[TehThomas] - Fair Value GapsThis script is designed to automatically detect and visualize Fair Value Gaps (FVGs) on your chart in a clean, intuitive, and highly responsive way. It’s built with active traders in mind, offering both dynamic updates and customization options that help you stay focused on price action without being distracted by outdated or irrelevant information.
What Are Fair Value Gaps?
Fair Value Gaps are areas on a chart where there’s an inefficiency in price, typically formed when price moves aggressively in one direction, leaving a gap between the wicks of consecutive candles. These gaps represent imbalanced price action where not all buy or sell orders were efficiently matched. As a result, they often become magnet zones where price returns later to "fill" the imbalance before continuing in its intended direction. Many traders use them as points of interest for entries, re-entries, or anticipating reversals and consolidations.
This concept is frequently used in Smart Money and ICT-based trading models, where understanding how price seeks efficiency is crucial to anticipating future moves. When combined with concepts like liquidity, displacement, and market structure, FVGs become powerful tools for technical decision-making.
Script Features & Functionality
1. Live Updating Gaps (Dynamic Shrinking)
One of the core features of this script is its ability to track and dynamically shrink Fair Value Gaps as price trades into them. Instead of leaving a static zone on your chart, the gap will adjust in real-time, reflecting the portion that has been filled. This gives you a much more accurate picture of remaining imbalance and avoids misleading zones.
2. Automatic Cleanup After Fill
Once price fully fills an FVG, the script automatically removes it from the chart. This helps keep your workspace clean and focused only on relevant price zones. There’s no need to manually manage your gaps, everything is handled behind the scenes to reduce clutter and distraction.
3. Static Mode Option
While dynamic updating is the default, some traders may prefer to keep the original size of the gap visible even after partial fills. For that reason, the script includes a toggle to switch from live-updating (shrinking) mode to static mode. In static mode, FVGs stay fixed from the moment they are drawn, giving you a more traditional visual reference point.
4. Multi-Timeframe Support (MTF)
You can now view higher timeframe FVGs, such as those from the 1H or 4H chart, while analyzing lower timeframes like the 5-minute. This allows you to see key imbalances from broader market context without having to flip between charts. FVGs from higher timeframes will be drawn distinctly so you can differentiate them at a glance.
5. Cleaner Visualization
The script is designed with clarity in mind. All drawings are streamlined, and filled gaps are removed to maintain a minimal, distraction-free chart. This makes it easier to combine this tool with other indicators or price-action-based strategies without overloading your workspace.
6. Suitable for All Market Types
This script can be used on any asset that displays candlestick-based price action — including crypto, forex, indices, and stocks. Whether you're scalping low-timeframe setups or swing trading with a higher timeframe bias, FVGs remain a useful concept and this script adapts to your trading style.
Use Case Examples
On a 5-minute chart, display 1-hour FVGs to catch major imbalance zones during intraday trading.
Combine the FVGs with liquidity levels and inducement patterns to build ICT-style trade setups.
Use live-updating gaps to monitor in-progress fills and evaluate whether a zone still holds validity.
Set the script to static mode to perform backtesting or visual replay with historical setups.
Final Notes
Fair Value Gaps are not a standalone trading signal, but when used with market structure, liquidity, displacement, and order flow concepts, they provide high-probability trade locations that align with institutional-style trading models. This script simplifies the visualization of those zones so you can react faster, stay focused on clean setups, and eliminate unnecessary distractions.
Whether you’re trading high volatility breakouts or patiently waiting for retracements into unfilled imbalances, this tool is designed to support your edge with precision and flexibility.
חפש סקריפטים עבור "gaps"
Gap Percentage Highlighter (1Day)b]🇬🇧 ENGLISH
The "Gap Percentage Highlighter" script is a useful tool for traders who want to visually highlight and analyze price gaps on their charts.
Features:
Identification of Price Gaps (Gaps):
The script automatically highlights candles where the opening price significantly differs from the previous day's closing price.
Percentage Display of the Gap:
The percentage change between the closing price and the opening price is displayed directly on the chart.
Customizable Gap Size:
Users can set the minimum size of the price gap in percentage terms through a simple input field, determining when the script marks a gap as significant.
Visual Highlighting:
Gap-ups (positive gaps) are highlighted in green, and gap-downs (negative gaps) are highlighted in red, making them easy to identify.
Use Case:
This script is ideal for traders who utilize gaps in their analyses to identify potential market movements. It allows for quick and visual identification of significant price gaps directly on the chart and offers the flexibility to adjust the definition of "significant" to match individual needs.
Disclaimer:
This script is for educational purposes only. Trading involves risks and is not suitable for every investor.
(c) BS IMPACT SCALE GmbH
🇩🇪 GERMAN
Das "Gap Percentage Highlighter" Skript ist ein nützliches Tool für Trader, die Kurslücken (Gaps) auf ihren Charts visuell hervorheben und analysieren möchten.
Funktionen:
Identifizierung von Kurslücken (Gaps):
Das Skript hebt automatisch Kerzen hervor, bei denen der Eröffnungskurs vom Schlusskurs der vorherigen Kerze auf Tagesbasis signifikant abweicht.
Prozentuale Anzeige der Kurslücke:
Die prozentuale Veränderung zwischen Schlusskurs und Eröffnungskurs wird direkt auf dem Chart angezeigt.
Anpassbare Gap-Größe:
Nutzer können über ein einfaches Eingabefeld die minimale Größe der Kurslücke in Prozent festlegen, ab der das Skript die Lücke als relevant markiert.
Visuelle Hervorhebung:
Gap-Ups (positive Lücken) werden in Grün und Gap-Downs (negative Lücken) in Rot hinterlegt, sodass sie leicht identifiziert werden können.
Anwendungsbereich:
Dieses Skript ist ideal für Trader, die Gaps in ihren Analysen nutzen, um potenzielle Marktbewegungen zu identifizieren. Es ermöglicht eine schnelle und visuelle Erkennung von signifikanten Kurslücken direkt auf dem Chart und bietet die Flexibilität, die Definition von "signifikant" an die eigenen Bedürfnisse anzupassen.
Haftungsausschluss:
Dieses Skript dient ausschließlich zu Bildungszwecken. Trading beinhaltet Risiken und ist nicht für jeden Anleger geeignet.
(c) BS IMPACT SCALE GmbH
Fair Value Gaps Advanced [smart-money-indicators]This indicator is a tool to support the "SMC" strategy.
This indicator does not provide entry or exit signals.
This indicator is a tool to mark key price areas.
This indicator is a tool to mark key time areas.
This indicator is particularly distinguished by its high customizability of tools,
setting it apart from the indicators currently available on the TradingView platform.
