Get SSTP on your chart in under 3 minutes.
Step 1: Add the Indicator
- Open any chart in TradingView (a daily chart works best to start)
- Click Indicators in the top toolbar (or press
/) - Go to the Invite-Only tab
- Search for "Smart Swing Turning Points"
- Click to add it
Labels appear immediately at confirmed turning points with default settings (Weekly, Monthly, and Quarterly detection enabled).
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Add Smart Swing Turning Points from the Invite-Only tab.
Step 2: Read the Chart
With SSTP applied, you'll see colored labels at turning points along the chart. Each label tells you two things:
The text identifies the timeframe — W (Weekly), M (Monthly), Q (Quarterly), and so on.
The position tells you the direction — labels above a bar mark swing highs (price peaked there), labels below mark swing lows (price bottomed there).
Default Labels
Out of the box, SSTP shows three timeframes:
- W (green/red) — Weekly turning points
- M (blue/orange) — Monthly turning points
- Q (purple/fuchsia) — Quarterly turning points
When multiple timeframes turn at the same bar, their labels stack vertically — smallest timeframe closest to the bar, largest furthest away. This stacking is one of the most analytically significant patterns the indicator reveals.
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The main visual elements: timeframe labels at confirmed turning points. Stacked labels indicate multi-timeframe confluence.
Tooltips
Hover over any label to see analytical detail — price, date, range, and duration at minimum. The amount of information depends on the tooltip tier (configurable in settings).
Step 3: First Settings Check
Click the gear icon to open settings. For your first session, focus on three things:
Timeframes (Group ①)
The defaults (Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly) are a solid starting point for swing traders on a daily chart. You can add more:
| If You Work On | Consider Enabling |
|---|---|
| Daily charts | D (Daily), 2D, 3D alongside W/M/Q |
| Intraday charts | 15m, 1H, 4H, D |
| Long-term analysis | Add Y (Yearly) to the defaults |
Start with fewer timeframes and add more as you need them. Too many at once can clutter the chart.
Tooltip Detail (Group ④)
| Tier | Best For |
|---|---|
| Basic (default) | Quick reference — price, date, range, duration |
| Proportional | Comparing swings — adds expansion/retracement ratios |
| Full | Deep analysis — adds velocity, volume, cycle counts |
Start with Basic. Move to Proportional when you want to compare how swings relate to each other.
Label Style (Group ③)
Two options: Filled (colored background, high visibility) or Text Only (colored text, cleaner look). Text Only is the default. Switch to Filled if you want labels to stand out more on busy charts.
Step 4: Your First Analysis
With the indicator running, scroll through your chart and observe:
Confluence — Where do labels from different timeframes stack at the same bar? A bar with both W and M labels above it means the weekly AND monthly swings peaked at the same point — a structurally significant resistance level.
Trend alignment — Are the higher timeframes agreeing? If the last Monthly label is a swing low (M below a bar) and the last Quarterly label is also a swing low (Q below a bar), both timeframes are pointing up. If they disagree, the market is in transition between timeframe levels.
Cycle position — How many weekly labels have appeared since the last monthly label? If you typically see 8–12 weekly swings per monthly cycle, and you're at the 11th, the cycle may be maturing.
X-Ray Mode — For a deeper look, enable X-Ray Mode in settings (Group ⑧) for Weekly. Colored rectangles appear behind the price, showing how each week was classified: green (up), red (down), white (expansion), blue (consolidation). The color sequence tells the structural story.
This is multi-timeframe structural analysis — not prediction, but a systematic view of where turning points occur across different time horizons.
What's Next
Learn the System
- Overview — How SSTP works and what makes it different
- Timeframes — How the 10 timeframes detect swings
Explore Features
- Tooltips & Metrics — Every metric available in the tooltip system
- X-Ray Mode — Visualize the classification structure behind the labels
- Labels & Display — Customize label appearance, colors, and stacking
- CSV Export — Export 63 columns of hierarchical swing data
Reference
- Settings — Complete reference for all 10 settings groups
- Glossary — Definitions for every term used in SSTP documentation
You're ready. The chart is showing you where the market turned at multiple timeframe levels simultaneously — structure that's invisible without multi-timeframe detection.