OPEN-SOURCE SCRIPT
Güncellendi ICT SMC H4 FVG Retest M15 Scalping Killzones
ICT SMC H4 FVG Retest — M15 Scalping Killzones
Overview
ICT SMC H4 FVG Retest — M15 Scalping Killzones is a multi-timeframe trading indicator designed to identify structured intraday setups based on:
* Confirmed higher-timeframe Fair Value Gaps
* M15 execution Fair Value Gaps
* ICT-style killzones
* Session highs and lows
* H4 buy-side and sell-side liquidity
* Market or limit-entry models
* Liquidity-based profit targets
The indicator is intended to be used on a 15-minute chart.
Its purpose is not to generate a large number of signals. It is designed to wait for a higher-timeframe imbalance, a valid departure from that zone, and a later retest during an active trading session.
⸻
Core strategy
The standard short setup follows this sequence:
1. A bearish H4 Fair Value Gap is confirmed.
2. Price moves below the H4 FVG.
3. Price later returns to the H4 FVG during an enabled killzone.
4. A bearish M15 FVG forms and overlaps the H4 zone.
5. The M15 candle closes and confirms the setup.
6. The indicator displays the proposed entry, stop-loss and target.
The bullish setup uses the opposite sequence:
1. A bullish H4 FVG is confirmed.
2. Price moves above the H4 FVG.
3. Price later returns to the H4 FVG during an enabled killzone.
4. A bullish M15 FVG forms inside or overlapping the H4 zone.
5. The M15 candle closes and confirms the setup.
6. The indicator displays the proposed entry, stop-loss and target.
The H4 FVG that is created during the initial market displacement is treated as a future retest zone. The indicator does not use the M15 FVGs that formed before the H4 candle was confirmed.
⸻
Non-repainting higher-timeframe logic
The indicator only uses confirmed higher-timeframe candles.
A new H4 FVG is therefore displayed only after the third H4 candle in the three-candle FVG sequence has closed.
This avoids using an H4 imbalance that may appear intrabar and disappear before the H4 candle closes.
The trade-off is intentional:
* the FVG is not shown as confirmed while the H4 candle is still forming;
* once the H4 candle closes, the confirmed zone appears on the M15 chart;
* the indicator then waits for a future retest.
The confirmed HTF FVG is used for signals and alerts. No unconfirmed HTF data is used for trade validation.
⸻
Fair Value Gap definition
Bullish FVG
A bullish FVG exists when the low of the third candle is above the high of the first candle.
The imbalance is the price range between:
* the high of the first candle;
* the low of the third candle.
Bearish FVG
A bearish FVG exists when the high of the third candle is below the low of the first candle.
The imbalance is the price range between:
* the high of the third candle;
* the low of the first candle.
The large middle candle is usually the displacement candle, but its full body is not the FVG. The FVG is only the untraded space between the first and third candles.
⸻
Entry modes
The indicator includes three HTF retest models.
A — Strict retest
Price must first close outside the HTF FVG, then return to the zone.
For a bearish FVG:
* price must close below the FVG;
* price must later return into it.
For a bullish FVG:
* price must close above the FVG;
* price must later return into it.
This is the most selective mode and is the default setting.
A′ — Tolerant retest
A wick outside the HTF FVG is sufficient to validate the departure.
This mode produces more opportunities than the strict model but may accept less decisive departures.
B — Direct tap in killzone
No prior departure from the HTF FVG is required.
A direct touch of the HTF zone during an enabled killzone can become eligible if the remaining entry conditions are satisfied.
This is the least selective mode.
⸻
M15 confirmation
By default, the indicator requires an M15 Fair Value Gap in the same direction as the HTF FVG.
For a short:
* the HTF FVG must be bearish;
* the M15 FVG must also be bearish;
* the M15 FVG must overlap the HTF FVG.
For a long:
* the HTF FVG must be bullish;
* the M15 FVG must also be bullish;
* the M15 FVG must overlap the HTF FVG.
The M15 FVG size filter can be used to ignore very small imbalances.
When Require an M15 FVG is disabled, the indicator can generate a setup from a simple HTF FVG retest during a killzone.
⸻
Candle-close confirmation
The setting:
Validate signals only at M15 close
should normally remain enabled.
When enabled:
* an intrabar M15 FVG is not enough;
* the setup must still be valid when the M15 candle closes;
* triangles and alerts are produced only from confirmed M15 conditions.
This prevents signals from appearing during a candle and disappearing before its close.
⸻
Killzones
Killzones are anchored to the native timezone of each market. They automatically follow daylight-saving changes where applicable.
Asia killzone
Default timezone:
Asia/Tokyo
Default window:
09:00–13:00 Tokyo time
London killzone
Default timezone:
Europe/London
Default window:
07:00–10:00 London time
New York AM killzone
Default timezone:
America/New_York
Default window:
09:30–11:00 New York time
New York PM killzone
Default timezone:
America/New_York
Default window:
13:30–16:00 New York time
Each killzone can be enabled, disabled or adjusted independently.
The background colors only indicate an active trading window. They do not indicate bullish or bearish direction.
⸻
Entry types
Market at close
The proposed entry is the closing price of the confirmed signal candle.
The setup becomes visually active immediately after confirmation.
Limit at FVG edge
The indicator places a theoretical limit entry at the relevant edge of the M15 FVG.
For a bearish setup, the entry is placed at the lower boundary of the bearish M15 FVG.
