SMC Value Motion
SMC Value Motion v1.0: Full Characteristic Information
A complete walkthrough of each mode and have in SMC Value Motion — the all-in-one Sensible Cash Ideas toolkit for MetaTrader 5.
Introduction
Buying and selling with Sensible Cash Ideas requires monitoring a number of components concurrently — market construction shifts, order blocks, honest worth gaps, liquidity swimming pools, session timing, and extra. Manually drawing and monitoring all of those on a chart is time-consuming and error-prone, usually resulting in missed setups or late entries.
SMC Value Motion is a professional-grade indicator that consolidates your complete SMC/ICT methodology right into a single, configurable toolkit for MetaTrader 5. It robotically detects and renders market construction (BOS, CHoCH, sweeps), order blocks with mitigation monitoring, honest worth gaps, liquidity ranges (equal highs/lows, buy-side/sell-side liquidity, voids), premium/low cost zones with OTE, buying and selling periods with killzones, key ranges, multi-timeframe overlays, confluence scoring, and a real-time dashboard — all from one chart window.
Whether or not you’re a scalper working the London killzone or a swing dealer ready for HTF confluence, this information covers each function and parameter so you may configure the device to match your particular buying and selling method.
Half 1: Getting Began
Set up:
- Buy or obtain SMC Value Motion from the MQL5 Market
- The indicator will seem in your Navigator panel below Indicators > Market
- Drag SMC Value Motion onto any chart
- A settings window will seem — configure your preferences and click on OK
Interface Overview
As soon as loaded, SMC Value Motion shows its evaluation immediately in your chart. By default, Market Construction and Order Blocks are enabled with the on-chart dashboard. All different modules (FVG, Liquidity, Periods, Premium/Low cost, MTF) may be activated as wanted.
| Module | Default State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Market Construction | Enabled | BOS, CHoCH, and sweep detection with labeled traces on chart |
| Order Blocks | Enabled | Computerized OB zones with mitigation monitoring and mid-lines |
| Truthful Worth Gaps | Disabled | FVG detection with mitigation, overlap filtering, and threshold management |
| Liquidity | Disabled | Equal Highs/Lows, BSL/SSL ranges, and liquidity voids |
| Premium/Low cost | Disabled | Premium and low cost zones with OTE (0.618-0.786) and equilibrium |
| Periods | Disabled | London, New York, and Asian session containers with killzones and key ranges |
| Multi-Timeframe | Disabled | Increased timeframe construction, OB, and FVG overlay on present chart |
| Dashboard | Enabled | On-chart panel exhibiting development, nearest OB/FVG, confluence, and energetic session |
Half 2: Market Construction
The Market Construction module is the core engine of SMC Value Motion. It identifies swing highs and swing lows utilizing pivot detection, then tracks Break of Construction (BOS), Change of Character (CHoCH), and liquidity sweeps in actual time.
How It Works
The indicator identifies pivot factors primarily based in your configured size, then displays worth motion for structural breaks. A BOS confirms development continuation, whereas a CHoCH indicators a possible reversal. Sweeps are detected when worth wicks via a degree however closes again inside — usually an indication of institutional cease hunts.
Parameters
Allow Market Construction: true
Pivot Size: 5
Algorithm Mode: Adjusted Factors (really helpful) / Excessive Factors
Detect Sweeps: true
Present Bubbles: true
Shade Candles by Development: false
Bullish Shade: MediumSeaGreen
Bearish Shade: Crimson
Max Construction Traces: 50
Label Dimension: Tiny / Small / Regular / Massive
Pivot Size
Pivot Size: 5 (default)
This controls what number of bars to the left and proper are checked to verify a swing level. A decrease worth (e.g. 3) produces extra swing factors and extra frequent construction labels, making it appropriate for scalping on decrease timeframes. The next worth (e.g. 8-10) filters out minor swings and focuses on important construction, higher for swing buying and selling on H1 and above.
Instance: On a 15-minute EURUSD chart, Pivot Size 3 will detect minor intraday swings, whereas Pivot Size 8 will solely seize the foremost swings of the session.
Algorithm Mode
Algorithm Mode: Adjusted Factors (default)
Two modes can be found. Adjusted Factors makes use of confirmed pivot highs and lows for construction monitoring — this supplies cleaner, extra dependable BOS and CHoCH indicators with fewer false breaks. Excessive Factors makes use of absolutely the highest excessive and lowest low, which is extra reactive however could produce extra noise.
