Killzones and Liquidity Sweeps

Killzones and Liquidity Sweeps shows the time windows and price levels that ICT-style traders watch, and marks when price trades through one of those levels and closes back on the other side.

What it shows

• Killzone boxes for Asia (20:00-00:00), London (02:00-05:00), New York AM (07:00-10:00) and optionally London Close (10:00-12:00). Times are in New York local time and can be changed.
• Previous day high and low (PDH, PDL), previous week high and low (PWH, PWL), and the high and low of the Asia killzone after it has closed.
• Liquidity sweeps: the first candle in a period that trades beyond one of these levels and closes back inside. Sweeps of highs are marked with a red arrow, sweeps of lows with a green arrow, and labelled with the level (for example "PDH sweep").
• A minimum sweep depth relative to ATR, so very small pokes of a tick or two are ignored.
• Alerts on sweeps: pop-up, sound and push. Arrows are also available as buffers for an Expert Advisor.

Daylight saving

Killzones are defined in New York time and converted to your broker's clock for every candle, including the weeks when the US and Europe change clocks on different dates. Choose how your broker's server clock works: New York +7 hours (GMT+2 in winter, GMT+3 in summer, common among brokers), a fixed UTC offset, or a UTC offset that follows EU or US summer time.

How it calculates

Sweeps are checked on closed candles only and do not change after the candle closes. Only the first trade through each level in its period counts: if the first candle closes beyond the level, that is treated as a break, not a sweep, and the level is not checked again until the next period. Previous day and week levels come from your broker's daily and weekly candles.

Forex and gold

The default killzones suit both forex majors and XAUUSD. They avoid gold's daily trading break around 17:00-18:00 New York time. The minimum sweep depth is a fraction of ATR, so it scales to gold's larger ranges and to JPY pairs without changing settings.

Inputs

Broker time: clock mode, winter UTC offset.

Killzones: show and set start and end for each, days to draw.

Levels and sweeps: previous day, previous week, Asia range, bars scanned, minimum depth (x ATR), labels.

Colours and font size. Alerts: on sweeps, pop-up, sound, push.

Notes

• This indicator does not open, modify or close trades. It is an analysis tool and not financial advice. Past behaviour of price does not guarantee future results, and no result is guaranteed.

Questions and suggestions are welcome in the comments section of this product.