This Fair Value Gaps or Imbalance Indicator marks liquidity areas using boxes.
Fair Value Gaps are created in high-momentum conditions, leaving an area that, in theory and as supported by backtesting, tends to be revisited.
The following settings can be configured:
Show only one-sided Gaps
- Only Fair Value Gaps formed by three consecutive bullish or bearish candles are displayed.
Extend Fair Value Gap
-The box is extended to the current candle.
Draw Mid Line
- A 50% line of the Fair Value Gap is drawn.
Extend Mid Line
-The midline is extended to the current candle.
Remove filled Fair Value Gap
-Filled Fair Value Gaps are removed.
Enable inverse Fair Value Gap
- When a bullish Fair Value Gap is broken, it creates a bearish resistance area.
- When a bearish Fair Value Gap is broken, it creates a bullish support area.
-Display Last X active Buyside Fair Value Gaps
-Display Last X active Sellside Fair Value Gaps
-Display Last X active Buyside Inverse Fair Value Gaps
-Display Last X active Sellside Inverse Fair Value Gaps
Fair Value Gaps (FVG) [UAlgo]A fair value gap is especially popular among price action traders and occurs when there are inefficiencies or imbalances in the market, or when the buying and selling are not equal. Fair value gaps can become a magnet for the price before continuing in the same direction.
🔶 Key Features :
Fair Value Gap Identification:
Bullish fair value gaps occur when the current market price exceeds the previous high. The indicator identifies bullish gaps by comparing the low of the current candle with the high of the candle two candles ago . If the low of the current candle is higher than the high two candles ago and the closing price of the previous candle is also higher than the high two candles ago, a bullish fair value gap is detected.
Bearish fair value gaps occur when the current market price falls below the previous low. The indicator identifies bearish gaps by comparing the high of the current candle with the low of the candle two candles ago. If the high of the current candle is lower than the low two periods ago and the closing price of the previous candle is also lower than the low two candles ago, a bearish fair value gap is detected.
Fair Value Gap Filter :
ATR measures market volatility by analyzing the range of price movements over a specified period. It provides insights into the average price range that a security experiences within a given timeframe. After the ATR is calculated, a Simple Moving Average (SMA) is computed for the ATR values. This moving average smoothens out the ATR data, providing a clearer indication of the average volatility levels over time.
When the filter is active, fair value gaps are identified only if they occur during periods of relatively higher volatility, as indicated by the ATR being greater than the SMA. This helps in refining and obtaining the detection of stronger fair value gaps
An example with FVG filtering off:
An example with FVG filtering on:
Customizable Settings: Users have the flexibility to customize various parameters to suit their trading preferences. They can adjust settings such as the number of fair value gaps displayed, mitigation method (either based on closing prices or wicks), and apply filters based on Average True Range (ATR) to refine gap detection.
🔶 Disclaimer :
Use with Caution: Trading involves significant risk, and this indicator should be used with caution. While it can help identify potential trading opportunities, it does not guarantee profits and may sometimes provide false signals.
Not Financial Advice: The information provided by the Fair Value Gaps indicator is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. Traders should conduct their own research and consult with financial professionals before making any trading decisions.
Past Performance: Past performance is not indicative of future results. Historical price movements analyzed by the indicator may not accurately predict future market behavior.
Daily Gaps & Trapped PositionsThis script builds substantially upon the default Gaps script provided by Tradingview. Functionality was added to allow users to decide what price from the previous session is used to determine a daily gap, added support for showing gaps across all timeframes up to the daily time frame, and also allow gaps to be shown even with ETH enabled on the chart. This script provides support across normal securities, futures, and also crypto.
Users can decide between the following selections to determine if a daily gap has formed:
- Previous Session Close
- Previous Session High/Low
- Last RTH Candle High/Low
The other larger piece that was added is something called trapped positions or what some folks familiar with Market Profile would call "single prints". They could also be considered FVGs but they are a specific subset of FVGs as these must from above or below the current session's high/low.
Single prints form above or below a current session's high/low and can be considered an area where price has moved too fast in that area and price will most likely return to these areas at a later point in time. In some teachings, these are also looked at as "trapped shorts" (lighter blue box color) or "trapped supply" (yellow orange box color) which creates an area where there will be potential support (trapped shorts) or resistance (trapped supply) when this area is revisited in the future. Adding these to your chart will simply provide additional areas of interest where you may see buying or selling.
Both gaps and trapped positions have the following options:
- Show only active gaps/trapped positions. Selecting this will only show areas where price has not completely traded through the box.
- Close gaps/trapped positions partially. If this is selected, it will reduce the box size as price is traded through the area. If it is not selected, the box will only disappear once price has traded through the entire box completely.
There are some additional settings that allow you to tailor how many boxes show up on the chart. These settings are as follows:
- Max number of boxes. This setting will only plot up to this number of gaps/trapped positions.
- Minimum Deviation. This will prevent gaps/trapped positions from showing if they are too small relative to average across that last 14 periods.
- Limit Max Box Trail Length (bars). If checkbox is selected, the box will stop being extended after X number of bars given in this input.
Simple FVG - All GapsUser Guide: Trading with the Simple Fair Value Gap (FVG) Indicator
This document explains how to use the "Simple FVG" indicator to identify market inefficiencies and potential trading opportunities. This tool focuses exclusively on the concept of Fair Value Gaps (FVG) to provide clear, objective levels for entry and price targets.
The core function of this indicator is to visually highlight areas of market inefficiency—Fair Value Gaps—which often act as magnets for future price action, providing clear zones for potential trade entries.
Part 1: Understanding Fair Value Gaps (FVG)
A Fair Value Gap (FVG) is a three-candle pattern where the high of the first candle and the low of the third candle (or vice-versa) do not overlap. This gap represents an area where price moved quickly, indicating a potential imbalance between buyers and sellers.
Bullish FVG: These gaps are colored Green (default). They occur when the current low is higher than the high of the candle two bars prior.
Interpretation: Bullish FVGs act as potential support . Traders look for price to return to this zone to enter a long (buy) trade.
Bearish FVG: These gaps are colored Red (default). They occur when the current high is lower than the low of the candle two bars prior.
Interpretation: Bearish FVGs act as potential resistance . Traders look for price to return to this zone to enter a short (sell) trade.
Max FVG History: The indicator can display up to 500 of the most recent FVGs on your chart, ensuring you are focused on relevant, recent market structure.
Part 2: Mitigation and Gap Management
FVGs are considered "mitigated" when price re-enters the gap, effectively filling the market inefficiency. The indicator allows you to customize how this mitigation is defined.
