HOT ZONE - RSI with IV Percentile: Buy Stock or Sell Put Options Signal For ThinkOrSwim

[chewie76]

It's gonna get heated up with the Hot Zone indicator! Hope you like it. It is a combination of RSI with IV percentile. The red colored area where IV is greater than RSI is the Hot Zone. Inside the Hot Zone are some colored circles on the midline. A yellow circle is a caution warning. This means it could be a good buy, but be cautious because it is a weak signal. The red circle is the HOT warning. This means it's time to buy or sell put options.

NOTE: there may be a string of red circles, so the first one that appears may not be the best entry because more could follow. You'll want to see the RSI and IV come back together for extra confirmation. Another confirmation is the ZSCORE upper indicator on this forum. Below are a few examples.

This indicator works great with the BTD indicator. Enjoy heating up your account with the Hot Zone!

This is an example of CWH on a daily chart.

This is an example of SPY on 12/24/2019. It showed the EXACT low! Then it ripped higher for the next 4 months.

This is an example of TSLA. 3 days this year were HOT buys in the middle of March 2020.

There is another version of this indicator that @FateOwnzYou helped make. SHOUT OUT to you fellow scripter! You're awesome! This version is cleaner to the eye and basically subtracts the RSI from IV and makes one single line so the greater the distance between them the further down the Hot Zone goes. I added the yellow and red circles, but you may want to adjust these settings for your trading style. The only negative is you don't actually see the actual RSI indicator, and some people who already use RSI would probably prefer using the other version to keep the RSI. The clear advantage is it gives clear buy and sell areas. Under the green line is a buy area. Over the red line is a sell area shaded in green (collect your cash money!) . (Any area in red could be considered a buy area, but the closer to the green line, the better.)

Lets look at a DAY TRADE in /RTY. Look at both of these Hot Zone indicators. Notice the one on the bottom. Circled areas for buys and sells.

Here is an example of QQQ on a daily chart. Notice the HOT circles and buy area on lower indicator and the sell areas.

Added ARROWS to the indicator. See below.

Below is an example of day trading /RTY using a 2 min chart. Look at the sell signal arrow and the two red hot buy dots that are highlighted, both followed by green buy arrows.

Hot Zone-RSI

#HOTZONE-RSI: RSI-IV_percentile indicator
#developed by Chewie76 9-30-2020
### Global Variables ###
declare lower;
input length = 14;
input over_Bought2 = 80;
input over_Bought = 70;
input over_Sold = 30;
input over_Sold2 = 20;
input price = close;
input averageType = AverageType.WILDERS;
input showBreakoutSignals = yes;
input alertsOn = yes;
input ChartBubblesOn = yes;

### RSI ###
def NetChgAvg = MovingAverage(averageType, price - price[1], length);
def TotChgAvg = MovingAverage(averageType, AbsValue(price - price[1]), length);
def ChgRatio = if TotChgAvg != 0 then NetChgAvg / TotChgAvg else 0;

plot RSI = 50 * (ChgRatio + 1);
plot MiddleLine = 50;
Middleline.SetDefaultColor(Color.YELLOW);
RSI.SetLineWeight(2);

plot OverSold = over_Sold;
plot OverBought = over_Bought;
plot UpSignal = if RSI crosses above OverSold then OverSold else Double.NaN;
plot DownSignal = if RSI crosses below OverBought then OverBought else Double.NaN;

AddCloud(Over_Bought2, OverBought, Color.dark_RED, Color.CURRENT);
AddCloud(OverSold, Over_Sold2, Color.dark_GREEN, Color.CURRENT);

UpSignal.SetHiding(!showBreakoutSignals);
DownSignal.SetHiding(!showBreakoutSignals);

RSI.DefineColor("OverBought", color.red);
RSI.DefineColor("Normal", GetColor(9));
RSI.DefineColor("OverSold", color.green);
RSI.AssignValueColor(if RSI > over_Bought then RSI.Color("OverBought") else if RSI < over_Sold then RSI.Color("OverSold") else RSI.Color("Normal"));
OverSold.SetDefaultColor(color.green);
OverBought.SetDefaultColor(color.red);
UpSignal.SetDefaultColor(Color.UPTICK);
UpSignal.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.ARROW_UP);
DownSignal.SetDefaultColor(Color.DOWNTICK);
DownSignal.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.ARROW_DOWN);

