FreeOpen sourcePine Script v6
Follow the same accepted swing origin through three confirmation spans. Compare wick, body-edge and close definitions, then inspect the ordered sequence of outside excursions, consecutive outside closes and later inside returns.
Later tests keep the original candle rather than searching for a nearby replacement. Highs and lows are processed independently without forced alternation or an inferred order when both qualify on one candle. Initial definition groups are fixed using Stage-I information.
Magenta downward triangles for high Stage I, mint upward triangles for low Stage I, circles for Stage II and diamonds for Stage III. The panel prints latest-origin information, shoulder depth, retention rates, extra waiting drift, sample size and pending count. Tooltips and Data Window outputs carry the detailed research.
The fixed six-bar left context is tested against right spans of 3, 8 and 21 bars by default. Stage II adds five bars to Stage I; Stage III adds thirteen more. Later failure does not remove the initial event retrospectively. Price definition, tie rule, shoulder depth and same-side spacing are distinct controls.
Each stage tests Wicks, Bodies and Close against Rightmost, Leftmost and Strict, up to 27 related conditions. Strict implies both other tie rules. The study does not rerun full alternative detector histories with new depth/spacing admission.
Printed depth is the smaller two-sided retreat. Isolation compares origin price with the strongest competitor over the fixed left and scheduled right windows, divided by origin ATR. Positive is isolated, zero tied, negative exceeded.
II/I and III/I use the same usable initial origins that completed the Stage-III horizon. Pending records are absent. Extra III/ATR is additional Stage-I-to-III close drift among Stage-III-retained origins; high-down and low-up are positive, and negative results are possible.
Each attained stage starts an H-bar window after its confirmation close. All results mature together at origin + Stage-III span + H. Matched comparisons condition on Stage-III retention and do not establish a causal benefit from waiting.
Start with standard candles and Confirmation bars placement. A triangle identifies the confirmation of an earlier origin. Set Inspect record in group 07 to 1 to examine the newest completed admitted record.
Open the public Swing High Low – Definition and Sequence page and add it to TradingView. No SG Group account is required.
Overlapping lines, bands, backgrounds or tables can be duplicate drawings of the same kind of information. Never treat visual overlap by itself as stronger evidence or signal agreement. Other swing markers, Zig Zag, support/resistance tools and Fibonacci anchors can place nearby marks with different availability times. Triangles, circles and diamonds are successive observations of the same origin.
Read placement, stage and origin timestamp first, then distinguish printed latest values from the inspected record’s tooltips. The table shows the loaded execution’s latest closed-bar state, not the bar beneath the cursor.
With origin at 0, confirmations are +3/+8/+21. Retention matures at +21; ordered paths use bars 4–27 and mature at +27; equal-length windows use 4–15, 9–20 and 22–33 when attained, with common maturity +33.
Inspect 0 follows the latest origin; 1 selects the latest completed admitted record. Hover Origin price for definitions, Origin age for ordered path, Depth/ATR for margins and initial groups, and N/open for admission/exclusions. Printed latest values do not change.
W[RLS] B[—] C[—] means the wick passes every tie rule while body and close do not. The 0–3 count measures source definitions passing the selected tie rule. Initial all-three versus definition-sensitive membership is never revised by later results.
Defaults inspect 24 post-I bars, an outside wick, a 1-ATR inward excursion, two consecutive outside closes and a later single inside close. A high at 100 with ATR 2 has an outside boundary of 100.10 and return below 99.90. Both crossings must be strict.
First outside wick and inward excursion on the same candle produce SAME BAR: order unknown. The whole first outside candle is excluded from pre-outside inward movement. Excursion extrema do not imply executable fills.
Outside wick excursions use chart highs/lows even when the detector uses Bodies or Close. The Stage-I confirmation candle is excluded from the ordered path; its own outside wick is reported separately. First means first inside this post-confirmation window, not necessarily first since the origin.
Triangle/circle/diamond; default confirmations of one origin at +3/+8/+21.
Higher/lower/equal accepted high; higher/lower/equal accepted low. Initial same-side records use H/L.