Mitigation Type: This setting determines the condition under which an FVG is considered filled and changes color (or is hidden). You can select one of three options:
Touch: The FVG is mitigated when price simply touches the boundary of the gap.
Mid: The FVG is mitigated when price fills 50% of the gap (the default setting).
Full: The FVG is mitigated when price completely fills the entire gap.
Mitigated FVG Display: You can choose whether to display mitigated FVGs.
Show Mitigated FVG: If enabled, mitigated gaps will change color to Gray (default).
Hide Mitigated FVG: If disabled, the gap will disappear from the chart once the mitigation condition is met.
Part 3: Visual Extension Settings
The indicator allows you to control how long the FVG box is drawn on the chart.
Extension Type:
Indefinite: The FVG box will extend to the right until it is mitigated.
Fixed Bars: The FVG box will only extend for a set number of bars, defined by the Extension Bars setting. Note: Even if the visual box disappears, the FVG is still considered active until it is mitigated.
Extension Bars: Sets the number of bars (default is 5) for the visual extension when Fixed Bars is selected.
Trading Strategy Flow with FVG
Identify: Look for a fresh, unmitigated Bullish (Green) or Bearish (Red) FVG.
Wait for Return: Wait for the price to return to the FVG zone.
Execute Trade:
For a Long Trade: Enter when price touches the FVG (ideally at the Mid level) and shows a rejection or reversal pattern.
For a Short Trade: Enter when price touches the FVG (ideally at the Mid level) and shows a rejection or reversal pattern.
Set Stop-Loss: Place your Stop-Loss just outside the FVG zone, or beyond the distal end of the gap.
Set Take-Profit: Target the next major market structure point or the next unmitigated FVG in the direction of your trade.
Disclaimer: Trading involves risk. This indicator is a tool for analysis and does not guarantee profits. Always use proper risk management.
Nirmal Fair Value GapsICT Fair Value Gaps
Trade Wisely
How a Fair Value Gap Works
Formation:
A Fair Value Gap occurs when a strong price movement (usually from institutional orders) creates an imbalance between buyers and sellers.
This is typically seen in a three-candle pattern, where the middle candle has a large body, and the two surrounding candles have wicks but little overlap with the middle candle’s range.
Identification:
The FVG is marked between the high of the first candle and the low of the third candle (for bullish gaps).
For bearish gaps, it’s the low of the first candle and the high of the third candle.
Market Behavior Around FVG:
Price often retraces into the gap before resuming its original direction.
This happens because the market seeks to "fill" the imbalance where few trades occurred.
Traders use FVGs as potential entry zones for trend continuation trades.
Trading Fair Value Gaps
In an Uptrend:
Look for bullish fair value gaps as potential support zones for buy entries.
Price may dip into the gap and then continue upward.
In a Downtrend:
Look for bearish fair value gaps as potential resistance zones for sell entries.
Price may retrace into the gap and then drop further.
Confluence Factors:
FVGs work best when combined with other strategies like order blocks, liquidity zones, or key Fibonacci levels.
Gap Detector [MS]This indicator helps traders identify and visualize price gaps in market data. When price movements create gaps between trading sessions or periods, the script highlights these areas with colored clouds and markers.
Key Features:
Automatically detects price gaps based on a customizable gap percentage threshold
Visualizes gaps using color-coded clouds (green when price moves upward, red for downward price action)
Places small triangle markers at gap locations for easy identification of gaps, and if many happen close together
Shows gray clouds when price is within the last gap
Use it For:
Watching for gap-fills
Gap support/resistance levels
Trading gap breakouts
...and more
How it Works:
The script compares each bar's opening price with the previous bar's closing price. A gap is identified when the opening price is significantly different from the previous close (beyond the user-defined gap percentage). The gap area is then marked with a colored cloud:
Green clouds: Show gaps where price jumped higher
Red clouds: Show gaps where price dropped lower
Gray clouds: Indicate price action within the gap
Settings:
Gap %: Controls the minimum price difference required to identify a gap (default 0.01 or 1%)
This indicator can help traders:
Identify potential support/resistance levels at gap areas
Monitor gap-filling scenarios
Spot significant price movements between trading sessions
The script is designed to work across all timeframes and markets.
ICT New Day Opening GapNew Day Opening Gap
The New Day Opening Gap (NDOG) is defined by The Inner Circle Trader (ICT) as the separation in time/price that is caused by the 1-hour break that occurs each day in the futures market. The opening price of the gap is the very first tick that occurs at the 6:00pm restart; then we look at the 5:00pm closing price of the previous session. This New Day Opening Gap forms every day from Monday to Friday, but it does not include the gap between Friday's close and Sunday's open (because that is instead referred to as a New Week Opening Gap).
This is an example of a New Day Opening Gap (NDOG) for Wednesday, May 22, 2024 in CME_MINI:ES1!
How To Use NDOG
When an NDOG forms, it can be extended into future price action. One way to use these gaps is to look for it to be filled in by price action. Another usage for these gaps is to look for support & resistance to come in at the high and low of these NDOGs (as well as the midpoint).
Disclaimer
This indicator is mainly intended to work for Futures markets, and specifically the following Index Futures markets: E-mini S&P 500 Futures, E-mini NASDAQ-100 Futures, E-mini DOW Futures.
Given that, the indicator still supports various other markets/assets out-of-the-box, such as other types of Futures Markets, Forex markets, Stocks, Options, and more. The main difference will be that other markets may have NDOGs forming at different times, rather than the 5pm-6pm gap that occurs in the Index Futures.
Indicator Features
This indicator is 100% custom-built, not using code from any other existing NDOG plotting indicators. The purpose of this indicator was to overcome many shortcomings from other existing indicators. Therefore, this indicator has many UNIQUE features, such as:
Ability to maintain accuracy of the closing/opening prices even when changing chart settings (e.g., toggling ETH/RTH sessions, toggling BACK-ADJUSTMENT on futures contracts, toggling SETTLEMENT prices, etc.).
Draw up to 25 previous NDOGs, even on ultra-low timeframes like the 1-minute or 1-second chart.
Automatically or manually choose which NDOGs to hide/show on the chart.
Highly customizable, including a different color scheme to easily distinguish between the Current and Previous NDOGs.
Modified price values to correctly display prices that use a format like 109'32 (e.g., Bond Futures or Wheat Futures).
Helpful tooltips to provide more detailed information about the NDOGs or about the current Input Settings.
Error Messages
There are some conditions which can cause the script to fail and display an error message (by clicking the red exclamation mark next to the indicator.)
