and resumes its decline, falling back into a downtrend.👇
Stage N/A - Recent IPO: Applies to stocks that recently IPO’ed and don’t have enough data to calculate all necessary moving averages.
Value Area
In Trend Analysis, the value area information is helpful to gauge price in relation to the value area.
▪ VA(y) - Categorizes the security based on the relation of price to the yearly value area
▪ VA(m) - Categorizes the security based on the relation of price to the monthly value area
▪ VA(w) - Categorizes the security based on the relation of price to the weekly value area
Value area states:
▪ ABOVE = Price above the value area high
▪ BELOW = Price below the value area low
▪ INSIDE = Price inside the value area
▪ Bull 80% = Bullish 80% rule in effect
▪ Bear 80% rule = Bearish 80% rule in effect
For example, in the chart above, VA(m) - ABOVE indicates a monthly value area and price is above the VAH.
💠 What Makes This Indicator Unique
There are many value area indicators, however...
Value Area
▪ Golden POC (GPOC) - This is a proprietary concept.
▪ Unique Label Customization
Pristine value areas often comprehensive and unique label customizations. Styles include options to display any combination of the following on your labels:
• Price levels associated with market profile levels
• % distance of market profile levels from security price
• ATR% extension of market profile levels from security price
Multi-Timeframe Analysis
Based on the chart timeframe, unique market generated information is shown to facilitate multi-timeframe analysis.
▪ Weekly Timeframe
On the weekly timeframe the focus is the bigger picture and the metrics reflect this perspective. Performance data includes YTD Alpha and YTD percent change in price. Volatility is measured using ATR % and the industry standard beta. Trend analysis for this higher timeframe include the 52-week range, which measures where a security is trading in relation to its 52wk high and 52wk low. Also included is the where price is in relation to yearly value area.
▪ Daily Timeframe
As one drills down to the daily timeframe, the performance metrics include MTD alpha and MTD percent change in price.
Risk analysis includes the low-of-day extension (LODx), which is the ATR % multiple from the low of the day, to measures how extended a stock is from its low of day. In addition, the moving average extension (MAx) is the ATR % multiple from the user-defined moving average, measures how extended a security is from its
moving average. The default moving average is the 50D SMA, however this can be customized in Settings.
Trend Analysis on the daily timeframe includes the Pristine Capital methodology for classifying stocks into stages using moving averages. Both short-term and long-term stage analysis data is included. Finally, price in relation to monthly value area is shown.
▪ Hourly Timeframe
An the hourly timeframe, performance metrics include WTD alpha and WTD percent change in price. Trend analysis includes the daily closing range (DCR) and price in relation to weekly value area.
💠 Settings and Preferences
💠 Acknowledgements
We'd like to thank @dgtrd, a TradingView Pine Wizard, for his insight on the finer details when working with volume profiles.
Simple Candle Countdown TimerDescription:
This lightweight and customizable TradingView indicator displays a real-time countdown timer for the current candle directly on your chart. The timer updates every second and shows the time remaining until the current candle closes, in the format MM:SS.
🔧 Features:
Adjustable X/Y offset to position the timer anywhere on the chart
Customizable text color, background color, and text size
Clear and minimal design for easy visibility
Ideal for scalpers, intraday traders, or anyone who wants precise awareness of candle close timing.
Time LevelsTime Levels is a customizable TradingView indicator designed to mark critical intraday price levels based on specific time inputs. This tool helps traders identify significant Open/High/Low/Close (OHLC) levels, support & resistance (S&R) zones, and potential Judas Swing manipulation points—aligned with selected timeframes and adjusted to any time zone via UTC offset.
🔧 Key Features:
OHLC/OLHC Levels: Automatically draws horizontal lines at the candle’s open price for up to four specified time points. Ideal for marking session opens, closes, or key intraday levels.
Support & Resistance Zones: Highlights two time-based S&R levels that can help identify discount and premium pricing zones.
