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Volume vs MA20 MultipleVolume vs MA20 Multiple
This indicator shows how the current candle’s volume compares to its moving average volume.
Instead of only displaying raw volume, it calculates a volume multiple relative to the selected volume moving average, for example:
1.0x = current volume equals the volume moving average
1.2x = current volume is 20% above average
1.5x = current volume is 50% above average
2.0x = current volume is twice the average volume
The default setting uses a 20-period volume moving average, which means:
on the 1H chart, it compares the current hourly volume to the average of the last 20 hourly candles
on the daily chart, it compares the current daily volume to the average of the last 20 daily candles
on any timeframe, it automatically adapts to the selected chart timeframe
This makes it easier to judge whether a breakout, reversal, or pullback move is supported by meaningful volume.
How I use it
For breakout trades, I usually want to see price breaking above a key level while volume is clearly above average.
Typical interpretation:
Below 1.0x: weak / below-average volume
Around 1.0x: normal volume
1.2x – 1.5x: increased volume, potential confirmation
1.5x – 2.0x: strong volume confirmation
Above 2.0x: very strong participation
The indicator can display both the multiple and the percentage above the moving average, making it useful for quickly validating whether a price move has real participation behind it.
Best used for
Breakout confirmation
Pullback entries
Reversal setups
Intraday momentum analysis
Comparing volume strength across different timeframes
This indicator is not a standalone buy or sell signal. It is intended to be used together with price action, support/resistance, trend structure, and risk management.
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EMA Trend Dash Board by [Itto Ryu]# EMA Trend Dash Board — Trend stage classifier on a 5-EMA stack
A pure-EMA trend dashboard. Five exponential moving averages (10/20/50/100/200)
plus three derived signals — stack alignment, EMA50 slope, and the fast-vs-trend
gap — classify the market into one of four trend stages: ACCEL → MATURE → DECEL
→ REVERSAL. A 0-to-100 Bull/Bear score and a state-machine VERDICT row summarise
all of it in a single glance.
## What's different from a generic EMA ribbon
Most EMA-ribbon scripts only colour the EMAs. This one adds:
1. **Stage classification** — instead of "trending vs ranging", the script tells
you *where in the trend you are*. Stage 1 (ACCEL) is for adds; Stage 3 (DECEL)
warns to trim; Stage 4 (REVERSAL) tells you the stack has lost alignment.
2. **Bull/Bear score (0–100)** — composed of:
- Price-above-EMA: 8 pts each (max 40)
- Stack-pair ordering: 10 pts each (max 40)
- Trend-EMA slope direction: 10 pts
- Gap expansion (only when stack aligned): 10 pts
3. **Verdict state machine** — combines stage + score into one action label
(STRONG SETUP, SIGNAL CLEAR, TREND ACCEL, EASE, WATCH, EXIT, ...).
## Defaults (and why)
| Input | Default | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|
| EMA lengths | 10 / 20 / 50 / 100 / 200 | Classic Stan Weinstein / Mark Minervini ladder |
| Slope/Gap lookback | 5 bars | Catches turns without over-smoothing on intraday |
| Slope flat threshold | 0.1% | Below this magnitude the trend EMA is treated as flat — avoids false up/down on chop |
| Gap expansion threshold | 0.05% | Min change in |gap| to count as expanding/compressing |
| Dashboard | top_right, normal | Standard placement; tiny/small for low-res screens |
## Visual elements
| Element | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 5 EMA lines | EMA 1 (fast, yellow) → EMA 5 (long, slate). EMA 3 (Trend, pink) drawn thicker as the slope reference |
| Fast-Trend fill | Green when EMA1 > EMA3, red otherwise. Quick visual on momentum direction |
| Right-edge labels | EMA name tags at the latest bar |
| Dashboard | Trend / EMA Stack / Trend Dynamics / Scoring / Signal / Verdict sections |
## Who this is for
- Trend-following swing traders who already use EMA stacks but want a state read-out
- Discretionary traders who want a "what stage am I in?" check without staring at the chart
- Anyone replacing 3-4 separate EMA indicators with one consolidated dashboard
## Who this is NOT for
- Pure mean-reversion / range traders — EMAs are the wrong tool
- Tick scalpers — the stage/gap thresholds are tuned for swing+intraday, not sub-minute
- Anyone needing entry/exit signals automated — this is a *read-out*, not a strategy
## How to use
1. Apply on standard candle chart, any timeframe (works best 15m → Daily)
2. Read the **Stage** row first — that's your context
3. Cross-check with **Verdict** row — that's your action
4. The Bull/Bear bars give a confidence reading; the SIGNAL row gives the discrete label
5. Configure alerts on STRONG Long/Short or Stack Broken for hands-off monitoring
## Common mistakes
- **Entering on Stage 4 just because Verdict says STRONG SETUP** — Stage 4 = stack lost alignment, by design it forces a re-check. Wait for re-alignment.
- **Reading dashboard on Heikin Ashi** — EMAs are calculated on HA close (a smoothed value), not real close. Numbers will not match a standard-chart EMA. Use standard candles for the dashboard.
- **Tuning EMA lengths for one symbol and assuming portability** — re-test on each instrument; trend EMAs are regime-dependent.
## Disclosure
- **Pine version**: v6
- **Repaint**: NO — all calculations use confirmed-bar data. Dashboard and right-edge labels refresh on the last bar (cosmetic only) and do not modify historical bars.
- **Lookahead**: NONE — no `request.security` calls.
- **Chart type**: Designed for standard candle charts. On Heikin Ashi / Renko / Range / PnF / Kagi the EMA values are calculated against the chart's synthetic close and will not match a standard-chart EMA.
- **Originality**: Generic 5-EMA inputs; novel additions are the Stage classifier, Bull/Bear scoring weights, and Verdict state machine.
- **Predecessor**: Extracted from the author's earlier "Ichimoku Trend Dash Board" (Ichimoku + EMA combined). This EMA-only variant strips Ichimoku, ADX, RSI, MACD, and SL/TP logic for a focused trend-stage read.
## Disclaimer
For educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Trading involves
substantial risk of loss — past performance does not guarantee future results.
You are solely responsible for your own trading decisions. Script provided
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5 SMA - Customizable Multi-SMA Indicator5 SMA — Customizable Multi-SMA Indicator
A clean, all-in-one Simple Moving Average indicator that plots up to 5 SMAs on a single chart, so you don't need to load five separate instances cluttering your indicator list.
Features:
5 independent SMAs, each with its own show/hide toggle
Fully customizable length, color, line thickness, and line style (solid/dashed/dotted) per SMA
Shared source and offset inputs
Sensible defaults out of the box: 20, 50, 100, 150, 200
Use cases:
Trend-following setups using classic MA combinations (e.g. 50/200 golden cross, 20/50 short-term trend)
Multi-timeframe confluence by stacking key MAs
Dynamic support and resistance reference
Just open the settings, toggle the SMAs you want, set your lengths, and style them however you like. Defaults can be reused across instruments without reconfiguring each time.
