Imbalance Detector

Imbalance Detector finds the three imbalance families price action traders watch, fair value gaps, opening gaps and volume imbalances, and then does something rarer: it counts them. A built-in dashboard reports how frequently each type appears on the current chart and what percentage ends up filled, turning zones that are usually eyeballed into measurable statistics. The highlighted areas double as support/resistance or trade targets, since price often gravitates back to rebalance them.

How to Trade the Imbalance Detector?

• Bullish FVG: a three-candle formation whose current low sits above the high from two bars earlier, a footprint of buying momentum and a zone to watch for support on the return.
• Bearish FVG: the current high below the low from two bars back flags selling pressure and potential resistance overhead.
• Opening gaps: price ranges left untraded when a bar opens beyond the prior extreme; rarer in markets that trade continuously, and prioritized over FVGs when both occur together.
• Volume imbalances: a discontinuity between the open and preceding close without an empty range, a subtler momentum tell, with extra filtering to isolate the meaningful ones.

Check the dashboard's fill percentage before leaning on a zone type: it shows how the current symbol actually treats each imbalance. Alerts are available whenever a new imbalance appears.

Imbalance Detector Settings

• Imbalance Detection: enable or disable each imbalance type independently.
• Min Width Requirement: the minimum area size (in points, percentages or ATR multiples) that filters out insignificant zones.
• Extend Imbalances: pushes detected areas a chosen number of bars to the right.
• Display Dashboard: shows or hides the statistics panel, with position and size options to fit your layout.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does it detect implied fair value gaps?

What does the dashboard actually measure?

How can I access the Imbalance Detector?