Judas Swing Detection: Marks potential liquidity grab zones (Judas Swings) at three user-defined times, assisting in identifying manipulation and smart money entry points.
Global Timezone Support: Includes a UTC offset input to align levels accurately with your trading session, regardless of your location.
Full Customization: Personalize the color, style (solid, dashed, dotted), and thickness of each line independently for OHLC, S&R, and Judas levels.
🛠️ Use Cases:
New York / London open price tracking
ICT-based SMC level marking
Predefined time-based liquidity level visualizations
Institutional-level price reactions (e.g., during specific market opens)
This indicator is best suited for intraday and short-term (especially ICT) traders looking to bring precision and consistency into their technical analysis framework.
Calendar TableThis script displays a calendar-style visual grid directly on the TradingView chart. Unlike fundamental calendars or event indicators, this tool does not mark earnings, news, or economic data. Instead, it provides a simple and clean visual calendar layout for better understanding of date structures across timeframes.
The purpose of this script is purely visual – helping traders and analysts recognize monthly, weekly, and daily boundaries in a calendar format. It’s especially useful for visually aligning price action with time cycles, month-start effects, or periodic strategies.
✅ Key Features
🗓️ Calendar Grid Overlay
Displays calendar-style lines or boxes across candles based on real date logic (year, month, day).
📦 Minimalist Design
Non-intrusive layout that doesn’t interfere with price action or indicators.
⏳ Timeframe-Aware
Adjusts the calendar structure to match the selected chart timeframe.
🎨 Custom Styling Options
Choose line colors, label sizes, and boundary highlights.
⚙️ How to Use
Add the script to your chart.Adjust the visual style and frequency in the settings .
⚠️ Notes
This script does not fetch news, earnings, or events.
It is purely a static calendar layout based on date/time.
No user-defined events, reminders, or alerts are included.
📄 Licensing
This script is Protected Script its only for educational and analytical use.
Velez Price Action Signals (with 20 & 200 SMA)Velez Price Action Signals – With 20 & 200 SMA Overlay
This TradingView Pine Script is a clean and powerful reversal signal tool inspired by Oliver Velez’s price action philosophy, enhanced with trend context via two Simple Moving Averages.
🔍 Signal Logic
Buy Signal:
Current candle sweeps below the previous 5-bar low (liquidity grab).
Candle is bullish (close > open).
The lower wick is significantly larger than the body (e.g. ratio > 1.5).
Sell Signal:
Current candle sweeps above the previous 5-bar high.
Candle is bearish (close < open).
The upper wick is significantly larger than the body.
Signals appear as BUY/SELL labels on the chart (non-repainting).
Yearly History Calendar-Aligned Price up to 10 Years)Overview
This indicator helps traders compare historical price patterns from the past 10 calendar years with the current price action. It overlays translucent lines (polylines) for each year’s price data on the same calendar dates, providing a visual reference for recurring trends. A dynamic table at the top of the chart summarizes the active years, their price sources, and history retention settings.
Key Features
Historical Projections
Displays price data from the last 10 years (e.g., January 5, 2023 vs. January 5, 2024).
Price Source Selection
Choose from Open, Low, High, Close, or HL2 ((High + Low)/2) for historical alignment.
The selected source is shown in the legend table.
Bulk Control Toggles
Show All Years : Display all 10 years simultaneously.
Keep History for All : Preserve historical lines on year transitions.
Hide History for All : Automatically delete old lines to update with current data.
Individual Year Settings
Toggle visibility for each year (-1 to -10) independently.
Customize color and line width for each year.
Control whether to keep or delete historical lines for specific years.
Visual Alignment Aids
Vertical lines mark yearly transitions for reference.
Polylines are semi-transparent for clarity.
Dynamic Legend Table
Shows active years, their price sources, and history status (On/Off).
Updates automatically when settings change.
How to Use
Configure Settings
Projection Years : Select how many years to display (1–10).