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IShakfa Long-Only ConfluenceOVERVIEW
IShakfa Long-Only Confluence is a buy-only signal tool that waits for several
independent technical conditions to align before marking a long entry, and then
attaches a fixed take-profit and stop-loss plan to that entry. It is built around
a single idea: the highest-conviction long entries tend to occur when you buy a
short-term pullback (a dip) inside a market that is already trending up, while
momentum and trend strength are confirming the move. Rather than acting on any one
signal, this indicator only fires when trend, market structure, momentum, and a
dip-reversal trigger agree at the same time.
It is intentionally selective. Long stretches with no signal are normal and expected
— the tool is designed to skip choppy, rangebound, and downtrending conditions
entirely.
WHAT IT DOES
Marks BUY entries only when a stack of confirming conditions is satisfied together.
Draws an Entry line, a Take-Profit line, and a Stop-Loss line for each trade.
Manages one position at a time: after a BUY, no new BUY appears until the open
trade reaches its target or stop.
Prints a "TP" or "SL" marker when a level is touched.
Shows a live status table so you can always see which conditions are met and which
are holding a signal back.
Provides alerts for the entry and for both exits.
HOW A BUY IS GENERATED
A BUY prints only when ALL of the following are true on the same bar:
TREND — Price is above the slow EMA, the fast EMA is above the slow EMA, and the
slow EMA is rising. This confirms an established uptrend rather than a flat market.
MARKET STRUCTURE — The most recent confirmed swing structure break is to the
upside (a bullish Break of Structure / Change of Character). Swing points are
based on confirmed pivots.
MOMENTUM — A Squeeze-Momentum style oscillator (linear regression of price versus
its recent mean) is positive and rising.
DIP REVERSAL (entry timing) — A combined Bollinger %b + RSI + Stochastic
"oversold package" has just turned back up out of its oversold zone within a short
lookback window. This is what times the entry to a pullback rather than chasing.
RSI CONFIRM (optional) — RSI has turned up above a confirmation level, showing the
bounce has follow-through.
TREND STRENGTH (optional) — ADX is above a minimum threshold and +DI is above -DI,
so entries only occur when a real trend is present (filters out chop).
VOLUME (optional) — Volume is above its moving average (off by default; useful for
stocks, less reliable for some ETFs/FX).
The status table converts this into a 0–100% "confidence" reading. A signal prints
only when every enabled condition passes.
TRADE MANAGEMENT (EXITS)
When a BUY fires, the indicator records the entry price and computes:
Take-Profit = entry x (1 + TP%) default +20%
Stop-Loss = entry x (1 - SL%) default -10%
This is a 2:1 reward-to-risk framework by default. Both percentages are editable.
Only one position is tracked at a time. New entries are blocked until the current
one resolves.
On any single bar, the stop is evaluated before the target. If a bar's range spans
both levels, the result is recorded as a stop — the conservative assumption.
The Entry/TP/SL lines are drawn while the trade is open and stop drawing once it
closes.
IMPORTANT — TIMEFRAME NOTE: A +20% / -10% bracket is large for very low timeframes.
On a 15-minute chart each trade effectively becomes a multi-day swing and exits will
be infrequent. If you prefer faster turnover, either reduce the TP/SL percentages or
run the indicator on a higher timeframe (1H/4H/Daily), where a 20%/10% target fits
price movement more naturally. Tune the percentages to the instrument's volatility.
THE INFO TABLE
The table (top-right) lists each of the seven conditions with a check or cross, an
overall confidence percentage, the current position state, and the active TP/SL
levels when in a trade. If no signal is appearing, the table tells you exactly which
condition is the holdout, so the tool is never a black box.
SETTINGS OVERVIEW
General: entry trigger window (how recently the dip-reversal must have occurred).
Exit Strategy: Take-Profit %, Stop-Loss %, and a toggle to draw the level lines.
Trend: fast/slow EMA lengths and the rising-EMA lookback.
Smart Money Concepts: swing pivot length (larger = more significant structure).
Squeeze Momentum: squeeze length and true-range option.
BB %b + RSI + Stoch: lengths, thresholds, and how many of the three sub-conditions
must be oversold to mark a dip (1–3).
RSI Confirm / ADX / Volume: optional confirmation filters with their own thresholds.
Visuals: toggle arrows, EMAs, and the info table.
HOW TO USE
Add the indicator and let the chart load enough history for the EMAs and pivots.
Watch the table. When all enabled conditions line up, a BUY arrow prints and the
Entry/TP/SL lines appear.
Use the drawn levels as your trade plan, or as a starting point you adjust to your
own risk rules.
If signals are too rare, relax the optional filters (ADX/Volume), lower the
oversold sub-conditions needed, or widen the entry window. If they are too frequent,
do the opposite.
ALERTS
Create an alert and choose one of:
"Buy Signal"
"Take Profit Hit"
"Stop Loss Hit"
Set the alert to "Once Per Bar Close." A single "Any alert() function call" alert will
also capture all three events for the chart.
REPAINTING / CALCULATION BEHAVIOR
Historical signals are based on confirmed, closed-bar data and confirmed swing pivots,
and do not repaint. On the live (still-forming) bar, conditions are evaluated on each
tick and only become final when the bar closes — this is standard indicator behavior.
For confirmed signals, rely on bar close and set alerts to "Once Per Bar Close."
ORIGINALITY AND CREDITS
This script is a mashup that combines several well-known technical concepts and adds
an original confluence-gating layer plus an automated take-profit/stop-loss management
engine. The component concepts are credited as follows:
Smart Money Concepts (market-structure breaks / BOS / CHoCH): concept popularized by
LuxAlgo and the broader ICT methodology.
Squeeze Momentum: original concept by LazyBear.
Bollinger Bands: John Bollinger. RSI and ADX/DMI: J. Welles Wilder. Stochastic:
George Lane.
The logic here is an independent re-implementation of these public concepts (not a
copy of any author's source code). The original contribution is the way the components
are combined into a single, gated long-only signal with built-in trade management and
a transparency table.
DISCLAIMER
This indicator is provided for educational and informational purposes only. It is not
financial advice and does not guarantee any outcome. Technical confluence improves the
odds of a setup but never removes risk — losing trades will occur. Always do your own
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CRT Reversal PRO@Saheemol + SuperTrend Filter# CRT Reversal PRO + SuperTrend Filter
CRT Reversal PRO + SuperTrend Filter is a price action-based reversal indicator designed to identify high-probability reversal opportunities using the Mother-Daughter candle concept combined with trend confirmation from SuperTrend.
### Key Features
* Detects bullish and bearish liquidity sweep reversals using Mother-Daughter candle formations.
* Filters setups using a configurable Mother Candle body strength requirement.
* Integrates SuperTrend confirmation to trade only in the direction of the prevailing trend.
* Includes 9 EMA and 21 EMA for additional trend analysis.
