Hougaard Opening Setups
Based on setups taught publicly by Tom Hougaard — an original, independent implementation, not affiliated with or endorsed by him. The named setups follow his terminology; the gold/FX/Asia variants are the author's own extensions. It marks the decisive opening reference candles (EU open 09:00 Frankfurt / US open 09:30 New York) and flags volume-confirmed breakouts and retests. Plus pre-market levels, a FOMC/NFP event mode and automatic DST handling for the US session.
Supported Markets
Timeframes
Key Features
- 01FBN / FBP — 1st 5-min candle classified by close + confirmed range break
- 02School Run — high/low of the 2nd 15-min candle (EU 09:15–09:30)
- 03Aggressive School Run — 4th 5-min candle (EU 09:15–09:20)
- 04Brunch Break — 7th 15-min candle (EU 10:30–10:45)
- 058 Ball — 8th 5-min candle (EU 09:35–09:40 / US 16:05–16:10)
- 06Teenager — 13th 5-min candle (EU 10:00–10:05 / US 16:30–16:35)
- 07Orderly filter (Hougaard): bar traded only if range ≤ 1.5× average
- 08Author's own variants: HK50 02:30, JPN225 00:50, Gold 01:45/14:15, FX 08:15
- 09Pre-market levels: 30-min low + 10-min H/L before cash open
- 10Event mode: Rule-of-4 candle + press-conference candle (FOMC/NFP)
- 11Volume-confirmed breakouts + break→retest detection with labels
- 12Automatic DST handling for the US session
Built-in Alerts
Ready for TradingView automation — each condition can be enabled individually.
- 🔔Breakout per setup (School Run, Aggressive School Run, Brunch Break, 8 Ball, Teenager, FBN/FBP)
- 🔔Retest per setup back to the level
- 🔔Breakout & retest of the author's market variants (HK50, JPN225, Gold, FX)
- 🔔FOMC/NFP: Rule-of-4 and press-conference signal
Screenshots
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At a Glance
- Platform
- TradingView
- Language
- Pine Script v6
- Version
- 3.0
- Category
- intraday
- Min. Plan
- Free
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Questions?
timon-krueger@web.de