For a bullish setup, the entry is placed at the upper boundary of the bullish M15 FVG.
If M15 confirmation is disabled, the relevant HTF FVG boundary is used instead.
The limit order remains pending for the selected number of M15 candles. If it is not filled before expiration, the order is cancelled and the HTF zone may become available for a later setup.
⸻
Stop-loss placement
For a bearish setup, the stop-loss is placed:
* above the opposite side of the M15 FVG;
* plus the selected tick buffer.
For a bullish setup, the stop-loss is placed:
* below the opposite side of the M15 FVG;
* minus the selected tick buffer.
When M15 FVG confirmation is disabled, the stop is placed beyond the opposite side of the HTF FVG.
The Stop buffer in ticks setting adds a small safety margin beyond the imbalance boundary.
⸻
Profit targets
The indicator supports two target models.
Liquidity target
When enabled, the indicator searches for the nearest eligible liquidity level in the direction of the trade.
Possible targets include:
* previous Asia session high or low;
* previous London session high or low;
* previous New York session high or low;
* H4 buy-side liquidity;
* H4 sell-side liquidity;
* the current session high or low.
A target must offer at least the selected minimum reward-to-risk ratio.
Fixed R:R fallback
If no eligible liquidity target is available, the indicator uses the selected fixed reward-to-risk ratio.
The default fallback is:
2.0R
⸻
Swept liquidity handling
Two modes are available.
Legacy v3.3
Previously swept session levels and H4 liquidity levels may still be used as targets.
This mode preserves the original behavior of the earlier indicator.
Untouched liquidity only
Once a liquidity occurrence has been swept, it is no longer eligible as a target.
A new pivot or a new completed session may later create a new active liquidity occurrence at the same or a similar price.
This mode is generally more selective because it targets liquidity that has not yet been consumed.
⸻
Session levels
The indicator tracks the highs and lows of:
* Asia
* London
* New York
Each session is calculated in its native timezone, which prevents the levels from drifting when the United Kingdom or the United States changes between standard time and daylight-saving time.
At the end of a session:
* the high and low are frozen;
* their labels remain anchored to the session close;
* the levels can be used as potential liquidity targets.
The number of stored sessions can be adjusted in the settings.
⸻
H4 SSL and BSL levels
The indicator also plots confirmed H4 pivot liquidity.
BSL
Buy-Side Liquidity
Displayed above confirmed H4 swing highs.
SSL
Sell-Side Liquidity
Displayed below confirmed H4 swing lows.
The pivot lookback determines the significance and confirmation delay of these levels.
A larger lookback produces more structurally significant levels, but they are confirmed later.
⸻
Dashboard
The dashboard shows the current state of the setup for both long and short directions.
Three display sizes are available:
* Small
* Medium
* Large
HTF active
A confirmed HTF FVG is currently active in that direction.
HTF departure
Price has moved outside the HTF FVG according to the selected A or A′ departure logic.
In Mode B, a prior departure is not required for the final signal.
HTF retest
The current candle is touching or overlapping the active HTF FVG.
Killzone
The current candle is inside at least one enabled killzone.
M15 FVG
A valid M15 FVG exists in that direction and passes the minimum-size filter.
HTF overlap
The M15 FVG overlaps the active HTF FVG.
M15 close
The current M15 candle is confirmed.
While the live M15 candle is still forming, this field may display No.
Available
No previous trade or pending limit order is currently blocking a new setup.
Raw signal
The structural conditions are satisfied before final trade-availability and candle-close validation.
Signal
All required conditions are satisfied and a valid setup has been produced.
⸻
Signal markers
A confirmed short setup is displayed as:
* a red downward triangle;
* the letter S.
A confirmed long setup is displayed as:
* a green upward triangle;
* the letter L.
The indicator also creates a label containing:
* entry price;
* stop-loss;
* target;
* expected reward-to-risk ratio.
The risk and reward areas are displayed directly on the chart.
⸻
Near-miss labels
The optional Show near misses setting helps diagnose why an otherwise valid-looking setup was rejected.
Possible reasons include:
* LEFT — price has not yet departed from the HTF FVG;
* KZ — the setup is outside an enabled killzone;
* CLOSE — the M15 candle has not yet closed;
* BUSY — a trade or limit order is already active.
Near-miss labels are primarily intended for testing and configuration. They may create visual clutter during normal use.
⸻
Alerts
The indicator provides separate alert conditions for:
* LONG setup detected;
* SHORT setup detected;
* LONG limit order filled;
* SHORT limit order filled;
* target reached;
* stop-loss reached.
For confirmed signals, alerts should be configured to trigger once per bar close.
⸻
Recommended starting configuration
For index futures such as NQ or MNQ:
* Chart timeframe: 15 minutes
* HTF FVG timeframe: 240 minutes
* Entry logic: A — Strict retest
* Require M15 FVG: Enabled
* Validate only at M15 close: Enabled
* Entry type: Limit at FVG edge or Market at close
* Minimum M15 FVG size: adjust to the instrument
* Liquidity mode: Untouched liquidity only
* Minimum target R:R: 1.0–1.5
* Fallback R:R: 2.0
* London killzone: Enabled
* New York AM killzone: Enabled
The Asia and New York PM killzones can be enabled according to the instrument and the trader’s preferred session.
