Imbalance Zone
The indicator finds imbalance zones (FVG) on its own across 3 consecutive candles — a price gap between the High of the first and the Low of the third candle (bullish) or the Low of the first and the High of the third (bearish). The zone is built from the 2nd candle; price returns to the boundary — that's your signal.
It looks at 3 consecutive candles: if there's a gap between the High of the first and the Low of the third (or the Low of the first and the High of the third), it draws a zone from the 2nd candle. You don't mark the levels by hand.
Price returns to the zone and touches the boundary — the trigger fires. Separately, the indicator marks candle formations (Absorption · Pin Bar · Long Wick) with markers — an independent layer for you to read.
Test mode runs the strategy over history with automatic SL/TP: profit/loss, number of trades — accounting for commission, slippage and tick value.
Absorption (a shift in control), Pin Bar (level rejection) and Long Wick (level probe) are detected and marked by the indicator independently of the zones — you read them as standalone context, not as a zone filter.
Until the gap is filled, the zone is active. Price passes all the way through it (bullish: Low ≤ zone.Low · bearish: High ≥ zone.High) — the gap is closed, the zone closes and fades to gray-blue.
Checks every 3 consecutive candles for a price gap between the outer ones: Low of the 3rd above High of the 1st (bullish) or High of the 3rd below Low of the 1st (bearish).
There's a gap and it's above Min Zone Height — draws a zone from the 2nd candle and extends it to the right: green upward, red downward.
Price returns to the zone: the first touch of the boundary deactivates the trigger and gives a signal — an indigo dot.
Price passes all the way through the zone (gap filled: bullish Low ≤ zone.Low · bearish High ≥ zone.High) — the zone fades to gray-blue so it won't clutter the active levels.
3 consecutive candles leave a gap between the High of the 1st and the Low of the 3rd (Low 3 > High 1); the zone is built from the 2nd candle and extends to the right. Price's return to the boundary (● touch) gives a signal.
A triplet of candles left a gap → green zone from the 2nd candle. Price returned to the boundary (● trigger) → LONG signal, bars turn green, bounce up.
A trader wants to enter off strong zones, but plain zones are everywhere — and wants to decide by context, not take every one.
- Sets the analysis period for the instrument and turns on zone display
- Waits for an FVG zone to form — a gap between the 1st and 3rd candles in the triplet
- Waits for price to return to the boundary (● touch = signal); meanwhile, watches the independent formation markers (Pin Bar / Absorption)
- Places the stop beyond the zone boundary, enters on the touch; test mode tallies stats over history
Zone period and height, trigger size, three candle patterns, bar highlighting by status, breakout offset, test mode with stats and alerts to a Telegram bot — tune it all to your instrument and style.