* Automatically plots:
* Entry level
* Stop Loss (based on Daughter Candle extremes)
* TP1 and TP2 targets using customizable Risk:Reward ratios
* Fully customizable line colors, styles, widths, and lengths.
* Visual BUY and SELL labels for quick trade identification.
* Built-in alert conditions for automated notifications.
### Bullish Setup
A bullish setup is created when price sweeps below the Mother Candle low, closes back inside the Mother Candle range, and later breaks above the Mother Candle high while the SuperTrend remains bullish.
### Bearish Setup
A bearish setup is created when price sweeps above the Mother Candle high, closes back inside the Mother Candle range, and later breaks below the Mother Candle low while the SuperTrend remains bearish.
This indicator is designed for traders who combine price action, liquidity sweeps, and trend-following concepts to identify potential reversal opportunities with predefined risk and reward levels.
### Disclaimer
This indicator is provided for educational and informational purposes only. It does not constitute financial, investment, or trading advice. Trading financial markets involves substantial risk and may not be suitable for all investors. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Always perform your own analysis and risk management before making any trading decisions.
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NTR: NASDAQ M1 - Trend RunnerNASDAQ M1 - MACD Trend Runner is a systematic trend continuation strategy specifically designed and optimized for the NASDAQ index on the 1-minute timeframe.
The strategy was developed around a simple observation:
Strong directional movements in NASDAQ often emerge after temporary pullbacks toward key moving averages while underlying momentum remains intact.
Instead of attempting to predict reversals or market turning points, the objective of this framework is to identify favorable re-entry opportunities within an existing bullish environment and allow winning positions to develop through dynamic trade management.
CORE CONCEPT
The strategy combines momentum, trend structure, market positioning, and risk control into a single execution model.
A valid setup requires:
• MACD bullish crossover.
• Momentum developing from lower MACD values.
• Price trading within a defined proximity to the 200-period moving average.
• Positive higher-order trend structure measured through the slope of the 50-period moving average.
• Time-of-day filtering to focus on periods of meaningful market participation.
This combination seeks to isolate moments where price temporarily retraces into trend support before resuming directional movement.
TRADE MANAGEMENT
Risk management is based on market structure rather than fixed stop distances.
Initial stop placement is determined using recent technical lows, creating a structure-based risk framework that adapts to changing market conditions.
Once a position develops sufficient unrealized profit, the strategy transitions into a trailing stop model designed to protect gains while allowing extended trend participation.
The goal is not to maximize win rate.
The goal is to capture asymmetric reward opportunities where a limited number of successful trades can outweigh multiple small losses.
KEY FEATURES
• MACD Momentum Confirmation
• SMA200 Trend Location Filter
• SMA50 Slope Validation
• Technical Structure-Based Stop Loss
• Dynamic Trailing Stop Management
• Session-Based Time Filter
• Daily Trade Limitation Logic
• Daily Profit Protection Logic
• Visual Diagnostic System
• Re-entry Detection Framework
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
This strategy is intentionally specialized.
It was developed, tested, and refined specifically for NASDAQ price behavior on the 1-minute timeframe.
While certain concepts may be transferable to other instruments, the framework was not designed as a universal trading system.
The primary objective is to exploit recurring short-term trend continuation behavior observed within NASDAQ intraday market structure.
DISCLAIMER
This strategy is provided for educational and research purposes only.
Past performance does not guarantee future results. All trading involves risk, and users should perform their own analysis and validation before applying any strategy in live market conditions.
Created by @Peter_n_n Strategia
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SXA: Super Xtation Amplitude | MTF FrameworkSXA (Super Xtation Amplitude) is a multi-timeframe market positioning framework designed to provide a complete visual overview of price location within the broader market structure.
Rather than focusing on entry signals, SXA combines trend context, volatility, session activity, anchored VWAPs, prior-day reference levels, Fibonacci projections, and higher-timeframe moving averages into a single environment. The objective is to help traders understand where price is currently trading relative to statistically and structurally significant areas.
The indicator was built around a simple principle:
"Price behaves differently depending on where it is located within the market."
By integrating multiple forms of context into one view, SXA allows traders to quickly identify premium and discount zones, trend alignment, session-driven liquidity areas, and potential reaction levels without switching between multiple indicators.
FEATURES
• Smart Trend Engine
Multi-timeframe moving average framework designed to visualize short, intermediate, and macro directional bias.
• Dynamic Trend Clouds
Visual cloud structures help identify trend alignment and potential transition zones between bullish and bearish conditions.
• Higher Timeframe Context
Daily 50 SMA and 200 SMA provide broader market structure and long-term directional references.
• Prior Day Reference Levels
Automatic plotting of previous day's Open, High, Low, and Close.
• Fibonacci Expansion Grid
Extended Fibonacci projections derived from the previous day's range to identify potential reaction zones and liquidity targets.
• Anchored Session VWAPs
Includes:
* Daily VWAP
* European Session VWAP
* Pre-New York VWAP
* New York Session VWAP
* Post-European Session VWAP
These levels provide institutional-style references for price acceptance and value.
• Weekly Structure Levels
Dynamic weekly Open, High, and Low levels update in real time throughout the trading week.
• Session Mapping
Visual session boxes highlight important market periods, including the Asian session and Pre-New York range.
INTENDED USE
SXA is designed as a contextual decision-support tool rather than a standalone trading system.
The indicator can be used to:
* Assess overall market positioning.
* Identify trend alignment across multiple timeframes.
* Locate potential support and resistance zones.
* Track session-driven liquidity.
* Monitor volatility expansion and contraction.
* Build discretionary trade narratives.
* Enhance existing trading systems.
SXA does not generate buy or sell recommendations. Instead, it seeks to answer a more fundamental question:
"Where is price currently located within the broader market landscape?"
By providing that context at a glance, traders can make more informed decisions while reducing chart clutter and indicator overload.
Created by @Peter_n_n
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Traq APEX EMA System + ConfluenceFull Description:
Traq APEX EMA System + Confluence is a discretionary trading indicator designed to evaluate trend pullbacks using a combination of EMA structure, market structure, liquidity context, and risk-reference levels.
The script is built around the idea that an EMA pullback signal is more useful when it occurs in the presence of supporting structure. Instead of treating an EMA rejection alone as a trade signal, the script checks whether additional conditions are present, such as recent break of structure, internal liquidity sweeps, active fair value gap retests, higher-timeframe EMA alignment, session context, VWAP direction, and previous day/week liquidity levels.
Main Components
EMA Ribbon and Bias
The script plots an EMA ribbon using multiple moving averages. The ribbon is used to evaluate trend structure, compression, expansion, and pullback location. A separate bias EMA is used to judge broader directional context. The script can optionally require the price to agree with the bias EMA and can also require the bias EMA slope to support the trade direction.
Higher-Timeframe EMA Context
The indicator includes two configurable higher-timeframe EMA states. By default, these use the last closed higher-timeframe candle to avoid live higher-timeframe flicker. Users can choose between “No Opposition” and “Strict Alignment” modes.
