Tsmp · Stoup Automations
STOUP Fib plots the fib on every swing leg, shows where price can tap and react as grey boxes, turns a box into lines the moment the first candle that touches it closes valid, and marks the liquidity sitting inside each zone. This guide covers every line, box and setting.
Search for STOUP Fib — Active Anchor on TradingView. It's invite-only, so your TradingView username needs to already be on the access list — get this from the Founder in Discord.
Open the indicator's settings. The first group, 0 — STOUP levels (required), asks for Level 1 and Level 2 — type in exactly the numbers you were given. Level 2 must be bigger than Level 1.
Wrong or missing levels: a plain grey line sits at the top of the chart and nothing else draws. Correct levels: that line is replaced by a small "Tsmp Stoup Automation" watermark, and the indicator starts plotting.
Works best on 15m, 5m or 3m. 1m and 1h also run. Fibs draw all day by default — you can limit them to chosen sessions in Settings.
Every leg between two swings gets a fib. One end of the leg is the 0, the other is the 1. Level 1 and Level 2 sit beyond the 1 — that zone is where price is expected to react.
The far end of the leg. If price trades beyond it before any reaction, the leg has moved on and the fib is removed.
The swing the levels hang from — a swing low for bullish setups, a swing high for bearish setups.
The two lines beyond the 1. The grey box covers the space between them. The first candle that touches Level 1 decides everything.
A grey box is a potential. It's only a possibility until a candle touches it and closes.
| What happens | What you'll see |
|---|---|
| A box appears | A light grey box over the Level 1 to Level 2 zone, starting at the candle of the 1 and running to the live bar. Two price tags sit at its right end. Up to 3 boxes show on the side price is heading toward, up to 2 on the other side. |
| Price moves around | The box stays exactly where it is. A new low or high doesn't move it — a new swing gets its own box while there's a free slot. |
| A candle is touching it | Nothing changes yet. The touching candle is only judged once it closes. |
| It closes valid | The box disappears and the fib lines are drawn on that same close. An alert can fire. |
| It closes invalid | The box turns into a faint orange box on that same close. |
| It disappears untouched | See the FAQ — price beat the 0, the anchor swing left the tracked swings, another rule removed it, or bias flipped and boxes on that side are hidden. |
The first candle that touches Level 1 gets one verdict the moment it closes — no waiting for later candles. Shown bullish; bearish is the mirror image.
The fib stays until price takes out the reaction candle's low (bullish) or high (bearish). Then the fib is removed together with its liquidity line. That candle must never be swept.
By default a wick has to actually reach the level to count as a touch (0 ticks). The touch tolerance setting lets a wick that stops a few ticks short still count.
When a grey box or a valid fib has a swing high or low inside its zone, that swing is drawn as a cyan line ending in TS. Those resting stops are what price is often drawn to, so a zone with a TS inside carries extra weight.
A swing on the box's side — swing lows for boxes below price, swing highs for boxes above. It must sit between Level 1 and Level 2, widened by the liquidity buffer. If several qualify, the one nearest the middle of the zone is used.
On the 3m, 5m and 15m charts the swings of all three are used, so a 15m box also shows liquidity from the 3m and 5m. The 1m chart uses 1m swings only. The line doesn't say which timeframe it comes from.
A swing that a candle already took before the box or fib existed isn't liquidity any more and is ignored. A swing taken later turns into the x version.
| State | What you'll see |
|---|---|
| Not reached yet | A solid cyan line from the swing candle that runs a few bars past the box (or past the fib lines) and ends in TS. |
| A candle reaches it | The line runs through the first candle that reached the price, continues two bars past it and ends in an x. Happens live and after the fib is already valid. |
| The fib is removed | Its TS line and x go with it. A TS never stays on the chart without its fib. |
Header = the chart timeframe. Bias = the side price is heading toward. Potentials = grey boxes live now. Invalidated = orange boxes on this timeframe.
A box starts at the candle of its 1 anchor — it never starts in the middle of old price action.
A valid fib's lines run from the anchor swings to one candle past the reaction candle, then stop.
The two latest valid fibs keep their lvl1/lvl2 labels on the right. Older fibs move their labels to the left end of the lines, so the right side stays free for the liquidity line.
With Blend all timeframes on, a chart can show valid fibs of more than one timeframe. When two sit at about the same price, only the higher timeframe is drawn and its label lists both — so you know the level is stacked.
How close counts as "about the same price" is the Stack tolerance setting. Both fibs must be on the same side.
| Rule | In short |
|---|---|
| First close decides | The first candle to touch Level 1 is Way 1, Way 2 or invalid on its close. |
| Sweep rule | The reaction candle must never be swept. If price takes out its low (bullish) or high (bearish), the fib is removed, even from earlier sessions. |
| Far-end rule | If price trades beyond the 0 before any reaction, the leg has moved on — the box is removed. |
| Same-leg rule | The 0 and the 1 must be the two extremes of one leg. No swing inside the leg may go beyond either one. |
| Sibling rule | A leg gives two fibs, one with the levels on each side. The side that reacts first is kept, the other is deleted. |
| Overlap rule | Zones that overlap in price: the first drawn is kept. A valid fib always beats a potential box. |
| Bigger legs | Boxes only come from legs that are a fair share of the biggest recent leg. Tiny swings inside a big move make no boxes. |
| Pinned boxes | A box you've seen stays until it's touched or removed. The side price heads toward shows up to 3, the other side up to 2, nearest to price first. |
| Wick and body | Wick-to-wick and body-to-body fibs both run. When the wick fib validates it wins. If the first touch fails, the whole fib is invalid. |
| Swings | A swing needs 3 candles on each side. It shows up 3 candles after it forms. Boxes appear after the second swing of a leg is confirmed. |
| Liquidity | One swing per zone, on the box's side, not already taken. See the Liquidity section. |
| Chart limit | TradingView keeps only the last 500 lines. The indicator keeps at most 70 valid fibs, the oldest go first, so a fib is never half deleted. |
The side price is heading toward gets up to 3 boxes, the other side up to 2. Price falling puts the main side below, price rising puts it above. When bias flips, the two limits swap.
