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Reviving an abandoned indicator (and this blog)

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:48:10 +0200

I trade Nasdaq futures using ICT concepts, and for a long time my chart ran on a free TradingView indicator called “ICT Everything” by coldbrewrosh. It does what the name says: sessions, killzones, opening prices, CBDR ranges, all in one script. At some point the author stopped maintaining it. The comment section slowly filled up with bug reports that nobody answered.

The indicator is open-source under the Mozilla Public License. So instead of complaining in that comment section too, I forked it.

What I’m building

ICT Everything v2 is a maintained continuation of the original, ported to Pine Script v6. Working through 1,800 lines of someone else’s Pine code is not glamorous. I started with the public comments and turned every reproducible complaint into a tracked issue: session ranges drifting across timezones and brokers, day labels disappearing, opening-price lines firing on the wrong bar, objects lingering on the chart after you disable a feature.

Then I added what people kept asking for. Mechanical fair value gaps, new week and new day opening gaps with their midpoints, previous week and month levels, SMT divergence on confirmed pivots, and alerts that only evaluate on closed bars. Everything new is off by default. With defaults untouched, it behaves like the indicator people already know.

Testing in public

This week I’m runtime-testing every feature on live NQ charts before publishing. The compiler catches less than you’d hope. One loop crashed the whole script the moment the first fair value gap formed, on bar 13, every single time. Prior-week levels drew correctly and then vanished, because TradingView silently garbage-collects drawings once a script passes its 500-object budget. And the new-day gap detector could never fire at all: it waited for a bar inside the futures maintenance break, and there are no bars in the maintenance break.

I’m posting the receipts as I go. One thing that surprised me: TradingView’s weekly aggregation on continuous futures shifts with daylight saving time, so v2 captures the weekly open locally from the intraday session instead. Verifying that meant replaying the March DST week bar by bar.

Why

The indicator stays free and open-source on TradingView, same MPL 2.0 license, full credit to the original author. There is no paid version and no Discord to join.

I want this to be the ICT indicator whose bug reports get answered. The roadmap is public. Longer write-ups will land here on the blog, which needed reviving anyway. This post is the start.

If you used the original and it broke on you, tell me what broke.

Ghostty + Zellij + Keychron: Fixing the macOS Option Key Mess

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:13:14 +0200

I’ve been setting up my remote development workflow on my Mac, using Ghostty as the terminal emulator and Zellij for session management.

Then I ran into the Option key problem.

The problem

Zellij (like tmux) uses the Alt/Meta key for bindings. I have things like:

Alt + n for new tabs
Alt + h/j/k/l for navigation
Alt + v for splits

But on macOS, the Option key also types special characters. On my layout, Option + n produces ~ and Option + l gives me @.

So: enable macos-option-as-alt = true in Ghostty, and I can navigate Zellij but can’t type an email address. Disable it, and Zellij ignores my shortcuts.

The fix

Ghostty can treat each Option key differently. Left Option becomes Alt for commands, Right Option stays native for typing symbols.

In .config/ghostty/config:

# Left Option for Zellij, Right Option for symbols (@, ~)
macos-option-as-alt = left

Now I use my left thumb for LeftOpt + n (new tab) and my right thumb for RightOpt + n (tilde). Takes a bit of retraining, but it works.

The Keychron problem

My Keychron K3 doesn’t have a Right Option key. The key to the right of the spacebar is Right Control.

I found a fix on Reddit that remaps Right Control to Right Option at the system level.

The fix

Create ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.local.KeyRemapping.plist:

<!--
  Put this file in ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.local.KeyRemapping.plist to
  automatically remap your keys when macOS starts.
  See https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2450/_index.html for
  the key "usage IDs". Take the usage ID and add 0x700000000 to it before putting it
  into a source or destination (HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc and
  HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst respectively).

  The remapping makes the right control behave as a right option.
-->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.dgrcode.KeyRemapping</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/usr/bin/hidutil</string>
        <string>property</string>
        <string>--set</string>
        <string>{"UserKeyMapping":[
          {
            "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc": 0x7000000E4,
            "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst": 0x7000000E6
          }
        ]}</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

Now the Keychron’s Right Control key acts as Right Option. I can type symbols again.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:37:27 +0200

It’s that time of year 🎄

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 01:30:30 +0200

Did some design tweaking and played with the latest CSS toys — the new theme is live! Had a mini panic when Hugo 0.140 made all posts vanish 😅 but thanks to @help (Sven?) I rolled back to 0.117 and it’s all good again. Still fixing bits, but really happy with the fresh look!

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 16:49:48 +0200

Been diving back into some side projects lately, and it feels so good! The holidays are the perfect excuse to dust off ideas I’ve been sitting on for way too long. Can’t wait to show a few things I’ve been messing around with soon 😄

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 13:50:49 +0200

Currently reading: Best Loser Wins by Tom Hougaard 📚

Thu, 22 Jun 2023 08:42:03 +0200

I love this book everyday a bit more.

Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:05:14 +0200

My most used „tools“ while reading price action, helps me to stay patient. 🤷‍♂️

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 21:11:45 +0200

Not the cleanest #MMxM from NY AM session today $ES

But I took some things into account we learned the last couple of weeks from @I_Am_The_ICT Mentorship 2023 so far. Still lots of things to learn but step by step…

Mellow Market - @TradingView Chart color scheme

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 15:24:10 +0200

Introducing the Mellow Market @TradingView color scheme - a soothing and eye-strain free palette perfect for charts. With the help of AI, I created a beautiful combination of colors that enhance readability and reduce fatigue.

Mellow Market is a calm and soothing color scheme for charts, designed to prevent eye strain. The light grey background is complemented by soft, relaxing shades of green for upclose/bullish candles and a harmonious tone of red for downclose/bearish candles. The wicks and borders are a deep blue-grey, providing a good contrast while remaining easy on the eyes.

When it comes to drawing rectangles and lines on the chart, a soft, light yellow color complements the scheme nicely, adding a touch of contrast without overwhelming the soothing atmosphere. For text, a dark grey tone harmonizes perfectly with the background, providing good contrast without causing eye strain.

Here’s the list of colors for the Mellow Market scheme, including the complementary colors:

Background: #D3D3D3 (light gray)
Upclose/Bullish candles: #4DB089 (soft green)
Downclose/Bearish candles: #CC4F4F (soft red)
Borders and wicks: #1E2831 (dark gray-blue)
Rectangle/Lines: #A5C3D9 (soft blue) and #9B9B9B (dark gray)
Text: #4F4F4F (dark gray)

Complementary Colors:

Complementary to #4DB089: #498AA0 (soft blue-green)
Complementary to #CC4F4F: #B98484 (soft pink-red)

In summary, Mellow Market is the perfect color scheme for traders who seek a calming, soothing environment in which to work.

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 21:37:27 +0200

From todays @I_Am_The_ICT live stream

“Implied FVG” - 1min $NQ

Large Bodies, measure the wicks between a large body candle to get C.E. of both wicks/tails that “engulf” that large body candle.

You have to watch it and take your own notes, pretty crazy :)

Tue, 14 Feb 2023 21:24:44 +0200

You can clearly see, the rare occurence when the unicorn appears where price is supported! That’s it’s called the 🦄 model (BRK + FVG) $ES 5min Example ;-)

Wed, 08 Feb 2023 15:01:28 +0200

Finished reading: The New Trading for a Living by Alexander Elder 📚

Recommended reading, I liked the first few chapters about psychology and risk management. I skipped the technical indicator section because that’s not what I trade or like to trade.

I found the first few chapters extremely helpful and and I pulled out more value compared to Trading In the Zone from Mark Douglas.

So if you are searching for a trading related book that covers psychology in trading and risk management I can recommend it.

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 23:54:51 +0200

Had fun with MindMaps this weekend and the @I_Am_The_ICT Bridge Builder video. I love MindMaps and used them years ago very successful, so trying to implement them more in my learning process.

Sun, 29 Jan 2023 16:02:46 +0200

If you search for a Futures Prop-Firm (no CFD) have a look at APEX.

This promo is interesting because 50% is also valid for recurring months (eval). No time limit. Trade Copiers allowed.

APEX Valentine Promo

Code: IZUCSMVN

Fri, 20 Jan 2023 00:27:00 +0200

$ES Entry Model Long 1min…

Can’t be unseen, once it’s burned in.

5 min & 1min chart on #TradingView

Wed, 18 Jan 2023 00:14:21 +0200

There seems no VolumeImbalance indicator available for #Ninjatrader 👀
Still in early beta, but this is fun :-) 🤓 (First NT code ever for me!)

Thanks for the inspiration @28_trader and @IamMas7er

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:52:30 +0200

Perfect $ES Retirement Setup in in ODR session today 6R

Am I’m doing this correct for my Rente @IamMas7er? :-) Not traded, because outside of Killzone (my rules)…

5min ES

1min FVG ICT YT2022 model

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 23:11:17 +0200

You see it? :-)

What a nice #MMSM on ES 5min chart today!

Sun, 11 Dec 2022 11:11:53 +0200

3rd candle 🕯️ and slowly but steadily winter is arriving here. Study 📚 time after a 2hour winter wonderland walk with the family.

Have a nice Sunday!

Sun, 04 Dec 2022 13:06:39 +0200

Putting things off is the biggest waste of life: It snatches away each day as it comes and denies us the present by promising the future. — Seneca

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 11:52:58 +0200

$GBPUSD

Bearish Bias (Bullish DXY)
60min HTF Raid BSL + PDH taken
5min Shift in Structure
#MMSM forming
1. Entry LRS after Smart Money Reversal
1. Entry Re-Distribution FVG/OB 💎
Target FVG below London Open
1:4 RR Bagged&Tagged 💰

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 16:36:40 +0200

Enjoying a perfect autumn day and started reading this great book again. Can you guess it?😀

Have a great Sunday!

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 00:54:53 +0200

Listened to @I_Am_The_ICT Twitter Space today and afterward had a quick look at #BTCUSD. Since I haven’t looked at it for a while and not trade it…

Monthly chart. you see it? #MMSM could be totally wrong, beause it’s crypto ;-)

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 13:13:42 +0200

Whatever happens to Twitter, I prepared my Trade journaling Blog to be also available on #Mastodon now.

If you’re interested you can follow/interact via @rene@stratinator.com & @stratinator@mastodon.online