Strong Gradient Channel | ProjectSyndicateStrong Gradient Channel combines a full order-flow volume profile along the slope of a linear-regression channel, splits every price level into real buy and sell mass, grades the auction, and projects a forward route that stays locked inside the channel walls. It is not a channel with an indicator bolted on — the channel, the profile, the order flow and the outlook are one connected engine, and every number on the panel is measured, not invented.
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🟥🟩 IMPORTANT INFO: The channel, the volume profile and the deviation walls are all computed over the same regression window, so the tool self-calibrates to whatever you load it on. Defaults are tuned for a wide 480-bar window on HLC3. Works on any symbol and timeframe; on very high timeframes drop the Channel Length so the profile stays representative of current structure.
📐 A Volume Profile That Follows the Trend — the core of this tool. Every other volume profile is drawn as flat horizontal rows, which quietly assumes price has no trend. This one doesn't. The profile is poured along the regression slope, so each row is a parallelogram tracking the channel's gradient. In a trending market that means the POC, the value area and every heavy level sit where volume actually built — on the diagonal — instead of being smeared into a flat histogram that ignores the move. The result is a value map that tells the truth about a sloped market.
🧲 Real Buy / Sell Split, Not Guesswork. Each candle's volume is broken into its internal buy and sell halves using intrabar data pulled from a lower timeframe, then classified by close-location, body-direction, or a weighted blend you control. Every profile row renders as a stacked bull + sell parallelogram, so you see not just where volume traded but which side owned each level. A Delta POC line marks the row holding the largest one-sided imbalance, and rows exceeding mean + 2σ are flagged as institutional — unusually heavy single-level activity.
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⭐ POC, Value Area & Naked POC Magnets. The point of control, the value-area high and low, and the profile extremes are all drawn as sloped lines that ride the channel and extend to the right edge with live price labels. On top of that, the script tracks Naked POCs — the point-of-control of unusually strong individual candles — and extends each one to the right as a magnet until price trades back through it, then retires it. Untested value tends to get revisited; this shows you exactly where it lives.
♻️ Contrarian Fade Engine — auction exhaustion at the walls. When price pierces a channel wall and the order flow shows the move is running out of participation, the engine fires a FADE ▲ / FADE ▼ signal graded by a 0–10 conviction score. It isn't a naive "price touched the band" trigger — it reads the auction against the move and only fires when exhaustion and a local extreme line up, with a cooldown so you don't get a cluster of the same idea. Each signal can plot its own target and invalidation line.
🗺️ Scenario Projection — the powerful new part. This is not a hand-drawn arrow. The script walks the live channel forward from the last bar and assembles a route from surveyed structure: 1 · TRIGGER — the first objective. In Channel Extremes mode it rides the wall in the trigger direction; in Key Levels mode it snaps to the nearest POC / VA / ΔPOC. 2 · REVERSE — a retrace of that leg, sized by your ratio. 3 · RETEST — a partial recovery that deliberately fails short of the trigger extreme. 4 · TARGET — the objective on the far side of price: the opposite wall, or the strongest key level. 5 · EXTENSION — a continuation leg toward the far wall, if you enable Extended detail. Trigger direction defaults to Auto, taken from the live net-flow bias (buy/sell split + slope + CVD). Every leg is a clean straight segment, bars-per-leg are allocated proportionally to price travel, and the whole path is clamped inside the sloped walls — so the outlook can span the full channel from the red wall to the green wall without ever looking synthetic or bowing outside structure.
📊 Command Dashboard — every figure measured. A compact panel that reports the whole engine at a glance, in five themed positions and four text sizes: CHANNEL & TREND — price regime (overbought / inside / oversold vs the walls), current price, slope and channel width. LIVE ORDER FLOW — the running buy/sell split and CVD read for the loaded window. VOLUME PROFILE — POC, value-area high/low and delta-POC prices straight off the sloped profile. AUCTION & FADE — the live fade signal, its direction, and its conviction stars. REGIME — a plain-language read of the overall state, including bullish / bearish reversal watches when regime and flow disagree. SCENARIO PATH — the full waypoint list: trigger, reverse, retest, target, extension, with prices and moves.
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🔬 Non-Repainting By Construction. The regression, the profile and all levels are computed on closed bars and drawn on the last bar. Intrabar order flow is read from confirmed lower-timeframe data. Fade signals fire on bar close with a cooldown. Nothing is redrawn backwards once placed.