AddCloud(RSI, OverBought, Color.RED, Color.CURRENT);
AddCloud(OverSold, RSI, Color.GREEN, Color.CURRENT);

### IVPercentile ###
def vol = imp_volatility();
input TimePeriod = 252;

def data = if !isNaN(vol) then vol else vol[-1];
def hi = highest(data, TimePeriod);
def lo = lowest(data, TimePeriod);
plot Percentile = (data - lo) / (hi - lo) * 100;
def lowend = Percentile < 25;
def highend = Percentile > 50;

input over_Bought1 = 98;
input over_Sold1 = 2;

Percentile.DefineColor("OverBought", Color.red);
Percentile.DefineColor("Normal", color.magenta);
Percentile.DefineColor("OverSold", Color.GREEN);
Percentile.AssignValueColor(if Percentile > over_Bought1 then Percentile.color("OverBought") else if Percentile < over_Sold1 then Percentile.color("OverSold") else Percentile.color("Normal"));

AddCloud(percentile, rsi, Color.RED, Color.CURRENT);

### Squeeze Relationship (RSI and IV) ###
def RSIIV = if percentile - RSI >= 40 and RSI < 32 then 1 else 0;
plot HOT = if RSIIV then 50 else Double.nan;
HOT.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.POINTS);
HOT.SetLineWeight(4);
HOT.SetDefaultColor(Color.RED);

def RSIIV1 = if (percentile - RSI >= 30 and RSI > 32 and RSI < 40, 1, Double.NaN);
plot CAUTION = if RSIIV1 then 50 else Double.nan;
CAUTION.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.POINTS);
CAUTION.SetLineWeight(4);
CAUTION.SetDefaultColor(Color.YELLOW);

#Label

def bullish = if RSI > MiddleLine then 1 else 0;
def bearish = if RSI < MiddleLine then 1 else 0;

AddLabel(ChartBubblesOn, if bullish then "BULLISH" else if bearish then "BEARISH" else if RSI > 100 then "hi" else "low", if bullish then color.green else if bearish then color.red else color.black);


def condition1 = percentile - RSI >= 40 and RSI < 32;
def condition2 = percentile - RSI >= 30 and RSI > 32 and RSI < 40;

# Alert
Alert(alertsOn and condition1, "HOT", Alert.BAR, Sound.Chimes);
Alert(alertsOn and condition2, "CAUTION", Alert.BAR, Sound.bell);

Shareable link: http://tos.mx/9zhE6eE

Hot Zone line

#HOTZONE LINE: RSI-IV_percentile indicator
#developed by Chewie76 with help from FateOwnzYou 9-30-2020

### Global Variables ###
declare lower;
input length = 14;
input price = close;
input averageType = AverageType.WILDERS;
input showBreakoutSignals = yes;
input alertsOn = yes;

def NetChgAvg = MovingAverage(averageType, price - price[1], length);
def TotChgAvg = MovingAverage(averageType, AbsValue(price - price[1]), length);
def ChgRatio = if TotChgAvg != 0 then NetChgAvg / TotChgAvg else 0;

def RSI = (50 * (ChgRatio + 1))*-1;
plot MiddleLine = 0;
plot TakeProfit = 60;
plot BUY = -60;
TakeProfit.SetLineWeight(1);
TakeProfit.SetDefaultColor(Color.RED);
BUY.SetLineWeight(1);
BUY.SetDefaultColor(Color.GREEN);

def vol = imp_volatility();
input TimePeriod = 252;

def data = if !isNaN(vol) then vol else vol[-1];
def hi = highest(data, TimePeriod);
def lo = lowest(data, TimePeriod);
def Percentile = ((data - lo) / (hi - lo) * 100)*-1;
def lowend = Percentile < 25;
def highend = Percentile > 50;

plot HotZone = percentile - rsi;
HotZone.SetLineWeight(1);
HotZone.SetDefaultColor(Color.MAGENTA);

AddCloud(middleline, HotZone, Color.red, Color.CURRENT);
AddCloud(takeprofit,HotZone, Color.CURRENT, Color.GREEN);


