PRISM
Market-Regime Indicator. Read the market before you trade it.
PRISM measures trend strength, price structure, volatility, directional efficiency and range on your NinjaTrader chart, combines them into one regime reading — RANGE, CHOP, TRANSITION, TREND or STRONG TREND — and shows every number behind it. It places no trades. The decision stays with you.
Built for NinjaTrader 8. Runs as an indicator inside your own NinjaTrader platform and places no trades — you need NinjaTrader 8 and a market data feed.
The PRISM read
One panel. The whole picture.
The dashboard opens with the regime in one word, then explains it: the direction, what is happening locally, what the slower context says, and what the fastest read is doing right now — with a plain-language sentence that says whether those agree.
Underneath, three meters show how directional the market is, how balanced, and how much the evidence conflicts. The engine diagnostics give the raw regime, the score behind it and each component, so nothing on the panel is a black box.
- Regime, direction, local, context and fast reads on one panel
- A plain-language read of what the measures are saying
- Directionality, balance and conflict meters
- Engine diagnostics and a range-to-trend slider
Chart: PRISMMNQ 12-263-minute chartNinjaTrader 8
What it is
An indicator, deliberately
Every other StratGeeks product is a strategy: it applies its rules and takes the trades. PRISM is different. It reads the chart and tells you what kind of market you are in, and the decision stays with you.
The same price move means different things in a range, in chop and in a trend. PRISM exists to answer that first question — what kind of market is this? — consistently, bar after bar, with the evidence on screen.
What it is not
PRISM does not place orders, does not generate buy or sell signals, and does not switch or control any strategy. It does not forecast price. It measures the market as it is, shows you how it reached its reading, and leaves the trading to you.
Five regimes
From range to strong trend
Every bar is classified into one of five market regimes. Volatility is classified separately, so a quiet trend and a volatile range read differently.
RANGE
Price is contained. Movement stays inside a band and makes little directional progress.
CHOP
Price is moving, but without follow-through. Direction keeps changing and structure does not hold.
TRANSITION
The evidence is mixed. Some measures point one way, others do not — the market may be changing state.
TREND
Price is moving directionally, and structure and efficiency broadly agree with it.
STRONG TREND
A directional market with strong agreement across the measures.
Volatility, classified on its own
- Contracting
- Normal
- Expanding
How it works
Five measures, one reading
PRISM calculates five independent measures, scores each one, and combines them into a composite regime score. Each measure is visible on its own, so you can see which part of the market is driving the reading.
Trend strength
How strongly price is trending, and whether that strength is building or fading.
Price structure
Higher highs, higher lows, lower highs and lower lows — confirmed, graded for quality, and checked for conflict. Labelled on the chart as HH, HL, LH and LL.
Volatility
Current ATR and standard deviation measured against a longer baseline, classified as contracting, normal or expanding.
Directional efficiency
How much of the distance price travelled was actual progress, rather than back-and-forth.
Range & environment
How contained price is, and the directional environment that remains once the range is accounted for.
Composite regime
The five measures, weighted and combined into one score and one regime. You set the weights.
On the chart
Structure, labelled where it happens
PRISM marks confirmed swing structure directly on the price bars — HH, HL, LH and LL — so the structure score on the panel always has its evidence on the chart beside it.
The compact view keeps the panel small: the regime, its score, the trend, structure and efficiency bars, volatility, conflict, and where the market sits between range and trend.
- HH / HL / LH / LL labels
- Compact view
- Range-to-trend slider
- Every element can be switched off
The research view
Every number, if you want it
Switch to the research view and PRISM lists every value it uses: the inputs to trend strength, the range score, the structure counts and their quality, current and baseline volatility, efficiency, and the weight given to each component in the composite.
Hover over any past bar and the dashboard shows what PRISM read on that bar, so you can study how the regime changed through a session instead of only seeing the latest reading.
Research view
Every component value and weight, on the chart.
Look back at any bar
Hover a past bar to read its regime, scores and states.
Confirmed on bar close
Readings are calculated when a bar closes, with no look-ahead, and do not repaint.
Charts: PRISMMNQ 09-263-minute chartNinjaTrader 8
Chart captures of historical price action. They show what PRISM measures and displays. PRISM places no trades, so there is no performance result to show, and nothing here says anything about future price movement.
Configurable
Your thresholds. Your weights.
