Inside Bars (Multiple / Consecutive)Description
When an inside bar is found, the indicator remembers the high and low (= range) of the candle before the inside bar.
As long as price moves within the range, every bar is highlighted as an inside bar to the range.
Purpose
The indicator can assist when identifying valid pullbacks and buy-side liquidity (BSL) / sell-side liquidity (SSL).
Inside
See inside Candles: Directionality %; Constituent Bars & GapsSee inside candles based on user-input LTF setting: get data on 'Directionality' of your candle; Gaps (total and Sum; UP and DOWN); Number of Bull or Bear constituent candles
//Features:
-DIRECTIONALITY: compare length of the 'zig-zag' random walk of lower time frame constituent candles, to the full height of the current candle. Resulting % I refer to as 'directionality'.
-GAPs: what i refer to as 'gaps' are also known as Volume imbalances: the gap between previous candles close and current candle's open (if there is one).
--Gaps total (up vs down gaps). Number of Up gaps printed above bar in green, down gaps printed below bar in red.
--Gaps Sum (total summed UP gap, total summed down gaps. Sum of Up gaps printed above bar in green, Sum of down gaps printed below bar in red.
-Candles Total: Numer of LTF up vs down candles within current timeframe candle. Number of up candles printed above bar in green, Number of down candles printed below bar in red.
//USAGE:
-Primary purpose in this was the Directionality aspect. Wanted to get a measure of how choppy vs how directional the internals of a candle were. Idea being that a candle with high % directionality (approaching 100) would imply trending conditions; while a candle which was large range and full bodies but had a low % directionality would imply the internals were back-and-forth and => rebalanced, potentially indicating price may not need to retrace back into it and rebalance further. All rather experimental, please treat it as such: have a play around with it.
-Number of gaps, Sums of up and down gaps, ratio of up and down constituent candles also intended to serve a similar purpose as the above.
-Set the input lower timeframe; this must obviously be lower then your current timeframe. You will significant differences in results depending on the ratio your timeframes (chart timeframe vs user-input timeframe).
//User Inputs:
-Lower timeframe input (setting child candle size within current chart parent candle).
-Choose function from the four listed above.
-typical formating options: Bull color/bear color txt for gaps functions.
-display % unit or not.
-display vertical or horizontal text.
-Set min / max directionality thresholds; and color code results.
-Toggle on/off 'hide results outside of threshold' to declutter the chart.
-choose label style.
//NOTES:
-Directionality thresholds can be set manually; Max and Min thresholds can be set to filter out 'non-extreme' readings.
-Note that directionality % can sometimes exceed 100%, in cases where price trends very strongly and gaps up continuously such that sum of constituent candles is less than total range of parent candle.
-Personally i like the idea of seeking bold, large-range, full bodied candles, with a lower than typical directionality %; indicating that a price move is both significant and it's already done it's rebalancing; I would see this as potentially favourable for continuation (obviously depending on context).
---- Showcase of the other functions beyond Directionality percentage ----
Candles Total (bull vs Bear). ES1! Hourly; ltf = 5min: Candles total: LTF up candles and LTF down candles making up the current HTF candle (constituent number of UP candles printed above in green, Down candles printed below in red):
Gaps SUM. SPX hourly, ltf = 5min. Sum of 'UP' gaps within candle printed above in green, sum of 'DOWN' gaps printed below in red:
Gaps TOTAL: SPX hourly, ltf = 1min. Simply the total of 'up' gaps vs 'down' gaps withing our candle; based on the user input constituent candles within:
Candle Combo ScreenerThe Candle Combo Screener allows you to see candlestick combinations for up to 5 different tickers at the same time . If one of the candle combination is detected the corresponding cell will be highlighted to alert you.
Candle Combinations Detected
Bullish Kicker
Bullish & Bearish Oops Reversals
Open Equals High / Low
Inside Day
Select any 5 tickers. Colors and table settings are fully customizable to fit your style.
Bullish Kicker
The opening price of the current candle gaps up above the body of the prior day's candle AND the prior day's candle close was less than the open.
Oops Reversals
Bullish: Price opens below the prior day’s low and closes above.
Bearish: Price opens above the prior day's high and closes below.
Open Equals High / Low
The current candles opening price is equal to either the high or low of the day.
Inside Day
The current candles high and low are contained within the prior day's high and low.
Inside Candle and mother candle range with alert++>>This script allows you the inside bar candle and the cnadle is shown in white.
The range of the mother candle is identified and tracked until it breaks.
Once the first range is over ridden then the next similar pattern will be occured and the tracking will be done for the mother candle latest occurrence.
It also has the alert mechanism where you can go and the alert for the indicator in Alerts.
5 min is the most preferrable time frame and while saving the alert Note to save the time frame of the chart. For which ever time frame is saved the Alert will be triggered for the same .
And when th inside bar is triggered it throws an alert condition. this alert condition has to be configured in your alerts and will be buzzing on the screen.
Oct 20
Release Notes: updated with Mother candle top and bottom lines of previous occurrences and tracks the current latest Inside bar mother candle
Release Notes: this script allows you the inside bar cnadle and the cnadle is shown in white. highlighter is configurable and line colors as well.
Strategy Myth-Busting #10 - InsideBar+EMA - [MYN]This is part of a new series we are calling "Strategy Myth-Busting" where we take open public manual trading strategies and automate them. The goal is to not only validate the authenticity of the claims but to provide an automated version for traders who wish to trade autonomously.
Our 10th one we are automating is the " 75% Win Rate High Profit Inside Bar Trading Strategy - What If You ... " strategy from " Trade Pro " who claims to have backtested this manually and achieved 11,063% profit with a 75% winrate over 100 trades. I was unable to emulate these results consistently accommodating for slippage and commission but even so, the results look promising. I was only able to achieve this win-rate with some multiple take profit staggering. Even so the markdown is above where I would normally consider comfortable (>20%).
