IBD Style Candles [tradeviZion]IBD Style Candles - Visualize Price Bars Like the Pros
Transform your chart with institutional-grade IBD-style bars and customizable moving averages for both daily and weekly timeframes. This indicator helps you visualize price action the way professionals at Investors Business Daily do.
What This Indicator Offers:
IBD-style bar visualization (clean, professional appearance)
Customizable coloring based on price movement or previous close
Automatic timeframe detection for appropriate moving averages
Four customizable moving averages for daily timeframes (10, 21, 50, 200)
Four customizable moving averages for weekly timeframes (10, 20, 30, 40)
Options to use SMAs or EMAs with adjustable colors and line widths
"The IBD-style bars provide a cleaner view of price action, allowing you to focus on market structure without the visual noise of traditional candles."
How to Apply the IBD-Style Bars:
On your TradingView chart, select "Bars" as the chart type from the main chart type selection menu (next to the time interval options).
Right-click on the chart and select "Settings".
Go to the "Symbol" tab.
Uncheck the "Thin Bars" option to display thicker bars.
Set the "Up Color" and "Down Color" opacity to 0 for a clean IBD-style appearance.
Enable "IBD-style Candles" from the script's settings.
To revert to the original chart style, repeat the above steps and restore the default settings.
Moving Average Configuration:
The indicator automatically detects your timeframe and displays the appropriate moving averages:
Daily Timeframe Moving Averages:
10-day moving average (SMA/EMA)
21-day moving average (SMA/EMA)
50-day moving average (SMA/EMA)
200-day moving average (SMA/EMA)
Weekly Timeframe Moving Averages:
10-week moving average (SMA/EMA)
20-week moving average (SMA/EMA)
30-week moving average (SMA/EMA)
40-week moving average (SMA/EMA)
Usage Tips:
Enable "Color bars based on previous close" to identify momentum shifts based on prior candle closes
Customize colors to match your chart theme or preference
Enable only the moving averages relevant to your trading strategy
For cleaner charts, reduce the number of visible moving averages
For stock trading, the 10/21/50/200 daily and 10/40 weekly MAs are most commonly used by institutions
// Example configuration for different timeframes
if timeframe.isweekly
// Weekly configuration
showSMA1_Weekly = true // 10-week MA
showSMA4_Weekly = true // 40-week MA
else
// Daily configuration
showMA2_Daily = true // 21-day MA
showMA3_Daily = true // 50-day MA
showMA4_Daily = true // 200-day MA
While the IBD style provides clarity, remember that no visualization method guarantees trading success. Always combine with proper analysis and risk management.
If you found this indicator helpful, please consider leaving a comment or suggestion for future improvements. Happy trading!
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MarketSmith Daily Market IndicatorsMarketSmith Daily Market Indicators is designed to mimic the Daily Market Indicators tab found in MarketSmith. This tab contains 4 different secondary indicators to help gauge the health of the overall market.
This indicator allows you to choose which of the 4 indicators to show, as well as which index to pull data from, Nasdaq or NYSE. There is also a snapshot table showing the following:
# of stock advancing and up volume
# of stocks declining and down volume
# of stock unchanged and unchanged volume
# of stocks making new highs and new lows
Now let's look at the 4 indicators and how they work.
Advance/Decline Line
Plots the number of advancing shares vs the number of declining shares. Heavily weighted index stocks can skew price action, this line helps reveal that and whether most stocks are aligned with the trend.
Short Term Overbought/Oversold Oscillator
A 10-day moving average of the number of stocks moving up in price less the number of stocks moving down in price.
10 Day Moving Average of Up & Down Volume
Two 10 day moving averages to represent the volume of all stocks. Blue line: total volume of all stocks moving up in price. Red line: the total volume of all stocks moving down in price.
10 Day Moving Average of New Highs & New Lows
Two 10-day moving average to represent stocks making new highs and new lows. Blue line: The number of stocks making new price highs. Red line: The number of stocks reaching new lows.
Note this indicator is designed to work on a daily time frame chart. Data typically updates 90 minutes after the close. Data may differ from Marketsmith due to different providers, however the general trends are the same.
Webby % Off 52 WeekThis indicator measures a stocks distance from its 52 week high. The concept is based on what Mike Webster shared on his appearance on IBD Live, allowing users to see if a current pullback from the highs is normal compared to historical pullbacks or if more attention is warranted.
It is also important to pay attention to a stocks 52 week high in relation to it's current price to confirm trend, spot potential breakout levels or see if the high acts as an area of resistance.
The indicator has 3 different zones with shaded backgrounds to easily spot the distance off of the high.
Zones
Green Zone - 0 to 8% off highs
Yellow Zone - 8 to 15% off highs
Red Zone - 15 to 25% off highs
Similar Healthy Pullbacks
Possible concern as pullback undercuts previous pullback level
Webby's RSI 2.0Webby's RSI (Really Simple Indicator) 2.0 or version 5.150 as Mike himself calls it, builds upon the original Webby RSI by changing the way we measure extension from the 21-day exponential moving average.
Instead using the percentage of the low versus the 21-day exponential moving average, version 2 uses a multiple of the securities 50 day ATR (average true range) to determine the extension.
Version 2.0 also comes with some new additions, such as measuring the high vs 21-day exponential moving average when a security is below it, as well as an ATR extension from the 10-day simple moving average that Mike looks to as a guide to take partials.
