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Target Ladder Confluence Planner [AGPro Series]

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Target Ladder Confluence Planner [AGPro Series]

🧠 Core Idea

Where are the meaningful target review areas, and how should progress be interpreted?


📌 Overview / What it does

Target Ladder Confluence Planner [AGPro Series] is a target-review workflow designed to organize three projected target bands, current progress, partial review, runner review, extension pressure, and next-action state.

The script produces Target 1, Target 2, and Target 3 bands, a current progress badge, optional invalidation reference, extension warning context, sparse historical state labels, and an AGPro decision panel.

This script does not predict future price, automate decisions, or tell users what to do at any target. It is an analytical and educational visualization tool for reviewing target zones, progress, confluence, and extension risk.


🎯 Purpose & Design Philosophy

Target planning is often treated as a set of fixed lines. In real market review, the more useful question is not only where a target is located, but how progress into that target area should be interpreted.

This script was built to answer:

Where are the meaningful target review areas, and is current progress closer to a partial review, runner review, extension warning, or simple monitoring state?

The design philosophy is workflow-based:

• map a clean target ladder
• separate Target 1, Target 2, and Target 3
• show progress through the ladder
• identify partial-review context
• identify runner-review context
• warn when extension pressure is elevated
• summarize the next review state

The goal is to support structured interpretation of target areas without becoming a trade instruction tool.


⚡ Why This Script Is Different

Most target tools draw projected levels or fixed target lines.

This script does NOT try to be another basic target mapper, measured-move projection tool, or position-management signal.

Instead, it combines target zones with progress interpretation.

It separates:

• Target 1 review area
• Target 2 review area
• Target 3 runner area
• current progress through the ladder
• partial review score
• runner review score
• extension-warning context
• next-action state

That distinction matters. A target area is not automatically meaningful by itself. It becomes more useful when progress, confluence, trend quality, and extension pressure are read together.


⚙️ Methodology

1. Plan Side Detection

The script determines whether the active ladder is bullish or bearish. Auto mode follows the current directional context, while directional modes allow the user to focus on one side.

2. Structure Anchor Selection

The ladder uses recent confirmed swing structure as its anchor. For bullish target planning, recent support structure is used as the base. For bearish target planning, recent resistance structure is used as the base.

3. Ladder Projection

Target 1, Target 2, and Target 3 are projected using a blend of recent structure range and volatility. The ladder scale can be adjusted to make the bands tighter or wider.

4. Target Band Mapping

Each target is shown as a band rather than a single thin line. This keeps the chart more realistic because target review areas are usually zones, not exact points.

5. Progress Evaluation

Current progress measures how far price has moved through the active ladder from the structure anchor toward Target 3.

6. Partial Review

Partial review score evaluates whether progress and confluence around Target 1 are strong enough to require attention.

7. Runner Review

Runner review score evaluates whether progress is extending toward Target 2 or Target 3 with enough trend and confluence context to require review.

8. Extension Warning

Extension pressure rises when progress moves beyond the upper portion of the ladder or approaches extended target territory.

9. Visual Output

The script renders the three target bands, progress badge, optional invalidation line, optional extension warning, historical state labels, and the AGPro decision panel.


🗺️ How to Read the Chart

Target 1 Band

Target 1 represents the first review area in the active ladder. It is associated with partial-review context.

Target 2 Band

Target 2 represents a deeper progress review area. It is associated with stronger continuation or mid-ladder progress.

Target 3 Band

Target 3 represents the runner-review area. It is where extension and progress interpretation become more important.

Progress Badge

The progress badge summarizes how far price has moved through the active ladder and shows partial-review strength.

Extension Warning

If extension pressure becomes elevated, the script can show an extension warning badge.

