FX Mini-Day/Index Dividers V2This is a combination of the Mini-Day Separator Indicator, timings based off the research by Tom Henstridge/@LiquiditySniper and additional Index KZ delineations, based on ICT's 2022 Youtube Mentorship.
*It borrows some minor code from Enricoamato997 . Credit where it is due!
This is a joint effort by myself, @vbwilkes / Offseason Vince and @Tom_FOREX / TraderTom on the Index/Index Future portion.
Index Future Example
Forex Example
Killzones
[astropark] Kill ZonesDear Followers,
today I'm glad to present you an indicator which highlights for you the most important market Kill Zones .
This indicator will color background of the time sessions when Asia, London and New York sessions are going to be most active .
This way you can understand easier what istitutions and big hedge funds made during the session.
You can change colors and transparency in the indicator options, default colors are yellow for Asia, blue for London and red for New York sessions.
You can enable the indicator to show background also during the weekend (disabled by default).
This indicator works on all markets, I suggest not to use it above 1h timeframe, 5m-15m is great.
This is a premium indicator , so send me a private message in order to get access to this script.
ICT KillzonesThis Script plots the ICT Killzones in the Chart using a new Panel.
It's based on the Major Forex Sessions and this is usually where Key Swing Points occur.
It has a lookback of 20 days for Performance reasons.
CUSTOMISATION
- Time can be modified
- Lines width can be modified
- Lines colours can be modified
DEFAULT
By default the Killzones will be based on NY Time using the following order
- London Open: 02:00 to 05:00
- New York Open: 07:00 to 10:00
- London Close: 10:00 to 12:00
Fractal Fire Zones/Wave RiderMulti timeframe confluence reader: This indicator plots fractals on any specific timeframe selected, multi time frame ema cross that changes color with the trend, multi timeframe 200ema and a calculation that shows potential turning points with a multi timeframe stochastic oscillator confluence. The fire zones are preferred in a ranging market or for potential scalps while the ema trend is designed to keep you with the main trend in any given session. The accumulation/distribution candles can be used to gauge pull backs for re entry or exits based on time or multiple confirmations.
AsianRange and KillZonesAsia Range Shadow Box and ICT Killzones
If you watch ICT on youtube you will know what to do with this :-)
I had found a lot of great ideas but none of them completely had what I was personally looking for so I put all of the great ideas I had found and added my own twist to it.
I wanted a easily customizable indicator that did the following
- Showed the Asia Range (customizable time)
- Allowed Asia range high and low to be extended
- Fill the asia range or just have it outlined
- The ability to have 4 customizable zones (default to ICT kill zones) but you can make them whatever you want
- Ability to turn off various zones if you want (Maybe you just want a New York Session and thats it)
I also place a "Max timeframe to display" - Personally I don't want this showing on anything over a 60min chart so you can adjust that parameter (in minutes) to your liking.
This was also fully converted to pine v4
I hope in a future revision to take use of the new "box" feature to get a cleaner box around Asia session.
Session Open PricelinesSimple Indicator which shows 5 customizeable Lines for the sessions opening price.
I use it with New York Timezone.
You can easily modify the code for the time, you can also add more sessions to it.
I am no coder and have no idea why the indicator is showing all lines just under m10. I use it with m1 and m3 most of the time.
If you know the answer, it would be so cool if you could write me to modify it and make it work in all timeframes.
ICT Time RangesICT Time Ranges is a concept around the fact that price likes to show volatility spikes in certain times of the day.
Although there are many other scripts such as that revolve around this concept, the difference between this one and some of the others out there is the fact that this code specifically focuses on the ranges like New York, London, Asia, and ICTs concept behind having a "True Day Range". Also, prior scripts draw horizontal lines to delineate the High and Low of the Day. Although this is useful in some cases, I find it to clutter up the chart too much for my liking, so this script negates any of that and simply prints a box in the parameters given within the settings pop-up. This also allows you the fact of having a shape and letter(s) marker for when a new day starts at 0:00.