PRISM ships with sensible defaults, not “optimal” ones. Every threshold, weight, period and lookback is a setting you can change.
The measures
- Component weights
- Regime thresholds
- Periods & lookbacks
- Volatility baseline
- Structure quality rules
The display
- Compact & research views
- Structure labels
- Each panel element on or off
- Lower-timeframe structure
Set a weight to zero and that measure is left out of the composite while still being calculated and shown. Lower-timeframe structure reads swing structure from a faster data series than your chart; if that data is not available, PRISM says so on the panel rather than quietly falling back.
What you get
The engine and the dashboard
PRISM is two NinjaTrader 8 indicators that work together on the same chart. A PRISM subscription includes both.
The PRISM engine
Calculates every measure, score and regime on bar close, and plots them so the values can be read and studied.
The PRISM dashboard
Draws the panel you see on this page — the PRISM read, the compact view and the research view — from the engine’s values.
Setup files & Member Hub
The setup guide and indicator files in the Member Hub, and indicator updates while your subscription is active.
Who it may be for
PRISM tends to suit traders who…
Characteristics only. PRISM describes market conditions; it is not a prediction and not a trading recommendation.
Getting set up
On your chart in a few steps.
Everything you need is in the Member Hub: the PRISM engine, the PRISM dashboard and a step-by-step setup guide.
Open the Member Hub and take the current PRISM engine, PRISM dashboard and setup guide.
Import both indicators into NinjaTrader 8, following the guide in order.
Add the engine and the dashboard to the same chart, choose your view and confirm the panel is reading.
Keep up with PRISM updates, announcements and the member community in the Hub.
Member Hub support
Setup and usage questions go to the support channel in the Member Hub, where the answers stay visible for everyone. The free 60-minute setup & review session is part of strategy subscriptions and Suite plans, not PRISM on its own.
Private 60-minute session
Want one-on-one help setting PRISM up or tuning it? A Private Session can be booked separately. See the Private Session →
Subscription options
Get PRISM
Take the indicator on its own, or get it with every StratGeeks system in the Suite.
This indicator
PRISM
The PRISM engine and dashboard for NinjaTrader 8. Billed monthly, cancel any time.
- PRISM engine
- PRISM dashboard
- Indicator updates
- Setup guide & Member Hub access
PRISM only
The StratGeeks Suite
Every system, one membership
PRISM plus every StratGeeks strategy — ORS: Fusion, AXIOS, ECHO, RECON, HARMONY and RANGE TRAP now, new StratGeeks systems the day they are released, and every product released while your term is active.
- PRISM, engine and dashboard
- Every StratGeeks strategy
- New systems as they are released
- Free 60-minute setup & review
$99 a month gets you PRISM. Every Suite plan includes PRISM alongside every StratGeeks strategy — the Suite prices are unchanged.
Questions
Before you decide
Is PRISM a trading strategy?
No. PRISM is a market-regime indicator. It places no trades, gives no buy or sell signals and does not control any strategy. It shows you what kind of market you are in, and you decide what to do with that.
What exactly do I get?
Two NinjaTrader 8 indicators that are used together on the same chart: the PRISM engine, which calculates the measures, and the PRISM dashboard, which displays them. A standalone PRISM subscription includes both, along with the setup guide and updates in the Member Hub.
Is PRISM included in the Suite?
Yes. Every Suite plan includes PRISM alongside ORS: Fusion, AXIOS, ECHO, RECON, HARMONY and RANGE TRAP, at the same Suite prices as before. You can also subscribe to PRISM on its own for $99 a month.
What do I need to run it?
NinjaTrader 8 and a market data feed. If you use the lower-timeframe structure read, your data needs to support that faster series.
Does it repaint?
PRISM’s readings are calculated when each bar closes, with no look-ahead. A confirmed reading on a closed bar does not change afterwards.
What happens straight after I subscribe?
Everything you need is waiting in the Member Hub — the PRISM engine, the PRISM dashboard and the setup guide. Questions go to the support channel in the Hub.
Does PRISM include the 60-minute setup session?
No. The free 60-minute setup & review session comes with strategy subscriptions and Suite plans. PRISM on its own includes the files, the setup guide, updates and Member Hub support. If you want one-on-one help, a Private Session can be booked separately — and every Suite plan includes PRISM and the setup session together.
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