### Caution Relationship (RSI and IV) ###
plot CAUTION = if(HotZone <-45 and HotZone > -60,1,double.nan);
#plot CAUTION = if RSIIV1 then 0 else Double.nan;
CAUTION.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.POINTS);
CAUTION.SetLineWeight(4);
CAUTION.SetDefaultColor(Color.YELLOW);

### HOT Relationship (RSI and IV) ###
def RSIIV2 = if HotZone <= -60 then 1 else 0;
plot HOT = if RSIIV2 then 0 else Double.nan;
HOT.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.POINTS);
HOT.SetLineWeight(4);
HOT.SetDefaultColor(Color.RED);

#Arrows#
plot UpSignal = if HotZone crosses above BUY then BUY else Double.NaN;
plot DownSignal = if HotZone crosses below TakeProfit then TakeProfit else Double.NaN;

UpSignal.SetHiding(!showBreakoutSignals);
DownSignal.SetHiding(!showBreakoutSignals);

UpSignal.SetDefaultColor(Color.GREEN);
DownSignal.SetDefaultColor(Color.RED);
UpSignal.SetDefaultColor(Color.UPTICK);
UpSignal.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.ARROW_UP);
DownSignal.SetDefaultColor(Color.DOWNTICK);
DownSignal.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.ARROW_DOWN);

def condition1 = HotZone <= -60;
def condition2 = HotZone < -45 and HotZone > -60;

# Alert
Alert(alertsOn and condition1, "HOT", Alert.BAR, Sound.Chimes);
Alert(alertsOn and condition2, "CAUTION", Alert.BAR, Sound.bell);

Shareable link: http://tos.mx/ZaOhpnv

There are some traders who don't like to use lower indicators. Good news for YOU!!! I created an UPPER indicator that uses BOTH of these into one!!! You can turn on/off the arrows. You can turn on/off the hot and caution dots for the Hotzone and Hotzone line indicators. NOTE: IF you display dots for BOTH indicators, the Hotzone Line dots will plot over the Hotzone indicator dots. If you want to have the opposite, I believe you would just have to move their order within the code.

Below is an example of using the arrows from the HotZone Line indicator with the dots from the HotZone indicator on /ES 15 min chart.

Here is the link to the Hotzone UPPER indicator: http://tos.mx/6Co9B16

Do you want to make some serious long term cash?? Monitor the WEEKLY chart and set alerts in the scan for the weekly timeframe. Take a look at the below example of NDX. Hotzone will tell you when to get back into the market after a significant crash!

Looking for a watchlist column? Here you go!

HOTZONE RSI Watchlist: http://tos.mx/wjdMkBz
CODE:
#HOTZONE-RSI: WATCHLIST
#developed by Chewie76 9-30-2020
### Global Variables ###
input length = 14;
input over_Bought2 = 80;
input over_Bought = 70;
input over_Sold = 30;
input over_Sold2 = 20;
input price = close;
input averageType = AverageType.WILDERS;
input showBreakoutSignals = yes;

### RSI ###
def NetChgAvg = MovingAverage(averageType, price - price[1], length);
def TotChgAvg = MovingAverage(averageType, AbsValue(price - price[1]), length);
def ChgRatio = if TotChgAvg != 0 then NetChgAvg / TotChgAvg else 0;

DEF RSI = 50 * (ChgRatio + 1);
def MiddleLine = 50;

def OverSold = over_Sold;
def OverBought = over_Bought;
def UpSignal = if RSI crosses above OverSold then 1 else 0;
def DownSignal = if RSI crosses below OverBought then 2 else 0;

### IVPercentile ###
def vol = imp_volatility();
input TimePeriod = 252;

def data = if !isNaN(vol) then vol else vol[-1];
def hi = highest(data, TimePeriod);
def lo = lowest(data, TimePeriod);
def Percentile = (data - lo) / (hi - lo) * 100;
def lowend = Percentile < 25;
def highend = Percentile > 50;

input over_Bought1 = 98;
input over_Sold1 = 2;

