Supreme Pressure Signals User Manual for MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5

1. What Supreme Pressure Signals Is

Supreme Pressure Signals is an indicator for MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5. It marks a signal against a burst beyond an ATR band that has stalled, rated from 0 to 10. It maps pressure clusters and session ranges, draws a ticket with an entry, a stop and three targets, and adds a dashboard.

• MetaTrader 5 version
• MetaTrader 4 version

It does not place trades and has no access to your account. The stop and the targets are reference levels, not a forecast. The trading guide explains how to read it.

2. Installation

The steps are the same on both platforms, and nothing is copied by hand. Each platform is a separate product.

1. Buy or rent the indicator on its MQL5 Market page with your MQL5 account.
2. In MetaTrader, log in to the same account (Tools > Options > Community).
3. Open the Toolbox (Ctrl+T; the Terminal window on MetaTrader 4), go to the Market tab, find it under Purchased and click Install.
4. In the Navigator (Ctrl+N), open Indicators, then Market, and drag it onto a chart.
5. Change anything you want on the Inputs tab and click OK. Change an input later with Ctrl+I on the chart.

It runs on any symbol and timeframe from M1 to monthly, needs no DLL, no internet access and no files, and removes everything it drew when you remove it.

On attaching, it calculates the newest 20,000 bars (Bars To Calculate) before it draws. A chart with fewer bars uses all it has; the terminal's limit is in Tools > Options > Charts, Max bars in chart.

3. What You See on the Chart

Figure 1. The indicator on a MetaTrader chart: signal labels, pressure clusters, session ranges, a ticket and the dashboard.

LONG and SHORT labels (hover one for its readings), cluster bubbles with a score from 1 to 10, session ranges, tickets and the dashboard, which the trading guide goes through row by row. A ticket's labels sit 18 bars past the signal (UNIVERSAL zone width).

4. When Things Are Calculated

• On the closed bar: signals are decided on the closed bar, as are their tickets, session ranges and a time stop. A bar counts as closed when the next bar's first tick arrives.
• On the forming bar: the dashboard moves with every tick. A target, a stop and cluster events count on the touch and can change until the bar closes. The bar is worked out at most four times a second, then once more when it closes.
• Again from the start: when older history is scrolled into the chart, or after a gap of more than 1,000 new bars. No alert is sent for bars calculated again.

5. Inputs

There are 160 inputs in 10 groups. On MetaTrader 4 each group starts with a separator line, a label that changes nothing. A value outside its allowed range is held at the nearest end of it.

01 - Burst Engine (signal source)

Input	Default	Allowed	What it does
Basis source	close	open, high, low, close, hl2, hlc3, ohlc4 or hlcc4	The price the basis reads.
Basis type	EMA	EMA, SMA, HMA, WMA, VWMA or RMA	The average the band sits around.
Basis length	20	2 to 400	Its length.
ATR length	14	2 to 200	Sizes band, stack, stop and targets.
Band width (ATR beyond basis = burst starts)	2.0	0.2 to 10	A burst starts this far from the basis.
ATR per stack step	0.5	0.1 to 3	ATR per stack level.
Max stack height	6	1 to 6	A peak here is an extreme burst.
Heat saturates at (ATR beyond band)	3.0	0.5 to 12	Full Burst Extension, hottest tint.
Require closing burst (close beyond band)	false	true/false	A burst must also close beyond.
Confirm on bar close (non-repaint)	true	true/false	Tests peaks on closed bars only.

02 - Pressure Clusters (liquidation fuel)

Input	Default	Allowed	What it does
Cluster side	Both	Both, Longs Only (below) or Shorts Only (above)	Support, resistance or both.
Pivot left	12	1 or more	Bars left of a swing.
Pivot right	4	1 or more	Bars right of it.
Lookback (bars, 0 = all)	3000	0 or more	How far back clusters start, at load.
Max live clusters	30	2 to 60	Past this, the oldest goes.
Max cluster age (bars)	400	10 or more	A cluster ends then.
Min magnitude to keep (0-1)	0.0	0 to 1	A weaker new cluster is dropped.
Merge overlapping clusters	true	true/false	Drops a new overlapping one.
Overlap threshold (%)	35	1 to 100	How much overlap counts.
Cluster ATR length (band + sweeps)	200	1 to 500	Sizes bands, sweeps and breaks.
Band height (ATR mult)	0.5	0.05 to 6	The invisible band.
Min sweep depth (ATR)	0.15	0.02 to 4	Depth through the band for a sweep.
Max reclaim window (bars)	6	1 to 40	Still beyond after this is a break.
Decisive break acceptance (ATR)	0.9	0.1 to 8	This far beyond breaks at once.
Flip broken clusters (breakers)	true	true/false	Changes sides. Off, it ends.
Magnitude weight in cluster strength	0.7	0 to 1	The score's share from weight.
Magnitude lookback (bars)	1000	100 to 5000	Window for comparing weights.
Magnitude contrast	0.6	0.1 to 3	Below 1 lifts weaker clusters.
Volume baseline length	20	1 or more	Average volume for scoring defence.