⸻
Practical workflow
1. Apply the indicator to an M15 chart.
2. Confirm that an HTF FVG is active in the dashboard.
3. Wait for price to move away from the HTF FVG.
4. Wait for price to return to the zone during an enabled killzone.
5. Look for a same-direction M15 FVG inside or overlapping the HTF FVG.
6. Wait for the M15 candle to close.
7. Review the proposed entry, stop and target.
8. Confirm the broader market context before placing a trade.
The indicator is best used as a structured decision-support tool rather than as a fully autonomous trading system.
⸻
Important limitations
* A confirmed H4 FVG appears only after the relevant H4 candle closes.
* The indicator will not retrospectively use an M15 FVG that formed before the H4 FVG became confirmed.
* H4 pivot liquidity is confirmed with delay because pivots require candles on both sides.
* If both the stop and target are touched during the same M15 candle, the visual trade logic uses the stop-loss as the conservative outcome.
* The script is an indicator, not a broker emulator or complete backtesting strategy.
* No indicator can guarantee profitability.
⸻
Disclaimer
This indicator is provided for educational and analytical purposes only. It does not constitute financial advice, investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any financial instrument.
Trading futures, leveraged products and other financial markets involves substantial risk. Users are responsible for testing the indicator, defining their own risk-management rules and determining whether the methodology is suitable for their trading plan.
Overview
ICT SMC H4 FVG Retest — M15 Scalping Killzones is a multi-timeframe trading indicator designed to identify structured intraday setups based on:
* Confirmed higher-timeframe Fair Value Gaps
* M15 execution Fair Value Gaps
* ICT-style killzones
* Session highs and lows
* H4 buy-side and sell-side liquidity
* Market or limit-entry models
* Liquidity-based profit targets
The indicator is intended to be used on a 15-minute chart.
Its purpose is not to generate a large number of signals. It is designed to wait for a higher-timeframe imbalance, a valid departure from that zone, and a later retest during an active trading session.
⸻
Core strategy
The standard short setup follows this sequence:
1. A bearish H4 Fair Value Gap is confirmed.
2. Price moves below the H4 FVG.
3. Price later returns to the H4 FVG during an enabled killzone.
4. A bearish M15 FVG forms and overlaps the H4 zone.
5. The M15 candle closes and confirms the setup.
6. The indicator displays the proposed entry, stop-loss and target.
The bullish setup uses the opposite sequence:
1. A bullish H4 FVG is confirmed.
2. Price moves above the H4 FVG.
3. Price later returns to the H4 FVG during an enabled killzone.
4. A bullish M15 FVG forms inside or overlapping the H4 zone.
5. The M15 candle closes and confirms the setup.
6. The indicator displays the proposed entry, stop-loss and target.
The H4 FVG that is created during the initial market displacement is treated as a future retest zone. The indicator does not use the M15 FVGs that formed before the H4 candle was confirmed.
⸻
Non-repainting higher-timeframe logic
The indicator only uses confirmed higher-timeframe candles.
A new H4 FVG is therefore displayed only after the third H4 candle in the three-candle FVG sequence has closed.
This avoids using an H4 imbalance that may appear intrabar and disappear before the H4 candle closes.
The trade-off is intentional:
* the FVG is not shown as confirmed while the H4 candle is still forming;
* once the H4 candle closes, the confirmed zone appears on the M15 chart;
* the indicator then waits for a future retest.
The confirmed HTF FVG is used for signals and alerts. No unconfirmed HTF data is used for trade validation.
⸻
Fair Value Gap definition
Bullish FVG
A bullish FVG exists when the low of the third candle is above the high of the first candle.
The imbalance is the price range between:
* the high of the first candle;
* the low of the third candle.
Bearish FVG
A bearish FVG exists when the high of the third candle is below the low of the first candle.
The imbalance is the price range between:
* the high of the third candle;
* the low of the first candle.
The large middle candle is usually the displacement candle, but its full body is not the FVG. The FVG is only the untraded space between the first and third candles.
⸻
Entry modes
The indicator includes three HTF retest models.
A — Strict retest
Price must first close outside the HTF FVG, then return to the zone.
For a bearish FVG:
* price must close below the FVG;
* price must later return into it.
For a bullish FVG:
* price must close above the FVG;
* price must later return into it.
This is the most selective mode and is the default setting.
A′ — Tolerant retest
A wick outside the HTF FVG is sufficient to validate the departure.
This mode produces more opportunities than the strict model but may accept less decisive departures.
B — Direct tap in killzone
No prior departure from the HTF FVG is required.
A direct touch of the HTF zone during an enabled killzone can become eligible if the remaining entry conditions are satisfied.
This is the least selective mode.
⸻
M15 confirmation
By default, the indicator requires an M15 Fair Value Gap in the same direction as the HTF FVG.
For a short:
* the HTF FVG must be bearish;
* the M15 FVG must also be bearish;
* the M15 FVG must overlap the HTF FVG.
For a long:
* the HTF FVG must be bullish;
* the M15 FVG must also be bullish;
* the M15 FVG must overlap the HTF FVG.
The M15 FVG size filter can be used to ignore very small imbalances.
When Require an M15 FVG is disabled, the indicator can generate a setup from a simple HTF FVG retest during a killzone.
⸻
Candle-close confirmation
The setting:
Validate signals only at M15 close
should normally remain enabled.
When enabled:
* an intrabar M15 FVG is not enough;
* the setup must still be valid when the M15 candle closes;
* triangles and alerts are produced only from confirmed M15 conditions.
