Settings

This page explains the settings in the order most traders actually need them, not in the order the code happens to declare them.

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Settings

This page explains the settings in the order most traders actually need them, not in the order the code happens to declare them.

The indicator repeats one slot model three times. Once you understand what one slot is deciding, the rest of the stack gets much easier to shape on purpose.

Why this matters: the settings are flexible enough to help you build something you actually own, but they are also flexible enough to let one innocent-looking change alter slot participation, timing posture, and summary behavior at the same time.

If you feel overloaded on a first read, ignore three things for now:

Optional Ticker:
uneven blend weights
master smoothing

Get the same-symbol stack working first. Those extras make more sense once the base pane already feels predictable.

Start with the repeated slot controls

Every slot answers the same set of questions:

Is this slot active?
What symbol and timeframe is it reading?
What baseline MA is it comparing against?
How is its internal Slow reference built?
How much should it influence the blended pair?

That is enough flexibility to build something useful. It is also enough flexibility to create confusion quickly if you change too many things at once.

The first distinction to keep straight

Before you change anything else, keep these three states separate:

State	What it means	What still happens	Fast verification
Disabled slot	The slot is off completely	No plot, no blend contribution, no slot alerts, no alignment participation	Turn Enable MA 0x off and confirm the slot disappears from every logic surface
Hidden slot	The slot still exists, but its line is not drawn	Blend contribution can remain, slot alerts can remain, alignment can remain	Turn on Hide MA 0x Plot while leaving the slot enabled
Weight-zero slot	The slot still exists, but the blend ignores it	The slot can still plot, alert, and affect alignment	Set Blended Weight: to 0 on one enabled slot and compare the blend before and after

If that distinction is blurry, every later setting change gets harder to interpret.

Slot controls that decide whether the slot exists

Label	Default	What it changes	When to change it	Misuse to avoid
Enable MA 01 / Enable MA 02 / Enable MA 03	On	Turns the slot on or off completely	Remove an unused layer or simplify the stack	Treating disabled and hidden as the same thing
Hide MA 01 Plot / Hide MA 02 Plot / Hide MA 03 Plot	Off	Hides the slot line, but keeps the slot active	Keep the slot contributing without drawing it	Forgetting that a hidden slot can still matter

If a slot is hidden but still enabled, it can still affect:

the blended pair if its weight is above 0
slot alerts
full-stack alignment

Slot controls that decide what the slot reads

Label	Default	What it changes	When to change it	Misuse to avoid
Source:	close	Which price series the slot measures against its baseline	Test a different source only when the workflow depends on it	Changing source and timeframe together, then not knowing what caused the new behavior
TimeFrame:	5, 15, 60	Which timeframe context the slot requests	Match the stack to your chart and trading rhythm	Setting an enabled slot below the chart timeframe
Optional Ticker:	blank	Lets the slot read another symbol	Add outside context after the same-symbol stack is already clear	Treating mixed-symbol agreement as proof

One hard rule lives here: every enabled slot timeframe must stay at or above the chart timeframe.

If the script errors on first load, this is the first section to inspect.

Slot controls that decide the baseline MA

Label	Default	What it changes	When to change it	Misuse to avoid
Type:	EMA	The MA family used as the slot baseline	Compare how different MA families anchor the same source	Turning MA variety into a random search for the smartest-looking line
Length:	20	The lookback length for the slot baseline	Make the baseline slower or faster	Changing length on all three slots at once and losing the purpose of the ladder

The baseline is not the plotted line. It is the internal anchor the slot uses to ask, "How stretched is the source versus this baseline right now?"

That distinction matters because this indicator is not plotting raw MAs. It is plotting the oscillator result of that comparison.

Slot controls that decide the internal Slow reference

Label	Default	What it changes	When to change it	Misuse to avoid
Slow Type:	EMA	The MA family used to smooth the slot Fast reading into a slot Slow reading	Make regime changes calmer or more reactive	Forgetting that the Slow line is internal, not plotted
Slow Length:	3	How quickly slot Fast is smoothed into slot Slow	Tighten or loosen the slot's regime comparison	Using very short settings and treating the extra flips as extra truth

The slot color changes based on Fast versus Slow even though the slot Slow line itself is not drawn. That is why color shifts can surprise people the first time they use the pane.

Supported MA families

The lite MA surface available to Type:, Slow Type:, and Master MA Type includes:

SMA
EMA
RMA
WMA
VWMA
HMA
ALMA
SWMA

You do not need to mix several MA families on the first stack to get value from the tool. In most cases, one family across the stack teaches more than a menu of mixed styles.

Oscillator controls

These settings shape how the slot stretch is normalized and displayed as an oscillator.