🎨 Clean Themed Visuals. Five palettes engineered for a pure-black background (Obsidian Aurora, Magma, Plasma, Deep Ocean, Graphite Mono), or full custom colors. Dashed value-area lines, a solid POC, red upper and green lower walls, an optional channel-body fill, a spectral volume-weighted ramp on the profile rows, and a scenario path drawn as a soft-glow core line with diamond waypoint markers, a terminal arrowhead and dotted trigger / target rails. An optional on-chart legend key explains every glyph.
🔔 Built-In Alerts & Standard-Chart Guard. Fade and structure events are surfaced on the panel and chart, firing on bar close. The script refuses to run on Heikin Ashi and Renko charts, because those distort the volume and price action the whole engine depends on — a guard most profile tools quietly skip.
🔧 Fully Customizable. Channel length, source and wall basis (Std Dev / Max Deviation / ATR) with independent upper and lower multipliers. Profile rows, width, anchor side, buy/sell split, value-area percent and every level toggle. Intrabar granularity and classification mode. The full fade filter set — conviction floor, extreme lookback, cooldown, target length. Naked-POC score floor and count cap. The complete scenario set — path detail, anchor mode, trigger direction, projection length, retrace and retest ratios, wall padding, right-extension length. Plus every theme, panel and legend option.
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🎯 Why this is different. Most volume-profile tools draw flat rows and pretend the market isn't trending. This one pours the profile along the actual regression slope, splits every level into real buy and sell mass, grades auction exhaustion at the walls, tracks untested POCs as forward magnets, and then projects a straight-line route that spans the full channel and stays locked inside it. Value, order flow, structure and outlook — one engine, one honest picture.
🧭 How to use it. · Read the dashboard before the chart. CHANNEL & TREND tells you where price sits relative to the walls; LIVE ORDER FLOW tells you which side is pressing; REGIME gives you the one-line summary. · Use the sloped profile as your value map. Price above a rising POC with buy-heavy rows is a different market than price below a falling POC — the diagonal keeps that distinction intact. Treat the POC and value area as magnets and the institutional rows as heavy shelves. · Watch the walls for the fade. A FADE ▲ / FADE ▼ at a wall with a high conviction score is the engine flagging exhaustion of a push into the extreme — a mean-reversion cue back toward the POC, not a blind reversal. · Treat the scenario as a roadmap, not a promise. TRIGGER is where the first objective sits, TARGET is the logical destination on the far side. In Channel Extremes mode the outlook spans wall-to-wall; switch to Key Levels for a tighter path that snaps to profile structure. If the Auto direction reads the wrong way for your bias, set Trigger Direction to Up First or Down First. · Combine, don't obey. Everything shown is descriptive of current structure, value and order flow — pair it with your own analysis and risk management.
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⚙️ Key settings to know first. · Channel Length (default 480) — the single most important dial. It sets the regression window and the profile sample. Longer = the broader, structural channel; shorter = a reactive, local channel. · Source (default HLC3) — what the regression is fit to. HLC3 is smoother and less wick-sensitive than close. · Band Basis + Upper/Lower Mult — how wide the walls sit. Std Dev is statistical, Max Deviation hugs the most extreme wick, ATR is a volatility multiple. Independent multipliers let you build an asymmetric channel. · Trigger / Target Anchor — Channel Extremes makes the outlook span the whole channel wall-to-wall; Key Levels keeps it tight to POC / value area. · Extend Channel Right (bars) — how far the walls, midline and levels (and the room for the scenario) project past the last bar. · Use Intrabar Volume + Classification — the accuracy of the buy/sell split. Blend is the balanced default; turn intrabar off for a lighter, whole-candle read. · Min Conviction Score (Fade) — raise it to see only the highest-quality wall fades, lower it to see more.
