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SIERRA CHART STUDIES

Collaboratively built and refined by active traders. Engineered for real-time edge detection in NQ and ES futures — grounded in market auction theory, volume analysis, delta tracking, and order flow dynamics.

Every study below was built by active traders for active traders — not recycled open-source indicators with a new label. These tools analyze order flow, delta, volume profiles, structural patterns, and key levels in real time, native to Sierra Chart. They're refined through daily live trading and collective feedback since 2021.

Start Here — 5 Most Popular Studies

Volume Profile Engine — See where institutional money positioned and where price is likely to find support or resistance.

Delta Tracker — Know when buying or selling pressure is exhausting before price confirms it.

Trap Detector — Spot trapped traders and failed breakouts for high-probability reversal entries.

Session Analytics — Opening range, initial balance, and prior session levels in one clean panel.

Wave Pattern Study — Identify structural wave patterns with push and extension framework for trend entries.

Overview

BUILT BY TRADERS.
FOR TRADERS.

Not a marketplace. Not recycled indicators repackaged with a new name. Every study below was built by traders who use them in live NQ & ES sessions — and refined based on thousands of hours of real trading.

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Core Categories
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Category 01 — 15 Studies
ORDER FLOW & DELTA ANALYSIS
Core
Ask Above / Bid Below POC
Shows you who's in control — buyers or sellers — by reading directional pressure around the most traded price of each bar. Helps you avoid fading the dominant side.
Core
Bid 1|2 Above / Ask 1|2 Below POC
A sharper version of directional bias detection. Reads activity just above and below the point of control to confirm whether the move has real institutional participation behind it.
Core
Decreasing Delta
Catches the moment aggressive buyers or sellers start losing steam. When delta fades toward zero, the current move is running out of fuel — often the first signal before a reversal prints.
Advanced
Delta Sum Trapped
Identifies when cumulative aggressive volume gets stuck on the wrong side of a turning bar. These are the trapped traders who become the fuel for the next move — the foundation of our trap methodology.
Advanced
Delta Trap
High-conviction trapped volume signals with built-in location and position filtering. Designed to fire only when structural conditions align — fewer signals, higher quality.
Advanced
Delta Volume Divergence
Spots the contradiction: volume is increasing but the directional commitment behind it is fading. This divergence often precedes sharp reversals because the move has size but no conviction.
Advanced
Dynamic Delta Trap
Same trapped-volume concept, but the detection thresholds adapt in real time to current volatility. Works consistently whether NQ is grinding in a 30-point range or ripping 200+ points.
Beta
Dynamic Flipper
Detects rapid shifts in who's controlling the tape — moments where aggressive selling flips to buying (or vice versa). Built in collaboration with community member @_TradesTrevor.
Advanced
Max Reversal
Scans for the highest-probability reversal setups by combining volume distribution, trade activity, and extreme positioning at key levels. Designed to surface only the best-of-the-best turning points.
Core
Order Book Data
See where resting liquidity sits across multiple price levels. Shows you the depth of the book so you can gauge institutional positioning before committing to a trade.
Core
Order Flow Data
The data backbone of the toolkit. Surfaces the key flow metrics — point of control, deltas, imbalances, exhaustion signals, and unfinished business — in one consolidated view.
Core
Pace of Tape
Visualizes how fast transactions are hitting the tape. Critical for reading urgency — a spike in pace during a breakout means participation is real, not just stop runs.
Advanced
Strong Bar / Strong POC Filtered
Flags bars where one side dominated the auction with overwhelming volume, filtered by location so you only see signals that matter — not noise in the middle of a range.
Advanced
Triple POC
When three consecutive bars build their point of control at the same price, the market is telling you something. These confluence zones become high-significance levels for entries and stops.
Core
Bid Above / Ask Below POC
Reads absorption activity — when bids appear above or asks appear below the point of control, it reveals whether large players are actively defending a level or letting it go.
Learn more: Delta Divergence Explained →
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Category 02 — 14 Studies
VOLUME PROFILE & VALUE AREA
Core
Blue Dot
A visual alert when volume on a bar significantly exceeds the session average. When a Blue Dot prints, someone big showed up — and you need to pay attention to what happened at that price.
Core
Daily Volume Value Area Lines
Maps where 70% of the previous session's volume traded. These levels (VAH, VAL, POC) act as magnets and rejection zones — the market consistently respects yesterday's value area.
Core
Decreasing Volume
Tracks volume tapering off bar over bar. When volume dries up inside a move, the supply or demand driving it is exhausting — a setup for the next leg or a reversal.
Core
Intraday Volume Value Area Lines
Same value area concept applied to the current session in real time. Tells you where today's fair value is developing so you can trade relative to it, not against it.
Advanced
No Demand Bar / Double No Demand
Flags up-bars that printed on weak volume — price went higher but nobody was actually buying. Double confirmation catches the pattern across consecutive bars for stronger conviction.
Advanced
No Supply Bar / Double No Supply
The mirror image: down-bars on thin volume, meaning sellers aren't showing up. High-probability signals that selling pressure is exhausted and a bounce is likely.
Core
Pickup Volume Green/Red Bar
Catches bars where volume surged into the wick outside the value area. This often means large players absorbed the move — the type of activity that precedes sharp reversals.
Core
POC / POC Position
Tracks where the most volume traded within each bar and how close that level sits to the bar's high or low. POC position reveals who won the auction — buyers or sellers.
Advanced
Reversal Bar Volume Above/Below POC
Identifies reversal bars where the volume distribution is lopsided — heavy activity on one side of the point of control signals that the bar's direction is about to flip.
Core