Detect Sweeps (x)
When enabled, the indicator marks liquidity sweeps with an “x” label. A sweep happens when worth breaks via a construction degree (e.g. a swing excessive) however the candle closes again beneath it — indicating a false breakout or cease hunt. It is a core SMC idea for figuring out institutional exercise.
Shade Candles by Development
Shade Candles by Development: false
When enabled, chart candles are coloured primarily based on the present structural development course. Bullish development candles take the bullish coloration, bearish development candles take the bearish coloration. This provides you a direct visible cue of the prevailing market course.
Max Construction Traces
Controls what number of historic construction traces (BOS, CHoCH, sweep) are displayed on the chart. Improve this for deep historic evaluation or cut back it for a cleaner chart targeted on current construction.
Half 3: Order Blocks
Order Blocks symbolize institutional provide and demand zones — the final opposing candle earlier than a major transfer. SMC Value Motion robotically detects, renders, and tracks the mitigation standing of each order block.
Parameters
Allow Order Blocks: true
Present Final N: 5
Development Mode: Size / Full
OB Size: 5
Mitigation Technique: Shut / Wick / Common
Present Purchase/Promote Exercise: false
Present Breaker Blocks: false
Present Mid-Line: true
Disguise Overlapping: true
Overlap Precedence: Current / Outdated
Present Quantity Metrics: false
Bull OB Shade: MediumSeaGreen
Bear OB Shade: Crimson
Bull OB Transparency: 220 (0-255)
Bear OB Transparency: 220 (0-255)
Development Mode
Development Mode: Size (default)
Size mode searches for the acute candle inside an outlined lookback window when a structural break happens. Full mode makes use of your complete vary of the displacement transfer to assemble the order block zone. Size mode sometimes produces tighter, extra exact zones.
Mitigation Technique
Mitigation Technique: Shut (default)
Determines how an order block is taken into account “mitigated” (stuffed). Shut requires the candle near enter the OB zone. Wick triggers mitigation when any a part of the candle (together with wick) touches the zone. Common makes use of the midpoint between open and shut. Shut is essentially the most conservative; Wick is essentially the most aggressive.
Breaker Blocks
Present Breaker Blocks: false
When enabled, order blocks that get absolutely mitigated (worth breaks via them) are transformed into breaker blocks and stay seen with a modified look. Breaker blocks can act as assist/resistance in the other way — a key idea in ICT methodology.
Purchase/Promote Exercise
Present Purchase/Promote Exercise: false
Shows a counter of bullish and bearish candles which have occurred inside every energetic order block zone. This provides you a fast learn on shopping for vs. promoting strain contained in the OB.
Quantity Metrics
Present Quantity Metrics: false
When enabled, shows tick quantity data related to every order block, serving to you gauge the institutional curiosity behind every zone.
Overlap Dealing with
Disguise Overlapping: true
Overlap Precedence: Current (default)
When a number of order blocks overlap on the chart, this function removes the much less related one. Current precedence retains the latest OB and removes older overlapping ones. Outdated precedence retains the unique OB. This retains your chart clear and targeted on essentially the most actionable zones.
Half 4: Truthful Worth Gaps (FVG)
Truthful Worth Gaps are three-candle patterns the place a spot exists between the primary and third candle — representing an imbalance in worth that the market could return to fill. SMC Value Motion detects each commonplace FVGs and breaker FVGs.
Parameters
Allow FVG: false
FVG Kind: Regular / Breakers
Present Final N: 5
Mitigation Technique: Shut / Wick / Common
Present Mid-Line: true
Disguise Overlapping: true
Min Threshold (ATR mult): 0.0
Bull FVG Shade: MediumSeaGreen
Bear FVG Shade: Crimson
FVG Transparency: 210 (0-255)
FVG Kind
FVG Kind: Regular (default)
Regular shows commonplace honest worth gaps. Breakers mode reveals FVGs which have been absolutely mitigated after which act as zones in the other way, much like breaker blocks.
Min Threshold (ATR Multiplier)
Min Threshold: 0.0 (default — all FVGs proven)
Filters out small, insignificant FVGs by requiring a minimal hole measurement relative to ATR. For instance, setting this to 0.5 means solely FVGs bigger than 50% of the present ATR worth will likely be displayed. That is helpful for larger timeframes or unstable devices the place you solely need to see important imbalances.
Instance: If ATR(200) on XAUUSD M15 is 3.5 factors and also you set the edge to 0.3, solely FVGs bigger than 1.05 factors (3.5 x 0.3) will seem.