Price Source : Choose Open, Low, High, Close, or HL2 for historical alignment.
History Precision : Set granularity (Daily, 60m, or 15m).
Daily (D) is recommended for long-term analysis (covers 10 years).
60m/15m provides finer precision but may only cover 1–3 years due to data limits.
Adjust Visibility & History
Show Year -X : Enable/disable specific years for comparison.
Keep History for Year -X : Choose whether to retain historical lines or delete them on new year transitions.
Bulk Controls
Show All Years : Display all 10 years at once (overrides individual toggles).
Keep History for All / Hide History for All : Globally enable/disable history retention for all years.
Customize Appearance
Line Width : Adjust polyline thickness for better visibility.
Colors : Assign unique colors to each year for easy identification.
Interpret the Legend Table
The table shows:
Year : Label (e.g., "Year -1").
Source : The selected price type (e.g., "Close", "HL2").
Keep History : Indicates whether lines are preserved (On) or deleted (Off).
Tips for Optimal Use
Use Daily Timeframes for Long-Term Analysis :
Daily (1D) allows 10+ years of data. Smaller timeframes (60m/15m) may have limited historical coverage.
Compare Recurring Patterns :
Look for overlaps between historical polylines and current price to identify potential support/resistance levels.
Customize Colors & Widths :
Use contrasting colors for years you want to highlight. Adjust line widths to avoid clutter.
Leverage Global Toggles :
Enable Show All Years for a quick overview. Use Keep History for All to maintain continuity across transitions.
Example Workflow
Set Up :
Select Projection Years = 5.
Choose Price Source = Close.
Set History Precision = 1D for long-term data.
Customize :
Enable Show Year -1 to Show Year -5.
Assign distinct colors to each year.
Disable Keep History for All to ensure lines update on year transitions.
Analyze :
Observe how the 2023 close prices align with 2024’s price action.
Use vertical lines to identify yearly boundaries.
Common Questions
Why are some years missing?
Ensure the chart has sufficient historical data (e.g., daily charts cover 10 years, 60m/15m may only cover 1–3 years).
How do I update the data?
Adjust the Price Source or toggle years/history settings. The legend table updates automatically.
Time-based LiquidityThis indicator automatically marks important time-based liquidity levels on your chart, helping you stay aware of where major price reactions may occur and the market is forced to show its hand.
Key Features:
Previous Month’s, Week’s, and Day’s Highs and Lows: Displays PMH/PML, PWH/PWL, and PDH/PDL — key reference points where liquidity often accumulates.
Intraday Session Highs and Lows: Divides the trading day into quarters (00:00–06:00, 06:00–12:00, etc. following Day’s Quarterly Theory) and tracks session highs and lows dynamically across these periods.
Current Session 90-Minute Quarters: Splits the active session into 90-minute intervals to highlight short-term liquidity structures and potential reaction zones.
Level Alerts: Tracks when each liquidity level is reached and enables customizable alerts so you don’t miss important price movements.
Use Case:
This tool provides an organized, time-based framework for identifying where liquidity is likely to concentrate across different timeframes and intraday cycles. Use these levels for forming bias, planning entries, exits, or anticipating price reactions at key points in the market structure.
Customization Options:
Enable/disable liquidity levels to display (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Sessions, Session Quarters)
Customize the appearance of each level (color, style, line width)
Enable or disable tracking and alerts for level interactions
Session Close/OpenThis indicator allows traders to mark and track two custom session times throughout each trading day, with flexible time zone and price source configuration.
Features:
Two configurable timestamps (e.g., session open and close) with adjustable hour and minute inputs.
Choose between multiple time zones: UTC-4 = New York
Mark the price at each selected time using either open, close, high, low, or any other price source.
Tracks and plots both current session and previous session values for each time point.
Visual markers appear as colored circles on the chart for clarity.
Built-in alert conditions when the live price touches either the current or previous session levels.
