SR HIGH VOL BOXES Trading Guide

The Support and Resistance High Volume Boxes (SR HVB) is arguably one of the most powerful structural and liquidity-based indicators in the platform. Rather than drawing horizontal lines at arbitrary swing highs or lows, this engine mathematically constructs dynamic Support and Resistance zones only at pivot points that exhibit massive anomalous volume compared to the rolling average.

These zones act as historical memory banks of trapped institutional liquidity. A zone is drawn horizontally across the chart and extended infinitely into the future until the price definitively breaks through it.

What does the indicator show?

• Support Zones (Green Boxes): Formed at local bottoms where abnormal buying volume arrested a downtrend. They project forward as floors for future price action.
• Resistance Zones (Red Boxes): Formed at local tops where massive sell volume capped an uptrend. They project forward as ceilings.
• Strong Zones (Darker Backgrounds): Not all high-volume boxes are equal. If a zone is created with volume highly exceeding the moving average (e.g., >1.5x AvgVol), it is classified as "Strong" and drawn with a heavier, darker color.
• Zone Breaking & Holding: The algorithm natively tracks whether a zone is "Active" (holding) or "Broken". Once price closes entirely beyond a zone's boundary, the box ends.
• Statistics Dashboard (Optional): A heads-up display showing the total number of active blocks, average volume, and identifying the absolute strongest historical support and resistance levels.

Key Settings

• Lookback Period & ATR Multiplier: Determines the lookback length to identify a pivot, while the ATR Multiplier calculates the vertical width (thickness) of the generated box based on current volatility.
• AvgVol Mults (EMA/Pure): Multipliers used to define the strict volume thresholds required to mint a standard box or classify it as a "Strong" box.
• Candle Limit: Since computing infinite forward-projected boxes across years of data is expensive, this limits the box memory to the most recent 'N' bars (e.g., 1200 bars).

How to use Strategy Parameters (Condition Source)

The true power of SR HVB lies in its deep integration with the Strategy Tester. You can build entire automated systems based purely on the output of this one indicator.

1. Advanced Trading Events (Signals)

• Long Box AvgVol+EMA200 — A pure confirmation signal. Fires when a Resistance box forms but the price is securely below the macro EMA200 trend, indicating a strong short setup against resistance. (And vice-versa for Short box/Support).
• Long / Short Sticky 4 Levels — An extremely powerful anomaly signal. Fires only when 4 or more active zones overlap in the exact same price area, creating an absolute wall of liquidity (a "Sticky" level).
• Break Support / Resistance Zone — Fires exactly on the candle where an active historical zone is finally breached, useful for breakout and stop-loss strategies.

Strategy Example: Take a breakout long trade the moment an overhead resistance ceiling is cleared: Break Resistance Zone ↑ is_true.

2. Active Zone Counting

You can use the indicator to provide "macro context" to your bot by counting how many floors or ceilings currently exist around the price.

• Zones Below / Zones Above — Total count of all unbroken zones currently sitting beneath or above the true price.
• Strong Support Zones Below (count) — Extracts only the "Strong" structural floors beneath the current price.

Strategy Example: Only allow your bot to take short trades if there is no structural support blocking the fall: Support Zones Below (count) < 1.

3. Proximity & Zone Interaction

You can directly reference the top or bottom of the nearest Support/Resistance box.

• Support Top (nearest) / Support Bottom (nearest) — Level data values.
• Support Zone / Strong Support Zone — Returns the entire zone coordinates.

Strategy Example: Buy a pullback when price touches the top of a heavily defended historical support: Price Touches Support Top.