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Absorption Signals
Absorption Signals by QuantShok (JacobS369)
This script detects absorption candles — bars where aggressive selling is absorbed by buyers (bullish) or aggressive buying is absorbed by sellers (bearish). It uses TradingView's built-in volume delta to measure the net buying/selling pressure within each bar, then flags bars where the delta diverges from the price action on abnormally high volume. Each signal is scored on a 1–5 star confidence system so you can filter for only the highest-quality setups.
The core logic: a bullish absorption fires when the bar closes green (or flat) despite net negative delta on a volume spike — meaning sellers pushed hard but buyers absorbed it all and held price up. A bearish absorption is the mirror — the bar closes red despite net positive delta on a volume spike, meaning buyers pushed but sellers absorbed the pressure and drove price down.
Default settings are optimized for NQ (Nasdaq 100 Futures).
Settings Breakdown
Absorption Settings — "Volume Lookback Period" (default 20) is the number of bars on your current chart timeframe used to calculate average volume and standard deviation for the z-score. On a 5-minute chart, that's the last 20 five-minute bars. "Volume Z-Score Threshold" (default 1.5) sets how many standard deviations above average the current bar's volume needs to be to qualify as a spike — raise it to only catch bigger volume anomalies, lower it for more signals. "Minimum Wick Size %" is the input for wick filtering though the confidence system handles wick scoring internally at the 40% level. "Delta Timeframe" (default 1 minute) controls the resolution used to estimate volume delta — this is independent of your chart timeframe and pulls 1-minute data to approximate buy vs sell volume within each bar.
Confidence Settings — "Minimum Stars to Display" (default 2) filters out low-confidence signals so only setups meeting your threshold appear on the chart. The confidence scoring works by starting at 1 star for any valid absorption signal, then adding stars for: volume z-score above 2.0 (+1), volume z-score above 3.0 (+1), delta z-score above 2.0 (+1), significant wick size above 40% of bar range (+1), and multi-bar confirmation (+1), capped at 5. "Require Multi-Bar Confirmation" checks whether consecutive bars show absorption at the same price level. "Multi-Bar Tolerance" controls how close those consecutive bars need to be (as a percentage of ATR) to count as confirming each other.
Visuals — Toggle bubbles, confidence labels, and the dashboard independently. Bubble size scales with confidence (tiny for 1 star up to huge for 5 stars), and color intensity increases with higher confidence. The dashboard in the top right shows live volume z-score, delta z-score, net delta, current absorption signal, and multi-bar confirmation status. Hovering over any label shows a detailed tooltip with all the underlying stats for that signal.
Adapting to Other Instruments
The main settings to consider adjusting are the volume lookback period (shorter for faster-moving instruments, longer for steadier ones), the z-score threshold (lower it for instruments with less volatile volume patterns, raise it for noisier ones), and the multi-bar tolerance (widen it for instruments with larger ATR). The delta timeframe can stay at 1 minute for most instruments but you might try a higher resolution if your broker provides it.
How to Use
This is not a buy/sell signal generator — it identifies where institutional-level absorption is likely occurring. Use these signals as confluence with your existing strategy. A 4–5 star bullish absorption at a known support level or LVN is a very different setup than a 2-star signal in the middle of nowhere. The tooltip on each label gives you the full breakdown so you can evaluate the quality yourself.
This script detects absorption candles — bars where aggressive selling is absorbed by buyers (bullish) or aggressive buying is absorbed by sellers (bearish). It uses TradingView's built-in volume delta to measure the net buying/selling pressure within each bar, then flags bars where the delta diverges from the price action on abnormally high volume. Each signal is scored on a 1–5 star confidence system so you can filter for only the highest-quality setups.
The core logic: a bullish absorption fires when the bar closes green (or flat) despite net negative delta on a volume spike — meaning sellers pushed hard but buyers absorbed it all and held price up. A bearish absorption is the mirror — the bar closes red despite net positive delta on a volume spike, meaning buyers pushed but sellers absorbed the pressure and drove price down.
Default settings are optimized for NQ (Nasdaq 100 Futures).
Settings Breakdown
Absorption Settings — "Volume Lookback Period" (default 20) is the number of bars on your current chart timeframe used to calculate average volume and standard deviation for the z-score. On a 5-minute chart, that's the last 20 five-minute bars. "Volume Z-Score Threshold" (default 1.5) sets how many standard deviations above average the current bar's volume needs to be to qualify as a spike — raise it to only catch bigger volume anomalies, lower it for more signals. "Minimum Wick Size %" is the input for wick filtering though the confidence system handles wick scoring internally at the 40% level. "Delta Timeframe" (default 1 minute) controls the resolution used to estimate volume delta — this is independent of your chart timeframe and pulls 1-minute data to approximate buy vs sell volume within each bar.
Confidence Settings — "Minimum Stars to Display" (default 2) filters out low-confidence signals so only setups meeting your threshold appear on the chart. The confidence scoring works by starting at 1 star for any valid absorption signal, then adding stars for: volume z-score above 2.0 (+1), volume z-score above 3.0 (+1), delta z-score above 2.0 (+1), significant wick size above 40% of bar range (+1), and multi-bar confirmation (+1), capped at 5. "Require Multi-Bar Confirmation" checks whether consecutive bars show absorption at the same price level. "Multi-Bar Tolerance" controls how close those consecutive bars need to be (as a percentage of ATR) to count as confirming each other.
Visuals — Toggle bubbles, confidence labels, and the dashboard independently. Bubble size scales with confidence (tiny for 1 star up to huge for 5 stars), and color intensity increases with higher confidence. The dashboard in the top right shows live volume z-score, delta z-score, net delta, current absorption signal, and multi-bar confirmation status. Hovering over any label shows a detailed tooltip with all the underlying stats for that signal.
Adapting to Other Instruments
The main settings to consider adjusting are the volume lookback period (shorter for faster-moving instruments, longer for steadier ones), the z-score threshold (lower it for instruments with less volatile volume patterns, raise it for noisier ones), and the multi-bar tolerance (widen it for instruments with larger ATR). The delta timeframe can stay at 1 minute for most instruments but you might try a higher resolution if your broker provides it.
How to Use
This is not a buy/sell signal generator — it identifies where institutional-level absorption is likely occurring. Use these signals as confluence with your existing strategy. A 4–5 star bullish absorption at a known support level or LVN is a very different setup than a 2-star signal in the middle of nowhere. The tooltip on each label gives you the full breakdown so you can evaluate the quality yourself.
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Script de código abierto
Fiel al espíritu de TradingView, el creador de este script lo ha convertido en código abierto, para que los traders puedan revisar y verificar su funcionalidad. ¡Enhorabuena al autor! Aunque puede utilizarlo de forma gratuita, recuerde que cualquier republicación del código está sujeta a nuestras Normas internas.
Exención de responsabilidad
La información y las publicaciones no constituyen, ni deben considerarse como, asesoramiento o recomendaciones financieras, de inversión, de trading u otro tipo, proporcionadas o respaldadas por TradingView. Obtenga más información en Condiciones de uso.