Volume & Value
SSM IQ MTF-Volume Activity Map
Three volume profiles at once — POC, VAH and VAL per horizon — with Fibonacci, VWAP bands and absorption signals. More levels, cleaner read.
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SSM IQ Volume Activity Map
Combine volume profile, POC/VAH/VAL, VWAP, Fibonacci and activity context through a coordinated anchor architecture. Full and Lite editions.
One Coherent Map of Volume and Value
SSM IQ Volume Activity Map reads volume profile, value area, activity zones, VWAP and Fibonacci as one connected picture instead of separate scripts each guessing at "the relevant period" on its own. Every level you see can be traced back to the window it was actually measured over, so you know not just where a line sits, but why. Volume shows you where business really happened. Node evidence shows you which of those areas the market has actually defended. Confluence shows you where independent layers agree — so you spend your attention on the levels that have earned it.
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- $39.99one-time
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- Volume & Value
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- Full · Lite
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Product at a Glance
- What it is — An anchored volume-and-value overlay for TradingView: volume profile, value area, activity zones, VWAP and Fibonacci built from one coordinated anchor architecture.
- Platform — TradingView, Pine Script v6.
- Main purpose — One coherent map of where volume traded, where fair value sits now, and which price levels the market has actually defended.
- Primary analytical concept — Anchored measurement
- every layer ties to a clearly defined reference window, not a hidden rolling lookback.
- Best suited for — Traders and analysts who want volume, value-area and structural-retracement context on one chart instead of reconciling several disagreeing scripts.
- Editions — Full (manual control over every anchor and threshold) and Lite (permanently Auto-Timeframe).
- Auto-Timeframe — Yes — Settings Mode automatically adapts resolution, data source and sensitivity to the chart's timeframe.
- Manual Mode — Full edition only; Lite stays permanently on Auto.
- Intrabar data — Yes, for the volume profile (Precise mode) and the Volume Absorption Radar, with automatic fallback to chart-bar data.
- Repainting behaviour — Everything commits on confirmed candle close; developing profile, VWAP and Fibonacci values evolve only until their own anchor closes.
- TradingView requirements — Invite-only access delivered after purchase; uses the OHLCV/intrabar data your TradingView plan and broker/exchange feed provide.
Your Volume, VWAP and Fibonacci Tools Were Never Looking at the Same Window
Volume profile, VWAP and Fibonacci are usually run as separate scripts on the same chart, each with its own unstated idea of "the relevant period." A profile measuring an arbitrary lookback, a VWAP anchored to session open, and a Fibonacci grid drawn from a random swing routinely produce levels that contradict each other — not because the market is unclear, but because the tools were never looking at the same window in the first place. Traders end up reconciling several disagreeing scripts by eye instead of reading one coherent picture.
Why Volume Activity Map Is Different
Many volume tools draw a profile and stop there, leaving VWAP and Fibonacci to separate scripts measuring a different, unstated period. Volume Activity Map resolves all three from one coordinated anchor architecture and stays explicit — on the chart — about exactly which window produced each level.
One coordinated map, not four disagreeing scripts
profile, value area, VWAP and Fibonacci describe the same market structure instead of four separate guesses stacked on top of each other. (In Optimal (Auto) mode each module still resolves the reference window that actually fits its own purpose — this is coordination, not one identical anchor forced onto every layer.)
A structured progression, not a colored zone
volume shows where business happened, node evidence shows which areas earned attention, confluence shows where independent layers agree.
Honest about precision, not just power
the buy/sell split, Delta and the absorption radar are labelled approximations and a heuristic, never dressed up as order-flow certainty.
Designed to share the chart
a deliberately focused scope runs cleanly alongside other SSM IQ tools without visual collisions or duplicated logic.
The same analysis, on your terms
Lite for a configured map with nothing to set up, Full for the identical model with manual control over every anchor, filter and threshold.
When the layers actually agree, the chart stops arguing with itself.
Confluence markers show where the profile, the anchored VWAP and the Fibonacci grid — three independently computed layers — line up on the same price. That agreement is worth more than any one layer alone.
