SmartFractalZigZag Plus — Smart Fractals, ZigZag, Auto Fibonacci and Dynamic S/R Zones

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PRODUCT OVERVIEW

SmartFractalZigZag Plus delivers quantitative S/R zones with KDE, HTF confluence and an SR Trend Bias panel, plus auto Fibonacci reinforcement inside S/R zones.

SmartFractalZigZag Plus is the institutional-grade edition of the SmartFractalZigZag family for cTrader.

It combines the history-stable fractal engine, clean ZigZag swings and fully automatic Fibonacci retracements/extensions from Pro with a dynamic Support & Resistance Zone engine, multi-timeframe confluence detection and a Bull/Bear Trend Bias panel.

Under the hood, Plus is built as a quantitative S/R model rather than a simple "count-the-touches" indicator. It uses kernel density estimation over structurally valid fractal pivots, ATR-normalized distances, logit-space evidence aggregation and exponential time decay to turn raw price action into a stable probability-like strength score for every zone.

Plus is designed for traders who want to see not only where price has turned, but also how strong each zone is, how it reacts to tests, and where higher-timeframe structure is quietly reinforcing the current chart. The design draws on ideas from SMC/ICT, Wyckoff, Dow Theory, Chan theory and classical Fibonacci trading, then distills them into a single, coherent engine.

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FEATURE COMPARISON (Pro vs Plus)

Both Pro and Plus include:

• Smart fractal detection & same-direction filtering

• ZigZag swing connections

• Real-time auto Fibonacci

Plus-only features:

• Dynamic S/R zones (KDE density heatmap)

• HTF S/R confluence

• SR Trend Bias (Bull/Bear index + panel)

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CORE STRUCTURE FEATURES (Shared Across Editions)

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1. SMART FRACTAL DETECTION

Fractals are the foundation of market structure analysis — they identify local price extremes (swing highs and swing lows).

SmartFractalZigZag uses a history-stable fractal engine with tunable sensitivity so you can adapt detection to scalping, intraday, swing or position trading. The Left Bars and Right Bars parameters let you make the engine more or less selective without changing your overall strategy logic.

Recommended settings by trading style:

• Scalping: Left 3 / Right 2

• Intraday: Left 5 / Right 3

• Swing: Left 10 / Right 5

• Position: Left 20 / Right 10

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2. SMART SAME-DIRECTION FILTERING

When several consecutive fractals appear in the same direction, the indicator keeps only the true extreme (highest high for up fractals, lowest low for down fractals).

This enforces a clean High–Low–High–Low sequence and makes the structure easy to read. Only the most recent, right-most fractal is allowed to adjust as new bars close; historical structure does not repaint.

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3. ZIGZAG SWINGS

Filtered fractal points are connected into ZigZag swings, clearly showing trend direction and swing boundaries at a glance.

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4. REAL-TIME AUTO FIBONACCI

Automatically draws Fibonacci retracement and extension levels based on the most recent swing:

• Automatic anchors – always connected to confirmed structural highs/lows

• Dynamic updates – levels adjust in real time as new structure forms

• A full set of commonly used retracement and extension levels (including negative extensions for trend continuation), all individually configurable

• Clean visual rule: when a Fib level price falls inside a Plus S/R zone, the Fib label is bolded with an [SR] prefix instead of drawing extra shapes. This makes it extremely easy to spot "Fibonacci inside a strong S/R zone" without cluttering the chart, and is one of the key upgrades over the Pro edition.

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5. THEME SUPPORT

Built-in light/dark theme support that automatically matches the chart background. All lines, zones and labels are tuned for readability in both themes.

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PLUS-ONLY S/R AND CONFLUENCE ENGINE

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6. DYNAMIC S/R ZONES (KDE Density Heatmap)

Plus introduces a full dynamic Support/Resistance zone engine on top of the fractal structure:

• Fractal-based S/R pivots – zones are built from dedicated S/R fractals, independent from the main display fractals but following the same history-stable rules

• Fixed window by fractal count – you configure a single Fractal Window Size parameter (e.g. 100). The engine always uses the most recent N S/R fractals, regardless of how many bars they span

• Time-weighted & swing-weighted density – each S/R fractal contributes to a kernel density estimate based on its recency, swing size and price location

• Auto bandwidth (no extra input) – the zone width is derived from fractal spacing and ATR, clamped into a robust range

• Heatmap visualization – zones are drawn as multi-layer rectangles with density-based opacity, so strong zones appear visually thicker and brighter

• Per-side Max Zones – Max Resistance Zones and Max Support Zones limit how many zones are shown, using strength ranking as the natural filter

HOW THIS S/R ENGINE DIFFERS FROM TRADITIONAL LEVELS

Most support/resistance tools either draw a few manual horizontal lines based on eyeballing highs/lows, or count how many times price has touched a simple price level.