With this script, you can enable / disable times of the day for:
- London Session
- New York Session
- London Close Session
- Asia Session
- "IPDA" True Day
You can also change the times that these sessions will update to, along with the opacity and color that they print to mark out these times / ranges. The same can be said with the "Day of Week" markers, which can be color coded and show different shapes / formats to your liking.
I find that putting the Session boxes opacity to 7-8% and the day of week markers to 20% is best as this makes them visible enough to see while also keeping it easy on your eyes to analyze your charts.
Overall, this script was based around specific concepts I liked from other individuals' scripts such as @BryceWH and @AvniPiro , but that are tweaked to what I personally find as most beneficial. To see others scripts like this one, you can search for "ICT Killzones" in the public script library!
New York Midnightthis is a unique script because it calibrates each new trading day from midnight new york time rather than the traditional market open time we were taught in books which are not correct.it works in a currencies pairs and not too reliable in commodities and indices
NYCOB Kill Zone StrategyI have now turned the NYCOB Kill zone into a stand alone strategy!
Fully customizable in regards to time of entry and levels of entry but the standard settings are the best all around.
Original NYCOB Kill Zone text below
This script plots the H and L of the first 2 hours of the NYC session and shades the space between in which i deem the NYC Order Block
It also maps out the First two hours on the chart as well so you can understand when the OB has formed
Over the past 3 years of trading cryptocurrency i have noticed a phenomena that has occurred nearly every day
The H or L will 90% of the time will be posted in the first two hours of this session
knowing this means you understand if you just wait til this time you can better your odds at not getting stop hunted due to poor entry
A few things to take from this study are these.
1. after the OB is formed
2. whichever side gets taken out first (H/L) will 90% define the bias for the day. I have found that using the m13-m15 TF will add some more confirmation with 1-2 closes outside of range H/L/
3. After general bias has formed 2 things can happen
A) PA just takes off and there is really nothing you can do about it unless you had other studies that told you that will happen
B) PA will dip back INTO the OB and create the OTE which is any retracement below the .5 Fibonacci of the shaded OB
4. Typically OTE happens after the session has ended
5. If you used OTE off of the past days NYCOB then you can use the new (forming or just formed) NYCOB to CONFIRM your initial bias presented from the previous days OTE and bias.
6. When PA cannot close outside the NYCOB it presents a range to range play where PA will visit the opposite side of the range to chase liquidity,
7. When the NYCOB is TIGHT then deviation is more likely to result in price expansion, when the NYCOB is WIDE then deviation tends to present more range to range plays.
8. After bias is formed and OTE has been made your stops should always be outside the NYCOB. I use the m30 or H1 ATR to get a slight cushion from the OB to ensure i dont get stop hunted.
Standard TP are all set at the same level but you can adjust them accordingly
Shout out to Elevate-Trading family member Boederzeng for helping me with the code!
Ict Time IndicatorIct Time Indicator
Forex Market or DXY:
This indicator plots a blue zone every day at midnight NY time. Which is used as a start of a trading day.
This indicator shows the days of the week.
The dark blue background is the first day of the week.
The light blue background are the start of the days in the week except for Monday
The first gray zone from the start of the day highlights the London Session from 2am to 5am
The second gray zone from the start of the day highlights the NY Session from 7am to 9am
The third gray zone from the start of the day highlights the London Close from 11am to 12am
Bond Market (symbol: ZB, ZN, ZF)
Start of the day (blue zone): 8am EST
First zone: 1am to 4am (London Session)
Second zone: 7am to 11am (NY am session)
Third zone: 11am to 2pm (NY pm session)
Index Futures (symbol: ES, NQ, YM)
Start of the day (blue zone): 5am
First zone: 1am to 4am (London Session)
Second zone: 8:30am to 11am (NY am session)
Third zone: noon to 3pm (NY pm session)
Currency Futures (symbol: 6A, 6B, 6C, 6E, 6J, 6N, 6S)
Start of the day (blue zone): 5am
First zone: 1am to 4am (London Session)
Second zone: 6am to 9am (NY Session)
Third zone: 10am to 11am (London Close)
Time is dependent on the trade session of the IBM symbol.
