Quick Start

This page is about the shortest correct first run.

The goal is not to build your final ten-slot workflow today. The goal is to get one chart state running cleanly, understand why it is valid, and leave with a stack that is calm enough to learn from.

That matters because the first bad read with this tool usually does not come from a secret bug. It usually comes from going wider than your understanding on the first session.

Before you add the indicator

Check your chart timeframe first.

The shipped defaults enable:

• BB 01 on 5

• BB 02 on 15

• BB 03 on 60

Slots BB 04 through BB 10 exist, but they start disabled with Blended Weight: at 0.

Every enabled slot must use a timeframe at or above the chart timeframe. If your chart is above one of those enabled values, you need to raise or disable that slot before the script can run cleanly.

That check matters because an immediate runtime error here usually means mismatch, not failure.

Option A: use the default stack as intended

Use this path when your chart timeframe is 5 minutes or lower.

1. Add Axiom BB Pro to the chart.

2. Confirm that you can see 3 slot envelopes and 1 blended band with fill.

3. Open the settings panel and confirm BB 01, BB 02, and BB 03 are enabled while BB 04 through BB 10 remain off.

4. Confirm On Bar Close? is still enabled for those first 3 slots.

5. Change one active slot's Blended Weight: for a moment and confirm the blended band moves while that slot's own envelope stays where it is.

6. Change the weight back so you are back on the default profile.

7. Say what you are looking at in plain language: 3 active same-symbol slots, 1 blended summary, all 3 active slots still confirmed.

What you should understand before moving on:

• the default profile is a 5 / 15 / 60 same-symbol ladder

• the blend is being shaped by slot weights, not by hidden authority

• the dormant slots do not matter yet because they are disabled

If you cannot say those three lines clearly yet, do not add alternate tickers, mixed timing, or extra alerts. Stay here until the baseline feels ordinary.

Option B: adapt the stack to your current chart first

Use this path when your chart timeframe is above 5 minutes, or when you already know you do not want the default ladder.

1. Add the indicator.

2. Open settings immediately.

3. For each enabled slot, compare TimeFrame: to the chart timeframe.

4. Raise any conflicting slot timeframe, or disable that slot entirely.

5. Confirm that the runtime error is gone and the chart now draws only the layers you intended to keep.

6. Keep On Bar Close? enabled on the active slots while you are learning the tool.

7. Stop there and read the chart once before adding alternate tickers, extra slots, or advanced basis tuning.

This is usually the better first path on higher chart timeframes. It teaches fit first instead of letting a bad first impression do the teaching for you.

First sanity checks

Run these checks before you widen the stack. Each one teaches a rule you will need later.

If one of those checks surprises you, pause there. That is exactly the kind of misunderstanding this indicator can hide under a neat-looking chart.

Those pauses are useful. They are how you keep a flexible tool from becoming a confidence shortcut.

A sensible first configuration

If you are learning the indicator, keep the first session narrow:

• use no more than 3 active slots

• keep them on the same symbol

• keep them on familiar basis families such as SMA or EMA

• keep their On Bar Close? posture consistent at first

• add alerts only after you can explain what each active slot is contributing

A sensible second step

Once the base stack makes sense, add one deliberate complication, not five.

Good next moves:

• enable BB 04 with Blended Weight: at 0 so it acts as a diagnostic slot

• change one active slot's Type: while keeping timeframe and symbol the same

• add one alternate ticker only after the same-symbol stack already feels clear

Poor next moves:

• turning on several extra slots because the chart still feels uncertain

• adding alerts before you can explain what the active slots are doing

• mixing live-forming and confirmed slots before you have watched that difference once

Before you move on

You are ready for the next page when you can answer these without guessing:

• Which active slot has the lowest timeframe on your chart?

• Which active slots are shaping the blend right now?

• Are the active slots confirmed, live-forming, or mixed?

If you can answer those cleanly, move to MTF and Repainting, then Settings, then Visuals and Logic.

If you cannot, keep the stack small and rerun the sanity checks. That is still forward progress.