Thinkorswim Overnight Range Scan Alert 53


Intraday Alerts At Overnight Highs and Lows

A quick Google search on the term “Overnight Range Trading Setups” nets some very interesting Thumb TOS Overnight Rangeresults. So I spent some time writing code and looking at charts. I think there is some real evidence to support the inclusion of the overnight range in your trading setups. I’m not here to show you how to trade the overnight range. However I did build you the best tool I can dream up, given my current knowledge and experience. The rest is up to you.

 

In this video named Thinkorswim Overnight Range Scan Alert, we show you many examples of how this tool may be applied. In addition to some special levels, we also include the ability to build custom scans based on its signals. As if that wasn’t enough, we throw in a bonus by showing how you can generate real time alerts based on the scan results. I am really excited to be able to present this material. I think this may end up being a valuable tool for many. It was a real eye-opener for me.

The code for the scan is included at the very bottom of this post. So be sure when you are done watching the video to scroll down past the video to get to that code. In the video we show you how to use that code to build your own custom scans, with alerts!

Link to study file: Chart_OvernightRangeSTUDY.ts

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input alertPeriodStart = 730;
input alertPeriodEnd = 930;
input minimumRange = 10;
input alertOnBreak = yes;
input alertOnPullBack = yes;
input numberOfDays = 0;
input numberOfYears = 0;
def okToPlot = GetLastDay() - numberOfDays <= GetDay() and GetLastYear() - numberOfYears <= GetYear() ;
def startCounter = SecondsFromTime(alertPeriodStart);
def endCounter = SecondsTillTime(alertPeriodEnd);
def alertPeriod = if startCounter >= 0 and endCounter >= 0 then 1 else 0;
def regularSessionHours = RegularTradingStart(GetYYYYMMDD()) <= GetTime();
def extendedSessionHours = RegularTradingStart(GetYYYYMMDD()) >= GetTime();
def extendedSessionStart = regularSessionHours[1] and extendedSessionHours;
def regularSessionStart = extendedSessionHours[1] and regularSessionHours;
def extendedSessionHigh = CompoundValue(1, if extendedSessionStart then high else if extendedSessionHours then Max(high, extendedSessionHigh[1]) else extendedSessionHigh[1], 0);
def extendedSessionLow = CompoundValue(1, if extendedSessionStart then low else if extendedSessionHours then Min(low, extendedSessionLow[1]) else extendedSessionLow[1], 0);
def regularSessionHigh = CompoundValue(1, if regularSessionStart then high else if regularSessionHours then Max(high, regularSessionHigh[1]) else regularSessionHigh[1], 0);
def regularSessionLow = CompoundValue(1, if regularSessionStart then low else if regularSessionHours then Min(low, regularSessionLow[1]) else regularSessionLow[1], 0);
def overnightHigh = if okToPlot and regularSessionHours then extendedSessionHigh else Double.NaN;
def overnightLow = if okToPlot and regularSessionHours then extendedSessionLow else Double.NaN;
def breakOfHigh = extendedSessionHigh[1] > regularSessionHigh[1] and regularSessionHigh > extendedSessionHigh;
def breakOfLow = extendedSessionLow[1] < regularSessionLow[1] and regularSessionLow < extendedSessionLow;
def pullbackToHigh = low[1] > extendedSessionHigh[1] and low < extendedSessionHigh;
def pullbackToLow = high[1] < extendedSessionLow[1] and high > extendedSessionLow;
def overnightRange = overnightHigh - overnightLow;
plot scan = if alertPeriod and overnightRange >= minimumRange * TickSize() then breakOfHigh or breakOfLow else no;
#plot scan = if alertPeriod and overnightRange >= minimumRange * TickSize() then pullbackToHigh or pullbackToLow else no;

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53 thoughts on “Thinkorswim Overnight Range Scan Alert

    • Pete Hahn Post author

      Sorry but the Fibonacci levels were not included in the code used for the scan so there is no simple way to modify the existing code to scan for that specific event. It would require extensive modification.

  • Parker

    HI Pete,

    I’m just getting into making my own scanners and studies so I really appreciate your videos, great learning tools. I was curious if you could tell me how to edit the colored bars that show up for the premarket time periods?

    • Pete Hahn Post author

      Sorry but I really do not understand your question. What exactly did you mean by “edit”. And as far as “colored bars”… all of the bars on the chart are colored. So to say “edit the colored bars” is a bit of a mystery. The only thing I can imagine is that you want to color the bars that are in the premarket session a different color than the bars in the regular session? But that doesn’t make sense because you have set the chart to highlight the background of the entire extended hours session. Totally lost here.

  • Jonas

    Hello. Thank you so much for this script. I love the way price action respects these fibs. Quick question: is there a way to make the fibLables on the right side of the right expansion setting, similar to this code below?

    input showBubble = yes;
    input ShiftBubble = 5;
    Def n1 = ShiftBubble+1;
    def cond = showBubble and isNaN(close[ShiftBubble]) and !isNaN(close[n1]) ;
    AddChartBubble(cond,PP,(“PP”),color.magenta);

    Thanks,
    Jonas

      • Jonas

        Yeah, I loaded them into my charts but I don’t care for them coving up the first few minutes of trading. I thought if they were always to the right side of the screen, as you zoom in during the day, you can still see the bubble vs. they’re only at 9:30 ( ex: you can’t see them if you zoom in around 1pm)

      • Pete Hahn Post author

        And you can them completely off through user settings. Most folks don’t need them there all the time. Just long enough to get used to the layout.

  • JD Zoska

    Just wondering how that would help as 9/10 the previous days or o/n levels are quite different to the current o/n levels?

  • Michael S Tinnen

    Love your work.. I have a question for you, Is it possible to add next day plots so you can get a prediction of the next cpl or just the next day would be sweet.. thanks again for all you do

    • Pete Hahn Post author

      So are you just asking if the lines plotted for today could be extended to the right into the following day? Trying to understand what you are describing here.

      • Michael S Tinnen

        Yes that would work sweet im trying at this moment to intergrate auto trend lines as well