Technical signals screener settings

This screener works differently from the others: you do not set indicator thresholds. You pick setups — ready-made rules, each assembled from two or three conditions on RSI, MACD, moving averages, and Bollinger bands. Every condition in a setup must be met at once, on candle close.

In short

The screener computes RSI, MACD, moving averages, and Bollinger bands from candles and alerts you when a setup you picked completes on candle close.
A setup is a set of conditions on candles, not a forecast: it describes the state of the chart at the close and promises nothing about what follows.
In the form you pick timeframes (15m, 1h, 4h, 1d) and setups, of which there are seven. You do not set indicator thresholds by hand — they are baked into the setups.
The easiest start is one setup and hourly candles only: that way you can see what the rule actually catches.

First things first: a setup is a condition on candles, not a forecast. “Upside” and “Downside” in the interface say which idea the rule is built from, not where the price will go. The alert reports one thing: the conditions have lined up.

Setups

Which setups the screener looks for

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Upside Pullback in a trend

A steady uptrend catching its breath: the overheating is gone, the trend is not.

Upside Oversold bounce

The coin was sold off on a pullback, but the larger trend is still up.

Upside Momentum build-up

The move has already started and volume confirms it.

Breakout Squeeze before the move

Volatility has compressed and volume is picking up — the market is loading for a move.

Caution Overheated

Price went vertical on abnormal volume — the fuel is running out.

Downside Momentum breakdown

The decline has already started and is confirmed by volume — the mirror of Momentum build-up.

Downside Squeeze before the drop

Volatility compressed, volume arrived, and MACD went below zero.

Limits

Cap how often the screener may fire on a single coin

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When on, limits how many alerts the same coin can generate, so you do not get dozens of notifications about the same move.

Filters

Narrow what counts as a hit

Indicator screener setups

This section holds two decisions: which candles to scan and which setups to turn on. There are no indicator thresholds here at all — they already sit inside the rules.

The timeframe sets how often the check runs, not how strict the rule is: 15m is checked four times an hour, 1d once a day. This is the only screener where the pace of hits is set by candle size.

There are seven setups. The conditions listed under each one in the interface are not a paraphrase but the exact rule the hit is computed by: those are the numbers the screener checks.

Setup	All conditions at once	Badge
Pullback in a trend	SMA50 above SMA200; RSI back inside 40–55	Upside
Oversold bounce	RSI below 35; price above SMA200	Upside
Momentum build-up	MACD histogram above zero; RSI above 55; candle volume from 1.2× its average	Upside
Squeeze before the move	Bollinger band width below 6%; candle volume from 1.5×; MACD above zero	Breakout
Overheated	RSI above 75; candle volume from 2×	Caution
Momentum breakdown	MACD histogram below zero; RSI below 45; candle volume from 1.2×	Downside
Squeeze before the drop	Bollinger band width below 6%; candle volume from 1.5×; MACD below zero	Downside

Turning on every setup at once is the worst thing you can do. “Oversold bounce” and “Overheated” describe opposite market states: on one coin two arguing alerts arrive, and you stop trusting both. One or two setups matched to how you trade beat all seven.

Several setups rely on SMA200, which needs 200 closed candles. Until the series is long enough, no setup fires on that pair — on young contracts this is expected silence, not a fault. If a series stops updating, its setups stop counting too: a rule completed on stale candles describes a market that is no longer there.

Limits: how many indicator hits you are willing to read

There are no repeats inside one candle: indicator values do not change until it closes, so one setup on one timeframe sends one alert per candle. That is exactly why the form has no separate pause field.

A cap is still needed once several setups or several timeframes are on: on one coin they add up. “Pullback in a trend” has no volume condition on top of that, so it fires noticeably more often than the rest.

Filters: which coins to compute indicators on

Indicators are computed from real candles, and on an illiquid pair a candle can consist of two trades. RSI and MACD will still produce numbers there, but those numbers describe somebody’s order rather than the balance of forces. The turnover and open-interest floors are set in millions of dollars.

The market filter works differently here than on the price screener. Candles are taken from the venue where the pair has the larger turnover, and the filter is compared against that venue. If a coin trades more on spot while the filter says “futures only”, you will get no alerts on it at all — that is silence, not strictness.

