ICT Liquidity Levels

Maps institutional liquidity by detecting swing highs (BSL) and swing lows (SSL) with REQ clustering.

Overview

The ICT Liquidity Levels indicator maps institutional liquidity by detecting swing highs (buyside liquidity / BSL) and swing lows (sellside liquidity / SSL). Price typically sweeps one of these levels to trigger stop orders and acquire the liquidity needed to fill institutional positions.

The tool identifies major versus minor swings, displays them as colored horizontal lines, and features REQ (Relatively Equal) merging — clusters of equal highs and lows are stronger targets than isolated ones.

Settings

Color Settings

Buyside Level Color — Color picker (default: teal #089981) Color for BSL lines.

Sellside Level Color — Color picker (default: pink #E91E63) Color for SSL lines.

Detection Settings

Base Swing Strength — Integer (default: 5) Pivot lookback window for identifying swings.

Major Level Threshold % — Float, 0.1–2.0 (default: 0.5) Minimum price movement percentage for major classification.

Include Equal Highs/Lows — Toggle (default: on) Allows equal prices as pivots.

Merge Relative Equal Levels (REQ) — Toggle (default: on) Merges nearby same-side levels into clustered zones.

REQ Threshold (ticks) — Integer, minimum 1 (default: 2) Distance threshold for merging equal levels.

Visual Settings

Line Style — Solid / Dashed / Dotted (default: Dashed)

Line Width — Integer (default: 1)

Label Settings

Show Labels — Toggle (default: on)

Label Placement — Left / Right (default: Right)

Cleanup Settings

Delete After (Bars) — Integer (default: 1000) Auto-deletion of untouched levels after this many bars.

Traded Levels

Keep Traded-Through Levels — Toggle (default: on) Retains swept levels with reduced opacity.

Traded-Through Opacity % — Integer, 0–100 (default: 75)

How We Use It

We prioritize identifying the nearest BSL and SSL levels as primary price targets. REQH (Relatively Equal Highs) and REQL (Relatively Equal Lows) labels signal dense stop-order clusters worthy of close monitoring at session start.