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Context · 01/10Live · v1.4.2

VolatilityRegime. Trade-or-stand-down filter.

VolatilityRegime quantifies the current market state — trending, ranging, or choppy — using a composite of normalized ATR, ADX slope, and realized-variance ratio. It outputs a single-line regime score and a color-coded background tint on your chart so you can decide whether to trade the setup or stand down.

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§ Who it’s for

Built for traders who need a decision, not noise.

  • Day traders who need a go/no-go filter before firing
  • Systematic traders pre-filtering signals by regime
  • Discretionary traders avoiding chop on a single glance

§ Features

What’s in the box.

  • Composite regime score (trend / range / chop)
  • ADX slope + ATR normalization with adaptive lookback
  • Optional background tint per regime state
  • Alert on regime transition — no polling required
  • Multi-timeframe mode — regime from higher TF on current chart
  • Session-aware reset with holiday-aware lookbacks

§ Parameters

Every setting, documented.

ParameterTypeDefaultRangeDescription
  • Periodint145–50Primary lookback for ATR and ADX calculations.
  • ADX Thresholdint2215–40Above this ADX value, trend regime activates.
  • Chop Thresholddouble0.380.2–0.6Realized-variance ratio below which chop regime flags.
  • Show BackgroundbooltrueTint chart background by regime state.
  • Multi-TimeframeenumOffOff · 15m · 1h · 4h · DailyCalculate regime from a higher timeframe and project down.
  • Alert on TransitionbooltrueFire an alert when regime flips.

§ Changelog

Every change, public.

  1. v1.4.22026-04-12
    • Fixed session-boundary reset on overnight futures sessions.
    • Holiday calendar updated through 2027.
  2. v1.4.02026-03-01
    • Added multi-timeframe mode.
    • Performance: ~40% render speedup on dense charts.
  3. v1.3.02026-01-15
    • New composite regime score.
    • Background tint rewritten for replay-safe rendering.