⚠️ Important. This is a decision-support tool, not a standalone buy/sell system, and it makes no performance guarantees. Everything it displays is descriptive of current channel position, sloped-profile value, real order-flow split and measured auction state. The scenario path is level geometry rendered forward — a current-state projection that re-solves as structure changes, not a forecast of price, and it carries no probability claim. Volume-split figures are reconstructed from intrabar data and bar geometry, not raw tick data. Behaviour varies by symbol, timeframe and configuration. Always combine it with your own analysis and risk management, and test it on your market before trading it live. Wskaźnik
Channel Volume Profilwizard channel vp idm is a visual analysis tool built around a dynamic price channel, an anchored volume profile, value area levels, volume nodes, inducement zones, liquidity sweeps, and confluence labels.
the purpose of this indicator is to help traders read where price is positioned inside an active market structure. it combines channel direction, volume acceptance, value area behavior, and liquidity reactions into one clean visual layout.
this indicator does not predict the market. it is designed to organize technical analysis and highlight areas where price may react, slow down, reject, or continue.
main concept
the script builds a dynamic channel around price using a regression-based structure. inside this channel, it calculates an anchored volume profile that follows the slope of the market.
unlike a classic horizontal volume profile, this profile is projected inside the active channel. when the market is rising, the profile follows the upward slope. when the market is falling, the profile follows the downward slope.
this makes the profile easier to read in trending conditions, because the volume zones stay aligned with the current market path.
what the indicator displays
poc
poc stands for point of control. it marks the area with the highest volume inside the profile. this is often an area of acceptance where price may return, pause, or consolidate.
vah
vah stands for value area high. it is the upper boundary of the value area. if price rejects this level, a move back toward the poc may be watched. if price accepts above it, the market may be trying to expand higher.
val
val stands for value area low. it is the lower boundary of the value area. if price rejects this level, a move back toward the poc may be watched. if price accepts below it, the market may be trying to expand lower.
hvn
hvn stands for high volume node. it marks an area where volume concentration is high. these levels may act as areas of acceptance, reaction, or slowdown.
lvn
lvn stands for low volume node. it marks an area where volume concentration is low. these levels may act as fast movement zones, rejection zones, or imbalance areas.
idm
idm represents an internal inducement area. it helps identify internal liquidity zones that may be swept before a reaction or continuation.
drop marker
the drop marker highlights a possible liquidity sweep. it appears when price takes a level or zone and then moves back inside.
a label
the a label is a confluence marker. it combines several conditions such as sweep, rejection, value area interaction, volume behavior, poc reclaim, and structure context. it should not be used alone. it is a visual signal for deeper analysis.
how to use the indicator
start by looking at the channel direction.
if the channel is rising, the trader can focus more on reactions near the lower part of the channel, val, or bullish sweep zones.
if the channel is falling, the trader can focus more on reactions near the upper part of the channel, vah, or bearish sweep zones.
if price is near the middle of the channel, the market may be balanced. in that case, it is usually better to wait for a clear rejection, breakout, sweep, or acceptance shift.
how to use the poc
the poc is the main acceptance level of the current profile.
when price is above the poc, the market may be accepting higher prices.
when price is below the poc, the market may be accepting lower prices.
when price keeps returning to the poc, the market may be consolidating or building balance.
a clean break and hold above the poc can show stronger bullish acceptance.
a clean break and hold below the poc can show weaker structure or bearish acceptance.
how to use vah and val
vah and val define the value area.
a rejection from vah can show that price is failing to accept higher levels.
a rejection from val can show that price is failing to accept lower levels.
an acceptance above vah can suggest expansion to the upside.
an acceptance below val can suggest expansion to the downside.
beginners can use vah, poc, and val as a simple map:
vah = upper value zone
poc = balance zone
val = lower value zone
how to use hvn and lvn
hvn and lvn are displayed as small dotted levels with tiny labels.
hvn can act as a reaction or slowdown zone because price has previously accepted volume there.
lvn can act as a faster movement zone because there was less volume acceptance there.
these levels are not automatic buy or sell signals. they are reference points that should be combined with price action, structure, and risk management.
how to use idm
idm labels show internal inducement areas.
an idm can represent a zone where liquidity was built and later taken by the market. when price sweeps an idm and then reintegrates, it may help explain a reaction or shift in behavior.
an idm near val may support a bullish reaction if price sweeps and returns inside the channel.
an idm near vah may support a bearish reaction if price sweeps and returns inside the channel.
how to use the drop marker
the drop marker shows a potential liquidity sweep.
a drop below val or below the lower channel can suggest that price swept lower liquidity and then returned inside.
a drop above vah or above the upper channel can suggest that price swept upper liquidity and then returned inside.
it is usually better to wait for candle close before interpreting the marker.
how to use the a label
the a label represents a stronger confluence condition.
