Swing Failure Pattern (SFP)

The Swing Failure Pattern (SFP) indicator automatically highlights the swing failure pattern: a candle whose wick trades beyond a recent swing high or low yet closes back inside it, a move often engineered by larger participants generating liquidity before a turn. Each detection gets a label and an accentuated wick line, a confirmation level for validating the reversal, and an optional filter measuring the share of candle volume traded beyond the swing from lower-timeframe intrabar data.

How to Trade the Swing Failure Pattern (SFP)?

• Bearish SFP: a wick above a prior swing high with a close back below it; watch for rotation lower.
• Bullish SFP: a wick below a prior swing low with a close back above it; watch for rotation higher.
• Confirmation level: the highest point between the previous swing and a bullish SFP (the lowest for a bearish SFP). A close beyond it prints a triangle icon confirming the reversal.
• Volume % Threshold: keep SFPs where volume beyond the swing stays under the threshold, limiting excessive liquidity generation, or flip the condition to demand a significant sweep.

Contrarian traders can enter on the SFP itself and use the confirmation level to frame profit targets or stop losses; more patient entries wait for the confirming close.

Swing Failure Pattern (SFP) Settings

• Swings: the swing detection period. Longer settings anchor SFPs to longer-term levels and reduce detection frequency without changing the patterns themselves.
• Bullish SFP / Bearish SFP: show or hide each direction.
• Volume validation: choose 'Volume outside swing < Threshold', '> Threshold', or 'None', then set the Volume % Threshold.
• Auto + multiple / LTF: control the lower timeframe used for intrabar volume; Auto picks the nearest suitable one, and a dashboard can display which is applied.

Frequently Asked Questions

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