### Squeeze Relationship (RSI and IV) ###
def RSIIV = if percentile - RSI >= 40 and RSI < 32 then 1 else 0;
def HOT = if RSIIV then 50 else Double.nan;

def RSIIV1 = if (percentile - RSI >= 30 and RSI > 32 and RSI < 40, 1, Double.NaN);
def CAUTION = if RSIIV1 then 50 else Double.nan;


AssignBackgroundColor(if DownSignal then color.RED else if Upsignal then color.GREEN else color.black);

AddLabel(yes, if Upsignal then "UP" else if Downsignal then "DOWN" else if RSIIV then “HOT” else if RSIIV1 then "CAUTION" else " ", if UPsignal then color.green else if Downsignal then color.red else if RSIIV then color.RED else if RSIIV1 then color.YELLOW else Color.black);

HOTZONE LINE Watchlist: http://tos.mx/lFkTO2b
CODE:
#HOTZONE LINE: WATCHLIST COLUMN
#developed by Chewie76 with help from FateOwnzYou 9-30-2020

### Global Variables ###

input length = 14;
input price = close;
input averageType = AverageType.WILDERS;

def NetChgAvg = MovingAverage(averageType, price - price[1], length);
def TotChgAvg = MovingAverage(averageType, AbsValue(price - price[1]), length);
def ChgRatio = if TotChgAvg != 0 then NetChgAvg / TotChgAvg else 0;

def RSI = (50 * (ChgRatio + 1)) * -1;
def MiddleLine = 0;
def TakeProfit = 60;
def BUY = -60;
def vol = imp_volatility();
input TimePeriod = 252;

def data = if !IsNaN(vol) then vol else vol[-1];
def hi = Highest(data, TimePeriod);
def lo = Lowest(data, TimePeriod);
def Percentile = ((data - lo) / (hi - lo) * 100) * -1;
def lowend = Percentile < 25;
def highend = Percentile > 50;

plot HotZone = Percentile - RSI;

def H = HotZone < -60;
def C = HotZone < -45 and HotZone > -60;

def UpSignal = if HotZone crosses above BUY then 1 else 0;
def DownSignal = if HotZone crosses below TakeProfit then 2 else 0;

AddLabel(yes, if Upsignal then "UP" else if Downsignal then "DOWN" else if H then “HOT” else if C then "CAUTION" else " ", if Upsignal then color.green else if Downsignal then color.red else if H then color.RED else if C then color.YELLOW else Color.BLACK);

AssignBackgroundColor(if H then color.RED else if C then color.YELLOW else color.black);


Adjust the timeframe on it. It will look like the below. It will have a yellow CAUTION for the yellow dot and a red HOT for red dot. The reason there are two columns is because they are set to different timeframes.

Looking for a Scan? The below links alert for yellow and red dots along with arrows.

Here is a BUY scan. http://tos.mx/Qh32soR
Here is a SELL scan. http://tos.mx/87AySW1

Let me know what you think!!!!!

 

[BenTen]

Thank you for sharing this

 

[cswu1211]

It's gonna get heated up with the Hot Zone indicator! Hope you like it. It is a combination of RSI with IV percentile. The red colored area where IV is greater than RSI is the Hot Zone. Inside the Hot Zone are some colored circles on the midline. A yellow circle is a caution warning. This means it could be a good buy, but be cautious because it is a weak signal. The red circle is the HOT warning. This means it's time to buy or sell put options.

NOTE: there may be a string of red circles, so the first one that appears may not be the best entry because more could follow. You'll want to see the RSI and IV come back together for extra confirmation. Another confirmation is the ZSCORE upper indicator on this forum. Below are a few examples.

This indicator works great with the BTD indicator. Enjoy heating up your account with the Hot Zone!

This is an example of CWH on a daily chart.

This is an example of SPY on 12/24/2019. It showed the EXACT low! Then it ripped higher for the next 4 months.

This is an example of TSLA. 3 days this year were HOT buys in the middle of March 2020.

There is another version of this indicator that @FateOwnzYou helped make. SHOUT OUT to you fellow scripter! You're awesome! This version is cleaner to the eye and basically subtracts the RSI from IV and makes one single line so the greater the distance between them the further down the Hot Zone goes. I added the yellow and red circles, but you may want to adjust these settings for your trading style. The only negative is you don't actually see the actual RSI indicator, and some people who already use RSI would probably prefer using the other version to keep the RSI. The clear advantage is it gives clear buy and sell areas. Under the green line is a buy area. Over the red line is a sell area shaded in green (collect your cash money!) . (Any area in red could be considered a buy area, but the closer to the green line, the better.)