03 - Session Ranges (timed range context)

Times are HHMM-HHMM, with optional days after a colon (1 = Sunday to 7 = Saturday), and several windows separated by commas. A bar counts by its open time.

Input	Default	Allowed	What it does
Enable session ranges	true	true/false	Rests on D1 and above.
Timezone	America/New_York	Exchange, UTC, America/New_York, America/Chicago, Europe/London, Europe/Berlin, Asia/Karachi, Asia/Kolkata, Asia/Dubai, Asia/Tokyo, Asia/Singapore or Australia/Sydney	All windows read it. Exchange reads UTC.
Window 1	true	true/false	Its switch.
Window 1 Name	NY	any text	On tags and dashboard.
Window 1 Range	0930-0945	HHMM-HHMM	When the range is measured.
Window 1 Session	0930-1600	HHMM-HHMM	When breakouts count.
Window 2	true	true/false	Its switch.
Window 2 Name	LON	any text	Its name.
Window 2 Range	0300-0315	HHMM-HHMM	Its range.
Window 2 Session	0300-1100	HHMM-HHMM	Its session.
Window 3	false	true/false	Its switch.
Window 3 Name	ASIA	any text	Its name.
Window 3 Range	2000-2015	HHMM-HHMM	Its range.
Window 3 Session	2000-0400	HHMM-HHMM	Its session.
Range pillar saturates at (x range beyond Cap / Floor)	1.0	0.25 to 5	Full Session RANGE pillar.
Draw range box + Cap / Floor / Equilibrium	true	true/false	Box and lines.
Show level name tags	true	true/false	Names beside them.
Ranges kept on chart (per window)	4	1 to 20	Older ones go.
W1	41,98,255	any colour	Window 1.
W2	171,71,188	any colour	Window 2.
W3	0,172,193	any colour	Window 3.

04 - Signal Filter & Pressure Gates

Input	Default	Allowed	What it does
Min stack height to signal	3	1 to 6	The peak must reach this.
Min burst magnitude (ATR beyond band)	0.0	0 to 12	The peak's minimum distance.
Require rejection wick on the peak bar	false	true/false	Asks for a wick back.
Min rejection wick (share of peak-bar range)	0.30	0 to 0.95	How big.
Require RSI exhaustion	false	true/false	RSI at the peak past the levels.
RSI length	14	2 to 100	Also feeds Momentum Exhaustion.
RSI overbought (SHORT above)	65.0	51 to 99	A short's level.
RSI oversold (LONG below)	35.0	1 to 49	A long's level.
GATE - burst must hit / sweep an opposing cluster	false	true/false	Or a reclaim on the signal bar.
Cluster proximity for partial credit (ATR)	1.0	0.1 to 10	A near miss earns part.
GATE - burst must extend beyond the session range	false	true/false	Beyond Cap or Floor.
GATE - only trade inside an enabled trading session	false	true/false	Inside a window's Session time.
Allow SHORTS (up bursts)	true	true/false	Lets up bursts signal.
Allow LONGS (down bursts)	true	true/false	Lets down bursts signal.
Minimum spacing between signals (bars)	20	0 to 500	Bars before the next signal.

With session ranges off or on D1 and above, the two session gates block every signal.