“No Opposition” allows neutral higher-timeframe conditions but blocks signals when the selected higher timeframes oppose the trade direction. “Strict Alignment” requires both selected higher timeframes to align.
Pullback Signal Engine
The Traq APEX signal engine looks for pullbacks into the EMA ribbon followed by a rejection candle. Users can choose shallow, mid, or deep pullback depth. A minimum body-size filter based on ATR is included to reduce weak rejection candles.
The plotted signal is not intended to be a market-entry instruction. The displayed entry reference uses a stop-entry concept: above the signal candle high for long setups and below the signal candle low for short setups.
Break of Structure Context
The script tracks confirmed swing highs and swing lows using pivot logic. A bullish BOS occurs when the price closes above a prior swing high by a minimum point threshold. A bearish BOS occurs when the price closes below a prior swing low by a minimum point threshold. BOS is used as a structure filter and dashboard condition, not as a separate visual clutter layer.
Internal Liquidity Sweeps
The script tracks internal swing liquidity using pivot highs and lows. A buy-side sweep occurs when price trades through a recent swing high. A sell-side sweep occurs when the price trades through a recent swing low. These sweeps can be required as part of the confluence layer.
Internal liquidity drawings are capped through managed line and label arrays so that old liquidity markings do not consume the script’s drawing budget.
Active FVG Retest Tracking
The script detects bullish and bearish fair value gaps and stores multiple active FVGs in arrays. FVGs are only added and removed on confirmed bars to avoid intrabar rollback artifacts. Users can choose the mitigation mode: Touch, Midline, or Full Fill.
FVG retests can be used as a score component or required as a stricter filter.
External Liquidity Map
The script includes previous day high/low, previous week high/low, and previous week equilibrium. These levels are used as external liquidity context and optional score components.
External liquidity sweeps can be used to increase confluence but are not required by default.
Confluence Score
The script scores long and short conditions separately using available components such as BOS, internal sweep, FVG retest, session, VWAP direction, and external liquidity sweep. Users can set a minimum score threshold. This allows the script to be tested as either a broad pullback tool or a stricter confluence filter.
Risk Reference Levels
When a final signal appears, the script can display a stop reference and fixed R:R target. Stops are based on recent liquidity sweep levels when available, otherwise a fallback swing/ATR reference is used. These levels are visual references only and should be evaluated against each trader’s own risk plan.
How to Use
Start by using the script as a visual decision-support tool, not as an automated signal system.
Suggested starting settings for testing:
Use Closed HTF Bars: ON
MTF Mode: No Opposition
Require Recent BOS: ON
Require Internal Sweep: ON
Require Active FVG Retest: OFF
Require External Sweep: OFF
Minimum Confluence Score: 3
FVG Mitigation Mode: Midline
Max Internal LIQ Drawings: 20 to 30
Show Base Debug: ON during testing
The base debug markers can help show where the EMA pullback engine wanted to fire but the confluence layer blocked the signal.
Limitations
This script does not predict future price movement. It does not guarantee profitable trades, accuracy, win rate, or any specific trading result.
The indicator is designed for discretionary analysis and requires user judgment. Signals can fail, especially during choppy, low-volume, news-driven, or range-bound conditions.
Swing structure and liquidity levels are based on pivot confirmation, which means they are confirmed with delay. This avoids repainting after confirmation but does not identify swings instantly.
Higher-timeframe context defaults to closed HTF bars for stability. If users disable closed HTF mode, higher-timeframe arrows and context may update intrabar.
Risk labels and target labels are references only. They should not be treated as financial advice or as a substitute for proper position sizing, market context, and independent testing.
Chart Setup
For publication, use a clean candlestick chart with only this script applied. Avoid adding unrelated indicators, extra drawings, logos, promotional text, or contact references. The script output should be clearly visible, including the EMA ribbon, dashboard, liquidity labels, and a small number of example signals.
Disclaimer
This script is for educational and analytical use only. It does not provide financial advice, does not predict future market movement, and does not guarantee trading results. Users should test settings on their own markets and timeframes before relying on any output.
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[ A L P H A X ] FORTRESS - Supply & Demand Zone EngineAlphaX FORTRESS — Supply & Demand Zone Engine with Zone Grading, Session VWAP Confluence, Liquidity Sweep Signals, HTF Zone Overlay & Live Backtest Statistics
AlphaX FORTRESS is a professional-grade supply and demand system built around an institutional zone detection engine that identifies, grades, and tracks every significant supply and demand zone on the chart — then fires precision entry signals only when price returns to those zones with genuine rejection confirmation, multi-layer filter alignment, and a qualifying zone grade. Where most supply and demand indicators simply draw boxes and leave the trader to decide what to do, FORTRESS integrates a five-factor zone grading algorithm (A+ through C), session VWAP confluence scoring, higher timeframe zone overlay, liquidity sweep detection, a full suite of entry quality filters, and a live on-chart backtest statistics tracker that counts wins, losses, and win rate in real time directly from the chart's history. Every signal is supported by zone grade verification, trend alignment, ADX confirmation, volume delta pressure, premium/discount positioning, and rejection wick quality — producing a complete, self-contained supply and demand trading system. Designed for active traders across crypto, forex, gold, and indices on any timeframe.
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🏛 Supply & Demand — The Institutional Framework
Supply and demand zones are the foundational building blocks of institutional price delivery. Unlike horizontal support and resistance drawn from price memory, genuine supply and demand zones are identified from the origin of explosive moves — the exact price range where institutions accumulated or distributed their positions before driving price aggressively in one direction.
Demand Zone: Formed when price makes an explosive bullish move away from a base. The base — one or more low-momentum candles directly preceding the explosive candle — represents the range where institutional buyers accumulated their full position. When price returns to this zone, unfilled buy orders are waiting. The most reliable demand zone retests produce sharp, rejection-candle bounces from within the zone.
Supply Zone: The mirror image. An explosive bearish move preceded by a base of low-momentum candles. Institutions distributed their position in the base before driving price aggressively lower. On return, unfilled sell orders produce sharp rejection moves downward from within the zone.
Why FORTRESS detects zones differently from most indicators: Most zone detectors use a simple pivot or pattern check. FORTRESS requires three simultaneous conditions for a zone to qualify — the departure candle must be explosive (ATR-scaled range), the body must represent a minimum proportion of the total range (body quality filter), and volume must confirm when enabled. Only zones formed by genuine institutional displacement are registered.
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🔬 Zone Detection Engine — Quality Filters
Every zone formed by FORTRESS passes three mandatory quality gates before being registered:
Explosive Move Filter:
The departure candle (the candle that leaves the base and drives price) must have a total range exceeding the ATR by a configurable multiplier (default: 1.2×). This filters out zones formed by slow, grinding moves — only impulsive, institutionally driven departures qualify. Smaller ATR multipliers produce more zones; larger values produce fewer, higher-quality zones.
Body Quality Filter:
The departure candle's body must represent at least a configurable percentage of its total range (default: 55%). A small body in a large-range candle indicates indecision — the candle moved far but closed near its midpoint, suggesting weak directional conviction. A large body relative to range confirms genuine one-directional pressure on the departure move.
