Scout — TradingView Indicator
Script name on TradingView: "Coin-Sniffer — Scout"
Early momentum detection — fires when the 5m move is disproportionately large relative to the 15m move, indicating acceleration is happening right now. Typically fires before a Surge signal would trigger.
WARNING
Must be applied to a 1-minute chart.
How signals are generated
Bull: both the 5m and 15m windows are positive, and the current 5-minute window accounts for an outsized share of both the 15m price move and the 15m volume. This means momentum is accelerating, not decelerating.
Bear: same structure with both windows negative.
Input parameters
| Input | Description |
|---|---|
| Bull Change Threshold (%) | Minimum positive change required on both the 5m and 15m windows |
| Bear Change Threshold (%) | Minimum negative change required on both windows |
| Acceleration Ratio | Controls how dominant the 5m move must be relative to the 15m move |
| Volume Ratio | Controls how much of the 15m volume must be concentrated in the current 5m |
| Cooldown (bars) | Minimum bars between same-type signals on the same chart |
| Show Debug Table | Displays live condition values in a chart corner — useful when tuning thresholds |
Display group
| Input | Default |
|---|---|
| Show Labels | On |
| Show Background Color | On |
| Bull Color | Teal |
| Bear Color | Red |
Tuning the acceleration ratio
The acceleration ratio controls how dominant the recent 5m move must be relative to the full 15m window.
- Lower the ratio: More signals, fires earlier in moves, higher false-positive rate.
- Raise the ratio: Fewer, sharper signals — only fires when the current 5m represents an unusually large fraction of the 15m move.
Scout vs Surge
Scout is a leading indicator — it fires when acceleration begins, before a full Surge condition is met. A Scout followed by a Surge on the same symbol is a high-conviction sequence.