Plus takes a very different, quantitative approach:

• Fractal-anchored, not arbitrary – every zone is derived from structurally valid fractal pivots rather than single bar wicks

• Zones, not thin lines – KDE builds full price bands that reflect where trading actually concentrated, instead of one exact tick

• Strength is probability-like, not raw touch count – each reaction is normalized by band height and ATR, then combined over time into EffectiveStrength

• Lifecycle-aware – quick sweeps, clean breakouts and repeated, spaced-out retests are treated very differently; a "broken and ignored" level will naturally decay in strength

• Stable in history – once a zone is formed and confirmed, its location is stable; only new reactions and HTF evidence can update its strength going forward (no historical repainting of past reactions)

The result is an S/R map that is far closer to how institutionally-used supply/demand zones behave than to classical "draw a line and count touches" indicators.

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7. REACTION-AWARE ZONE LIFECYCLE

Not all touches of a level are equal. Plus models the lifecycle of each S/R zone:

• States – Active, UnderTest and Broken

• Test types – the engine distinguishes clean breaks (several closes beyond the band) from strict sweeps (a brief pierce that returns inside quickly with a strong reversal), plus non-breaking retests (touch/inside and approach-without-touch rejections)

• ReactionScore – for each test window, price action is measured in a normalized way (relative to band height and ATR) and converted into a ReactionScore ∈ [-1, 1] (end-weighted within the window)

• TestScore – repeated, well-spaced successful tests increase a separate TestScore dimension

• EffectiveStrength – both ReactionScore and TestScore are combined with base structural strength in logit space to get a stable EffectiveStrength for each zone

The result is a zone engine that can answer "How well has this level held in the past?", not just "How many times has price touched it?".

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8. MULTI-TIMEFRAME S/R CONFLUENCE

Plus automatically computes S/R zones on higher timeframes (HTF) and projects their influence onto the current chart:

• Configurable Primary/Secondary HTFs (or auto-mapping based on the current timeframe)

• Robust timeframe ranking that works with standard and non-standard TFs (M2, H2, etc.)

• Adaptive overlap tolerance based on both current and HTF bandwidths

• HTF confluence metadata stored per zone: HtfTag (e.g. H4, H4+D1) and ConfluenceTFCount

• Triangle prefix – for zones with HTF confluence, the label text starts with 2 or 3 triangles (▲/▼) plus the corrected strength label

Example: ▲▲ Corr Str 82% [S5 H4] 1.23456 (Str:76%)

Where Corr Str 82% is the HTF-corrected strength, and Str:76% is the raw current-timeframe EffectiveStrength.

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9. SR TREND BIAS (Bull/Bear Index) PANEL

A compact SR Trend Bias panel summarizes the net support vs resistance strength around the current price:

• Uses EffectiveStrength of nearby zones as weights

• Outputs a bias index in [-1, 1] mapped to intuitive labels such as Balanced, Slightly Bullish, Bullish, Strong Bullish, Strong Bearish, etc.

• Visual scale with bear/bull icons and color-coded segments for quick reading

• Clearly indicates when data is insufficient (e.g. not enough S/R fractals yet, or no effective zone contribution)

• If only support or only resistance is effectively available, the index is still computed (it will naturally approach +1 or -1)

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10. AUTO HISTORY BACKFILL & STABILITY

To ensure S/R zones and HTF confluence are meaningful, the indicator automatically manages history loading:

• Requests additional history when the current/HTF fractal count is below Fractal Window Size

• Tracks per-symbol/TF load state with throttling and backoff to avoid over-loading the platform

• Handles HistoryLoaded/Reloaded events and fully rebuilds internal state when bars shift

• Keeps the SR Bias panel synced with the true data availability for each timeframe

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11. UNDER THE HOOD: QUANTITATIVE ENGINE

Plus's S/R engine is intentionally math-heavy so that its visual output stays consistent across symbols, timeframes and zoom levels:

• Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) over fractal pivots, with ATR-normalized bandwidth, to find true clusters of supply/demand rather than arbitrary price levels

• Fixed normalization base for Str%, so a "strong" zone means the same thing whether you are zoomed in or out

• Logit-space evidence fusion – BaseStrength, ReactionScore, TestScore and HTF evidence are combined using logistic transforms, not ad-hoc point scores. This keeps the strength scale smooth and bounded

• Exponential time decay and spacing controls – older reactions and tightly packed tests are automatically down-weighted using half-life style formulas

• Stable-history design – once a swing or zone is confirmed, its location and Str% are stable; only the newest evidence can tilt the corrected strength

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WHO IS IT FOR?

• Intraday and swing traders who want clean, historically consistent structure and dynamic S/R heatmaps

• SMC/ICT traders who care about OTE zones and whether the surrounding S/R has a strong or weak reaction history

• Discretionary traders who want automatic Fibonacci and S/R context on a single screen

• Multi-timeframe traders who depend on higher-timeframe levels and want them clearly marked on the active chart

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WHY SMARTFRACTALZIGZAG PLUS?

