Reference
Every line that can appear on the ictru HUD, alphabetized with a one-line description and a link to the model it comes from. Plus a short glossary of the jargon.
updated 2026-04-24The HUD paints predictive lines on your chart throughout the day. Each line has a name (cryptic by design — fits a 15-character tag), a probability, a direction, and an implied target price. This page is the dictionary.
HUD lines — alphabetical
Direction column: bull = line above current price, price moving up to reach it. bear = line below, price moving down. both = fires in either direction depending on intraday setup. Probabilities are realized OOS touch or close rates (noted where they differ). "Prob" is the headline base probability before the confluence layer applies bonuses/penalties.
| Line | Dir | Fires when | What it is | Prob | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0809 HOLD UP / DN | bull / bear | 10:30 | The 08:00–09:00 range held through 09:30; projects ±150 pts in the held direction. | 65–80% | zone-hold |
| 0809 MID | both | 09:00 close | Midpoint of the 08:00–09:00 range. Magnet-class touch target. | 60–70% | 0809-seq |
| 0809 SEQ HIGH / LOW | bull / bear | 09:00 close | Sequence target: 08:00–09:00 extreme, expected to be touched during RTH. | 60–70% | 0809-seq |
| 1H CRT | both | hourly close | Candlestick Range Theory on 1H — sweep of prior-hour extreme, target opposite extreme. | 80–95% | 1h-crt |
| 20D HIGH / LOW | bull / bear | pre-market | 20-day rolling extreme (IPDA liquidity). Longer-timeframe magnet. | 55–65% | ipda |
| AMD BULL / BEAR | bull / bear | 08:00 close | Accumulation–Manipulation–Distribution: 08:00 close outside a 04:00–07:59 range projects a 120-min move in the breakout direction. | 50–65% | amd |
| ASIA [bucket] HIGH / LOW | bull / bear | 08:00 | Asia-session range extreme, bucketed by size (Tight / Medium / Wide). Touch magnet in RTH. | 60% | asia |
| DOW [day] HIGH / LOW | bull / bear | pre-market | Day-of-week expected range extreme projected from open (Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri calibrated separately). | 55–65% | dow |
| EXT HIGH / LOW | bull / bear | daily open | End-of-day extension targets from regime model. Full-RTH TTL. | 55–70% | vwap-regime |
| FILL 06-07 / 0630-0730 / 07-08 / 0730-0830 H/L | both | hourly zone close | Half-hour pre-market range fills — price expected to return into the zone before RTH open. | 60–75% | premarket-fills |
| GAP FILL → PDH / PDL | bear / bull | 09:30 | RTH gap that implies a touch of prior-day high / low as the fill target. | ~60% | gap-fill |
| HCS REVERSAL | bull / bear | 09:30 / 10:30 | High-Confidence Snapshot reversal — after a large one-way move, projects a 150-pt fade target. | 65–80% | hcs |
| HRR 07:00-08:00 / 08:00-09:00 LONG/SHORT | bull / bear | hourly | Hour-Range-Reject: sweep-then-reclaim of a specific hourly range; directional scalp target. | 50–65% | hrr |
| INSIDE GAP FILL | bull / bear | 09:30 | Small gap that sits inside prior-day range; expected to close back into yesterday's body. | 60–70% | gap-fill |
| LON BOTH BULL | bull | 09:30 | Both London sub-sessions printed bull structure — projects RTH continuation up. | 55–70% | lon-both |