Wick/body/close with rightmost/leftmost/strict tests. ? means unavailable; stages not yet due remain pending.
0: no outside wick in-window. 1: outside wick without the required outside-close run; isolated outside closes may still exist.
2: accepted outside without the required later return. 3: acceptance followed by return, not necessarily an inside final candle. −1: unusable.
First outward wick and inward milestone share a bar; intrabar order is unknown.
Retention frequencies over one completed cohort / retention sample and pending count, separate from detailed-study populations.
Latest accepted origin and attained stage. Clock/ellipsis means pending; square means horizon ended, not all stages passed.
The labels below match the published script’s English Inputs panel. Defaults reflect the public source at the time of review and may change in a later TradingView update.
On small screens, each input is reformatted as a readable stacked card.
| Input label | Default / options | What it controls and when to adjust it |
|---|---|---|
Left context bars | 6 / min 1, max 200 | Left-side context, default six bars, stays fixed across all stages. The stages are not three symmetric pivot detectors. |
Stage I: right bars | 3 / min 1, max 100 | Initial right-side confirmation delay, default three bars. The event is known only after the final required bar closes. |
Stage II: additional right bars | 5 / min 1, max 200 | Additional bars beyond Stage I; default five makes Stage II eight bars from the origin. |
Stage III: additional right bars | 13 / min 1, max 300 | Additional bars beyond Stage II; default thirteen makes Stage III twenty-one bars from the origin. |
Price definition | Wicks / options: Wicks, Bodies, Close | Wicks uses highs/lows, Bodies the upper/lower body edge, and Close the close for both sides. ATR always uses chart OHLC. |
Equal-extreme selection | Rightmost / options: Rightmost, Leftmost, Strict | Rightmost permits older ties only; Leftmost permits newer ties only; Strict rejects ties on both sides within the tested windows. |
Minimum same-side spacing (bars) | 3 / min 0, max 200 | Minimum separation between accepted same-side origins. Zero disables it; high and low detection stays independent. |
| Input label | Default / options | What it controls and when to adjust it |
|---|---|---|
ATR normalization length | 14 / min 1, max 200 | ATR period, default fourteen. Research distances use ATR frozen at the origin. |
Minimum two-sided shoulder depth (ATR) | 0.2 / min 0, max 10 | Uses the smaller retreat across the left and initial-right shoulders, excluding the origin, divided by origin ATR. Zero disables the filter. |
HH / LH / HL / LL equality tolerance (ticks) | 1 / min 0, max 100 | Tick tolerance for classifying equality against the preceding accepted same-side origin. It does not change detector tie rules. |
| Input label | Default / options | What it controls and when to adjust it |
|---|---|---|
Stage-I marker placement | Confirmation bars / options: Confirmation bars, Origin bars (backdated) | Confirmation bars marks when the earlier origin became known. Backdated mode places Stage I at the origin only after confirmation, with a delay trace. Later stages and alerts keep their actual times. |
Highs | On | Shows high-side annotations. |
Lows | On | Shows low-side annotations. |
Stage II dots | On | Shows Stage-II circles. |
Stage III diamonds | On | Shows Stage-III diamonds. |
Chart density | Adaptive / options: Adaptive, Fixed spacing, All within limits | Adaptive thins symbols by visible closed bars; Fixed spacing uses the visual gap; All within limits removes spacing filters. Budgets remain, and detection/statistics/alerts are unchanged. |
Adaptive horizontal slots per side | 45 / min 10, max 150 | Approximate horizontal slots per side for adaptive density. Fewer slots create wider separation; this is not pixel-level collision detection. |
Minimum visual spacing (bars) | 3 / min 0, max 100 | Visual bar gap applied separately to highs and lows, newest first. It is distinct from detection spacing. |
Stage-I markers per side | 30 / min 3, max 120 | Stage-I marker budget per side, default thirty. |
Stage-II / III markers per side | 6 / min 0, max 40 | Separate later-stage symbol budget, default six per side. Zero hides symbols only. |
Stage-II / III recent window (bars; 0 = all visible) | 100 / min 0, max 20000 | Age window for later-stage symbols relative to the last visible closed bar. Zero means the full visible span, subject to budgets and cache limits. |
