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Cheat Sheet

Every tool, at a glance.

A quick-reference for what each Market Monarch tool solves, what it shows you, the trading styles it fits, and what to watch out for. Pick a product to jump in.

This is an educational reference to what each tool displays and the conditions it's designed to help you read — not trading advice or a signal service. All trading decisions are your own.

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Free Tools
Indicators
Market Intelligence Systems

Market Structure +

Free tool
MarketStructureSRPatterns
Beginner-friendlyPrice ActionTrend-FollowingSupport/Resistance

What this solves

Learning price action usually means juggling several tools — one for swing structure, one for support/resistance, one for candlestick patterns, one for chart patterns — each with its own visual language. This folds all four into one indicator with a single color rule everywhere: green = bullish, red = bearish.

What it shows

An all-in-one price-action toolkit: market structure (HH/HL/LH/LL with an optional zig-zag), auto-drawn support/resistance rays, candlestick patterns (Hammer, Shooting Star, Engulfing), and chart patterns (Double Top/Bottom, Head & Shoulders).

Reading the signals

  • Green HH / HLbullish structure forming · Red LH / LL = bearish structure
  • Gray zig-zagthe overall shape of the swing structure
  • Orange / blue linesresistance / support (go inactive when price closes through)
  • Triangles / diamondsHammer & Shooting Star / Engulfing candle patterns
  • Text labela completed chart pattern (Double Top, Head & Shoulders, etc.)

Best used when

Great for learning or reading price action — structure, S/R, and patterns in one consistent tool, on any instrument or timeframe.

Fits your style if…

you're learning to read the chart yourself and want structure, S/R, and patterns in one consistent, uncluttered view.

Pairs well with

Trend Scout or ConfluenceRibbon for directional bias, SMC Suite for FVG / institutional context, and VWAP Reversion for a mean-price reference.

Watch-outs

  • Too cluttered? Raise Swing Strength and the Noise Filter %, or turn off feature groups you don't use.
  • Needs at least 2× Swing Strength bars to warm up.
  • Patterns are detections, not guarantees — use them as context.

Ribbon Pro

Free tool
MMRibbonAvg
Trend-FollowingSwingMomentum

What this solves

A classic multi-line ribbon is just several separate moving-average lines that look thin and hard to read at a glance. This fills the gaps into one solid gradient band and adds a one-time “fully stacked” alert so trend confirmation is obvious, not buried.

What it shows

A 6-line moving-average ribbon (default 8/13/21/34/55/89) blended into one smooth gradient band, with a selectable MA type (EMA, SMA, WMA, HMA, VMA, KAMA, VWMA). Fires a one-time alert when all six lines stack into perfect order.

Reading the signals

  • Ribbon wideninglines spreading apart — strengthening trend · narrowing = consolidation / possible change
  • Price above the whole ribbonbroadly bullish positioning · below = bearish · chopping through = no clear trend
  • “Fully stacked” alertall 6 lines just lined up in order — a stronger read than a 2-line cross

Best used when

An at-a-glance trend and positioning read. Choppy instrument? Try KAMA or VMA. Want less lag? Try HMA. Longer lengths suit swing / higher timeframes.

Fits your style if…

you trade with the trend and want an instant read on direction, strength, and when all lengths of the ribbon finally agree.

Pairs well with

Trend Scout or ConfluenceRibbon to confirm direction, VWAP Reversion for a mean reference, and Market Structure + for structure.

Watch-outs

  • Keep lengths ascending (1 < 2 < ... < 6) or the alignment logic breaks.
  • The stacked alert fires once, not every bar it holds.
  • The gradient color itself has no directional meaning.

RVOL

Free tool
Relative Volume
Beginner-friendlyVolume / ParticipationBreakoutAny Style

What this solves

Raw volume is hard to judge in the moment — is 10,000 contracts a lot right now, or normal? RVOL answers that by comparing current volume to what's typical for this same time of day, so you can tell whether the market is unusually active or unusually quiet.