Error messages:
Use a Standard Chart Type : this will occur when using a non-standard chart such as Heikin Ashi, Renko, Point & Figure, etc.
Use a Daily or Lower Timeframe : this error will appear when using a higher timeframe chart like weekly or monthly, because it can clutter the chart since NDOGs can form every day.
NDOG was not detected : this means that no NDOG was found, for example if the chart did not have enough bars/candles (e.g., some Options markets).
Exceeded the maximum lookback for Bar Replay mode : when using bar replay mode; this can depend on the amount of historical bars available in different account subscription types.
Unable to Activate Bar Replay mode : if the indicator could not be used in Bar Replay mode.
Restart Bar Replay : if the indicator works in Bar Replay but it detected an error that would cause NDOGs to be plotted incorrectly.
NDOG was not detected. Toggle "Error Handling" Option at your own discretion : this is more of a warning message that will appear when the indicator does not detect any actual gap between the days (e.g., Forex markets where it is continuously traded through each day, without any gap forming in between). But the warning can be dismissed by toggling the checkbox at the bottom of the Indicator's Input Settings.
This is an example of what a script error would look like.
Indicator Settings
Most settings are self-explanatory or have a tooltip with information on what the setting does, so this section will only briefly cover the available settings.
The "Extend to End of Week" option is enabled by default, which will extend each NDOG only up to the end of the week that it belongs to. This option can be toggled OFF to automatically extend all NDOGs to the right-most candle on the chart.
Previous NDOGs: Between 1 and 25 previous NDOGs can be displayed. The checkbox can be toggled to quickly hide all previous NDOGs (but the same effect would be reached by setting the value to 0).
Hide Current NDOG: the current NDOG (colored in Green in the example above), can be optionally hidden from being plotted.
These settings are used to customize the visual style of the most recent NDOG (also known as the "Current" NDOG). Note: the exact same set of settings are available for the Previous NDOGs. The text next to each NDOG can be optionally hidden to clean the chart a little.
These are settings to customize the appearance of the Price Table on the right, including the ability to hide it completely.
One of 7 available overlap handling options can be used to filter which NDOGs are plotted on the chart. By default, the "None" option will be selected, meaning that all valid NDOGs are plotted on the chart.
Date Format : select the format of the date that is shown next to each NDOG.
Timezone : choose the timezone for the NDOG closing/opening date-times that are displayed (only in tooltips when you hover over an NDOG label).
NDOG Label : choose the details to display next to each NDOG (e.g., date, or NDOG number, or both).
Price Format : only two options: Auto/Decimal. "Auto" uses custom processing to allow displaying values such as 109'32 for Bond futures.
This option can be toggled to allow displaying NDOGs for markets that may not have an actual gap between days, such as Forex markets, or BTC/USD (which is traded 24/7). Note: this option must be used at your own discretion because the opening/closing times for the NDOGs are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Tooltips
The indicator provides additional details about an NDOG when you hover over a row in the Price Table.
Note: the same information can be found by hovering over the Text Label that is to the right of each NDOG.
Overlap Handling
The tooltip next to "Select a Strategy" in the options will provide details on each overlap handling strategy. Additionally, when a strategy is selected, a new row in the Price Table will appear; hovering over that will show details about the currently selected strategy, as well as any suggestions in case the inputs were invalid. When a strategy hides an NDOG, the number in the Price Table will be replaced with an "Eye" icon, indicating that it is not currently plotted on the chart.
Available strategies are:
Option 1 (Gradients) : select the percentage opacity to shade NDOGs in. The more recent NDOGs will be closer to the maximum opacity defined, while the older NDOGs will appear more transparent, closer to the minimum opacity defined. Note: only affects previous NDOGs, not the current NDOG.
Option 2 (Week Extension) : select the number of weeks to extend each NDOG up to. Note: this will override the "Extend to End of Week" setting, regardless whether it is toggled ON or OFF.
Option 3 (Nested Gaps) : hides nested gaps, i.e., NDOGs that are enclosed within another NDOG. Note: this option is only available when the "Extend to End of Week" setting is disabled .
Option 4 (Intersecting Gaps) : hides intersecting/overlapping gaps, i.e., NDOGs that overlap one another (this may also include, but is not limited to, nested gaps). The drop-down next to this option allows choosing the priority of which NDOGs to hide first. Note: this option is only available when the "Extend to End of Week" setting is disabled .
Option 5 (Gap Width) : the chart will only show NDOGs that have a width between the defined parameters. This can be useful to filter out NDOGs that are deemed "insignificant". For example, the Inner Circle Trader will generally filter out of his analysis any NDOGs that are less than a point (4 ticks) for Index futures.
Option 6 (Close Proximity) : the chart will only show the NDOGs that are within a certain range from the market price. This can be useful when plotting multiple NDOGs while using auto-scaling on the chart. By only showing nearby NDOGs, it will prevent the auto-scaling from having to compress the candles to fit the far-away NDOGs onto the screen.
Option 7 (CSV) : this option is used if none of the others suit you well; it allows specifically choosing which NDOGs to hide or show on the chart.
This is an example that chooses the Overlap Handling Strategy Option 6. Note that in this example, the tooltip in the price table shows a warning that the Input Number should be increased to plot some NDOGs on the chart.
Tips
Chart settings can be toggled to "Scale price chart only" to prevent the auto-scaling of TradingView from compressing the chart if there are NDOGs that are far away from the current market action.
If you change a lot of indicator settings such as NDOG color schemes, you can save the settings as the Default to prevent your settings from resetting the next time you use the indicator.
Multi VWAP from Gaps [MW]Multi VWAP from Gaps
Introduction
The Multi VWAP from Gaps tool extends the concept of using the Anchored Volume Weighted Average Price, popularized by its founder, Brian Shannon, founder of AlphaTrends. It creates automatic AVWAPS for anchor points originating at the biggest gaps of the week, month, quarter and year. Currently, most standard VWAP tools allow users to place custom anchored VWAPs, but the routine of doing this for every equity being watched can become cumbersome. This tool makes that process multi-times easier. Considering that large gaps can represent a shift in market structure, this tool provides unique and immediate insight into how past daily price gaps can and have affected price action.
Settings
LABEL SETTINGS
Show Biggest Gap of Week | Month | Quarter : Toggle labels that identify the location of the biggest gaps for the selected time period.
Show Big Labels : Toggle labels from showing the date and gap size to just showing a single letter (W/M/Q/Y) designating the time period that the gap is from.
Hide All Labels : Turn labels off and on.
MAX VWAP LINES
Max Weekly | Monthly | Quarterly | Yearly Lines : How many VWAP lines, starting from today, should be shown for the specified time period. Max: 5
SHOW VWAP LINES
Show Weekly | Monthly | Quarterly | Yearly Lines : This feature allows you to remove lines for the specified time period.
