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A higher timeframe candle tool that outlines each HTF candle directly on your lower timeframe chart. Instead of flipping between timeframes, you can see the range, body and midpoint of the 1H, 4H or daily candle while executing on the 1m or 5m. The previous candle's high and low can also be carried forward as live levels, making it easy to frame reversals and continuations off the last HTF range.
HTF Candle Boxes
Current HTF Candle
The HTF candle still in progress is projected across its full time period, so you can see exactly where it will close. The box expands in real time as new highs and lows print, and the body updates with the live close.
Body & Midline
Line Settings
Range Labels
Box Fill Colours
Separate fill colours for bullish and bearish HTF candles. Fills are transparent by default, so boxes show as outlines only until a colour is chosen.
How to Use
Apply to a chart on a lower timeframe than the one set in Time Interval. For example, set the interval to 1H and view a 5m chart to see each hourly candle outlined over its 5m bars.
A higher timeframe candle tool that outlines each HTF candle directly on your lower timeframe chart. Instead of flipping between timeframes, you can see the range, body and midpoint of the 1H, 4H or daily candle while executing on the 1m or 5m. The previous candle's high and low can also be carried forward as live levels, making it easy to frame reversals and continuations off the last HTF range.
HTF Candle Boxes
- Time Interval – choose any higher timeframe to outline (1H by default).
- Number of Boxes – show the last 1, 2 or 3 completed HTF candles, or Show All for the full chart history.
- Box styling – adjustable border width, style (solid / dashed / dotted) and colour.
Current HTF Candle
The HTF candle still in progress is projected across its full time period, so you can see exactly where it will close. The box expands in real time as new highs and lows print, and the body updates with the live close.
Body & Midline
- Include Body – draws the open-to-close body inside each box, coloured bullish or bearish, so each HTF candle reads the same as it would on its own timeframe.
- Show MidLine – marks the 50% level of each candle's range, useful for framing premium and discount within the candle.
Line Settings
- Hide Side Lines – removes the vertical edges, leaving the high and low as clean horizontal levels. Required for the options below.
- Extend Lines to Current Candle – carries the previous HTF candle's high and low forward to price, stopping each line at the candle that closes through it.
- Extend Lines 10 Candles Ahead – projects the previous high and low 10 bars past the current candle, keeping the levels visible in the space ahead of price. Takes priority over Extend to Current.
- Draw Lines from Exact Candle – starts each high and low line from the exact lower timeframe bar that printed it, rather than the start of the HTF candle.
Range Labels
- Show H/L Range Pips – displays each HTF candle's high-to-low range above its box.
- Show O/C Pips – adds the body size and the percentage of the range the body makes up, e.g. 12.4 / 30.1 = 41%.
- Values are measured in pips on forex pairs and in price points on all other markets.
Box Fill Colours
Separate fill colours for bullish and bearish HTF candles. Fills are transparent by default, so boxes show as outlines only until a colour is chosen.
How to Use
Apply to a chart on a lower timeframe than the one set in Time Interval. For example, set the interval to 1H and view a 5m chart to see each hourly candle outlined over its 5m bars.
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.