The Trap Hunter Pro Indicator for NinjaTrader 8: Identify Liquidity Sweeps and Stop Hunts with Precision

False breakouts are frustrating.

You see price break above a key resistance level. You enter long, expecting continuation. Then price immediately reverses, stopping you out before moving in your original direction. You've just been trapped by a liquidity sweep.

Or you watch price break below support. You enter short. Price reverses sharply upward, hitting your stop before resuming the downtrend. Another stop hunt. Another losing trade that would have been profitable if you'd simply waited for confirmation.

You know these liquidity traps happen constantly. Smart money sweeps obvious stop loss clusters, triggers retail traders into poor entries, then reverses direction. But identifying these sweeps manually is exhausting. You need to mark every significant high and low. You need to watch for wicks that pierce levels then close back inside. You need to monitor whether price reclaims the swept level. By the time you've identified a genuine liquidity trap, the reversal trade is already developing without you.

Most traders know that stop hunts create excellent trading opportunities. They know that swept levels often produce powerful reversals. But the manual process of identifying sweeps, confirming reclaims, and marking valid trap setups is tedious and prone to subjective interpretation. So they miss opportunities. They enter breakouts that are actually traps. They fail to recognise when the trap has sprung and a reversal trade is forming.

The Trap Hunter Pro Indicator for NinjaTrader 8 solves this problem.

It's a powerful indicator from Rize Capital that automatically identifies liquidity sweeps, highlights when price reclaims key levels, and turns market traps into clear opportunities for breakout and reversal traders. The indicator continuously analyses price action, detects stop hunts as they occur, and displays visual signals directly on your chart with colour-coded diamonds and shaded reference zones.

And here's what matters most: you get the complete NinjaScript source code with a one-time payment. You own it. You can customise it. You can integrate it into your own strategies or indicators.

Whether you're a day trader hunting liquidity sweeps on 5-minute charts or a swing trader identifying multi-hour trap setups, this indicator eliminates the tedious monitoring work and gives you automated detection with visual clarity on every timeframe.

That's the difference between falling victim to liquidity traps and systematically exploiting them for profitable reversal trades.

What Exactly Is the Trap Hunter Pro Indicator?

Trap Hunter Pro is a sophisticated NinjaTrader 8 indicator that identifies liquidity sweeps—also known as stop hunts—and highlights when price reclaims key levels after trapping traders. It's not simply an indicator that marks highs and lows—it's an intelligent detection system that recognises when price deliberately hunts stop losses then reverses, creating structured opportunities for informed traders.

This is how it works: The indicator continuously monitors price action relative to recent highs and lows. When price pushes beyond a key level with a wick (temporarily triggering stop losses) but then closes back inside the prior range, the indicator recognises this as a liquidity sweep. When the subsequent bar closes beyond the reference level in the opposite direction, confirming the trap has sprung and price is genuinely reclaiming the level, the indicator displays a confirmation signal.

The visual system is intuitive and immediate. Yellow diamonds appear below bars when the market sweeps below a prior low, triggers stops, then rejects—signalling a potential long setup. White diamonds appear above bars when the market sweeps above a prior high, traps breakout buyers, then closes back inside—signalling a potential short setup. Purple diamonds appear below bars after a downward sweep when the next bar closes back above the reference low, confirming reclaim for long entries. Blue diamonds appear above bars after an upward sweep when the next bar closes back below the reference high, confirming reclaim for short entries.

And because you receive the complete NinjaScript source code, you're not limited to the default detection logic. You can modify the sweep confirmation criteria. You can adjust the reclaim requirements. You can integrate the trap detection into your own custom strategies. You own it all.

The Problem with Manual Liquidity Trap Identification

Every experienced trader understands that liquidity sweeps are deliberate market mechanics. Smart money knows where retail stops cluster—just beyond obvious support and resistance levels—and deliberately triggers those stops to fill large orders at favourable prices. Yet most traders struggle to identify and exploit these traps because manual detection is mentally exhausting and prone to subjective errors.