What it shows

Relative Volume (RVOL) measures current volume against a rolling average of prior sessions at the same point in the day, expressed as a multiple. RVOL of 1.0 = an average day; above 1.0 = heavier-than-normal participation; below 1.0 = lighter than normal.

Reading the signals

  • RVOL > 1.0more participation than usual for this time of day — moves and breakouts are more likely to have real backing
  • RVOL near 1.0a normal, average session — nothing unusual about participation
  • RVOL < 1.0lighter than normal — thin conditions, where moves can be choppier and less reliable
  • A sudden spikea burst of activity — often around news, the open, or a level breaking

Best used when

As a context filter for almost any approach: confirming that a breakout has genuine participation behind it, or flagging thin, low-conviction conditions to be more cautious in.

Fits your style if…

you want a simple, universal read on whether the market is unusually active or quiet right now — useful under breakout, trend, or reversion approaches alike.

Pairs well with

NexGen ORB (does the breakout have volume behind it?), VolDivergence for deeper order-flow context, and Liquidity System for where that volume is concentrating.

Watch-outs

  • RVOL tells you how much participation there is, not direction — pair it with a directional tool.
  • High volume alone doesn't guarantee follow-through; it just means more traders are involved.
  • This is a general reference for relative volume as a concept — confirm the exact readout and settings against your own copy of the tool.

Trend Scout

Indicator
MM_Direction
Trend-FollowingScalpingAny Timeframe

What this solves

Moving-average crossovers can be laggy and noisy. Trend Scout instead asks whether price is closer to the top or bottom of its recent range — a range-position read — and debounces it so a single noisy bar can't flip the trend back and forth.

What it shows

A range-position trend read: it classifies each bar bullish, bearish, or neutral by where price sits in its recent high/low range (not a moving-average crossover), with a debounce filter to prevent whipsaws.

Reading the signals

  • Blue barsconfirmed bullish trend · Red = bearish · Gray = neutral (if enabled)
  • Blue / red arrowtrend just flipped bullish / bearish (confirmed)
  • Dashboard boxcurrent trend, how long it's lasted, and distance from the range midpoint

Best used when

When you want a clean, lag-reduced read of directional bias that won't whipsaw on one noisy bar. Any instrument or timeframe.

Fits your style if…

you want a clean, low-lag directional bias that won't whipsaw — whether you're scalping a 1-min chart or swinging a daily.

Pairs well with

ConfluenceRibbon or Ribbon Pro for a second trend opinion, VolDivergence to check whether volume backs the trend, and Market Structure + for structure.

Watch-outs

  • Flips are confirmed, so arrows appear a few bars after the raw shift — by design, to cut false signals.
  • Too many flips? Raise Trend Confirmation Bars / Dead Zone ATR Multiplier. Too slow? Lower them.
  • Needs a warm-up period before it prints.

ConfluenceRibbon

Indicator
ConfluenceRibbon
Trend-FollowingConfirmationAny Timeframe

What this solves

Relying on one trend signal means trusting one particular way of measuring “trend,” and every method has blind spots. ConfluenceRibbon runs two genuinely different methods side by side and only calls a trend confirmed when both agree — showing conflict as yellow instead of quietly picking a side.

What it shows

Two independent trend signals side by side. The fill turns green when both agree up, red when both agree down, and yellow when they disagree. A separate conviction score (ADX, Choppiness, or R-Squared) rates how trend-like conditions look.

Reading the signals

  • Green fillboth signals agree — confirmed up · Red = confirmed down
  • Yellow fillthe two signals disagree — lower-confidence / transitional
  • Green / red arrowthe exact bar the two signals move into fresh agreement
  • HUD conviction %how trend-like conditions look — read it alongside the fill, not instead of it

Best used when

When you want a second opinion on trend and want disagreements made visible instead of hidden. Any instrument or timeframe.