Use Cases:
- Monitor price reactions at key session opens or closes.
- Set alerts for breakouts or touches at specific time-based levels.
- Combine with other strategies to enhance time-based decision making.
- Perfect for intraday traders who want precise control over session-based reference points.
NY Time Cycles# New York Time Cycles Indicator
## Overview
The Time Cycles indicator is a specialized technical analysis tool designed to divide the trading day into distinct time blocks based on New York trading hours. Developed for TradingView, this indicator helps traders identify and analyze market behavior during specific time periods throughout the trading session. The indicator displays six consecutive time blocks, each representing 90-minute segments of the trading day, while tracking price ranges within each block.
## Core Concept
The Time Cycles indicator is built on the premise that different periods during the trading day often exhibit unique market characteristics and behaviors. By segmenting the trading day into standardized 90-minute blocks, traders can:
1. Identify recurring patterns at specific times of day
2. Compare price action across different time blocks
3. Recognize potential support and resistance levels based on the high and low of previous time blocks
4. Develop time-based trading strategies specific to certain market hours
## Time Block Structure
The indicator divides the trading day into six sequential 90-minute blocks based on New York time:
1. **Box 1**: 07:00 - 08:30 ET
2. **Box 2**: 08:30 - 10:00 ET
3. **Box 3**: 10:00 - 11:30 ET
4. **Box 4**: 11:30 - 13:00 ET
5. **Box 5**: 13:00 - 14:30 ET
6. **Box 6**: 14:30 - 16:00 ET
These time blocks cover the core US trading session from pre-market into regular market hours.
## Visual Representation
Each time block is represented on the chart as a visual box that:
- Spans the exact time period of the block (horizontally)
- Extends from the highest high to the lowest low recorded during that time period (vertically)
- Is displayed with customizable colors and transparency levels
- Automatically builds in real-time as price action develops
Additionally, the indicator draws dashed projection lines that:
- Display the high and low of the most recently completed time block
- Extend forward in time (for up to 24 hours)
- Help traders identify potential support and resistance levels
## Technical Implementation
The indicator employs several key technical features:
1. **Time Detection**: Accurately identifies the current New York time to place each box in the correct time period
2. **Dynamic Box Creation**: Initializes and updates boxes in real-time as price action develops
3. **Range Tracking**: Continuously monitors and adjusts the high and low of each active time block
4. **Projection Lines**: Creates horizontal dashed lines projecting the high and low of the most recently completed time block
5. **Daily Reset**: Automatically resets all boxes and lines at the start of each new trading day
6. **Customization**: Allows users to set custom colors and transparency levels for each time block
This Time Cycles indicator provides traders with a structured framework for analyzing intraday market movements based on specific time periods. By understanding how the market typically behaves during each 90-minute block, traders can develop more targeted strategies and potentially identify higher-probability trading opportunities throughout the trading day.
Delta Zones🔶 Delta Zones — A Precision Tool for Time-Price Mapping 🔶
The Delta Zones indicator is a refined structure-mapping tool that dynamically tracks zones of dominant trading activity across recent sessions.
These zones are projected forward in time, offering traders a reliable visual guide to where significant interactions between buyers and sellers are likely to take place.
This tool was designed for intraday use, but its adaptability makes it powerful even on higher timeframes, giving traders insights into market behavior without the noise. You need to change session setting from indicator to higher TF that the chart. For intra, its by default on daily.
🔧 What This Indicator Does
Detects and displays the key activity zone for the current session (today).
Recalls the most active zone from the previous session, allowing you to track momentum or reversal bias.
Color codes each zone based on where price currently trades relative to it:
Neutral gradient (orange/white) for today’s zone, showing where price is consolidating or reacting.
Bullish green fade if price is trading above yesterday’s zone.
Bearish red fade if price is trading below yesterday’s zone.
Extends each zone forward (default 200 bars) so you can observe price behavior as it revisits these areas over time.