If you know of or have a strategy you want to see myth-busted or just have an idea for one, please feel free to message me.
This strategy uses a combination of 2 open-source public indicators:
Inside Bar Ind/Alert by CMA
EMA (built-in)
Trading Rules
4 hour candles
Stop Loss at EMA Line with TP Target 1.5x the risk
Long Entry when these conditions are true
inside bar and bullish
Bar close's above 50 ema
Price action rises above high of inside bar .
Short Entry when these conditions are true
inside bar and bearish
Bar close below 50 ema
Price action falls below low of inside bar
[LIB] Array / Matrix DisplayLibrary "ArrayMatrixHUD"
Show Array or Matrix Elements In Table
For Arrays: Set the number of rows you want the data displayed in and it will generate a table, calculating the columns based on the size of the array being displayed.
For Matrix: It will automatically match the Rows and Columns to the values in the matrix.
Note: On the left, the table shows the index of the array/matrix value starting at 1. So, to call that value from inside the array, subtract 1 from the index value to the left. For matrices, keep in mind that the row and column are also starting at one when trying to call a value from the matrix. The numbering of the values on the left is for display purposes only.
viewArray(_arrayName, _pos, _txtSize, _tRows)
Array Element Display (Supports float, int, string, and bool)
Parameters:
_arrayName : ID of Array to be Displayed
_pos : Position for Table
_txtSize : Size of Table Cell Text
_tRows : Number of Rows to Display Data In (columns will be calculated accordingly)
Returns: A Display of Array Values in a Table
viewMatrix(_matrixName, _pos, _txtSize)
Matrix Element Display (Supports float, int, string, and bool)
Parameters:
_matrixName : ID of Matrix to be Displayed
_pos : Position for Table
_txtSize : Size of Table Cell Text
Returns: A Display of Matrix Values in a Table
4C Inside/Outside BarThis indicator colors the candle body based on whether it closed as an Inside Bar (IB) or an Outside Bar (OB).
Inside and outside bars can be powerful triggers to enter or exit trades from, when price breaks above or below the candle.
The coloring of only the body and not the border of the candle makes it possible to still know whether the candle was bullish/bearish.
This indicator has the unique ability to add/hide labels for each IB and OB.
Small labels are printed on the chart directly below the candle. (See below)
It also has the unique ability to paint the chart background when an IB forms directly after an OB.
This is a special combination of the two, and can also be a powerful signal.
This feature can be turned on/off. (See below)
Thanks to Craig Stine, as some parts of this indicator were adapted from Custom Candle color Inside/Outside candles, Highwave, Star Patt. by Craig_Stine
Tradingview ToolkitA new trader's biggest barrier to entry is lack of understanding where they are in terms of time and price and with tradingview free they are often limited to just 1 or 2 extra indicators as many new traders slap on RSI and MACD as 2/3 free ones. While these indicators are fine for trend analysis, its important to know where the price is in relation to time. Thus, this all-in-one script is meant to have a lot of customizable utility to save on indicator spots and act as a hotspot for many common needs.
-2 Sets of VWAP line w/ standard deviation bands with customizable timeframes.
-1 more customizable timeframe VWAP line (no std dev bands) to use as a long time frame reference
-Ability to plot previous VWAP close prices over current timeframe on all VWAP lines w/ basic color changing if price closes above/below
-2 Sets of Bollinger Bands with customizable source length and MA type
-3 customizable moving averages with custom timeframe/resolutions
-Inside candle barcolor repainter to easily notice if a candle was inside the range of the previous candle (price contraction)
Not meant to have everything on at once, but simply a place to enable and disable different things and save spots for more important things
Coloring an inside barThis script colors the candles covered in the previous candle. The candle is colored. You can make many adjustments yourself.
Inside Bar and Outside Bar Simple indicator, to show outside bars and inside bars
inside sellbar = "I" in red color
inside buybar = "I" in green color
Outside sellbar = "O" in red color
Outside buybar = "O" in green color
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PT-BR
Indicador simples, para mostrar outside bars e inside bars
inside sellbar = "I" na cor vermelha
inside buybar = "I" na cor verde
Outside sellbar = "O" na cor vermelha
Outside buybar = "O" na cor verde
Babypips: Inside Bar Momentum StrategyThe strategy contained in this post comes courtesy of babypips (.com), an excellent resource for all thing forex related. If you are new to trading, the site is definitely worth checking out!
Code commentary and an introduction to Inside Bars are available for this post on the Backtest-Rookies (.com) website.
Note: If you are interested in custom development services, please check out our services page on the Backtest-Rookies site.
Strategy Overview
Inside Bar Momentum Strategy.
Inside Bar Detection
Position sizing based on stoploss distance ( Note: Based on equity and assumes that the account currency is the counter currency.
Stop buys for entries
Takeprofit / Stoplosses for exits
Control Stopbuy, Takeprofit and Stoploss targets with inputs
Control Backtest start/end dates
Price Action Awesome IndicatorThis indicator is everything you need to do Price Action Trading.
It provides signals about:
Inside Bars
Pin Bars
Fakey Pin Bars (background color red or green for bearish or bullish fakeys)
Inside Bar Breakout FailureSimple indicator to highlight Inside Bar Breakout Failure patterns on chart.
jc-Inside_BarCopyright by jack calo -- v1.0 -- 03/04/2015 -- Paint the bar yellow when it's an inside day. When the full range of a candle is equal or within the full range of the previous bar. Credit to Rob Smith and his In The Black Strategy.