Fits your style if…

you want a second opinion before trusting a trend, and you'd rather see disagreement clearly than have one indicator hide it.

Pairs well with

Trend Scout (a third, different trend method), VolDivergence for momentum context, and Market Structure + for structure.

Watch-outs

  • Yellow means wait for agreement — it isn't a signal on its own.
  • High conviction + yellow = conditions look trend-like, but the two signals haven't aligned yet.
  • Arrows fire only on the transition into agreement, not every bar.

VolDivergence

Indicator
VolumePriceConfluence · separate panel
Order FlowMomentumDivergenceMean-Reversion

What this solves

Most oscillators tell you either direction (like RSI) or volume behavior (like OBV), but rarely combine them with a sense of how confident the read is or whether the market is trending vs. choppy. VolDivergence blends direction, volume conviction, regime, and a real-time divergence score into one panel.

What it shows

A single-panel oscillator that blends order-flow direction, volume-vs-price conviction, a trend/chop regime reference, and a real-time (no-lag) divergence score.

Reading the signals

  • Tall teal bars above zerostrong bullish direction with volume backing it · tall coral below = strong bearish
  • Small bars near zeroweak / uncertain — direction and volume aren't lining up
  • Gold Regime lineabove zero leans trending, below zero leans choppy (context only)
  • Purple Divergence line / “Bull/Bear NN” risinggrowing tension between price and the oscillator — the move may be losing steam
  • Arrow on price (with number)divergence score just crossed your threshold — real-time, number = live 0–100 score

Best used when

When you want direction, conviction, and regime in one place plus early divergence warnings. Many favor divergence in a choppy regime (line below zero) as cleaner mean-reversion context.

Fits your style if…

you care whether volume actually backs a move, and you want early warning when price and momentum start to disagree.

Pairs well with

Trend Scout or ConfluenceRibbon tell you direction; VolDivergence tells you if volume agrees. Scalp Bands or VWAP Reversion for reversion context.

Watch-outs

  • Always “Neutral” can simply be a quiet market.
  • Bars flipping color too often? Lengthen Lookback / Sigma / Aggregation.
  • Raise the Divergence Alert Threshold for fewer, stronger arrows. The Regime line is context, not a trigger.

SMC Suite

Indicator
ICTFVGSuite
ICT / SMCOrder FlowSession Trading

What this solves

Manually marking Fair Value Gaps, watching them invert, tracking structure, and drawing session ranges is slow and easy to get inconsistent. SMC Suite automates all of it in one indicator, with independent toggles so you use only the pieces you want.

What it shows

A Smart Money Concepts / ICT toolkit: Fair Value Gaps (FVGs), Inverse FVGs (when a gap flips polarity on a full close-through), break-of-structure trend, continuation entry signals, and Asia/London/NY session high-low levels.

Reading the signals

  • Green / orange-red boxbullish / bearish FVG · Cyan / pink box = inverted zone now bullish / bearish (IFVG)
  • Lime / red arrowbullish / bearish continuation (price retraced into a matching zone and closed back through)
  • Solid / dashed session linessession active / ended (kept as a level until price closes through)

Best used when

When you trade ICT / SMC concepts and want FVGs, structure, and session levels automated in one place.

Fits your style if…

you trade ICT / Smart Money Concepts and want FVGs, market structure, and session levels marked automatically and consistently.

Pairs well with

Trend Scout or ConfluenceRibbon as a directional filter, Market Structure + for classic structure, and Liquidity System for value confluence.

Watch-outs

  • A wick into a zone doesn't flip it — only a full close does.
  • “Restrict display to trend” hides counter-trend zones; continuation arrows won't fire on counter-trend retraces by design.
  • Double-check the Session time zone if levels look off.

Ghost Candles

Indicator
GhostCompareCandles
Relative StrengthOrder FlowIntradayCorrelated Pairs

What this solves

If you trade NQ but also watch ES, it's hard to eyeball which one is stronger — they trade at completely different price levels. Ghost Candles rebases a second instrument to the same scale so relative strength jumps out visually.