📈 How to Use Delta Zones
Trend Continuation:
If price pushes beyond today's zone and maintains momentum, it may suggest strength in that direction. Watch how price reacts on retests of this zone.
Fade or Mean Reversion:
When price strays far from a Delta Zone and struggles to gain ground, it often rotates back into that region. These situations can offer attractive risk-reward setups.
Zone Polarity from Prior Sessions:
Yesterday’s zone serves as a directional cue — if price opens and stays above it (green-filled), sentiment favors strength. If it stays below (red-filled), weakness may persist.
Support/Resistance Anchors:
Use zones as dynamic S/R levels — watch for wick tests, engulfing candles, or volume surges at zone edges for potential trade entries or exits.
🎛️ Inputs You Can Control
Session Length (Default: Daily): Defines how often a new zone is calculated.
💡 Pro Tip
These zones act like magnetic fields around price — not only can they contain price, but they also attract it. The key is to recognize when price is respecting, rejecting, or absorbing at the edges of the zone.
Pair Delta Zones with your favorite price action, momentum, or volume tools for sharper decision-making. For example, "Accumulation/Distribution Money Flow" script which I published few days ago.
⚠️ Note
This is a conceptually adaptive framework designed to simplify the visual structure of the market. While no model guarantees predictive accuracy, Delta Zones are especially useful for contextualizing price behavior and anticipating where meaningful reactions may occur.
This is an educational idea, use it at your own risk.
Past performance does not guarantee future success.
Zig Zag Trend Metrics“ Zig Zag Trend Metrics ” is a highly versatile indicator, built on the classic Zig Zag concept and thoughtfully designed for technical traders seeking a deeper, more structured view of market dynamics. This tool identifies significant swing highs and lows, classifies them, and annotates each with key metrics, offering a precise snapshot of each movement. It enhances visual analysis by drawing connecting lines that outline the flow of market structure, making trend progression and reversals instantly recognizable. Beyond visual mapping, it features a compact, real-time statistics table that calculates the average price and time deltas for both bullish and bearish swings, giving traders deep insights into trend momentum and rhythm. With extensive customization options, this indicator adapts seamlessly to vast trading styles or chart setups, empowering traders to spot patterns, evaluate trend strength, and make more confident, data-backed decisions.
❖ FEATURES
✦ Automatic Swing Detection
At its core, this indicator automatically identifies swing highs and lows based on a customizable lookback period (default: 10 bars).
✦ Labeling Swing Points
Each swing is visualized with a label that includes:
Swing Classification : “HH” (Higher High), “LH” (Lower High), “LL” (Lower Low), or “HL” (Higher Low).
Price Difference : Displayed in percentage or absolute value from the previous opposite swing.
Time Difference : The number of bars since the previous swing of the opposite type.
These labels offer traders clear, immediate insight into price movements and structural changes.
✦ Visual Lines
The indicator draws three types of lines:
Bullish Lines: Connect recent swing lows to new swing highs, indicating uptrends.
Bearish Lines: Connect recent swing highs to new swing lows, indicating downtrends.
Range Lines: Connect consecutive highs or lows to outline price channels.
Each line type can be color-coded and customized for visibility.
✦ Statistics Table
An on-screen metrics table provides a live summary of trends. Script uses Relative Averaging to smooth price and time changes. This prevents outliers from distorting the data and provides a more reliable sense of typical swing behavior.
Uptrend Metrics: Shows average price and time differences from recent bullish swings.
Downtrend Metrics: Shows the same for bearish swings.
🛠️ Customization Options
Ability to tailor the indicator to suit their strategy and aesthetic preferences:
Swing Period: Adjust sensitivity to short- or long-term swings.
Color Settings: Customize line and label colors.
Label Display: Choose between absolute or percentage price differences.
Table Settings: Modify size, location, or visibility.
This makes the indicator highly flexible and useful across various timeframes and assets.