Properties available:
- Show Killzones (Show the gray zones: London session - NY session - London Close as described above)
- Show Days Of Week (Show the blue zones + days of the week)
- All colors are available to change
The indicator checks the timeframe you are in to visualize the zones to keep everything clean.
The name ‘ict’ in the title of this indicator refers to ‘The Inner Circle Trader’. The Inner Circle Trader is my trading mentor and this indicator is based upon his ideas. I am proud to be one of his students. I hope this indicator can help more students!
Universal Global SessionUniversal Global Session
This Script combines the world sessions of: Stocks, Forex, Bitcoin Kill Zones, strategic points, all configurable, in a single Script, to capitalize the opening and closing times of global exchanges as investment assets, becoming an Universal Global Session .
It is based on the great work of @oscarvs ( BITCOIN KILL ZONES v2 ) and the scripts of @ChrisMoody. Thank you Oscar and Chris for your excellent judgment and great work.
At the end of this writing you can find all the internet references of the extensive documentation that I present here. To maximize your benefits in the use of this Script, I recommend that you read the entire document to create an objective and practical criterion.
All the hours of the different exchanges are presented at GMT -6. In Market24hClock you can adjust it to your preferences.
After a deep investigation I have been able to show that the different world sessions reveal underlying investment cycles, where it is possible to find sustained changes in the nominal behavior of the trend before the passage from one session to another and in the natural overlaps between the sessions. These underlying movements generally occur 15 minutes before the start, close or overlap of the session, when the session properly starts and also 15 minutes after respectively. Therefore, this script is designed to highlight these particular trending behaviors. Try it, discover your own conclusions and let me know in the notes, thank you.
Foreign Exchange Market Hours
It is the schedule by which currency market participants can buy, sell, trade and speculate on currencies all over the world. It is open 24 hours a day during working days and closes on weekends, thanks to the fact that operations are carried out through a network of information systems, instead of physical exchanges that close at a certain time. It opens Monday morning at 8 am local time in Sydney —Australia— (which is equivalent to Sunday night at 7 pm, in New York City —United States—, according to Eastern Standard Time), and It closes at 5pm local time in New York City (which is equivalent to 6am Saturday morning in Sydney).
The Forex market is decentralized and driven by local sessions, where the hours of Forex trading are based on the opening range of each active country, becoming an efficient transfer mechanism for all participants. Four territories in particular stand out: Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York, where the highest volume of operations occurs when the sessions in London and New York overlap. Furthermore, Europe is complemented by major financial centers such as Paris, Frankfurt and Zurich. Each day of forex trading begins with the opening of Australia, then Asia, followed by Europe, and finally North America. As markets in one region close, another opens - or has already opened - and continues to trade in the currency market. The seven most traded currencies in the world are: the US dollar, the euro, the Japanese yen, the British pound, the Australian dollar, the Canadian dollar, and the New Zealand dollar.
Currencies are needed around the world for international trade, this means that operations are not dominated by a single exchange market, but rather involve a global network of brokers from around the world, such as banks, commercial companies, central banks, companies investment management, hedge funds, as well as retail forex brokers and global investors. Because this market operates in multiple time zones, it can be accessed at any time except during the weekend, therefore, there is continuously at least one open market and there are some hours of overlap between the closing of the market of one region and the opening of another. The international scope of currency trading means that there are always traders around the world making and satisfying demands for a particular currency.
