The whole trade, before the candle closes.
A signal tells you something happened. APOLLO ONE hands you the rest on the chart: entry, stop, targets and a size from your own risk, before the candle closes. When there is no trade, it says so.
- TradingView indicator
- Plans entry, stop, targets and size
- ES · NQ · GC · SI, minis or micros
- 1m to 60m charts
- Free TradingView plan works
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The same indicator, on a live chart.
From a level to a plan, one state at a time.
- APPROACHING
Price moves toward a graded level.
The level already carries its grade. There is nothing to do yet, and the card says so.
- PENDING
The missing condition is named.
The card shows how much of the confirmation checklist is met and the one condition still outstanding.
- CONFIRMED · ARMED
The plan is complete.
Entry, stop, T1 to T3 and size are on the chart before price returns to the level.
- ACTIVE
The plan is live on the chart.
Entry, stop and targets stay drawn as planned geometry, and the stop rule is written on the card.
You always know what it is waiting for.
These are the indicator's own status labels, not a description of them.
APPROACHINGPrice is moving toward a level it has graded. Nothing to do yet.
PENDING · 72% READYThe setup is forming, and the condition it is still missing is named on the card. READY is how much of the confirmation checklist is met, not a win probability.
CONFIRMED · ARMEDThe plan is complete and on the chart: entry, stop, targets, size.
ACTIVE · T1 PAIDFilled and managed to the ladder, with the stop moved as the plan says.
The percentage is a readiness display. It is not a probability and it is not a forecast.
What it says before anything happens.
Most of the time the answer is not yet. Step through the states the card on your chart prints, each with the reason it gives.
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APOLLO ONE · ESAPPROACHINGsupport [price] within 1 ATRdecision support · not adviceApproaching. Price is within one ATR of a support level the indicator tracks. Nothing is set up yet.
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APOLLO ONE · ESPENDING · 72% READYhold above [price] (6/13 min)decision support · not advicePending. A setup is forming, and the row under the label names what is still missing: here, 6 of the 13 one-minute closes above the level it needs after a deep flush.
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APOLLO ONE · ESPENDING · FLUSHafter stop: wait 15m closedecision support · not adviceWaiting, and why. Right after a plan on this chart ends, nothing new arms until the next 15-minute bar closes.
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APOLLO ONE · ESPENDING · FLUSHarmed here already: watchdecision support · not adviceWaiting, and why. This level has already armed once. The card watches it instead of arming it a second time.
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APOLLO ONE · ESLEVEL APPROACH · OFF-PEAK · LOW-LIQUIDITY HOURSoff-peak window: no new setupsdecision support · not adviceWaiting, and why. Inside the low-liquidity window you set, the default arms no new setup. The level is still drawn and named.
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APOLLO ONE · ESPENDING · 90% READYno level 3R abovedecision support · not adviceWaiting, and why. The reclaim held, but no level sits at least 3R above the entry, so there is no room for the plan.
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APOLLO ONE · ESPENDING · 100% READY15m trend againstdecision support · not adviceWaiting, and why. Every checklist item is met, yet the 15-minute SuperTrend points against the setup at a level that is not major, so it waits.
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APOLLO ONE · ESPENDING · 100% READYnot at a major leveldecision support · not adviceWaiting, and why. With the setting "Arm at major levels only" switched on (it is off by default), a level that is not major is watched, not armed.
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APOLLO ONE · ESPENDING · 100% READYbelow quality bar: watchdecision support · not adviceWaiting, and why. The setup’s structure score sits under the quality bar (a setting, on by default), so it is watched, not armed.
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APOLLO ONE · ESPENDING · 100% READYconfirmed: arms next minutedecision support · not advicePending. Every check has passed. The plan arms on the next one-minute bar.
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APOLLO ONE · ESCONFIRMED · ARMEDENTRY [price] · STOP [price] · T1 [price]2 MES · $[amount] riskArmed. Armed: the entry, the stop and the first target are drawn on the chart, with a contract count worked out from the risk you set. Your chart prints the numbers, and the brackets stand in for them here.
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APOLLO ONE · ESPENDING · 90% READYprice ran past reach: no chase ([price] entry)decision support · not adviceRefused. Price already moved too far past the entry. The card names the entry it would have used and does not chase.
