Volume Spike LevelsVolume Spike Levels detects abnormal volume candles, draws their price range as boxes or levels, and confirms whether the volume was resolved upward or downward.
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Volume Spike Levels is a clean volume spike indicator designed for visual price action analysis and intraday scalping.
Unlike a basic volume spike indicator that only places a marker on the candle where abnormal volume appears, this script first detects a volume spike candle and then draws the full price range of that candle as a box or horizontal levels.
The idea is simple:
when unusual volume appears, the range of that candle becomes important. Instead of only marking the volume candle, the indicator watches how price behaves around that range afterward.
If price breaks and confirms above the volume spike range, the indicator can mark it as VOL BUY.
If price breaks and confirms below the volume spike range, the indicator can mark it as VOL SELL.
This makes it easier to see whether the volume was actually absorbed, continued, inverted, or used as a reaction zone.
The indicator has two main marker modes:
Confirmed Direction mode:
The box or levels are drawn when the volume spike appears, but the directional marker appears only later, after price confirms above or below the spike range. Confirmation can be based on Wick, Body, or Close, depending on your settings.
Neutral Fast mode:
The indicator marks the volume spike immediately with a neutral marker. In this mode, the trader visually decides the direction based on price action around the box or levels.
Level display options:
You can display the volume spike range as a box, horizontal high/low levels, both, or turn the levels off and use markers only.
Volume strength:
The script supports weak, medium, and strong volume spike thresholds. These settings should be adjusted for your broker, symbol, and timeframe.
The screenshot shows XAUUSD on the 5-minute chart. The example settings were adjusted for OANDA gold data:
Weak Spike Multiplier: 1.9
Medium Spike Multiplier: 2.2
Strong Spike Multiplier: 3.0
Because volume data can differ between brokers and instruments, you should tune these multipliers so the number of signals on your chart feels useful and not overcrowded.
Alerts:
The indicator includes alerts for neutral volume spikes, bullish confirmed volume spikes, bearish confirmed volume spikes, and strong volume spikes only.
This tool can be useful for scalping, intraday trading, reaction zones, volume absorption, and identifying when volume appears in one area but price later confirms in the opposite direction.
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