The Live Gap Indicator: Seeing the Market’s Magnetic Forces in Real-Time

Gaps are magnets. If you’ve been trading price action long enough—especially using Al Brooks’ methodology—you know that open gaps act like unfinished business for the market. They pull price back, either to close completely or to act as support/resistance. But how do you track these gaps efficiently without cluttering your chart?

That’s where the Zen Live Gap Indicator comes in.

https://www.tradingview.com/script/Mi8cU4za-Zen-Live-Gap-v1/


What It Does

This indicator automatically highlights breakout gaps between bars—both in front and behind—and marks them on your chart. If price later comes back and fills a gap, the line is crossed off, keeping your chart clean. This lets you:

Identify magnets in real time – Know where price is likely to get pulled.
Gauge strength – Which gaps are still open? Which ones got tested and rejected?
Set test targets in trading ranges – In a tight range, knowing whether gaps above or below are stronger helps you anticipate breakouts.

How It Helps You Trade

  • In trading ranges, open gaps show where price is likely to test next.
  • In trending markets, watching which gaps stay open helps confirm strength.
  • In reversals, seeing unclosed gaps behind price gives clues about whether the reversal is strong or just a pullback.

The key is not just spotting gaps, but tracking which ones hold and which ones fail. That’s what separates noise from useful information.


Try It for Yourself

If you follow Al Brooks’ price action style, this is an essential tool for refining your entries and exits. Check it out [link].

Let me know how you use gaps in your trading! 🚀

2 responses to “The Live Gap Indicator: Seeing the Market’s Magnetic Forces in Real-Time”

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    postperfect85e1a33abe

    I use MIG’s as LMT order entries. I’ve found them very high probability in legs 1 and leg 2. They really have taken a lot of stress out of trading for me, using them as BOP entry. I tend to ignore them in leg 3 and 4 as they demonstrate the climatic nature of an end of a trend and fail. The indicator is fantastic, I use it just for MIG’s at the moment but will be doing some research with tick gaps, and how they become s/r for secondary trades, if traders get trapped in them. Thanks Tim

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    1. Tim Fairweather Avatar

      Brilliant – I’m glad you like it! A lot of my trading centres around this concept – tick gaps are very interesting, would be great to hear how your research goes

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I’m Tim

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I’m a Aussie day trader and I post trading tips, practice drills, and indicators that helped my trading get to a professional level.

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