ICT VALIDATED SMC Trading Guide

The NY AM is a quantitative technical analysis tool. ICT Validated SMC v1 A customDraw overlay indicator inspired by the supplied Pine script. The port is adapted to the Plotwise indicator engine and keeps the

What does the indicator show?

• Market Structure & Momentum: Visualizes prevailing trend directions and key reversal zones.
• BUY / SELL Signals: Highlights confirmed entry and exit opportunities based on quantitative rules.
• Dynamic Boundaries: Provides adaptive levels for managing trade risk and reward expectations.

Key Settings

• Swing Length (swingLen): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Internal Structure Length (internalLen): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Swing Points (showSwings): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show BOS / CHoCH (showStructure): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Internal Structure (showInternalStructure): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Require Body Close for BOS/CHoCH (requireBodyClose): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Enable HTF Structure Check (useHTF): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• HTF Timeframe (htfTimeframe): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• HTF Swing Length (htfSwingLen): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show HTF Structure on Chart (showHTFStructure): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Order Blocks (showOB): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Max Visible OBs (obMaxCount): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Require Liquidity Sweep (requireSweep): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Require Displacement (FVG) (requireDisplacement): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Mitigated OBs (showMitigated): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Breaker Blocks (showBreakers): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Max Visible Breakers (brkMaxCount): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show FVGs (showFVG): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Max Visible FVGs (fvgMaxCount): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Min Displacement (ATR Mult) (fvgMinATRMult): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show CE (50%) (showCE): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Mitigated FVGs (showMitigatedFVG): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show IFVGs (showIFVG): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show BPR Zones (showBPR): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Liquidity Levels (showLiquidity): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Equal Highs / Lows (showEQHL): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• EQH/EQL Tolerance (%) (eqTolerance): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Liquidity Sweeps (showSweeps): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Require Wick Rejection (sweepRequireWickReject): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Inducement Levels (showIDM): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Max Visible IDMs (idmMaxCount): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Premium/Discount Zones (showPD): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Equilibrium Line (showEQ): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Session Levels (showSessionLevels): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Previous Day High / Low (showPDHL): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Previous Week High / Low (showPWHL): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Killzones (showKZ): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Asian KZ (kzAsian): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• London KZ (kzLondon): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• NY AM KZ (kzNYAM): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• NY PM KZ (kzNYPM): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show OTE Zones (showOTE): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Upper Fib Level (oteFibHigh): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Lower Fib Level (oteFibLow): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show OTE Fib Lines (showOTEFibs): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Max Visible OTE (oteMaxCount): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Enable Trade Signals (enableSignals): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Min Confluence Score (minSigScore): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Require HTF Alignment (requireHTFAlign): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Require Active Killzone (requireKZActive): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Require CISD Confirmation (requireCISD): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Stop Loss Level (showSigSL): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Take Profit Level (showSigTP): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Signal Cooldown (bars) (sigCooldown): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Confluence Score (showConfluence): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Minimum Score to Display Setup (minScore): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Info Panel (showInfoPanel): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish Color (bullColor): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish Color (bearColor): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish OB Fill (obBullFill): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish OB Fill (obBearFill): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish Breaker Fill (breakerBullFill): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish Breaker Fill (breakerBearFill): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish FVG Fill (fvgBullFill): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish FVG Fill (fvgBearFill): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• IFVG Fill (ifvgFill): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• BPR Fill (bprFill): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish OTE Fill (oteBullFill): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish OTE Fill (oteBearFill): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• PDH/PDL Color (pdhColor): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• PWH/PWL Color (pwhColor): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Killzone Fill (killzoneFill): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Long Signal (longSignal): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Short Signal (shortSignal): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Long Signal (longSignal): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Short Signal (shortSignal): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Long Score (longScore): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Short Score (shortScore): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish BOS (bullBos): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish BOS (bearBos): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish CHOCH (bullChoch): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish CHOCH (bearChoch): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Swing Trend (swingTrend): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• HTF Trend (htfTrend): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Signal SL (signalSL): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Signal TP (signalTP): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• PDH (pdh): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• PDL (pdl): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• PWH (pwh): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• PWL (pwl): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bull OB Top (bullObTop): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bull OB Bottom (bullObBottom): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bear OB Top (bearObTop): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bear OB Bottom (bearObBottom): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Validated Long Signal (longSignal): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Validated Short Signal (shortSignal): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish BOS (bullBos): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish BOS (bearBos): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish CHOCH (bullChoch): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish CHOCH (bearChoch): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Internal Bull BOS (internalBullBos): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Internal Bear BOS (internalBearBos): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Internal Bull CHOCH (internalBullChoch): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Internal Bear CHOCH (internalBearChoch): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• IDM Triggered (idmTriggered): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish IDM Triggered (bullIdmTriggered): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish IDM Triggered (bearIdmTriggered): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish Liquidity Sweep (bullSweep): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish Liquidity Sweep (bearSweep): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish OB Zone (bullObZone): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish OB Zone (bearObZone): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish Breaker Zone (bullBreakerZone): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish Breaker Zone (bearBreakerZone): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish FVG Zone (bullFvgZone): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish FVG Zone (bearFvgZone): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish OTE Zone (bullOteZone): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish OTE Zone (bearOteZone): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish IFVG Zone (bullIfvgZone): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish IFVG Zone (bearIfvgZone): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• BPR Zone (bprZone): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Long Score (longScore): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Short Score (shortScore): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Swing Trend (swingTrend): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• HTF Trend (htfTrend): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Signal Stop (signalSL): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Signal Target (signalTP): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• PDH (pdh): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• PDL (pdl): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• PWH (pwh): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• PWL (pwl): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.