• Constant monitoring is required
• Confirmation timing is difficult
• Reference level tracking is tedious
• Subjectivity creates inconsistency
• Entry timing suffers

Trap Hunter Pro eliminates all of these problems. Automated sweep detection. Automated reclaim confirmation. Visual reference zones marked automatically. Consistent, objective criteria applied to every bar. Colour-coded signals that show you exactly when traps form and spring. You can identify liquidity sweeps and reclaims in seconds rather than minutes, and the detection remains consistent regardless of your mental state or attention level.

How to Get Started: Download, Install, and Deploy

Getting Trap Hunter Pro operational on your NinjaTrader 8 platform is straightforward. You purchase once, and you permanently own the indicator and its complete source code.

When you purchase this indicator from Rize Capital's website, you receive the NinjaScript add-on file. This isn't merely the compiled indicator—you receive the entire source code package that you can open, study, and modify as your requirements evolve.

The installation process follows NinjaTrader's standard import procedure. Open NinjaTrader 8, navigate to the Control Centre, click Tools, then Import, and select NinjaScript Add-On. Choose the Trap Hunter Pro file you downloaded, and NinjaTrader will install it automatically. Restart NinjaTrader if prompted to ensure proper activation.

To apply the indicator to your chart, right-click on any chart, select Indicators, open the Rize Capital folder, and select Trap Hunter Pro. Click Add, adjust your preferred settings through the properties panel, and click Apply. You'll instantly see zones, sweep markers, and reclaim diamonds appear on your chart as the indicator begins analysing historical and live price action.

The video tutorial included with your purchase provides step-by-step installation and configuration guidance, ensuring you'll have the indicator operational and displaying signals appropriately within minutes, even if you're unfamiliar with NinjaScript installation procedures.

Because you own the source code, you're not dependent on Rize Capital for future updates or customisation. You can modify the detection algorithms independently. You can integrate it into larger trading systems. You maintain complete control over the indicator's functionality and evolution.

Understanding the Signal System: Diamonds and Colours

Trap Hunter Pro's signal system is designed for instant recognition and consistent interpretation across all market conditions. The colour-coded diamond markers tell you everything you need to know about trap formation and confirmation.

Yellow Diamond Below Bar

Yellow Diamond Below Bar indicates the market swept below a prior low, triggered stop losses positioned beneath that level, then rejected the move by closing back above the low. This sweep-and-reject pattern signals that sellers were trapped—they entered short expecting continuation lower, but price reversed, leaving them in losing positions. 

This is your alert for a potential long setup. The liquidity has been swept, the trap is set, and price may now move upward as trapped shorts cover their positions.

White Diamond Above Bar

White Diamond Above Bar indicates the market swept above a prior high, trapped breakout buyers who entered long expecting continuation, then closed back below the high. This sweep-and-reject pattern signals that buyers were trapped—they chased the breakout, but price reversed, leaving them holding losing long positions. 

This is your alert for a potential short setup. The liquidity has been swept upward, the trap is set, and price may now decline as trapped longs exit their positions.

Purple Diamond Below Bar

Purple Diamond Below Bar appears after a yellow sweep when the next bar closes back above the reference low. This is your reclaim confirmation for long entries.

The initial sweep (yellow) indicated potential trap formation. The reclaim (purple) confirms that price has genuinely recovered beyond the swept level, validating the trap and suggesting upward continuation is likely. This is your structured confirmation to consider long entries with stops positioned below the sweep low.

Blue Diamond Above Bar

Blue Diamond Above Bar appears after a white sweep when the next bar closes back below the reference high. This is your reclaim confirmation for short entries. The initial sweep (white) indicated potential trap formation. The reclaim (blue) confirms that price has genuinely recovered beyond the swept level, validating the trap and suggesting downward continuation is likely. This is your structured confirmation to consider short entries with stops positioned above the sweep high.

This two-stage signal system—sweep detection followed by reclaim confirmation—provides both early warning and validated entry signals. The sweep diamonds (yellow and white) alert you that a trap may be forming, allowing you to prepare for potential trade opportunities. The reclaim diamonds (purple and blue) confirm the trap has sprung and price is moving in the expected direction, giving you structured entry timing with clear risk management reference points.

