VP PIVOT ANCHORED Trading Guide

The Volume Profile Pivot Anchored is a quantitative technical analysis tool. VP_PIVOT_ANCHORED: Volume Profile Pivot Anchored Based on original TradingView indicator by DGT Features:

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

• Pivot Length (pivotLength): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Number of Rows (rowCount): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Value Area % (valueAreaPct): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Profile Width % (profileWidthPct): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Placement (placement): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Volume Profile (showVolumeProfile): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show POC (showPoc): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show VAH (showVah): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show VAL (showVal): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Background (showBackground): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Labels (showLabels): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Last Profile Offset (lastProfileOffset): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Stats Table (showStatsTable): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Stats Lookback (pivots) (statsLookback): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Table X Position % (tableXPos): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Table Y Position % (tableYPos): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• POC Price (poc): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• VAH Price (vah): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• VAL Price (val): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Current Profile Volume (currentVol): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Min Volume (Stats) (minVol): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Avg Volume (Stats) (avgVol): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Max Volume (Stats) (maxVol): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Close Above POC (closeAbovePOC): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Close Below POC (closeBelowPOC): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Close Above VAH (closeAboveVAH): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Close Below VAL (closeBelowVAL): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Cross POC (Vol > Min) (crossPOC_VolAboveMin): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Cross POC (Vol > Avg) (crossPOC_VolAboveAvg): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Cross POC (Vol > Max) (crossPOC_VolAboveMax): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Cross VAH (Vol > Min) (crossVAH_VolAboveMin): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Cross VAH (Vol > Avg) (crossVAH_VolAboveAvg): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Cross VAH (Vol > Max) (crossVAH_VolAboveMax): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Cross VAL (Vol > Min) (crossVAL_VolAboveMin): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Cross VAL (Vol > Avg) (crossVAL_VolAboveAvg): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Cross VAL (Vol > Max) (crossVAL_VolAboveMax): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Close Above POC (closeAbovePOC): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Close Below POC (closeBelowPOC): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Close Above VAH (closeAboveVAH): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Close Below VAL (closeBelowVAL): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Cross POC (Vol > Min) (crossPOC_VolAboveMin): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Cross POC (Vol > Avg) (crossPOC_VolAboveAvg): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Cross POC (Vol > Max) (crossPOC_VolAboveMax): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Cross VAH Up (Vol > Min) (crossVAH_VolAboveMin): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Cross VAH Up (Vol > Avg) (crossVAH_VolAboveAvg): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Cross VAH Up (Vol > Max) (crossVAH_VolAboveMax): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Cross VAL Down (Vol > Min) (crossVAL_VolAboveMin): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Cross VAL Down (Vol > Avg) (crossVAL_VolAboveAvg): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Cross VAL Down (Vol > Max) (crossVAL_VolAboveMax): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• POC Price (poc): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• VAH Price (vah): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• VAL Price (val): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Current Profile Volume (currentVol): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Avg Volume (Stats) (avgVol): 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

• closeAbovePOC - Close Above POC event signal.
• closeBelowPOC - Close Below POC event signal.
• closeAboveVAH - Close Above VAH event signal.
• closeBelowVAL - Close Below VAL event signal.
• crossPOC_VolAboveMin - Cross POC (Vol > Min) event signal.
• crossPOC_VolAboveAvg - Cross POC (Vol > Avg) event signal.
• crossPOC_VolAboveMax - Cross POC (Vol > Max) event signal.
• crossVAH_VolAboveMin - Cross VAH (Vol > Min) event signal.
• crossVAH_VolAboveAvg - Cross VAH (Vol > Avg) event signal.
• crossVAH_VolAboveMax - Cross VAH (Vol > Max) event signal.
• crossVAL_VolAboveMin - Cross VAL (Vol > Min) event signal.
• crossVAL_VolAboveAvg - Cross VAL (Vol > Avg) event signal.
• crossVAL_VolAboveMax - Cross VAL (Vol > Max) event signal.
• closeAbovePOC - Close Above POC event signal.
• closeBelowPOC - Close Below POC event signal.
• closeAboveVAH - Close Above VAH event signal.
• closeBelowVAL - Close Below VAL event signal.
• crossPOC_VolAboveMin - Cross POC (Vol > Min) event signal.
• crossPOC_VolAboveAvg - Cross POC (Vol > Avg) event signal.
• crossPOC_VolAboveMax - Cross POC (Vol > Max) event signal.
• crossVAH_VolAboveMin - Cross VAH Up (Vol > Min) event signal.
• crossVAH_VolAboveAvg - Cross VAH Up (Vol > Avg) event signal.
• crossVAH_VolAboveMax - Cross VAH Up (Vol > Max) event signal.
• crossVAL_VolAboveMin - Cross VAL Down (Vol > Min) event signal.
• crossVAL_VolAboveAvg - Cross VAL Down (Vol > Avg) event signal.
• crossVAL_VolAboveMax - Cross VAL Down (Vol > Max) event signal.

2. Filters and Trade Levels

• pivotLength - Pivot Length value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• rowCount - Number of Rows value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• valueAreaPct - Value Area % value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• profileWidthPct - Profile Width % value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• placement - Placement value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showVolumeProfile - Show Volume Profile value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showPoc - Show POC value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showVah - Show VAH value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showVal - Show VAL value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showBackground - Show Background value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showLabels - Show Labels value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• lastProfileOffset - Last Profile Offset value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showStatsTable - Show Stats Table value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• statsLookback - Stats Lookback (pivots) value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• tableXPos - Table X Position % value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• tableYPos - Table Y Position % value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• poc - POC Price value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• vah - VAH Price value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• val - VAL Price value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• currentVol - Current Profile Volume value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• minVol - Min Volume (Stats) value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• avgVol - Avg Volume (Stats) value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• maxVol - Max Volume (Stats) value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• poc - POC Price value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• vah - VAH Price value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• val - VAL Price value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• currentVol - Current Profile Volume value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• avgVol - Avg Volume (Stats) value used for structural qualification or thresholds.

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