This prevents signals from appearing during a candle and disappearing before its close.
⸻
Killzones
Killzones are anchored to the native timezone of each market. They automatically follow daylight-saving changes where applicable.
Asia killzone
Default timezone:
Asia/Tokyo
Default window:
09:00–13:00 Tokyo time
London killzone
Default timezone:
Europe/London
Default window:
07:00–10:00 London time
New York AM killzone
Default timezone:
America/New_York
Default window:
09:30–11:00 New York time
New York PM killzone
Default timezone:
America/New_York
Default window:
13:30–16:00 New York time
Each killzone can be enabled, disabled or adjusted independently.
The background colors only indicate an active trading window. They do not indicate bullish or bearish direction.
⸻
Entry types
Market at close
The proposed entry is the closing price of the confirmed signal candle.
The setup becomes visually active immediately after confirmation.
Limit at FVG edge
The indicator places a theoretical limit entry at the relevant edge of the M15 FVG.
For a bearish setup, the entry is placed at the lower boundary of the bearish M15 FVG.
For a bullish setup, the entry is placed at the upper boundary of the bullish M15 FVG.
If M15 confirmation is disabled, the relevant HTF FVG boundary is used instead.
The limit order remains pending for the selected number of M15 candles. If it is not filled before expiration, the order is cancelled and the HTF zone may become available for a later setup.
⸻
Stop-loss placement
For a bearish setup, the stop-loss is placed:
* above the opposite side of the M15 FVG;
* plus the selected tick buffer.
For a bullish setup, the stop-loss is placed:
* below the opposite side of the M15 FVG;
* minus the selected tick buffer.
When M15 FVG confirmation is disabled, the stop is placed beyond the opposite side of the HTF FVG.
The Stop buffer in ticks setting adds a small safety margin beyond the imbalance boundary.
⸻
Profit targets
The indicator supports two target models.
Liquidity target
When enabled, the indicator searches for the nearest eligible liquidity level in the direction of the trade.
Possible targets include:
* previous Asia session high or low;
* previous London session high or low;
* previous New York session high or low;
* H4 buy-side liquidity;
* H4 sell-side liquidity;
* the current session high or low.
A target must offer at least the selected minimum reward-to-risk ratio.
Fixed R:R fallback
If no eligible liquidity target is available, the indicator uses the selected fixed reward-to-risk ratio.
The default fallback is:
2.0R
⸻
Swept liquidity handling
Two modes are available.
Legacy v3.3
Previously swept session levels and H4 liquidity levels may still be used as targets.
This mode preserves the original behavior of the earlier indicator.
Untouched liquidity only
Once a liquidity occurrence has been swept, it is no longer eligible as a target.
A new pivot or a new completed session may later create a new active liquidity occurrence at the same or a similar price.
This mode is generally more selective because it targets liquidity that has not yet been consumed.
⸻
Session levels
The indicator tracks the highs and lows of:
* Asia
* London
* New York
Each session is calculated in its native timezone, which prevents the levels from drifting when the United Kingdom or the United States changes between standard time and daylight-saving time.
At the end of a session:
* the high and low are frozen;
* their labels remain anchored to the session close;
* the levels can be used as potential liquidity targets.
The number of stored sessions can be adjusted in the settings.
⸻
H4 SSL and BSL levels
The indicator also plots confirmed H4 pivot liquidity.
BSL
Buy-Side Liquidity
Displayed above confirmed H4 swing highs.
SSL
Sell-Side Liquidity
Displayed below confirmed H4 swing lows.
The pivot lookback determines the significance and confirmation delay of these levels.
A larger lookback produces more structurally significant levels, but they are confirmed later.
⸻
Dashboard
The dashboard shows the current state of the setup for both long and short directions.
Three display sizes are available:
* Small
* Medium
* Large
HTF active
A confirmed HTF FVG is currently active in that direction.
HTF departure
Price has moved outside the HTF FVG according to the selected A or A′ departure logic.
In Mode B, a prior departure is not required for the final signal.
HTF retest
The current candle is touching or overlapping the active HTF FVG.
Killzone
The current candle is inside at least one enabled killzone.
M15 FVG
A valid M15 FVG exists in that direction and passes the minimum-size filter.
HTF overlap
The M15 FVG overlaps the active HTF FVG.
M15 close
The current M15 candle is confirmed.
While the live M15 candle is still forming, this field may display No.
Available
No previous trade or pending limit order is currently blocking a new setup.
Raw signal
The structural conditions are satisfied before final trade-availability and candle-close validation.
Signal
All required conditions are satisfied and a valid setup has been produced.
⸻
Signal markers
A confirmed short setup is displayed as:
* a red downward triangle;
* the letter S.
A confirmed long setup is displayed as:
* a green upward triangle;
* the letter L.
The indicator also creates a label containing:
* entry price;
* stop-loss;
* target;
* expected reward-to-risk ratio.
The risk and reward areas are displayed directly on the chart.
⸻
Near-miss labels
The optional Show near misses setting helps diagnose why an otherwise valid-looking setup was rejected.
Possible reasons include:
* LEFT — price has not yet departed from the HTF FVG;
* KZ — the setup is outside an enabled killzone;
* CLOSE — the M15 candle has not yet closed;
* BUSY — a trade or limit order is already active.
Near-miss labels are primarily intended for testing and configuration. They may create visual clutter during normal use.