| LON MOMENTUM BULL | bull | 09:30 | London session closed strongly bid → RTH momentum long target. | 55–65% | lon-momentum |
| LON SWEEP H / L | bear / bull | 09:30 | London ran a prior-session extreme — target the opposite extreme in RTH. | 55–65% | lon-sweep |
| MAG UP / DN [label] | bull / bear | daily open | Named daily magnet (e.g. PDH, PWH, MON HI). Suffix identifies the source level. | 55–70% | magnets |
| MN HOLD BULL / BEAR | bull / bear | 09:30 | RTH opens 60–200 pts from midnight open with 4H trend aligned → fade-resistant trend-day trade. | 57% / 64% PRIME | mn-hold-side |
| MN OPEN FILL | both | 09:30 | Midnight open (00:00 ET) as a touch target during RTH. Killed on MN HOLD opposed days. | 60–67% | mn-open |
| MON HIGH / LOW FILL | bear / bull | Tue+ | Monday's weekly extreme as fill target later in the week. | 60–70% | mon-hilo |
| OB BULL / BEAR | bull / bear | 10:30 | Opening-range box direction line. Tier-1 close-direction edge (+18–21 pt). | 82–83% | ob-range |
| OB MID | both | 10:30 | OR midpoint as a pullback target (when price closed clearly above or below at 10:30). | 74% | ob-range |
| OB MID MAGNET | both | 10:30 | Unconditional OR-midpoint touch target. Conditional rate ~70%. | 70% | ob-range |
| OB STRETCH B | bull / bear | 10:30 | Opening-range box stretch — extends ±25 pts past the OR extreme. | 64–66% | ob-range |
| OB HIGH SUP / LOW RES | bear / bull | 10:30 (neutral close) | When 10:30 closed inside the OR: extremes act as neutral support/resistance, not directional targets. | 60% | ob-range |
| OR30 BREAK | bull / bear | 09:30 5m/15m close | Direct break & close beyond the 5m or 15m opening range; target 55 pts in break direction. | 55–70% | orb-break |
| ORB RECLAIM UP / DN | bull / bear | intraday | Failed break that returns inside the opening range and extends the opposite way. | 55–70% | orb-break |
| PDH TOUCH / PDL TOUCH | bull / bear | RTH | Prior-day high / low touch target. | ~60% | pdh-pdl |
| PO RNG BULL / BEAR | bull / bear | pre-market | Prior-overnight range directional stretch target (PO high +40 / PO low −40). | 50–60% | po-range |
| PO RNG HIGH / LOW | bull / bear | pre-market | Prior-overnight extreme touch target. | 64–69% | po-range |
| PO RNG MID | both | pre-market | Prior-overnight midpoint magnet. | 60–68% | po-range |
| PO XTND BULL / BEAR | bull / bear | pre-market | Prior-overnight extension — projects continuation past the PO extreme. | 50–65% | po-range |
| PRELON IB (EXT) | bull / bear | 02:00 | Pre-London initial-balance magnet, plus ±extension target. | 55–70% | prelon-ib |
| PRELON SWEEP UP / DN | bull / bear | 02:00 | Pre-London swept a prior extreme → reversal target. | 60–70% | prelon-sweep |
| PWH/L RETEST | bull / bear | Mon+ | Prior-week high / low retest target. | 60–70% | pwh-pwl |
| R1617 FADE | bull / bear | 16:00 (pm) | 16:00–17:00 reversal fade — post-RTH counter-trend. | 60–70% | r1617-fade |
| SB BRK / CONT | bull / bear | RTH | Silver Bullet break / continuation inside the 10:00–11:00 killzone. | 60–75% | sb-brk · sb-cont |
| VWAP MAGNET | both | 09:30 | Overnight VWAP touch target during RTH. | 70–80% | vwap-regime |
Missing something you see on your chart? Open an issue — the list grows with the model set.
