PT Levels · NQ regular session

Levels sized by the day, drawn at the open

Three tiers above and below the regular session open, sized to the volatility of the day and drawn twice: once from what the market has been doing, once from what the options market expects.

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1
Anchor, the open
3
Tiers each way
2
Volatility readings
0
Repaints
Any
Timeframe
01 · Anchor

One open, every timeframe

The regular session open is captured once and every level is measured from it, so a one-minute chart and an hourly chart show the same prices to the tick.

02 · What you get

Built to be used, not followed

It gives you the size of the day before the day happens: a place for targets and stops that comes from the market rather than a round number, and an early warning when a session stops being normal. What it deliberately doesn't do is just as important.

Not a signal
It won't tell you to buy or sell

It draws where a normal session tends to reach. Whether you fade a level, trade through it, or ignore it is your decision and your setup.

Not a prediction
It doesn't know where price is going

The levels describe the size of the day, not its direction. Price can and does close outside the outer tier; on those days you know early that the session isn't normal.

Not a moving target
It never redraws the past

Everything is set at the open and left alone. What you planned against at 09:31 is what's on the chart at 15:59, and yesterday's levels are the ones that were drawn yesterday.

Not a black box you can't inspect
The numbers are on the chart

Both volatility readings, the size of a full move and where price sits inside the range are shown in the table, every session.

03 · Two readings

What the market did. What it expects.

Realised

Measured from recent price action. The inner line of each pair.

Implied

Taken from the options market. Usually sits wider, and says how much the market is paying for movement.

Zone

The gap between them, shaded. Where the two readings disagree is often where the reaction happens.

04 · How often price gets there

Measured, not promised

Over five years of one-minute NQ data, how often did the regular session reach each tier from the open? The point of a level is that it gets tested, and that the outer ones get tested less than the inner ones.

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Inner tier
Middle tier
Outer tier
Share of regular sessions in which price touched the tier, either side, five years to date. Realised reading, default settings.
PT Levels on an NQ chart, one regular session
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04 · On a real chart
One session, both sides
This is a real NQ session, screenshotted from TradingView with PT Levels loaded on the chart and nothing added or edited afterwards. Price climbs through the middle pair, tags the outer level almost to the tick and reverses. The drop back through the middle pair carries all the way to the lower pair, which holds, and the session recovers from there.

Actual chart output, not an illustration. Shown as an example of how the levels behave, not a trade recommendation.

05 · Pricing

Two ways in

The indicator on its own, or the indicator with the framework for trading around it. Both monthly, billed through Whop, cancel any time.

Indicator
$100 / month
  • PT Levels on TradingView
  • All updates to the script
  • Setup guide
  • Support channel in Discord
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Indicator + Framework
$200 / month
  • Everything in Indicator
  • The PT Levels framework: how the tiers fit into a session plan, from premarket to close
  • Video walkthroughs of real sessions against the levels
  • Weekly review of the week's sessions
  • Framework members' channel in Discord
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06 · Questions
Does it tell me when to buy or sell?

No. It tells you how far from the open a normal session reaches, by two different measures. What you do when price arrives at a level is your decision.

Does it repaint?

No. The anchor and both volatility readings are captured at the open and are not recalculated. Past sessions' lines are the lines that were drawn at the time.

Why are the implied lines wider than the realised ones?

Because options usually trade at a premium to the volatility that actually arrives. The table shows the ratio each day; when it drops below one, the market is expecting less movement than it has recently been getting.

Which data does it need?

A TradingView plan with real-time CME futures data for NQ or MNQ. Everything else the indicator needs is available inside TradingView, nothing external to connect.

Are the default settings calibrated?

The defaults are a sensible starting point, and the setup guide walks you through checking them against your own data before you rely on them.

How do I get access after paying?

Send your TradingView username through Whop after checkout. Access is granted within 24 hours, usually much sooner.