What does Origin Recoil do?
Most traders spend years learning how to read price charts – focusing on structure, support and resistance levels, breakouts, and patterns. Over time, they become skilled at identifying where the price is moving and what it is doing on the chart. But there is one critical dimension that is almost always ignored: speed.
On most chart types, including time-based charts, every candle is printed regardless of how meaningful the underlying activity is. A slow, low-participation move can produce candles that look nearly identical to those formed during aggressive, high-momentum conditions. On Renko charts, the issue becomes even more pronounced: every brick is the same size, a move that forms in milliseconds looks identical to one that takes much longer, and the intensity behind the move disappears completely.
Origin Recoil was built to solve exactly this problem. Instead of focusing only on price structure, it measures something most indicators completely ignore: the speed at which each candle forms, down to the millisecond. By comparing this speed to recent market behavior, Origin Recoil reveals:
- Whether a move is backed by strong, aggressive participation
- Whether momentum is increasing or fading
- Whether price is likely to continue in the same direction
- Where meaningful activity is actually entering the market
How can Origin Recoil improve your trading performance?
- Understand how powerful a move really is, instead of treating all breakouts the same way
- Judge whether a move is gaining strength or losing energy before price returns to the zone
- Enter at better prices with more control when price retraces into a Fast Zone
- React with the right urgency when price revisits a Superfast Zone, where pullbacks are shallow and momentum is sustained
- Distinguish pullback strength instead of treating all pullbacks as equal
- See the intensity behind a move that price structure alone can't show – even on Renko charts, where every brick is normally the same size
Key features
1. Speed-based analysis, down to the millisecond
- Measures the speed at which each candle forms, down to the millisecond
- Compares this speed to recent market behavior to reveal the strength behind a move
- Helps you identify whether candles are forming slowly, quickly, or extremely fast through color changes
2. Burst Zones
- The core concept behind Origin Recoil: areas where price begins to move significantly faster than normal market conditions
- The indicator continuously measures the formation speed of consecutive candles and compares that speed to the average speed of recent candles
- When acceleration becomes abnormal, a Burst Zone is formed
3. Fast Zone vs. Superfast Zone
- Fast Zone: indicates strong momentum relative to recent conditions – good for structured entries after a pullback
- Superfast Zone: indicates extremely aggressive acceleration – high probability of immediate continuation
- This distinction helps you quickly understand how powerful a move really is, instead of treating all breakouts the same way
4. Momentum evolution within each Burst Zone
- Each Burst Zone is divided into 2 internal layers
- If the 2nd half forms faster, momentum is accelerating
- If the 1st half forms faster, momentum is weakening
- This insight becomes valuable when price returns to the zone, showing whether the move is gaining strength or already losing energy
5. Fast & Superfast Signals
- Fast Signal – Controlled opportunity: occurs when price revisits a Fast Zone. Typically seen in sideways or less-defined markets, situations where momentum is still building, and moves that allow deeper pullbacks. Price often retraces further before continuing, giving the advantage of entering at better prices with more control.
- Superfast Signal – Immediate reaction: occurs when price revisits a Superfast Zone. Usually found in strong, clearly trending markets, with sustained aggressive momentum and shallow pullbacks.
6. Dedicated NinjaScript Signals
- Signal_Trade: 2 = super fast bullish, 1 = fast bullish, -1 = fast bearish, -2 = super fast bearish, 0 = no signal
Key benefits
- Know how much true intensity is behind a move, not just its size or shape on the chart
- Avoid treating all breakouts or pullbacks the same way, since Fast and Superfast conditions call for different entries
- Get the advantage of entering at better prices with more control when a pullback is still building momentum (Fast Zone)
- Act with the right urgency when momentum is sustained and pullbacks are shallow (Superfast Zone)