VALIDATED STRUCTURE Trading Guide

The Validated Structure Shift is a quantitative technical analysis tool. Validated Structure Shift (VSS) A highly reliable structural indicator that filters out standard MSS/BOS fakeouts. Confirmations implemented:

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.
• Require Body Close (reqBodyClose): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Require Liquidity Sweep (reqSweep): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Require FVG Displacement (reqFVG): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Require High Volume (reqVol): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Volume Multiplier (volMult): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Volume SMA Length (volSmaLen): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Swings (showSwings): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Breakout FVGs (showFVG): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Sweeps (showSweeps): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Sweep Lookback (bars) (sweepLookback): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• MSS Bull (mssBull): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• MSS Bear (mssBear): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• BOS Bull (bosBull): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• BOS Bear (bosBear): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Market Trend Bias (marketTrend): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish MSS (Confirmed) (mssBull): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish MSS (Confirmed) (mssBear): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish BOS (Confirmed) (bosBull): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish BOS (Confirmed) (bosBear): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Market Trend Bias (marketTrend): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• MSS/BOS Bullish Color (msBull): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• MSS/BOS Bearish Color (msBear): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish Sweep Color (sweepBull): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish Sweep Color (sweepBear): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish FVG Fill (fvgBull): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish FVG Fill (fvgBear): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Swing High Level (swingHigh): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Swing Low Level (swingLow): 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

• mssBull - Bullish MSS (Confirmed) event signal.
• mssBear - Bearish MSS (Confirmed) event signal.
• bosBull - Bullish BOS (Confirmed) event signal.
• bosBear - Bearish BOS (Confirmed) event signal.

2. Filters and Trade Levels

• swingLen - Swing Length value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• reqBodyClose - Require Body Close value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• reqSweep - Require Liquidity Sweep value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• reqFVG - Require FVG Displacement value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• reqVol - Require High Volume value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• volMult - Volume Multiplier value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• volSmaLen - Volume SMA Length value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showSwings - Show Swings value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showFVG - Show Breakout FVGs value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showSweeps - Show Sweeps value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• sweepLookback - Sweep Lookback (bars) value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• mssBull - MSS Bull value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• mssBear - MSS Bear value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bosBull - BOS Bull value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• bosBear - BOS Bear value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• marketTrend - Market Trend Bias value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• marketTrend - Market Trend Bias value used for structural qualification or thresholds.

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