Al Brooks_BarCount_Start from Opening

🔹 Key Features

• Counts from the RTH open every trading day
  
• Stocks: 09:30–16:00 (New York Time)
  
• Futures: 08:30–15:15 (Chicago Time)
  

Automatically detects stocks vs futures

• Always displays the first bar of the session
  
• Optional display every N bars to reduce chart clutter
  

Custom highlight rules

• Highlight specific bar numbers (e.g. bar 18)
  
• Highlight bar multiples (e.g. every 12 bars)
  
• Fully customizable label size and colors
  

🔹 Why count from the open?

In Al Brooks’ Price Action framework:

• The first 30–60 bars after the open often define the day’s structure
  
• Trends, failed breakouts, and trading ranges frequently align with specific bar counts
  
• Counting across overnight or pre-market sessions can distort intraday analysis
  

👉 This indicator resets precisely at the RTH open, keeping the count aligned with real trading decisions.

🔹 Inputs Overview

Display at every X bars
Show bar numbers at fixed intervals (bar 1 is always shown)

Count From RTH Open (Session Filter)
Limits counting strictly to regular trading hours (recommended ON)

Special Color Multiple
Highlights every N-th bar

Special Number 1 / 2
Highlights specific bar numbers

Label Size / Colors
Visual customization options

🔹 Markets Supported

✅ US index futures (ES, MES, NQ, MNQ, GC, CL – RTH)

✅ US stocks and indices (NYSE / NASDAQ)

❗ Not intended for 24h markets (e.g. crypto)

🔹 Usage Tips (Al Brooks Style)

• Observe price behavior around early session bars (5–10)
  
• Watch key counts like 12, 18, 24 for acceleration or failure
  
• Combine with EMAs, trend lines, and trading-range highs/lows