TtM - The Phenomenal Five

‘TtM - The Phenomenal Five’ Indicator

NOTE: I am NOT a professional trader. I DO NOT provide investment advice. This content and the data provided in the indicator is based on my live and simulated, personal observations and is ONLY intended for educational purposes. YOU are responsible for ALL your trading decisions and ALL subsequent tax ramifications. Past performance DOES NOT guarantee future results.

‘The Phenomenal Five’ refers to a specific group of five underlying indicators. That is how the indicator got its name. It is a slimmed down version of a prior indicator called ‘The Score Card’. The majority of those previous features got transferred to a new indicator called ‘The Calculator’. That new indicator represents the core of how I presently trade. Although nothing is perfect, ‘The Calculator’ was designed for short term scalps. In my case, those scalps usually range above the 2% mark.

With that being said, there were still features of ‘The Score Card’ that were extremely helpful visual aids. The display of those features, although still very important, could not be coded into a normal, lower indicator. That is why I separated out those five necessities into this indicator.

Here is a list of the features contained within ‘The Phenomenal Five’:

1. Automated Fibonacci Lines: Even though the display is simple, this feature took quite a bit to accomplish. Behind the scenes, it is tracking downward moves. It calculates from the MOST RECENT Pivot High (100%) as its beginning point and continues down to the MOST RECENT lowest low (0%) as its ending point. It then automatically projects Fibonacci Retracement Lines upward based on that downward move. The display of those lines will statically continue until a new lowest low is established OR a new Pivot High is reached. In either of those cases, the display will automatically readjust accordingly. The default values of the 5 adjustable, colored lines are as follows:

Level #1 Orange Line: 23.6%
Level #2 Lime Green Line: 38.2%
Level #3 Blue Line: 50.0%
Level #4 Purple Line: 61.8%
Level #5 Red Line: 78.6%

2. Highlighted Consolidation Zones: Consolidation may not be the right technical trading term here. However, I use it to help explain areas where price is within a range of indecision and is consolidating across a few bars. The yellow highlighted areas, especially the ones with a smaller quantity of bars and a tighter range, help train my eye to spot similar zones which may not meet the exact criteria of the indicator itself. I use the areas I spot AND the areas the indicator highlights as potential profit targets. In other words, instead of forcing my exit decision or a specific percentage as the outcome of a trade, I let the market tell me where to exit. My assumption is that once a trade starts heading in my direction that it would at least gravitate to the middle of the last area of indecision which is quite possibly a yellow Highlighted Consolidation Zone or at least a location I RECOGNIZED as similar to the highlighted areas.

3. Profit Projection Line: This is a line that rides at a specific percentage above current price. In my case, that percentage is 2%. (That number can be adjusted on the ‘Inputs’ window of the indicator.) I use this line combined with the yellow highlighted areas AND locations I define as important visual aids. If, for example, I want to only look at trades that potentially offer 2% or more profit, I can quickly glance at a chart and see if a setup is worth digging into deeper. In other words, if the Profit Projection Line is already above my profit target (yellow highlighted area OR one I recognize), then I move onto the next setup. On the other hand, if the line is below the zone(s), I get a little more interested in working through my trade decision process.

4. Pivot Highs and Lows: A Pivot High, as structured in this indicator, has 10 bars to the left AND 10 bars to the right of the High Bar that ALL closed lower than the close of the High Bar. A Pivot Low, as structured in this indicator, has 10 bars to the left AND 10 bars to the right of the Low Bar that ALL closed higher than the close of the Low Bar. There is NO guarantee that price is going to adjust itself at the High Bar, but based on the data, that adjustment is a logical assumption. However, the main problem is that once a Pivot High or Low has completed, price is already 10 bars past the High Bar. The point is that Pivots, both High and Low, provide real good indications of possible market sentiment, but they are a definitely a ‘lagging’ portion of the indicator.

Note: For visual reference, the indicator is coded to display on the High/Low Bar, even though the full Pivot did not complete until 10 bars later.

With that being said, I also have ‘The Phenomenal Five’ coded to display what might be considered 1/2 of a Pivot High or Low. In this case, the indicator DOES NOT take into account any bars to the right. Instead, I have what I call possible 8’s, 9’s and 10’s. This version of the Pivots, both High and Low, are displayed in purple boxes on the chart. An *8* High will only appear when the prior 8 bars closed lower than that interim High Bar. A *9* Low will only appear when the prior 9 bars closed higher than that interim Low Bar and so on.

Here is the reasoning behind these pseudo Pivots. Let’s assume I locate a bounce in the market and wanted to enter a trade. If an *8* High displayed, I may think twice about that entry. There are obviously NO guarantees, but perhaps the upward move I was looking to catch has already moved to far to sustain the profit percentage I desired. On the other hand, let’s assume I was looking for an early indication of a possible bounce. There are obviously NO guarantees, but if an *8* Low, then *9* Low and *10* Low displayed on the most recent 3 bars, I might be more confident in an earlier entry to catch a larger portion of the potential bounce.

5. Zig Zag Line: Price action on a chart can be quite annoying. It moves up, down, sideways or in whatever direction it wants whenever it wants to. I use the Zig Zag Line as a visual aid to help smooth out that chaos. It helps drown out some of the choppiness when I am in the heat of the battle trying to make a trading decision.

Be aware, that the Zig Zag Line is far from perfect. It is somewhat more of a hack than pure coding. It combines various readings across a different timeframe to even have a chance at being somewhat visually correct. The question then becomes, why did I code it into ‘The Phenomenal Five’? The answer is simple. None of my decisions depend on the line. Basically, it just tells me where I am at on the chart. So, in my case, I don’t mind a little imperfection in this visual aid. Additionally, the free version of TradingView allows for only 3 indicators on a chart. By combining a less than perfect version here, I freed up one of those slots. However, if I had an available slot on my charts for an additional indicator, I would use the TradingView, built-in Zig Zag tool. My personal settings for that tool are Deviation 0.00001, Depth 10 and I have the ‘Extend To Last Bar’ box checked. To disable my Zig Zag Line, I simply UNcheck the ‘Zig Zag Display’ box on the style page of the indicator.

Note: Just about everything (including, lines, levels, percentages and colors) within ‘The Phenomenal Five’ is adjustable. It’s as simple as clicking on the ‘gear’ icon to the right of the name of the indicator. From there, the ‘Input’ page controls the settings and the ‘Style’ page controls the colors. I can make my updates, hit ‘SAVE’ and in essence I have a new indicator that calculates based off the new edits. That makes things REAL EASY to change for further testing purposes.

That’s it. Let me know what you think. You can ‘Follow’ and/or ‘Message’ me within the TradingView platform at: https://www.tradingview.com/u/thetradingguy

Full Speed ahead. Go get ‘em!!!
The Trading Guy

Acknowledgments: I would like to personally thank the following TV members for their inspiration and, in certain cases, their code snippet usage approval: RicardoSantos and LazyBear. By virtue of building on their publically available code snippets, the finish line came sooner rather than later. Also, a special thanks to gyromatical for assistance and brain storming.