Tier 3: traces of large money flow around a setup

What is Tier 3?

AURORA Pro scores in separate layers:

1. Score: the market context.
2. Setup Quality: the quality of the setup itself.
3. Tier 3, or Institutional Quality: traces often associated with large money flow around the setup.

Tier 3 has four components:

Weights differ between BREAK and SUNNY: for BREAK, the FVG and the sweep matter more; for SUNNY, flow and Runner suitability matter more.

Data coverage: the share of components that actually had data at the setup. 100% means all four did; 50% means only two.

Classes: S from 85, A from 75, B from 60, C below 60.

Why do these traces deserve attention?

• Sweep, then breakout suggests liquidity on the other side was used up before price moved in the setup’s direction.
• A fresh FVG shows the last push was strong enough to leave a price gap, and that zone may serve as a pullback level.
• CVD and absorption indicate whether (estimated) aggressive buying and selling support the trade direction.
• Runner suitability helps decide whether to keep part of the position for a long trend run.

Common misunderstandings

• Tier 3 sees institutional orders. No. A candlestick chart shows neither the order book nor who is trading. “Institutional” refers to patterns commonly attributed to large money flow.
• CVD on TradingView is a real footprint. Delta and CVD in AURORA are estimated from lower-timeframe bars, not native bid / ask exchange data.
• A Tier 3 score is meaningful even with missing data. A score built on a single component is easy to misread; that is why Filter mode requires a minimum coverage.
• A 💎 always means better. It is a hypothesis to test on your data, not a default truth.

Chart example

Illustration with hypothetical values.

Price sweeps an old low and closes back inside. A few candles later the 1st BREAK appears and leaves an unfilled FVG. The label changes from ⚡ to 💎, and the tooltip shows 💎 Tier3 Break 74 B F/S/C/R 80/72/68/74 · Cov 100%.

How does AURORA Pro use Tier 3?

• Three modes (the Tier 3 mode box):
  • Off.
  • Stats only (default): scores and records, signals unchanged.
  • Filter (experimental): blocks setups below the threshold, 65 for Break and 60 for SUNNY by default, with minimum coverage of 50%.
• The 💎 label replaces ⚡ on a BREAK when a liquidity sweep happened just before.
• Display:
  • The dashboard: a 💎 Tier 3 row with the current score for BUY and SELL. The Full layout adds a 💎 Sweep row comparing the average R of Breaks with and without a sweep.
  • JSON: the tier3_quality and sweep fields.
  • Strategy Validator: trade names, for example BREAK-L Q72 T65.
• FVG CE option for Pullback: places the limit order at the midpoint of a fresh FVG instead of a percentage; off by default.
• Runner suitability drives the Tier3 adaptive Runner mode: the Runner is kept only when this score is 70 or above at entry.

Limits of Tier 3

• Estimated data. CVD and absorption depend on how much lower-timeframe data your TradingView plan allows, and on the market’s volume quality (forex tick volume, reference volume for CFDs).
• Interpretive patterns. FVGs and sweeps are defined by fixed rules, but the concepts themselves remain chart interpretations.
• Small samples. Breaks with a sweep are relatively rare; the 💎 Sweep row needs time to collect enough trades.
• Validate before filtering. Switch on Filter only when high-score groups show clearly better average R across many symbols and out-of-sample data. Historical results, before costs.