Barky’s Analysis Module

This indicator alerts the core edges of Barky’s Diagonal Entry Model (DEM) for early-stage reversals and high-conviction continuations on any timeframe or market, right up to the decision making.

• Use the Reversal Bar to define risk into failed breakdowns
• Trade EMA5/12 Curl signals for confirmation breakouts.

Functions / Use

Failed Breakdowns
ECD SNAP alerts identify aggressive wedge breaks and are typically followed by a reversal candle to backtest the breakdown and set up the ‘RT’ (Reversal Trigger). An extended bar highlights the reversal zone.

The Backtest Sets Up the Entry
The distance between the reversal candle high and low defines risk for position sizing and projects the 1R target towards the setup high. After sellers have their shot at defence, the setup is A+ and ready for a trigger.

Continuation
The failed breakdown confirms as sellers stop out and buyers enter the trade. The 5/12 Curl label confirms the reversal and momentum shift as buyers take full control over price. Take partial profits as price sweeps the old high, then wait for the higher low to start trailing, and wait for the next setup to add.

Get Notifications
To set alerts for directional break attempts (continuation), select the indicator in your Tradingview indicator dialog, hit the three dots right next to the trash bin and select “Add alert”.

Select direction and timeframe to set the alert, and get notified every time price attempts EMA9 continuation on your timeframe of choice.

For example, if your edge is 5 minute failed breakdowns, set the alert to ECD SNAP – Bearish, and the timeframe to 5 minutes.

Customisation
Excellent ‘clutter control’.

• Can turn on/off any label alert without interrupting notifications
• Change text size, colours and toggle “shorten label texts” for ultimate noise reduction
• Offset labels vertically to get them away from price action
• Reduce the amount of historical labels to just one per direction, up to unlimited for backtesting

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Documentation

Full guides (Links to in depth user manual and model related tutorial links)

• BT/RT Lines & 9BT Levels – Go!
• Control Bar System – Go!
• Reversal Bars & ECD-RT – Go!
• Volatility Contractions – Go!

Short-form blocks (further down on this page)

• 5/12 Curl Labels
• Continuation Gaps
• Trend State Dashboard

Entry Concept Signals in Barky’s DEM Suite

The indicator has three main continuation signal systems:

BT/RT Lines — False Breaks, Backtest & Reversal Triggers

BT/RT lines are location alerts, not entry signals. They mark where price has made a significant new high or low — identifying the level where the negotiation between continuation and reversal begins.

It does not tell you whether the break is genuine or false — that context comes from EMA structure, the surrounding imbalance, and whether the move displaced cleanly or merely swept a pivot. What it does tell you is that a significant level has been crossed and one of three things will happen next: an immediate EMA9 push through (9BT), a backtest confirmation (BT), or a failed break reversal (RT). The line marks the location, after which a directional break contraction has to form.

That is always the lower timeframe Diagonal Entry Model. Read More

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Control Bar System — “CB” Candles

Barky’s Control Bars are unique in the trading world. They identify three-candle continuation and reversal patterns in alignment with EMA9 trend structure — plotting an orange signal line at the actionable level where a continuation attempt either confirms or fails.

Every Control Bar signal marks the moment a higher low or lower high has formed and the pattern is seeking continuation. The orange signal line is the actionable level — it can be traded direct on the timeframe observed, or used as context for a Diagonal Entry Model on the related lower timeframe. Combining with the lower timeframe DEM maximises precision and tightens risk. Whether price is contracted or expanded, the CB identifies where the next move initiates or fails. Read More

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Reversal Bars (ECD-RT)

Barky’s Reversal Bar system identifies exhaustion at setup highs and lows — marking the candle where a flush or push has overextended and the conditions for a high-probability reversal trade are in place. Read More

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Volatility Contractions

Barky’s Volatility Contractions identify where an expansion has paused and range has compressed to its tightest point — drawing a Neutralisation Box around the contraction zone and Trigger Levels at the body of the Trigger Bar. These are not standalone signals. They become high-probability setups when combined with EMA structure and a Diagonal Entry Model on the related lower timeframe. Read more

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Conviction Signals

5/12 Curl Labels

When the EMA5 and EMA12 cloud contracts after a trend and begins curling back, the 5/12 Curl label plots — signalling that momentum conditions are right for a move against the prior trend. It confirms timing, not entry.

Confirmation still requires the EMA9 to hold. Price must backtest it and push to a new high or low before the entry is valid. Front-running the curl is front-running the confirmation — the signal fails when the EMA9 doesn’t support price and the push never comes.

One label per trend end. If the curl fails, the underlying trend continuation has also stalled — the result is basing on the current timeframe until a breakout DEM forms. Trade failed breakouts and failed breakdowns until that materialises, while the EMA34/50 cloud (the higher timeframe EMA9) provides directional bias until a new trend establishes.

Trend State Dashboard — Chop vs Trend

The dashboard confirms whether price is in a trend or a chop stage. A trend is confirmed when price displaces consistently away from a range and holds beyond the previous chop zone — not simply when it moves higher or lower. When the dashboard switches from Trend to Chop, that is the actionable moment: price has neutralised the EMA9 and initiates the “EMA Dance”. A temporary high or low has been established, and a consolidation is setting up. This is the stage to come to the screen and look for a setup. Chop allows both reversal and continuation trades depending on context. A new trend is only confirmed when price displaces away from the chop range and holds — when the signal flips, the probability of price holding the EMA9 on the first pullback increases significantly. Until the EMA9 has been tested, assume consolidation is still in play and avoid treating any move as a breakout.

Continuation Gaps — “Conviction”

When price breaks a structural pivot and leaves a gap behind, the move has conviction. The indicator marks this with a green box (breakout) or red box (breakdown) — drawn automatically when the break is confirmed and a Fair Value Gap forms on the next candle.

The box serves two purposes: it confirms the break was real, and it acts as dynamic support or resistance for as long as price stays on the correct side. A close back through the box fills the gap and deletes it — the signal is invalidated.

A Key Support or Key Resistance label plots at the pivot level that initiated the break. This marks a structurally protected high or low — a level where resting orders are anticipated on the first retest.

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