What's On the Map
Anchored Volume Profile
What it is: a volume histogram built across the chosen reference window, in Gradient or Classic style. Benefit: shows exactly where volume traded and how concentrated it was. Why it matters: locate the Point of Control before deciding whether a pullback is likely to hold.
Value Area (VAH/VAL)
What it is: the price band around the Point of Control that contains most of the profile's volume. Benefit: one fast situational read — above, inside or below where business actually got done. Why it matters: fade the edges of value on a range day, or respect a breakout that clears the value area with conviction.
Activity Zones with Node Score
What it is: high-volume shelves grouped into zones, low-volume rows flagged as gaps, each qualifying zone scored on evidence. Benefit: tells you which levels have actually been defended, not just where volume happened to print. Why it matters: weight a reaction at a well-evidenced zone differently from one that's still untested.
Volume Absorption Radar
What it is: flags candles where an unusual burst of underlying volume was absorbed without producing a proportional price move. Benefit: an extra, honestly-labelled data point about unusual activity — explicitly a heuristic. Why it matters: note absorption near an existing zone or value-area boundary as one more piece of context.
Anchored VWAP with Deviation Bands
What it is: volume-weighted fair value accumulated from the module's own anchor, with multiple deviation band pairs. Benefit: shows fair value and how far price has stretched from it. Why it matters: watch how price behaves relative to VWAP and its bands as the session develops.
Anchored Fibonacci with Validity Checks
What it is: retracement and extension levels measured on the anchor's own high-low range, only drawn when that range is actually meaningful. Benefit: no grid cluttering the chart on a move too small to matter. Why it matters: read retracement levels of the same window the profile and VWAP are already describing.
How to Read the Map
Start with the value area — above, inside or below is the fastest situational read the map gives you. Check the Point of Control and the nearest activity zones next. Weigh the node score on any zone you're tracking: high means volume mass, shelf width and real retest history all agree; low means it's mostly geometry so far. Use confluence markers to spot where several independently-computed layers agree on one price. Optionally watch the Volume Absorption Radar as one more honestly-labelled data point. Switch anchors when the analysis calls for a different reference window.
Reading the Map: XAUUSD
Illustrative scenario — not a real historical trade or a performance claim.
- Market Context
- Gold trades around the clock but its activity concentrates heavily during the London and New York windows, so it behaves like a session-structured market inside a 24-hour instrument — a natural fit for anchoring a profile to a completed session while letting VWAP track the developing one.
- What Happened
- On a 1H chart, price opens above the prior session's Value Area High while the anchored VWAP for the current session is rising.
- What The Indicator Showed
- The former session's Value Area High sits just below current price and carries a moderate node score from earlier retests. As price pulls back toward it and holds, a confluence marker prints where that level, the developing VWAP and a nearby Fibonacci ratio line up.
- Why It Mattered
- Instead of reading a lone support line, the trader sees three independently-computed layers agreeing at the same price, with a node score attached that says whether that agreement is backed by real history or is still fresh — a materially different read than a single indicator printing a line.
A level with a node score has a track record. A fresh one doesn't — yet.
Activity zones are scored on volume mass, shelf width and confirmed retests. When price returns to a previously-defended shelf and reacts, the zone's node score is the difference between "this has held before" and "this is untested."
Ready out of the box. Fully configurable when you need it.
Two independent controls, both defaulting to Auto. Settings Mode governs the numeric engine — resolution, data source, absorption sensitivity — automatically for the chart you're on, or manually in Full for hands-on tuning. Anchor Period governs which reference window each module uses — Optimal lets the profile, VWAP and Fibonacci each resolve the window that fits them best, while an explicit choice applies one anchor everywhere. Lite stays on Auto for both; Full can be tuned on either or both.
Same Map. Choose Your Level of Control.
Lite is built for speed: proven defaults, Auto-Timeframe throughout, and fewer decisions before you're reading the chart. Turn it on and it configures itself for the instrument and timeframe you're already on. Full carries the same underlying analytical model with the controls opened up: manual calibration, per-module anchor selection, and additional filters for traders who want to tune the map to their own workflow. The numbers underneath are identical either way — Full simply hands you more of the dials.
