Stop Run Zone Calculator
Every range low has a pile of stops under it, and they sit in the same 3 places every time: a few ticks past the low, an ATR buffer past the low, and the round number under it. Enter the range, the ATR and the tick size and the calculator maps those 3 tiers, adds them up into a sweep zone, and writes the sweep-and-reclaim plan: where to rest a limit inside the zone, where to buy the reclaim close, and where your own stop goes so the next sweep doesn't get it too. The tier sizes (3 ticks, 0.25 ATR, the nearest round number inside 0.6 ATR) are this tool's convention, built from how stops get placed, not from anyone's book.
Use the ATR of the timeframe you trade the range on. The zone scales with it.
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Enter the range, the ATR and the tick size, then hit Map. Or load an example.
How it maps. Tier 1, tick stops: 1 to 3 ticks past the edge. Tier 2, buffer stops: 0.1 to 0.25 ATR past the edge. Tier 3, the round number: the nearest 00 or 50 style level past the edge, if it sits inside 0.6 ATR. Round increments are picked from the ATR so they make sense for the instrument (10 and 5 points on ES, 50 and 100 pips on FX, 10 and 5 dollars on gold). Sweep zone = from the edge to the deepest tier. A sweep that stays inside the zone and closes back over the edge is a stop run. One that closes beyond the zone is a breakdown, and the Spring & Upthrust Analyzer is the next stop. Plans: the limit entry rests at 60% of the zone depth, the reclaim entry is the first close back inside the range, both stops sit 0.1 ATR beyond the zone, T1 is the range midpoint, T2 the far edge. Keyboard: Enter maps, 1 to 3 load the examples.
Educational tool only, not financial advice. The map shows where stops tend to be, not where price will stop. A sweep can run the whole zone and keep going, which is why the stop on the plan sits past it.
Built by Jason Parker, founder of Trading Ranges.
Built by Jason Parker, founder of Trading Ranges.