Settings

Settings

Axiom RSI Osc Pro has a large configuration surface — over 170 individual parameters across ten slots, global settings, display options, and a master smoothing section. That sounds overwhelming, but the structure is regular: each of the ten slots has the same settings with the same behavior. Learn the slot template once and you can apply it to all ten.

This page is organized by impact group. Have the settings panel open alongside this page so you can match each section to what you see.

Per-slot settings (the slot template)

Every slot has the same set of controls. The only things that differ between slots are the default values for timeframe, weight, and enable state. The table below explains each setting once; the 10-slot default summary at the end of this section shows how the defaults differ across slots.

Enable RSI ##

Type: Toggle (on/off). Default: On for slots 1–3, off for slots 4–10.

Turning a slot on means it computes its RSI, plots a line (unless hidden), contributes to the blend (if its weight is above zero), and fires its alert conditions. Turning it off removes it entirely — no computation, no plot, no blend contribution, no alerts.

When to change it: Enable a slot when you want to add a new timeframe or ticker to your stack. Disable unused slots to keep the pane clean and reduce computation.

What to watch for: Every enabled slot with a non-zero weight affects the blended line. If you enable seven slots without adjusting weights, the blend becomes an average of seven voices — which may dilute rather than sharpen the picture. Enable deliberately.

Hide RSI ## Plot

Type: Toggle (on/off). Default: Off.

When on, the slot's individual RSI line disappears from the pane. The slot still computes, still contributes to the blend, and still fires alerts — it just does not draw its own line.

When to change it: Use this when you want a slot's influence in the blend and alerts but do not need to see it as a separate line. Useful for reducing visual clutter when many slots are active.

What to watch for: A hidden slot is easy to forget. If the blended line moves in a way you cannot explain by looking at the visible slot lines, a hidden slot may be driving it. Check which slots are hidden before investigating further.

Source

Type: Price source dropdown. Default: close.

This is the price input to the RSI calculation. Common alternatives include hl2 (midpoint of high and low), hlc3 (average of high, low, close), and ohlc4 (average of all four price components).

When to change it: If your methodology uses a composite price source for RSI calculation, set it here. Most traders leave this on close.

What to watch for: Different sources react differently to candle structure. hl2 and hlc3 respond to wicks more than close does, which changes how the RSI behaves during volatile bars. If you switch the source on one slot, compare its behavior to your other slots to make sure you understand what changed.

Timeframe

Type: Timeframe string. Default: "5" (slot 1), "15" (slot 2), "60" (slot 3), "" (chart timeframe) for slots 4–10.

Each slot makes an independent multi-timeframe request at the specified timeframe. An empty string means "use the chart's current timeframe."

When to change it: Set this to match your multi-timeframe analysis structure. If you trade off 5m/15m/1h, those are natural slot timeframes. If you swing trade off 1h/4h/1D, set your slots accordingly.

What to watch for: The slot's timeframe must be equal to or higher than the chart timeframe. Setting it lower causes a runtime error — the indicator will stop and display an error message. This is a hard guardrail, not a recoverable warning.

Setting multiple slots to the same timeframe with slightly different smoothing does not give you multi-timeframe analysis. It gives you multiple views of the same underlying data, which can create a false impression of agreement.

RSI Length

Type: Integer. Default: 14.

The lookback period for the RSI calculation. A shorter length makes RSI more reactive to recent price changes. A longer length makes it smoother and slower.

When to change it: Shortening RSI length (e.g., 7–9) gives faster momentum readings that catch shifts earlier but produce more noise. Lengthening it (e.g., 21–28) produces a calmer line that filters out small moves but responds late to genuine shifts.

What to watch for: Very short RSI lengths (below 5) produce an extremely volatile raw RSI that whips between extremes on nearly every bar. Very long lengths (above 50) produce an almost flat line. Neither extreme is useful for regime detection without adjusting the smoothing to compensate.

RSI Smoothing

Type: Integer. Default: 3.

A moving average applied to the raw RSI to produce the slot's RSI line (called K internally). This is the first smoothing layer in the pipeline.

When to change it: Increase to smooth out RSI noise. Decrease toward 1 for a K line that tracks raw RSI more closely.

What to watch for: This setting interacts directly with RSI Length. A long RSI length combined with a long RSI smoothing produces significant lag — the K line will respond slowly to momentum changes. If you increase one, consider whether the other needs to come down to maintain acceptable responsiveness. Over-smoothing is the most common configuration mistake: the chart looks clean, but real regime transitions are hidden behind several bars of delay.

RSI MA Type

Type: Dropdown (all types in the Axiom MA Library Pro). Default: SMA.