05 - Trade Levels & Universal Zones

Input	Default	Allowed	What it does
Stop basis	Burst Extreme	Burst Extreme, ATR Multiple or Swing Extreme	The stop's start.
Swing lookback (bars)	10	2 to 200	Window of Swing Extreme.
Stop distance (ATR)	1.2	0.1 to 10	ATR Multiple's distance.
Stop buffer beyond extreme (ATR)	0.30	0 to 3	The ATR margin beyond the extreme.
Max risk (ATR) - stop cap	3.0	0.3 to 10	Never farther.
Min risk (ATR) - stop floor	0.5	0.1 to 5	Never nearer.
Target ladder	Pressure Ladder	R Multiples, Mean Reversion (band to basis) or Pressure Ladder	How targets are set.
Pressure Ladder - min rung distance (R)	0.6	0.1 to 5	A nearer cluster is no target.
TP1 (R)	1.0	0.25 to 50	In stop distances.
TP2 (R)	2.0	0.25 to 50	In stop distances.
TP3 (R)	3.0	0.25 to 50	Reaching it ends the trade.
Max bars in trade (time stop)	200	5 to 5000	Then it ends at that close.
UNIVERSAL zone width (bars)	18	3 to 150	How far right tickets reach.
Show SL / TP zones	true	true/false	The boxes.
Show SL / TP lines	true	true/false	The lines.
Label level prices	true	true/false	Priced labels; they need the lines.
Show trade result labels	true	true/false	Where a trade ended.
Show basis marker on entry	true	true/false	Dotted line at the basis.
Max historical tickets drawn	16	1 to 30	Limits the drawing, not the counts.

06 - Strength Ranking (0-10)

Input	Default	Allowed	What it does
Minimum stars to take	0	0 to 4	A lower rank opens no ticket.
Alert minimum stars	0	0 to 4	Quiets Long, Short and cluster signals.
Weight - Burst Extension	0.16	0 to 1	Distance beyond the band.
Weight - Stack Height	0.12	0 to 1	The stack.
Weight - Momentum Exhaustion	0.12	0 to 1	RSI at the peak.
Weight - Rejection Wick	0.10	0 to 1	The peak bar's wick.
Weight - Trend Fit	0.08	0 to 1	The basis's direction.
Weight - Volatility Regime	0.06	0 to 1	Calmer scores higher.
Weight - Reversion Room	0.06	0 to 1	Entry to basis.
Weight - PRESSURE Cluster	0.20	0 to 1	A hit or sweep of a cluster.
Weight - Session RANGE	0.10	0 to 1	Beyond the range.

07 - Dashboard

Input	Default	Allowed	What it does
Show dashboard	true	true/false	The panel.
Position	Top Right	Top Right, Top Left, Bottom Right, Bottom Left, Middle Right or Middle Left	Its place.
Text size	Small	Tiny, Small or Normal	Its size.
Gauge width (blocks)	10	4 to 20	Slider length.
Show live quality sliders	true	true/false	Nine pillars and the score.
Show pressure context	true	true/false	The clusters block.
Show session range context	true	true/false	The range block.
Show TP1/2/3 - SL breakdown	true	true/false	How closed tickets ended.
Show win rate by strength	true	true/false	A count per star rank, not a win probability.
Show last trades	true	true/false	The newest exits.
Show MTF burst strip	true	true/false	The burst on three timeframes.
MTF - TF 2	M15	any timeframe	Second one.
MTF - TF 3	H1	any timeframe	Third one.

08 - Visuals & Theme

Input	Default	Allowed	What it does
Color theme	Aurora	Aurora, Gold Noir, TerminalAmber, Ice Blue, Aqua Violet, Neon Magenta or Institutional	Labels, tickets and ranges.
Show signal labels	true	true/false	LONG and SHORT.
Show star ranking on labels	true	true/false	Off leaves the side and tags.
Signal label size	Small	Tiny, Small, Normal or Large	Label and ticket text.
Tint background on extreme bursts	false	true/false	Tints the peak bar.
Show cluster reclaim diamonds	false	true/false	Marks a reclaimed sweep.
Show failed range-breakout crosses	true	true/false	Marks a failed breakout.
Show cluster bubbles	true	true/false	The bubbles.
Bubble glow halo	true	true/false	A fainter circle.
Show strength inside bubble	true	true/false	The number.
Bubble size boost	1	0 to 2	Adds sizes.
Show cluster level lines	true	true/false	Thick lines.
Cluster level width	5	1 to 10	Their width.
Cluster level transparency	70	0 to 100	Their transparency.
Project levels past current bar	3	0 to 200	Their reach.
Cluster color mode	By Side	Spectrum (vertical) or By Side	Side, or height.
Top / Support tone	33,201,151	any colour	Support, or spectrum top.
Mid	91,108,255	any colour	Spectrum middle.
Bottom / Resist tone	204,36,226	any colour	Resistance, or spectrum bottom.
Mild	38,198,218	any colour	Coolest tint.
Warm	255,213,74	any colour	Next.
Hot	255,122,26	any colour	Next.
Extreme	255,43,78	any colour	Hottest.