What it shows

Overlays a second instrument (e.g. ES) as translucent “ghost” candles on your main chart (e.g. NQ), rebased to % change from each session open — so you can compare relative strength on one price scale.

Reading the signals

  • Ghost ahead of / above the real candlesthe second instrument is outperforming (relatively stronger) since the open
  • Ghost behind / belowthe second instrument is underperforming (relatively weaker)
  • Ghost tracking with real candlesthe two are in sync — no meaningful relative-strength divergence

Best used when

When you trade one instrument but watch a correlated one (NQ vs ES) and want to spot intraday leader/laggard divergence.

Fits your style if…

you trade one instrument but watch a correlated one (NQ vs ES) and want to see leader/laggard divergence at a glance.

Pairs well with

Trend Scout or ConfluenceRibbon on your primary chart, VolDivergence for momentum, and VWAP Reversion for level context.

Watch-outs

  • Set Secondary Instrument to the exact NinjaTrader name (e.g. ES 09-26) and update it on contract rolls — remove & re-add the indicator.
  • Set Secondary Bars To Load high enough or the ghosts stop partway across the chart.
  • Use matching session templates on both instruments.

NexGen ORB

Indicator
MMNextGenORB · visual only
BreakoutOpening RangeIntradaySystematic

What this solves

Opening-Range Breakout is a classic setup, but not every breakout is worth taking — some fire in weak or thin conditions. NexGen ORB draws the whole picture (range, filters, entry/target/stop) so you can judge a breakout before ever running the strategy live.

What it shows

Draws today's Opening Range Breakout box and — only when a breakout passes your optional Regime and Flow filters — an entry arrow with projected take-profit and stop-loss lines. It's a visual companion to the strategy and does not place trades.

Reading the signals

  • Blue dashed boxthe day's opening range
  • Green / red arrowa qualifying long / short breakout beyond the box
  • Green “TP” / red “SL” linesprojected take-profit and stop (ATR-sized)
  • No arrow / no boxbreakout didn't pass filters, or range too small / day skipped by the Regime filter

Best used when

When you trade opening-range breakouts and want to filter out weak, low-conviction breaks — and preview exactly what the strategy would do — before running it live.

Fits your style if…

you trade the opening range and want to filter out low-conviction breaks and see what the strategy would do first.

Pairs well with

VolDivergence or ConfluenceRibbon to gauge the conviction behind a breakout, and Market Structure + for the levels around the range.

Watch-outs

  • Visual-only — it places no trades.
  • The Regime filter is checked once at the open and can skip the whole day.
  • Set Session Start/End to your chart's time zone; only one entry is drawn per day.

Scalp Bands

Indicator
ScalperProIND
ScalpingMean-ReversionFading ExtremesIntraday

What this solves

A basic “price touched the Bollinger Band” signal fires constantly and is often wrong — especially in strong trends. Scalp Bands stacks session, regime, and “band walk” filters on top so it only fires when conditions actually favor a reversion.

What it shows

A Bollinger Band mean-reversion tool. It looks for price rejecting the outer bands, filters those rejections through a session window, a choppy-market (RSI) check, and a “band walk” filter, and plots Long/Short arrows with Point-of-Control conviction plus TP/SL lines.

Reading the signals

  • Green box + up-arrowLong signal (lower-band rejection) · Red box + down-arrow = Short (upper-band rejection)
  • Gold label (“POC Reversion Signal”)extra conviction — the signal agrees with the rolling Point of Control
  • Green / red dashed TP / SLsuggested take-profit and stop levels
  • Blue / orange background tintvolatility expanding / contracting

Best used when

Choppy, range-bound conditions — the whole premise is band rejection. The Band Walk and RSI filters exist to keep it out of strong trends.

