ICT Killzones + Pivots

The ICT Killzones + Pivots indicator identifies Inner Circle Trader (ICT) Killzones while tracking and extending their respective session highs and lows as pivots until they are mitigated. This tool provides a systematic way to visualize institutional trading windows and the liquidity pools formed during these specific periods.

Usage

The Usage section describes how the script can be used to monitor specific market sessions and the price levels established within them. Users can utilize the killzone boxes to identify periods of high volatility and potential institutional activity.

• Killzone Tracking: The indicator plots customizable boxes for Asia, London, New York AM, New York Lunch, and New York PM sessions. These help traders focus on specific time windows where setups typically form.
• Pivot Extensions: Highs and lows created during a session are marked with horizontal lines. These lines extend until price "trades through" them (mitigation), or they can be set to extend past mitigation for historical reference.
• Daily/Weekly/Monthly Data: Beyond Killzones, users can enable opening price lines and high/low levels for higher timeframes (Daily, Weekly, Monthly) to identify broader market structure.
• Cutoff Time: To prevent chart clutter, users can define a specific time (e.g., 18:00) where all drawings and extensions stop, ensuring a clean view for the next trading day.

Details

The script is built to accommodate various interpretations of ICT concepts. While it defaults to traditional ICT Killzone timings, the flexible session inputs allow for slight alterations or entirely different time windows.

The pivot logic tracks the highest and lowest points reached specifically within the defined session boundaries. Once the session concludes, the indicator stores these coordinates and projects them forward. The "Until Mitigated" logic uses a real-time check to see if the current price has crossed the stored pivot level; if so, the line terminates.

For the range calculations, the indicator can display a table showing the point/pip range of the most recent sessions and a rolling average. This helps traders understand if the current market volatility is typical or exhausted compared to previous days.

Settings

Settings

• Session Drawing Limit: Controls how many historical days of drawings remain on the chart.
• Timeframe Limit: Disables drawings on timeframes higher than the selected value to maintain clarity.
• Timezone: Sets the reference timezone for all session inputs (default is America/New_York).
• Drawing Cutoff Time: Enables a specific time to stop extending all pivot and opening price lines.

Killzones

• Show Killzone Boxes: Toggles the background highlights for sessions.
• Session Inputs (Asia, London, NY AM, etc.): Allows users to enable/disable specific sessions, change their names, time ranges, and colors.
• Box/Text Transparency: Adjusts the visual intensity of the session highlights.

Killzone Pivots

• Show Pivots: Toggles the high/low horizontal lines.
• Alert Broken Pivots: Sends a notification when price trades through a session high or low.
• Extend Pivots: Choose between "Until Mitigated" or "Past Mitigation."
• Pivot Labels: Custom text strings for the high and low labels (e.g., "LO.H" for London High).

Killzone Range

• Show Killzone Range/Average: Displays a table with session volatility data.
• Average Length: The number of sessions used to calculate the average range.

Day - Week - Month / Opening Prices

• D/W/M Open/High/Low: Toggles levels for higher timeframe opening prices and previous session extremes.
• Separators: Vertical lines marking the start of a new day, week, or month.
• Opening Prices (H1-H4): Customizable specific timestamps for opening price lines (e.g., Midnight Open, 06:00 Open).

FAQ

How do I adjust the sessions for my local timezone? You can change the "Timezone" setting in the main settings group to match your preference, or keep it on "America/New_York" and adjust the session times relative to NY time as per ICT methodology.

Why did my pivot lines disappear? By default, the indicator is set to "Until Mitigated," meaning the line will disappear or stop once price touches it. Additionally, check the "Session Drawing Limit" if older lines are no longer visible.

How can I access the ICT Killzones + Pivots indicator? You can get access on the LuxAlgo Library for charting platforms like TradingView, MetaTrader (MT4/MT5), and NinjaTrader for free.