Panel

The panel summarizes:

• Plan Side
• Target 1
• Target 2
• Target 3
• Current Progress
• Partial Review
• Runner Review
• Next Action


🚦 Signals & States

• LADDER WATCH → The target ladder is active but progress is still early

• PROGRESS REVIEW → Price has started moving through the ladder and progress should be reviewed

• TARGET 1 REVIEW → Price is near Target 1 or partial-review score is elevated

• TARGET 2 REVIEW → Price is near Target 2 or runner-review context is improving

• RUNNER REVIEW → Price is near Target 3 or progress is deep into the ladder

• EXTENSION WARNING → Progress is extended and extension pressure is elevated

• State Shift → The target-ladder workflow changed

These states are attention markers. They are not trade instructions.


🔔 Alerts Logic

The script includes alert conditions for major workflow changes:

• Target 1 review → price or score context moved into Target 1 review

• Target 2 review → price or score context moved into Target 2 review

• Runner review → price or progress context moved into runner review

• Extension warning → extension pressure became elevated

• State shift → the target-ladder workflow state changed

Alerts are designed to bring attention to analytical conditions. They do not instruct the user to enter, exit, hold, reduce, add, or reverse a position.


🧩 Confluence Logic

The target ladder becomes more meaningful when several elements align:

• current side agrees with trend direction
• price is progressing toward a target band
• body/range expansion supports the move
• the target band is close enough to require review
• extension pressure remains controlled
• progress state matches the panel state

The script does not treat target bands as automatic decisions. It treats them as review areas.


📊 When to Use

This script is most useful when target planning and progress review matter:

• directional moves after a clean structure anchor
• continuation attempts toward projected review areas
• target-zone planning after a breakout or reclaim
• progress interpretation during an active move
• partial-review and runner-review workflow mapping
• extension-pressure review after strong movement

It can be used across symbols and timeframes, but interpretation should always respect liquidity, volatility, and broader market structure.


⚠️ When NOT to Use

Avoid relying on this script in weak conditions such as:

• very low-liquidity markets
• extreme news-driven volatility
• highly fragmented sideways chop
• charts where swing anchors are unstable
• very low timeframes with noisy structure
• situations where broader direction is unclear

Target zones should not be interpreted in isolation.


🎛️ Key Inputs

Planner Mode

Controls whether the script evaluates bullish targets, bearish targets, or follows the active directional context automatically.

Swing Confirmation

Controls how recent swing anchors are confirmed.

Structure Lookback

Controls the baseline used for range, volatility, trend, and progress measurements.

Target Ladder Scale

Controls how far the target ladder projects.

Confluence Strictness

Controls how demanding the confluence logic is.

Show Invalidation Line

Shows or hides the optional invalidation reference line.

Minimum Label Score

Controls historical label filtering.

Visual Preset

Controls chart annotation density.

Panel and Label Font Size

Controls readability for the panel and chart labels.


🖥️ Interface & Visual Design

The visual hierarchy is intentionally direct:

• Target 1 band
• Target 2 band
• Target 3 band
• current progress badge
• optional invalidation reference
• optional extension warning
• compact AGPro panel

The panel uses a single merged AGPro header row with a blue background. Theme, location, and font-size controls are included so the panel can adapt to different chart layouts.


🧪 Practical Usage Workflow

1. Read the panel state

Start with Current Progress, Partial Review, Runner Review, and Next Action.

2. Identify the plan side

Check whether the active ladder is bullish or bearish.

3. Review Target 1

Use Target 1 as the first review area, not as an instruction.

4. Review Target 2

Use Target 2 to evaluate deeper progress through the ladder.

5. Review Target 3

Use Target 3 for runner-review and extension-awareness context.

6. Watch extension pressure

If extension warning appears, review whether progress is stretched relative to the ladder.

7. Confirm broader context

Use market structure, liquidity, volatility, and independent risk planning before forming any decision.


🔍 Interpretation Guidelines

High partial review means the first target area deserves attention. It does not instruct any action.

High runner review means progress is deeper into the ladder and the runner context should be reviewed.

Extension warning means the move is stretched relative to the ladder. It does not predict a reversal.

Current progress shows where price sits inside the target framework. It does not guarantee that the next target will be reached.

