Short answer: most of the popular open-source CISD scripts draw the right line, the open of the first candle in the run into the high or low. Where they differ is whether they wait for a sweep, and whether they decide on a closed candle. The most boosted, Change in State of Delivery CISD by AlgoAlpha, draws TTrades' line but needs no sweep and marks the live bar. For TTrades' sequence, a sweep and then a close through the line on a closed candle, CISD by TakingProphets is the closest in our read.
Most lists name CISD indicators.
This one reads them.
What we checked
A change in state of delivery is a close back through the opening price of the run of candles that made the latest high or low (explained, with a drag-the-close drill). TTrades, whose Fractal Model is built on it, takes "the opening price of the first candle in the sequence" (Understanding The Change in State of Delivery (CISD), published 29 June 2025), and pairs it with a sweep of a higher-timeframe high or low.
We searched TradingView's scripts for six CISD terms on 25 October 2026 ("cisd", "change in state of delivery", "cisd ict", "ict cisd", "cisd indicator" and "cisd model"), which returned 62 scripts. We took the 15 most-boosted open-source scripts that detect a CISD and read every line that decides when one is drawn. Four questions:
- The line: is it the open of the first candle in the run into the extreme, or another price?
- The close: must a candle close beyond it, or is a wick enough?
- A sweep first: does the script wait for a high or low to be taken before it counts a CISD?
- When it decides: on a closed candle, or on the live one?
The second question has nearly one answer for all of them: every script here needs a close, and none counts a wick. TradingFinder's two also count a close exactly on the line.
The table
Boosts as TradingView's search showed them on 25 October 2026.
| Script | Boosts | The line | A sweep first? | Decides on | Alerts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change in State of Delivery CISD (AlgoAlpha) | 10,929 | TTrades': the open of the run's first candle; a noise filter skips shallow runs | No; a touch of a recent swing only marks it "with Liquidity Sweep" | The live bar | Yes |
| One Shot One Kill ICT (TradingFinder) | 6,994 | Near it: an open beside the last opposite candle, within 5 candles of the sweep | Yes: a swing high or low confirmed 50 candles after it formed | The live bar; a close exactly on the line counts | None |
| Change in State of Delivery (CISD) (LuxAlgo) | 5,951 | TTrades', the latest run only | Off by default; a "Liquidity Sweep" mode | The line on closed candles, the break on the live bar | None |
| CISD with Alerts (neo) | 5,424 | In effect TTrades': the run's highest (or lowest) open | A break of internal structure, not a sweep | The live bar | On the live bar; its "Alert?" switches do nothing |
| Sweep, CISD, MTF FVG & Key Levels (lucymatos) | 3,796 | Near it: the lowest (or highest) body in the run into the sweep | Yes: a higher-timeframe candle that took the last one's high or low and closed back | Once, as the next higher-timeframe candle opens, looking back | None for CISD |
| Change in State of Delivery CISD ICT (TradingFinder) | 3,233 | The same engine as One Shot One Kill | Yes | The live bar | None |
| CISD Projections (LuxAlgo) | 2,827 | Different: runs counted close to close, not by candle colour, at least 2 candles, at a 20-candle extreme | No | Closed candles | None |
| CISD by tncylyv (jay555b) | 2,770 | TTrades', dojis skipped | No: always armed, it flips at every break | The live bar | Yes |
| cd_sweep&cisd_Cx (cdikici71) | 2,389 | Near it: the highest (or lowest) open in the run, while a candle raids the higher-timeframe high or low | Yes, for its alerted signal: a higher-timeframe sweep | The candle before, once closed; its arrow drawn one candle back | Yes |
| ICT MTF POI - CISD - Liquidity - Trade Manager (Ekuang) | 2,340 | Near it: the highest (or lowest) open in the run | Not a sweep: a touch of a higher-timeframe FVG or order block | Closed candles | At the close, with a trade plan |
| CISD (MSL_Systems) | 1,385 | In effect TTrades': the run's highest (or lowest) open, after a pullback candle at least half the size of the one before | A break of internal structure, not a sweep | The live bar | None |
| Change in State of Delivery [CISD] (Zeiierman) | 1,278 | TTrades', once the run has 3 candles | No; sweeps are drawn and alerted separately | The live bar | Yes |
| cephxs / CISD [base] (fstarcapital) | 1,148 | TTrades', walked back from a 1-candle pivot; small runs filtered by ATR | Off by default (a purge filter) | The live bar; an invalidated CISD is deleted | None |
| CISD Market Structure with FVG Filter (TheCleverTraders) | 1,136 | TTrades', by AlgoAlpha's method; older runs' lines are checked first | No; a recent sweep only adds a stronger signal | The live bar | Yes |
| CISD [TakingProphets] (TakingProphets) | 989 | TTrades', the run that holds the sweep candle | Yes: a 3-candle swing high or low | Closed candles | None |
| Fractal Model Desk (ours) | — | TTrades': consecutive same-direction bodies ending at the swept extreme; a doji ends a run, and a close exactly on the line doesn't count | Yes: a higher-timeframe candle's sweep of the last one's high or low | Closed candles | One JSON alert per close with events: delivery reviews by default, every raw CISD with "All observations" |
Four more have closed code, so they aren't in the table: CISD + Fractals by Milana Trades (1,528 boosts), CISD with deviations by AkariFX (1,071) and T808 UNI LAB's ICT CISD Universal Model (1,005) are protected, free to add with the code hidden; Strong CISD Sweeps by ProjectSyndicate (864) is invite-only.