Selects which moving average algorithm smooths the raw RSI into the K line. Options include SMA, EMA, WMA, DEMA, TEMA, ALMA, KAMA, FRAMA, Jurik, Laguerre, VAMA, and others.

When to change it: Different MA types have different lag and responsiveness profiles. EMA responds faster to recent values than SMA. ALMA can be tuned with its offset parameter for reduced lag. KAMA and FRAMA adapt their speed to market conditions. Jurik offers a smoothness/responsiveness balance controlled by its Power User parameters.

What to watch for: Changing the MA type changes the character of the K line in ways that are not always obvious from the name alone. Always test a new MA type on historical data before relying on it in a live session. If you select an advanced MA type (ALMA, KAMA, FRAMA, Jurik, Laguerre, VAMA), the Power User section for that slot becomes relevant — the advanced type's behavior depends on those parameters.

Signal Length

Type: Integer. Default: 3.

A moving average applied to the smoothed RSI (K) to produce the Signal line (D). The relationship between K and D determines the slot's regime: bullish when K > D, bearish when K < D.

When to change it: A longer Signal length creates a slower-moving D line, which means K must pull further away before a regime flip registers. This reduces whipsaw flips but delays real regime changes. A shorter Signal length (down to 1, where D equals K) makes regime flips immediate but hypersensitive.

What to watch for: Signal length directly controls how often regime flips occur. If you see the slot line rapidly alternating between bright and dim colors, the K and D lines are close together and crossing frequently. Increasing Signal length widens the gap needed for a flip, which can calm this down — but it will also delay legitimate regime changes.

Signal MA Type

Type: Dropdown (same options as RSI MA Type). Default: SMA.

Selects the moving average algorithm that smooths K into D. Functions identically to RSI MA Type but applies to the second smoothing stage. Has its own independent set of Power User parameters.

Blended Weight

Type: Float. Default: 33.3 for slots 1–3, 0 for slots 4–10.

This slot's relative influence in the weighted blended composite. Weights are relative and auto-normalize — they do not need to sum to 100 or any other specific value. A weight of 60/30/10 across three slots produces the same blend as 6/3/1.

When to change it: Increase a slot's weight to make it matter more in the blend. Decrease to reduce its influence. Set to 0 to exclude it from the blend entirely while keeping its individual plot and alerts active.

What to watch for: Weight = 0 does not disable the slot. It still computes, still plots its line, and still fires all three of its alert conditions. It just does not affect the blended line. If you want the slot fully off, disable it with the Enable toggle instead.

A single slot with a much higher weight than the others will dominate the blend. If one slot is at 100 and two others are at 1, the blend essentially tracks the dominant slot. This can be intentional — but if it is not, check your weight distribution.

Line Width

Type: Integer. Default: 2.

Controls the thickness of the slot's plotted RSI line. Purely cosmetic. Increase for visibility when many slot lines overlap.

Optional Ticker

Type: Symbol string. Default: empty (uses chart ticker).

Overrides the ticker for this slot's multi-timeframe request. When set, the slot computes RSI on the specified instrument instead of the chart's instrument.

When to change it: Use this for cross-ticker comparison — for example, checking the S&P 500 RSI alongside an individual stock's RSI. Both slots compute RSI in their own context but plot on the same bipolar scale, so you can see whether your asset's momentum aligns with or diverges from a reference instrument.

What to watch for: Cross-ticker RSI comparison is meaningful because RSI is already percentage-based — it measures proportional up/down movement, not price levels. But the resulting slot still reflects a different instrument's momentum. If you blend a cross-ticker slot into the composite, you are averaging momentum from different instruments, which produces a custom composite rather than a standard reading of any single instrument.

Per-slot Power User settings

Each slot has a Power User section with parameters that become relevant when you select an advanced MA type for RSI Smoothing or Signal Smoothing. Both RSI and Signal have their own independent set of these parameters.

On Bar Close? — The most important Power User setting. Default: true. This controls whether the slot uses confirmed (previous-bar) higher-timeframe values or current (building) higher-timeframe values. When true, historical bars match what was visible in real time — no repainting. When false, the slot updates faster on live bars but repaints until the higher-timeframe bar closes. See MTF and Repainting for the full explanation.

ALMA Offset / Sigma / Floor — Apply when RSI or Signal MA Type is set to ALMA. Offset (default 0.85) shifts the center of the ALMA weighting window. Sigma (default 6.0) controls the width of the Gaussian spread. Floor (default off) rounds the offset to an integer. These change the lag/responsiveness character of ALMA smoothing.

KAMA/FRAMA Fast / Slow — Apply when RSI or Signal MA Type is set to KAMA or FRAMA. Fast (default 2) and Slow (default 30) control the adaptive speed range. A wider gap between Fast and Slow gives the adaptive MA more room to vary its responsiveness.

