Quick Start

Quick Start

This page gets you from installation to a verified, working oscillator in about five minutes. It covers what the defaults give you, what correct behavior looks like, and the most common traps that make new users think the tool is broken when it is not. If everything here checks out, you are set up correctly and ready to learn what the readings actually mean.

Step 1: Add the indicator to your chart

Open a chart on a 5-minute timeframe or lower (1m, 2m, 3m, or 5m). The default slot timeframes are 5m, 15m, and 60m, so the chart timeframe must be at or below the lowest slot to avoid a runtime error.

Add Axiom MACD Osc Lite from your indicators list. It appears in a separate pane below the price chart.

Step 2: Confirm the defaults loaded correctly

With default settings, the pane should show:

• Three colored lines — the individual slot K values:

• Teal — Slot 01 (5-minute MACD)

• Aqua — Slot 02 (15-minute MACD)

• Blue — Slot 03 (60-minute MACD)

• A thicker lime or red line — the blended K (weighted consensus)

• A gray line — the blended D (smoothed consensus)

• A shaded fill between blended K and D (lime when K > D, red when K < D)

• Histogram columns around the zero line (lime above, red below)

• Five horizontal reference lines at +100, +70 (overbought), 0, -70 (oversold), and -100

All of this should be visible without changing any settings.

Screenshot placeholder: Default Axiom MACD Osc Lite on a 1-minute chart. Three slot lines (teal, aqua, blue) moving at different speeds. Blended K/D lines (thicker) with fill. Histogram columns around zero. Reference lines at +100, +70, 0, -70, -100.

Step 3: Watch the slot lines move

Give it a few bars. On a 1-minute chart with default settings:

• The teal line (Slot 01, 5m) moves the fastest. It responds to short-term momentum shifts within a few chart bars.

• The aqua line (Slot 02, 15m) moves more slowly. It takes longer to change direction because it is tracking a higher timeframe.

• The blue line (Slot 03, 60m) moves the slowest. It captures broad momentum direction and barely reacts to small price moves.

This difference in responsiveness is expected. Each slot runs its own MACD at its own timeframe, so they see different amounts of price history and react at different speeds.

The blended K line sits somewhere between the three slots, pulled toward whichever slot carries the most weight. With default equal weights (33.3 each), the blend tracks the middle of the pack.

Step 4: Verify the slot color behavior

Each slot line changes color depending on its own regime state:

• When the slot's K is above its own D: the line draws in the brighter slot color

• When the slot's K is below its own D: the line draws in the faded slot color

This is how you read per-slot momentum direction at a glance. The color flips happen independently for each slot because each one runs on a different timeframe.

Similarly, the blended K line is lime when blended K > blended D, and red when blended K < blended D.

Step 5: Confirm the repaint setting

Open the indicator settings. Under PU Settings, look for On Bar Close? — it should be checked (on) by default.

With this on, each slot uses the last confirmed bar from its selected timeframe. This means:

• Slot 01 (5m) updates once every time a 5-minute bar closes on your 1-minute chart

• Slot 02 (15m) updates once every 15 minutes

• Slot 03 (60m) updates once every hour

Between those update points, each slot holds its prior confirmed value. This is stable, auditable behavior. Historical readings will match what you saw when those bars were live.

If you are comfortable with the defaults, you are done with setup. Read Visuals and Logic to learn what the visual elements mean in more depth, or Settings to start configuring.

What correct first use looks like

Here is a quick checklist to confirm the indicator is behaving as expected:

• The oscillator pane shows three distinct colored lines moving at different speeds

• The lines stay within the -100 to +100 range

• The blended K and D lines (thicker) are visible with a fill between them

• The histogram draws columns around the zero line

• On Bar Close is checked in PU Settings

• No runtime errors appear in the pane

If all of this checks out, the indicator is working correctly with its defaults.

First traps that look like the tool is broken

These are the most common problems new users hit on first load. None of them mean the tool is broken — they are setup issues with straightforward fixes.

If your problem is not in this table, see Troubleshooting for a more complete diagnostic reference.

Where to go next

The indicator is loaded and working. Now you need to understand what it is showing you.

• First priority: Visuals and Logic teaches you what each element in the pane means, what state changes matter, and how to avoid the most common misreads.

• When you are ready to configure: Settings walks through every setting with tradeoffs and warnings. Start here before changing defaults.

• Before you rely on historical readings: MTF and Repainting explains what the On Bar Close toggle does and why it matters. This is the most important trust-related page in the manual.