A TradingView overlay (Pine Script v6) for Powell's key opens and the 10am model he teaches and trades: session opens, opening gaps, and session highs/lows. Built for index futures (NQ, MNQ, ES, MES), with 1-minute accurate timestamps even on higher timeframes.
All times are America/New_York. Educational charting tool, not financial advice. Futures and CFDs carry risk of loss.
- Key opens: 18:00 daily, True Asia, 22:00, midnight, True London, London, True NY, pre-market, NY open, 10am, plus three custom H:M opens
- Weekly / monthly: weekly, true weekly (09:30), monthly, true monthly
- Prior range: PDH/PDL, PWH/PWL, ATH
- Session H/L: Asia, London, NY AM, NY PM, with optional freeze when the next session takes them out
- NDOG and NWOG: extending gap boxes/lines with top, mid (CE), and bottom
- Powell 10am model: the 10:00 NY key open (4-hour candle open), a short volume-imbalance box, and optional NQ vs MNQ 10:00 lines
- Tap detection: 1-minute engine marks levels tested after a candle/time delay; optional hide-when-tapped and per-category line styles
- Info panel: live prices, active vs tapped, tap time; optional checklist
This is the 10am key open from Powell Trades: 10:00 NY, the open of the 4-hour candle. NQ/MNQ often gap versus the 9:59 close (volume imbalance), and the two contracts can print different opens.
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | This chart's 10:00 open line |
| Imbalance | Small box between 9:59 close and 10:00 open. Width in bars, min gap in ticks, bull/bear fill |
| NQ 10am / MNQ 10am | Extra lines for each contract. Empty symbol fields auto-pair NQ and MNQ on the same feed |
| Only show if they differ | Hide the extra lines unless |NQ - MNQ| >= the tick threshold |
The imbalance box stays put (it does not grow with price). Old days' boxes remain; the 10am lines reset at the session start (default 18:00).
- Line styles by category: solid / dashed / dotted, plus a separate style after a tap
- Overlap stagger: pushes stacked labels apart so they stay readable
- New day starts at: default 18:00 (futures session)
- Pine Script v6
- TradingView
Use it on a chart: add the published Key Opens indicator from TradingView (author nqjack). That is the supported copy; you do not need to paste Pine yourself.
Edit the source: fork this repo or copy key_opens.pine into the TradingView Pine Editor and add it to a chart.
Works on any timeframe. On charts above 1 minute, opens and taps are still taken from 1-minute data.
key_opens.pine The indicator source
CHANGELOG.md Release notes
showcase/ Screenshots
Active (v1.1.0, see CHANGELOG.md).