Fine-Tuning Detection Parameters

Trap Hunter Pro's detection logic is controlled by several sophisticated parameters that define what qualifies as a liquidity sweep and what constitutes valid reclaim confirmation. Understanding these parameters allows you to calibrate the indicator precisely to your trading style and market conditions.

Reference 

Reference determines which levels the indicator monitors for sweeps. You can choose between End Bar High/Low (using the most recent completed bar's extremes as reference) or Prior Swing (using swing points identified based on strength). End Bar High/Low provides more frequent signals by treating every bar's extremes as potential sweep targets. Prior Swing generates fewer but higher-quality signals by focusing only on significant structural levels.

Look Back / Swing Strength

Look Back / Swing Strength defines how many bars to look back for reference highs and lows when using End Bar mode, or sets the swing strength parameter when using Prior Swing mode. 

Longer lookback periods or higher swing strength values create more selective detection—only major levels qualify as sweep targets. Shorter lookback or lower swing strength creates more sensitive detection that identifies sweeps at minor levels.

Minimum Wick/Body Ratio

Minimum Wick/Body Ratio ensures only candles with significant wicks count as sweeps. This parameter requires that the wick extending beyond the reference level must be a certain proportion of the total body size. Higher ratios demand pronounced wicks, filtering out minor probes that barely exceed the reference level.

 Lower ratios accept smaller wicks, creating more frequent sweep detection. This parameter is crucial for distinguishing genuine liquidity hunts (which typically feature significant wicks as stops are triggered then price reverses) from normal price exploration.

Minimum Body Percent of Bar

Minimum Body Percent of Bar filters out candles that are too small relative to their total range. This prevents the indicator from signalling on insignificant bars that happen to have tiny bodies and small wicks meeting the wick/body ratio, but don't represent meaningful price action. 

By requiring a minimum body size relative to the full bar range, you ensure sweep signals occur only on bars with sufficient activity to indicate genuine trap formation.

Require Reclaim Confirmation

Require Reclaim Confirmation is a critical parameter that determines whether you receive signals immediately when sweeps occur or only after reclaim confirmation. When enabled, you only see purple and blue confirmation diamonds—the indicator waits until the subsequent bar closes beyond the reference level, confirming the trap has sprung before displaying signals. 

When disabled, you see yellow and white diamonds immediately when sweeps are detected, allowing you to prepare for potential traps before confirmation occurs. Most traders enable this parameter to reduce false signals and receive only validated trap setups, but aggressive traders might disable it to get earlier warnings.

These parameters provide professional-grade control over trap detection methodology, allowing you to adapt the indicator to any instrument (from highly liquid futures to thinly traded stocks), any timeframe (from 1-minute scalping to daily swing trading), and any risk tolerance (from conservative high-probability setups to aggressive frequent signals).

Source Code Ownership: Complete Freedom and Integration

Most indicators are distributed as compiled black boxes. You use what the developer provides. You hope the detection logic matches your mental model of how traps work. You can't examine the underlying algorithms. You can't modify signal criteria. You're entirely dependent on the developer for updates and enhancements.

Trap Hunter Pro is fundamentally different because you receive complete NinjaScript source code with your purchase.

You can open the code and examine exactly how sweep detection is performed. You can study the wick-to-body ratio calculations. You can review the reclaim confirmation logic. You can understand how reference zones are drawn and positioned. Nothing is hidden.

This transparency matters for serious traders. You're not blindly trusting unknown algorithms to identify your trade setups. You can verify that the indicator employs sound trap detection principles. You can understand why certain bars generate signals whilst others don't, even when they appear visually similar.

But more importantly, source code ownership means unlimited customisation freedom. Want to add volume analysis to sweep detection, requiring higher-than-average volume on trap bars? Modify the code. Want to integrate the sweep logic into your own automated strategies that enter positions automatically when traps form? Extract the relevant detection functions. Want to add additional signal types for specific trap variations you've identified through your own analysis? Expand the detection system.

The source code includes detailed comments and documentation explaining how the indicator works, what the main features are, and how the detection logic functions. Even if you're relatively new to NinjaScript development, the well-structured code makes modification accessible. And because this is NinjaScript—NinjaTrader's native programming language—there's an extensive community of developers who can provide assistance if you encounter challenges during customisation.