Overall visual age limit (bars; 0 = all visible) | 0 / min 0, max 20000 | Overall symbol age measured from confirmation to the visible right edge. Panning rebuilds presentation, not research membership. |
Recent Stage-I captions per side | 1 / min 0, max 6 | Recent Stage-I text captions per side, default one. Zero keeps symbols without captions. |
Caption content | Class / options: Class, Class + stage, Class + origin price | Caption may show class alone, class plus stage, or class plus origin price. |
Minimum candle clearance (ATR) | 0.35 / min 0.05, max 3 | Minimum marker-to-candle clearance in ATR units, default 0.35. |
Clearance floor (% of visible price range) | 1 / min 0, max 3 | Clearance floor as a share of visible price range; the larger of this and ATR clearance is used. It does not measure exact pane pixels. |
Fine Stage-I precision pins | On | Fine connectors for Stage I only, pointing to origin price in backdated mode or to the confirmation candle otherwise. |
Pin / delay-trace width | 1 / min 1, max 3 | Width of pins and delayed-origin traces. |
| Input label | Default / options | What it controls and when to adjust it |
|---|---|---|
High | #FF4FCB | High-side color, magenta by default. |
Low | #35F5AC | Low-side color, mint by default. |
Readout accent | #54DFFF | Readout accent color. |
Timing notice | #FFD45C | Color for timing notices. |
Readout background | #101A2C | Readout background color. |
Readout text | #EEF4FF | Readout text color. |
Stage-I symbol size | Tiny / options: Tiny, Small, Normal | Stage-I symbol size: Tiny, Small or Normal. |
Stage-II / III symbol size | Tiny / options: Tiny, Small | Later-stage symbol size: Tiny or Small. |
Caption font size | 11 / min 8, max 20 | Caption font size, default eleven. |
Stage-II / III transparency | 45 / min 0, max 85 | Later-stage transparency; higher values appear fainter. |
Bold text | On | Enables bold text. |
| Input label | Default / options | What it controls and when to adjust it |
|---|---|---|
Show compact readout | On | Shows the compact readout. |
Position | Top right / options: Top right, Bottom right, Top left, Bottom left | Positions the panel in one of four corners. Avoid overlapping another table. |
Readout font size | 11 / min 8, max 20 | Readout font size, default eleven. |
Outer horizontal inset (%) | 1.2 / min 0, max 8 | Transparent outer gutter as a percentage of available indicator width, useful near native price labels. |
Completed observations per side | 100 / min 10, max 1000 | Rolling retention capacity, default one hundred per side. Both rates share the same usable Stage-III-matured initial-origin denominator. |
Retention mini-bars | On | Shows miniature retention bars. |
Readout icons | On | Adds icons within existing cells. A filled square means horizon completion, not successful extreme retention. |
| Input label | Default / options | What it controls and when to adjust it |
|---|---|---|
Enable post-confirmation research | On | Enables the equal-length post-confirmation study without filtering the primary detector or replacing printed readout values. |
Bars AFTER each confirmation | 12 / min 1, max 150 | Number of closed bars after each attained confirmation, excluding that candle. All stage results mature together at origin + Stage-III span + H. |
Audit sample admission | All accepted origins / options: All accepted origins, Non-overlapping per side | Admits all accepted origins or non-overlapping same-side origins. Admission is fixed at Stage I, after the previous admitted record’s deadline; outcomes do not trigger replacement. |
Additional Data Window outputs | On | Exposes extended historical means, retention and matched results at common maturity. Hiding outputs does not disable calculations or the original six stage-price series. |
| Input label | Default / options | What it controls and when to adjust it |
|---|---|---|
Enable definition and path study | On | Enables fixed-origin definition tests and ordered post-I paths in tooltips without changing primary markers or printed cells. |
Ordered path: bars AFTER Stage I | 24 / min 1, max 150 | Ordered-path horizon after Stage I, excluding its candle. Maturity is origin + max(Stage-III span, Stage-I span + horizon). |
Outside-level buffer (origin ATR) | 0.05 / min 0, max 5 | Outward buffer in origin ATR. The effective fixed buffer is the larger of ATR and tick components; crossings must be strict. |