Half 5: Liquidity Detection
The Liquidity module identifies areas the place stop-loss orders are possible clustered, making them targets for institutional sweeps.
Parameters
Allow Liquidity Detection: false
Equal Highs/Lows: true
EQH/EQL Threshold (ATR%): 0.1
Min Touches for EQ: 2
Purchase-Aspect/Promote-Aspect Liquidity: true
Liquidity Voids: true
BSL Shade: MediumSeaGreen
SSL Shade: Crimson
Equal Highs/Lows (EQH/EQL)
Equal Highs/Lows: true
EQH/EQL Threshold: 0.1 (ATR share)
Min Touches: 2
Detects worth ranges the place a number of swing highs or swing lows type at almost the identical worth. These “equal” ranges are important as a result of they symbolize clustered liquidity — stops from a number of merchants sitting on the identical space. The brink determines how shut costs should be (as a share of ATR) to qualify as “equal.” Minimal touches units what number of instances the extent should be examined.
Instance: If ATR is 50 pips and threshold is 0.1, two swing highs inside 5 pips of one another (50 x 0.1) will likely be marked as Equal Highs.
Purchase-Aspect/Promote-Aspect Liquidity (BSL/SSL)
Purchase-Aspect/Promote-Aspect Liquidity: true
Marks essentially the most outstanding swing highs and lows as buy-side liquidity (above highs, the place purchase stops relaxation) and sell-side liquidity (beneath lows, the place promote stops relaxation). These are key targets for institutional worth motion.
Liquidity Voids
Identifies areas the place worth moved quickly via a variety with minimal buying and selling exercise, leaving a “void” that worth could revisit. These usually overlap with FVGs however are detected independently primarily based on liquidity traits.
Half 6: Premium/Low cost Zones
The Premium/Low cost module divides the present buying and selling vary into zones primarily based on the latest structural swing, serving to you determine optimum commerce entry areas.
Parameters
Allow Premium/Low cost: false
Present OTE Zone (0.618-0.786): true
Present Equilibrium Line: true
Premium Zone Shade: Crimson
Low cost Zone Shade: MediumSeaGreen
Zone Transparency: 230 (0-255)
How Premium/Low cost Works
The vary between the present structural swing excessive and swing low is split on the 50% (equilibrium) degree. The higher half is the Premium zone — the place worth is taken into account costly and supreme for sells. The decrease half is the Low cost zone — the place worth is reasonable and supreme for buys.
OTE Zone (Optimum Commerce Entry)
Present OTE Zone: true
OTE Vary: 0.618 – 0.786 Fibonacci
The OTE zone highlights the Fibonacci 0.618-0.786 retracement space throughout the present swing. In a bullish development, this zone seems within the low cost space — the perfect place to search for lengthy entries. In a bearish development, it seems within the premium space for brief entries. This is without doubt one of the most necessary ideas in ICT/SMC methodology for timing entries.
Equilibrium Line
Present Equilibrium Line: true
Shows the 50% degree (EQ 0.5) of the present swing vary. This line acts as a reference level — above it’s premium territory, beneath it’s low cost territory.
Half 7: Periods and Key Ranges
This module tracks the three main buying and selling periods and shows key institutional reference ranges in your chart.
Session Parameters
Allow Periods: false
London Session: true
New York Session: true
Asian Session: true
Spotlight Killzones: true
London Open: 08:00 (Server Time)
London Shut: 16:30
NY Open: 13:30 (Server Time)
NY Shut: 22:00
Asian Open: 00:00 (Server Time)
Asian Shut: 08:00
London Shade: RoyalBlue
NY Shade: OrangeRed
Asian Shade: Gold
Every session is rendered as a coloured field in your chart exhibiting the session’s excessive and low vary. The session instances use your dealer’s server time — alter them to match your dealer’s timezone offset. Killzones spotlight the opening overlap intervals the place institutional exercise is usually highest.
Key Degree Parameters
Earlier Day H/L: false
Earlier Week H/L: false
Earlier Month H/L: false
Midnight Open: false
These toggle horizontal reference traces for important time-based ranges:
- PDH/PDL — Earlier Day Excessive and Low (displayed in blue)
- PWH/PWL — Earlier Week Excessive and Low (displayed in orange)
- PMH/PML — Earlier Month Excessive and Low (displayed in magenta)
- MO — Midnight Open worth (displayed in yellow)
These ranges are broadly utilized in ICT methodology as targets and reference factors for every day bias.
