ZynIQ Trend Master

Trend Master scores the trend from up to four parts (price against the fast EMA, the EMA stack, the fast EMA’s slope and the last closed higher-timeframe bar) and turns the score into five states: Strong Bull, Bull, Neutral, Bear and Strong Bear. It draws a trend cloud between a fast and a slow EMA, marks the first touch of each pullback into the cloud, shows the live score in the HUD and alerts on flips, strength changes and pullbacks.

How it works

1. Profile sets the cloud EMAs: Intraday 13/34 (default), Scalping 9/21, Swing 20/50, or Custom.
2. Score parts, each +1, -1 or 0:
   • Price: close above the fast EMA (+1) or below (-1).
   • Stack: fast EMA above the slow EMA (+1) or below (-1).
   • Slope: the fast EMA’s change over 3 bars, in ATRs per bar. Above +0.05 = +1, below -0.05 = -1, otherwise flat (0).
   • HTF: on the last closed higher-timeframe bar, close and fast EMA both above its slow EMA (+1), both below (-1), otherwise 0. Auto timeframe: a 1m chart uses 15m; 2m to 5m charts use 1H; 10m to 1H charts use 4H; 2H to 4H charts use daily; daily uses weekly; weekly uses monthly; above weekly the part is off.
3. Score = the sum, from -4 to +4 with all parts on. The HUD shows it live on the current bar.
4. State: score +3 or more = Strong Bull, +2 = Bull, -2 = Bear, -3 or less = Strong Bear, otherwise Neutral. With the default ADX filter, Strong also needs ADX (14) at or above 20; otherwise it stays Bull or Bear. If fewer parts are on, the thresholds are capped at the number of parts (Strong always needs at least one point more than a trend).
5. Changes: a new state must be read on 2 closed bars in a row. A change of direction (to Bull, Bear or Neutral) also needs at least 5 bars since the last one. Upgrades and downgrades within a direction are not held back by that spacing.
6. Pullbacks: in a Bull or Strong Bull state, a PB long prints on the first closed bar whose low reaches the pullback level while the close stays above the slow EMA. Levels: Loose = 0.3 ATR above the fast EMA, Normal = the fast EMA, Deep = the middle of the cloud. After a PB, the next one needs a bar whose low is at least 0.5 ATR above the pullback level (price has left the cloud). Downtrends mirror this. A new trend always starts ready for its first pullback.

What you see on the chart

• Trend cloud between the fast and slow EMA: teal in Bull, fuchsia in Bear (bolder in Strong), faint grey in Neutral. Classic theme uses green and red.
• Fast EMA in the trend colour and slow EMA in grey (can be hidden; the cloud stays).
• Flip labels: tiny BULL or STRONG BULL labels below the bar, BEAR or STRONG BEAR labels above the bar, at the bar a direction change is confirmed.
• Back to Neutral: a small grey cross (no label), above the bar when a bull trend ends and below the bar when a bear trend ends.
• Strength labels (off by default): tiny STRONG (upgrade) and WEAKER (downgrade) labels inside an existing direction.
• PB markers: small circle with “PB” below the bar (long) or above (short).
• Background tint (off by default): the trend colour, a little stronger in Strong states.
• HUD (top right):
  • ZQ Trend: timeframe, profile and EMA lengths.
  • Trend: the confirmed state.
  • Score: the live score, for example “+3 of 4 (live)”.
  • Parts: each part’s vote, for example “Price + Stack + Slope + HTF -“.
  • HTF: the higher timeframe’s vote, or “Off: not above chart” / “Off (setting)”.
  • ADX: value, trending or weak, and how ADX is used.
  • Pullback: “Watching for a pullback”, “Taken, waiting for reset” or “No trend”.
  • Next: a pending change with its count, “Forming” on the live bar, or how long the state has held.
• Watermark: faint “ZynIQ Trend”, bottom right.

Settings

Alerts

All events are decided when a bar closes: create alerts with Once per bar close.

For detailed messages pick Any alert() function call: state changes include the old and new state, score, ADX and both EMA values; pullbacks include the close, fast EMA, slow EMA (where the trend reading would be invalidated) and ATR, all rounded to the tick.

Set it up for your market

How to use it

1. Trade in the direction of the cloud; be wary of counter-trend setups from other tools.
2. Prefer entries after a PB in a Bull or Strong Bull state rather than after a vertical run.
3. A Strong state (bolder cloud, and a STRONG label if you turn on “Label strength changes”) means at least 3 of the 4 parts agree and, with the default ADX filter, ADX is at or above 20; a downgrade (WEAKER) is an early warning to tighten management.
4. If the cloud keeps flipping, or grey crosses keep appearing, the market is choppy: stand aside or check Market Regime Master Pro.
5. Use the Parts row to see what is missing when the state is only Bull or Bear (for example the higher timeframe disagrees).

Common mistakes: treating PB as a buy order (it marks where a pullback reached the cloud, nothing more); turning off the HTF part and then expecting Strong states (Strong still needs 3 points, so all three remaining parts must agree); setting Bars to confirm to 1 on 1m charts.

Pairs well with Pullback Zones Lite, Momentum Master, Market Regime Master Pro, MTF Trend Dashboard and the breakout tools.

Good to know

• States change only on closed bars and need 2 closed bars by default, so a flip shows at least 2 bars after the score turns. The score in the HUD is live and can change until the bar closes.
• The higher-timeframe part uses the last closed higher bar, so it lags by up to one higher bar (for example up to an hour on a 5m chart with a 1H HTF). That is the price of not repainting.
• A PB is only marked once per pullback; if price stays in the cloud for many bars no new PB prints until price leaves and comes back.
• Labels are capped at 300; the oldest are removed first.
• Uses one higher-timeframe request and about 10 plot slots. On free TradingView plans the number of indicators per chart is limited.
• Not financial advice and no indication of future results.

Version 3 changes

• The live trend score is shown (promised, never displayed in v2), with each part’s vote.
• Strength upgrades and downgrades work. v2 could never turn Bull into Strong Bull inside a trend; v3 upgrades and downgrades within a direction and alerts them (labels for them are optional, off by default).
• Higher timeframe no longer repaints. v2 read the live, unfinished higher-timeframe bar. v3 uses only the last closed higher-timeframe bar, picks one step up automatically (Auto) and switches the part off with a HUD note when the higher timeframe is not above the chart’s (v2’s fixed 60 sat below 4H and daily charts).
• Fast and slow lengths (promised): Custom profile with both lengths.
• Pullback sensitivity (promised): Loose, Normal or Deep, plus a reset distance.
• Pullback markers on the first touch only. v2 printed PB on every bar inside the cloud; v3 marks one PB per pullback and waits for price to move away before the next.
• The cloud no longer disappears when the EMA lines are hidden.
• ADX is a real filter now (v2 calculated it and filtered nothing): Info only, Required for Strong (default) or Required for any trend.
• ATR is used (v2 calculated it and never used it): slope threshold, pullback distances.
• State changes are decided on closed bars, held for 2 bars, and direction flips are spaced by at least 5 bars.
• Alerts for flips, back to Neutral, upgrades, downgrades and pullbacks, with detailed alert() messages. v2 had none.