Quick Start

This page is about the shortest correct first run.

The goal is not to build your final workflow in one sitting. The goal is to get one clean stack on the chart, understand why it is valid, and leave with a baseline you can actually verify.

That matters here because this indicator can look organized before it is properly fitted to the chart. A clean first run keeps the early confidence honest.

Before you add the indicator

Check your chart timeframe first.

The shipped defaults enable:

• CVD 01 on 5
• CVD 02 on 15
• CVD 03 on 60

Every enabled slot must use a timeframe at or above the chart timeframe. If your chart is above one of those enabled values, raise or disable that slot before you treat the script error like a product problem.

That first check matters because the runtime error here usually means mismatch, not malfunction.

Option A: use the shipped stack as intended

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

1. Add Axiom CVD Osc Lite to the chart.
2. Confirm that you can see 3 slot lines plus the blended CVD and blended Signal pair.
3. Check that the oscillator stays inside the visible -100 to +100 boundaries.
4. Open the settings panel and confirm On Bar Close? is still enabled.
5. Leave the default Session windows alone long enough to watch a new daily reset marker appear for the visible slots.
6. Change one active slot's Blended Weight: to 0 for a moment and confirm the slot can still exist while the blend changes without it.
7. Change the weight back after the check so you are back on the default profile.

What you should understand before moving on:

• the default profile is a 5 / 15 / 60 same-symbol ladder
• each slot is a bounded participation oscillator, not a raw CVD line
• the blend is being shaped by slot weights rather than acting like its own source of truth
• the whole stack is still in confirmed mode

Option B: adapt the stack to your chart first

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

1. Add the indicator.
2. Open the settings panel immediately.
3. Compare the chart timeframe to every enabled slot's TimeFrame:
4. Raise or disable any enabled slot that sits below the chart timeframe.
5. Confirm that each slot's Lower TF Precision: is still lower than that slot's timeframe.
6. Confirm that each slot's Window: is still at or above that slot's timeframe.
7. Leave On Bar Close? enabled while you are learning the stack.
8. Stop there and read the chart once before adding alternate tickers, alerts, or deeper tuning.

This is usually the better 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 build workflows or alerts. They are quick, and 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 tidy pane.

If you want one extra guardrail, write down three things before you move on: the chart timeframe, which slots are active, and whether On Bar Close? is on. That gives you a baseline to compare against once you start tuning.

A sensible first configuration

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

• use no more than 3 active slots
• keep all active slots on the chart symbol
• leave the stack in confirmed mode
• keep the default Session windows long enough to see how resets behave
• add alerts only after you can explain what each active slot is contributing

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 this chart?
• Is the stack running in confirmed mode or live-forming mode?
• Which active slots are shaping the blend right now?
• What makes this a participation estimate instead of exchange-side delta?

Once that version makes sense, move to MTF and Repainting, then Settings, then Visuals and Logic.