# Seek & Destroy Profile Seek & Destroy Profile is an indicator on [Vela](https://vela.luxalgo.com/chart), our next-generation charting platform, written in Pine Script®. Classifies the trading day against the seek & destroy template: an early range (midnight to 08:30 ET by default) freezes into reference levels, joined by the prior day's high and low, and every bar of the 08:30-16:00 window is tested for sweeps, acceptance, and displacement. A dashboard tracks the live state, base rates, and a stand-aside read, with six alerts. - Indicator in the LuxAlgo Library, by LuxAlgo, published Jun 25, 2026. - Access: free. - Concepts: [Seek & Destroy Profile](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/seek-and-destroy-profile/) (primary) - Open on Vela: https://vela.luxalgo.com/chart?pineScriptCodeId=fzqi9lhs2jon0ddpnidxo1d0 - Page: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/seek-and-destroy-profile/ **Seek & Destroy Profile** is the definitive clean detector for the [seek & destroy profile](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/seek-and-destroy-profile/), the day that takes the stops on both sides yet commits to neither. It freezes an early range (00:00-08:30 New York time by default), arms its extremes (plus the prior day's high and low when outside it) and judges the evaluation window bar by bar: a wick through a level that closes back inside is a sweep; closes holding beyond it are acceptance, a genuine breakout. ## How to Trade the Seek & Destroy Profile? - **Buy Stops Taken / Sell Stops Taken**: a reference level was run and rejected: a caution flag after one side, the working assumption after both. - **Seek & Destroy · Developing**: both sides swept without acceptance; the background shades and the dashboard read flips to stand aside. - **Confirmed vs unconfirmed**: a final close inside the middle band completes the signature; a two-sided day settling away from it stays unconfirmed. - **Invalidation**: acceptance beyond any level reclassifies the day as a directional breakout, with its own alert. The dashboard tracks the close's range position, early-range width versus average, and two-sided and confirmed base rates. ## Seek & Destroy Profile Settings - **Timezone** (default America/New_York). - **Early Range** (default 0000-0830): source of the primary reference levels. - **Evaluation Window** (default 0830-1600): where sweeps count and the day is judged. - **Prior Day High/Low** (default enabled): arms PDH and PDL when outside the early range. - **Acceptance Closes** (default 2): consecutive closes beyond a level that read as breakout. - **Displacement Multiplier** (default 1) with **ATR Length** (default 14): one displaced close also invalidates; 0 disables the test. - **Middle Close Band %** (default 33): how central the final close must land to confirm. - **Early Range Width Average** (default 20), plus box, level-line, midpoint, label, shading, and dashboard toggles. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How does this relate to Session & Weekly Profiles? The [session and weekly profile templates](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/session-and-weekly-profiles/) classify how directional days and weeks unfold; this build isolates the one template that rewards nobody and measures how often your market produces it. ### What exactly counts as acceptance? Either the configured count of consecutive closes beyond a level, or one close beyond it by more than the displacement distance. Both argue the break has follow-through, the opposite of a stop run. ### Can I run it on RTH-only charts? Yes. The default early range assumes overnight bars, so on cash-session data switch it to an opening-range window such as 0930-1030; only the window moves, the logic is unchanged. ## Related indicators - [CRT Sweep & Setup Highlighter](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/crt-sweep-setup-highlighter/) (Candle Range Theory): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/crt-sweep-setup-highlighter.md - [ICT Silver Bullet](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/ict-silver-bullet/) (Silver Bullet): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/ict-silver-bullet.md - [ICT Unicorn Model](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/ict-unicorn-model/) (Unicorn): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/ict-unicorn-model.md - [Candle 2 Closure](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/candle-2-closure/) (Candle Range Theory): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/candle-2-closure.md - [One-shot-one-kill](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/one-shot-one-kill/) (Smart Money Concepts / ICT): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/one-shot-one-kill.md - [Session & Weekly Profiles](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/session-and-weekly-profiles/) (Smart Money Concepts / ICT): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/session-and-weekly-profiles.md - [Short-Term Order Block Rejections](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/short-term-order-block-rejections/) (Smart Money Concepts / ICT): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/short-term-order-block-rejections.md - [Smart Money Concepts (SMC)](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/smart-money-concepts-smc/) (Smart Money Concepts / ICT): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/smart-money-concepts-smc.md --- Source: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/seek-and-destroy-profile/ (LuxAlgo Library). Free to use with attribution: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/license/