⸻
Alerts
The indicator provides separate alert conditions for:
* LONG setup detected;
* SHORT setup detected;
* LONG limit order filled;
* SHORT limit order filled;
* target reached;
* stop-loss reached.
For confirmed signals, alerts should be configured to trigger once per bar close.
⸻
Recommended starting configuration
For index futures such as NQ or MNQ:
* Chart timeframe: 15 minutes
* HTF FVG timeframe: 240 minutes
* Entry logic: A — Strict retest
* Require M15 FVG: Enabled
* Validate only at M15 close: Enabled
* Entry type: Limit at FVG edge or Market at close
* Minimum M15 FVG size: adjust to the instrument
* Liquidity mode: Untouched liquidity only
* Minimum target R:R: 1.0–1.5
* Fallback R:R: 2.0
* London killzone: Enabled
* New York AM killzone: Enabled
The Asia and New York PM killzones can be enabled according to the instrument and the trader’s preferred session.
⸻
Practical workflow
1. Apply the indicator to an M15 chart.
2. Confirm that an HTF FVG is active in the dashboard.
3. Wait for price to move away from the HTF FVG.
4. Wait for price to return to the zone during an enabled killzone.
5. Look for a same-direction M15 FVG inside or overlapping the HTF FVG.
6. Wait for the M15 candle to close.
7. Review the proposed entry, stop and target.
8. Confirm the broader market context before placing a trade.
The indicator is best used as a structured decision-support tool rather than as a fully autonomous trading system.
⸻
Important limitations
* A confirmed H4 FVG appears only after the relevant H4 candle closes.
* The indicator will not retrospectively use an M15 FVG that formed before the H4 FVG became confirmed.
* H4 pivot liquidity is confirmed with delay because pivots require candles on both sides.
* If both the stop and target are touched during the same M15 candle, the visual trade logic uses the stop-loss as the conservative outcome.
* The script is an indicator, not a broker emulator or complete backtesting strategy.
* No indicator can guarantee profitability.
⸻
Disclaimer
This indicator is provided for educational and analytical purposes only. It does not constitute financial advice, investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any financial instrument.
Trading futures, leveraged products and other financial markets involves substantial risk. Users are responsible for testing the indicator, defining their own risk-management rules and determining whether the methodology is suitable for their trading plan.
Sürüm Notları
Version 1.1- Dashboard fully translated into English
- Improved dashboard readability
- Added Small, Medium and Large dashboard sizes
- No change to the trading logic
Sürüm Notları
Version 1.2 — Dashboard cleanup and live context metricsAdded
* HTF mitigation depth
* Mitigation count
* HTF FVG age
* Live target type
Improved
* Dashboard readability
* Better live context for active HTF Fair Value Gaps
* Clearer distinction between setup conditions and informational metrics
Removed
* Target R:R preview
* Room Quality
These two metrics were removed because they could display misleading values when no valid M15 setup was present.
Important
* No change to the core signal logic
* No change to HTF FVG detection
* No change to M15 FVG confirmation
* No change to killzone logic
* No change to entry, stop-loss or target calculation when a valid setup is triggered
Core logic remains
1. Confirmed HTF FVG
2. Departure from the HTF zone
3. Retest during an enabled killzone
4. Same-direction M15 FVG overlapping the HTF zone
5. M15 candle-close confirmation
6. Entry, stop and target display
Sürüm Notları
Version 1.3- Added Previous Day High (PDH)
- Added Previous Day Low (PDL)
- Added independent colors for PDH and PDL
- Added line style, width and label controls
- Added optional PDH/PDL integration into the liquidity target engine
- Swept PDH/PDL levels are visually deactivated in untouched-liquidity mode
- No change to the core HTF FVG and M15 entry logic
Sürüm Notları
Version 1.4 — Separate Retest and Continuation StrategiesThis update introduces a new Continuation Strategy while keeping the original Retest Strategy fully available.
The two strategies are now clearly separated in the settings, dashboard, chart markers, and alerts so users can immediately understand which type of setup is active.
New Strategy Modules
A new Strategy Modules section is now placed at the top of the settings.
Users can independently enable:
* Retest Strategy
* Continuation Strategy
This allows three possible configurations:
* Retest only
* Continuation only
* Retest and Continuation together
The Retest Strategy remains enabled by default. The Continuation Strategy is disabled by default.
⸻
Retest Strategy
The Retest Strategy preserves the original logic of the indicator.
A valid retest setup requires:
1. A confirmed HTF Fair Value Gap
2. Price departure from the HTF FVG
3. A return into the HTF FVG during an enabled killzone
4. A same-direction M15 FVG overlapping the HTF zone
5. M15 candle-close confirmation
Retest signals are displayed as:
* R-L — Retest Long
* R-S — Retest Short
No changes were made to the original Retest Strategy logic.
⸻
New Continuation Strategy
The Continuation Strategy is designed to identify momentum continuation setups when price does not return to the HTF FVG.