Fits your style if…

you scalp reversions in range-bound conditions and want the noisy band-touch signal filtered down to the cleaner ones.

Pairs well with

VolDivergence (is the reversion supported by fading momentum?), VWAP Reversion for a second mean reference, and Market Structure + for S/R confluence.

Watch-outs

  • Signals only fire inside your Session window and when all enabled filters agree.
  • Too many signals in a trend? Tighten the Band Walk threshold and RSI chop zone.
  • Visual-only — it doesn't place trades. Validate Session Start/End against your chart's time zone.

VWAP Reversion

Indicator
SVWAP Indicator
Mean-ReversionFading ExtremesVWAPIntraday

What this solves

VWAP is one of the most-watched intraday levels, but a plain VWAP line doesn't tell you when price is stretched. This adds deviation bands, shaded extreme zones, and arrows for the snap back inside ±1σ.

What it shows

A session VWAP with ±1σ and ±2σ bands, shaded outer zones, and arrows when price spends a confirmed stretch beyond ±1σ and then closes back inside — a reversion-to-VWAP read.

Reading the signals

  • Gold lineVWAP — the volume-weighted average price for the session
  • Shaded red / green zoneprice stretched to the upside (+1σ to +2σ) / downside
  • Red down-arrowprice held above +1σ, then closed back inside — potential downward reversion toward VWAP
  • Green up-arrowthe mirror image — potential upward reversion toward VWAP

Best used when

Intraday trading around VWAP — spotting when price is statistically stretched from the session average and tends to snap back.

Fits your style if…

you trade intraday reversions around VWAP and want to see when price is statistically stretched and starting to revert.

Pairs well with

Scalp Bands or VolDivergence for reversion confluence, and Trend Scout or ConfluenceRibbon so you're not fading a strong trend.

Watch-outs

  • The “Session Timezone” setting is a LABEL only — it does not convert your reset time.
  • Enter Session Reset Time in your chart's displayed time zone (e.g. 093000 for a 9:30 ET RTH open).
  • Reversion is a tendency, not a guarantee.

Market Structure System

Market Intelligence System
MMSE PRO
Trend-FollowingExhaustion / ReversalOrder FlowAny Timeframe

What this solves

Most single-purpose indicators tell you one thing — trend strength, or volume, or momentum — in isolation. Market Structure System puts three complementary reads together: whether the trend is structurally sound, whether it's overextended, and who's actually in control right now.

What it shows

Three independent engines on one chart: MMSE (Market Structure — how strong and trustworthy the trend is), MEE (Exhaustion — is the move getting stretched?), and MPE (Pressure — who's in control?). All three auto-scale to your timeframe, from 1-min scalping to Daily.

Reading the signals

  • MMSE dashboard0–100 scores for Market Structure, Trend Probability, Breakout Quality, Participation + a Composite and a one-line Market State
  • Green (61–100) / Gold (41–60) / Red (0–40)strong-healthy / developing / weak-choppy (or, for exhaustion, elevated stall risk)
  • Exhaustion score into the 60s–80sthe move is getting stretched — historically higher-risk to initiate fresh in its direction
  • Dominance (−100 to +100)which side has control · “BALANCED” = neither · Pressure Quality sanity-checks it

Best used when

When you want a complete read at once — is the trend sound (MMSE), is it getting late (MEE), and who's in control (MPE) — on any timeframe, no retuning.

Fits your style if…

you want a complete situational read — is the trend sound, is it getting late, and who's winning — without stitching three indicators together.

Pairs well with

Liquidity System for where value and structure sit, MIRS for the broader risk environment, and VolDivergence for a momentum cross-check.

Watch-outs

  • The three engines are independent — a strong trend read doesn't mean low exhaustion. Combine them yourself.
  • MMSE has a longer warm-up than MEE/MPE.
  • Dashboards favor stability over instant reaction (deliberate smoothing lag). Built for time-based bars.