Label	Default	What it changes	When to change it	Misuse to avoid
ATR Length	14	The normalization window used for slot stretch scoring	Slow down or speed up how stretch is contextualized	Shortening it aggressively until every move feels dramatic
ATR Sensitivity	1.0	How quickly slot stretch presses toward the oscillator boundaries	Make the oscillator more or less eager to reach extremes	Reading stronger saturation as stronger truth
Overbought Level	70	The upper reference line and related blended alert threshold	Adjust the context marker to your workflow	Treating it as a universal reversal level
Oversold Level	-70	The lower reference line and related blended alert threshold	Adjust the context marker to your workflow	Treating it as a universal reversal level

Those thresholds are reference points inside this tool's normalized space. They are not promises that price must reverse there.

Blend and display controls

Label	Default	What it changes	When to change it	Misuse to avoid
Blended Weight:	33.3 on each slot	How much that slot influences the blended Fast/Slow pair	Favor one slot, soften another, or remove one from the blend	Assuming 0 means the slot no longer exists
Plot Blended Fast/Slow	On	Shows or hides the blended pair	Read the raw slots first without the summary visible	Forgetting the blended logic and alerts still exist even when the pair is hidden
Line Width:	2 on each slot	Changes how bold a slot looks	Make one slot easier to spot	Letting line thickness create fake authority
Blended Line Width:	3	Changes how prominent the blended pair looks	Stop the summary from dominating the pane	Mistaking visual emphasis for better information

Use the table above as the mental reset whenever the pane looks cleaner than the logic underneath it actually is.

Master smoothing controls

Label	Default	What it changes	When to change it	Misuse to avoid
Enable Master Smoothing	Off	Adds one extra smoothing pass to the blended pair only	Calm the summary after you already trust the base stack	Selling yourself lag as clarity
Master MA Type	EMA	Chooses the smoothing family used on the blended pair	Compare a different smoothing response	Changing master smoothing before you understand the unsmoothed blend
Master Length	3	Controls how strong that extra smoothing pass is	Add a lighter or heavier smoothing pass	Forgetting it delays the summary after the slot work is already done

Master smoothing does not change the slot Fast lines. It only changes the blended pair after the raw blend already exists.

Global timing and ALMA controls

These inputs affect the whole stack rather than one slot at a time.

On Bar Close?

Default: On

This is the main timing and trust control in the indicator.

On: the stack uses confirmed higher-timeframe values
Off: the stack can follow the still-forming higher-timeframe value

In this lite build, the switch is global. That means one change affects every slot.

If you want the safer first learning path, leave it on and read MTF and Repainting before experimenting.

ALMA Floor Offset?, ALMA Offset:, ALMA Sigma:

Defaults:

ALMA Floor Offset?: Off
ALMA Offset:: 0.85
ALMA Sigma:: 6.0

These only matter when any selected MA family is ALMA.

They are global in this build. If two slots and the master smoother all use ALMA, they all inherit the same ALMA tuning values.

Default profile at a glance

Area	Default state
Active slots	MA 01, MA 02, and MA 03 enabled
Slot timeframes	5, 15, 60
Source	close on all slots
Baseline MA	EMA(20) on all slots
Slot Slow	EMA(3) on all slots
Slot line width	2
Blend weights	33.3 on all slots
Optional ticker	blank on all slots
Oscillator normalization	ATR Length = 14, ATR Sensitivity = 1.0
Thresholds	70 and -70
Blended pair plot	enabled
Blended line width	3
Master smoothing	off
Timing mode	On Bar Close? enabled

A practical order for changing settings

If you feel overloaded, change settings in this order:

fix timeframe compatibility
decide whether each slot should exist at all
keep all slots on the chart symbol until the base stack makes sense
choose baseline MA type and length
adjust Slow type and length
tune the oscillator controls only if the stack still needs it
adjust blend weights
add master smoothing last, if you still want it
test mixed-symbol use only after the same-symbol stack feels boring in a good way
test live-forming timing only after confirmed timing is already clear

That order protects comprehension. It also makes it much easier to tell what actually caused a behavior change.

Two setting mistakes worth catching early

All active weights set to 0

If every active slot weight is 0, the blended pair stops being a useful summary. The slots may still be doing work, but the blend no longer has meaningful contributors.

Turning on master smoothing too early

Master smoothing can make the blend look calmer before you understand whether the calmness is coming from better structure or simply more lag.

That is why it belongs late in the tuning order, not early.

Before you leave this page

You should be able to answer these questions without guessing:

Which controls change whether a slot exists, whether it is visible, and whether it influences the blend?
Which controls shape the baseline MA versus the internal Slow reference?
Which controls affect the whole stack instead of one slot?

If that feels clear, go to Visuals and Logic next. If the timing switch still feels slippery, go to MTF and Repainting first.

Visual placeholder: Settings panel capture with one slot group annotated for Enable, Hide Plot, TimeFrame:, Type:, Slow Type:, Blended Weight:, and Optional Ticker:, plus a second callout showing the oscillator, master smoothing, and global timing controls.