| Event | Bias becomes |
|---|---|
| A fib turns valid at a low (reaction up) | UP |
| A fib turns valid at a high (reaction down) | DOWN |
| A valid fib's reaction low is swept | DOWN |
| A valid fib's reaction high is swept | UP |
| A candle closes above the newest swing high | UP |
| A candle closes below the newest swing low | DOWN |
A reaction or a sweep on a candle wins over a structure break on the same candle. A box on the lighter side is hidden when its slots are used up, and comes back when they free up or bias flips.
Every timeframe has its own swings, boxes and fibs. Each can be switched off in Settings. Boxes and fibs of a chart come from that chart's candles.
Off by default. On the 3m, 5m and 15m charts it also draws the valid fibs of the other two timeframes, dimmer, with the timeframe in the label. Fibs at the same price are stacked.
On by default. A 1m chart also shows the live potential boxes of the 3m, 5m and 15m, tagged with their timeframe. Boxes of different timeframes never overlap.
| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 / Level 2 (group 0) | empty | Your STOUP levels. Required — locked until both are valid. |
| Show on 1h / 15m / 5m / 3m / 1m | all on | Switch the indicator on or off per timeframe. |
| Blend all timeframes into all | off | 3m, 5m and 15m charts also draw the other two timeframes' valid fibs. |
| 1m chart: show potentials from 3m/5m/15m | on | Adds the live boxes of the higher timeframes to the 1m chart. |
| All day (24h) | on | Valid fibs draw at any time. Overrides the session toggles. |
| Asia, London, NY AM, NY PM | off | Draw valid fibs only inside these windows (NY time: 20–23, 02–05, 07–11, 13–16). Used when All day is off. |
| Custom window and hours | off, 0830–1100 | Your own window, also gated by All day. |
| Window timezone | America/New_York | Time zone for every session and the custom window. |
| Anchor type | Auto | Auto runs wick and body. Wick or Body forces one. |
| Touch tolerance (ticks) | 0 | How far short a wick can fall and still count as touching. 0 means it must reach the level. |
| Overlap buffer (ticks) | 40 | Zones this close count as overlapping. Only the first drawn is kept. |
| Stack tolerance (ticks) | 20 | How close two timeframes' fib zones must be to stack into one set of levels. |
| Fib order | Both | Both, or only fibs with the 1 on the earlier or on the later swing. |
| Shift start anchor (candles) | 0 | Moves the earlier anchor 1 or 2 candles later. Advanced. |
| Show potential fibs | on | Show or hide the grey boxes. |
| Max potential fibs, side price heads toward | 3 | Most grey boxes on the side price is heading toward. |
| Max potential fibs, other side | 2 | Most grey boxes on the opposite side. 0 shows one side only. |
| Potential fib transparency | 62 | Higher means lighter boxes. Orange boxes follow it. |
| Show prices on the boxes | on | The two price tags at the right end of a grey box. |
| Show invalid boxes (orange) | on | Show or hide the orange boxes. |
| Show liquidity (TS) inside boxes | on | Draw the liquidity line for boxes and valid fibs. |
| Liquidity buffer (ticks) | 24 | How far outside Level 1 to Level 2 a swing may sit and still count as inside the zone. |
| Level 1 / Level 2 colour | silver | One colour for the lvl1 and lvl2 lines and their labels. |
| Anchor lines colour | purple, 70% | Colour and opacity of the dotted 0 and 1 lines. |
| Liquidity (TS) line colour, style, width | cyan, solid, 2 | How the TS line looks. |
| Alert when a fib turns valid | on | An alert fires on the closing bar. Create it from TradingView's alert dialog. |
| Info table | on | The small table at the top right. |
The levels are missing or invalid. Fill both in group 0 of Settings. Level 2 must be bigger than Level 1.
The touching candle hasn't closed yet. It's judged on its close, then the box becomes lines or turns orange.
Price traded beyond its 0 before touching. Its anchor swing left the tracked swings. The mirrored fib reacted first. Another zone overlaps it. Or bias flipped and its side has fewer slots now.
The first candle to touch it was invalid, or a valid fib's reaction candle was swept. Orange boxes are only a record — they show for a while on their own timeframe, then go.
Price took out the reaction candle's low (bullish) or high (bearish). That removes the fib and its liquidity line. Very old fibs can also drop off because the chart keeps at most 70.
A swing high or low inside the zone, which is liquidity. It ends in TS until a candle reaches it.
A candle reached that liquidity. The line runs through that candle, continues two bars and ends in the x.
Only the two latest valid fibs keep their labels on the right. Older ones move left to leave room for the liquidity line.
The side price heads toward gets 3 boxes, the other side 2. When the other side has no leg to box, you only see one side.
The method is built for 15m, 5m and 3m. 1m and 1h are available and work the same way.
That's your decision. The indicator marks the setup — stops, targets and risk are yours to set.