Volume Confirmation (optional):
When enabled, the departure candle's volume must exceed the average volume (configurable period, default: 20 bars) by a minimum multiplier (default: 1.1×). High-volume departures carry more institutional weight than same-range moves on average volume. The volume filter is off by default — this allows the system to work effectively on instruments where volume data is unreliable (forex spot, crypto perpetuals) while providing an additional quality gate when reliable volume is available.
Base Detection:
The base candles immediately preceding the explosive departure are automatically detected — up to the configurable maximum (default: 2 candles). Base candles must have a body smaller than 0.5× ATR and must not themselves be explosive. The full base range is incorporated into the zone boundaries, accurately reflecting the complete accumulation or distribution range rather than just the departure candle alone.
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🏅 Zone Grading System — A+ Through C
Not all supply and demand zones are equal. A zone formed on massive volume with VWAP confluence during a premium price area carries fundamentally more institutional weight than the same pattern on average volume in a random price area. FORTRESS quantifies this difference with a five-factor algorithmic grading system that assigns every zone a grade of A+, A, B, or C at the moment of formation.
Grading factors and their weights:
Move Strength (up to 30 points) — the ratio of the departure candle's range to ATR, capped at 30 points. Stronger, more explosive departures score higher. A 3× ATR departure scores maximum; a 1.2× departure (the minimum threshold) scores proportionally lower
Volume Ratio (up to 20 points) — when volume confirmation is enabled, the ratio of departure volume to average volume, capped at 20 points. When volume confirmation is off, a flat 10 points is awarded to maintain grade comparability across instruments. High-volume departures receive the full bonus
VWAP Confluence (20 points) — full 20 points awarded when the session VWAP is within a configurable ATR tolerance of the zone boundaries at the time of formation. A zone that forms directly at the institutional session reference level carries significantly more weight than a zone formed far from VWAP. This is the VWAP Boosts Grade feature
HTF Zone Match (20 points) — full 20 points when the zone overlaps with an active higher timeframe supply or demand zone. Confluence between the current timeframe zone and the HTF zone indicates institutional activity at multiple timeframe levels simultaneously — the strongest possible zone quality condition
PD Zone Match (15 points) — awarded when the zone forms in the institutionally correct price area: supply zones in premium (above dealing range equilibrium) and demand zones in discount (below equilibrium). A supply zone in premium and a demand zone in discount are positioned where institutions naturally distribute and accumulate respectively
Base bonus (5 points) — a flat quality bonus applied to all qualifying zones
Grade thresholds:
A+ (80+ points) — elite institutional zone. All or most factors aligned. Maximum conviction
A (65–79 points) — strong zone with multiple confirming factors. High quality
B (50–64 points) — solid zone with partial confirmation. Standard quality
C (below 50 points) — low-quality zone. Formed with minimal supporting factors
The grade badge is displayed directly on the zone box on the chart. The minimum grade filter (default: B) blocks signals from C-grade zones entirely — preventing entries at the lowest-quality institutional levels.
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🌐 Session VWAP Confluence
The session VWAP is plotted as a continuous purple line and serves two distinct roles in FORTRESS.
Visual reference: The VWAP line and optional ±1σ bands provide the institutional session fair value reference directly on the price chart. Optional band display shows the first standard deviation envelope around VWAP.
Grade booster: When VWAP Boosts Grade is enabled (default: on), every zone that forms within ATR tolerance of the session VWAP receives 20 additional grade points — frequently elevating a B-grade zone to A or A+ when VWAP proximity confirms institutional positioning at that level.
Why VWAP at the zone matters: The session VWAP is the single most widely watched intraday reference level by institutional desks, algorithms, and market makers. When a supply or demand zone forms directly at the VWAP, it means the institutional activity that created the zone coincided with the session's fairest price level — the most contested and significant price in the session. Retests of these zones carry the highest probability of generating a sharp institutional response.
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📡 HTF Zone Overlay
FORTRESS pulls supply and demand zones from a configurable higher timeframe (default: 60-minute) and overlays them on the current chart as purple dashed boxes.
What HTF zones represent: A supply or demand zone on H1 was created by a significantly larger impulsive move than anything visible on M5 or M1. These zones represent institutional positioning decisions made on a multi-hour timeframe — they carry far more weight than same-pattern zones on the current timeframe. When a current timeframe demand zone overlaps with an active H1 demand zone, two independent timeframes of institutional evidence are concentrated at the same price level.
Zone matching in the grader: When a newly formed current timeframe zone overlaps with an active HTF zone of the same type, it receives the full 20-point HTF Match bonus in the grading system — frequently pushing the zone from B to A or A+ grade. The label also appends ·HTF to confirm the match.
HTF zone lifecycle: HTF zones are maintained in real time. When price closes above an HTF supply zone or below an HTF demand zone, the zone is deleted automatically — mitigated zones are no longer relevant and are removed to keep the chart clean.
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💧 Liquidity Sweep Signal Mode
In addition to standard zone rejection signals, FORTRESS detects a powerful second entry type: the liquidity sweep — where price wicks through a zone's boundary to grab stop orders before reclaiming back inside.
Demand sweep (bull): Price wicks below the demand zone bottom by at least the minimum sweep depth (default: 0.15× ATR), then closes back above the zone bottom. Retail stops placed just below the demand zone have been triggered — institutions used that liquidity to accumulate. The reclaim close is the entry signal.
Supply sweep (bear): Price wicks above the supply zone top by at least the minimum sweep depth, then closes back below the zone top. Buy stops above supply have been triggered; the close back below is the entry.
Why sweeps are powerful: A standard zone rejection is a clean, textbook entry. A zone sweep adds an additional dimension — institutions have actively manufactured a liquidity event at the zone boundary, triggered counterparty stops to fill their own orders, and then reversed. This sequence is a clear signature of institutional stop hunting followed by directional commitment. Sweep signals are marked with an orange circle rather than a triangle to distinguish them visually from standard rejections.
Stop placement for sweeps: The SL for sweep entries is placed at the wick extreme (the sweep low for bull sweeps, the sweep high for bear sweeps) plus a small ATR buffer — anchored to the actual manipulation point rather than the zone boundary.
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🧠 Signal Entry Logic — Multi-Layer Filtering
A FORTRESS signal fires when a zone touch is detected with candle rejection and all configured filters pass. The full filter stack applied to every potential entry:
Zone touch verification:
The current bar's low must reach within the demand zone (for longs) or the current bar's high must reach within the supply zone (for shorts). Touch detection includes a small ATR tolerance (0.05×) to account for minor overshoot or spread differences.
Rejection candle confirmation:
The bar must close in the correct direction — bullish close (close above open) for demand entries, bearish close for supply entries. Additionally, the rejection wick must meet the minimum wick percentage requirement (default: 50% of bar range). A bar touching a zone with a tiny lower wick but a large body is a weak rejection — the minimum wick filter ensures the zone produced a genuine, visible rejection impulse.