Personal Time Zone: Days of WeekThis is probably the simplest indicator I have ever made.
It just gives you a the days of weeks in your specified time zone and puts the day on the first bar in your time zone.
You can use UTC time format or named time zones like the default.
Just for fun I tried to give it symbols that sort of relate the old gods that the days of week were named after and even colors that one could argue match, but it was all in fun because it was so simple I felt I had to add something.
Enjoy.
All-Time High MarkerThis indicator automatically identifies and displays the All-Time High (ATH) price on a chart. When a new ATH is reached, a horizontal line is drawn, extending from a user-specified number of bars to the left of the ATH candle to the current bar, and continuing indefinitely to the right. An "ATH" label is placed at the beginning of the line. Key features:
Dynamic ATH Tracking: Automatically updates as new all-time highs are reached.
Customizable Line: Adjust the line color and width to match your chart theme.
Customizable Label: Change the label color, text color, and vertical offset.
Line Start Offset: Control how far back the ATH line starts from the ATH candle.
This tool helps traders quickly visualize and track ATH levels for potential breakouts or resistance zones.
Daily Time MarkerThis TradingView indicator draws thin, white, dashed vertical lines on the chart at a user-defined time each day. The indicator takes into account Daylight Saving Time (DST) adjustments, ensuring the correct time is displayed throughout the year.
Key Features:
✅ Daily Vertical Markers:
Displays vertical dashed lines from Monday to Friday at the selected time.
The lines extend infinitely in both directions.
✅ Historical & Future Projection:
Shows lines 15 days into the past and 5 days into the future for better visualization of key time levels.
✅ DST Adjustment:
Automatically adjusts between summer and winter time , ensuring the correct hour is displayed.
This indicator is useful for traders who rely on specific time-based events, such as market opens or key trading sessions.
Quarterly Theory ICT 02 [TradingFinder] True Open Session 90 Min🔵 Introduction
The Quarterly Theory ICT indicator is an advanced analytical system built on ICT (Inner Circle Trader) concepts and fractal time. It divides time into four quarters (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4), and is designed based on the consistent repetition of these phases across all trading timeframes (annual, monthly, weekly, daily, and even shorter trading sessions).
Each cycle consists of four distinct phases: the first phase (Q1) is the Accumulation phase, characterized by price consolidation; the second phase (Q2), known as Manipulation or Judas Swing, is marked by initial false movements indicating a potential shift; the third phase (Q3) is Distribution, where price volatility peaks; and the fourth phase (Q4) is Continuation/Reversal, determining whether the previous trend continues or reverses.
🔵 How to Use
The central concept of this strategy is the "True Open," which refers to the actual starting point of each time cycle. The True Open is typically defined at the beginning of the second phase (Q2) of each cycle. Prices trading above or below the True Open serve as a benchmark for predicting the market's potential direction and guiding trading decisions.
The practical application of the Quarterly Theory strategy relies on accurately identifying True Open points across various timeframes.
True Open points are defined as follows :
Yearly Cycle :
Q1: January, February, March
Q2: April, May, June (True Open: April Monthly Open)
Q3: July, August, September
Q4: October, November, December
Monthly Cycle :
Q1: First Monday of the month
Q2: Second Monday of the month (True Open: Daily Candle Open price on the second Monday)
Q3: Third Monday of the month
Q4: Fourth Monday of the month
Weekly Cycle :
Q1: Monday
Q2: Tuesday (True Open: Daily Candle Open Price on Tuesday)
Q3: Wednesday
Q4: Thursday
Daily Cycle :
Q1: 18:00 - 00:00 (Asian session)
Q2: 00:00 - 06:00 (True Open: Start of London Session)
Q3: 06:00 - 12:00 (NY AM)
Q4: 12:00 - 18:00 (NY PM)
90 Min Asian Session :
Q1: 18:00 - 19:30
Q2: 19:30 - 21:00 (True Open at 19:30)
Q3: 21:00 - 22:30
Q4: 22:30 - 00:00
90 Min London Session :
Q1: 00:00 - 01:30
Q2: 01:30 - 03:00 (True Open at 01:30)
Q3: 03:00 - 04:30
Q4: 04:30 - 06:00
90 Min New York AM Session :
Q1: 06:00 - 07:30
Q2: 07:30 - 09:00 (True Open at 07:30)
Q3: 09:00 - 10:30
Q4: 10:30 - 12:00
90 Min New York PM Session :
Q1: 12:00 - 13:30
Q2: 13:30 - 15:00 (True Open at 13:30)
Q3: 15:00 - 16:30
Q4: 16:30 - 18:00
Micro Cycle (22.5-Minute Quarters) : Each 90-minute quarter is further divided into four 22.5-minute sub-segments (Micro Sessions).
