Auction Context Engine ( Value Area, VWAP & Regime)📌 Indicator Name
Auction Context Engine (Value Area, VWAP & Regime)
Short name: ACE Context
🧠 Description
Auction Context Engine (ACE) is a professional market context and structure indicator based on Auction Market Theory.It is designed to help traders understand where the market is positioned, not to generate trade signals.
ACE focuses on:
• Developing Value Area (VAH / VAL)
• Developing Point of Control (POC)
• Session VWAP positioning
• Volatility regime expansion
• Opening Range context
• Failed auction / trap detection
• Market bias and environment quality
This indicator provides context only and is intended to be used alongside a separate execution strategy or system.
🎯 What This Indicator Is
✔ A context engine
✔ A market structure filter
✔ A bias alignment tool
✔ A regime and environment classifier
❌ What This Indicator Is NOT
✘ Not a signal generator
✘ Not a buy/sell system
✘ Not a strategy
✘ Not a profitability promise
📊 How To Use
Use ACE to answer:
• Is price accepting or rejecting value?
• Is the market in balance or expansion?
• Is VWAP supporting or opposing price?
• Is this a breakout environment or a trap?
• Is volatility expanding?
• Is the market trending or ranging?
You may then use your own execution strategy aligned with this context.
🟢 Core Components
Developing Value Area
• VAH / VAL dynamically update through the session
• POC tracks highest traded volume area
VWAP Position
• Above VWAP = bullish bias
• Below VWAP = bearish bias
Opening Range Context
• Detects breakouts or balance after session open
Volatility Regime
• Identifies expansion vs normal conditions
Failed Auction Detection
• Highlights trap conditions near value extremes
Market Quality
• Strong / Mixed / Weak environment classification
Context Table
• Clean 1-column vertical dashboard with color-coded bias
🔵 Visual Elements
• Developing VAH, VAL, POC lines
• Session VWAP
• Small context dots when environment turns READY
• Compact professional context table
⚙️ Settings
• Value Area bin size
• Value area percentage
• Opening range duration
• Regime expansion factor
• Line colors and thickness
• Context table ON/OFF
• Context dots ON/OFF
🧩 Best Use Case
This indicator is ideal for:
• Intraday trading
• Index futures and equities
• Options context filtering
• Trend / range regime identification
• Professional discretionary traders
⚠️ Disclaimer
This script is provided for educational and informational purposes only.It does not constitute financial or investment advice.Trading involves risk. Always use proper risk management.
Auction
Failed AuctionAs we know, buyers and sellers take part in the market auction.
A failed auction is where price could not tick above or below a specific price. This means that there were no buyers willing to buy or sellers willing to sell beyond that price. Price then moves away in the other direction.
The failed auction acts as a magnet and becomes a target to revisit sooner or later. The failed auction is a successful/finished auction once it has been satisfied.
On the indicator, two adjacent candles with the exact same high or low are marked. The icon will appear on the high or low of the 2nd candle. This notifies us that there was a failed auction.
If you are in a trade, you can use the failed auction to hold onto the trade longer. If you are not in a trade, you should be cautious if a failed auction rests above or below you limit order.
Icons and colours are customisable. An option to have plotted lines for the failed auction is included.
Works on all timeframes.