The market involves a global network of exchanges and brokers from around the world, although time zones overlap, the generally accepted time zone for each region is as follows:
Sydney 5pm to 2am EST (10pm to 7am UTC)
London 3am to 12 noon EST (8pm to 5pm UTC)
New York 8am to 5pm EST (1pm to 10pm UTC)
Tokyo 7pm to 4am EST (12am to 9am UTC)
Trading Session
A financial asset trading session refers to a period of time that coincides with the daytime trading hours for a given location, it is a business day in the local financial market. This may vary according to the asset class and the country, therefore operators must know the hours of trading sessions for the securities and derivatives in which they are interested in trading. If investors can understand market hours and set proper targets, they will have a much greater chance of making a profit within a workable schedule.
Kill Zones
Kill zones are highly liquid events. Many different market participants often come together and perform around these events. The activity itself can be event-driven (margin calls or option exercise-related activity), portfolio management-driven (asset allocation rebalancing orders and closing buy-in), or institutionally driven (larger players needing liquidity to complete the size) or a combination of any of the three. This intense cross-current of activity at a very specific point in time often occurs near significant technical levels and the established trends emerging from these events often persist until the next Death Zone approaches or enters.
Kill Zones are evolving with time and the course of world history. Since the end of World War II, New York has slowly invaded London's place as the world center for commercial banking. So much so that during the latter part of the 20th century, New York was considered the new center of the financial universe. With the end of the cold war, that leadership appears to have shifted towards Europe and away from the United States. Furthermore, Japan has slowly lost its former dominance in the global economic landscape, while Beijing's has increased dramatically. Only time will tell how these death zones will evolve given the ever-changing political, economic, and socioeconomic influences of each region.
Financial Markets
New York
New York (NYSE Chicago, NASDAQ)
7:30 am - 2:00 pm
It is the second largest currency platform in the world, followed largely by foreign investors as it participates in 90% of all operations, where movements on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) can have an immediate effect (powerful) on the dollar, for example, when companies merge and acquisitions are finalized, the dollar can instantly gain or lose value.
A. Complementary Stock Exchanges
Brazil (BOVESPA - Brazilian Stock Exchange)
07:00 am - 02:55 pm
Canada (TSX - Toronto Stock Exchange)
07:30 am - 02:00 pm
New York (NYSE - New York Stock Exchange)
08:30 am - 03:00 pm
B. North American Trading Session
07:00 am - 03:00 pm
(from the beginning of the business day on NYSE and NASDAQ, until the end of the New York session)
New York, Chicago and Toronto (Canada) open the North American session. Characterized by the most aggressive trading within the markets, currency pairs show high volatility. As the US markets open, trading is still active in Europe, however trading volume generally decreases with the end of the European session and the overlap between the US and Europe.
C. Strategic Points
US main session starts in 1 hour
07:30 am
The euro tends to drop before the US session. The NYSE, CHX and TSX (Canada) trading sessions begin 1 hour after this strategic point. The North American session begins trading Forex at 07:00 am.
This constitutes the beginning of the overlap of the United States and the European market that spans from 07:00 am to 10:35 am, often called the best time to trade EUR / USD, it is the period of greatest liquidity for the main European currencies since it is where they have their widest daily ranges.
When New York opens at 07:00 am the most intense trading begins in both the US and European markets. The overlap of European and American trading sessions has 80% of the total average trading range for all currency pairs during US business hours and 70% of the total average trading range for all currency pairs during European business hours. The intersection of the US and European sessions are the most volatile overlapping hours of all.
Influential news and data for the USD are released between 07:30 am and 09:00 am and play the biggest role in the North American Session. These are the strategically most important moments of this activity period: 07:00 am, 08:00 am and 08:30 am.
The main session of operations in the United States and Canada begins
08:30 am
Start of main trading sessions in New York, Chicago and Toronto. The European session still overlaps the North American session and this is the time for large-scale unpredictable trading. The United States leads the market. It is difficult to interpret the news due to speculation. Trends develop very quickly and it is difficult to identify them, however trends (especially for the euro), which have developed during the overlap, often turn the other way when Europe exits the market.
