CISD Projections

CISD Projections turns a confirmed change in state of delivery into mechanical price targets. Once the reversal validates, the indicator measures the manipulation leg (the swing that produced the shift) and anchors extended Fibonacci expansions at 1, 2, 2.5, 4, and 4.5 to it, mapping where price is statistically most likely to expand. Optional filters retire projections the moment a change of character closes back through the leg, keeping stale targets off the chart.

How to Trade the CISD Projections?

• Average manipulation legs: expansions commonly resolve around the 2–2.5 projections, the workhorse take-profit zone.
• Momentum-driven legs: when volatility is expanding, price can carry toward the 4–4.5 levels.
• Exceptionally large legs: favor the conservative 1 projection instead of stretching for distant targets.
• Bars Threshold and range filtering: demand a minimum leg size, or accept only CISDs printing near the extremes of the recent range, to concentrate on higher-quality setups.

The projections are measured, not predicted: they encode how price has historically expanded after manipulation and reversal. Read against context (volatility, the leg's size versus its predecessors, how price reacts at each level), they become scaling-out and expectation tools rather than blind targets.

CISD Projections Settings

• Bars Threshold: minimum number of bars for a valid manipulation leg.
• CISD Filter: restricts setups to CISDs near the top or bottom of the range over the last X bars.
• Invalidate CISDs on CHoCH: stops projection extension after the first close beyond the manipulation leg.
• Projections: enable individual levels, select which expansion ratios display, and style each line.
• Style: CISD level display, label size, bullish and bearish colors, and the background fill toward the furthest level.

Frequently Asked Questions

Should I always target the furthest projection?

Is there a higher-timeframe version?

How do I start using CISD Projections?