Professional Breakout Checklist

The "Professional Breakout Checklist Indicator" designed to automate and visually represent the stringent criteria for high-probability breakout trade entries. This indicator transforms a manual checklist into a dynamic, chart-based system, leveraging TradingView's robust charting and custom indicator capabilities .

At its core, the indicator systematically identifies consolidation phases, which are crucial precursors to genuine breakouts. It achieves this by calculating the range of price action over a user-defined lookback period and comparing it to a multiple of the Average True Range (ATR), a measure of market volatility. When price tightens within this calculated range, the indicator visually shades the consolidation zone on the chart, signaling potential accumulation or distribution.

For a breakout to be considered valid, the indicator demands specific volume and volatility confirmation. It calculates the average volume over a set period and only triggers a signal if the breakout candle's volume significantly exceeds this average—specifically, 1.5 times the mean volume. This ensures that the price movement has strong conviction and institutional interest behind it, filtering out weak or false breakouts.

The breakout trigger mechanism is precise, requiring the breakout candle to close not just beyond the detected support or resistance, but by a user-specified number of "clearance ticks." This addresses the need to avoid noise and confirm the true breach of a level. Upon a confirmed breakout, the indicator immediately calculates and plots a suggested risk-reward setup. This includes a stop-loss level, derived from the ATR, and a take-profit target that adheres to a minimum 2:1 reward-to-risk ratio. These visual cues assist traders in defining their risk exposure and potential gains before entry.

Furthermore, the indicator integrates crucial market context by offering an optional trend filter, typically a 50-period Exponential Moving Average (EMA). This ensures that breakout signals align with the broader market direction, enhancing probability.

Beyond these core checklist items, the indicator incorporates professional enhancements. It provides an option to wait for retest confirmation, a strategy often employed by seasoned traders where price retests the breakout level before continuing its move, offering a potentially safer entry point. Additionally, a false breakout filter assesses the quality of the breakout candle, prioritizing those with strong bodies and minimal wicks, which are less likely to be "trap" moves.

The indicator is displayed directly on the chart, using visual cues such as shaded consolidation boxes, distinct shapes for bullish/bearish entry signals, and plotted lines for stop-loss and take-profit targets. Its design enables traders to efficiently analyze setups, confirm adherence to their trading plan, and receive timely alerts for potential opportunities, streamlining the decision-making process within the dynamic trading environment of TradingView