MetaTrader

Input	Default	Allowed	What it does
Bars To Calculate (0 = all)	20,000	0 or more	Section 7.
Pin Labels Inside Chart	false	true/false	Section 7.
Broker server time zone (for the session windows)	Auto (from the broker clock)	Auto (from the broker clock), GMT+2 / GMT+3 (New York close), GMT+0, GMT+1, GMT+2 (no daylight saving) or GMT+3 (no daylight saving)	Section 7.

Alerts

Input	Default	Allowed	What it does
Alert Frequency	Once Per Bar	Once Per Bar, Once Per Bar Close, Only Once or Once Per Minute	Section 6.
Alert: Long	true	true/false	A long, from Alert minimum stars.
Alert: Short	true	true/false	A short, the same way.
Alert: Any Signal	false	true/false	Every new ticket.
Alert: Long + Cluster	false	true/false	A long whose burst reached support.
Alert: Short + Cluster	false	true/false	A short whose burst reached resistance.
Alert: TP3 Hit	false	true/false	The third target.
Alert: Partial TP Exit	false	true/false	The stop after a target.
Alert: SL Hit	false	true/false	A full stop.
Alert: Extreme Up Burst	false	true/false	Peak at Max stack height.
Alert: Extreme Down Burst	false	true/false	Downward, the same way.
Alert: Cluster Sweep	false	true/false	A cluster swept.
Alert: Bullish Cluster Reclaim	false	true/false	Back above swept support.
Alert: Bearish Cluster Reclaim	false	true/false	Back below swept resistance.
Alert: Cluster Break	false	true/false	A cluster broken.
Alert: Near Strong Cluster	false	true/false	Within 0.5 ATR of a cluster scoring 7 or more.
Alert: Session Range Set	false	true/false	The range time ended.
Alert: Range Breakout	false	true/false	First close beyond the range.
Alert: Failed Range Breakout	false	true/false	A close back inside.
Alert: Time Stop Exit	false	true/false	Max bars in trade passed.
Alert Pop-up	true	true/false	The terminal's alert window.
Alert Sound	false	true/false	Plays the file.
Alert Sound File (in the terminal's Sounds folder)	alert.wav	a file name	Blank plays nothing.
Alert Push Notification	false	true/false	To your phone.
Alert E-mail	false	true/false	Sends an e-mail.
Test Alerts on Start	false	true/false	One test through every channel on.

6. Setting Up Alerts

1. Choose the conditions. Long and Short are on by default.
2. Choose the channels: pop-up, sound, push and e-mail. The pop-up is on by default.
3. Sound: switch it on and name a .wav file from the Sounds folder of the terminal's installation folder.
4. Push notification: in Tools > Options > Notifications, enable push notifications, enter the MetaQuotes ID shown in the MetaTrader app on your phone and click Test; then switch the channel on. A message is cut at 255 characters.
5. E-mail: in Tools > Options > Email, enable e-mail, enter your mail server, login, password and addresses and click Test; then switch the channel on. The subject names the indicator, the condition, the symbol and the timeframe.
6. Test: Test Alerts on Start checks all of this without waiting for a signal. Every change of an input sends one more, so switch it off afterwards.

Alert Frequency. Once Per Bar (the default) sends the first time a condition is true on a bar. Once Per Bar Close sends only at the close. Only Once sends the first time per alert, until the indicator reloads. Once Per Minute sends at most once a minute per alert. Time Stop Exit waits for the close whatever this says.

Signals, extreme bursts, ranges and the time stop fire at the close; stops, targets and cluster events on the touch, on a forming bar, so a later tick can change what fired. Nothing fires for history or in the Strategy Tester, and attaching in the middle of a bar counts what is already true on it as sent. The drawing switches change what you see, not what fires.