Jurik Phase / Power — Apply when RSI or Signal MA Type is JURIK. Phase (default 0) shifts the balance between responsiveness and overshoot. Power (default 2.0) controls the smoothness level. Higher Power = smoother but slower.

Laguerre Alpha — Applies when the MA type is Laguerre. Default 0.5. Controls the filter decay rate. Lower values produce smoother, slower output. Higher values are more responsive but noisier.

VAMA Vol Length — Applies when the MA type is VAMA. Default 20. Sets the volume lookback for the volatility-adaptive calculation.

If you are using SMA, EMA, WMA, DEMA, or TEMA, the advanced Power User parameters have no effect on that slot's smoothing and can be left at defaults.

10-slot default summary

Slots 4–10 default to the chart timeframe and weight 0, so even if you enable them without changing settings, they will compute RSI on the chart's own timeframe but will not affect the blend until you assign a non-zero weight.

General oscillator settings

Overbought Level

Default: 70. Sets the dashed OB reference line and the OB alert threshold. On the bipolar scale, this means the blended RSI must reach +70 — equivalent to a standard RSI of 85 — before the overbought alert fires.

If you want your OB alert to trigger at standard RSI 70 (a more moderate level), set this to +40. If you want it at standard RSI 80, set this to +60. The conversion is: bipolar = (standard RSI − 50) × 2.

Oversold Level

Default: −70. The mirror of overbought. Bipolar −70 corresponds to standard RSI 15.

Display settings

Plot Blended RSI/Signal

Default: On. When turned off, the blended RSI line, blended Signal line, and the fill between them all disappear. Individual slot lines are unaffected. Useful if you want to work with individual slot readings only and ignore the composite.

Blended Line Width

Default: 3. Controls the thickness of the blended RSI and Signal lines. Increasing this helps the blended pair stand out visually when many individual slot lines are active.

Master Smoothing

Master Smoothing is an optional final processing step. When enabled, it applies one more moving average pass to the blended RSI and blended Signal after all slot contributions have been averaged.

Enable Master Smoothing

Default: Off. When turned on, the blended lines become smoother — but they also become slower. Every smoothing step adds lag.

Master MA Type

Default: EMA. Selects the MA algorithm for the master smoothing pass. Has the same options as per-slot MA types.

Master Length

Default: 3. Lookback for the master smoothing MA.

Master Power User params

The same ALMA, KAMA/FRAMA, Jurik, Laguerre, and VAMA parameters as per-slot Power User settings, applied to the master smoothing pass.

When to use Master Smoothing: If the blended line is noisy because your slots have diverse smoothing settings or conflicting timeframes, a short master smoothing pass (EMA 3–5) can settle the composite. But this is the last link in a long smoothing chain. By the time data reaches the master smoother, it has already been through RSI calculation, slot-level RSI smoothing, slot-level Signal smoothing, and weighted blending. Each of those stages added its own lag. Master smoothing adds more.

When not to use it: If you are already seeing regime transitions arrive later than expected, adding master smoothing will make the delay worse. Address the lag at the source — shorten RSI smoothing or Signal lengths in the slots that are contributing most of the delay — rather than layering another smoother on top.

How settings interact

The settings in this indicator form a pipeline. Understanding how they connect helps you make changes that do what you intend rather than creating unexpected side effects.

The lag chain: RSI Length → RSI Smoothing → Signal Length → (blending) → Master Smoothing. Each stage can add delay between a price change and the oscillator's reaction. The honest version is directional, not exact: longer lookbacks and extra smoothing make the pane calmer and later. The code does not give you one universal "X bars of lag" formula because the result depends on your MA types, lengths, timeframe, On Bar Close choice, and the shape of the move itself.

The practical test: after changing smoothing settings, watch where regime flips appear relative to the price moves that caused them. If you can already see the move clearly in price before the regime flip registers, your pipeline is too slow for your decision speed. If regime flips are chattering every few bars with no clear directional commitment, your pipeline may be too fast. There is no universal right answer — only the answer that matches how quickly you actually need to respond.

Weight distribution shapes the blend: With three slots at equal weight, the blend responds equally to all three. If you increase one slot's weight to 70 and leave the others at 15, the blend mostly follows the dominant slot. This is how you express a judgment about which timeframe matters most for your current decision — but it also means the blend becomes less useful as a multi-voice summary.

Smoothing type and Power User params are coupled: Selecting ALMA as the MA type and leaving the offset at the default 0.85 produces a specific lag/responsiveness balance. Changing the offset to 0.5 produces a noticeably different balance. If you change the MA type, review the associated Power User parameters to understand what they do. Do not assume that default Power User values are always appropriate for non-default MA type choices.