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APOLLO ONE · ESCONFIRMED · ARMEDENTRY [price] · STOP [price] · T1 [price]not tradable for this account·1 MES risks $[amount] > your $[amount]Refused. The plan armed, but one micro contract risks more than the budget you set, so it says so instead of shrinking the stop to make the trade fit.
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APOLLO ONE · ESWATCHINGSTAND DOWN · daily limit (your setting)decision support · not adviceStand down. The daily limit you set, counted in R, has been reached on this chart, so the card shows no new size for the rest of the day.
Who it is for, and who it is not for.
It is for
For discretionary traders on TradingView, on 1m to 60m charts, trading ES, NQ, GC or SI as minis or micros, who want one plan per chart and will take "not yet" as an answer.
It is not for
Not for anyone who wants automation, signals, prediction, a number for how often it works, or to trade off the platform. It does not trade. It is not a strategy.
Three jobs. Done before the moment.
Rank your levels
Support and resistance derived from one-minute volume, time spent at price and where price was actually accepted, then graded, so the map is ranked instead of cluttered.
Wait for acceptance
A reclaim is not acceptance. It waits for price to hold above the level instead of buying the first tick back through it, and names the condition it is still missing.
Hand over one plan
Entry at the level, stop under what caused the trade, targets at real levels, and a size floored from your own risk budget, all four together.
From the chart's data to one plan.
Source data
The chart's own one-minute price and volume. Nothing else: no order-book feed, no news, no account connection.
Transformation
Levels built from where price actually traded and spent time, graded, then checked against an acceptance checklist.
Displayed output
The graded levels, a status card and, when a setup arms, the entry, stop, targets and contract count drawn on the chart.
Interpretation
The status label tells you where the setup is in its lifecycle. Whether you take the trade is always your decision.
Fifty tools is fifty more decisions.
This is one indicator doing one job: give you a single plan, keep it honest as the tape moves, and take it away the moment it stops being valid.
The trades it talks you out of.
These are the indicator's own words, exactly as they appear on your chart. Most candidate setups never arm, including well-graded ones. That is the design, not a gap in coverage.
price ran past reach: no chaseThe move left without you. It will not walk the entry up to catch it.
not tradable for this accountThe stop this setup needs is wider than your risk allows, even at one micro. It says so instead of shrinking the stop to make the trade fit.
T1 projNo graded level sat where the first target belongs, so this one is a projection, drawn dashed and labelled and never dressed up as structure.
STAND DOWN · daily limit (your setting)Once this chart's stopped plans plus the losses you enter reach the daily loss limit you set, it stops showing size for the day. Your rule, held for you.
What remains yours: the limits, stated plainly
- It does not trade. APOLLO ONE is decision support. It has no broker connection of any kind and places no orders.
- It does not predict. The entry rests at a level and waits. Sometimes price comes back to it and sometimes it never does.
- Sizing is arithmetic on what you tell it. There is no account connection, so the contract count is computed from the risk settings you enter, not from a real balance.
- It reads the chart, and only the chart. News, an economic release, and anything else it has not been shown are yours to weigh.
- The on-chart card has no hover explanations yet. The settings panel explains 46 of its 47 inputs. The hover layer is in the public tools today.
- No win rate, no P&L and no backtest number appears anywhere on this site. We will not put a figure in front of you that we have not measured honestly enough to stand behind.
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The settings explain themselves.
46 of APOLLO ONE's 47 settings carry a plain-language explanation of what they change, right in the settings panel.
Context to destination.
APOLLO ONE covers structure through destination. Context (the wider session, the news, the day) stays yours.
Everything that lands on your chart.
APOLLO ONE on TradingView
An invite-only indicator, added to the TradingView username you give at checkout. A free TradingView plan is enough.
Graded levels
Support and resistance built from where price actually traded, each with a grade, so the map arrives ranked.
A live status card
APPROACHING, PENDING, CONFIRMED or ACTIVE, with the condition it is still waiting on written out.
One complete plan
When a setup arms: entry, stop, targets and size drawn together, with the size floored from the risk you set.
Written refusals
When the trade is gone, too far or too big for your risk, the card says so instead of drawing a plan.
The premium tools too
The membership covers every premium Trader's Edge tool, and the settings panel explains what each input changes.
Built by the desk that writes Trader's Edge.
The daily futures read on Substack. APOLLO ONE draws the same plan-first process on your chart: the level first, then the stop under the structure, then the size from your risk.
