Cast Forward

16 Jan

This indicator will not forecast price action. It will not predict price movement nor will it in any way predict the outcome of any trade you may take. This is not a signal for buying or selling. You must do your own back testing and analysis for trading.


Time and price are the two most important components of market data. Where was price at what time? To help visualize this question I created this indicator. It allows for the previous session data to be overlayed onto the chart offset forward 24 hours. What this means is that you have the high, (high/low)/2, and low of each candle plotted on top of your chart for the time frame of the current chart, but offset so that the data from the current candle has the data from the corresponding candle 24 hours prior lined up on the x-axis.

SMA Logic: I used the SMA (Simple Moving Average) function with a length of 1 to plot the data points without any smoothing to give the true values of the data.

For Intraday Charting

For Electronic Trading Hours:

In order to line up the data correctly, for intraday charts, I used the current chart timeframe and divided it into 1380 (number of minutes in the 23 hour futures market trading day) to set the data offset. Using the same math logic, this indicator also gives the correct correlated data on the 30 second time frame. If the chart time frame that is currently being used does not allow for correct data correlation (not a factor of 1380) it will not plot the data.

For Regular Trading Hours:

In order to line up the data correctly, for intraday charts, I used the current chart timeframe and divided it into 405 (number of minutes in the 6 hour 45 minutes New York regular session trading day, including the 15 minute settlement time) to set the data offset. This indicator also gives the correct correlated data on the 30 second time frame. If the chart time frame that is currently being used does not allow for correct data correlation (not a factor of 405) it will not plot the data.

For the Daily Chart:

This indicator plots a visualization of the 20-40-60 day IPDA data range; (The IPDA data range helps traders identify liquidity, price gaps, and equilibrium points in the market, providing insights for optimal trade entries and market structure shifts). It does this using the same SMA logic as the intraday plot. What this means is it offsets the historical data of the daily chart 20, 40, or 60 bars forward. You can plot any combination of the three on the chart at one time, but these will not show on the intraday chart. This allows for visualization of where the market will possibly seek liquidity, seek to rebalance, or seek equilibrium in the future.

17 Jan

Catatan Rilis

This update adds the ability accommodate for previous sessions being half day sessions. Added a check in the settings for previous day half session which will reduce the offset of the data by 4 hours. This is a manual setting, so will need to be returned to normal at the beginning of the next regular session. When back testing for half days, the session immediately following will need to have this selected to have the data corresponding correctly.

2 Feb

Catatan Rilis

This update allows for multiple time frames to be utilized, adding all three previous sessions to the data overlay, allows for only midpoints to be shown, and adds the ability to factor in half sessions into the data to ensure correct correlation. If the asset has a different ending time than the major indices on the half day, that can also be changed in the settings to ensure times and data are correctly correlated.

19 Feb

Catatan Rilis

Added tool tips to better explain how to use it with half sessions.