A message starts with the indicator's name and ends with the symbol and timeframe:

Supreme Pressure Signals: LONG (down-burst exhaustion) on EURUSD 60 @ 1.12345. | EURUSD H1

Between those two, the others read:

SHORT (up-burst exhaustion) on EURUSD 60 @ 1.12345.
new entry on EURUSD 60 @ 1.12345.
LONG into a long-liquidation cluster on EURUSD 60 @ 1.12345.
SHORT into a short-liquidation cluster on EURUSD 60 @ 1.12345.
TP3 hit on EURUSD 60.
protected TP exit on EURUSD 60.
SL hit on EURUSD 60.
extreme up burst - maximum over-extension on EURUSD 60.
extreme down burst - maximum over-extension on EURUSD 60.
a liquidation cluster was swept on EURUSD 60 - watch for a reclaim.
sweep below a support cluster reclaimed on EURUSD 60.
sweep above a resistance cluster reclaimed on EURUSD 60.
a liquidation cluster was decisively broken on EURUSD 60.
price within 0.5 ATR of a STRONG liquidation cluster on EURUSD 60.
session range set on EURUSD 60.
session range breakout on EURUSD 60 @ 1.12345.
range breakout FAILED back inside on EURUSD 60 @ 1.12345 - fade pressure.
time stop exit on EURUSD 60 @ 1.12345.
test alert on EURUSD 60 @ 1.12345.

7. Bars To Calculate, Pin Labels and the Broker's Clock

Bars To Calculate (20,000 by default; 0 = the whole chart) sets where history starts. A lower setting starts faster, and it can change the earliest signals and the dashboard's counts, because each signal depends on the trades before it.

Pin Labels Inside Chart (off by default). A ticket's labels can sit past the last bar, so give the chart room on the right with the chart shift. Switched on, while the last bar is on screen, it compresses the space after that bar so they stay inside the chart.

Broker server time zone (Auto by default). It turns your broker's clock, which MetaTrader's bars carry, into the Timezone the windows read. GMT+2 or GMT+3 is taken as the New York close clock, which moves with New York's daylight saving; any other difference is used as it stands. Without a connection, and in the Strategy Tester, it assumes the New York close clock.

8. MetaTrader 5 and MetaTrader 4: How the Drawing Works

The drawing is one image with real transparency, following every scroll and zoom. MetaTrader 4 draws on the terminal's interface thread, so it repaints the forming bar at most once a second; a new bar is repainted at once.

9. Troubleshooting

Nothing appears for a while. It works through every bar before it draws. A lower Bars To Calculate is faster.

The ticket's labels are off the right edge. Use the chart shift or Pin Labels Inside Chart.

Session times look off. Set Broker server time zone to your broker's clock, then check Timezone: NY and LON both read New York time by default.

No session boxes. They need an intraday chart. A range shorter than the bar draws nothing: on H1 only LON's default range can fill a bar.

The dashboard is cut off. Choose Small or Tiny, or hide rows.

The MTF row is empty. The other timeframes' bars have not arrived. It tries again once a second.

No alerts arrive. Check the condition's switch, Alert minimum stars and a channel. Alerts fire only for bars closing, or touches happening, while it runs. Push and e-mail also need Tools > Options. Test Alerts on Start checks them.

A burst pokes through but no signal. See the Status row: it needs a peak at the minimum stack, no open trade, the spacing and your filters.

The targets are not at 1, 2 and 3 R. Pressure Ladder uses clusters. Choose R Multiples for plain distances.

No bubbles on older bars. Clusters are built over Lookback only; 0 means all.

The counts differ from another chart. They cover this chart's tickets on its loaded bars. They are not a backtest, and they are not a win probability. They take no account of spread, slippage or commission. On a deep chart older tickets were drawn before the 3,000-bar cluster window starts, so they ran without clusters.

10. Frequently Asked Questions

Does it repaint? Signals and session ranges do not change after their bar closes, with Confirm on bar close on. A new calculation can differ, because Bars To Calculate and Lookback set where history starts.

11. Support

Ask in the Comments (Discussion) section of the product's page on mql5.com. Give the platform and build, the symbol and timeframe, your broker, the inputs you changed, a screenshot, and the lines of the Experts and Journal tabs from that time.

12. Version History

• 1.00: first release for MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5.

Risk Disclaimer

Trading leveraged products carries a high level of risk and may not be suitable for all investors. Supreme Pressure Signals is an analysis tool, not financial advice. Test it on a demo account first.