Indicator · Pine Script v6 · On the chart

Key Levels

by insomniac-asif

Plots common futures reference levels on the price chart: previous day high, low and close, overnight high and low, the opening range, VWAP with bands, round numbers and a session background.

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GitHub stars1on the repository
Pine versionv6current
Lines of code158
Settings10inputs
LicenceMIT
Last update2 months ago20 Aug 2026

Add It to Your TradingView Chart

  1. 1Copy the scriptPress Copy script above, or the copy button on the code below.
  2. 2Open the Pine EditorOpen a TradingView chart and choose Pine Editor at the bottom of the screen.
  3. 3Paste over the templateCreate a new indicator, select all of the template text and paste. Press Save and give it a name.
  4. 4Add it to the chartPress Add to chart, then adjust the settings with the gear icon next to its name.

Source Code

158 lines of Pine Script v6 from pine/key_levels.pine, published under MIT. Keep the author's credit and licence lines when you reuse it.

key_levels.pine
//@version=6
indicator("Key Levels — Futures Signal Engine", overlay=true, max_lines_count=500, max_labels_count=500)

// ── Inputs ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
showPD      = input.bool(true, "Previous Day Levels")
showON      = input.bool(true, "Overnight Levels")
showOR      = input.bool(true, "Opening Range")
showVWAP    = input.bool(true, "VWAP + Bands")
showRound   = input.bool(true, "Round Numbers")
showSession = input.bool(true, "Session Background")
orMinutes   = input.int(15, "Opening Range Minutes", minval=5, maxval=60, step=5)
roundInc    = input.int(50, "Round Number Increment", options=[25, 50, 100, 250, 500])

// ── Session definitions (ET) ────────────────────────────────────────────────
rthSess  = input.session("0930-1600", "RTH Session")
ethSess  = input.session("1800-0930", "ETH Session")

isRTH    = not na(time(timeframe.period, rthSess, "America/New_York"))
isETH    = not na(time(timeframe.period, ethSess, "America/New_York"))

nyHour   = hour(time, "America/New_York")
nyMinute = minute(time, "America/New_York")
nyTime   = nyHour + nyMinute / 60.0

// ── Previous Day High / Low / Close ─────────────────────────────────────────
[pdh, pdl, pdc] = request.security(syminfo.tickerid, "D", [high[1], low[1], close[1]], lookahead=barmerge.lookahead_on)

var line pdh_line = na
var line pdl_line = na
var line pdc_line = na
var label pdh_lbl = na
var label pdl_lbl = na
var label pdc_lbl = na

if showPD and barstate.islast
    // Clean up old
    if not na(pdh_line)
        line.delete(pdh_line)
        line.delete(pdl_line)
        line.delete(pdc_line)
        label.delete(pdh_lbl)
        label.delete(pdl_lbl)
        label.delete(pdc_lbl)

    pdh_line := line.new(bar_index - 50, pdh, bar_index + 5, pdh, color=color.red, width=2)
    pdl_line := line.new(bar_index - 50, pdl, bar_index + 5, pdl, color=color.green, width=2)
    pdc_line := line.new(bar_index - 50, pdc, bar_index + 5, pdc, color=color.blue, width=1, style=line.style_dashed)

    pdh_lbl := label.new(bar_index + 6, pdh, "PDH " + str.tostring(pdh, format.mintick), style=label.style_none, textcolor=color.red, size=size.small)
    pdl_lbl := label.new(bar_index + 6, pdl, "PDL " + str.tostring(pdl, format.mintick), style=label.style_none, textcolor=color.green, size=size.small)
    pdc_lbl := label.new(bar_index + 6, pdc, "PDC " + str.tostring(pdc, format.mintick), style=label.style_none, textcolor=color.blue, size=size.small)

// ── Overnight High / Low ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
var float onHigh = na
var float onLow  = na

// Reset at ETH start (18:00 ET)
isETHStart = nyHour == 18 and nyMinute < (timeframe.in_seconds() / 60)
if isETHStart
    onHigh := high
    onLow  := low

// Track during ETH before RTH open
if isETH and not isRTH
    onHigh := math.max(nz(onHigh, high), high)
    onLow  := math.min(nz(onLow, low), low)

var line onh_line = na
var line onl_line = na
var label onh_lbl = na
var label onl_lbl = na

if showON and barstate.islast and not na(onHigh)
    if not na(onh_line)
        line.delete(onh_line)
        line.delete(onl_line)
        label.delete(onh_lbl)
        label.delete(onl_lbl)

    onh_line := line.new(bar_index - 50, onHigh, bar_index + 5, onHigh, color=color.red, width=1, style=line.style_dotted)
    onl_line := line.new(bar_index - 50, onLow, bar_index + 5, onLow, color=color.green, width=1, style=line.style_dotted)
    onh_lbl := label.new(bar_index + 6, onHigh, "ONH " + str.tostring(onHigh, format.mintick), style=label.style_none, textcolor=color.red, size=size.small)
    onl_lbl := label.new(bar_index + 6, onLow, "ONL " + str.tostring(onLow, format.mintick), style=label.style_none, textcolor=color.green, size=size.small)

