ICT Professional OB HunterICT Professional OB Hunter
A professional-grade Order Block mapping tool designed for traders following Smart Money Concepts to track institutional order flow and significant market structures.
This tool identifies validated Order Blocks with Break of Structure confirmation, filtering out market noise and focusing only on high-probability levels where institutional participation is evident.
How It Works
The script operates without repainting, using historical swing highs and lows as reference points rather than future data. Three core criteria must be satisfied before an Order Block is drawn:
Strong Candle Formation: The candle must have a significant body (no dojis), exceeding the ATR threshold—indicating genuine institutional participation rather than indecision.
Displacement: Following the Order Block candle, price must move with momentum exceeding 1.5x the ATR. This captures true "market shifting" moves while ignoring slow, low-volume price action.
Break of Structure: Price must definitively break the previous swing high or low to confirm momentum before the Order Block is validated and drawn.
What You See on the Chart
Thick Blue Lines: Bullish Order Blocks representing demand zones where price historically finds support and reacts upward.
Thick Orange Lines: Bearish Order Blocks representing supply zones that act as resistance.
Yellow Boxes: OTE (Optimal Trade Entry) zones between the 50% and 61.8% retracement levels of the Order Block—ICT's preferred fib confluence area for precision entries.
Dashed Lines: Breaker Blocks indicating former Order Blocks that have been violated by price and now act as reverse levels or "mitigated" areas.
Key Differences from Standard Tools
Most available Order Block indicators mark every red or green candle indiscriminately, creating excessive noise and poor trading opportunities. This code implements a displacement filter to capture only structures formed after significant, volume-backed institutional moves. It contains no future reference or repainting logic—all decisions finalize strictly on bar close based on confirmed historical data.
Settings
Displacement Lookback (2-5 bars): Determines how many subsequent bars to analyze for momentum confirmation after the initial Order Block candle. Three bars provides the optimal balance between responsiveness and confirmation.
ATR Multiplier (0.5+): Sets the sensitivity for displacement detection. A value of 1.5 works well for Gold (XAU/USD). Lower values generate more Order Blocks but decrease quality and reliability.
Mitigation Zones: Toggle the display of OTE (Optimal Trade Entry) boxes on or off.
Usage Recommendations
This indicator is not a standalone buy/sell signal generator—it marks zones where institutional capital is likely positioned.
Recommended approach:
Apply to 15-minute or 1-hour charts, particularly during the New York session (14:30-17:00 EST) when institutional volume peaks.
Wait for price to reach the confluence of the Blue Line and Yellow OTE box.
The setup invalidates if price closes below the OTE zone boundary.
When Orange lines transition to dashed (Breaker Block), recognize that former support has become resistance; adjust position management accordingly.
Risk Warning
This is a statistical model based on historical price behavior, not a "holy grail" solution. Market conditions change, particularly during high-volatility macroeconomic news events (FOMC, CPI, NFP), where Order Blocks may fail. Always employ stop-loss protection and integrate this tool as one component of a comprehensive risk management strategy rather than relying on it exclusively.
Written in Pine Script v6 utilizing array structures for efficient real-time line updates and optimized for performance even on older hardware configurations.
Developer Note: Historical backtest analysis indicates that BOS-validated Order Blocks, particularly in Gold (XAU/USD) and major indices, demonstrate improved win rates when combined with disciplined entry criteria and proper risk management. However, the market retains ultimate authority—respect price action above all indicators.