The desk does not close at the bell.
Membership includes the Trader's Edge members server. The prep, the record and the reviews happen in its rooms, every trading day, where you can ask about any of it.
- market-readThe Opening Read for ES and NQ posts here at 03:05, 09:05 and 10:05 ET on trading days.
- track-recordThe forward record, updated daily. Losses are posted the same way as wins.
- trade-reviewsPost a trade you took. It gets read against the plan you had, step by step.
- askA question about a level, a setting or a card on your chart. Ask it here.
- coachingProcess work: the pre-trade checklist, sizing from your risk, and the rules you keep breaking.
- prop-firm-tradersDrawdown rules, consistency rules and evaluation plans, with the free calculators.
Judge the process. It is all in the open.
The stop comes first
Every plan shows the stop under structure before it shows a target. The size comes from your risk, rounded down.
The record runs forward
The track record starts on 2026-10-26 and only moves forward. Losses are kept. Nothing is back-filled.
Every setting explains itself
Hover any setting to read what it measures, how it is computed and what it cannot tell you.
You place every order
Nothing here places, routes or manages an order. It reads the chart. The decision stays yours.
Charting tools and education only. Not investment advice. Trading futures carries substantial risk of loss.
Put it on your chart.
- Membership: APOLLO ONE and every premium Trader’s Edge tool, by invitation on TradingView. The public tools stay free and open-source for everyone.
- Platform: TradingView, and a free TradingView plan is enough. APOLLO ONE is an invite-only script, granted to the TradingView username you give at checkout.
- Setup: pay by Stripe → access is granted to your username automatically → open TradingView, Indicators → Invite-only scripts → add APOLLO ONE. Step by step.
- Markets it plans: ES, NQ, GC and SI (index futures and metals, minis or micros: MES, MNQ, MGC, SIL), on any chart from 1-minute to 60-minute. When one mini does not fit your risk, the size converts to the micro.
Or pay yearly: $399 a year. Twelve monthly payments come to $599.88, so yearly saves $200.88, about 4 months free.
Have your TradingView username ready: checkout asks for it, and access is added to it automatically within about 15 minutes.
Access runs to the end of the period you have paid for.
Free companions on the same chart.
Previous Session Structure
Which prior day, week and session levels still matter?
Open on TradingView →Futures Risk & Position Sizer
How many contracts fit this stop and this risk budget?
Open on TradingView →ATR & Volatility Regime
How volatile is this market, and is volatility expanding or contracting?
Open on TradingView →About APOLLO ONE.
What do I get for the membership?
APOLLO ONE and every premium Trader’s Edge tool, by invitation on TradingView. The public tools stay free and open-source for everyone. APOLLO ONE is added to the TradingView username you give at checkout, and it draws the graded levels, the status card and, when a setup arms, the entry, stop, targets and size on your chart. The full list.
I trade a prop account. Does it fit?
The size comes from the risk you set, so you can set it to your own account's rules. It does not know your firm's rules or your balance, and it never trades for you. APOLLO ONE for prop traders walks through it, with free prop tools.
Does APOLLO ONE place orders?
No. It has no broker connection of any kind. You take every trade yourself.
Do I need a paid TradingView plan?
No. A free TradingView plan works. If you ever want a paid plan, signing up through that link gets you a discount.
Does it work on micros, and on which timeframes?
Yes. It plans ES, NQ, GC and SI as minis or micros (MES, MNQ, MGC, SIL), on any chart from 1-minute to 60-minute. When one mini does not fit your risk, the size converts to the micro.
Is the READY percentage a win probability?
No. It is how much of the confirmation checklist is met, not a win probability.
Where does the contract count come from?
From the risk budget you enter in its settings, floored rather than rounded up, and translated across contract sizes. There is no account connection.
Can I read about it before I buy?
Yes. It is listed on TradingView, where you can read the whole description before you decide anything.
Ask before you take the trade.
Drop in a chart or write out the idea and EdgeTrader AI talks it through: the levels, where the idea is wrong, and the size from your own risk. It runs on our proprietary AI model, it is decision support and you make every call. Members also carry it in the EdgeTrader app.
One plan instead of fifty readings.
Secure checkout by Stripe. After you pay, access goes to the TradingView username you give at checkout (a free TradingView plan works), automatically within about 15 minutes, under Indicators → Invite-only scripts. How access works.
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