As your understanding of liquidity traps deepens and your trap trading methodology evolves, your indicator can evolve alongside you. You're not constrained by the original developer's assumptions about what constitutes a valid sweep or how reclaim should be confirmed. You can experiment with different criteria, test variations, and refine the system to match your developing edge.

The One-Time Payment Model: Own It Forever

Trap Hunter Pro requires only a single payment. You purchase once. You download the complete indicator and source code. You own it permanently.

No monthly subscriptions. No annual renewals. No licensing verification servers. No additional fees required to use this indicator for the remainder of your trading career.

This pricing model makes sense for serious traders building robust analytical infrastructure. You're investing in a tool that becomes a permanent component of your market analysis. You're not paying for temporary access. You're acquiring an asset with complete ownership rights and customisation freedom.

The one-time payment includes the compiled indicator, the complete NinjaScript source code with detailed documentation, and the video tutorial demonstrating installation and usage. Everything you need to deploy the indicator immediately and modify it over time as your trap trading methodology evolves.

Who Should Use Trap Hunter Pro?

Trap Hunter Pro is designed for traders who understand that liquidity sweeps are systematic market mechanics that create exploitable opportunities when identified correctly.

• If you're currently trying to identify stop hunts manually, this indicator eliminates the exhausting monitoring work. You already understand trap dynamics—now you can automate the detection process whilst maintaining complete control over entry timing and risk management.
• If you're frequently caught on the wrong side of false breakouts, this indicator helps you recognise when breakouts are actually traps. Rather than entering what appears to be a valid breakout only to be reversed immediately, you'll identify sweep patterns before they fully develop, allowing you to either avoid the trap or position yourself to profit from the reversal.
• If you're looking for structured reversal trade setups with clear risk parameters, this indicator provides exactly that. Every trap signal comes with an obvious stop loss reference point (the sweep extreme), eliminating ambiguity about where your setup is invalidated.
• If you're a NinjaScript developer building comprehensive trading systems, this indicator provides professional-grade code demonstrating sophisticated price action analysis, multi-stage signal logic, and intelligent visual presentation. The source code follows best practices and can be integrated into larger projects or serve as a foundation for related indicators.
• If you trade multiple instruments or timeframes, this indicator adapts automatically to each market's characteristics. Apply it across your entire watchlist—the detection algorithms work consistently whether you're trading forex pairs, futures contracts, equities, or cryptocurrencies, and whether you're analysing 1-minute bars or daily candles.

The indicator is particularly valuable for traders who recognise that not all breakouts are genuine. Understanding the difference between true breakouts and liquidity traps is what separates consistently profitable traders from those who constantly get stopped out on reversals. Trap Hunter Pro makes that distinction objective and automated.

Conclusion

Liquidity trap identification shouldn't require constant chart surveillance, and you shouldn't fall victim to stop hunts simply because you couldn't spot the trap forming.

With Trap Hunter Pro for NinjaTrader 8, you gain automated liquidity sweep detection and reclaim confirmation with clear visual signals. The indicator identifies stop hunts as they occur, displays colour-coded diamond markers when traps form and spring, and draws reference zones showing you exactly where the swept levels sit—all without requiring manual analysis.

You receive the complete NinjaScript source code with a one-time payment, which means you're not merely purchasing an indicator—you're acquiring a professional-grade trap detection system with permanent ownership rights and complete customisation freedom.

You can deploy the indicator immediately using the optimised default settings for instant trap identification across any instrument or timeframe. Or you can examine the source code, understand precisely how the detection algorithms function, and modify the system to match your specific trap trading methodology and signal criteria.

Most traders don't fail at reversal trading because they lack market understanding—they fail because manually identifying liquidity sweeps and waiting for reclaim confirmation is mentally exhausting and subjectively inconsistent. Trap Hunter Pro eliminates those obstacles. It makes disciplined, structured trap trading effortless.

That's the difference between falling victim to stop hunts and systematically exploiting liquidity traps for profitable reversal trades with clear risk management.