// ── Opening Range ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
var float orHigh = na
var float orLow  = na
var bool  orDone = false

isRTHOpen = nyHour == 9 and nyMinute == 30
if isRTHOpen
    orHigh := high
    orLow  := low
    orDone := false

orEndMinute = 30 + orMinutes
orEndHour   = 9 + orEndMinute / 60
orEndMin    = orEndMinute % 60

inOR = isRTH and not orDone and (nyHour == 9 and nyMinute >= 30 or (nyHour == orEndHour and nyMinute < orEndMin and orEndHour > 9))
if inOR and nyHour == 9 and nyMinute >= 30
    orHigh := math.max(nz(orHigh, high), high)
    orLow  := math.min(nz(orLow, low), low)

if isRTH and nyHour * 60 + nyMinute >= orEndHour * 60 + orEndMin
    orDone := true

var line orh_line = na
var line orl_line = na
var label orh_lbl = na
var label orl_lbl = na

if showOR and barstate.islast and orDone and not na(orHigh)
    if not na(orh_line)
        line.delete(orh_line)
        line.delete(orl_line)
        label.delete(orh_lbl)
        label.delete(orl_lbl)

    orh_line := line.new(bar_index - 50, orHigh, bar_index + 5, orHigh, color=color.yellow, width=3)
    orl_line := line.new(bar_index - 50, orLow, bar_index + 5, orLow, color=color.yellow, width=3)
    orh_lbl := label.new(bar_index + 6, orHigh, "OR High " + str.tostring(orHigh, format.mintick), style=label.style_none, textcolor=color.yellow, size=size.small)
    orl_lbl := label.new(bar_index + 6, orLow, "OR Low " + str.tostring(orLow, format.mintick), style=label.style_none, textcolor=color.yellow, size=size.small)

// ── VWAP + Bands ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
// Using built-in ta.vwap with standard deviation bands
vwapVal = ta.vwap(hlc3)
vwapDev = ta.stdev(hlc3 - vwapVal, 20)

plot(showVWAP ? vwapVal : na, "VWAP", color=color.purple, linewidth=2)
plot(showVWAP ? vwapVal + vwapDev : na, "VWAP +1σ", color=color.new(color.purple, 70), linewidth=1)
plot(showVWAP ? vwapVal - vwapDev : na, "VWAP -1σ", color=color.new(color.purple, 70), linewidth=1)
plot(showVWAP ? vwapVal + 2 * vwapDev : na, "VWAP +2σ", color=color.new(color.purple, 85), linewidth=1, style=plot.style_dotted)
plot(showVWAP ? vwapVal - 2 * vwapDev : na, "VWAP -2σ", color=color.new(color.purple, 85), linewidth=1, style=plot.style_dotted)

// ── Round Numbers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
if showRound and barstate.islast
    float baseLevel = math.floor(close / roundInc) * roundInc
    for i = -3 to 3
        float lvl = baseLevel + i * roundInc
        line.new(bar_index - 50, lvl, bar_index + 5, lvl, color=color.new(color.gray, 70), width=1)

// ── Session Background Shading ──────────────────────────────────────────────
preMarket  = nyTime >= 4.0  and nyTime < 9.5
nyOpen     = nyTime >= 9.5  and nyTime < 11.0
lunch      = nyTime >= 11.0 and nyTime < 13.0
afternoon  = nyTime >= 13.0 and nyTime < 15.0
mktClose   = nyTime >= 15.0 and nyTime < 16.0

bgColor = showSession ?
     preMarket ? color.new(color.blue, 95) :
     nyOpen    ? color.new(color.green, 95) :
     lunch     ? color.new(color.yellow, 95) :
     afternoon ? color.new(color.green, 95) :
     mktClose  ? color.new(color.orange, 95) :
     na : na

bgcolor(bgColor)

Overview

Sessions use New York time, with a regular session of 0930 to 1600 and an extended session of 1800 to 0930, both editable. The opening range length and round number step are inputs. Previous day data is requested with lookahead enabled. It gives no trade signals.

Details

Published by

insomniac-asif on GitHub

Draws

On the price chart

Markets

Indices, Oil & commodities

Timeframes

M15-H1

Risk Notes

  • Reads higher-timeframe data with lookahead on, so the history can show signals that were not there in real time

Settings

The inputs you can change from the gear icon on the chart. Defaults are the author's.

SettingTypeDefaultVariable
Previous Day LevelsbooltrueshowPD
Overnight LevelsbooltrueshowON
Opening RangebooltrueshowOR
VWAP + BandsbooltrueshowVWAP
Round NumbersbooltrueshowRound
Session BackgroundbooltrueshowSession
Opening Range Minutesint15orMinutes
Round Number Incrementint50roundInc
RTH Sessionsession0930-1600rthSess
ETH Sessionsession1800-0930ethSess
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