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Naked levels: nPOC, nVAH, nVAL and nVWAP

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How a naked level is created How it is removed What is drawn How to read it Alert Settings

A naked level is a reference price from a finished period that price has not traded back to. AK FlowBook keeps them on the chart until they are touched, so you can see which old references are still untested.

Naked POC, VAH, VAL and VWAP lines extending to the right

How a naked level is created

When a day, week or month closes, the indicator stores:

that period's POC (nPOC),
its VAH and VAL (nVAH, nVAL), if Include naked VAH / VAL is on,
its final VWAP (nVWAP), if Include naked prior VWAP closes is on.

Each level starts at the first bar of the new period and extends to the right.

How it is removed

A naked level disappears when:

any later bar trades through its price (the bar's high and low span the level), or
it gets older than Naked level max life (bars) (1500 bars by default), or
more than Max naked levels kept (18 by default) are stored. The oldest one is dropped first.

What is drawn

Label	Line	Meaning
`nPOC`	Yellow, solid, thicker	Untested point of control of a prior day, week or month.
`nVAH`	Silver, dotted	Untested value area high.
`nVAL`	Silver, dotted	Untested value area low.
`nVWAP`	Blue, solid	Untested final VWAP of a prior period.

The label sits at the right end of the line. It does not say which period (day, week or month) the level came from. Levels from different periods can sit close to each other.

The dashboard row Naked ↑ / ↓ (<count>) shows the nearest naked level above and below the current price, and how many are stored. See Dashboard.

How to read it

Naked levels are prices where the market last found balance or value but has not returned to since. Many traders watch them as reference areas for a test or a reaction.
A naked level near price is a place to pay attention to what volume and price do. The level alone says nothing about direction.
After the first touch the level is gone. Price may still react around that area later, but the indicator no longer draws it.

Note: Naked levels can only form from periods inside the chart's loaded history. If you scroll far back or use a short history, older levels may be missing.

Alert

Turn on Alert: naked level touched to receive a message when price touches a naked level. When several are touched on one bar, the one nearest the close is reported, for example AKFB Full | nPOC TOUCH <price> | XAUUSD | 5. See Alerts.

Settings

Setting	Default	What it does
`Track naked (untested) levels`	On	Stores and draws naked levels.
`Include naked VAH / VAL`	On	Adds `nVAH` and `nVAL`. Off keeps only `nPOC` (and `nVWAP`).
`Include naked prior VWAP closes`	On	Adds `nVWAP`.
`Max naked levels kept`	18	Maximum stored levels; the oldest is dropped first.
`Naked level max life (bars)`	1500	Levels older than this are removed even if untouched.
`Show naked level labels`	On	Shows the `nPOC`, `nVAH`, `nVAL`, `nVWAP` text.
`Use naked levels in setup engine`	On	Lets the setup engine treat naked levels as levels.
`Alert: naked level touched`	Off	Sends a context alert on a touch.

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