Settings

Axiom DC Pro has a large control surface, but the logic repeats. That is the good news. You do not need to memorize ten unrelated systems. You need one clean slot model, a sensible order for changing it, and the discipline to verify each change before the next one stacks on top.

Use the settings in this order:

1. decide whether the slot should exist at all
2. choose the timeframe and channel length
3. choose the basis family and basis length
4. decide whether the slot belongs in the blend
5. decide whether the slot should be confirmed or live-forming
6. only then add alternate-ticker context or family-specific tuning

That order matters. Earlier settings define what kind of slot you have. Later settings only make sense after that foundation is stable.

Start with the repeated slot model

Slots DC 01 through DC 10 share the same main control pattern.

Out of the box:

• DC 01, DC 02, and DC 03 are enabled
• their default TimeFrame: values are 5, 15, and 60
• their default Length: is 20
• their default Basis MA Length: is 1
• their default Type: is SMA
• their default Blended Weight: values are 40 / 35 / 25
• DC 04 through DC 10 are disabled, blank on timeframe, and start with Blended Weight: at 0

That makes the first-load experience a three-slot ladder with room to expand, not a ten-slot dashboard you are expected to use all at once.

One extra calibration note matters here: the shipped basis starts at Type: SMA with Basis MA Length: 1. In practice, that gives the baseline a near-raw midpoint read before you start shaping the center line into something more opinionated.

The shortest safe way to use this page

If you are still learning the indicator, do not tune everything at once.

• Touch Enable, TimeFrame:, Length:, Basis MA Length:, Type:, and Blended Weight: first.
• Leave Optional Ticker: blank until the same-symbol stack already makes sense.
• Verify one change on-chart before you make the next one.
• Keep new expansion slots at 0 blend weight until you know whether they deserve influence.

If you are overloaded, ignore the family-specific controls for now. A stable three-slot stack teaches more than a clever ten-slot experiment you cannot explain.

Core slot controls

What to verify after core changes

After you change any core slot control, check the smallest useful thing:

• If you changed TimeFrame:, confirm the slot is still legal on the current chart.
• If you changed Length:, confirm the raw channel edges changed the way you expected.
• If you changed Basis MA Length: or Type:, confirm the basis line changed and compare that to the outer bounds.
• If you changed Blended Weight:, confirm the blend changed while the slot's own channel stayed where it was.
• If you added Optional Ticker:, compare that slot against the source market on a separate chart before you trust the comparison.

If two or three changes moved at once, back up and test them one at a time. This tool rewards deliberate changes much more than batch tuning.

Power-user controls

Every slot also has its own power-user section. Those controls matter only when the slot setup actually calls for them.

On Bar Close? is the one power-user control that changes trust posture, not just tuning. Handle that early enough to understand it, but not casually.

If you are not sure whether you need the rest of these controls, that is your answer for now. Leave them at default until the base workflow is already doing useful work.

Blend controls

The blended channel uses enabled slots with non-zero weight. If a slot is active but its Blended Weight: is 0, that slot still exists, but it drops out of the blended summary.

That makes Blended Weight: one of the easiest controls to misuse quietly. The chart can still look full while the summary has stopped listening to part of the stack.

The settings that shape trust the most

These matter more than most readers expect:

TimeFrame:

This decides whether the slot is even valid on your current chart and what layer of structure it is meant to represent. A clever basis family cannot rescue a mismatched timeframe.

Blended Weight:

This decides how loudly a slot speaks inside the summary channel. If the weight feels arbitrary, the blend will look cleaner than it deserves.

On Bar Close?

This decides whether a slot reads the last closed higher-timeframe bar or the still-forming one. Because it is per slot, one stack can carry mixed timing assumptions at the same time.

Optional Ticker:

This decides whether the slot stays on the chart symbol or becomes remapped outside context. Use it to add perspective, not to borrow certainty.

Choosing basis families without drowning in options

The Type: menu exposes twenty-one basis families:

SMA, EMA, RMA, WMA, VWMA, HMA, ALMA, SWMA, DEMA, TEMA, TRIMA, LSMA, KAMA, JMA, FRAMA, T3MA, VAMA, ZLMA, ZLEMA, LAGUERRE, and MCGINLEY.

That is a lot of choice. Treat it like room to refine a workflow, not like a demand to optimize everything on day one.

A practical way to reduce overload is to think in families:

• classic smoothers: SMA, EMA, RMA, WMA, VWMA
• faster or lower-lag options: HMA, DEMA, TEMA, ZLMA, ZLEMA, LSMA
• adaptive choices: KAMA, FRAMA, VAMA, MCGINLEY
• specialty choices that deserve a reason before use: ALMA, JMA, LAGUERRE, T3MA, TRIMA, SWMA

A practical starting posture:

• pick one familiar family for the first stack
• use the same family across the first three active slots
• learn how Length: and Basis MA Length: change the workflow before you compare several basis families
• move into adaptive or specialty families only when you have a specific reason, not because the names feel more advanced

Once Type: moves away from SMA, you are no longer reading a plain textbook midpoint basis. The channel layout still looks familiar, but the behavior under the basis line has changed.

Settings combinations that usually work better than random exploration

Keep a clean base stack

• two or three active same-symbol slots
• consistent On Bar Close? posture across those slots
• one basis family across the stack
• non-zero blend weights only for slots that truly belong in the summary

Add a diagnostic slot

• enable one extra slot
• set its Blended Weight: to 0
• keep it visible or hidden depending on what you are testing

This is useful when you want one additional read without letting it quietly steer the blend.

Add cross-ticker context carefully

• start with one alternate-symbol slot only
• keep its weight at 0 until you have verified how it behaves
• compare it to the source market on a separate chart before treating it as actionable context

Test mixed timing on purpose

• keep most slots confirmed
• turn one exploratory slot live-forming
• watch that one slot in replay before you let it into a serious workflow

This is the safest way to learn what per-slot timing freedom actually costs.

Stop signs worth respecting

Slow down if you notice any of these:

• you are changing several settings before checking what any one of them did
• you added extra slots because the chart felt uncertain, not because you had a new job for them
• you are using heavier blend weights because a slot feels emotionally comforting
• you switched some slots to live-forming without deciding how that changes your expectations

Those are the moments where flexibility usually stops helping and starts hiding confusion.

When that happens, the best move is usually smaller:

• fewer active slots
• one basis family
• confirmed timing
• same-symbol context only

What this page does not promise

• There is no universal best Donchian recipe here.
• More active slots do not automatically produce a stronger read.
• A more exotic basis family does not automatically produce better decisions.
• A heavier blend weight does not make a slot more correct. It only makes that slot more influential.

Visual placeholder: Settings capture showing one slot's main controls beside its power-user section, with callouts for TimeFrame:, Blended Weight:, On Bar Close?, and Optional Ticker:.