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GETTING STARTED

Build a clean
first chart.

A five-step setup path

Choose by question, begin at default, and learn what must confirm before adding more context. This path is designed for first use—not for prescribing a trading system.

Start the setup path ↓

FIRST USE

From question to configured chart.

Five deliberate moves take you from a chart question to a configuration you can explain, repeat, and rebuild.

  1. 01
    Decide

    Choose the chart question

    Use the Indicator Finder to select the one script that most directly answers your current question. Structure, session, imbalance, pivot, cross-asset, volume-profile, anchored-average, and range context are different jobs.

    Find the right indicator →
  2. 02
    Open

    Open the TradingView publication

    Follow the TradingView link from this site and read the publication description. For directly available scripts, use TradingView’s “Use on chart” action. Session Gap Map and Auto Harmonic Patterns Pro HTF are free invite-only: privately message AuctionFoundry saying “SGAP access” for Session Gap Map, or “AHPP access” with your TradingView username for Auto Harmonic Patterns Pro HTF, then wait for the author to grant access. Once granted, find it under Indicators → Invite-only.

    Add a community script ↗
  3. 03
    Baseline

    Run the fresh-install defaults

    Start with one symbol and one timeframe you understand. Let the default output form before changing multiple inputs; this gives you a clean baseline for comparison.

    Open documented defaults →
  4. 04
    Interpret

    Read states before colors

    Use the indicator reference to learn confirmation timing, lifecycle states, unavailable conditions, and what the output cannot establish. A plotted level is context, not an instruction.

    Read the manual limits →
  5. 05
    Lock the setup

    Create alerts from the final setup

    TradingView alerts retain the indicator settings used when the alert was created. If you change an indicator input later, recreate the alert so its configuration matches the chart.

    Set up TradingView alerts ↗

COMMON STARTING POINTS

Choose the evidence you need.

These indicators answer different chart questions. Use any one on its own; there is no required order.

Read the structure

Market Structure + Swing Levels

Did confirmed structure continue or change direction?

Open the reference →
Mark the references

Opening Range & Key Levels

What happened after the opening range formed and locked?

Open the reference →
Weigh the overlap

FVG Confluence

Where do confirmed chart and higher-timeframe imbalances overlap?

Open the reference →
More specialized references

Pivot Matrix compares formula-based levels and anchors, Pivot Scoreboard keeps one ladder’s test record, World Sessions maps city-based session windows and countdowns, RibbonFlux describes the order, slope coherence, and spacing of up to three moving averages, Correlation Matrix adds cross-asset measurements, Multi-Anchor VWAP adds anchored averages, Fibonacci Retracement adds ratio-based range references, and Range Budget compares live realized range with completed sessions. Choose one when it answers the question in front of you.

Compare the documented indicators →

BASELINE CHECKLIST

Record what can change the output.

Before interpreting a chart or reporting a defect, capture the configuration that produced it.

01

Symbol and venue

Record the full ticker, exchange, contract month when relevant, and whether the chart uses regular or extended session data.

02

Chart timeframe

Confirmation timing, opening windows, higher-timeframe requests, and paired return coverage all depend on the selected interval.

03

Indicator inputs

Save the preset, session, time zone, requested timeframes, formula, and any custom geometry that differs from default.

04

Data availability

Check for shortened history, unavailable instruments, sparse shared timestamps, holidays, and session gaps before assuming the script failed.

05

Alert version

Record when the alert was created and recreate it after input changes so the alert snapshot matches the current chart.

06

Observed bar

Capture the chart time, whether the bar was confirmed, and a screenshot that includes the indicator name and visible state.

OFFICIAL DESTINATIONS

27 published listings.

27 distinct jobs, each with an original visual cue. Every link opens the indicator’s current TradingView publication in a new tab.

27

Opening Range Comparison

Today’s opening range beside yesterday’s

Free public invite-only · closed source. Send AuctionFoundry a private TradingView message saying “ORC access” with your TradingView username, or request it in the Auction Foundry Discord. Access is free; the author grants access. Once granted, find it under Indicators → Invite-only. Access is per-user and revocable.

Open on TradingView ↗
25

Auto Harmonic Patterns Pro HTF

The formation, its higher timeframes, its state.

Free public invite-only · closed source. Send AuctionFoundry a private TradingView message saying “AHPP access” with your TradingView username. Access is free; the author grants access. Once granted, find it under Indicators → Invite-only. Access is per-user and revocable.

Open on TradingView ↗
24

Session Gap Map

Each session’s opening gap, tracked until it fills or ages out.

Free public invite-only · closed source. Send AuctionFoundry a private TradingView message saying “SGAP access”. Access is free; the author grants access. Once granted, find it under Indicators → Invite-only. Access is per-user and revocable.

Open on TradingView ↗

NEED A DECISION FIRST?

Start with the comparison.

The finder maps common trader questions to the indicator built to describe that evidence.

Open the Indicator Finder →

Risk disclosure

Auction Foundry LLC provides educational charting tools and general market commentary only. This is not investment, financial, legal or tax advice, and nothing here is a recommendation, offer or solicitation to buy or sell any instrument. Auction Foundry is not registered with the SEC as an investment adviser, nor with the CFTC as a commodity trading advisor, and is not an NFA member.

Trading involves risk, including loss of principal. Losses can exceed a modeled stop and, for leveraged or margin products, can exceed the amount initially deposited or invested. Indicators can be wrong, delayed or unsuitable for your circumstances, and past or hypothetical results do not predict future results. Free access does not change any of this. Consider your objectives and consult a licensed professional before acting. Using these tools does not create an advisory or brokerage relationship.

Auction Foundry LLC is an independent publisher and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by TradingView, Inc. “TradingView” is a trademark of TradingView, Inc., used here only to identify the platform our scripts are published on. Scripts are published to TradingView as a community author on the same terms as any other author.

Read the full Risk Disclosure for the dated, versioned document this summarizes.