Bullish Continuation
A bullish continuation setup requires:
* An active bullish HTF FVG
* Price trading above the HTF FVG
* A fresh bullish M15 FVG
* A valid maximum distance from the HTF zone
* A valid maximum number of M15 bars since HTF confirmation
* Optional killzone confirmation
* Optional local bullish structure break
* M15 candle-close confirmation
Bearish Continuation
A bearish continuation setup requires:
* An active bearish HTF FVG
* Price trading below the HTF FVG
* A fresh bearish M15 FVG
* A valid maximum distance from the HTF zone
* A valid maximum number of M15 bars since HTF confirmation
* Optional killzone confirmation
* Optional local bearish structure break
* M15 candle-close confirmation
Continuation signals are displayed as:
* C-L — Continuation Long
* C-S — Continuation Short
⸻
Continuation Strategy Settings
The Continuation Strategy includes independent controls for:
* Bullish continuation setups
* Bearish continuation setups
* Killzone requirement
* Local structure-break requirement
* Structure lookback
* Maximum number of M15 bars after HTF FVG confirmation
* Maximum distance from the HTF FVG, measured in ATR
* Market entry or limit entry at the M15 FVG edge
* Separate bullish and bearish marker colors
These filters are intended to avoid chasing continuation trades after price has already moved too far from the HTF imbalance.
⸻
Separate Dashboard Sections
The dashboard now contains two clearly identified sections.
Retest Module
Displays:
* HTF active
* HTF departure
* HTF retest
* Killzone status
* M15 FVG
* HTF overlap
* Raw retest signal
* Confirmed retest signal
Continuation Module
Displays:
* HTF direction alignment
* Killzone validation
* Fresh M15 FVG
* Structure-break validation
* HTF FVG age validation
* Distance validation
* Raw continuation signal
* Confirmed continuation signal
Shared HTF context remains visible below both modules.
⸻
Separate Alerts
New independent alert conditions are available for:
* Retest LONG
* Retest SHORT
* Continuation LONG
* Continuation SHORT
This allows users to create different alerts for each setup model.
⸻
Additional Improvements
* Strategy module selection moved to the top of the settings
* Retest and Continuation trades now use different chart labels
* Continuation entries can use either market or limit execution
* Continuation trades use the newly formed M15 FVG for entry and stop placement
* Previous Day High and Previous Day Low remain available as optional liquidity targets
* No change to the confirmed, non-repainting HTF FVG logic
⸻
Recommended Starting Configuration
For users already familiar with the original version:
* Retest Strategy: ON
* Continuation Strategy: OFF
Enable the Continuation Strategy separately and observe its signals before trading both modules together.
This update expands the indicator from a retest-only model into a dual-model framework while keeping both strategies clearly identifiable and independently configurable.
Sürüm Notları
Version 1.5- Replaced the two independent strategy checkboxes with one clear Strategy Mode selector
- Added three modes: Retest only, Continuation only, and Both
- Prevents both strategy modules from being disabled accidentally
- No change to Retest or Continuation signal logic
Sürüm Notları
Version 1.6 — New Intuitive Live DashboardThis update completely redesigns the dashboard to make it easier to understand in real time.
The previous dashboard displayed many internal conditions at the same time, including values that were not relevant to the currently active HTF direction. This could make the indicator appear more complex than necessary.
The new dashboard now focuses on one clear question:
What is the current market state, and what is the indicator waiting for?
New top-level information
The dashboard now displays:
* Strategy Mode
* Active HTF Bias
* Active Killzone
* HTF FVG Age
* Trade Availability
This makes the current context immediately visible before reading the individual strategy modules.
Direction-aware display
The dashboard now automatically identifies the active HTF direction.
If only a bearish HTF FVG is active:
* the SHORT column displays the relevant values;
* the LONG column displays N/A.
If only a bullish HTF FVG is active:
* the LONG column displays the relevant values;
* the SHORT column displays N/A.
This prevents unrelated green conditions from being mistaken for valid signals.
New Retest Module status
The Retest Module now displays a clear live status instead of only showing individual conditions.
Possible statuses include:
* READY
* WAITING FOR DEPARTURE
* WAITING FOR RETEST
* OUTSIDE KILLZONE
* NO M15 FVG
* NO HTF OVERLAP
* WAITING FOR M15 CLOSE
* BUSY
* OFF
* NO ACTIVE HTF FVG
The individual Retest conditions remain visible below the main status:
* HTF departure
* Inside HTF FVG
* M15 FVG
* HTF overlap
New Continuation Module status
The Continuation Module now also displays a clear live status.
Possible statuses include:
* READY
* NOT ALIGNED
* OUTSIDE KILLZONE
* TOO OLD
* TOO EXTENDED
* NO M15 FVG
* NO STRUCTURE BREAK
* WAITING FOR M15 CLOSE
* BUSY
* OFF
* NO ACTIVE HTF FVG
The individual Continuation conditions remain visible below the main status:
* HTF alignment
* Fresh M15 FVG
* Structure filter
* Age validation
* Distance validation
Improved filter display
Optional filters now display:
* OFF when disabled;
* YES when enabled and validated;
* no when enabled but not validated;
* N/A when the condition is not relevant to the active HTF direction.
This avoids the previous situation where a disabled filter could appear as a green validated condition.
Shared live context
The dashboard continues to display:
* HTF mitigation depth
* HTF mitigation count
These values remain informational and do not change the signal logic.
Important
This update changes only the dashboard presentation and live interpretation.
There is no change to:
* HTF FVG detection
* Retest Strategy logic
* Continuation Strategy logic
* M15 FVG confirmation
* Killzone logic
* Entry logic
* Stop-loss logic
* Target logic
* Alerts
The new dashboard is designed to make the indicator faster, clearer and more intuitive to use during live trading.