Filter stack (all must pass):
Trend EMA — price must be above the trend EMA (default: 50-period) for demand longs, below for supply shorts. Prevents counter-trend entries
ADX minimum — market must be trending above the configured ADX threshold (default: 18). Blocks zone entries in choppy, ranging conditions
Volume Delta — estimated directional volume pressure must agree with the signal direction. Bull volume dominance for longs, bear for shorts
PD Zone requirement — price must be in discount for demand entries (below dealing range equilibrium) and in premium for supply entries (above equilibrium)
Zone grade minimum — only zones at or above the configured minimum grade (default: B) can trigger signals
Fresh zone filter — when enabled, only zones that have not been previously tested can trigger signals. A zone that has already been retested once carries less institutional fresh-order weight
One signal per zone — when enabled, each zone can only generate one signal regardless of how many valid touches occur. Prevents repeated entries at the same level
Signal cooldown — minimum bars between any two signals (default: 5). Prevents signal clustering during complex multi-touch zone reactions
Session filter — when enabled, restricts all signals to the configured active hours window
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📊 Zone Mitigation & Lifecycle Management
FORTRESS tracks the full lifecycle of every zone from formation through mitigation. The mitigation mode is configurable:
Body Close (default): A zone is mitigated when price closes beyond its boundary — a close above a supply zone top or a close below a demand zone bottom. This is the stricter, lower-noise mode. Wicks through the zone do not count as mitigation unless they are accompanied by a body close — consistent with the idea that a wick through the zone is a sweep (an opportunity) rather than a genuine break.
Wick Touch: A zone is mitigated as soon as any price touches the boundary — high above supply top, low below demand bottom. This is a more aggressive mitigation mode that removes zones faster, keeping the chart cleaner but potentially removing zones that could have produced more entries.
When a zone is mitigated under either mode, its box, label, and grade badge are immediately deleted from the chart. The system maintains a rolling maximum of the configured number of active zones per side (default: 3), automatically removing the oldest zones when the limit is exceeded.
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📈 Live Backtest Statistics Tracker
One of FORTRESS's most distinctive features is its on-chart live backtest statistics system . Every signal fired is tracked in memory with its entry price, ATR at signal time, direction, and grade. On every subsequent bar, the tracker evaluates whether each open signal has hit the configured target (default: 2.0× ATR) or stop (default: 1.0× ATR).
Statistics tracked and displayed on the dashboard:
Total Signals — the total count of signals logged in the tracking window
Wins — signals that reached the target before the stop
Losses — signals that hit the stop before the target
Win Rate — wins as a percentage of all closed (decided) signals. Color-coded yellow-green when at or above 50%, red when below
Pending — signals still open — neither target nor stop hit yet. Shown in orange
What this tells you: The win rate displayed is not a theoretical backtest result — it is computed directly from the current chart's historical signals using the exact filter configuration currently active. Change the zone grade minimum and the win rate updates. Enable the ADX filter and it updates. This gives you immediate, live feedback on how your configuration is performing on the current instrument and timeframe without leaving the chart.
Important note on interpretation: The statistics reflect signals fired at the current settings on the current chart's visible history. They are not forward-tested results and do not account for slippage, spread, or live execution. They serve as a real-time tuning tool — not a performance guarantee.
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📊 Live Dashboard
The real-time dashboard displays the complete internal state across four sections.
ZONES
Supply — count of currently active, unmitigated supply zones on the chart
Demand — count of currently active, unmitigated demand zones on the chart
FILTERS
Trend — current EMA trend state: ▲ BULL, ▼ BEAR, or —
PD Zone — current premium/discount position: ◧ DISCOUNT, ◧ PREMIUM, or — EQ
ADX — live ADX value with ✓ or ✗ pass/fail indicator
Vol Delta — current volume delta direction: ▲ BULL, ▼ BEAR, or —
STATS
Signals — total signals tracked in the current window
Wins — confirmed target-hit signals
Losses — confirmed stop-hit signals
Win Rate — live win percentage across all closed signals, color-coded
Pending — signals awaiting outcome
Min Grade — the currently configured minimum zone grade filter
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📈 Chart Visual System
Demand Zone Boxes (yellow-green) — semi-transparent yellow-green filled boxes with solid yellow-green borders. Extend right until mitigated
Supply Zone Boxes (red) — semi-transparent red filled boxes with solid red borders. Extend right until mitigated
DEMAND / SUPPLY Labels — appear at zone formation with ·VWAP and ·HTF suffixes when those confluences are present
Grade Badges (A+ / A / B / C) — small labels at the zone's left edge showing the computed quality grade. Color-coded: A+ bright yellow-green, A yellow-green, B orange, C gray
HTF Zone Boxes (purple dashed) — higher timeframe supply and demand zones overlaid from the configured HTF. Automatically deleted when mitigated
Session VWAP Line (purple) — continuous VWAP anchored to each session's first bar
VWAP Bands (purple, optional) — ±1σ envelope around the session VWAP
Equilibrium Line (purple dotted) — the 50% midpoint of the dealing range
Trend EMA (optional gray line) — the trend filter EMA plotted when Show EMA is enabled
▲ Triangle (below bar, yellow-green) — standard demand rejection long signal
▼ Triangle (above bar, red) — standard supply rejection short signal
● Circle (below bar, orange) — liquidity sweep long signal at demand zone
● Circle (above bar, orange) — liquidity sweep short signal at supply zone
SL Guide (red dotted circles) — stop loss reference level on signal bars
TP Guide (yellow-green dotted circles) — take profit reference level on signal bars
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🚀 How to Trade with AlphaX FORTRESS — Step by Step
Step 1 — Assess the Zone Landscape
Check the dashboard: how many supply and demand zones are active? Multiple demand zones stacked in the same price area indicate a strong institutional accumulation cluster — a high-priority retest target
Identify the highest-grade zones on the chart. An A+ demand zone with ·VWAP ·HTF in the label is the highest-conviction level FORTRESS can display. Mark these as priority levels
Note the equilibrium line — are you in discount (favorable for longs) or premium (favorable for shorts)?
