This indicator overlays up to five higher-timeframe candlestick groups on the price chart. For each enabled timeframe it requests open, high, low, and close and can show up to five candles, offset by a spacing setting. The main inputs set the candle count, the
Indicator · Pine Script v5 · On the chart
My Fractals
This indicator calculates and plots Bill Williams style swing high and swing low fractals directly on the price chart.
Repaints
GitHub stars3on the repository
Pine versionv5runs as is
Lines of code28
Settings1inputs
LicenceNone statedfile: MPL-2.0
Last update5 months ago27 May 2026
Add It to Your TradingView Chart
- 1Copy the scriptPress Copy script above, or the copy button on the code below.
- 2Open the Pine EditorOpen a TradingView chart and choose Pine Editor at the bottom of the screen.
- 3Paste over the templateCreate a new indicator, select all of the template text and paste. Press Save and give it a name.
- 4Add it to the chartPress Add to chart, then adjust the settings with the gear icon next to its name.
Source Code
28 lines of Pine Script v5 from Tradingview/my-fractals.pine, published under MPL-2.0 (file header). Keep the author's credit and licence lines when you reuse it.
//@version=5
// This source code is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License 2.0 at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/
// © goodgains
indicator(title='my Fractals', overlay=true)
// @keywords: bill-williams-fractals, up-fractal, down-fractal, pivot-period, five-bar-swing, plotchar-markers, swing-high, swing-low, offset-markers, overlay-fractals, configurable-period, high-fractal-rule, low-fractal-rule, lime-red-markers, classic-fractals, n-period-setting, abovebar-belowbar, reversal-points, minimal-indicator, fractal-arrows
n = input.int(title='Periods', defval=1, minval=1)
//High(n-2) < High(n)
//High(n-1) < High(n)
//High(n + 1) < High(n)
//High(n + 2) < High(n)
dnFractal = high[n - 2] < high[n] and high[n - 1] < high[n] and high[n + 1] < high[n] and high[n + 2] < high[n]
//Low(n-2) > Low(n)
//Low(n-1) > Low(n)
//Low(n + 1) > Low(n)
//Low(n + 2) > Low(n)
upFractal = low[n - 2] > low[n] and low[n - 1] > low[n] and low[n + 1] > low[n] and low[n + 2] > low[n]
plotchar(dnFractal, char='⮝', location=location.abovebar, offset=-2, color=color.new(color.lime, 0), title='Down Fractal')
plotchar(upFractal, char='⮟', location=location.belowbar, offset=-2, color=color.new(color.red, 0), title='Up Fractal')
Overview
My Fractals evaluates high and low price relationships across surrounding bars according to a configurable period setting. Reversal points are visually highlighted with arrow character markers placed above and below candle bars. Because fractal detection requires confirming future bars, signals are plotted with a negative offset and appear retroactively.
- Bill Williams fractal detection
- Configurable period input
- Visual directional arrow markers
- Overlay plot on price chart
Details
Published by
g-moe on GitHub
Code credit
goodgains, as written in the script's header
Type
Indicator, Pine Script v5
Draws
On the price chart
Category
Support & resistance, Candlestick patterns
Markets
Any symbol
Timeframes
Any timeframe
Risk Notes
- Signals can change on the live bar or after it closes (repainting)
Settings
The inputs you can change from the gear icon on the chart. Defaults are the author's.
| Setting | Type | Default | Variable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Periods | int | 1 | n |
Third-party code. ForexR did not write, test or endorse this script, and the summary above was generated automatically from its code and README. Indicators describe the past, and a strategy's backtest can look better than live trading, especially when a script repaints. Check it in the Strategy Tester and on a demo account before you rely on it.
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