Calculations
This indicator does not provide buy or sell signals. It is simply the VWAP calculated starting from an “anchor point”, or start time. It is calculated by the summation of Price x Volume / Volume for the period starting at the anchor point.
How to Interpret
According to Brian Shannon, VWAP is an objective measure of what the average trader has paid for a particular equity over a given period, and is the value that large institutional investors frequently use as a trade signal. Therefore, by definition, when the price is above an AVWAP, buyers are in control for that period of time. Likewise, if the price is below the AVWAP, sellers are in control for that period of time.
VWAPs that coincide with important events, such as FOMC meetings, CPI reports, earnings reports, have added significance. In many cases, these events can cause gaps to happen in day-to-day price movement, and can affect market structure going forward.
Practically speaking, price action can tend to change direction when a significant VWAP is hit, voiding buy and sell signals. Like moving averages, this indicator can show, in real-time, how a buy or sell signal should be interpreted. A significant AVWAP line is a point of interest, and can serve as strong support or resistance, because large institutions may be using those values for entries or exits. For a great analysis of how to use AVWAP, visit the AlphaTrends channel on Youtube here or you can buy Brian Shannon’s “Anchored VWAP” book on Amazon.
Other Usage Notes and Limitations
It's important for traders to be aware of the limitations of any indicator and to use them as part of a broader, well-rounded trading strategy that includes risk management, fundamental analysis, and other tools that can help with reducing false signals, determining trend direction, and providing additional confirmation for a trade decision. Diversifying strategies and not relying solely on one type of indicator or analysis can help mitigate some of these risks.
Additionally, in order to build the VWAP calculations, past data is needed that may not be available on shorter timeframes. The workaround is that for some longer-term VWAP lines on shorter timeframes, you may see less than the total of lines that you selected in settings. This is particularly the case with quarterly VWAP lines on the 5 minute timeframe for some equities.
Acknowledgements
This script uses the MarketHolidays library by @Protervus. Also, for debugging, the JavaScript-style Debug Console by @algotraderdev was invaluable. Special thanks to @antsmuzic for helping review and debug the script. And, of course, without Brian Shannon's books, videos, and interviews, this indicator would would not have happened.
Daily Gap Highlighter (Partial Gaps + Age Filter)Daily Gap Highlighter – 部分的な窓の未埋めエリアを自動描画
このインジケーターは、日足チャートにおける窓（ギャップ）を自動で検出し、
その後の値動きで一部だけ埋まった場合も、埋め残し部分だけを正確に描画するツールです。
🔍 主な特徴
日足ベースで窓を検出
上窓：当日の安値 > 前日の高値
下窓：当日の高値 < 前日の安値
部分的な窓埋めにも対応
例：窓の90％が埋まった → 残り10％だけ窓として残す
完全に埋まった窓は自動的に削除
窓の“鮮度フィルター”を搭載
指定した日数（デフォルト90日）を経過した古い窓は自動で非表示にできます。
トレンド転換ポイントの可視化に最適
未埋めギャップは多くのトレーダーが注目する価格帯であり、
サポート／レジスタンスとして高い機能を持ちます。
📈 活用例
スイングトレードでのターゲット設定
窓埋めの完了・未完了の判定
重要水平ラインとしての分析
長期的な価格メモリーの可視化
日足チャートを使うトレーダーの方にとって、
“本当に意味のある未埋め窓だけ”が残る実用的なインジケーターです。
🇺🇸 English Description (for TradingView Community)
Daily Gap Highlighter – Precise Partial Gap Visualization
This indicator automatically detects daily price gaps and visualizes them on the chart —
but with one powerful upgrade:
It keeps only the unfilled portion of the gap.
🔍 Key Features
Daily-based gap detection
Up Gap: Today’s Low > Previous High
Down Gap: Today’s High < Previous Low
Partial gap filling supported
Example: If 90% of the gap has been filled,
→ Only the remaining 10% is still shown as an active gap.
Fully filled gaps are automatically removed
Gap “age filter” included
Automatically hide gaps older than a chosen number of days (default: 90).
Great for identifying key market levels
Unfilled gaps often act as strong support/resistance zones
and are widely watched by professional traders.
📈 Use Cases
Setting targets for swing trades
Determining whether a gap is filled or partially filled
Highlighting significant horizontal price levels
Visualizing long-term market memory zones
This tool is ideal for traders who want
a clean and accurate view of meaningful unfilled gaps only.
Volume Gaps & Imbalances (Zeiierman)█ Overview
Volume Gaps & Imbalances (Zeiierman) is an advanced market-structure and order-flow visualizer that maps where the market traded, where it did not, and how buyer-vs-seller pressure accumulated across the entire price range.
The core of the indicator is a price-by-price volume profile built from Bullish and Bearish volume assignments. The script highlights:
True zero-volume voids (regions of no traded volume)
Bull/Bear imbalance rows (horizontal volume slices)
A multi-section Delta Panel, showing aggregated Buy–Sell pressure per vertical sector
A clean separation between profile structure, volume efficiency, and delta flows
Together, these components reveal market inefficiencies, displacement zones, and fair-value regions that price tends to revisit — making it an exceptional tool for structural trading, order-flow analysis, and contextual confluence.
Highlights
Identifies true volume voids (untraded price regions), more precisely than standard FVG tools
Plots Bull vs Bear volume at each price row for fine-grained imbalance reading
Includes a sector-based Delta Grid that aggregates Buy–Sell dominance
█ How It Works
⚪ Profile Construction
The indicator scans a user-defined Lookback window and divides the full high–low range into Rows. Each bar's volume is allocated into the correct price bucket:
Bullish volume when close > open
Bearish volume when close <= open
This produces three values per price level:
Bull Volume
Bear Volume
Total Volume & Imbalance Profile
Rows where no volume at all occurred are marked as volume gaps — signaling true untraded zones, often produced by impulsive imbalanced moves.
⚪ Zero-Volume Gaps (True Voids)
Unlike candle-based Fair Value Gaps (FVGs), volume gaps identify the deeper, structural inefficiency: Price moved so fast through a region that no trades occurred at those prices. These areas often attract revisits because liquidity never exchanged hands there.
⚪ Bull/Bear Volume Imbalance
Every price row is drawn using two colored horizontal segments:
Bull segment proportional to bullish volume
Bear segment proportional to bearish volume
This reveals where buyers or sellers dominated individual price levels.
