Pyramiding

Pyramiding turns a scale-in campaign into an executable map. Anchor the starter entry with a click and the indicator projects the add ladder on the favorable side of the trade, simulates each fill, re-anchors a ratcheting stop two ATR behind the newest unit, and tracks the stack's average cost and aggregate worst case. It formalizes pyramiding on the Turtle template: volatility-spaced adds, a hard unit cap, and a trailed exit that decides when the sequence ends.

How to Trade the Pyramiding?

• Add level filled: exposure steps up and the stop trails behind the fill — alerts fire per level, on any fill, and when the full stack is reached.
• Stop beyond break-even: once the trail ratchets past the stack's average cost, the stop-zone shading flips color and the worst case becomes a locked gain.
• Stop hit: the whole stack closes and the sequence ends per plan.
• Inverted-shape warning: a tranche larger than the one before turns the pyramid upside down — flagged on the dashboard.

Exposure bands shade each segment darker where the stack carries more size.

Pyramiding Settings

• Entry Point and its price (set by clicking when the indicator is added, draggable after).
• Direction (default Long) and Entry Price From (default Clicked Price).
• Initial Size (units) (default 1): the starter tranche; add sizes are multiples of it.
• Stop Basis (default ATR Multiple) with ATR Length (default 20) and Mult (default 2); Manual Initial Stop (default 0) takes a structural level instead.
• Add Levels (default 3) and Add Spacing (default ATR Multiples).
• Add 1-4 (defaults 0.5/1/1.5/2) with × size (defaults 0.75/0.5/0.25/0.25): rung distances and tranche multiples.
• Max Aggregate Risk (currency) (default 0, off): caps the largest stage loss.
• Style and dashboard toggles cover band and zone shading, level labels, and placement.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is pyramiding different from averaging down?

They are opposites. Averaging Down adds to a losing position to improve its average price, while pyramiding adds only on favorable movement — every add is financed by a trade already working, at the cost of dragging break-even toward current price.

Does the indicator place orders?

No. It is a planning and tracking overlay: adds are simulated as resting stop-entry orders, gap-aware, with the stop checked first on any bar touching both. Execution stays with you.

Why cap the number of adds?

A cap fixed before entry keeps maximum exposure known at every step — the Turtle template allowed a starter plus three adds per market. Uncapped, adding turns a trend trade into a bet that the move never pauses.