Second hour of the US session and last hour of the European session
09:30 am
End of the European session
10:35 am
The trend of the euro will change rapidly after the end of the European session.
Last hour of the United States session
02:00 pm
Institutional clients and very large funds are very active during the first and last working hours of almost all stock exchanges, knowing this allows to better predict price movements in the opening and closing of large markets. Within the last trading hours of the secondary market session, a pullback can often be seen in the EUR / USD that continues until the opening of the Tokyo session. Generally it happens if there was an upward price movement before 04:00 pm - 05:00 pm.
End of the trade session in the United States
03:00 pm
D. Kill Zones
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
New York Kill Zone. The United States is still the world's largest economy, so by default, the New York opening carries a lot of weight and often comes with a huge injection of liquidity. In fact, most of the world's marketable assets are priced in US dollars, making political and economic activity within this region even more important. Because it is relatively late in the world's trading day, this Death Zone often sees violent price swings within its first hour, leading to the proven adage "never trust the first hour of trading in America. North.
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London
London (LSE - London Stock Exchange)
02:00 am - 10:35 am
Britain dominates the currency markets around the world, and London is its main component. London, a central trading capital of the world, accounts for about 43% of world trade, many Forex trends often originate from London.
A. Complementary Stock Exchange
Dubai (DFM - Dubai Financial Market)
12:00 am - 03:50 am
Moscow (MOEX - Moscow Exchange)
12:30 am - 10:00 am
Germany (FWB - Frankfurt Stock Exchange)
01:00 am - 10:30 am
Afríca (JSE - Johannesburg Stock Exchange)
01:00 am - 09:00 am
Saudi Arabia (TADAWUL - Saudi Stock Exchange)
01:00 am - 06:00 am
Switzerland (SIX - Swiss Stock Exchange)
02:00 am - 10:30 am
B. European Trading Session
02:00 am - 11:00 am
(from the opening of the Frankfurt session to the close of the Order Book on the London Stock Exchange / Euronext)
It is a very liquid trading session, where trends are set that start during the first trading hours in Europe and generally continue until the beginning of the US session.
C. Middle East Trading Session
12:00 am - 06:00 am
(from the opening of the Dubai session to the end of the Riyadh session)
D. Strategic Points
European session begins
02:00 am
London, Frankfurt and Zurich Stock Exchange enter the market, overlap between Europe and Asia begins.
End of the Singapore and Asia sessions
03:00 am
The euro rises almost immediately or an hour after Singapore exits the market.
Middle East Oil Markets Completion Process
05:00 am
Operations are ending in the European-Asian market, at which time Dubai, Qatar and in another hour in Riyadh, which constitute the Middle East oil markets, are closing. Because oil trading is done in US dollars, and the region with the trading day coming to an end no longer needs the dollar, consequently, the euro tends to grow more frequently.
End of the Middle East trading session
06:00 am
E. Kill Zones
5:00 am - 7:00 am
London Kill Zone. Considered the center of the financial universe for more than 500 years, Europe still has a lot of influence in the banking world. Many older players use the European session to establish their positions. As such, the London Open often sees the most significant trend-setting activity on any trading day. In fact, it has been suggested that 80% of all weekly trends are set through the London Kill Zone on Tuesday.
F. Kill Zones (close)
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
London Kill Zone (close).
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Tokyo
Tokyo (JPX - Tokyo Stock Exchange)
06:00 pm - 12:00 am
It is the first Asian market to open, receiving most of the Asian trade, just ahead of Hong Kong and Singapore.
