MONEY FLOW PROFILE LUX Trading Guide

The Money Flow Profile is a quantitative technical analysis tool. Money Flow Profile

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

• Lookback Length (lookback): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Profile Source (source): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Vol/MF Profile (vpShow): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• High Node Threshold % (vpHighThresh): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Low Node Threshold % (vpLowThresh): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show Sentiment Profile (spShow): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Sentiment Polarity Method (spPolarity): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Profile Heatmap (heatmap): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Heatmap Source (heatmapSource): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Heatmap Transparency (heatmapAlpha): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Level of Significance (POC) (pocType): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Consolidation Zones (consolidationShow): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Consolidation Threshold % (consolidationThresh): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Highest Sentiment Zone (highestSentimentShow): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Profile Price Levels (showPriceLevels): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Profile Text Size (textSize): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Profile Range Background Fill (showBgFill): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Number of Rows (rows): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Profile Width % (widthPct): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Horizontal Offset (offset): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Show EMA (showEma): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• EMA Length (emaLength): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• High Traded Nodes (hvColor): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Average Traded Nodes (avColor): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Low Traded Nodes (lvColor): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bullish Nodes (bullColor): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Bearish Nodes (bearColor): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• POC (pocColor): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Price Levels (lvlColor): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Profile Text Color (textColor): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Background Fill (bgColor): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Consolidation Zones (consColor): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• EMA Line (emaColor): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• POC Price (pocPrice): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Sentiment POC Price (spPocPrice): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• EMA Close (ema): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• EMA > POC (ema_above_poc): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• EMA < POC (ema_below_poc): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• EMA > Sentiment POC (ema_above_sp_poc): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• EMA < Sentiment POC (ema_below_sp_poc): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• POC Price (pocPrice): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Highest Sentiment Zone Price (spPocPrice): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• EMA Close (ema): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• POC crosses EMA (poc_cross_ema): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• Sentiment POC crosses EMA (sp_poc_cross_ema): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• EMA is above POC (ema_above_poc): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• EMA is below POC (ema_below_poc): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• EMA is above Sentiment POC (ema_above_sp_poc): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
• EMA is below Sentiment POC (ema_below_sp_poc): 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

• ema_above_poc - EMA > POC event signal.
• ema_below_poc - EMA < POC event signal.
• ema_above_sp_poc - EMA > Sentiment POC event signal.
• ema_below_sp_poc - EMA < Sentiment POC event signal.
• ema_above_poc - EMA is above POC event signal.
• ema_below_poc - EMA is below POC event signal.
• ema_above_sp_poc - EMA is above Sentiment POC event signal.
• ema_below_sp_poc - EMA is below Sentiment POC event signal.

2. Filters and Trade Levels

• lookback - Lookback Length value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• source - Profile Source value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• vpShow - Show Vol/MF Profile value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• vpHighThresh - High Node Threshold % value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• vpLowThresh - Low Node Threshold % value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• spShow - Show Sentiment Profile value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• spPolarity - Sentiment Polarity Method value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• heatmap - Profile Heatmap value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• heatmapSource - Heatmap Source value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• heatmapAlpha - Heatmap Transparency value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• pocType - Level of Significance (POC) value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• consolidationShow - Consolidation Zones value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• consolidationThresh - Consolidation Threshold % value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• highestSentimentShow - Highest Sentiment Zone value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showPriceLevels - Profile Price Levels value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• textSize - Profile Text Size value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showBgFill - Profile Range Background Fill value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• rows - Number of Rows value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• widthPct - Profile Width % value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• offset - Horizontal Offset value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• showEma - Show EMA value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• emaLength - EMA Length value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• pocPrice - POC Price value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• spPocPrice - Sentiment POC Price value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• ema - EMA Close value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• pocPrice - POC Price value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• spPocPrice - Highest Sentiment Zone Price value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• ema - EMA Close value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• poc_cross_ema - POC crosses EMA value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
• sp_poc_cross_ema - Sentiment POC crosses EMA value used for structural qualification or thresholds.

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