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Price Action · INDICATOR

High / Low Disbalance

The indicator finds unbroken extremes — where a High is higher, or a Low is lower, than every neighboring bar — and draws imbalance zones (resistance above · support below) with pivot levels, a Value Area and three-stage reversal levels.

ATAS · .NET 7Indicator · imbalance zonesPrice Action · levels
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Imbalance zones: a High zone above (resistance) with a ▼ rebound down, a Low zone below (support) with a ▲ rebound up; pivot lines extended to the right, a trend line drawn on breakouts.
WHY IT MATTERS
1
Marks the levels for you

The center bar of the period prints a High above (or a Low below) every neighboring bar — on that unbroken extreme it draws a resistance zone above or a support zone below. Levels and the Value Area are computed automatically; you don't drag anything by hand.

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Shows the strength of a level

The reversal level evolves State1 → State2 → State3 as rebounds and breakdowns play out. You see whether the level is gaining strength — you enter on a confirmed state, not on the first touch.

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Test it before you risk money

Test mode runs the signals over history with SL/TP simulation: profit and loss in ticks and $, accounting for commission and slippage.

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KEY FEATURES
High/Low imbalance zonesUnbroken extreme at the center of the period → a resistance zone above or a support zone below; the pivot line extends to the right.
Value Area in every zoneVAH/VAL and MaxVolumePrice — the 70%-volume core inside the zone, the level's “fair price”.
Reversal levels State1-3The line evolves from formation to activation via the Rebound/Breakdown 1·2·3 parameters.
4 analysis sourcesVolume · Delta · Reversal · Trend; direction — Highs & Lows, Highs only or Lows only.
Profile · trend · false breakoutsA volume/delta histogram under price, trend lines drawn on breakouts and false-breakout markers.
Test mode with statsSL/TP simulation in ticks, commission and slippage — profit/loss over history.
The reversal level gains strength State1 → State2 → State3 as rebounds and breakdowns play out
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One line in three states: State1 (formation) → State2 (dashed) → State3 (solid bold, activation). The Rebound/Breakdown 1·2·3 parameters set the transition threshold — entry only on a confirmed State3, not on the first touch.
Reversal level State1-3

One line evolves from formation to activation: the more solid and bold it is, the closer the entry. The transition threshold is set by the Rebound/Breakdown 1·2·3 parameters — a signal only on a confirmed State3.

A profile histogram under price: volume and delta across levels in every period
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The profile lays out volume and delta (+/−) across the zone's price levels, finds MaxVolumePrice and grows the Value Area around it up to 70% of volume. Overweight and value filters cut out weak zones with no market activity.
Volume and delta profile

A histogram under price lays out volume and delta (+/−) across the zone's levels, finds MaxVolumePrice and grows the Value Area around it. Overweight and value filters cut out weak zones with no market activity.

HOW IT WORKS
1Finds the unbroken extreme

Groups candles into periods: the center of a period makes a High above (or a Low below) every neighboring bar → draws an imbalance zone with a pivot line.

2Computes the Value Area

The profile inside the zone lays out volume across the levels, finds MaxVolumePrice and grows the Value Area around it — the 70%-volume core.

3The level gains strength

Price returns to the zone — the reversal level evolves State1 → State2 → State3 as rebounds and breakdowns play out.

4Confirmed rebound

On a confirmed State3 rebound off the pivot/Value Area a ▲/▼ arrow appears — you enter on the level's strength, not on the first touch.

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Anatomy of a zone: the center of the period makes a Low below all neighbors → a support zone + pivot line; the profile finds the Value Area (VAH · MaxVolumePrice · VAL, 70% volume).
Anatomy of an imbalance zone

The center of the period makes a Low below every neighboring bar → a support zone with a pivot line extended to the right. Inside, the profile finds the Value Area — the 70%-volume core around MaxVolumePrice. That's how the indicator sees where the market left an inefficiency.

High / Low imbalance zone — unbroken extreme: resistance above, support below
Pivot line + Value Area — the extreme level extended to the right; VAH/VAL — the 70%-volume core
Green candle · ▲ rebound up — return to the Low zone and a push off it — a signal to reverse up
Red candle · ▼ rebound down — return to the High zone and a rejection — a signal to reverse down
IN PRACTICE
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Support at an unbroken low: price ran up, returned to the Low zone, pushed off the pivot/Value Area → ▲ rebound arrow — long.
Rebound off a support zone

Price formed an unbroken low, ran up and after N bars returned to the zone. A rebound off the pivot/Value Area gives a ▲ arrow — a long off the level with volume, not off a random touch.

Support: return to the imbalance zone → rebound up

A trader looks for levels where price will reverse, but plain highs and lows don't show at a glance where the market left an inefficiency or whether there's volume there.

  1. Sets the analysis period and source (Volume/Delta) for the instrument
  2. The indicator draws a support zone at the unbroken low + the Value Area
  3. Waits for price to return to the zone — the reversal level builds up to State3
  4. Rebound off the pivot/Value Area → ▲ arrow, entry; the setup is checked in test mode
Result: Inefficiency zones are marked automatically, the level's strength is visible via State1-3, and the entry is on a confirmed rebound off support with volume — not on a random touch.
SETUP & INTEGRATION
Fully configurable
Source Mode · Direction · PeriodOverweight / Value filtersHistogram · Value AreaReversal Levels · State1-3Levels · Trends · LabelsSignal Markers · AlertsTest Mode · stats

Analysis source (volume/delta/reversal/trend), direction and period, overweight and value filters, display of zones/levels/trend, reversal-level parameters and test mode — tuned to your instrument and style.

PlatformATAS (.NET 7) — an indicator on the chart
Signalszones + pivot levels + rebound arrows, alerts to file / Telegram
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