⚪ Delta Panel
The full volume profile is cut into Summary Sections. For each block, the script computes: Δ = (Bull Volume − Bear Volume) ÷ Total Volume × 100%
█ How to Use
⚪ Spot True Voids & Inefficiencies
Zero-volume zones highlight where the price moved without trading. These areas often behave like:
Refill zones during retracements
Targets during displacement
Thin regions price slices through quickly
Ideal for both SMC-style trading and structural mapping.
⚪ Identify Bull/Bear Control at Each Price Level
Broad bullish segments show zones of buyer absorption, while wide bearish slices reveal seller control.
This helps you interpret:
Where buyers supported the price
Where sellers defended a level
Which price levels matter for continuation or reversal
⚪ Use Delta Sectors for Contextual Direction
The delta panel shows where market pressure is accumulating, revealing whether the profile is dominated by:
Bullish flow (positive delta)
Bearish flow (negative delta)
Neutral flow (balanced or minimal delta)
█ Settings
Lookback – Number of bars scanned to build the profile.
Rows – Vertical resolution of price bins.
Source – Price source used to assign volume into rows.
Summary Sections – Number of vertical delta sectors.
Summary Width – Horizontal size of the delta bar panel.
Gap From Profile – Distance between profile and delta grid.
Show Delta Text – Toggle Δ% labels.
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Disclaimer
The content provided in my scripts, indicators, ideas, algorithms, and systems is for educational and informational purposes only. It does not constitute financial advice, investment recommendations, or a solicitation to buy or sell any financial instruments. I will not accept liability for any loss or damage, including without limitation any loss of profit, which may arise directly or indirectly from the use of or reliance on such information.
All investments involve risk, and the past performance of a security, industry, sector, market, financial product, trading strategy, backtest, or individual's trading does not guarantee future results or returns. Investors are fully responsible for any investment decisions they make. Such decisions should be based solely on an evaluation of their financial circumstances, investment objectives, risk tolerance, and liquidity needs.
Agressive Pricing Gaps (FVG/UPG,VI,OG) @MaxMaserati 3.0Aggressive Pricing Gaps (APGs 3.0)
The indicator specializes in identifying and managing price vacuums left behind when aggressive market participants rapidly move price, leaving areas that often serve as magnets for future mitigation.
1. Unfair Pricing Gaps (UPG) Analysis
The UPG logic is the indicator's main function, detecting a traditional three-candle price imbalance (FVG).
Detection Mechanism: A bullish UPG is identified when the high of candle 3 is below the low of candle 1 (with candle 2 being the expansive candle). A bearish UPG is identified when the low of candle 3 is above the high of candle 1.
Multi-Timeframe Support: UPG detection can be run on a Higher Timeframe (HTF), allowing traders to monitor significant weekly, daily, or H4 imbalances while viewing a lower execution timeframe.
Volume Filter: An optional Volume Filter based on EMA can be applied, restricting the plotting of UPGs only to those associated with volume exceeding the specified filter strength, thereby enhancing signal quality.
Sliced Mitigation: Each UPG is divided into multiple Box Slices (up to 20). This feature allows for detailed tracking of partial filling and precise visual confirmation as price moves through the gap.
2. Negative/Positive Candle Opening Gaps (OP+/-)
This logic focuses on the smaller, often immediate, gaps left between the closing price of one candle and the opening price of the next, representing minor immediate aggression or volatility.
Detection:
Positive Opening (OP+): Occurs when the current bar opens above the previous bar's close. When it happen we expect price to keep closing above it to maintain the bullish pressure.
Negative Opening (OP-): Occurs when the current bar opens below the previous bar's close. When it happen we expect price to keep closing below it to maintain the bearish pressure.
Timeframe Independence: OP Gaps can be displayed on a different timeframe from the UPG, or strictly on the chart's current timeframe.
Fair Value Gaps - Cucaracha📘 Fair Value Gaps (FVG) – Clean, Automatic Detection & Real-Time Tracking
The Fair Value Gaps (FVG) indicator automatically detects and visualizes Bullish and Bearish Fair Value Gaps directly on your chart. Built with precision, it highlights imbalance zones, continuously extends them in real time, and removes them the moment they’re mitigated — giving you a clean and accurate market structure view.
✅ Key Features
Automatic FVG Detection
Identifies bullish and bearish FVGs using a strict 3-candle imbalance model.
Dynamic Boxes
Each detected FVG is drawn as a shaded box and extends forward until price fills or mitigates the zone.
Auto-Cleanup (Mitigation Logic)
When price returns to the gap and fills it, the zone is instantly removed, keeping your chart clean and focused.
Custom Colors
Choose your own colors for bullish and bearish FVG boxes.
🎯 Why Traders Use This
Fair Value Gaps are widely used in:
Smart Money Concepts (SMC)
ICT-style trading
Market imbalance analysis
They highlight areas where price moved aggressively and may later return to rebalance.
This indicator helps you:
Spot institutional imbalances instantly
Track unmitigated FVGs without manually drawing boxes
Stay focused on key reaction zones
Improve entries based on premium/discount and liquidity concepts
🧠 How It Works
Bullish FVG:
Occurs when price leaves a gap where low > high , creating an upward imbalance zone.
Bearish FVG:
Occurs when high < low , indicating a downward imbalance zone.
Detected gaps are plotted as forward-extending boxes until price mitigates them.
Once mitigated (price fills the gap), the zone is automatically removed.
🟦🟥 Visuals
Blue (or your chosen color): Bullish FVG
Red (or your chosen color): Bearish FVG
Ripster Labels + Air Gaps (v6)What it shows (on one chart)
EMA Clouds (current timeframe)
Plots EMA 8/12/21/34/50/200 with three cloud fills:
12–21 = “fast” cloud
34–50 = “mid” cloud
50–200 = “base” cloud
Cloud color: green when the faster EMA is above the slower (bullish), red/maroon/orange when below (bearish).
Toggle lines vs. clouds via A) EMA Clouds settings.
MTF Rails (higher-TF EMAs)
For three higher timeframes (defaults 30m / 60m / 240m), draws two EMAs each (defaults 34 & 50).
These are stepline-like rails you can visually use as higher-TF supports/resistances.
Configure in B) MTF Rails (turn on/off, change TFs/lengths/colors).
Relative Volume Box (RVol)
Small table (top-center) showing:
Candle Vol (formatted K/M/B if enabled)
RVol = current bar volume / SMA 20 of volume (as a %)
Color scale: blue (<100%), yellow (100–150%), red (>150%).
Settings in C) RVol Box.
DTR vs ATR Box
Daily True Range (DTR = day high − day low) vs ATR(14) on the daily timeframe, with DTR as % of ATR.