Sürüm Notları
STATE | LONG | SHORTSürüm Notları
ICT SMC H1 FVG Retest + Continuation — M5 KillzonesA confirmed, non-repainting execution model for ICT / Smart Money Concepts traders. It tracks Higher-Timeframe Fair Value Gaps, waits for a clean return into the zone during a market killzone, grades the quality of that retest, and confirms with a same-direction M5 Fair Value Gap before drawing an entry, stop and liquidity-based target.
This is an analytical decision-support tool, not an automated system and not financial advice.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
WHAT IT DOES
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
The core idea is a single, disciplined sequence:
Confirmed H1 FVG → departure from the zone → retest during a killzone → persistent confirmation window → same-direction M5 FVG → entry, stop and target.
Rather than firing on every gap it sees, the indicator waits for structure and location to line up. The retest and the M5 confirmation are treated as two separate events that can occur on different candles: the retest arms a persistent window, and the M5 Fair Value Gap can confirm several bars later. This is what allows fast displacement moves to still produce a signal instead of being missed.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
KEY FEATURES
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
• Confirmed, non-repainting H1 FVG detection (uses only closed higher-timeframe candles).
• Persistent multi-FVG memory: several H1 Fair Value Gaps are tracked at once. A newer FVG never deletes an older, still-valid one. Only the FVG that actually produced a setup is consumed.
• Persistent retest state machine (WAIT → ARMED → READY → CONSUMED). Once a retest is armed, the state is stored — it does not reset simply because price leaves the zone, and the M5 confirmation stays remembered inside its window.
• Retest Quality scoring (5-star) based on how deep price penetrates the zone, with an adjustable minimum-quality filter.
• DST-aware killzones anchored to their real market timezones (Tokyo / London / New York), so sessions stay correct across daylight-saving changes.
• Two independent models: Retest and Continuation.
• Departure modes: A (strict close), A' (tolerant wick), B (direct tap).
• Retest confirmation modes: Strict Overlap, Wick Touch, Proximity.
• Liquidity-based targets: session highs/lows, H4 SSL/BSL pivots, PDH/PDL and current-session levels, with a fixed R:R fallback and an "untouched liquidity only" option.
• On-chart LONG/SHORT dashboard showing the live, persistent state of the selected zone (bias, killzone, retest state, quality, penetration, M5 confirmation, signal).
• Configurable entry (market at close or limit at the FVG edge), structural stop with tick buffer, and limit-order expiration that releases the zone if it never fills.
• Separate alerts for retest setups, continuation setups, fills, targets and stops.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
THE TWO MODELS
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
RETEST — the primary model. Price returns into a confirmed H1 FVG during a killzone and confirms with an aligned M5 Fair Value Gap. Best suited to traders who want to enter on a controlled return to a higher-timeframe imbalance.
CONTINUATION — an optional model for when price keeps moving in the direction of the H1 FVG. It looks for fresh same-direction M5 FVGs while price is still within an ATR-based distance and age window of the source gap, with an optional local structure-break filter.
You can run Retest only, Continuation only, or both.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
RETEST QUALITY
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Every retest is graded by how far price penetrates the zone:
★★★★★ Boundary Touch — 0% penetration
★★★★☆ Light Retest — up to 10%
★★★☆☆ Partial Retest — up to 25%
★★☆☆☆ Deep Retest — up to 50%
★☆☆☆☆ Heavy Mitigation — more than 50%
A "Minimum Retest Quality" input lets you accept only clean boundary interactions, or allow deeper mitigations, depending on your style.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
HOW TO USE
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
1. Add the indicator to an M5 chart.
2. Choose your killzones (London and New York AM are common starting points).
3. Pick a departure mode (A' Tolerant is a balanced default) and a retest confirmation mode (Wick Touch captures clean wick rejections).
4. Watch the dashboard: it shows whether the active H1 FVG is waiting for a retest, armed, or ready.
5. When a setup becomes READY, the indicator draws the entry, stop and target zones and prints a signal marker.
6. Set alerts on the conditions you care about.
Everything is a starting point. Settings should be adapted to your instrument, session focus and risk approach.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
SETTINGS OVERVIEW
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Strategy Modules • General • Killzones (Asia / London / NY AM / NY PM) • HTF FVG • Retest Strategy • Continuation Strategy • Targets & Liquidity • Session Levels • H4 SSL/BSL • Previous Day High/Low • Session Windows • Dashboard.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
NON-REPAINT
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Higher-timeframe Fair Value Gaps are read only from closed candles, and signals validate on the close of the execution timeframe. The engine is built so that a signal, once printed on historical data, does not disappear after a reload.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
IMPORTANT
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
This indicator is a technical analysis and decision-support tool. It does not predict the market, does not place trades, and makes no promise of profitability. Past market behavior does not guarantee future results. Always use your own judgment and risk management. Nothing here is financial advice.
Keywords: ICT, SMC, Smart Money Concepts, Fair Value Gap, FVG, HTF FVG, Retest, H1, M5, H4, M15, Killzones, London, New York, Order Flow, Liquidity, SSL, BSL, PDH, PDL, Day Trading, Scalping, Non-Repaint.
Sürüm Notları
ICT SMC H4 FVG Retest + Continuation — M15 Killzones v1.5Sürüm Notları
Pine Script Update — Aggressive Retest ModeThis update introduces a new three-level Retest Trigger selector, replacing the previous on/off option. Wick Tag is enabled by default, while the two more conservative modes remain available without requiring further code changes.