What the code says
AlgoAlpha's is the popular one, and its line is right. It stores the open of every candle that starts a new run and checks the newest first; a close back through it is a CISD once the run went far enough (its noise filter, 0.7 by default). It needs no sweep: touching a swing high or low within 10 candles only changes its mark to a CISD "with Liquidity Sweep", its "Strong" alert. Nothing waits for the candle to close, so a CISD can print mid-candle and vanish. It is shared under MPL 2.0.
LuxAlgo's draws the line on closed candles and the break on the live one. In its default "Classic" mode any run counts; the "Liquidity Sweep" mode waits for a wick through a swing and a close back. It has no alerts, and it is shared under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as is LuxAlgo's CISD Projections. Projections is the one that draws a different line: it counts a run by closes against the previous close, not by candle colour, so on a chart of mixed candles its "open of the run" can be another candle's.
neo's alerts fire on the live bar. Its "Alert?" switches are declared and never read, so every CISD sends its alert as soon as the live price crosses the line, before the candle closes.
TakingProphets' is the closest to TTrades' sequence. It waits for a 3-candle swing high or low to be taken, takes the open of the first candle in the run that holds the sweep, and decides everything on closed candles. One gap: if the sweep candle itself closes the other way, the run resets on that candle and nothing is armed. It has no alerts.
TradingFinder's two scripts also wait for a sweep, of a swing confirmed 50 candles after it formed. Their line is the open beside the last opposite candle within 5 candles of the sweep: TTrades' line for a run of up to about five candles, and no line at all for a longer one. A close exactly on the line counts.
Two tie the CISD to a higher timeframe. lucymatos' waits for a higher-timeframe candle to take the last one's high or low and close back, then looks back once, as the next higher-timeframe candle opens, so a CISD can appear up to one higher-timeframe candle late. cdikici71's alerted signal also needs a higher-timeframe sweep, and judges the candle before once it has closed.
Ours
Fractal Model Desk isn't on TradingView's search: its full Pine v6 source comes in Pine Pro Library, $49 once. It draws TTrades' line on the lower timeframe after a higher-timeframe candle sweeps the last one's high or low, counts a run as consecutive candles whose bodies point the same way, ends a run at a doji, and doesn't count a close exactly on the line. Everything is decided on closed candles. Its Audit view labels every "CISD observed", and "CISD failed" when the swept extreme breaks later; its default Focus view shows only setups that also passed its delivery review.
How it compares with the Fractal Model scripts: best Fractal Model indicators, code-read. The candle rule the CISD confirms: best CRT indicators, code-read.
We haven't tested CISD on its own. We tested the Fractal Model built on it: 108 versions on 7 markets from January 2018 to September 2026, and no version passed after costs. The Fractal Model study has every number.
Check one yourself
- The line: find the run of candles into the high or low, and mark the open of its first candle. If the script's line sits elsewhere, it uses another price.
- The close: look for
barstate.isconfirmedbefore the label and the alert. Without it, the CISD you see live may not be there when the candle closes. - The sweep: look for a
ta.pivothighor a higher timeframe's high before the CISD is armed. Without one, the script marks every run's reversal, swept or not.
None of the scripts here, ours included, runs on MT5 or MT4: Pine Script runs only on TradingView.
The deep version, as a PDF
The Fractal Model Field Guide
TTrades' Fractal Model, CRT and CISD as exact rules, with every result of our 108-version, 7-market test.
- The model in TTrades' own dated words, then as a seven-check rule you can apply candle by candle
- Every result of our 108-version test on 7 markets, 2018 to 2026, before and after costs
- What each choice did: timeframe pair, entry, target and filter, and how far each fell short after costs
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Limits
One code read, on 25 October 2026, of the versions TradingView served that day. Scripts change, and boosts measure popularity, not quality. We build and sell Fractal Model Desk, and we have no relationship with any author named here, or with TTrades. Nothing here is financial advice.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best CISD indicator on TradingView?
It depends on what you need. The most boosted, Change in State of Delivery CISD by AlgoAlpha (10,929 boosts), draws TTrades' line, the open of the run's first candle, but needs no sweep and marks on the live bar. For TTrades' sequence, a sweep and then a close through that line on a closed candle, CISD by TakingProphets (989 boosts) is the closest in our read, with one gap: a sweep candle that closes the other way arms nothing.
Is there a free CISD indicator for TradingView?
Yes. Every script in our table is open source and free to add. LuxAlgo's two and Zeiierman's are shared under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, which doesn't allow commercial use; nine under the Mozilla Public License 2.0; three carry no licence line.
Does the CISD indicator repaint?
Most of the popular ones mark the live bar: AlgoAlpha's, neo's, tncylyv's, MSL_Systems', Zeiierman's, cephxs's, CLEVER's, both TradingFinder scripts, and LuxAlgo's break of its line. A CISD can print mid-candle and vanish before the candle closes. LuxAlgo's CISD Projections, Ekuang's and TakingProphets' decide on closed candles, as does our Fractal Model Desk.
Which line do CISD indicators use?
TTrades' line is the opening price of the first candle in the run into the high or low. Most of the scripts here draw it, or the same price found another way. LuxAlgo's CISD Projections counts its runs close to close instead of by candle colour, so its line can sit elsewhere. None of them accepts a wick through the line: a candle has to close beyond it, or, in TradingFinder's two, on it.
Is there a CISD indicator for MT5 or MT4?
Not among these: every script here is Pine Script, which runs only on TradingView.
Which CISD indicator does ProEA make?
Fractal Model Desk, in Pine Pro Library, $49 once with its full Pine v6 source. It draws TTrades' line after a higher-timeframe candle sweeps the last one's high or low, and decides on closed candles. Its Audit view labels every CISD observed, and every CISD that failed when the swept extreme broke later.
Does CISD work?
We haven't tested CISD on its own. In our test of the Fractal Model built on it, 108 versions on 7 markets from January 2018 to September 2026, no version passed after costs.