Lets look at a DAY TRADE in /RTY. Look at both of these Hot Zone indicators. Notice the one on the bottom. Circled areas for buys and sells.

Here is an example of QQQ on a daily chart. Notice the HOT circles and buy area on lower indicator and the sell areas.

Added ARROWS to the indicator. See below.

Below is an example of day trading /RTY using a 2 min chart. Look at the sell signal arrow and the two red hot buy dots that are highlighted, both followed by green buy arrows.

Hot Zone-RSI

#HOTZONE-RSI: RSI-IV_percentile indicator
#developed by Chewie76 9-30-2020
### Global Variables ###
declare lower;
input length = 14;
input over_Bought2 = 80;
input over_Bought = 70;
input over_Sold = 30;
input over_Sold2 = 20;
input price = close;
input averageType = AverageType.WILDERS;
input showBreakoutSignals = no;

### RSI ###
def NetChgAvg = MovingAverage(averageType, price - price[1], length);
def TotChgAvg = MovingAverage(averageType, AbsValue(price - price[1]), length);
def ChgRatio = if TotChgAvg != 0 then NetChgAvg / TotChgAvg else 0;

plot RSI = 50 * (ChgRatio + 1);
plot MiddleLine = 50;
Middleline.SetDefaultColor(Color.YELLOW);
RSI.SetLineWeight(2);

plot OverSold = over_Sold;
plot OverBought = over_Bought;
plot UpSignal = if RSI crosses above OverSold then OverSold else Double.NaN;
plot DownSignal = if RSI crosses below OverBought then OverBought else Double.NaN;

AddCloud(Over_Bought2, OverBought, Color.dark_RED, Color.CURRENT);
AddCloud(OverSold, Over_Sold2, Color.dark_GREEN, Color.CURRENT);

UpSignal.SetHiding(!showBreakoutSignals);
DownSignal.SetHiding(!showBreakoutSignals);

RSI.DefineColor("OverBought", color.red);
RSI.DefineColor("Normal", GetColor(9));
RSI.DefineColor("OverSold", color.green);
RSI.AssignValueColor(if RSI > over_Bought then RSI.Color("OverBought") else if RSI < over_Sold then RSI.Color("OverSold") else RSI.Color("Normal"));
OverSold.SetDefaultColor(color.green);
OverBought.SetDefaultColor(color.red);
UpSignal.SetDefaultColor(Color.UPTICK);
UpSignal.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.ARROW_UP);
DownSignal.SetDefaultColor(Color.DOWNTICK);
DownSignal.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.ARROW_DOWN);

AddCloud(RSI, OverBought, Color.RED, Color.CURRENT);
AddCloud(OverSold, RSI, Color.GREEN, Color.CURRENT);

### IVPercentile ###
def vol = imp_volatility();
input TimePeriod = 252;

def data = if !isNaN(vol) then vol else vol[-1];
def hi = highest(data, TimePeriod);
def lo = lowest(data, TimePeriod);
plot Percentile = (data - lo) / (hi - lo) * 100;
def lowend = Percentile < 25;
def highend = Percentile > 50;

input over_Bought1 = 98;
input over_Sold1 = 2;

Percentile.DefineColor("OverBought", Color.red);
Percentile.DefineColor("Normal", color.magenta);
Percentile.DefineColor("OverSold", Color.GREEN);
Percentile.AssignValueColor(if Percentile > over_Bought1 then Percentile.color("OverBought") else if Percentile < over_Sold1 then Percentile.color("OverSold") else Percentile.color("Normal"));

AddCloud(percentile, rsi, Color.RED, Color.CURRENT);

### Squeeze Relationship (RSI and IV) ###
def RSIIV = if percentile - RSI >= 40 and RSI < 32 then 1 else 0;
plot HOT = if RSIIV then 50 else Double.nan;
HOT.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.POINTS);
HOT.SetLineWeight(4);
HOT.SetDefaultColor(Color.RED);

def RSIIV1 = if percentile - RSI >= 30 and RSI > 32 then 1 else 0;
plot CAUTION = if RSIIV1 then 50 else Double.nan;
CAUTION.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.POINTS);
CAUTION.SetLineWeight(4);
CAUTION.SetDefaultColor(Color.YELLOW);