Step 2 — Confirm the Filter Environment
Check the dashboard: Trend ▲ BULL, PD Zone ◧ DISCOUNT, ADX ✓, Vol Delta ▲ BULL — all four green simultaneously is the ideal filter state for long entries
If any critical filter is failing, reduce position size on signals or skip the setup entirely
Watch the VWAP line — is it near the zone you are watching? VWAP proximity at the zone level confirms the highest-grade setups
Step 3 — Enter on the Signal
A ▲ triangle below the bar is a confirmed demand rejection — all quality and filter conditions met. Enter on the close or next bar open
An orange ● circle below the bar is a sweep long — the zone was violated, stops triggered, and price reclaimed. Enter on the close. Place the stop at the wick extreme
Both signal types display SL and TP guide levels (dotted circles) when Show SL / TP on Signal is enabled
Step 4 — Monitor with the Stats Dashboard
Watch the Win Rate row on the dashboard. If the current configuration is producing a win rate below 50% on this instrument and timeframe, consider tightening the filters — raise the minimum grade, increase the ADX threshold, or enable the volume filter
The Pending count tells you how many trades are currently open and unresolved — useful for position sizing decisions
If Losses are rising without corresponding Wins, check whether the market has entered a choppy regime (ADX dropping) and consider pausing trading until ADX recovers
Step 5 — Zone Management and Exit
When price reaches the TP guide level, take partial or full profit
If price closes through the zone boundary opposite to your entry (body close mitigation), the zone is invalidated — this is also your stop signal if not already stopped out
Watch for the zone to be deleted from the chart — when the box disappears, the zone has been mitigated and the trade thesis is over
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⚠ Identifying Low-Quality Conditions — When Not to Trade
Stand aside when:
ADX ✗ on the dashboard — the market is ranging. Supply and demand zones in range conditions are frequently tested and broken repeatedly without producing clean continuation moves. The ADX filter blocks signals in these conditions automatically
All active zones are grade C — no high-quality institutional levels are present. The zones on the chart were formed by weak, low-displacement moves and are unlikely to produce sharp institutional responses on retest
Win Rate is below 40% on the live stats tracker — the current configuration is underperforming on this instrument and timeframe. Tighten filters or review whether the instrument is suitable for zone-based trading at this time
Zones are being mitigated rapidly before retesting — fast, impulsive markets break through zones without retesting them. In this environment, wait for a new zone to form in the direction of the impulse rather than trying to catch retests of quickly broken levels
PD Zone shows — EQ — price is at the dealing range midpoint. Entries from equilibrium carry the worst risk/reward — the institutional advantage of buying in deep discount or selling in deep premium is absent
Vol Delta opposes the signal direction — institutional volume pressure is working against the zone entry. Even if all other conditions pass, a demand zone long with bearish volume delta means selling pressure is still dominant — the zone may not hold
No HTF zones visible and current timeframe zones are grading mostly B and C — the institutional context on the higher timeframe is not confirming the current timeframe levels. Wait for HTF supply or demand to align before entering aggressively
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⚡ Key Features
🏛 Institutional supply and demand zone detection — explosive move filter, body quality filter, and optional volume confirmation identify only genuine displacement zones
📦 Automatic base detection — incorporates up to the configured maximum of low-momentum candles preceding the explosive departure into the zone boundaries
🏅 Five-factor algorithmic zone grading — Move Strength, Volume Ratio, VWAP Confluence, HTF Match, and PD Zone together produce an A+/A/B/C grade for every zone at formation
🌐 Session VWAP integration — plotted live with optional bands, boosts zone grades when VWAP is within tolerance of the zone, and confirmed in zone labels
📡 Higher timeframe zone overlay — pulls supply and demand zones from a configurable HTF and overlays them as purple dashed boxes. HTF-matching zones receive maximum grade bonus
💧 Liquidity sweep detection — identifies stop-hunt sequences where price wicks through a zone boundary and reclaims, marking these with distinct orange circle signals
🧠 Multi-layer filter stack — Trend EMA, ADX, Volume Delta, PD Zone, Zone Grade, Fresh Zone, One-Shot, Cooldown, and Session filters all independently configurable
⚖ Premium/Discount zone requirement — enforces institutionally correct entry positioning using a dynamic equilibrium across the dealing range
📊 Live backtest statistics tracker — tracks every signal's win/loss outcome in real time on the chart, displaying signal count, wins, losses, win rate, and pending count on the dashboard
🔀 Two zone mitigation modes — Body Close (stricter, lower noise) and Wick Touch (more aggressive zone clearance)
📝 Zone labels with confluence indicators — DEMAND / SUPPLY labels append ·VWAP and ·HTF when those confluences are present at formation
🏷 Grade badges — A+/A/B/C badges displayed directly on each zone box with color-coded visual hierarchy
🎯 SL and TP guide levels — dotted circle plots at the stop and target levels on every signal bar
📊 16-row live dashboard — Zones, Filters, and Stats sections updated in real time
🔔 6 alert conditions — demand long, supply short, sweep long, sweep short, new demand zone formation, new supply zone formation
🎨 Fully cohesive dual-tone color system — yellow-green for all demand/bullish elements, red for supply/bearish, orange for sweeps and pending stats, purple for VWAP/HTF/equilibrium
⚙ Fully configurable — all zone detection thresholds, grading weights, filter settings, mitigation mode, backtest parameters, display options, and colors are independently adjustable
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⚙ Settings Reference
Zone Detection
Max Base Candles — maximum number of low-momentum base candles to incorporate into zone boundaries (default: 2)
Move Strength (ATR x) — minimum departure candle range as a multiple of ATR (default: 1.2)
ATR Length — lookback for ATR calculation (default: 14)
Volume Multiplier — minimum volume relative to average when volume confirmation is enabled (default: 1.1)
Volume Avg Length — lookback for volume average (default: 20)
Min Body % of Range — minimum body size as a fraction of the departure candle's total range (default: 0.55)
Require Volume Confirmation — when on, departure candle must exceed the volume average by the configured multiplier (default: off)
Signal Filters
Fresh Zones Only — when on, only zones that have not been previously touched can trigger signals
One Signal Per Zone — when on, each zone produces a maximum of one signal regardless of subsequent valid touches
Min Rejection Wick % — minimum lower/upper wick as a fraction of bar range for rejection confirmation (default: 0.50)
Cooldown Bars — minimum bars between consecutive signals (default: 5)
Chart EMA Trend Filter — when on, requires price to be on the correct side of the trend EMA
Trend EMA Length — EMA period for the trend filter (default: 50)
Min Zone Grade — minimum grade required for a zone to generate signals. A+ / A / B / C (default: B)
ADX Filter — toggle the ADX trend strength gate
ADX Length / ADX Minimum — ADX calculation and threshold parameters (defaults: 14 / 18)
Volume Delta Filter — toggle the directional volume pressure requirement
Volume Delta Length — smoothing length for volume delta calculation (default: 14)
Require PD Zone — when on, longs require discount positioning, shorts require premium
Dealing Range Length — bars used for the equilibrium midpoint calculation (default: 50)
Liquidity Sweep
Enable Sweep Signals — toggle the sweep entry signal mode
Min Sweep Depth (ATR x) — minimum wick extension beyond the zone boundary to qualify as a sweep (default: 0.15)
HTF Zones
Show HTF Zones — toggle the higher timeframe zone overlay
HTF Resolution — the timeframe to pull HTF zones from (default: 60-minute)
