Upthrust After Distribution

Upthrust After Distribution works the full distribution sequence so its terminal event can be called honestly. A stall high atop a qualified advance opens a candidate; once the pause becomes an established, boundary-tested range, a late break above resistance failing back inside within the failure window earns the upthrust after distribution label. The UTAD high extends as a dotted invalidation level; a projection sits one range height below support.

How to Trade the Upthrust After Distribution?

• UTAD label: the failed terminal break — mature, boundary-tested range, expanded participation; earlier pokes count as failing rallies, never UTADs.
• Test label: a weak swing rolling over near the UTAD high on lower volume and narrower spread — the classic entry evidence, stops just above; alerted.
• SOW label: support breaking or a wide, heavy down bar closing deep in the range corroborates markdown; the box resolves bearish.
• Held label: acceptance above the broken level refutes the reading — the range resolves bullish, the projection is removed.

Upthrust After Distribution Settings

• Advance Lookback (Bars) (default 50), Minimum Advance (xATR) (default 2.0), ATR Length (default 14): the required markup leg.
• Swing Length (default 5), Minimum Range Duration (Bars) (default 15), Terminal Maturity (Bars) (default 40), Minimum Boundary Tests (default 1), Support Grace (Bars) (default 3): the range's structural requirements.
• Failure Window (Bars) (default 5), Breakout Volume Multiple (on, default 1.2), Volume Average Length (default 20): breakout-versus-UTAD separation.
• Test Proximity (% of Range Height) (default 25), Test Swing Length (default 2), Shrinking Volume & Narrower Spread (on), Wide Down-Bar (xATR) (default 1.5): post-UTAD evidence.
• Display: Show Range Box, Show UTAD High Level, Show Downside Projection (all on), Range Fill Transparency (default 90).

Frequently Asked Questions

What separates a UTAD from an ordinary upthrust?

Position. An Upthrust is any rejected probe above range resistance, early or late; the UTAD is the sequence's final one, so the label only arrives after Terminal Maturity bars and the configured boundary tests.

What invalidates the reading?

Acceptance. Price holding above the broken level for the Failure Window's worth of closes prints Held, fires the Breakout Accepted alert and resolves the range upward.

Does it work without volume data?

Yes — both volume checks are skipped on symbols without volume, leaving detection to price structure; disabling the Breakout Volume Multiple does the same deliberately.