Minimum outside buffer (ticks) | 1 / min 0, max 100 | Minimum outward buffer in ticks, default one. |
Consecutive outside closes for acceptance | 2 / min 1, max 10 | Consecutive strictly outside closes required for the acceptance milestone. A nonqualifying close resets an unfinished run. |
Inside-return clearance (origin ATR) | 0.05 / min 0, max 5 | Inside clearance after acceptance, default 0.05 origin ATR. Return requires later closes strictly inside; the acceptance candle’s wick cannot imply it. |
Consecutive inside closes for return | 1 / min 1, max 10 | Required consecutive inside-return closes, default one. |
Inward excursion milestone (origin ATR) | 1 / min 0.05, max 10 | Inward excursion from the Stage-I confirmation close, measured with wicks. If first inward and outward events share a candle, intrabar order is unknown. |
Definition/path sample admission | All accepted origins / options: All accepted origins, Non-overlapping per side | Separate admission policy for definition/path research, fixed at Stage I. Skipped origins are not substituted retrospectively after later outcomes. |
Completed definition/path records per side | 100 / min 10, max 500 | Capacity for completed admitted definition/path records. Unusable paths may remain as records but are excluded from path-group statistics. |
Inspect record (0 = latest origin, 1 = latest completed) | 0 / min 0, max 500 | Zero follows the latest accepted origin; one and above select progressively older completed admitted records. Only added tooltips change. Unavailable offsets do not substitute another record. |
Definition/path Data Window records | On | Six outputs identify origin time, initial agreement and path code per side on the common maturity candle. Code −1 means unusable, not success or failure. |
Select a TradingView condition for stage or research completion. Completion can include an unusable record and does not mean success. Ordered-path completion is not a realtime breach/return alert.
This tool is for analysis and visualization. It is not investment advice, a trade recommendation, a forecast, or a promise of profit or accuracy. Results depend on inputs, symbol, timeframe, and data feed. You remain responsible for every trading decision.
Origin bars places Stage I at the earlier candle only after confirmation. Later stages, event outputs and alerts retain their actual availability times. Do not treat the origin marker as information available at the origin.
Density, budgets, age and finite caches can change visible symbols and clearance on pan/zoom. A classification may compare with an accepted origin currently hidden. Presentation does not change research samples or alerts.
Path −1 is unusable. A completed record may retain valid definition tests while being excluded from path-group statistics. Missing ATR or malformed OHLC must not be interpreted as a successful hold.
Non-overlap is fixed at Stage I after the preceding admitted same-side deadline, without outcome-based replacement. Opposite sides can overlap; non-overlap is not independence. Late acceptance leaves less opportunity for return before the horizon ends.
No external data or imported indicator libraries are used, but settings, feed revisions, history and synthetic OHLC affect results. Tooltip timestamps are exchange-time bar opens; information becomes available after the relevant close. Use historical Data Window values or Bar Replay.
Stages, definitions and paths are related observations. Retention rates are not win rates, and a return milestone does not imply profit. Comparisons conditioned on later retention do not prove an optimal stage or a causal advantage.
Clarify delayed annotation, common maturity, definition tests and path codes.
No. The default first confirmation arrives after three right-side bars close. Backdated placement adds a historical annotation only afterward.
No. It remains in the initial observation population, although display density and limits may hide its symbol.
No. They describe extreme retention, without simulated trades, fills, costs or profits.
No. It records a qualifying return after outside acceptance, not a guarantee about the final bar or future behavior.
It is an open-source TradingView indicator. The publication specifies Pine Script v6 and Mozilla Public License 2.0; review those terms before reuse.
This guide is grounded in SG Group’s live catalogue, the script’s published TradingView description, and the user-facing inputs in its open source. Labels and defaults can change after a script update.