Half 8: Multi-Timeframe (MTF) Overlay
The MTF module initiatives higher-timeframe evaluation onto your present chart, so you may see HTF context with out switching timeframes.
Parameters
Allow MTF Overlay: false
Increased Timeframe: H4 (default)
Present HTF Construction: true
Present HTF Order Blocks: true
Present HTF FVG: false
HTF Bull Shade: DodgerBlue
HTF Bear Shade: Orange
When enabled, the indicator reads knowledge from the chosen larger timeframe and overlays construction, order blocks, and FVGs immediately onto your present chart utilizing distinct colours. This lets you, for instance, commerce M15 entries whereas seeing H4 order blocks and construction ranges with out leaving your execution timeframe.
Instance: Set your chart to M15, allow MTF with H4 timeframe, and you will notice H4 order blocks rendered in DodgerBlue (bullish) and Orange (bearish) alongside your M15 evaluation.
Half 9: Confluence Scoring
The Confluence module is a strong function that robotically identifies zones the place a number of SMC components overlap. When a number of components align on the identical worth space, the chance of a response will increase considerably.
How Confluence Scoring Works
The indicator scans all energetic zones and checks for overlap between 5 key components:
| Issue | Description |
|---|---|
| OB (Order Block) | An energetic, unmitigated order block zone |
| FVG (Truthful Worth Hole) | An unfilled honest worth hole |
| LIQ (Liquidity) | Close by liquidity degree (EQH/EQL or BSL/SSL) |
| OTE (Optimum Commerce Entry) | Value is throughout the 0.618-0.786 Fibonacci zone |
| SESSION | Lively buying and selling session overlap |
Zones are scored and color-coded by confluence degree:
| Confluence Degree | Components | Shade |
|---|---|---|
| Medium | 2 overlapping components | Yellow |
| Excessive | 3 overlapping components | Orange |
| Excessive | 4+ overlapping components | OrangeRed / Purple |
Every confluence zone is displayed on the chart with a label exhibiting its rating and contributing components (e.g. “Excessive [OB+FVG+OTE]”).
Half 10: Dashboard
The on-chart dashboard supplies a real-time abstract of all energetic SMC situations at a look, positioned within the upper-left nook of your chart.
Parameters
Present Dashboard: true
Dashboard X Place: 20
Dashboard Y Place: 30
Dashboard Font Dimension: 9
Dashboard Shows:
- Development — Present market construction bias (BULLISH / BEARISH / NEUTRAL) with coloration coding
- Bull OB — Value of the closest bullish order block
- Bear OB — Value of the closest bearish order block
- Bull FVG — Value of the closest bullish FVG
- Bear FVG — Value of the closest bearish FVG
- Confluence — Present most confluence rating (e.g. “Excessive (3/5)”)
- Session — At present energetic buying and selling periods (LND, NY, ASIA, or None)
The dashboard updates in actual time and makes use of a darkish background with the Consolas font for clear readability. You possibly can reposition it utilizing the X and Y parameters.
Half 11: Alerts
SMC Value Motion helps complete alerting for all main occasions. Every alert kind may be individually enabled or disabled.
Obtainable Alert Sorts
Alert: BOS — Break of Construction detected
Alert: CHoCH — Change of Character (development reversal)
Alert: OB Entry — Value enters an order block zone
Alert: FVG Fill — Value fills a good worth hole
Alert: Liquidity Sweep — BSL or SSL degree swept
Alert: Excessive Confluence Zone — Value approaches a high-confluence space
Notification Strategies
Push Notification: false
E-mail Notification: false
Along with commonplace MT5 popup alerts, you may allow push notifications to your cellular system and e-mail notifications. This lets you monitor setups even when away out of your buying and selling desk. Be certain that your MT5 push notification and e-mail settings are configured in Instruments > Choices earlier than enabling these.
Half 12: Configuration Suggestions
Scalping Setup (M1-M5)
Pivot Size: 3
Algorithm Mode: Adjusted Factors
Detect Sweeps: true
OB Present Final: 3
OB Development: Size
OB Mitigation: Wick
FVG: Enabled, Present Final 3
Periods: Enabled (give attention to energetic killzone)
Premium/Low cost: Enabled
Dashboard: Enabled
For scalping, use shorter pivot lengths for extra responsive construction. Wick-based mitigation catches entries quicker. Allow periods to commerce throughout killzones and use the confluence scoring to filter solely the highest-probability setups.