Liquidity System

Market Intelligence System
LiquidityPRO
Auction / Market ProfileOrder FlowSupport/ResistanceValue / VWAP

What this solves

Market/volume-profile analysis normally needs several separate tools plus manual Initial-Balance and Day-Type tracking. Liquidity System combines volume profile, TPO, pivot S/R, and auction context into one indicator with clean dashboards.

What it shows

A Volume/Market Profile toolkit answering three questions: WHERE is the structure (POC / VAH / VAL), IS price validating it (Migration), and WHO built it (Delta). Adds a TPO profile, pivot S/R, and Initial Balance Day Type / Open Type.

Reading the signals

  • Yellow POC + dashed blue VAH/VALtoday's developing value · orange/sandy = prior session's settled value
  • Zone: ABOVE / INSIDE / BELOW VALUEgreen (often strength) / gold (balanced) / red (weakness)
  • Value Area WidthNARROW often = trending days · WIDE often = balanced / range days
  • Migration climbing + Delta biasstructure is moving with price, and who's driving it · HVN = magnet, LVN = fast-through
  • Day / Open Type + Poor High/Low + Single Printsclassic auction-theory context

Best used when

When you trade auction theory / Market Profile and want value, structure migration, who's driving it, and Day/Open context in one tool.

Fits your style if…

you trade auction market theory / Market Profile and want value, structure migration, and Day/Open context in one place.

Pairs well with

Market Structure System for trend / exhaustion / pressure context, SMC Suite for FVGs around value, and VWAP Reversion for a mean reference.

Watch-outs

  • The full Volume Profile and TPO shapes have no bucket cap by design — a real performance cost. Leave them off unless needed.
  • Settled levels read “n/a” until a full prior session loads; Day/Open show “IB FORMING…” until the IB window elapses.
  • “Force Calendar Day Reset” splits overnight sessions at midnight — leave it off for 24-hour instruments.

Market Institutional Risk System

Market Intelligence System
MMIRE · provisional (Phase 1)
Risk ManagementRegime FilterPosition SizingAny Style

What this solves

Instead of checking five or six separate reads (volatility, trend strength, volume…) and combining them in your head, this runs them all every bar and outputs one clear picture — and keeps Risk and Opportunity as two separate axes so a high-risk, high-opportunity market isn't hidden.

What it shows

Six independent risk/condition engines every bar (Volatility, Market Efficiency, Choppiness, Trend Conviction, Volume Risk, Statistical Risk), combined into two separate axes — a Risk score and an Opportunity score — plus a risk category, a market classification, and a suggested position size.

Reading the signals

  • Risk gauge (green → red)low/green = calmer · high/red = elevated risk from volatility, chop, exhaustion, or thin participation
  • Opportunity gauge (green intensity)brighter = cleaner directional conditions · dim = little edge right now
  • Quadrantfastest combined read — “High Opportunity / Low Risk” best, “Low Opportunity / High Risk” worst (the axes can disagree)
  • Component roweach of the six engines' score + regime
  • Master Ribbon (bottom)a heat tape showing how Risk and Opportunity evolved under recent price

Best used when

When you want one combined read of how risky and how opportunity-rich conditions are — instead of eyeballing five separate indicators — as a filter over your existing approach.

Fits your style if…

you want an honest read on how risky and how opportunity-rich conditions are before sizing into a trade — layered over any style.

Pairs well with

Market Structure System (structure / exhaustion / pressure) and Liquidity System (where value sits) — they supply the directional read MIRS intentionally leaves as a proxy.

Watch-outs

  • This is an honest Phase-1 / provisional build: some planned engines aren't finished and the Master weightings aren't yet calibrated, so the Confidence reading is intentionally penalized — a low reading is not a bug.
  • Treat “Suggested Size” as a starting framework, never a recommendation, and always apply your own risk rules.
  • “Market Classification” is a slope/regime proxy, not confirmed structure — don't use it alone for direction.