ICT Essentials

The ICT Essentials indicator is an all-in-one trading utility designed to create a natural and efficient workflow for traders following Inner Circle Trader (ICT) concepts. It integrates multiple structural and session-based tools—including liquidity markers, killzones, and higher timeframe context—into a single, high-performance framework.

Usage

The indicator provides a comprehensive suite of tools that can be toggled and customized based on your specific trading model:

• Equal Highs & Lows (EQH/EQL): Automatically identifies structural liquidity points. You can adjust the sensitivity via the Lookback Length and customize the visual output with line styles and text offsets.
• Killzones & Session Pivots: Tracks and highlights key trading sessions (Asia, London, NY AM, Lunch, PM). The tool can plot session highs and lows as pivots, which can be extended "Until Mitigated" to identify future reaction levels.
• Daily Pivots & Tier System: Displays daily highs and lows. A unique tier-based visibility filter prevents chart clutter by hiding redundant session pivots that overlap with daily levels.
• Higher Timeframe Candles: Overlay HTF candles (e.g., 4H or Daily) on your current lower timeframe chart. This includes customizable bodies, wicks, and countdown timers to maintain context without switching tabs.
• Key Times: Set up to five custom vertical markers for specific events like the Midnight Open or silver bullet windows.

Details

ICT Essentials is built for performance and chart clarity. It utilizes optimized scanning and caching systems to ensure smooth interactions even on higher timeframes. The logic behind the pivot extension and the "Tier System" ensures that only the most relevant structural levels are displayed, automatically cleaning up "mitigated" levels or redundant data points that fall within a defined proximity of each other. This refactored framework unifies several core concepts into a cohesive workspace.

Settings

Equal Highs/Lows

• Show Equal Highs/Lows: Toggles the visibility of EQH/EQL lines.
• Lookback Length: Sets the number of bars to search for equal highs/lows.
• Line/Text Customization: Options for color, width, style, and label size.

Killzones

• Session Toggles: Enable or disable Asia, London, and NY sessions individually.
• Trading Hours: Define custom session times using the GMT timezone.
• Box/Text Transparency: Adjust the opacity of the session background boxes and labels.

Killzone Pivots

• Extend Pivots: Choose to extend lines until they are touched by price (mitigated) or past mitigation.
• Current Session Hidden: Option to hide pivots from the session currently in progress to keep the focus on historical liquidity.
• Pivot Style/Width: Controls the visual weight of the structural lines.

Higher Timeframe Candles

• HTF Period: Select the timeframe for the candle overlay.
• Trace Lines: Toggle lines for Open, High, Low, and Close of the HTF candle.
• Countdown Timer: Displays the remaining time for the current HTF candle.

FAQ

How do I adjust the sessions to my local time? You can modify the session hours directly in the "Killzones" settings group. The indicator defaults to GMT/New York time settings common in ICT trading.

Can I hide the watermark? Yes, the watermark is fully customizable and can be disabled or moved to different corners of the chart in the Watermark settings section.

How can I access this tool? You can get access on the LuxAlgo Library for charting platforms like TradingView, MetaTrader (MT4/MT5), and NinjaTrader for free.