VWAP Confluence
Show Session VWAP — toggle the VWAP line on the chart
VWAP Boosts Grade — when on, zones within VWAP tolerance receive 20 additional grade points
VWAP Tolerance (ATR x) — maximum distance from VWAP to qualify for the grade boost (default: 0.5)
Show VWAP Bands — toggle ±1σ band plots around the session VWAP
Backtest Stats
Track Signal Stats — toggle the live win/loss tracking system
Target (ATR x) — take-profit distance for stat tracking purposes (default: 2.0)
Stop (ATR x) — stop-loss distance for stat tracking purposes (default: 1.0)
Max Signals Tracked — rolling window size for the statistics tracker (default: 50)
Display
Max Active Zones / Side — maximum supply zones and demand zones maintained simultaneously (default: 3 per side)
Mitigation — Body Close or Wick Touch zone invalidation mode
Extend Zones Right — when on, zone boxes extend indefinitely to the right until mitigated
Show Zone Labels — toggle SUPPLY/DEMAND text labels on zones
Show Grade Badge — toggle A+/A/B/C grade badges on zone boxes
Show Stats Dashboard — toggle the full dashboard panel
Plot Trend EMA — toggle the trend EMA line on the chart
Show SL / TP on Signal — toggle stop and target guide circle plots on signal bars
Dashboard Position — Top Left / Top Right / Bottom Left / Bottom Right
Session
Buy / Sell Signals — master toggle for all entry signals
Session Filter — toggle the active hours restriction
Active Session — configurable session window string
Colors
Demand / Bull / Bull Bright — yellow-green family for all demand zones, signals, and labels
Supply / Bear / Bear Bright — red family for all supply zones, signals, and labels
HTF Zone — purple for higher timeframe zone overlays
VWAP / Equilibrium — purple for VWAP and equilibrium lines
SL Guide / TP Guide — stop and target circle colors
Sweep Signal — orange for liquidity sweep entry circles
Dash Text / Neutral / Dash BG / Dash Header / Dash Section / Dash Frame — full dashboard color control
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🔔 Alert Conditions (6 total)
Entry Alerts
Fortress Demand Long — standard demand zone rejection long signal. All quality and filter conditions met
Fortress Supply Short — standard supply zone rejection short signal
Fortress Sweep Long — liquidity sweep and reclaim at demand zone. Sweep entry confirmed
Fortress Sweep Short — liquidity sweep and reclaim at supply zone
Zone Formation Alerts
New Demand Zone — a qualifying demand zone has been detected and added to the chart
New Supply Zone — a qualifying supply zone has been detected and added to the chart
All alert messages are formatted as const strings for clean webhook and notification platform integration.
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🎯 Recommended Settings by Instrument & Timeframe
The default configuration is optimized for XAUUSD, major forex pairs, and crypto on M1–M15 :
Move Strength at 1.2× ATR — sensitive enough to catch meaningful departures on fast-moving intraday instruments
Min Grade at B — filters out the lowest-quality zones while allowing solid B-grade setups to signal
Fresh Zones Only on — fresh, untested zones carry the most unfilled institutional orders
HTF at 60-minute — provides meaningful confluence context for intraday M1–M15 trading
Volume Confirmation off — reliable for futures and equities, unreliable for spot forex and crypto perpetuals
For other instruments or timeframes, adjust:
Higher timeframes (H1, H4) — increase Move Strength to 1.5–2.0× ATR, set HTF to Daily or Weekly, raise Min Grade to A, increase Dealing Range Length to 100–200
Crypto (BTC, ETH) — enable Volume Confirmation with 1.2× multiplier on exchanges with reliable volume data, increase Move Strength to 1.4–1.6, increase Min Sweep Depth to 0.25×
Indices (NAS100, US30) — enable Session Filter to 09:30–16:00, enable Volume Confirmation, set Min Grade to A for cleaner signal quality
More zones and signals — reduce Move Strength to 1.0, lower Min Grade to C, disable Fresh Zones Only, disable One Signal Per Zone
Fewer, highest-quality signals only — raise Min Grade to A or A+, enable Volume Confirmation, enable HTF Zones, set VWAP Boosts Grade on. Only A+ zones with VWAP and HTF alignment will produce signals
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👥 Who This Is For
🏛 Supply and demand traders — FORTRESS is the most complete quantitative implementation of supply and demand zone trading available in the AlphaX suite. Every concept — zone quality, freshness, grade, mitigation, sweep detection — is encoded objectively and applied consistently
📊 Traders who want data on their strategy — the live backtest statistics tracker provides immediate, chart-specific feedback on how the current configuration is performing without leaving the platform
🥇 Gold (XAUUSD) and forex traders — supply and demand zone mechanics are most consistent on highly liquid institutional instruments. Default settings are calibrated for gold and major pairs
🌐 Multi-timeframe traders — the HTF zone overlay and VWAP confluence create a natural two-timeframe framework within a single indicator
🧠 Systematic traders — every entry parameter is quantified and configurable. The grading system replaces subjective zone quality assessment with objective numerical scoring
💧 Stop hunt and sweep traders — the dedicated sweep signal mode is purpose-built for traders who specifically want to enter on liquidity grab and reclaim events at institutional zones
⚠ Traders who want to stop chasing entries — FORTRESS enforces patience by design. You wait for institutional zones to form, wait for price to return, wait for the rejection candle, and wait for all filters to confirm — discipline is built into the system architecture
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📝 Notes
All signals are confirmed on bar close — the indicator is non-repainting by design. Zone detection, grading, mitigation, and signal logic all finalize on confirmed bars only
The live backtest statistics use ATR-based fixed targets and stops for tracking purposes. These are not the same as any broker-level trade execution. The purpose is configuration tuning, not performance reporting
Maximum 200 boxes, 200 labels, and 100 lines are rendered. On charts with long history and frequent zone formation, the oldest zones are automatically removed by TradingView's rendering limits. The Max Active Zones / Side setting provides additional control over zone count
HTF zone detection uses Pine Script's request.security function with lookahead off — HTF zones are non-repainting and reflect the HTF close price at each lower timeframe bar
The PD Zone equilibrium is calculated from the highest high and lowest low over the Dealing Range Length. On strongly trending instruments this level will shift progressively — it is a relative measure within the recent range, not a fixed level
The session VWAP resets at each session's first bar. For 24-hour crypto instruments, the VWAP anchors to the first bar of each calendar day. Consider disabling the VWAP grade boost on instruments where session definition is ambiguous
The sweep signal mode and standard zone rejection signal mode are independent. A zone that produces a sweep signal is marked as used (when One Signal Per Zone is enabled), preventing a subsequent standard rejection signal from the same zone — ensuring only one entry per zone regardless of which entry type fires first
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⚠ Disclaimer
This indicator is a technical analysis and visualization tool intended for educational and informational purposes only. It does not constitute financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any financial instrument. All signals are generated from historical and real-time price data using mathematical calculations — their accuracy or profitability is not guaranteed. Past performance of any signal type does not guarantee future results. Always conduct your own analysis, use proper risk management, and consult a licensed financial advisor before making any trading decisions. The author accepts no responsibility for any losses incurred from the use of this indicator.
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Built for traders who believe that the strongest entries are not found by predicting where price will go — but by knowing exactly where institutions have left their orders waiting. Indicatore