Session Data
Consolidated session-level metrics including VPOC and VWAP. Gives you the structural context for each session so you always know where the market considers fair value.
Core
Volume Above/Below POC
Breaks each bar's volume into what traded above vs. below the point of control. A simple but powerful read on whether the bar's auction favored buyers or sellers.
Core
Volume Dots / Volume Multiplied
Visual alerts when a bar's volume hits a multiple of recent averages. These outlier bars often mark the beginning or end of significant moves — impossible to miss on your chart.
Advanced
Volume Wave Indicator
Measures the total volume within each price wave (swing), then compares waves against each other. Tells you whether a trend's waves are gaining or losing participation.
Advanced
Multi Vol Dot
Flexible volume spike detection with tunable multiplier settings. Lets you calibrate sensitivity to match your trading style — from conservative to aggressive signal frequency.
Learn more: Volume Profile vs Order Flow →
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Category 03 — 12 Studies
STRUCTURAL & TRAP SIGNALS
Advanced
Alert Builder / Alert Builder Ref
Build your own multi-condition alerts by combining any studies in the toolkit. Stack signals your way — if your thesis requires three things to align before you enter, this enforces it automatically.
Advanced
Apex Trap
The core of our trap methodology. Identifies multi-bar swing structures where aggressive traders get trapped on the wrong side — then fires when conditions confirm a high-probability reversal.
Advanced
Apex Engulfing / Apex Trap Filtered
Variant trap signals that require engulfing confirmation before firing. More selective than the base Apex Trap — trades less often, but the setups that do trigger carry stronger conviction.
Core
Bars Up Down
Counts consecutive bars in one direction after a swing. Tells you whether a move is extending or overextending — essential context for timing entries near exhaustion points.
Core
Divergence
Classic price-vs-momentum divergence detection. When price makes a new high but momentum doesn't follow, the move is losing conviction — one of the most reliable early warning signals in trading.
Core
Engulfing Bar
Detects bars that completely engulf the prior bar's range — a clear shift in control from one side to the other. Simple pattern, but when it prints at the right location, it's one of the cleanest entries.
Advanced
Reversal Bar (Multi-Filter)
Reversal pattern detection with multiple layers of confirmation built in. Only fires when the bar's internals — volume, delta, and structural position — all agree the reversal is legitimate.
Advanced
Two Bar Reversal
Reads the relationship between two consecutive bars to identify structural traps. When the second bar rejects where the first bar committed, trapped traders are stuck — and you have an entry.
Advanced
Two Bar Trap Reversal
The enhanced version that adds trapped volume confirmation to the two-bar pattern. Ensures the traders on the wrong side aren't just positioned poorly — they're actively trapped with size.
Advanced
Wave Signal / Wave Signal SHL
Identifies complete wave structures (5 and 7-wave patterns) and fires trap entries when waves mature at significant locations. The market moves in waves — this study tells you where each one ends.
Beta
Three Wave / Relative Wave
Simplified wave counting for faster-moving market conditions. When full wave structures don't have time to develop, these variants catch the abbreviated patterns that still produce tradeable reversals.
Beta
Max Reversal Filter
The highest-conviction reversal filter in the toolkit. Combines volume distribution analysis with extreme position requirements — designed to surface only the turning points worth risking capital on.
Learn more: Volume Trap Trading Explained →
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Category 04 — 14+ Studies
KEY LOCATIONS & LEVELS
Core
Daily Dynamic Support/Resistance
Plots dynamic support and resistance levels that update throughout the day based on where institutional volume is actually trading. Gives you the structural roadmap for planning entries and exits.
Core
Daily Targets
Projected session highs, lows, and trend-entry levels drawn before the market opens. Combines prior-session reference with range projections so you start every day with a clear plan.
Core
IB Breakout
Defines the initial balance range (first 30-60 minutes) and projects breakout and extension levels from it. One of the most reliable frameworks for framing the session type early.
Core
Intraday Dynamic Support/Resistance
Real-time support and resistance that evolves with the session's developing volume profile. These levels shift as the market builds structure — so you're always trading against current levels, not stale ones.
Core
Keltner Bands / Channels / Filter
Volatility-based channels that define where price is extended vs. mean-reverting. Used across the toolkit as a location filter — many of our advanced signals only fire when price reaches these outer bands.
Core
Opening Range Breakout
Marks the opening range and projects breakout targets from it. A foundational study for trading the first move of the session — especially effective on high-range NQ days.
Advanced
Prior Session OHLC
Plots the prior session's open, high, low, and close on your chart. These are levels the market remembers — price regularly reacts to yesterday's extremes and close, making them essential reference points.
Advanced
VWAP Bands Multi-Timeframe
Multiple VWAP anchors (daily, weekly, monthly) with deviation bands on a single chart. Shows you where fair value sits at every timeframe — and how far price has stretched from it.
Advanced
Session High/Low Tracker
Tracks the session's developing high and low in real time and alerts on breakout attempts or rejections. Knowing when today's range is expanding or contracting shapes every trade decision.
Core
Weekly / Monthly Levels
Higher-timeframe reference levels that institutional traders watch. When intraday signals fire at a weekly or monthly level, the confluence dramatically increases the probability of follow-through.
Beta
Auto Fibonacci
Automatically draws Fibonacci retracements and extensions from key swing structures. Removes the subjectivity of manual drawing — the levels are consistent and anchored to actual market pivots.
Beta
Liquidity Zone Mapper
Identifies zones where liquidity is likely concentrated based on volume and structural patterns. Shows you where the market is likely to reach for — the price levels that attract order flow.
Learn more: Initial Balance Breakout Framework →
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