OPEN-SOURCE SCRIPT
Market Condition Indicator
What this indicator does?
This is best used on NQ! and ES! on hourly time frame. Classifies the market into five market condition using only volume and spread efficiency — two parameters derived from price action without any lagging indicators.
Every candle is categorised into one of five market condition — consolidation, absorption, normal trend, news spike, or thin volatile — by measuring how much price moved relative to the volume behind it.
Green dot (Normal Trend) - Average volume. Moderate spread.
Blue dot (Absorption) - High volume. Tight spread.
Orange dot (Thin Volatile) - Low volume. Wide spread.
Red dot (News Spike) - High volume. Wide spread.
Grey dot (Consolidation) - Low volume. Tight spread.
How this indicator is made?
Market condition are discovered from using unsupervised machine learning on 2 years of hourly NQ! and ES! data then approximated in Pine Script for live use.
Validated on NQ and ES futures with 85–92% next-candle persistence.
How do I use it?
I use it as a confluence tool where green dots appear on the levels I am expecting to be rejected.
This is best used on NQ! and ES! on hourly time frame. Classifies the market into five market condition using only volume and spread efficiency — two parameters derived from price action without any lagging indicators.
Every candle is categorised into one of five market condition — consolidation, absorption, normal trend, news spike, or thin volatile — by measuring how much price moved relative to the volume behind it.
Green dot (Normal Trend) - Average volume. Moderate spread.
Blue dot (Absorption) - High volume. Tight spread.
Orange dot (Thin Volatile) - Low volume. Wide spread.
Red dot (News Spike) - High volume. Wide spread.
Grey dot (Consolidation) - Low volume. Tight spread.
How this indicator is made?
Market condition are discovered from using unsupervised machine learning on 2 years of hourly NQ! and ES! data then approximated in Pine Script for live use.
Validated on NQ and ES futures with 85–92% next-candle persistence.
How do I use it?
I use it as a confluence tool where green dots appear on the levels I am expecting to be rejected.
Open-source script
In true TradingView spirit, the creator of this script has made it open-source, so that traders can review and verify its functionality. Kudos to the author! While you can use it for free, remember that republishing the code is subject to our House Rules.
Disclaimer
The information and publications are not meant to be, and do not constitute, financial, investment, trading, or other types of advice or recommendations supplied or endorsed by TradingView. Read more in the Terms of Use.
Open-source script
In true TradingView spirit, the creator of this script has made it open-source, so that traders can review and verify its functionality. Kudos to the author! While you can use it for free, remember that republishing the code is subject to our House Rules.
Disclaimer
The information and publications are not meant to be, and do not constitute, financial, investment, trading, or other types of advice or recommendations supplied or endorsed by TradingView. Read more in the Terms of Use.