True Opens in these sessions are defined as follows :
Asian Micro Session :
True Session Open : 19:30 - 19:52:30
London Micro Session :
T rue Session Open : 01:30 - 01:52:30
New York AM Micro Session :
True Session Open : 07:30 - 07:52:30
New York PM Micro Session :
True Session Open : 13:30 - 13:52:30
By accurately identifying these True Open points across various timeframes, traders can effectively forecast the market direction, analyze price movements in detail, and optimize their trading positions. Prices trading above or below these key levels serve as critical benchmarks for determining market direction and making informed trading decisions.
🔵 Setting
Show True Range : Enable or disable the display of the True Range on the chart, including the option to customize the color.
Extend True Range Line : Choose how to extend the True Range line on the chart, with the following options:
None: No line extension
Right: Extend the line to the right
Left: Extend the line to the left
Both: Extend the line in both directions (left and right)
Show Table : Determines whether the table—which summarizes the phases (Q1 to Q4)—is displayed.
Show More Info : Adds additional details to the table, such as the name of the phase (Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution, or Continuation/Reversal) or further specifics about each cycle.
🔵 Conclusion
The Quarterly Theory ICT, by dividing time into four distinct quarters (Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4) and emphasizing the concept of the True Open, provides a structured and repeatable framework for analyzing price action across multiple time frames.
The consistent repetition of phases—Accumulation, Manipulation (Judas Swing), Distribution, and Continuation/Reversal—allows traders to effectively identify recurring price patterns and critical market turning points. Utilizing the True Open as a benchmark, traders can more accurately determine potential directional bias, optimize trade entries and exits, and manage risk effectively.
By incorporating principles of ICT (Inner Circle Trader) and fractal time, this strategy enhances market forecasting accuracy across annual, monthly, weekly, daily, and shorter trading sessions. This systematic approach helps traders gain deeper insight into market structure and confidently execute informed trading decisions.
Quarterly Theory ICT 01 [TradingFinder] XAMD + Q1-Q4 Sessions🔵 Introduction
The Quarterly Theory ICT indicator is an advanced analytical system based on the concepts of ICT (Inner Circle Trader) and fractal time. It divides time into quarterly periods and accurately determines entry and exit points for trades by using the True Open as the starting point of each cycle. This system is applicable across various time frames including annual, monthly, weekly, daily, and even 90-minute sessions.
Time is divided into four quarters: in the first quarter (Q1), which is dedicated to the Accumulation phase, the market is in a consolidation state, laying the groundwork for a new trend; in the second quarter (Q2), allocated to the Manipulation phase (also known as Judas Swing), sudden price changes and false moves occur, marking the true starting point of a trend change; the third quarter (Q3) is dedicated to the Distribution phase, during which prices are broadly distributed and price volatility peaks; and the fourth quarter (Q4), corresponding to the Continuation/Reversal phase, either continues or reverses the previous trend.
By leveraging smart algorithms and technical analysis, this system identifies optimal price patterns and trading positions through the precise detection of stop-run and liquidity zones.
