Vector Sniper

Vector Sniper is a clean, rules-based price/volume engine designed to flag high-quality trend vectors (green/red) and filtered pre-signals (blue/orange) that often precede the move. Colors are intentionally minimal to reduce cognitive load:
• Green = Bull Vector (confirmed)
• Red = Bear Vector (confirmed)
• Blue = Pre-Bull (filtered early setup)
• Orange = Pre-Bear (filtered early setup)
• Gray = Neutral / no signal

What it is not: not a copy of other “vector candle” scripts, not a rebrand of Heikin-Ashi, QQE, Supertrend, or volume delta clones.

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How it works (plain English)
1. Vector (confirmed) signals
A candle is marked Bull or Bear only when a confluence of conditions is met:
• Price expansion via ATR z-score (volatility thrust).
• Participation via Volume z-score (informed activity).
• Body commitment (body% ≥ threshold) to ignore doji/wicks.
• Delta-volume imbalance (approx. buy vs sell pressure).
• Optional structure break or trap detection.
Extreme vectors (rare) require proportionally stronger volatility/volume.
2. Pre-signals (early read, filtered)
Early setups are scored and throttled to reduce noise:
• Scoring from seven inputs: spring/upthrust, no-supply/no-demand, imbalance, volume multiple, location near structure, and side alignment (VWAP/EMA/HTF).
• Persistence: must appear in N of last M bars.
• Cooldown & hysteresis: suppresses repeating or flip-flop prints.
Result: fewer pre-prints, higher intent.
3. Confluence (optional, user-controlled)
You can require agreement with VWAP side, EMA trend, and/or HTF bias. When enabled, these act as gates for pre-signals.

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Why this script is original
• Unique signal definition: “Vector” here is not a generic candle color. It’s a specific conjunction of ATR/volume z-scores + body commitment + imbalance + structure logic.
• Pre-signal engine: A 7-factor score with N-of-M persistence, cooldown, and opposite-side hysteresis—a design choice rarely used in public scripts and written from scratch for this tool.
• Minimalist palette with priority rules: only five colors, with vectors owning the chart and pre-signals never overriding a live vector.
• From-scratch code: all calculations (z-scores, imbalance proxy, scoring, persistence via cumulative windows) are authored specifically for this indicator—no copied blocks from other “vector” or “smart money” scripts.

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Settings that matter
• Min Body % / Z-scores: tighten to reduce whipsaw, loosen to catch more momentum.
• Pre-Min Score & Persistence: raise these to cut noise; lower to be earlier.
• Cooldown / Hysteresis: use to stop spam on chop.
• HTF/VWAP/EMA gates: turn on when you want only with-trend early reads.

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Alerts

Alerts are provided for: Bull Vector, Bear Vector, Extreme Bull/Bear, Pre-Bull, Pre-Bear. For cleaner automation, run alerts on bar close.

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Repainting & reliability notes
• The indicator uses the current bar’s data for pre-signals. Values can update until the bar closes (standard behavior).
• If you enable HTF confluence, the HTF series is requested with lookahead off; signals can stabilize only after the HTF bar closes. That is not backpainting—it’s the nature of multi-timeframe data.
• No future bars are referenced for any historical calculation.

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Best practices
• Use alongside basic structure (HH/HL vs LH/LL), session levels, or risk models.
• Pre-signal ➜ wait for vector confirmation or your entry trigger; don’t fire blindly on blue/orange alone.
• Always size risk; nothing here guarantees outcomes.

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License & attribution

Original work © 2025. You are free to use this indicator on TradingView. Please do not repost the code as your own or sell without permission.

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Bottom line: fewer colors, tighter logic, and a clear split between early intent (pre-signals) and confirmed thrust (vectors). Clean, deliberate, and built to keep you out of noise while still catching the move.