Indicators: channels, Ichimoku, Fibonacci and pivots
Overlay references from the channels family: Parabolic SAR, Ichimoku cloud, Fibonacci, Woodie and DeMark pivots, Fibonacci retracement and extension, Standard Error Bands, MA Ribbon, Fractal Channel, Opening Range Bands, anchored VWAP from a swing high or low, and the MA Crossover signal. Every entry draws on the price chart.
Senzoukria · Documentation · Updated September 2026
Where to find it
- Where
- Chart toolbar → Indicators → groups Averages & volatility and VWAP & bands
- Placement
- Overlay on the price chart (all entries)
- Session anchor
- Pivots and Opening Range Bands use the source session (CME 17:00 CT, crypto 00:00 UTC)
What it does
The family adds the classic price references that were missing from the catalogue. Parabolic SAR follows Wilder's exact step order: acceleration on the distance to the extreme point, clamp to the two previous bars, flip when price crosses, and acceleration only on a new extreme. Ichimoku renders the cloud (Senkou A and B) shifted to its standard display position, with the Kijun as middle line; the future tail beyond the last bar is not drawn because it has no timestamp to sit on.
Three pivot sets project the previous session onto the current one: Fibonacci pivots (P = (H+L+C)/3 with 0.382, 0.618 and 1.000 of the range), Woodie pivots (P = (H+L+2C)/4) and DeMark pivots, whose X depends on the direction of the previous session and which define only R1 and S1. The first loaded session has no predecessor, so nothing is drawn for it.
Fibonacci retracement and extension read the same swing leg — the high and low of the lookback window, oriented by which extreme came last — and draw 0/23.6/38.2/50/61.8/78.6/100 % or 127.2/161.8/261.8 % levels to the right edge.
Settings
| Setting | Default | What it changes |
|---|---|---|
| Parabolic SAR — AF start / step / max | 0.02 / 0.02 / 0.2 | Wilder defaults; one dot per bar from bar 1 |
| Ichimoku Cloud — Tenkan / Kijun / Senkou B / Displacement | 9 / 26 / 52 / 26 | First defined bar with defaults is index 77 |
| Fibonacci, Woodie, DeMark Pivots — Color | yellow / orange / cyan | Levels of the previous session drawn over the current one |
| Fib Retracement / Fib Extension — Lookback | 100 (2–2000) | Bars scanned for the swing leg; nothing drawn if fewer bars are loaded |
| Std Error Bands — Period / SE multiplier / Smoothing | 20 / 2 / 3 | Regression end value ± k × standard error (N−2 d.o.f.), then SMA |
| MA Ribbon — Base period / Step | 10 / 10 | Six EMAs at base + k × step (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60); fixed palette |
| Fractal Channel — Wing bars | 2 (1–10) | Williams fractals, confirmed after the wing; bounds held until the next |
| Opening Range Bands — Duration (min) | 30 (1–480) | High/low/mid of the first minutes of each session, shown after the window closes |
| Anchored VWAP (swing high / low) — Lookback | 200 (2–5000) | VWAP from the bar of the highest high or lowest low of N bars |
| MA Crossover — Fast / Slow / MA type | 9 / 21 / SMA | Arrow at the bar where fast crosses slow; SMA or EMA |
How to use it
Search the Indicators panel by name. Ichimoku, SAR, Std Error Bands, MA Ribbon, Fractal Channel and MA Crossover live under Averages & volatility; pivots, Fibonacci levels, Opening Range Bands and the swing-anchored VWAPs live under VWAP & bands. Bands use a synchronised gap: if one of the three lines is undefined at a bar, all three are null there, so a half-drawn band never appears.
The Study guide card for Ichimoku states that the cloud is historical and shifted, not projected, and that the five-line set is not rendered. Woodie pivots are flagged as the prior-close variant.
Limits and pitfalls
- Pivots require a complete preceding session in the loaded history; a partial first session is skipped, not approximated.
- Fibonacci levels need the full lookback loaded. 100 bars requested with 40 loaded draws nothing.
- Opening Range Bands stay null during the formation window; a bar crossing the cutoff contributes its whole range.
- The Fractal Channel can tighten when a lower fractal high appears, unlike a Donchian channel.
- MA Crossover emits one signal per true crossing; touching averages that resume on the same side emit nothing.
Related pages
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Frequently asked questions
- Why does the Ichimoku cloud stop at the last bar?
- Series points must sit on an existing bar timestamp. The cloud is drawn at its standard shifted position over loaded history; the 26-bar projection beyond the last bar has no bar to attach to and is omitted.
- Which session do the pivots use?
- The source session convention: 17:00 CT on CME futures, midnight UTC on crypto. Each session's H/L/C (and open for DeMark) projects its levels onto the next session.
- Is Std Error Bands the same as the linear regression channel?
- No. The regression channel uses the population standard deviation of residuals with no smoothing; Std Error Bands use the standard error with N−2 degrees of freedom and a 3-period smoothing, giving wider, calmer bands.