# HTF-level Proximity Filters HTF-level Proximity Filters is an indicator on [Vela](https://vela.luxalgo.com/chart), our next-generation charting platform, written in Pine Script®. Gates lower-timeframe signals by their distance to higher-timeframe levels: prior day, week and month high/low/close plus the daily floor pivot ladder, normalized in ATR multiples or percent of price. Clearance mode vetoes signals aimed into a nearby level; proximity mode passes only signals firing at one. Nearest levels plot with glow shading and a dashboard shows the live gates. Default threshold: 0.25 daily ATR. - Indicator in the LuxAlgo Library, by LuxAlgo, published May 16, 2026. - Access: free. - Concepts: [HTF-level Proximity Filters](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/htf-level-proximity-filters/) (primary) - Open on Vela: https://vela.luxalgo.com/chart?pineScriptCodeId=fobj9goiku85uozxwhdmufd3 - Page: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/htf-level-proximity-filters/ **HTF-level Proximity Filters** turns the [HTF-level proximity filter](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/htf-level-proximity-filters/) idea into a running gate on the chart. It maintains a fourteen-level inventory (prior day, week and month high, low and close, plus a floor pivot ladder) measures the distance to the nearest reference on each side, in ATR multiples or as a percent of price, and resolves long and short gates every bar. Clearance mode (the default) blocks a long while a level sits within the threshold overhead; proximity mode passes only signals firing at a level. The nearest levels plot with a proximity glow. ## How to Trade the HTF-level Proximity Filters? - **Long: Blocked**: a level sits inside the threshold overhead. Clearance mode discards longs launched straight into the obstacle. - **Near-level state**: price is at a reference. Confluence for proximity-mode entries, caution for signals aimed into the level. - **Above / Below rows**: the nearest reference each side doubles as the first-target candidate in a trade's path. The gates never generate signals; this is the filter stage of the [composition toolkit](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/family/meta-composition/), adjudicating locations for signals produced elsewhere. ## HTF-level Proximity Filters Settings - **Filter Mode** (default Require Clearance): veto near-obstacle signals, or require firing at a level. - **Proximity Threshold** (default 0.25): the distance that counts as at a level, in the active unit. - **Distance Units** (default ATR Multiples): or % of Price. - **ATR Basis** (default Daily) with **Length** (default 14): the prior day's ATR as the yardstick; the chart ATR above daily. - **Level inventory**: prior day, week and month high/low/close all enabled by default; **Floor Pivots** (default enabled) from the D timeframe. - **Untested Levels Only** (default disabled): drop references already traded through until their period rolls. - **Dashboard & style**: gate panel on, level labels on, near-level background off. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How does this differ from Pivot Points? [Pivot Points](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/pivot-points/) plot the ladder and stop there. This tool consumes such levels (the floor formula sits in its inventory) and turns them into a pass-or-block decision by distance. ### How should the threshold be chosen? No universal number exists: a tight threshold admits only the cleanest interactions, a loose one catches more and blurs what being at a level means. Run gated and ungated streams side by side on identical data and keep the setting only when its rejections pay for themselves. ### Can another script consume the gates? Yes. Normalized distances, the near-level state and both gates publish as data-window series any signal script can read as an external source. ## Related indicators - [HTF Sweep Signals](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/htf-sweep-signals/) (Top-down Analysis): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/htf-sweep-signals.md - [HTF PO3](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/htf-po3/) (Top-down Analysis): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/htf-po3.md - [HTF Reversal Divergences](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/htf-reversal-divergences/) (Top-down Analysis): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/htf-reversal-divergences.md - [HTF Candle Projections](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/htf-candle-projections/) (Top-down Analysis): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/htf-candle-projections.md - [HTF Candle Dynamics](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/htf-candle-dynamics/) (Top-down Analysis): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/htf-candle-dynamics.md - [HTF Candle Consistency](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/htf-candle-consistency/) (Top-down Analysis): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/htf-candle-consistency.md - [SMA Directional Matrix](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/sma-directional-matrix/) (MTF Alignment & Confluence Scoring): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/sma-directional-matrix.md - [Signals & Overlays](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/luxalgo-signals-overlays/) (Meta & Composition): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/luxalgo-signals-overlays.md --- Source: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/htf-level-proximity-filters/ (LuxAlgo Library). Free to use with attribution: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/license/