Shareable link: http://tos.mx/yBpZauB

Hot Zone line

#HOTZONE LINE: RSI-IV_percentile indicator
#developed by Chewie76 with help from FateOwnzYou 9-30-2020

### Global Variables ###
declare lower;
input length = 14;
input price = close;
input averageType = AverageType.WILDERS;
input showBreakoutSignals = no;

def NetChgAvg = MovingAverage(averageType, price - price[1], length);
def TotChgAvg = MovingAverage(averageType, AbsValue(price - price[1]), length);
def ChgRatio = if TotChgAvg != 0 then NetChgAvg / TotChgAvg else 0;

def RSI = (50 * (ChgRatio + 1))*-1;
plot MiddleLine = 0;
plot TakeProfit = 60;
plot BUY = -60;
TakeProfit.SetLineWeight(1);
TakeProfit.SetDefaultColor(Color.RED);
BUY.SetLineWeight(1);
BUY.SetDefaultColor(Color.GREEN);

def vol = imp_volatility();
input TimePeriod = 252;

def data = if !isNaN(vol) then vol else vol[-1];
def hi = highest(data, TimePeriod);
def lo = lowest(data, TimePeriod);
def Percentile = ((data - lo) / (hi - lo) * 100)*-1;
def lowend = Percentile < 25;
def highend = Percentile > 50;

plot HotZone = percentile - rsi;
HotZone.SetLineWeight(1);
HotZone.SetDefaultColor(Color.MAGENTA);

AddCloud(middleline, HotZone, Color.red, Color.CURRENT);
AddCloud(takeprofit,HotZone, Color.CURRENT, Color.GREEN);


### Caution Relationship (RSI and IV) ###
plot CAUTION = if(HotZone <-45 and HotZone > -70,1,double.nan);
#plot CAUTION = if RSIIV1 then 0 else Double.nan;
CAUTION.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.POINTS);
CAUTION.SetLineWeight(4);
CAUTION.SetDefaultColor(Color.YELLOW);

### HOT Relationship (RSI and IV) ###
def RSIIV2 = if HotZone <= -70 then 1 else 0;
plot HOT = if RSIIV2 then 0 else Double.nan;
HOT.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.POINTS);
HOT.SetLineWeight(4);
HOT.SetDefaultColor(Color.RED);

#Arrows#
plot UpSignal = if HotZone crosses above BUY then BUY else Double.NaN;
plot DownSignal = if HotZone crosses below TakeProfit then TakeProfit else Double.NaN;

UpSignal.SetHiding(!showBreakoutSignals);
DownSignal.SetHiding(!showBreakoutSignals);

UpSignal.SetDefaultColor(Color.GREEN);
DownSignal.SetDefaultColor(Color.RED);
UpSignal.SetDefaultColor(Color.UPTICK);
UpSignal.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.ARROW_UP);
DownSignal.SetDefaultColor(Color.DOWNTICK);
DownSignal.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.ARROW_DOWN);

Shareable link: http://tos.mx/VLSJvy1

Let me know what you think!!!!!

Great Job! What's the upper study that you used: Dynamic RSI IVRank?!

 

[Dix]

Looking good. Thanks @chewie76 and @FateOwnzYou

 

[chewie76]

why still dont see the arrow in this set up ?

Make sure arrows are enabled in the settings.

 

[chewie76]

Great Job! What's the upper study that you used: Dynamic RSI IVRank?!

The upper indicator with arrows is the upper Zscale indicator. The one you referenced is the colored candles.

 

[chewie76]

Thank you for the great work you have done to us.

Have you noticed any failed areas or arrows? What is the rate?

There is no silver bullet, but it looks like a good edge to take the arrows. Do some testing with it.