With the division of time into Q1 through Q4 and by incorporating key terms such as Quarterly Theory ICT, True Open, Accumulation, Manipulation (Judas Swing), Distribution, Continuation/Reversal, ICT, fractal time, smart algorithms, technical analysis, price patterns, trading positions, stop-run, and liquidity, this system enables traders to identify market trends and make informed trading decisions using real data and precise analysis.
♦ Important Note :
This indicator and the "Quarterly Theory ICT" concept have been developed based on material published in primary sources, notably the articles on Daye( traderdaye ) and Joshuuu . All copyright rights are reserved.
🔵 How to Use
The Quarterly Theory ICT strategy is built on dividing time into four distinct periods across various time frames such as annual, monthly, weekly, daily, and even 90-minute sessions. In this approach, time is segmented into four quarters, during which the phases of Accumulation, Manipulation (Judas Swing), Distribution, and Continuation/Reversal appear in a systematic and recurring manner.
The first segment (Q1) functions as the Accumulation phase, where the market consolidates and lays the foundation for future movement; the second segment (Q2) represents the Manipulation phase, during which prices experience sudden initial changes, and with the aid of the True Open concept, the real starting point of the market’s movement is determined; in the third segment (Q3), the Distribution phase takes place, where prices are widely dispersed and price volatility reaches its peak; and finally, the fourth segment (Q4) is recognized as the Continuation/Reversal phase, in which the previous trend either continues or reverses.
This strategy, by harnessing the concepts of fractal time and smart algorithms, enables precise analysis of price patterns across multiple time frames and, through the identification of key points such as stop-run and liquidity zones, assists traders in optimizing their trading positions. Utilizing real market data and dividing time into Q1 through Q4 allows for a comprehensive and multi-level technical analysis in which optimal entry and exit points are identified by comparing prices to the True Open.
Thus, by focusing on keywords like Quarterly Theory ICT, True Open, Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution, Continuation/Reversal, ICT, fractal time, smart algorithms, technical analysis, price patterns, trading positions, stop-run, and liquidity, the Quarterly Theory ICT strategy acts as a coherent framework for predicting market trends and developing trading strategies.
🔵b]Settings
Cycle Display Mode: Determines whether the cycle is displayed on the chart or on the indicator panel.
Show Cycle: Enables or disables the display of the ranges corresponding to each quarter within the micro cycles (e.g., Q1/1, Q1/2, Q1/3, Q1/4, etc.).
Show Cycle Label: Toggles the display of textual labels for identifying the micro cycle phases (for example, Q1/1 or Q2/2).
Table Display Mode: Enables or disables the ability to display cycle information in a tabular format.
Show Table: Determines whether the table—which summarizes the phases (Q1 to Q4)—is displayed.
Show More Info: Adds additional details to the table, such as the name of the phase (Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution, or Continuation/Reversal) or further specifics about each cycle.
🔵 Conclusion
Quarterly Theory ICT provides a fractal and recurring approach to analyzing price behavior by dividing time into four quarters (Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4) and defining the True Open at the beginning of the second phase.
The Accumulation, Manipulation (Judas Swing), Distribution, and Continuation/Reversal phases repeat in each cycle, allowing traders to identify price patterns with greater precision across annual, monthly, weekly, daily, and even micro-level time frames.
Focusing on the True Open as the primary reference point enables faster recognition of potential trend changes and facilitates optimal management of trading positions. In summary, this strategy, based on ICT principles and fractal time concepts, offers a powerful framework for predicting future market movements, identifying optimal entry and exit points, and managing risk in various trading conditions.
ICT SB Time (Lee B)A minimal and clean indicator that simply plots the ICT Silver Bullet time windows for you on the chart with vertical lines.
It also has the option to show other important times, like 00:00, 8:30, and 9:30. Toggles in settings let you change line color, turn any of them off temporarily, and can limit their visibility to only the lower timeframes for less clutter.
I hope you find this indicator useful... and happy trading!
Lee B
