Indicator · Pine Script v5 · On the chart

Visualizing Displacement

by Ahmed1926· code credited to tradeforopp

An overlay indicator that colours candles showing displacement, meaning a candle range far larger than normal.

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GitHub stars1on the repository
Pine versionv5runs as is
Lines of code21
Settings5inputs
LicenceNone statedfile: MPL-2.0
Last update9 months ago31 Jan 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

21 lines of Pine Script v5 from Displacement.txt, published under MPL-2.0 (file header). Keep the author's credit and licence lines when you reuse it.

Displacement.txt
// This source code is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License 2.0 at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/
// © tradeforopp

//@version=5
indicator("Visualizing Displacement [TFO]", "Displacement [TFO]", true)

require_fvg = input.bool(true, "Require FVG")
disp_type = input.string("Open to Close", "Displacement Type", options = ['Open to Close', 'High to Low'])
std_len = input.int(100, minval = 1, title = "Displacement Length", tooltip = "How far back the script will look to determine the candle range standard deviation")
std_x = input.int(4, minval = 0, title = "Displacement Strength")
disp_color = input.color(color.yellow, "Bar Color")

candle_range = disp_type == "Open to Close" ? math.abs(open - close) : high - low
std = ta.stdev(candle_range, std_len) * std_x
fvg = close[1] > open[1] ? high[2] < low[0] : low[2] > high[0]

displacement = require_fvg ? candle_range[1] > std[1] and fvg : candle_range > std

barcolor(displacement ? disp_color : na, offset = require_fvg ? -1 : na)

My Note: Colors should definitely be changed in the settings to the ones I prefer.

Overview

Candle range is measured open to close or high to low and compared with a standard deviation over a chosen length multiplied by a strength setting. By default it also requires a fair value gap, and in that case it colours the candle before the gap completes. Length, strength, range type and bar colour are adjustable. It marks bars only and gives no entries or exits.

Details

Published by

Ahmed1926 on GitHub

Code credit

tradeforopp, as written in the script's header

Type

Indicator, Pine Script v5

Draws

On the price chart

Category

SMC / ICT / price action, Volatility & bands

Markets

Any symbol

Timeframes

Any timeframe

Risk Notes

No repainting, lookahead or stacked entries were found in its code or README. That says nothing about how well it works: test it first.

Settings

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

SettingTypeDefaultVariable
Require FVGbooltruerequire_fvg
Displacement TypestringOpen to Closedisp_type
Displacement Lengthint100std_len
Displacement Strengthint4std_x
Bar Colorcolorcolor.yellowdisp_color
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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