Wick Tag Mode
Once price has exited an H4 Fair Value Gap, a new entry can be triggered as soon as a wick returns into the zone. This mode does not require an M15 FVG or a rejection close, allowing for earlier and more aggressive entries.
Stop-Loss Placement
When no M15 FVG is available, the stop-loss is placed beyond the retest wick’s extreme:
Above the highest point reached inside the zone for short positions.
Below the lowest point reached inside the zone for long positions.
The H4 zone boundary is used as a fallback.
This represents the actual invalidation point and often provides a tighter stop, helping maintain an attractive risk-to-reward ratio despite the earlier entry.
Signal Validation
The Validate signals only at M15 close setting still applies:
Enabled — default: The signal is confirmed at the close of the M15 candle that wicked into the zone. No second candle is required, and the signal does not repaint.
Disabled: The alert triggers immediately when the wick enters the zone. This is faster but may repaint if price moves back out before the candle closes, so it is intended for real-time alerts rather than backtesting.
Built-In Safeguard
Price must first leave the H4 zone before a retest can trigger an entry. This prevents the initial contact during FVG formation from being incorrectly treated as a valid retest.
Important Trade-Off
Wick Tag may also capture wicks that pass straight through the zone without producing a genuine rejection. This increases the number of entries but may reduce the overall win rate. The tighter wick-based stop helps limit the risk per trade.
Evaluate the strategy using net profitability rather than win rate alone, ideally across at least 30 setups. For a more selective alternative that filters out some of the strongest pass-through moves, use Rejection Close mode.
Sürüm Notları
ICT SMC HTF FVG Retest + Continuation — LTF v1.8Version 1.8 introduces a fully adaptable multi-timeframe structure. The same indicator can now be used for both higher-timeframe setups, such as H4 FVGs with M15 execution, and more frequent setups, such as M15 FVGs with M5 execution.
The selected “FVG timeframe” defines the timeframe used to detect confirmed, non-repainting Fair Value Gaps. The chart timeframe automatically becomes the lower execution timeframe.
Key improvements:
- Adaptive multi-timeframe operation.
- Support for H4 → M15, M15 → M5, and other valid HTF/LTF combinations.
- Automatic validation that the FVG timeframe is higher than the chart timeframe.
- Simultaneous tracking of multiple active FVGs.
- New FVGs no longer automatically replace older valid zones.
- Exact wick touches and adaptive near-touches are now detected separately.
- The near-touch buffer uses the greater of a minimum tick distance and a percentage of the execution-timeframe ATR.
- A dotted yellow boundary displays the accepted near-touch area around each FVG.
- Separate proximity alerts provide an early warning before the complete entry setup is validated.
- Entry alerts remain controlled by the selected retest trigger and confirmation settings.
- HTF liquidity pivots now automatically follow the selected FVG timeframe.
- Dashboard information now includes the active timeframe pair, number of tracked FVGs, touch type, distance from the zone, and current buffer size.
Retest triggers:
- Wick Tag: an exact touch or accepted near-touch is sufficient after a valid departure.
- Rejection Close: requires a fresh touch followed by a close back outside the FVG.
- LTF FVG: requires a fresh touch followed by a confirming Fair Value Gap on the execution timeframe.
Alert types:
- FVG Touch / Proximity LONG
- FVG Touch / Proximity SHORT
- Retest LONG / SHORT
- Continuation LONG / SHORT
- Limit-order fill
- Target reached
- Stop reached
Recommended configurations:
- H4 FVG with M15 execution: use an M15 chart and set “FVG timeframe” to 240.
- M15 FVG with M5 execution: use an M5 chart and set “FVG timeframe” to 15.
For the earliest proximity warning, select “Intrabar” and configure the TradingView alert frequency as “Once per bar.” Entry setups can still be restricted to the execution candle close.
Important: TradingView alerts keep a snapshot of the script, its settings, symbol, and chart timeframe. Existing alerts must therefore be deleted and recreated after changing the FVG timeframe, chart timeframe, or script version.
This indicator is an analytical tool and does not constitute financial advice.
Sürüm Notları
updateAçık kaynak kodlu komut dosyası
Gerçek TradingView ruhuyla, bu komut dosyasının mimarı, yatırımcıların işlevselliğini inceleyip doğrulayabilmesi için onu açık kaynaklı hale getirdi. Yazarı tebrik ederiz! Ücretsiz olarak kullanabilseniz de, kodu yeniden yayınlamanın Topluluk Kurallarımıza tabi olduğunu unutmayın.
Feragatname
Bilgiler ve yayınlar, TradingView tarafından sağlanan veya onaylanan finansal, yatırım, alım satım veya diğer türden tavsiye veya öneriler anlamına gelmez ve teşkil etmez. Kullanım Koşulları bölümünde daha fazlasını okuyun.
Açık kaynak kodlu komut dosyası
Gerçek TradingView ruhuyla, bu komut dosyasının mimarı, yatırımcıların işlevselliğini inceleyip doğrulayabilmesi için onu açık kaynaklı hale getirdi. Yazarı tebrik ederiz! Ücretsiz olarak kullanabilseniz de, kodu yeniden yayınlamanın Topluluk Kurallarımıza tabi olduğunu unutmayın.
Feragatname
Bilgiler ve yayınlar, TradingView tarafından sağlanan veya onaylanan finansal, yatırım, alım satım veya diğer türden tavsiye veya öneriler anlamına gelmez ve teşkil etmez. Kullanım Koşulları bölümünde daha fazlasını okuyun.