A. Complementary Stock Exchange
Singapore (SGX - Singapore Exchange)
07:00 pm - 03:00 am
Hong Kong (HKEx - Hong Kong Stock Exchange)
07:30 pm - 02:00 am
Shanghai (SSE - Shanghai Stock Exchange)
07:30 pm - 01:00 am
India (NSE - India National Stock Exchange)
09:45 pm - 04:00 am
B. Asian Trading Session
06:00 pm - 03:00 am
From the opening of the Tokyo session to the end of the Singapore session
The first major Asian market to open is Tokyo which has the largest market share and is the third largest Forex trading center in the world. Singapore opens in an hour, and then the Chinese markets: Shanghai and Hong Kong open 30 minutes later. With them, the trading volume increases and begins a large-scale operation in the Asia-Pacific region, offering more liquidity for the Asian-Pacific currencies and their crosses. When European countries open their doors, more liquidity will be offered to Asian and European crossings.
C. Strategic Points
Second hour of the Tokyo session
07:00 pm
This session also opens the Singapore market. The commercial dynamics grows in anticipation of the opening of the two largest Chinese markets in 30 minutes: Shanghai and Hong Kong, within these 30 minutes or just before the China session begins, the euro usually falls until the same moment of the opening of Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Second hour of the China session
08:30 pm
Hong Kong and Shanghai start trading and the euro usually grows for more than an hour. The EUR / USD pair mixes up as Asian exporters convert part of their earnings into both US dollars and euros.
Last hour of the Tokyo session
11:00 pm
End of the Tokyo session
12:00 am
If the euro has been actively declining up to this time, China will raise the euro after the Tokyo shutdown. Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore remain open and take matters into their own hands causing the growth of the euro. Asia is a huge commercial and industrial region with a large number of high-quality economic products and gigantic financial turnover, making the number of transactions on the stock exchanges huge during the Asian session. That is why traders, who entered the trade at the opening of the London session, should pay attention to their terminals when Asia exits the market.
End of the Shanghai session
01:00 am
The trade ends in Shanghai. This is the last trading hour of the Hong Kong session, during which market activity peaks.
D. Kill Zones
10:00 pm - 2:00 am
Asian Kill Zone. Considered the "Institutional" Zone, this zone represents both the launch pad for new trends as well as a recharge area for the post-American session. It is the beginning of a new day (or week) for the world and as such it makes sense that this zone often sets the tone for the remainder of the global business day. It is ideal to pay attention to the opening of Tokyo, Beijing and Sydney.
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Sidney
Sydney (ASX - Australia Stock Exchange)
06:00 pm - 12:00 am
A. Complementary Stock Exchange
New Zealand (NZX - New Zealand Stock Exchange)
04:00 pm - 10:45 pm
It's where the global trading day officially begins. While it is the smallest of the megamarkets, it sees a lot of initial action when markets reopen Sunday afternoon as individual traders and financial institutions are trying to regroup after the long hiatus since Friday afternoon. On weekdays it constitutes the end of the current trading day where the change in the settlement date occurs.
B. Pacific Trading Session
04:00 pm - 12:00 am
(from the opening of the Wellington session to the end of the Sydney session)
Forex begins its business hours when Wellington (New Zealand Exchange) opens local time on Monday. Sydney (Australian Stock Exchange) opens in 2 hours. It is a session with a fairly low volatility, configuring itself as the calmest session of all. Strong movements appear when influential news is published and when the Pacific session overlaps the Asian Session.
C. Strategic Points
End of the Sydney session
12:00 am
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Conclusions
The best time to trade is during overlaps in trading times between open markets. Overlaps equate to higher price ranges, creating greater opportunities.
Regarding press releases (news), it should be noted that these in the currency markets have the power to improve a normally slow trading period. When a major announcement is made regarding economic data, especially when it goes against the predicted forecast, the coin can lose or gain value in a matter of seconds. In general, the more economic growth a country produces, the more positive the economy is for international investors. Investment capital tends to flow to countries that are believed to have good growth prospects and subsequently good investment opportunities, leading to the strengthening of the country's exchange rate. Also, a country that has higher interest rates through its government bonds tends to attract investment capital as foreign investors seek high-yield opportunities. However, stable economic growth and attractive yields or interest rates are inextricably intertwined. It's important to take advantage of market overlaps and keep an eye out for press releases when setting up a trading schedule.