Concepts & jargon
Every abbreviation you'll hit reading the model pages or the HUD, in one place. Terms with their own deep-dive link to the full concepts page.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 4H SMC trend | Smart Money Concepts structural trend on the 4-hour timeframe. +1 bull / −1 bear / 0 neutral. Used as a confluence gate (e.g. MN HOLD requires 4H trend to agree with the open-side distance). |
| AMD | Accumulation → Manipulation → Distribution. An ICT session-structure idea: price accumulates in a range, sweeps a liquidity level (manipulation), then distributes in the real direction. |
| Base / confluence probability | Base is the model's standalone hit rate. Confluence is what you get after the bonus/penalty layer applies adjustments based on other active lines. The live HUD shows confluence-adjusted. |
| Close-direction vs touch | A touch line predicts price will reach the level at any point. A close-direction line predicts the session close will be past it. Touch rates are typically higher than close rates — a magnet can be 80% touch / 50% close. |
| CRT (Candle Range Theory) | ICT pattern: a candle that sweeps the prior candle's extreme then closes back inside projects a move to the prior candle's opposite extreme. Works on any timeframe; 1H is highest-confidence on NQ. |
| HUD | Heads-Up Display — the live chart overlay that paints all active prediction lines with probability tags. See the HUD concept page. |
| IPDA | Interbank Price Delivery Algorithm (ICT term). Longer-horizon liquidity levels — 20-day, 40-day rolling highs and lows. |
| Killzone | ICT term for a time window where volatility / liquidity events cluster. The main ones: Asia (20:00–00:00), London (02:00–05:00), NY AM (08:30–11:00), NY Silver Bullet (10:00–11:00), NY PM (13:30–16:00). |
| Kill floor | After confluence penalties, any line whose probability drops below 40% gets removed from the HUD. Keeps the display clean on conflicted-thesis days. |
| Magnet | A line that predicts a touch, not a direction. Typically carries zero close-direction edge — if you trade a magnet, the edge is in the touch, not the close. |
| MN / Midnight Open | The 00:00 ET 1-minute bar open. Acts as an overnight-to-RTH pivot reference. See MN HOLD-SIDE. |
| MN HOLD | A trend-day filter: when RTH opens 60–200 pts away from MN and 4H SMC trend agrees with that side, price often never crosses MN during RTH. 57% standalone, 64% when extended by 10:00 (PRIME tier). |
| OR box / OB | Opening Range box — 09:30–10:30 ET on NQ. Its high, low, and midpoint anchor the OB RANGE model family. |
| ORB | Opening Range Breakout (5m / 15m variants). Break & close beyond the first N-minute range triggers a directional trade. |
| PDH / PDL | Prior-Day High / Low. Key reference levels carried into the next session as magnets. |
| PDD | Prior-Day Daily (close). Often paired with PDH / PDL as the third-reference trio. |
| PO / PO range | Prior-Overnight range — high, low, midpoint of the overnight session (typically 18:00 prior day → 09:30 RTH open on NQ). |
| PRIME tier | MN HOLD upgrade. When by 10:00 the market has extended ≥60 pts away from RTH open in the hold-side direction, the setup's probability lifts (57 → 64%) and confluence bonuses get an extra tier. |
| PWH / PWL | Prior-Week High / Low. Weekly-liquidity reference levels. |
| RTH | Regular Trading Hours — 09:30–16:00 ET on NQ / ES. Everything outside is overnight. |
| SMC | Smart Money Concepts — trading framework emphasizing liquidity, order blocks, and institutional-behaviour patterns. The chart overlay uses SMC trend on multiple timeframes as a confluence input. |
| Straddle vs cross-and-close entry | Straddle = enter on any bar that touches the level (`Low ≤ level ≤ High`). Cross-and-close = wait for a bar to close past the level. Straddle gets in earlier and usually beats cross-and-close in backtests. |
| Silver Bullet | ICT term for a one-hour "textbook-setup" killzone. The NY Silver Bullet is 10:00–11:00 ET. |
| STRATEGY_PASS vs TOWARD_VWAP | Two opposite VWAP filter conventions. STRATEGY_PASS: long requires Close > VWAP, short requires Close < VWAP — trade with VWAP. TOWARD_VWAP: the opposite — trade toward VWAP (mean reversion). Our backtests show the right convention is signal-dependent. |
| TTL | Time-to-live — how long a line stays on the HUD after it fires. `240` means 4 hours, `390` means through the RTH close. |
| VWAP | Volume-Weighted Average Price, rolling intraday. Used both as a magnet line and as a filter gate on most strategies. |
How to read the HUD
Each HUD line carries four fields on-chart:
- Name — the tag from the table above.
- Price — the level the line is drawn at.
- Prob% — probability after confluence adjustments. Bold if over 80.
- Dir glyph — ▲ for bull targets, ▼ for bear, ◆ for both (magnet).
When multiple lines agree (same direction, similar price), the confluence layer nudges their probabilities up. When a dominant regime line (MN HOLD, OB MID) is active, lines that oppose it get penalized or killed. The HUD concept page has the visual breakdown.
This reference is a living document — as models ship or get retired, the list here gets rebuilt. Last full audit: 2026-04-24.