The best use of the script is structured interpretation, not mechanical action.


🚫 What This Script Is NOT

This script is not a prediction engine.

It is not a signal service.

It is not an automated trading system.

It does not provide financial advice.

It does not guarantee outcomes.

It does not tell users when to enter, exit, reduce, add, or reverse a position.

It does not replace market context, risk management, or independent analysis.


⚠️ Limitations & Transparency

Target bands are rule-based projections. They are not guaranteed destination points.

Swing-based anchors require confirmation and may appear after the initial turning point.

Partial review, runner review, extension pressure, and current progress are analytical measures. They organize information but do not predict certainty.

Different timeframes and symbols may produce different target-ladder behavior. Users should interpret the output within broader market context.


🧠 Market Context Notes

Target ladders often become more meaningful when they align with trend direction, visible structure, volatility expansion, and clean progress behavior.

They become weaker when the market is fragmented, repeatedly rotating around the anchor, or moving in unstable conditions.

The better question is not:

"Where is the next target?"

The better question is:

"How is price progressing through the target ladder, and what kind of review does that progress require?"


🧾 Use Case Examples

Example 1

Price moves from a bullish structure anchor toward Target 1. Partial review score rises and the matrix shifts toward Target 1 review.

Example 2

Price moves beyond Target 1 and toward Target 2 with improving trend quality. Runner review begins to rise and the matrix may shift toward Target 2 review.

Example 3

Price pushes deep into or beyond Target 3. Extension pressure rises and the workflow can shift toward extension warning.


🧱 System Philosophy

Target Ladder Confluence Planner [AGPro Series] follows the AGPro workflow philosophy:

• identify the active reference
• map the review areas
• measure progress
• evaluate partial review
• evaluate runner review
• detect extension pressure
• define the next review state

The goal is not to tell users what to do at a target.

The goal is to make target progress easier to interpret.


🔐 Non-Promise Statement

No target band guarantees that price will reach it.

No progress score guarantees continuation.

No extension warning guarantees reversal.

This script is designed for analytical decision support, not certainty.


📉 Risk Disclosure

Trading involves risk, including the possible loss of capital.

This script is provided for educational and analytical purposes only.

It does not provide financial advice, investment advice, or guaranteed trading outcomes.

Users are responsible for their own decisions, risk management, and independent research.


📚 Educational Note

Use this script to study how price progresses through structured target zones. The most useful insights often come from comparing current progress, partial review, runner review, extension pressure, and broader market context.
Release Notes
🔧 UPDATE NOTES - v2.0

This update focuses on readability, visual clarity, and first-glance usability.

The core purpose of the script remains unchanged.
This release improves how the existing target-ladder logic is presented, organized, and interpreted on the chart.

This script continues to function as an analytical and visualization tool.
It does not attempt to predict price direction or provide guaranteed outcomes.


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What Changed
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• Rebuilt the progress badge for clarity.
The badge now reads as a clean "LADDER PROGRESS" summary with an inline gauge, and was lifted clear of the Target 3 label so the two no longer crowd each other.

• Rebalanced on-chart label density.
Default state-label spacing and the minimum label score were adjusted so the chart shows meaningful states without label clutter, while keeping the active ladder fully visible.

• Refined the panel presentation.
The Current Progress row now includes a compact inline gauge for a quicker read.

• Reorganized inputs into clear groups (Planner Engine, Visuals, Panel) for easier configuration.

• Added an optional ladder-progress meter (toggle, off by default).
When enabled, it draws a horizontal bar showing how far price has traveled toward Target 3.


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Visual Improvements
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• Improved chart readability by reworking the progress badge, target labels, and meter spacing.

• Reduced visual clutter to enhance first-glance interpretation.

• Refined the visual hierarchy so the active target and progress stand out more clearly.

• Adjusted positioning of the progress and extension annotations to avoid overlap with the target labels and candles.


