HTF FVG Higher-timeframe Fair Value Gap indicator for NinjaTrader 8

Quick info

Platform

NinjaTrader 8 on Windows

Concept

Fair Value Gaps from 5m, 15m, 1H and 4H bars, drawn on a lower-timeframe chart

Designed for

Traders who enter on a 1-minute, tick or range chart and read bias from higher timeframes

Best used when

You want higher-timeframe gaps in view without opening a second chart

Timeframes

5m, 15m, 1H and 4H, each on its own toolbar toggle. 15m is on by default

Data

Any NinjaTrader data feed. No Order Flow+ and no Tick Replay

Access

Part of the FlowForged Suite, free during the private beta

What HTF FVG does

HTF FVG loads its own 5-minute, 15-minute, 1-hour and 4-hour bars alongside your chart, finds every three-candle Fair Value Gap on each, and draws them on your chart at their real prices and times.

Detection runs on the higher-timeframe bars themselves, not on an estimate built from your chart’s bars. Each gap is drawn with rails at its boundaries, a dashed line at its 50% midpoint and a label naming its timeframe. It extends to the right until price mitigates it.

Each timeframe has its own colors, minimum gap size, render style and label, so a 4-hour gap and a 5-minute gap never look alike.

Purpose

You take entries on the 1-minute, but the gap that frames the move often formed on the 15-minute or the 1-hour. Without it on the chart you trade, you flip between windows or carry the level in your head.

Why choose it

• Real higher-timeframe bars. Each timeframe runs on its own data series, so the gap matches what you would see on that chart.
• Four timeframes, one indicator. Turn 5m, 15m, 1H and 4H on or off independently from the toolbar.
• A clean chart by default. It shows the 4 most recent gaps per timeframe, 2 bullish and 2 bearish, and hides mitigated ones. One toolbar button changes the count.
• Per-timeframe styling. Colors, opacity, minimum gap size, label text and render style are set separately for each timeframe.
• Two mitigation modes. Close-through or wick-through.
• Instant warm starts. Zones and their mitigation state are cached to disk, so a restart reloads them instead of rebuilding.
• Extra data off the chart you trade. With the multi-chart relay, one background chart loads the 5m, 15m, 1H and 4H data and finds the gaps, and the chart you trade just draws them.
• Light on the chart. SharpDX rendering, and the indicator suspends when its workspace tab is not in view. A relay Publisher keeps running, so its Viewers stay current.

Four timeframes

The same 1-minute chart, with a different timeframe switched on each time.

Switch on more than one and they draw together, each in its own color and with its own label.

Key capabilities

• 5-minute, 15-minute, 1-hour and 4-hour Fair Value Gaps on any chart
• Multi-chart relay: one background chart loads the 5m, 15m, 1H and 4H data and finds the gaps, and every other chart of the instrument draws them, on any intraday timeframe and with its own timeframe toggles, colors and styles. How the relay works
• Edge rails, a dashed 50% midpoint line and a timeframe label on every zone
• Close-through or wick-through mitigation, judged on each gap’s own timeframe, with mitigated zones hidden or kept
• Gaps-to-show count, split between bullish and bearish, set live from the toolbar
• Bullish and bearish gaps shown or hidden independently
• Per-timeframe colors, opacity, minimum gap size, extension and render style
• Edge Rails, Gradient Edge or Frosted Glass rendering
• Zones cached to disk for instant warm starts

How to set up HTF FVG in NinjaTrader 8

1. Add FF HTF FVG from the Indicators window to the chart you trade.
2. Keep 15m on, or turn on 5M, 1H or 4H from the toolbar pill.
3. Set the Gaps count on the pill: 4 by default, 2 bullish and 2 bearish per timeframe.
4. Under Mitigation, choose close-through (default) or wick-through.
5. Optional: give each timeframe its own colors, minimum gap size and render style.
6. Optional: keep the extra data off the chart you trade with the multi-chart relay, HTF FVG as Publish on a background 1-minute chart and as Viewer on yours.

New to NinjaTrader add-ons? The install guide covers importing, Tick Replay and common fixes.

HTF FVG FAQ

Works well with

Conclusion

HTF FVG does not predict which gap will hold. It puts the higher-timeframe gaps you already watch on the chart you trade:

• Four timeframes in one window
• Built from the real higher-timeframe bars
• Controlled from the chart, without dialogs

Futures trading involves substantial risk and is not for every investor. Chart examples show past market activity and are not indicative of future results. HTF FVG is an analytical tool, not trading advice.