One-timeframing

One-timeframing audits completed periods for the auction-theory control test of one-timeframing: an up sequence holds every prior period's low, a down sequence every prior high. The audit runs twice — on each chart bar and on a higher timeframe bracket, 30-minute by default, accumulated from chart bars so nothing repaints — and shows as bar coloring, rolling invalidation step lines, break crosses, a bracket background tint, and a dashboard with each audit's state, streak, and invalidation price.

How to Trade the One-timeframing?

• One-TF Up / One-TF Down: one side is running the auction — trade with it rather than fade it.
• Invalidation Level: the prior period's opposite extreme, rolled forward each completed period — the first trade through it ends the sequence; the natural stop line.
• Break markers: a cross prints at the violated side; a close beyond upgrades the break from probe to acceptance, each with its own alert.
• HTF background: the bracket is one-timeframing — entries against it fight the side in control.

Inside periods — holding the extreme without extending the range — tint lighter: the sequence survives but has stalled. Alerts cover starts, continuations, breaks, and accepted breaks on both audits — a staple of the volume and order-flow family.

One-timeframing Settings

• Minimum Sequence Length (default 2): completed periods before a sequence counts as active.
• Equal Extreme Holds (default enabled): a period that only matches the prior extreme keeps the sequence alive; disable for the stricter reading.
• Run Higher Timeframe Audit (default enabled) and Bracket Timeframe (default 30).
• Show Dashboard (default enabled), plus Position and Size.
• Style toggles — Color Bars, Invalidation Level, HTF Invalidation Level, Break Markers, HTF Background — all enabled by default.

Frequently Asked Questions

What exactly ends a sequence?

Any trade through the running invalidation level ends it by definition; no close is required. A close beyond the violated extreme upgrades the break to acceptance, and the two cases alert separately.

How is this different from the Open Types indicator?

Open Types classifies conviction from a session's first minutes; this audit tracks control period by period. The open sets the day's premise, the sequence tells you whether it keeps.

Which bracket timeframe should I set?

The 30-minute default is the classic intraday audit; D audits days within the week, W weeks within a month. Brackets at or below the chart timeframe are marked unavailable on the dashboard.