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Interface & Usability
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• Added a Show Progress Meter toggle and kept the Visual Preset behavior (Clean / Balanced / Rich).

• Kept panel show/hide, location, theme, and font-size controls, with balanced defaults for a premium first impression.

• Improved overall chart interaction without changing the underlying workflow.


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Behavior Notes
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This update does not change the core analytical logic of the script.

The target-ladder anchoring, Target 1 / Target 2 / Target 3 projection, progress measurement, partial and runner review scoring, extension pressure, and alert conditions all behave the same as before.

Users should interpret outputs the same way as before, but with a clearer visual structure.


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Limitations Reminder
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The script remains a rule-based analytical tool.

Target projections depend on recent structure, range, and volatility context, and market conditions such as volatility, liquidity, and timeframe differences may affect how states appear.

Outputs should always be interpreted within broader market structure and context.


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Risk Reminder
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This script is for educational and analytical purposes only.

It does not provide financial advice or guaranteed trading outcomes.

Users remain responsible for their own decisions.
Release Notes
UPDATE NOTES - 2.1

This update focuses on proof and decisiveness: adding a Target Hits layer that shows
how often past ladders actually reached each target, and making the next-action
readout speak in clear trade-management decisions.

The core purpose of the script remains unchanged. It still maps Target 1, Target 2,
Target 3, partial review, runner review, progress, extension pressure and a
next-action state.

This script continues to function as an analytical and visualization tool. It does
not attempt to predict price direction or provide guaranteed outcomes.


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What Changed
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- Target Hits proof layer
A new panel row reports the historical hit rates of the ladder itself: the share of
past ladders in which price reached Target 1, Target 2 and Target 3 before the
invalidation level broke, with the sample size (n). Each fresh ladder anchor is
registered once and followed bar by bar, so the statistic is a direct record of how
far moves on this chart typically traveled along the ladder.

- Decision-language next action
The Next Action row now speaks in trade-management decisions - take partial at T1,
scale out at T2, trail the runner, protect / tighten stops, hold / track progress,
wait / monitor ladder - instead of generic review prompts.

- Clean numeric readouts
All progress and score readouts now display as plain numbers in both the panel and
the on-chart progress badge. Decorative gauge characters were removed for a cleaner,
more professional read.

- Honest sampling
The Target Hits row stays greyed until enough ladders have resolved to read it, so a
thin sample is never presented as a strong result.


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Visual Improvements
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- Improved panel and badge readability with numeric-only presentation.

- Reduced visual clutter while keeping the target bands, centered band labels,
invalidation line and history-label limits unchanged.

- Refined visual hierarchy so the ladder, the scores, the proof and the next action
each read clearly at a glance.


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Interface & Usability
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- Enhanced overall user experience while keeping panel theme, location and font size
fully adjustable, with the panel shown by default.

- All planner-engine, visual and panel settings remain available and unchanged.


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Behavior Notes
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This update adds a target-hit tracking layer and rewords the next-action readout.
The ladder construction, scoring, states and labels are unchanged.

The goal is to improve clarity, depth and usability, not to introduce predictive
behavior. The Target Hits statistic describes how past ladders resolved within the
visible history and is not a forecast. Small samples should be read with care.


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Limitations Reminder
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The script remains a rule-based analytical tool.

Target hit rates vary with timeframe, instrument, ladder scale and settings. A
favorable reading does not guarantee any individual outcome.

Outputs should always be interpreted within broader market context.


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Risk Reminder
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This script is for educational and analytical purposes only.

It does not provide financial advice or guaranteed trading outcomes.

Users remain responsible for their own decisions.
Release Notes
🔧 UPDATE NOTES - V2.1.1

This update focuses on measurement integrity, analytical wording, visual spacing, and theme consistency.

The core purpose of the script remains unchanged.
This release refines how the existing target ladder is measured, summarized, and presented without changing the product concept.

This script continues to function as an analytical and visualization tool.
It does not attempt to predict price direction or provide guaranteed outcomes.