a bullish a near val or the lower channel can suggest possible absorption if price sweeps liquidity and closes back inside.
a bearish a near vah or the upper channel can suggest possible distribution if price sweeps liquidity and closes back inside.
the a label becomes more meaningful when it appears near poc, vah, val, hvn, lvn, or idm.
it should always be confirmed with market context, candle close, and risk management.
important settings
channel / vp lookback
controls how many bars are used for the channel and the volume profile. a higher value gives a broader view. a lower value gives a more reactive view.
regression length
controls the base of the channel. a higher value makes the channel smoother. a lower value makes it react faster to recent price movement.
vp rows
controls the number of rows in the volume profile. more rows create more detail, but too many rows can make the chart heavier.
value area %
controls the value area calculation. the common default is 70.
poc source
chooses how the poc is calculated. raw is stricter. smoothed is more stable visually.
vah / val source
chooses whether value area boundaries use raw volume or smoothed volume.
keep vp / levels inside rails
keeps the volume profile and main levels inside the channel so they do not overlap the outer rail visuals.
auto guard from neon rails
adds extra spacing from the visual rail bands to keep the profile and levels clean.
show inner lines
shows or hides decorative inner channel lines. when disabled, inner decorative lines are removed, while important levels such as poc, vah, val, hvn, and lvn remain visible.
show hvn / lvn small lines
shows small dotted high volume node and low volume node markers.
idm validation mode
controls how idm labels are displayed.
balanced sweep is more flexible.
strict bos is more selective.
early candidate displays potential idm areas earlier.
a minimum score
controls how selective the a label is. a higher value gives fewer signals. a lower value gives more signals.
beginner workflow
step 1
identify the channel direction.
if the channel is rising, focus on bullish reactions near the lower channel, val, or sweep zones.
if the channel is falling, focus on bearish reactions near the upper channel, vah, or sweep zones.
step 2
check where price is compared to the poc.
above poc can show stronger acceptance.
below poc can show weaker acceptance.
around poc can show balance or consolidation.
step 3
watch vah and val.
vah is the upper value boundary.
val is the lower value boundary.
look for rejection, acceptance, or sweep around these levels.
step 4
use hvn and lvn as reaction levels.
hvn may slow price down.
lvn may lead to faster movement or sharp rejection.
step 5
wait for confirmation.
a drop marker shows a sweep.
an a label shows confluence.
an idm label shows internal liquidity.
when several elements appear in the same area, that zone becomes more important for analysis.
example use case
price is rising inside the channel.
price pulls back toward val.
a drop marker appears below val.
price closes back inside the channel.
an a label appears near the lower channel.
in this case, the trader can study the area as a possible bullish reaction zone. this does not mean automatic entry. the trader should still check market structure, candle close, risk, and invalidation level.
another example
price reaches the upper channel and trades near vah.
a drop marker appears above vah.
price closes back below vah.
an a label appears near the top of the channel.
this can be studied as a possible rejection zone. the trader should still confirm with structure, risk management, and broader market direction.
usage tips
do not use the indicator alone.
always check the broader trend.
wait for candle close before making a decision.
avoid trading every label.
focus on zones where several elements align.
adjust settings depending on the asset and timeframe.
use proper risk management.
test the indicator before using it in live conditions.
risk notice
this indicator is an educational and technical analysis tool. it is not financial advice and does not guarantee any result. all signals and levels should be used as visual references inside a complete trading plan. every trader is responsible for their own decisions, risk management, and execution.
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Auto Channel [SciQua]Auto Channel
Purpose
Auto Channel finds the single best parallel price channel from recent price action and keeps it updated in real time. It uses ZigZag pivots to build candidate channels, scores each candidate for quality, then plots the winner. When price closes outside the channel, the script flags a breakout and can fire alerts.
How it works
1. ZigZag pivots
The script uses TradingView’s TradingView/ZigZag/7 library to generate a stream of swing highs and lows based on a percentage reversal threshold and a leg depth. These pivots are the only points the channel logic evaluates, which keeps the search fast and focused on structure rather than noise.
2. Channel candidates
From the most recent pivots, the script forms all combinations of two swing highs and two swing lows.
It computes a slope for the high line and a slope for the low line and requires that they be nearly parallel within a user-defined tolerance.
3. Quality scoring and selection
For every valid candidate, the script checks the recent pivot segments against the trial channel and computes:
Inside ratio: fraction of tested pivots that sit fully inside the channel after applying the tolerance buffer.
