Reference

Feature Reference

Every feature in TheStrat Suite: what it does, where its settings live, and which doc covers it in depth.

Applies to v3.0.0. Settings paths refer to the indicator's settings panel groups.

Detection

Six-timeframe engine. The Suite monitors up to six timeframes at once from a single chart — bar classification, signals, and continuity on each. Presets configure all six in one click: TheStrat Classic, Scalp, Day Trade, Futures/Crypto, Swing Trade, Investing, or Custom for your own set. Settings: Timeframe Preset, Timeframes. Deep dive: architecture, htf-correctness.

Bar classification. Every candle typed against the prior candle's range: inside (1), directional (2u/2d), outside (3u/3d), with Failing 2s (F2u/F2d) as a modifier. The same classifier feeds the chart, the table, and the alerts, so they can never disagree. Deep dive: bar-types.

Strat combo labels. Signals are labeled in standard Strat notation (2d-1-2u HAM), oldest to newest, with * marking potential setups that haven't triggered. Settings: Display - Labels. Deep dive: reading-labels.

Inside Reversals. C1 inside, current candle breaks against C2's direction. On by default. Filters: HAM/SHO, FTFC. Deep dive: signals.

2-2 Reversals. Direct reversal with no inside-bar pause. On by default. Filters: HAM/SHO, FTFC, and F2 (require the prior bar to have been a Failing 2 — trapped traders fuel the move). Deep dive: signals.

Inside Continuations. Pause, then the prior move resumes. On by default. Filters: HAM/SHO, FTFC. Deep dive: signals.

2-2 Continuations. Sustained push, two directional bars the same way. Off by default because it's noisy unfiltered. Filters: HAM/SHO, FTFC. Deep dive: signals.

Failing 2s (Range Reclaims). A breakout that fails and reclaims the range — the one-bar reversal. Four detection methods (Reclaim, Open, both, either). Detection is always on for classification; the signal toggle decides whether they trade. Settings: Signals - Reclaims, Advanced - Failing 2 Detection. Deep dive: signals, bar-types.

3-2 Expansions. An outside bar's indecision resolved by the next candle committing to a side. Off by default. Deep dive: signals.

Outside Bars (3 Exp). The current candle engulfs the prior range — volatility expansion, direction from close vs open. Off by default. Deep dive: signals.

Hammers & Shooters. Candle-proportion patterns used as conviction filters or standalone signals, with three selectable definitions (Broad, Classic, Pin Bar) and an optional color match. Settings: Filters - Hammer/Shooter Detection. Deep dive: bar-types.

Full Timeframe Continuity (FTFC). Are all monitored timeframes trading above (or below) their opens right now? Shown in the table, usable as a per-signal filter, and alertable on shifts. Off as a filter by default — it filters hard, so I made it opt-in. Deep dive: ftfc.

Lead Signal filter. The highest timeframe with a signal in force becomes the Lead; lower timeframes only draw setups that agree with it. Chart-only — the data table keeps reporting every timeframe truthfully, filtered or not. Settings: Filters - Lead Signal. Deep dive: signals.

Domino detection. Consecutive inside bars stacked across timeframes — a market coiled on several scales at once. Shown in the table, alertable. Settings: Filters - Domino Setups. Deep dive: signals.

Levels and risk

Trigger levels. The prior candle's high/low drawn as entry lines, styled by state: yellow/orange potential, green/red in force, gray crossed. Deep dive: reading-labels, drawing-decisions.

Magnitude targets. The measured first target (C2's extreme) for every actionable signal, with an "only when in force" mode. Settings: Targets - Magnitude & Exhaustion. Deep dive: targets-and-stops.

Exhaustion levels. The extended target: the prior intact swing beyond magnitude, found by pivot scan. Optional "only after magnitude hit." Deep dive: targets-and-stops.

Take Action Windows. The zone between trigger and target, shaded while an entry or add still works. Extends to exhaustion if you want. Settings: Targets - Take Action Windows. Deep dive: targets-and-stops.

Stop losses. A stop on the opposite side of the trigger, CC or C1 referenced, locked for the period once a signal fires, with optional break-even moves at magnitude or exhaustion, and a Smallest Timeframe Only display mode that draws just the tightest active stop when several timeframes are in force. Off by default. Settings: Stops - Stop Levels. Deep dive: targets-and-stops.

Display and workflow

Data table. Live multi-timeframe state: C2, C1, actionable-setup and current-candle columns in Strat notation (Full mode), or a compact color-coded row (Compact mode), plus FTFC, Domino, and Lead rows. Settings: Display - Data Table. Deep dive: reading-labels.

Universal labels. The same signals in plain language — REV, CONT, INS, OUT, EXP, FAILING — for traders who don't speak Strat notation yet. Settings: Timeframe Preset → Label Style. Deep dive: reading-labels.

Bar coloring (new in v3). Chart candles painted by their Strat classification or by FTFC direction, with optional Failing-2 flip highlighting. History is graded honestly — the deep dive covers how. Off by default. Settings: Display - Bar Coloring. Deep dive: settings-reference.

Preview mode. When the market is closed, the Suite shifts to next period's levels so you can plan before the open — automatic per asset class (equities, futures, crypto), with holiday handling. Settings: Display - Preview Mode. Deep dive: htf-correctness.

Alerts. One consolidated alert covering every enabled timeframe with optional trigger/target/stop prices in the message, plus per-timeframe, direction, potential-setup, Domino, and FTFC-shift alert conditions. Alerts fire on state changes, never on every bar. Settings: Alerts - Detailed. Deep dive: settings-reference, repaint-prevention.

No repainting. Not a toggle — a contract. Completed-bar signals never change on reload; the rules and their receipts are documented. Deep dive: repaint-prevention.

Debug panel. Per-timeframe internals (classification flags, draw decisions) on the chart for troubleshooting a setup that didn't draw. Settings: Debug. Deep dive: drawing-decisions.