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?

How is this different from the Open Types indicator?

Which bracket timeframe should I set?