Violation sum: total magnitude of the breaches for any pivots outside the channel.
Current width: distance between upper and lower lines at the current bar.
The “best” channel is chosen by:
1. highest inside ratio
2. then widest current width
3. then smallest violation sum
4. Plot and projection
The upper and lower lines are anchored to the chosen pivot pairs and extend to the left. The script also projects each line to the current bar to compute the live upper and lower channel prices. Those levels drive the breakout checks and alerts.
5. Breakouts and alerts
A breakout is detected when the bar closes above the projected upper line or closes below the projected lower line, after applying the tolerance buffer. Triangle markers highlight fresh breakouts, and you can enable alert conditions to automate notification or strategy handoff.
Inputs:
ZigZag
Price deviation for reversals (%)
Default 0.2. Larger values produce fewer, larger swings. Smaller values produce more, smaller swings.
Pivot legs
Default 2. Controls the lookback depth ZigZag uses to confirm pivots.
ZigZag Color
Visual only.
Tip: If you are not seeing a stable channel, increase the ZigZag percentage to reduce minor swings.
Channel search
Number of recent pivots to consider
Default 12. Higher values search more history and try more channel combinations. Lower values make the search faster and more reactive.
Max slope difference for parallel
Default 0.0005. Maximum allowed difference between the upper and lower line slopes. Smaller values enforce stricter parallelism.
Max price tolerance outside channel
Default 0.0. A buffer added to the channel boundaries during validation and breakout checks. Use this to ignore tiny wicks that poke the lines.
Minimum inside to outside pivots ratio for valid channel (0.00–1.00)
Default 1.00. Require that at least this fraction of checked pivots lie inside the channel. For a more permissive fit, try 0.60 to 0.85.
Styling
Upper Line Color
Lower Line Color
Breakout Above Color
Breakout Below Color
Plots and visuals
Upper channel line
Lower channel line
Triangle markers on the bar that first confirms a close outside the channel, above or below.
Lines extend left from their pivot anchors. Projection to the current bar is used internally to test for breakouts and to set alerts.
Alerts
The script defines two alert conditions:
Close Above Channel
Triggers when the bar closes above the projected upper line plus tolerance.
Close Below Channel
Triggers when the bar closes below the projected lower line minus tolerance.
Practical usage
Trend channels
In a steady trend, a high inside ratio with a moderate width often highlights the dominant channel. Consider trend entries near the lower line in an uptrend or near the upper line in a downtrend, with exits or stops beyond the opposite boundary.
Breakout trades
Combine the channel breakout alert with volume or a separate momentum filter. The tolerance input helps avoid false triggers from small wicks.
Tuning for timeframe and symbol
• Faster markets or lower timeframes usually benefit from a larger ZigZag percentage and a smaller pivot count.
• Slower markets or higher timeframes can use more pivots and a tighter slope difference to enforce cleaner geometry.
Notes and limitations
Channels are derived from ZigZag pivots. If your ZigZag settings change, the detected channel will also change.
The script plots only the single best channel at any time to keep the chart clean.
Breakout markers appear on confirmed bars. For historical bars, markers appear only where a breakout would have been confirmed at that time.
Lines extend left from their anchors. The script projects the lines internally to the current bar for checks and alerts.
License and attribution
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Open source for educational and personal use only. Commercial use requires written permission.
Attribution
© 2025 SciQua — Joshua Danford
Libraries
Uses TradingView/ZigZag/7.
Changelog
v1.0
Initial release. Automatic parallel channel detection from ZigZag pivots, quality scoring, live plotting, and close-based breakout alerts.
FAQ
Why do I not see any channel sometimes?
There may not be a valid pair of highs and lows that pass the slope, inside ratio, and tolerance checks. Loosen the constraints by increasing Max slope difference, lowering Minimum inside ratio, or increasing the ZigZag percentage.
The channel looks too narrow or too wide?
Adjust Number of recent pivots and Minimum inside ratio. A higher inside ratio tends to favor cleaner, sometimes wider channels. A lower ratio may admit narrower, more reactive channels.
How can I reduce false breakout alerts?
Increase Max price tolerance outside channel to ignore small wicks. Add a volume or momentum confirmation in your personal alert workflow.
Thank you for using Auto Channel . Feedback and improvements are welcome. Wskaźnik
