The Five-EMA Ribbon
An 8 / 13 / 21 / 48 / 200 stack rendered as color-coded clouds that fill bullish or bearish as the fast and slow groups align — trend and pullback structure in one read.
NinjaTrader 8 Indicator · Five-EMA Ribbon · Volatility-Based ATR Levels · One Overlay
Combines two essential read-outs into one clean overlay: a five-EMA ribbon that shows trend alignment and pullback structure at a glance, and a multi-timeframe ATR level system that maps volatility-based support, resistance, and projection zones. Together they answer the two questions every chart read starts with — which way and where to — without crowding the chart.
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Click to enlargeWhat SteelyEliteRibbon draws and reports in NinjaTrader 8.
An 8 / 13 / 21 / 48 / 200 stack rendered as color-coded clouds that fill bullish or bearish as the fast and slow groups align — trend and pullback structure in one read.
An arrow marks each 13/48 EMA cross once the bar closes, and optional bias candles (off by default) recolor by the 21 EMA — so direction changes register without studying every bar.
The 13 EMA marks the dynamic pullback zone within a trend; the 200 EMA holds the structural backdrop. Each EMA is named at the right edge with adjustable offset.
Trigger lines (±23.6%), mid-fib (61.8%), full-ATR (100%), and extension lines built on fibonacci ratios of the higher-timeframe ATR range, with session-open and previous-close anchors.
A No-Edge Zone around the previous close (±23.6% of ATR by default) and Bull/Bear Projection Zones between the 61.8% and 100% levels, with configurable opacity — chop versus a projection run, readable at a glance.
Trend Flip, Conviction Arrow, Level Touch, and Level Breach — each independently toggled, with touch tolerance and a re-arm timer so you're informed, not spammed.
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Click to enlargeA five-EMA ribbon alongside higher-timeframe ATR levels and configurable alerts.
Keep in mind: The overlay describes trend and volatility relationships. Levels and zones do not establish where price must go next.
Trend tools tell you direction but not destination. Level tools tell you destination but not whether the trend agrees. Run them separately and you're constantly cross-referencing two indicators.
SteelyEliteRibbon fuses them so the context lives in one place: the ribbon establishes trend and pullback zones, the ATR levels define the reference prices, and the alerting layer surfaces the moment price interacts with a level that matters.
Trend on top, levels underneath — and alerts only when they matter, with touch tolerance and a re-arm timer so the chart stays quiet until something happens.
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A full trend-and-level workstation in a single overlay, for traders who want direction and destination in one place instead of two indicators.
The ribbon's bull/bear cloud fill and 13/48 conviction arrows surface trend alignment and momentum shifts without parsing individual EMAs.
The ATR grid's shaded no-edge zone around the previous close and projection zones between 61.8% and 100% give immediate context for where price sits in the day's range.
Independently toggled trend-flip, conviction, level-touch, and level-breach alerts — with tolerance and re-arm timing — keep notifications meaningful.
NinjaTrader 8, version 8.1.x, on Windows. A live or sim market data connection in NinjaTrader 8. No other SteelySystems indicator is required — every tool runs standalone.
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SteelyEliteRibbon fuses a five-EMA ribbon and a multi-timeframe ATR level grid into one overlay — trend on top, levels underneath, and alerts only when price interacts with something that matters.
One-time Founders license License key and download at whop.com/steelysystems within minutes 7-day refund if not activated License terms One-page guide (PDF)