Gold Liquidity Matrix
- Indicators
- Andrea Michelon
- Version: 1.10
- Updated: 28 September 2026
- Activations: 5
Gold Liquidity Matrix - Order Blocks with Displacement, Gap and Break of Structure
Most order block indicators draw a zone on every small swing and fill the chart. Gold Liquidity Matrix draws a zone only when four conditions agree, and then tells you what kind of zone it is.
The four conditions
- An origin candle against the move.
- A displacement candle whose body is larger than 0.8 x ATR.
- A three-candle fair value gap larger than 0.15 x ATR.
- A break of structure: the displacement takes out the recent high or low.
How every zone is classified
- Killzone: formed inside the London (07-10 GMT) or New York (12-15 GMT) killzone, or outside (grey zone). The server offset is detected automatically.
- Trend: with or against the H1 trend (EMA 50) at the time the zone formed, not the trend of today.
- Activity Z-Score of the displacement candle. A GOLDEN zone is in a killzone, with the trend, and with activity at least 2.5 standard deviations above normal.
History equals live
Every zone is replayed candle by candle from its birth: a zone that price has already touched is drawn hollow, a zone that price has already closed through is never drawn. What you see on the history is what you would have seen in real time.
The panel
- Verdict: SCANNING, WAIT, ZONE READY, GOLDEN ZONE, PRICE IN ZONE, with the reason.
- Session, killzone open or closed, H1 trend.
- Nearest fresh zone: type, range, distance, activity Z-Score.
- Lot size for your risk %, with the stop beyond the zone. Spread warning.
- Button Q: strong zones only / all zones. Button T: dark / light / auto theme.
Honest notes
- Tick volume counts price changes, not traded contracts. On spot gold it measures activity, not "institutional money".
- I tested order block entries on XAUUSD as a standalone signal: on their own they do not show a statistical edge after costs. Use the zones as a map of where the market moved with force, together with your own method and a fixed risk.
Built for XAUUSD on M5 and M15, works on any symbol. Drawing only: it never opens, changes or closes a trade, and it does not change your chart colours.
