CISD &
Liquidity Levels
Marks the liquidity price is most likely to run to, and prints a CISD when price reverses after taking it. Levels, equal highs and lows, key opens and CISDs in one indicator. Built and tested on NQ 1-minute with extended hours on.
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Highs and lows of each session, in New York time.
- Asia: 19:00–22:00
- London: 02:00–05:00
- Overnight: 00:00–07:00
- Premarket: 07:00–09:30
- Previous day and previous week high and low
Each level starts at the candle that made it and is labelled with its date. When price takes a level, its line stops at that candle and fades. Taken levels are cleared at midnight. Two levels at the same price share one line and one label.
1H and 15m swings
1H swing highs and lows show only when a session level sits beyond them, so each one is a stop on the way to that level, and only the nearest 3 per side. 15m swings are available and off by default.
EQH / EQL
15m swings within 10 points, and 1H swings within 15 points, become one EQH or EQL drawn at the most extreme point, with a thin line connecting the swings so you can see why they count as equal. A swing price has already run by more than 1 point no longer counts.
Key opens
Midnight, 8:30 and 9:30 opens as dashed lines, each with its own colour. Only today's opens are drawn.
Change in state of delivery
A bullish CISD prints when price takes a low, or trades back down into an unfilled 15m, 1H or 4H bullish fair value gap, then closes above the highest open of the down-close candles that made the move. Bearish is the mirror. Closes are used, not wicks.
The solid line is the CISD level. The dotted line is the stop.
When ES does the work
Two things the label can tell you:
- LH PROXY: NQ takes a level, price pushes again, ES takes its own 1-minute swing and NQ fails to follow. The CISD that forms from that SMT is labelled LH PROXY.
- SMT on a label: NQ and ES disagreed at the swing behind the CISD.
To view the two models separately, add the indicator twice and set “Show which model” on each copy.
Trading windows
CISDs and their alerts print only inside the windows you switch on, in New York time.
- NY AM: 09:30–11:00
- London killzone: 02:00–05:00
- Asia killzone: 19:00–22:00
All three are on by default, and each can be turned off or retimed in the settings. Alerts are available for bullish, bearish and any CISD, for both LH CISD and LH PROXY.
Add it to your chart.
Open an NQ 1-minute chart with extended hours on, then add it from TradingView. Every part can be switched off, recoloured or retuned in the settings.
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