The SMC chart layer

The SMC button above every chart draws a full market-structure reading on top of the candles, the way an experienced trader would mark up a chart by hand. It works on every timeframe and updates by itself on every closed candle (and every 30 seconds) - you never need to refresh the page.

What is drawn

• Green / red bands - support (SUP) and resistance (RES) zones: levels where two or more recent swings cluster. The number (x2, x3 ...) says how many times price turned there. A level keeps its band when price crosses it - it only changes role: a broken support is drawn red as resistance above the price, a broken resistance green as support below it. The three nearest levels on each side are shown.
• BOS / CHoCH lines - breaks of structure. A BOS continues the trend, a CHoCH is the first break against it.
• FVG boxes - fair value gaps left by fast moves; OB boxes - order blocks. Price often reacts when it comes back into them. The FVG label carries this chart's measured record, e.g. FVG · fill 89% ~7c: how often a gap on this coin and timeframe was filled within 48 candles, and the median candles it took.
• The zone record - next to SUP x3 you see e.g. 6c ↑47% (12): of the last 12 times price came into this level, it was higher 6 candles later 47 % of the time (tf instead of a count = the timeframe-wide rate, the level itself has too few touches). It is measured on the chart's own history every hour, looking only forward from each touch. Around 50 % means the level tells you where price may react, not which way it goes.
• SWEEP - a stop hunt: a wick beyond a swing that closes back inside.
• ▲ / ▼ - confirmed swing lows and highs.
• POC / VAH / VAL - dashed lines of the recent volume profile.
• The grey ghost candle on the right edge - the expected high and low of the candle forming now. See The expected candle.

Zoomed in on the live edge:

All labels are drawn above the candles, so a big candle never hides them. Every term is explained with an example in the Glossary.

The cards above the chart

On phones these cards are one row you swipe sideways, so the chart stays at the top.

The trade plan

When the conditions of the Hybrid Approach rules are met, the plan is drawn like a position tool: a white entry line, a red box down to the stop loss and a green box up to the profit lock, after which the stop trails. When there is no trade, nothing is drawn on the chart - the reason is in the SMC card.

This plan belongs to the SMC / Flow Model rules. The flagship Pair Model draws its own entry, TP1 and SL when it is picked in the Model picker; see The Pair Model and the model picker. A drawn plan is an estimate from history, not a promise; see the risk notice.

Buttons

All chart buttons are explained in Chart controls.

The layer reads only closed candles. Behind the scenes the app checks every two minutes that the candles on your chart match the stored ones and repairs any gap by itself.