References:
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market24hclock.com
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PT Crypto Kill ZonesVersion 1.0 of our PT Crypto Kill Zones indicator helps create a visual of specific times throughout the trading day, which we can expect volatility. The market moves within particular sessions. These sessions are broken up as such in three segments, NY, London & Asia.
Toggles -
Market Open highlights the opening of each market.
Daily Zone – highlights a period around the daily crypto candle close.
NY Open Zone – highlights a period around the NY market open.
NY Close Zone – highlights a period around the NY market close.
London Open Zone – highlights a period around the London market open.
London Open Zone – highlights a period around the London market close.
Asia Zone – highlights a period around the Asia market open.
Preferred zones are settings we came up with by running backtests to figure out which periods are close to the kill zones, which offer a better reaction.
Strategy: Use the sub 1h time-frame (30m is ideal) and scalp the London & NY zones with the PT Liquidity & PT Buy/Sell indicator.
This Oscillator was built around our buy sell & Liquidity indicator for scalping. It is included as part of the library. Just message us for access!
How To Show Vertical LinesExample of various methods to show dashed or solid vertical lines on chart based on using either session or time.
Credit for line method goes to midtownsk8rguy ->
Credit for plot method goes to PineCoders -> www.pinecoders.com
Special thanks to LucF, midtownsk8rguy, and PineCoders for permission to use their work.
NOTICE: This is an example script and not meant to be used as an actual strategy. By using this script or any portion thereof, you acknowledge that you have read and understood that this is for research purposes only and I am not responsible for any financial losses you may incur by using this script!
Crypto Daily-Weekly Range + KZsWeekly OHL + Daily OHL + Intraday Killzones
For markets that open the daily candle at 12AM UTC
Daily-Weekly Range + KZsWeekly OHL + Daily OHL + Intraday Kill zones
For markets that open daily candle at 10pm UTC
Kill Zones UTC [NeoButane]Kill zones are times of day that are supposed to have higher volatility and greater risk/reward trade setups.
This has been adjusted to always plot the corresponding UTC time, including every FX broker and their tickers on TradingView. Daylight savings adjustment has been accounted for the next 3 years on London open, London close, and New York kill zone; it will not be adjusted for the Asian kill zone, as is specified in UTC.
Options to configure: the style and showing/hiding kill zones, labels, the upcoming kill zone. As these times were found for forex trading and 24 hour markets like cryptocurrency, they may appear odd on markets that require extended data or are closed during a kill zone due to how Pine Script is calculated.
The currently available timezones on TradingView that have been corrected to UTC:
"Pacific/Chatham"
"Pacific/Fakaofo"
"Pacific/Auckland"
"Australia/Sydney"
"Australia/Brisbane"
"Australia/Adelaide"
"Australia/ACT"
"Asia/Seoul"
"Asia/Tokyo"
"Asia/Taipei"
"Asia/Singapore"
"Asia/Shanghai"
"Asia/Hong_Kong"
"Asia/Bangkok"
"Asia/Almaty"
"Asia/Kolkata"
"Asia/Ashkhabad"
"Asia/Tehran"
"Asia/Dubai"
"Europe/Moscow"
"Europe/Athens"
"Europe/Berlin"
"Europe/Madrid"
"Europe/Paris"
"Europe/Warsaw"
"Europe/London"
"America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires"
"America/Sao_Paulo"
"America/Chicago"
"America/Bogota"
"America/New_York"
"America/Toronto"
"America/El_Salvador"
"America/Los_Angeles"
"America/Phoenix"
"America/Vancouver"
"Pacific/Honolulu"
Bitcoin Kill Zones v2 [oscarvs] (UTC + 8)The Kill Zone script was modified to UTC + 8, Singapore to Beijing time.