Lite
Auto-Timeframe only, nothing to configure, same underlying levels, smaller set of visual choices. Best for: traders who want a correctly-configured map with nothing to administer.
Full
Adds Manual Settings Mode and per-module Manual anchors, exact profile resolution and value-area percentage, absorption sensitivity tuning, individually toggleable Fibonacci levels, full SSM IQ AI Telemetry payload. Best for: traders and systematic users who want direct control and the machine-readable feed.
Your Chart, Your Read
Histogram style (Gradient or Classic), zone fill strength, and Dark/Light theme are purely presentational — the levels underneath never change regardless of which look you choose. Zone sensitivity, absorption thresholds and node/confluence filters (Full) let the map match how selective you want it to be.
Built to Share the Chart
Volume Activity Map is deliberately scoped to volume, value and structural-retracement context — it does not draw moving averages, a trend channel, killzone visuals or previous-range rays, so it won't duplicate what a session/price-action-focused SSM IQ tool already shows on the same chart. Its own histogram and activity-zone layers can be turned off individually if a companion, row-precise SSM IQ profile tool is already drawing the equivalent view — an optional SSM IQ AI Telemetry feed is also available if you want to consume the same map programmatically alongside other tools.
TradingView Requirements
TradingView platform, invite-only access delivered after purchase. Uses the OHLCV/intrabar data your TradingView plan and broker/exchange feed provide; the Volume Absorption Radar needs genuine lower-timeframe intrabar data and sits inactive on a 1-second chart, where no lower timeframe exists. Telemetry, if enabled, requires a single alert pointed at your own webhook.
Important To Know
- Not a strategy. No entries, stops, targets or performance claims — this is an analytical map, not a signal generator.
- Buy/Sell split and Delta are candle-direction approximations, not a real bid/ask tape — TradingView does not provide a universal participant feed.
- Volume Absorption is a heuristic, not institutional or order-flow detection.
- Node score and confluence score are evidence and agreement grades, not probabilities or forecasts of future price behaviour.
- This edition is volume-and-value focused — moving averages, an auto trend channel, killzone visuals, previous-range rays and True Open live in a separate SSM IQ product designed to run alongside this one.
- See the full technical documentation for complete scoring, validation and platform-constraint details.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is SSM IQ Volume Activity Map?
A TradingView indicator that measures where volume traded, where fair value sits now, and which price shelves the market has actually defended — all from one coherent map.
Does it require TradingView Premium?
No specific plan is mandated by the product itself; some intrabar granularities depend on how much historical intrabar data your TradingView plan provides.
What markets can it be used on?
Any TradingView symbol delivering OHLCV data. On FX, CFD and index feeds with broker-dependent tick volume, the map says so explicitly rather than presenting the data as more precise than it is.
Is it suitable for scalping or intraday trading?
Auto-Timeframe adapts across a wide range of timeframes, from very short intraday charts through weekly and above, so the map stays configured wherever you trade; no specific trading-style suitability is claimed.
What is the difference between Auto and Manual Mode?
Auto picks resolution, data source and absorption sensitivity for your timeframe automatically. Manual (Full only) hands you the equivalent fields directly, without removing platform safety caps or the no-repaint rules.
What is the difference between Full and Lite?
The underlying analysis is identical — Lite draws the same levels Full would. Lite stays permanently on Auto-Timeframe for a faster setup; Full adds Manual mode and deeper calibration. Both share the same alert conditions and telemetry contract.
Read the map before the move.
One coherent view of volume, value, VWAP and Fibonacci — every level traceable to the window it was measured over.
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How access works
Buy securely via Paddle, then receive TradingView invite-only access within 24 hours.
- Buy on the product or TradingView Bundle page (Paddle checkout)
- Pay the way that suits you — checkout is handled by Paddle.
- Provide your TradingView username
- You get access to your indicator within 24 hours — the invite appears directly on your TradingView account.