Abnormal OHLC Candle Detector

ABNORMAL OHLC CANDLE DETECTOR flags the candles that break this pattern — a bullish candle that opens well above its low, or a bearish candle that opens well below its high — before finishing in that direction anyway.

These candles carry a wick against their own move, often signaling that price was rejected from the opposite side before buyers or sellers regained control. This kind of build-up commonly shows up around exhaustion points, liquidity grabs, and potential reversal zones.

The indicator plots a simple arrow directly on the chart the moment an abnormal candle closes — no repainting, no lag, works on any symbol and any timeframe.

Key Features

• Pure price-action logic — based only on OHLC structure, no repainting or look-ahead
• Adjustable sensitivity — control exactly how much "wrong-side" drift is tolerated before a candle counts as abnormal
• Noise filtering built in
  • Ignores weak-bodied / indecision candles (dojis) that would otherwise produce false signals
• Clear visual output — distinct arrow colors for abnormal bullish vs. abnormal bearish build-up
• Lightweight — minimal CPU usage, safe to run on multiple charts simultaneously
• Fully customizable — every threshold, filter, and arrow style is exposed as an input