VIFVG Trading Guide

The Volumetric Inverse FVG (VIFVG) is a quantitative trading tool engineered to analyze market structure, momentum dynamics, and key price levels.

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

• Min Gap Size (ATR) (minGapAtr): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Strict Mode (strictMode): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Keep Last N IFVG (showLastN): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Ghost (FVG) Box (showGhost): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Close in Half FVG Signals (showHalfCloseSignals): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Min Zone Age for Test (Bars) (minZoneAge): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Broken Zones (Historical) (showBrokenZones): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Max Zone Age for Test (Bars) (maxZoneAge): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Lookback Period (Bars) (lookbackBars): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Max Supports to Keep (maxSupports): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Max Resistances to Keep (maxResistances): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish IFVG Created (bull_ifvg_created): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish IFVG Created (bear_ifvg_created): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Has Active Bull IFVG (has_bull_ifvg): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Has Active Bear IFVG (has_bear_ifvg): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Break Bullish IFVG ↓ (break_bull_ifvg): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Break Bearish IFVG ↑ (break_bear_ifvg): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Low in Half Range above Bullish IFVG (close_in_half_bull_ifvg): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• High in Half Range below Bearish IFVG (close_in_half_bear_ifvg): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Support Count (support_count): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Resistance Count (resistance_count): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish IFVG Created (bull_ifvg_created): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish IFVG Created (bear_ifvg_created): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Active Bullish IFVG Exists (has_bull_ifvg): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Active Bearish IFVG Exists (has_bear_ifvg): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Break Bullish IFVG ↓ (break_bull_ifvg): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Break Bearish IFVG ↑ (break_bear_ifvg): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Low in Half Range above Bullish IFVG (close_in_half_bull_ifvg): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• High in Half Range below Bearish IFVG (close_in_half_bear_ifvg): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Support Count (support_count): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Resistance Count (resistance_count): 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

• bull_ifvg_created - Bullish IFVG Created event signal.
• bear_ifvg_created - Bearish IFVG Created event signal.
• has_bull_ifvg - Has Active Bull IFVG event signal.
• has_bear_ifvg - Has Active Bear IFVG event signal.
• break_bull_ifvg - Break Bullish IFVG ↓ event signal.
• break_bear_ifvg - Break Bearish IFVG ↑ event signal.
• close_in_half_bull_ifvg - Low in Half Range above Bullish IFVG event signal.
• close_in_half_bear_ifvg - High in Half Range below Bearish IFVG event signal.
• bull_ifvg_created - Bullish IFVG Created event signal.
• bear_ifvg_created - Bearish IFVG Created event signal.
• has_bull_ifvg - Active Bullish IFVG Exists event signal.
• has_bear_ifvg - Active Bearish IFVG Exists event signal.
• break_bull_ifvg - Break Bullish IFVG ↓ event signal.
• break_bear_ifvg - Break Bearish IFVG ↑ event signal.
• close_in_half_bull_ifvg - Low in Half Range above Bullish IFVG event signal.
• close_in_half_bear_ifvg - High in Half Range below Bearish IFVG event signal.

2. Filters and Trade Levels

• minGapAtr - Min Gap Size (ATR) value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• strictMode - Strict Mode value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showLastN - Keep Last N IFVG value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showGhost - Show Ghost (FVG) Box value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showHalfCloseSignals - Show Close in Half FVG Signals value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• minZoneAge - Min Zone Age for Test (Bars) value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showBrokenZones - Show Broken Zones (Historical) value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• maxZoneAge - Max Zone Age for Test (Bars) value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• lookbackBars - Lookback Period (Bars) value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• maxSupports - Max Supports to Keep value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• maxResistances - Max Resistances to Keep value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• support_count - Support Count value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• resistance_count - Resistance Count value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• support_count - Support Count value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• resistance_count - Resistance Count value used for structural qualification or thresholds.

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