MA Cross + KillzonesCombines oscarvs' BTC Killzones with four EMAs and the trader's 13/49 golden cross as well as the investor's 50/200 golden cross. Note that the killzones highlight the first two hours of market action in each of the three main crypto markets, so this time period will have to be adjusted for daylight savings time in April and in November.
ICT Killzone Boxes
Plots London Open Killzone and New York Open Killzone as overlay boxes using current daily high / lows. Boxes verticle location will move as days range / high and low widens.
Middle fills can be turned on and off. Created this indicator because i didnt like highlighting the whole chart background as seen in other ICT Killzone indicators on tradingview and wanted something visually clearer.
If you want additional killzones such as london close / new york close, add the indicator to the chart twice.
Boxes height can be changed. Positive number puts the box outside current days high and low, negative number puts box inside current days high and low.
Adapted from Chris Moody's original indicator HLOC
Sorry for my ugly code. Presented as is - feel free to tweak / modify and change.
BITCOIN KILL ZONES v2Kill Zones
Kill zones are really liquidity events. Many different market participants often come together and act around these events. The activity itself may be event driven (margin calls or options exercise related activity), portfolio management driven (buy-on-close and asset allocation rebalancing orders) or institutionally driven (larger players needing liquidity to get filled in size) or a combination of any/all three. The point is, this intense cross current of activity at a very specific point in time often occurs near significant technical levels and trends established coming out of these events often persist until the next Kill Zone in approached/entered.
Specifically, there are three Kill Zones and each has its own importance/significance.
1. Asian Kill Zone (1900 - 2300 EST) Considered the "institutional" zone, this zone represents both the launch pad for new trends and also too a reloading area from the post American session. It is the start of a new day (or week) for the world and as such it makes sense this zone will often set the tone for the rest of the world's trading day. Since it is very wide (4 hours) one should pay attention to the Tokyo open (2100 EST) the Beijing open (2120 EST) and the Sydney open (0650 EST previous day).
2. London Kill Zone (0200 - 0400 EST) Considered the center of the financial universe for more than 500 years, Europe still carries a lot of influence within the banking world. Many larger players use the Euro session to establish their positions. As such, the London open often sees the most significant trend establishment activity through any given trading day. Indeed, it has been suggested 80% of all weekly trends are established through Tuesday's London Kill Zone.
3. New York Kill Zone (0830 - 1030 EST) The United States is still by far the world's largest economy and so by default New York's open carries a lot of weight and often comes with a big injection of liquidity. Indeed, most of the world's trade-able assets are priced in US dollars which gives even more significance to political and economic activity within this region. Because it comes relatively late in the globe's trading day, this Kill Zone often sees violent price swings within it's first hour leading to the time tested adage "never trust the first hour of North American trading.
Additional notes:
It has become apparent these Kill Zones are evolving over time and the course of world history. Since the end of the second world war, New York has slowly encroached on London's place as the global center for commercial banking. So much so through the later part of the 20th century New York was considered indeed, the new center of the financial universe. With the end of the cold war that leadership seems to have shifted back toward Europe and away from The United States. Additionally, Japan has slowly lost its former predominance within the global economic landscape while Beijing's has risen dramatically.
Only time will tell how these kill zones will evolve given each region's ever changing political, economic and socioeconomic influences.
Trading Notes:
If you have specific levels of interest odds are the bigger players have the same levels too. If it is indeed a solid level, look for price to trade to your level through the kill zone because the zone is a liquidity event where the bigger players can find enough size to get their big orders filled.
Try to avoid taking positions heading into Kill Zones and look for confirmation of your levels coming out of the event. For the more advanced trader, look to take positions on those level hits through the zone but understand higher time frame players often have far deeper pockets then day traders and can endure far more volatility then us little guys.
Thanks for the contribution to @CRInvestor and @ICT_MHuddleston