 

[wtf_dude]

Absolutely incredible work, man! Thanks so much for sharing

 

[wtf_dude]

One of the only pitfalls I've found with figuring out options plays with IV rank is if you have a black swan level event like back in March, it throws off the percentile for a lonnnnnng time. I'm curious if we can figure out a way to set a date to start calculations of IV rank vs having to go back an entire year and including crazy, rare events (Be able to anchor the time frame, if that makes sense)

edit: Well DERP, just change the 252 to however far back you need to go. At first glance, it's appearing to work just fine.

Side note for people using the scanners: you may want to consider adding "within 3 bars" or something similar into your scan if you're not finding exactly what you want. It will at least put you in the right areas to look even if it's not exact.

 

[wtf_dude]

Can someone post their scan results; An time frame ok, I am not getting any hits., I save the scan query and ran the above both scans.

Like I said above though, you can always go to the thinkscript editor and add something to the effect of "within 3 bars" to the end of the pre-written code to widen up your results

EDIT: Another possibility is that you don't have the study saved with the EXACT SAME NAME as the study referenced in the scan. If they don't match, the scanner doesn't have the code to work with

 

[jay2]

Where can I find that Stage label indicator?

 

[chewie76]

Where can I find that Stage label indicator?

http://tos.mx/FI7Z27R

 

[jay2]

this is by far one of the best indicators out for thinkorswim. confirms good entries and very minimal loss for me. thanks @chewie76

 

[lowtrade]

Hi @chewie76, I have loaded the codes (not used the links) from post #1 but I'm not getting the arrows. Here is an example and checked the setting as well. I thought we will get the red dots and buy an arrow if we are in the hot zone. Am I missing anything here? Can someone provide some tickers where we have the red dots and up arrow working?

 

[chewie76]

Hi @chewie76, I have loaded the codes (not used the links) from post #1 but I'm not getting the arrows. Here is an example and checked the setting as well. I thought we will get the red dots and buy an arrow if we are in the hot zone. Am I missing anything here? Can someone provide some tickers where we have the red dots and up arrow working?

If you have both indicators "HZ" and "HZLine" as yes, then the HZ Line dots override the HZ dots. You can uncheck HZLINE and it will show the red dots like in my picture. The arrows appear on the upper chart when the HZ line breaks oversold/overbought line. In this example, it did not do that. The arrows in your picture are RSI crosses above 30. I would expect this stock to break higher in the future. Notice the 180 Bollinger Band where price is at the 2 Standard Deviation. There is also divergence between price and Hotzone line, so I would expect price to head higher. FYI, my green arrow on upper chart are when price closes below the BTD channel. Watch for price to break above market pulse line.

 

[Optionsguy]

Yes, you can scan for the Hot dots.

I have been trying to scan for just the hot dots, but I cannot figure it out.

Can you provide any insight on how to you
do this?

Thank you so much!

 

[wtf_dude]

I have been trying to scan for just the hot dots, but I cannot figure it out.

Can you provide any insight on how to you
do this?

Thank you so much!

Load up the Buy scan that he previously shared. It will bring up 3 lines of criteria. On the third line (Study, Custom) click the pencil on the right hand side next to the D. Click the "Edit" button on the right hand side of the popup menu. Halfway down the new popup menu you will see "Plot:" followed by "Up Signal". Click the drop down and select "HOT". Click Save on the right hand side then OK and then you're good to go to scan. Don't be surprised if you don't get any hits right now

 

[QDoan]

@chewie76 Thanks for sharing. It looks promising; does the indicator work for stocks or just for options only.

 

[BenTen]

@QDoan Options are the derivatives of the underlying securities, such as stocks. Don't you have to make your decision based on a the stock chart first? And then decide if you want to trade shares or options.

 

[rad14733]

@QDoan Options are the derivatives of the underlying securities, such as stocks. Don't you have to make your decision based on a the stock chart first? And then decide if you want to trade shares or options.

That would be the normal method of trading but there are traders who only watch and only trade options without watching the underlying to indicate entry and exit... It's just a different method of trading... I've done it over the years myself... Close to or in the money options with the same indicators you use for equities... I've made a lot of money over the years this way... The biggest thing to consider is at least watching the underlying equity price so you don't get too far out of the money... It's a method of trading options as though they are penny stocks, with the exception that they expire... I won't give all of the details here but might do a writeup on the process in the future... Not for beginners by any means, but it can be done...