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What Changed
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• Corrected Confluence Strictness behavior.
Strict mode now applies the stronger progress-distance penalty it was intended to apply, while Relaxed mode remains less demanding. The previous divisor made these two behaviors operate in the opposite direction.

• Aligned progress segments with the actual target ladder.
BASE-T1, T1-T2, and T2-T3 now change at the true Target 1 and Target 2 positions within the Anchor-to-Target-3 span rather than at generic one-third boundaries.

• Made Target Hits conflict handling conservative.
When a target and invalidation are both touched on the same candle, intrabar order cannot be known. The proof layer now finalizes that sample at invalidation without crediting new target touches from the ambiguous candle.

• Replaced direct action wording with analytical review wording.
The panel's final row is now Current Review. It identifies the context to inspect and does not instruct the user to hold, scale out, trail, take a partial, or tighten a stop.

• Confirmed workflow alerts at candle close.
Target-review, runner-review, extension-warning, and general state-shift alerts now require a confirmed bar, reducing intrabar state noise.


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Visual Improvements
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• Distributed Target 1, Target 2, and Target 3 badges proportionally across the available projection width.

• Reduced target-badge crowding on compact intraday charts while preserving centered labels inside their corresponding target bands.

• Kept the ladder-progress badge separated from the Target 3 badge across intraday and higher-timeframe layouts.

• Corrected Light panel contrast for the Current Review value and thin-sample Target Hits value.


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Interface & Usability
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• Preserved the single merged blue panel header and the existing AGPro visual hierarchy.

• Preserved Show Panel, panel location, Dark/Light theme, panel font-size, label font-size, projection, and visual-density controls.

• Preserved the Target 1 partial, Target 2 review, Target 3 runner, progress, invalidation, and extension workflow.

• Improved first-glance interpretation without changing the script's target-planning concept.


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Behavior Notes
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The target anchor, three projected target bands, progress model, partial review, runner review, extension pressure, and historical Target Hits layer remain part of the same analytical framework.

Confluence Strictness now behaves according to its labels, progress phase names follow the real target locations, and ambiguous same-bar target/invalidation outcomes are handled conservatively.

Current Review is an analytical context label. It is not a trade instruction.


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Limitations Reminder
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The script remains a rule-based analytical tool.

Target projections depend on confirmed swing structure, range, and volatility. Intrabar event order cannot be reconstructed from standard OHLC candles, so ambiguous target/invalidation bars are deliberately resolved conservatively.

Target Hits is descriptive historical evidence from completed samples on the current chart. It is not a forecast, and thin samples should be interpreted cautiously.

Market conditions such as volatility, liquidity, symbol history, and timeframe differences may affect how states and hit rates appear.


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Risk Reminder
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This script is for educational and analytical purposes only.

It does not provide financial advice or guaranteed trading outcomes.

Users remain responsible for their own decisions.
Release Notes
🔧 UPDATE NOTES - V2.1.2

• Refreshed the publication and access routing information.
• Core target-ladder confluence logic, panel behavior, inputs, alerts, visuals, and outputs remain unchanged.
Release Notes
🔧 UPDATE NOTES - 2.2.0

This update focuses on decision clarity, visual hierarchy, and first-glance usability.

The core purpose of the script remains unchanged.
This release improves how the existing target-ladder logic is presented, organized, and interpreted on the chart.

This script continues to function as an analytical and visualization tool.
It does not attempt to predict price direction or provide guaranteed outcomes.


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What Changed
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• Added a decision-first panel question
The panel now immediately frames the script's core purpose: measuring how far the active target ladder has progressed.

• Added a prominent Review State row
The current ladder state is now displayed as a high-visibility verdict before the detailed target data.

• Reorganized the panel hierarchy
Information now flows from review state and ladder direction to targets, progress, review scores, proof statistics, and the next action.

• Added a resolved-ladder audit row
The number of completed proof observations is now visible directly in the panel.