Placed at top-right; toggle in D) DTR/ATR Box.
Ripster Trend Label (10m 12/50)
Looks at a separate timeframe (default 10m): EMA 12 vs EMA 50.
Bottom-right table cell shows “10m Trend ↑/↓/Sideways” (green/red/gray).
Configure in E) Ripster Trend Labels (TF and lengths).
Air Gaps (single EMA per TF)
Three horizontal, auto-extending lines showing an EMA from 30m / 60m / 240m (default length 12).
“Air gaps” are the price spaces between these lines—often lighter-resistance zones for price.
Start point logic:
All Bars = draw from the chart’s left
Start of Day = draw from today’s first bar
Bars Offset = draw from N bars back (default 100)
Settings in F) Air Gaps (TFs, length, draw-from, bars-back).
Inputs & where to tweak
A) EMA Clouds
Show EMA Clouds: master toggle
Source: close (default)
Lengths: 8/12/21/34/50/200
Show EMA lines: toggle plotted lines (clouds remain)
B) MTF Rails
Show MTF Rails
TF1/TF2/TF3 (defaults 30/60/240)
EMA A/B (defaults 34/50)
C) RVol Box
Show box
Format as K/M/B: K=1e3, M=1e6, B=1e9
D) DTR/ATR Box
Show DTR/ATR
ATR len: default 14 (daily)
E) Ripster Trend Labels
Show labels
Trend TF: default 10 (10-minute)
Trend EMA Fast/Slow: default 12/50
F) Air Gaps
Show Air Gap lines
TF1/TF2/TF3 (30/60/240)
EMA length: default 12
Draw from: All Bars | Start of Day | Bars Offset
Bars back: used if Draw from = Bars Offset
How it makes decisions
Cloud bias = sign of (faster EMA − slower EMA) for each cloud pair.
Example: 12>21 → fast cloud is bullish (green); 34>50 → mid cloud bullish (teal).
10m trend label = sign of (EMA12−EMA50) on the Trend TF (default 10m).
RVol = volume / sma(volume, 20); formatted as a percent and color-coded.
Practical read of the screen
Fast cloud flips (12/21) often mark short-term momentum changes; mid cloud flips (34/50) reflect swing bias.
Air Gap lines from higher TFs frequently act as support/resistance. Larger spaces between lines = “air gaps” where price can move with less friction.
RVol color tells you how “real” a move is: red/yellow often confirms momentum; blue warns of thin/liquidy bars.
DTR vs ATR shows if today’s range is stretched vs recent norm.
Design choices (why your prior errors are gone)
Removed multiline ?: chains → replaced by if/else (Pine v6 is picky about line continuations).
Moved fill() calls outside of local if blocks (Pine limitation).
ta.change(time("D")) != 0 makes the if condition boolean.
Declared G_drawFrom / G_barsBack before startX() so identifiers exist.
[DEM] Fair Value Gaps Fair Value Gaps is designed to identify and visualize institutional Fair Value Gaps (FVGs) on the price chart by detecting three-candle patterns where a significant price gap exists between non-adjacent candles, indicating areas where price moved too quickly and left behind unfilled liquidity zones. The indicator identifies bullish FVGs when the current low exceeds the high from two bars ago by more than a configurable ATR multiplier (default 1.1), and bearish FVGs when the low from two bars ago exceeds the current high by the same threshold, ensuring only significant gaps are marked. When detected, the indicator draws semi-transparent boxes around the gap areas with midline references, colors the chart background green for bullish gaps and red for bearish gaps, and maintains these visual markers as potential support/resistance levels where institutional traders may look to fill orders, helping traders identify key price levels where future reversals or continuations might occur.
Gap Finder with Box FillSetup and Inputs
The indicator checks the current and previous candles to find gaps, using a color input for filling the gap area on the chart.
Gap Detection:
If the current candle opens higher than the previous close and doesn’t overlap with the previous candle’s range, it marks this as a gap-up.
If the current candle opens lower than the previous close without overlap, it’s marked as a gap-down.
Drawing the Gap:
When a gap-up or gap-down is found, the script draws a box from the previous close to the current candle’s low or high, filling it with the chosen color.
Benefits
Visual Aid: The filled box highlights gaps, making them easy to spot on the chart.
Trade Signals: Gaps can show strong market moves, helping traders spot potential entries or watch for reversals.
Customizable: You can adjust the color to fit your chart style, making the gaps stand out clearly.
This simple tool gives traders a quick view of gaps, which are often key points of interest in technical analysis.
Price GapsThis indicator highlights bullish and bearish gaps in price movement. You can customize the colors, transparency, border width, and label size. The script detects gaps where the current low is higher than the previous high (bullish) or the current high is lower than the previous low (bearish). It then draws boxes around these gaps and labels them with their size. The indicator updates the boxes as long as the gaps remain open and removes them once they close. You can also choose the timeframe for the gaps detection.
PT FVG ImbalancesVersion 1.0 of the PT FVG Gaps & Flat Opens was developed to visually identify any imbalances in price. This indicator can be used on all timeframes.
Fair Value Gaps are a key component when trading price action. They are derived from zones in liquidity where price moved quickly in a certain direction leaving gaps behind. These areas tend to act as magnets to price throughout the trading session of that timeframe.
PT FVG Features:
-Gaps that have been partially filled will shade darker to show price has already attempted to fill that gap before (Toggle Highlight Gap Fill).
-Gaps that have been partially filled will remove a portion of the background zone to indicate how much gap is left to fill in the full zone (Toggle Highlight Remaining Gap).
Flat Open Candles are derived from candles that open without a wick (wickless candles). Price more often than not tends to gravitate towards these areas in the near future to fill the wickless candle before continuing on with the trend. Can be used on all timeframes, but the higher the timeframe holds more weight.
PT Flat Open Features:
-Flat open sensitivity would recommend keeping it around 30-50. If scalping keep it sub 30. This feature determines how many flat opens you want on your chat at one time.
-Delete flat open line allows us to delete the line once price has filled the wickless candle.
Video with strategy will be uploaded shortly! It is included as part of the library. Just message us for access!
Opening Range Gaps [LEG]📌 Opening Range Gaps
Are you tired of indicators that don’t show the correct opening price on CFDs, or that fail to capture the true 09:30 open or the 16:14 on Nasdaq futures?
Or worse… tools that only work on the 1-minute chart?
👉 This script was built to fix that.
🔑 Why this indicator?
Unlike most gap tools, Opening Range Gaps :
Works seamlessly on both CFDs and Futures for Nasdaq.
Captures the exact 16:14 close (the CFD session end) and the true 09:30 open using M1 data aggregation, even if you’re on a higher timeframe.