Intraday Setup (M15-H1)
Pivot Size: 5
Algorithm Mode: Adjusted Factors
Detect Sweeps: true
OB Present Final: 5
OB Development: Size
OB Mitigation: Shut
FVG: Enabled, Present Final 5, Threshold 0.2
Liquidity: Enabled (EQH/EQL + BSL/SSL)
Periods: Enabled (all three)
Premium/Low cost: Enabled with OTE
MTF: Enabled, H4 timeframe
Key Ranges: PDH/PDL, Midnight Open
Dashboard: Enabled
The default configuration works nicely for intraday buying and selling. Allow the MTF overlay on H4 to see higher-timeframe context. Use PDH/PDL and Midnight Open as every day reference ranges. The confluence scoring turns into very highly effective right here, combining OB + FVG + OTE for high-probability entries.
Swing Buying and selling Setup (H4-D1)
Pivot Size: 8
Algorithm Mode: Adjusted Factors
Detect Sweeps: true
OB Present Final: 7
OB Development: Full
OB Mitigation: Shut
FVG: Enabled, Present Final 5, Threshold 0.5
Liquidity: Enabled (all)
Premium/Low cost: Enabled with OTE
Key Ranges: PDH/PDL, PWH/PWL, PMH/PML
MTF: Enabled, W1 timeframe
Dashboard: Enabled
For swing buying and selling, improve the pivot size to give attention to important construction. Use Full development mode for wider OB zones. Allow all key ranges (every day, weekly, month-to-month) as targets and reference factors. The upper FVG threshold filters out minor gaps, retaining solely important imbalances.
Gold (XAUUSD) Setup
Pivot Size: 5
OB Present Final: 5
FVG: Enabled, Threshold 0.3
Liquidity: Enabled, EQH/EQL Threshold 0.15
Periods: Enabled (London + NY)
Key Ranges: PDH/PDL
Premium/Low cost: Enabled
Gold is unstable, so a barely larger FVG threshold and EQH/EQL threshold assist filter noise. Deal with London and New York periods the place gold has essentially the most liquidity.
Half 13: SMC Abbreviations Reference
| Abbreviation | Full Time period |
|---|---|
| BOS | Break of Construction |
| CHoCH | Change of Character |
| OB | Order Block |
| FVG | Truthful Worth Hole |
| BSL | Purchase-Aspect Liquidity |
| SSL | Promote-Aspect Liquidity |
| EQH | Equal Highs |
| EQL | Equal Lows |
| OTE | Optimum Commerce Entry |
| PDH/PDL | Earlier Day Excessive / Earlier Day Low |
| PWH/PWL | Earlier Week Excessive / Earlier Week Low |
| PMH/PML | Earlier Month Excessive / Earlier Month Low |
| MO | Midnight Open |
| EQ | Equilibrium (50% degree) |
| HTF | Increased Timeframe |
| MTF | Multi-Timeframe |
Conclusion
SMC Value Motion supplies a whole Sensible Cash Ideas toolkit for MetaTrader 5 merchants:
- Market Construction Engine — Computerized BOS, CHoCH, and sweep detection with configurable pivot sensitivity
- Order Blocks — Institutional provide/demand zones with mitigation monitoring, breaker conversion, and exercise metrics
- Truthful Worth Gaps — Imbalance detection with threshold filtering and overlap administration
- Liquidity Detection — Equal Highs/Lows, BSL/SSL, and liquidity voids for figuring out stop-hunt targets
- Premium/Low cost with OTE — Fibonacci-based optimum entry zones aligned with structural development
- Periods and Key Ranges — London, New York, and Asian session monitoring with PDH/PDL, PWH/PWL, PMH/PML, and Midnight Open
- Multi-Timeframe Overlay — See HTF construction, OBs, and FVGs in your execution timeframe
- Confluence Scoring — Computerized detection of high-probability zones the place a number of components align
- Actual-Time Dashboard — At-a-glance abstract of development, nearest ranges, confluence, and energetic periods
- Complete Alerts — BOS, CHoCH, OB entry, FVG fill, sweep, and confluence alerts with push and e-mail assist
The important thing to success is matching the configuration to your buying and selling fashion. Begin with the default settings on a demo account, experiment with completely different pivot lengths and mitigation strategies, and steadily allow extra modules as you develop your edge. Use the confluence scoring to focus solely on the highest-probability setups.
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Disclaimer: Buying and selling includes substantial threat of loss. SMC Value Motion is an analytical device that assists with chart evaluation — it doesn’t present buying and selling indicators or assure outcomes. Previous efficiency is just not indicative of future outcomes. All the time commerce responsibly and use correct threat administration.