• Upgraded the on-chart progress badge
The badge now combines the current review state, ladder stage, and completion percentage instead of showing a generic progress value.


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Visual Improvements
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• Improved chart readability by strengthening the hierarchy between decision state, target levels, and proof metrics

• Reduced first-glance interpretation effort without removing analytical detail

• Refined the progress badge so the key decision context stands out more clearly

• Preserved the existing target zones, historical review labels, and candle clearance


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Interface & Usability
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• Optimized panel layout for a clearer top-to-bottom decision workflow

• Improved state readability with a dedicated color-coded verdict row

• Added clearer labels for ladder direction, stage, hit rates, and resolved observations

• Preserved adjustable panel location, theme, visibility, and font-size controls


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Behavior Notes
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This update does not change the core analytical logic of the script.

Target calculations, milestone logic, proof statistics, and review behavior remain unchanged.

The goal is to improve clarity and usability, not to introduce new predictive behavior.

Users should interpret outputs the same way as before, but with improved visual structure.


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Limitations Reminder
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The script remains a rule-based analytical tool.

Market conditions such as volatility, liquidity, and timeframe differences may affect how target ladders develop and how review states appear.

Outputs should always be interpreted within broader market context.


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Risk Reminder
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This script is for educational and analytical purposes only.

It does not provide financial advice or guaranteed trading outcomes.

Users remain responsible for their own decisions.
Release Notes
🔧 UPDATE NOTES - V2.2.1

This update focuses on target-ladder readability and visual ownership.

The core analytical logic remains unchanged. This release clarifies the two lower reference rails so every persistent line has an explicit role.

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What Changed
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• Added a LADDER BASE label with the current anchor value to the solid lower reference line.

• Added a FAILURE RAIL label with the current invalidation value to the dashed red line.

• Matched both labels to the configurable label font size and existing AGPro color system.

• Preserved the target ladder, state engine, hit-rate statistics, alerts, panel layout, and analytical behavior.

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Visual Improvements
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• Removed ambiguity around the two previously unlabeled lower rails.

• Kept both labels compact, single-line, and right-edge aligned to protect the Target 1–3 hierarchy.

• Retained contrast-safe text and state colors for dark and light chart themes.

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Interface & Usability
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• Improved first-glance interpretation without widening the panel.

• Reused the existing Label Font Size control for the new rail labels.

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Behavior Notes
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This update does not change the core analytical logic of the script.

The ladder calculations, historical hit-rate model, state transitions, and alerts behave as before.

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Limitations Reminder
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The script remains a rule-based analytical tool. Volatility, liquidity, and timeframe differences may affect how target ladders develop.

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Risk Reminder
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This script is for educational and analytical purposes only. It does not provide financial advice or guaranteed trading outcomes.
Release Notes
Version 2.3.0 – Geometry-Owned Ladder Progress and Rail Clarity

This update strengthens the three-stage target-ladder presentation while preserving the anchor selection, target calculations, milestone logic, confluence scoring, historical Target Hits model, and five completed-state alert conditions.

• Anchored the Target 1, Target 2, and Target 3 badges to proportional positions across the complete ladder geometry, preserving the distinctive ascending visual rhythm as the anchor ages.

• Expanded the progress card into a four-line hierarchy covering review state, ladder stage, completion, partial review, runner review, extension pressure, and historical target-hit evidence.

• Connected the progress card directly to Target 3 with a lifecycle-safe guide so the summary retains clear ownership when font size or volatility changes.

• Moved the LADDER BASE and FAILURE RAIL badges into protected right-side space and connected each badge to its exact price rail with horizontal and vertical guides.

• Made rail-badge clearance responsive to label font size, ATR, and anchor-to-invalidation depth.

• Converted extension pressure into a compact single-line owned badge positioned beyond the ladder projection.

• Replaced abbreviated historical annotations with explicit PRIOR LADDER labels and positioned them beyond seven-bar candle clusters.

• Improved the analytical-question contrast on the light panel theme without changing panel structure or controls.

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