Works reliably on any intraday timeframe — not just the 1-minute chart, but all the way up to the timeframe you set in the Timeframe Limit (default: 30m).
⚙️ Features:
Gap Detection with Precision
Uses the close of the 16:14 bar (last CFD session minute) as the reference.
Captures the specific open at 09:30 (not approximated by session).
Plots the gap as a shaded box with customizable colors.
Quarter Levels Inside the Gap
Automatically divides the gap into 25%, 50%, and 75% levels for precision trading.
Customization
Show/hide vertical session delimitations.
Choose whether to track the reference price throughout the session.
Extend boxes to the right for context.
Keep only the last “n” gaps on your chart (default: 10).
Works Across Timeframes
Thanks to request.security_lower_tf, all logic is based on 1-minute data, so even if you’re on 5m, 15m, or 30m, the gap will always plot with exact levels.
🧭 Use Cases
Spot the true overnight gap between CFD close (16:14) and futures open (09:30).
Track how Nasdaq fills (or fails to fill) gaps during the day.
Use quarter levels for partial fills, rejection points, or continuation setups.
Combine with ICT concepts or price action strategies to identify liquidity-driven moves.
SMC Analysis - Fair Value Gaps (Enhanced)SMC Analysis - Fair Value Gaps (Enhanced) Script Summary
Overview
The "SMC Analysis - Fair Value Gaps (Enhanced)" script, written in Pine Script (version 6), is a technical analysis indicator designed for TradingView to identify and visualize Fair Value Gaps (FVGs) on a price chart. It supports both the main timeframe and multiple higher timeframes (MTF) for comprehensive market analysis. FVGs are price gaps formed by a three-candle pattern, indicating potential areas of market inefficiency where price may return to fill the gap.
Key Features
FVG Detection:
Identifies bullish FVGs: Occur when the high of a candle two bars prior is lower than the low of the current candle, with the middle candle being bullish (close > open).
Identifies bearish FVGs: Occur when the low of a candle two bars prior is higher than the high of the current candle, with the middle candle being bearish (close < open).
Visualizes FVGs as colored boxes on the chart (green for bullish, red for bearish).
Mitigation Tracking:
Tracks when FVGs are touched (price overlaps the gap range) or mitigated (price fully closes the gap).
Strict Mode: Marks an FVG as mitigated when price touches the gap range.
Normal Mode: Requires a full breakthrough (price crossing the gap’s bottom for bullish FVGs or top for bearish FVGs) for mitigation.
Optionally converts FVG box borders to dashed lines and increases transparency when partially touched.
Multi-Timeframe (MTF) Support:
Analyzes FVGs on three user-defined higher timeframes (default: 15m, 60m, 240m).
Displays MTF FVGs with distinct labels and slightly more transparent colors.
Ensures no duplicate processing of MTF bars to maintain performance.
Customization Options:
FVG Length: Adjustable duration for how long FVGs are displayed (default: 20 bars).
Show/Hide FVGs: Toggle visibility for main timeframe and each MTF.
Color Customization: User-defined colors for bullish and bearish FVGs (default: green and red).
Display Options: Toggle for showing dashed lines after partial touches and strict mitigation mode.
Performance Optimization:
Limits the number of displayed boxes (50 for main timeframe, 20 per MTF) to prevent performance issues.
Automatically removes older boxes to maintain a clean chart.
Functionality
Visualization: Draws boxes around detected FVGs, with customizable colors and text labels ("FVG" for main timeframe, "FVG " for MTF).
Dynamic Updates: Extends or terminates FVG boxes based on mitigation status and user settings.
Efficient Storage: Uses arrays to manage FVG data (boxes, tops, bottoms, indices, mitigation status, and touch status) separately for main and MTF analyses.
Use Case
This indicator is designed for traders using Smart Money Concepts (SMC) to identify areas of market inefficiency (FVGs) for potential price reversals or continuations. The MTF support allows analysis across different timeframes, aiding in confirming trends or spotting higher-timeframe support/resistance zones.
Breakaway Gaps and Breakaway Areas | ArjoioThis indicator highlights potential Break-Away Gaps (BAGs) by combining key elements of market structure into a concise visual tool. It identifies significant price gaps while tracking swing highs and lows, then evaluates if those gaps are likely to drive a strong directional move. Here’s how it works:
- It scans for Fair Value Gaps (FVGs) that form when recent highs or lows create noticeable separations in price.
- It monitors swing points to mark crucial turning zones where price has previously reversed or paused.
- When a gap is detected, the tool checks if the recent pullback activity and current market structure support a move toward an important target, rather than a simple retracement.
- The indicator uses color-coded visual cues to distinguish between bullish and bearish conditions, shading key areas and marking breakaway zones that meet its criteria.
The indicator blends the detection of gap areas, dynamic swing analysis, and pullback validation to signal when a gap is most likely to lead to a sustained move.
TASC 2024.07 Gaps and Extreme Closes█ OVERVIEW
This script, inspired by Perry Kaufman's article "Trading Opening Gaps and Extreme Closes in Stocks" from the TASC's July 2024 edition of Traders' Tips , provides analytical insights into stock price behaviors following significant price moves. The information about the frequency, pullbacks, and closing patterns of these extreme price movements can aid in developing more effective trading strategies by understanding what to expect during volatile market conditions.
█ CONCEPTS
Perry Kaufman's article investigates the behavior of stock prices following substantial opening gaps and extreme closing moves to identify patterns and expectations that traders can utilize to make informed decisions. The motivation behind the article is to offer traders a more scientific approach to understanding price movements during volatile market conditions, particularly during earnings season or significant economic events. Kaufman's analysis reveals that stock prices have a history of exhibiting certain behaviors after substantial price gaps and extreme closes. This script follows Perry Kaufman's study and helps provide insight into how prices often behave after significant price changes. This analysis can help traders establish price movement expectations and potential strategies for trading such occurrences.
█ CALCULATIONS
Input Parameters:
This script offers users the choice to analyze "Opening Gaps" or "Extreme Closes" for price movements of different predefined magnitudes in a specified direction ("Upward" or "Downward").
Outputs:
Based on the specified inputs, the script performs the following calculations for the active ticker displayed on the chart:
Frequency of Extreme Price Movements : Quantifies the occurrences of directional price movements within predefined percentage ranges.
Average Pullbacks : Computes the average retracement (pullback) from analyzed price movements within each percentage range.
Average Closes : Analyzes the typical closing behavior relative to the directional price movements within each range.
The script organizes the results from these calculations within the table on a separate chart pane, providing users with helpful insights into how a stock historically behaved following significant price movements.