Ready-made setups

These are the same sets applied with one click in the screener settings. The values below are exactly what gets filled in.

Pullback in a trend and oversold bounce

4h · two setups · turnover from $50M

Which candles to scan: 4h
Period: 360 min.
Which market to watch: Spot and futures
Min. Exchange 24h Turnover: 50 M $

Logic: only 4h candles on liquid coins, and only two setups — “Pullback in a trend” and “Oversold bounce”. Few hits: at most two per coin in six hours, with turnover from $50M.

Squeeze before the move and momentum build-up

1h · two setups

Which candles to scan: 1h
Period: 240 min.
Which market to watch: Spot and futures
Min. Exchange 24h Turnover: 10 M $

Logic: 1h candles, two setups — “Squeeze before the move” and “Momentum build-up”. The first marks a coin while price is still flat, the second once the move has started.

Overheated

1h and 4h · turnover from $50M

Which candles to scan: 1h, 4h
Period: 360 min.
Which market to watch: Spot and futures
Min. Exchange 24h Turnover: 50 M $

Logic: a single setup — “Overheated”. Fires when price has gone near-vertical on abnormal volume, meaning the move is already stretched. Liquid coins only: turnover from $50M.

Momentum build-up on 15m

15m · turnover from $20M

Which candles to scan: 15m
Period: 120 min.
Which market to watch: Spot and futures
Min. Exchange 24h Turnover: 20 M $

Logic: the fastest option — the “Momentum build-up” setup on 15-minute candles. Those candles produce noise on thin pairs, so the liquidity floor is raised to $20M turnover and the cap window is shortened to 2 hours.

Any set is a starting point, not a recommendation. Once applied the thresholds are yours: move them and the screener starts counting the new way immediately.

Indicator screener setup FAQ

Which timeframe should I choose?

If in doubt, keep 1h only. The check runs at the close of each selected candle: on 15m that is four times an hour per coin, on 1d once a day. The larger the candle, the rarer the hits and the less randomness in them.

How many setups should I turn on?

One or two that match how you trade. Setups describe different market states, and “Oversold bounce” and “Overheated” are direct opposites: on one coin you will get two arguing alerts and stop trusting both.

Why am I getting too many alerts?

Two usual causes: 15-minute candles are on, and many setups are on at once. A third is “Pullback in a trend” — it has no volume condition, so it fires noticeably more often than the rest. Hourly candles, one or two setups, and a per-coin alert cap fix it.

Why is the screener silent on a coin I care about?

Usually there is not enough history: several setups rely on SMA200, which needs 200 closed candles — on a young contract it honestly does not exist, and the screener does not fire on such a pair. The second reason is a market filter that contradicts where the coin trades. The third is the turnover and open-interest floors cutting the pair out.

What happens if I pick no timeframe or no setup?

The screener cannot fire at all — the form warns you and will not save such a configuration.

Why did the alert come with candles from a different exchange than I expected?

Candles are taken from the venue where the pair has the larger turnover, and that venue is the one named in the alert — so you check the numbers against the same chart the setup completed on. That is also why a “futures only” filter on a coin that mostly trades on spot produces no alerts at all.

Does a setup tell me where the price will go?

No. The “Upside” and “Downside” badges describe the idea the rule is built from, not a forecast. “Squeeze before the move” does not determine direction at all: only the MACD sign does. The alert reports that the conditions have lined up — the decision stays yours.

Common mistakes when setting up the indicator screener

All seven setups at once. Opposite ideas on one coin produce arguing alerts — which reads as a broken screener.
15-minute candles only. The noisiest grid: four checks an hour on every coin. If in doubt, start with the hourly.
A market filter that contradicts where the coin trades. Candles come from the higher-turnover venue, so “futures only” on a spot-heavy coin means silence.
Reading a setup badge as a forecast. “Upside” describes the idea behind the rule, not the direction of price; for a squeeze, only the MACD sign points anywhere.

You can see the same conditions on the live market in the technical signals section. False triggers and how to filter them out are covered in “How to avoid false signals”.

Everything described above is set up in the screener: pick a ready-made setup or your own thresholds, and alerts arrive by push or Telegram.

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