Problem: Horizontal lines feel arbitrary and subjective

Solution: Zones are generated from a strict fractal + KDE density algorithm with clear rules

Problem: Can't tell if a level is strong or weak

Solution: Reaction-aware lifecycle and EffectiveStrength quantify both structural importance and how price behaved around the level

Problem: HTF levels are hard to keep in mind

Solution: Automatic HTF S/R confluence and clear HtfTag + triangle prefix on every zone label

Problem: Too many separate tools clutter the chart

Solution: One indicator combines fractals + ZigZag + Fibonacci + dynamic S/R + HTF confluence + Bias panel

Problem: History backfill behaviour is unpredictable

Solution: Explicit history load management with UI feedback when data is still being downloaded or is exhausted

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WORKS WITH ANY METHODOLOGY

• SMC / ICT – BOS, CHoCH, swing points, OTE zones, reaction-aware S/R and liquidity sweeps

• Elliott Wave – Swing pivots, Fibonacci extensions and confluence with dynamic S/R zones

• Dow Theory – Higher highs / lower lows with visually clear ZigZag swings

• Wyckoff – Supply/demand zones, springs, upthrusts and their reaction quality

• Chan Theory – Pens, segments and structural pivot alignment

• Fibonacci – Automatically drawn levels plus zone-aware [SR] confluence tags

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PARAMETERS (Plus Highlights)

Below is a high-level overview of the most important parameter groups. For full technical details, please refer to the accompanying documentation.

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1. Fractal Settings

• Left Bars – Bars to the left for comparison (default: 20)

• Right Bars – Bars to the right for confirmation (default: 2)

Fractal Display:

• Up Fractal Color – default: DeepPink

• Down Fractal Color – default: DodgerBlue

• Fractal Size – default: 20

• Fractal Offset (Points) – default: 50

• Show Fractals – default: ON

Filter Settings:

• Filter Consecutive – Smart same-direction filtering, required for ZigZag & Fibonacci (default: ON)

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2. ZigZag Settings

• Enable ZigZag – default: ON

• ZigZag Color – default: Gray

• ZigZag Style – default: Dots

• ZigZag Thickness – default: 2

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3. Fibonacci Settings

• Enable Fibonacci – Master switch (default: ON)

• Show Labels – Show price labels (default: ON)

• Level switches – 19 individual switches for levels -100% to 200% (Core levels ON by default)

Note: RightOffset is interpreted as a percentage of the current visible chart width (viewport) and is clamped to a safe range (1%-500%). It controls the shared right edge of Fib lines/labels and S/R zones/labels.

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4. S/R Zone Settings (Plus)

• Enable S/R Zones – Master switch for dynamic S/R engine (default: ON)

• Zone Pivot Left Bars – default: 2

• Zone Pivot Right Bars – default: 2

• Fractal Window Size – Number of recent S/R fractals used (default: 100)

• Distance Scale (ATR x) – default: 5.0

• Max Resistance Zones – default: 5

• Max Support Zones – default: 5

• Show Zone Labels – default: ON

• Max Opacity % – default: 90

• Resistance Color – default: Tomato

• Support Color – default: MediumSeaGreen

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5. HTF S/R Confluence

• Use HTF Confluence – Enable multi-TF S/R confluence (default: ON)

• Auto HTF Mapping – Auto-select HTF based on current TF (default: ON)

• Primary HTF – default: H4

• Secondary HTF – default: None

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6. SR Trend Bias (Bull/Bear Index)

• Enable SR Trend Bias – default: ON

• Trend Bias Threshold – Bias threshold for Balanced vs Bull/Bear (default: 0.25)

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7. Display & Theme Settings

• Right Offset (%) – % of visible chart width reserved right (default: 30)

• Color Theme – Light / Dark (default: Light)

• Use Theme Palette – default: ON

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8. Other Settings

• Force Cleanup All Instances – default: OFF

• Debug History Load – default: OFF

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UPGRADE PATH

If you are currently using SmartFractalZigZag Pro and want:

• Dynamic, reaction-aware S/R zones with KDE density heatmaps

• Automatic multi-timeframe S/R confluence and clear visual triangles

• An integrated Bull/Bear Trend Bias panel built from real S/R strength

then SmartFractalZigZag Plus is the natural upgrade — it extends the same underlying engine into a full structure + math + dynamic S/R + HTF confluence workflow.

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IMPORTANT NOTES

STABLE HISTORY BY DESIGN

The indicator is built to keep confirmed swings and S/R zones stable in history while still allowing the active leg/zone to respond to new price action. Once a structure is confirmed, its anchor points are locked; only the still-forming leg and the newest zone can adapt as the market evolves.

SWITCH DEPENDENCIES

ZigZag and Fibonacci both require Filter Consecutive = ON. If you turn this off, only raw fractal points are displayed and ZigZag/Fibonacci are disabled. S/R zones always use their own dedicated fractal engine with same-direction filtering enforced.

DATA SUFFICIENCY

S/R zones and HTF confluence require at least Fractal Window Size S/R fractals on the current and selected HTF timeframes. When data is still being loaded or is insufficient, the Bias panel clearly indicates this state.

TRIAL

A trial period may be available via the cTrader Store so you can test the indicator on your own symbols and timeframes before purchasing.

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SUPPORT

If you have any questions or feedback, please contact us via the cTrader Store.

Thank you for choosing SmartFractalZigZag Plus!