How to use Strategy Parameters (Condition Source)

Within the Strategy Tester module, this indicator can be used both as a direct signal source and as a market-state filter.

1. Signal Events

• longSignal - Validated Long Signal event signal.
• shortSignal - Validated Short Signal event signal.
• bullBos - Bullish BOS event signal.
• bearBos - Bearish BOS event signal.
• bullChoch - Bullish CHOCH event signal.
• bearChoch - Bearish CHOCH event signal.
• internalBullBos - Internal Bull BOS event signal.
• internalBearBos - Internal Bear BOS event signal.
• internalBullChoch - Internal Bull CHOCH event signal.
• internalBearChoch - Internal Bear CHOCH event signal.
• idmTriggered - IDM Triggered event signal.
• bullIdmTriggered - Bullish IDM Triggered event signal.
• bearIdmTriggered - Bearish IDM Triggered event signal.
• bullSweep - Bullish Liquidity Sweep event signal.
• bearSweep - Bearish Liquidity Sweep event signal.

2. Filters and Trade Levels

• swingLen - Swing Length value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• internalLen - Internal Structure Length value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showSwings - Show Swing Points value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showStructure - Show BOS / CHoCH value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showInternalStructure - Show Internal Structure value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• requireBodyClose - Require Body Close for BOS/CHoCH value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• useHTF - Enable HTF Structure Check value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• htfTimeframe - HTF Timeframe value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• htfSwingLen - HTF Swing Length value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showHTFStructure - Show HTF Structure on Chart value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showOB - Show Order Blocks value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• obMaxCount - Max Visible OBs value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• requireSweep - Require Liquidity Sweep value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• requireDisplacement - Require Displacement (FVG) value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showMitigated - Show Mitigated OBs value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showBreakers - Show Breaker Blocks value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• brkMaxCount - Max Visible Breakers value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showFVG - Show FVGs value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• fvgMaxCount - Max Visible FVGs value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• fvgMinATRMult - Min Displacement (ATR Mult) value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showCE - Show CE (50%) value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showMitigatedFVG - Show Mitigated FVGs value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showIFVG - Show IFVGs value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showBPR - Show BPR Zones value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showLiquidity - Show Liquidity Levels value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showEQHL - Show Equal Highs / Lows value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• eqTolerance - EQH/EQL Tolerance (%) value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showSweeps - Show Liquidity Sweeps value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• sweepRequireWickReject - Require Wick Rejection value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showIDM - Show Inducement Levels value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• idmMaxCount - Max Visible IDMs value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showPD - Show Premium/Discount Zones value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showEQ - Show Equilibrium Line value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showSessionLevels - Show Session Levels value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showPDHL - Previous Day High / Low value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showPWHL - Previous Week High / Low value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showKZ - Show Killzones value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• kzAsian - Asian KZ value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• kzLondon - London KZ value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• kzNYAM - NY AM KZ value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• kzNYPM - NY PM KZ value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showOTE - Show OTE Zones value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• oteFibHigh - Upper Fib Level value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• oteFibLow - Lower Fib Level value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showOTEFibs - Show OTE Fib Lines value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• oteMaxCount - Max Visible OTE value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• enableSignals - Enable Trade Signals value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• minSigScore - Min Confluence Score value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• requireHTFAlign - Require HTF Alignment value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• requireKZActive - Require Active Killzone value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• requireCISD - Require CISD Confirmation value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showSigSL - Show Stop Loss Level value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showSigTP - Show Take Profit Level value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• sigCooldown - Signal Cooldown (bars) value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showConfluence - Show Confluence Score value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• minScore - Minimum Score to Display Setup value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showInfoPanel - Show Info Panel value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• longSignal - Long Signal value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• shortSignal - Short Signal value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• longScore - Long Score value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• shortScore - Short Score value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bullBos - Bullish BOS value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bearBos - Bearish BOS value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bullChoch - Bullish CHOCH value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bearChoch - Bearish CHOCH value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• swingTrend - Swing Trend value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• htfTrend - HTF Trend value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• signalSL - Signal SL value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• signalTP - Signal TP value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• pdh - PDH value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• pdl - PDL value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• pwh - PWH value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• pwl - PWL value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bullObTop - Bull OB Top value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bullObBottom - Bull OB Bottom value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bearObTop - Bear OB Top value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bearObBottom - Bear OB Bottom value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bullObZone - Bullish OB Zone value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bearObZone - Bearish OB Zone value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bullBreakerZone - Bullish Breaker Zone value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bearBreakerZone - Bearish Breaker Zone value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bullFvgZone - Bullish FVG Zone value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bearFvgZone - Bearish FVG Zone value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bullOteZone - Bullish OTE Zone value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bearOteZone - Bearish OTE Zone value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bullIfvgZone - Bullish IFVG Zone value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bearIfvgZone - Bearish IFVG Zone value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bprZone - BPR Zone value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• longScore - Long Score value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• shortScore - Short Score value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• swingTrend - Swing Trend value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• htfTrend - HTF Trend value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• signalSL - Signal Stop value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• signalTP - Signal Target value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• pdh - PDH value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• pdl - PDL value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• pwh - PWH value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• pwl - PWL value used for structural qualification or thresholds.

Strategy Example: Enter Long when buySignal is true and trendFilter == 1, ensuring trades align with dominant momentum.