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This topic cluster covers no-code trading bot creation, strategy building, backtesting, paper trading, indicators, and risk management. Every guide is written for operators who want repeatable workflows and realistic expectations. Not financial advice. Trading involves risk.

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Indicators

150 posts
2026-07-03•1 min read•200 words

Aberration Bands Indicator Explained

How the Aberration system wraps an ATR channel around a typical-price average for classic breakout trading, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•191 words

Acceleration Bands Indicator Explained

How Price Headley's Acceleration Bands widen proportionally to range for momentum breakout entries, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•204 words

AlphaTrend Indicator Explained

How the AlphaTrend indicator combines ATR bands with momentum gating for a self-filtering trend line in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•280 words

Aroon Indicator Explained: Timing Trend Births

How Aroon Up and Aroon Down measure the time since recent highs and lows, how to read crossovers, and how to automate Aroon in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•195 words

ATR Trailing Stop Indicator Explained

How the ATR Trailing Stop ratchets behind price by a volatility multiple, and how to automate it as an exit in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•298 words

Automated Support & Resistance Zones for Trading Bots

How the Support/Resistance Zones indicator builds zones from swing pivots and ATR, and how to trade zone bounces and breaks in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•189 words

Average Price (OHLC4) Indicator Explained

How the OHLC4 average price incorporates the open for gap-aware smoothing, and when to use it as a source in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•205 words

Awesome Oscillator Indicator Explained

How Bill Williams' Awesome Oscillator compares 5- and 34-period midpoint momentum, with saucer and twin-peaks signals, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•204 words

Balance of Power Indicator Explained

How Balance of Power scores each bar's buyer-vs-seller control from open, close, high, and low, and how to automate BOP in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•197 words

Bias Indicator Explained

How the Bias indicator measures percent deviation of price from its moving average, and how to automate mean-distance rules in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•205 words

BRAR (AR/BR) Indicator Explained

How the BRAR sentiment pair compares ranges around the open (AR) and prior close (BR) to gauge crowd mood, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•203 words

Center of Gravity (CG) Indicator Explained

How Ehlers' Center of Gravity oscillator locates the balance point of recent prices with near-zero lag, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•197 words

Chande Kroll Stop Indicator Explained

How the Chande Kroll Stop draws dual ATR stop lines for both directions, and how to automate it in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•206 words

Chandelier Exit Indicator Explained

How the Chandelier Exit hangs a trailing stop from the highest high since entry, and how to automate it in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•194 words

Choppiness Index Indicator Explained

How the Choppiness Index scores trendiness from 0-100 so bots know when to trend-trade and when to fade, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•300 words

CMF: Chaikin Money Flow Explained

How Chaikin Money Flow measures buying vs selling pressure from close location and volume, and how to automate CMF in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•286 words

CMO: Chande Momentum Oscillator Explained

How the Chande Momentum Oscillator measures raw momentum on a ±100 scale, how it differs from RSI, and how to automate CMO in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•216 words

Connors RSI Indicator Explained

How Connors RSI blends short RSI, streak length, and return rank into a mean-reversion score, and how to automate it in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•225 words

Coppock Curve Indicator Explained

How the Coppock Curve was designed to call major market bottoms with long-horizon momentum, and how to automate it in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•202 words

Decay Indicator Explained

How the Decay indicator creates a fading impulse line for cooldown logic and signal aging in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•199 words

Ease of Movement (EOM) Indicator Explained

How Ease of Movement measures how far price glides per unit of volume, revealing effortless vs labored moves, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•215 words

Efficiency Ratio (ER) Indicator Explained

How Kaufman's Efficiency Ratio measures how directly price travels, and how to use ER as a regime filter in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•210 words

Elder Ray Index (ERI) Indicator Explained

How Elder Ray's Bull and Bear Power measure strength at the extremes around an EMA, and how to automate ERI in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•192 words

Elder Thermometer Indicator Explained

How Elder's Market Thermometer flags abnormally hot or cold bars from wick extension, and how to automate it in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•178 words

Entropy Indicator Explained

How the Entropy indicator measures randomness in recent price action, separating structure from noise in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•198 words

Even Better Sinewave Indicator Explained

How Ehlers' Even Better Sinewave extracts cycle phase for range timing, and how to automate EBSW in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•201 words

Exhaustion Count Indicator Explained

How the Exhaustion Count tallies consecutive closes beyond prior closes, TD-Setup style, to flag stretched runs in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•192 words

Fast Stochastic Indicator Explained

How the Fast Stochastic delivers raw %K/%D readings without smoothing for quick triggers in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•204 words

Fisher Transform Indicator Explained

How the Fisher Transform reshapes price into a Gaussian distribution so turning points appear as sharp spikes, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•217 words

Gann HiLo Activator Indicator Explained

How the Gann HiLo Activator flips a stop line between average highs and lows, and how to automate it in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•224 words

Heikin Ashi Indicator Explained

How Heikin Ashi candles smooth trends into clean runs, their repaint caveat, and how bots use HA state in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•200 words

Hilbert Transform Trendline Indicator Explained

How Ehlers' Hilbert Transform Instantaneous Trendline extracts the trend from cycle noise, and how to automate it in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•187 words

Holt-Winters Channel Indicator Explained

How the Holt-Winters Channel wraps forecast-model bands around its adaptive average, and how to automate HWC in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•182 words

Inertia Indicator Explained

How the Inertia indicator smooths the Relative Volatility Index with linear regression to measure trend mass-in-motion, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•211 words

Jurik Moving Average (JMA) Indicator Explained

What makes the Jurik Moving Average exceptionally smooth with low lag, and how to use JMA in automated strategies in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•308 words

KAMA: Kaufman Adaptive Moving Average Explained

How KAMA speeds up in trends and flattens in chop using the efficiency ratio, and how to automate adaptive moving averages in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•201 words

KDJ Indicator Explained

How the KDJ adds a J-line to the stochastic that overshoots for early warnings, and how to automate KDJ in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•298 words

Keltner Channels Explained for Trading Bots

How Keltner Channels use ATR to build a volatility envelope, how they differ from Bollinger Bands, and how to automate them in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•183 words

Kurtosis Indicator Explained

How rolling Kurtosis measures fat tails in recent returns, warning when big moves cluster, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•214 words

Linear Regression Indicator Explained

How the Linear Regression indicator fits a least-squares line to price for statistical trend measurement in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•198 words

Log Return Indicator Explained

How the Log Return series turns price into statistically well-behaved returns for quant rules in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•191 words

Mass Index Indicator Explained

How the Mass Index detects range bulges that precede reversals without predicting direction, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•216 words

McGinley Dynamic Indicator Explained

How the McGinley Dynamic self-adjusts to never separate far from price, avoiding the whipsaws of fixed moving averages, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•195 words

Median Price (HL2) Indicator Explained

How the HL2 median price source smooths single-tick noise, and when to feed HL2 into other indicators in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•276 words

MFI: Money Flow Index Explained

How the Money Flow Index combines price and volume into a volume-weighted RSI, how to read 80/20 extremes, and automation in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•195 words

Midpoint Indicator Explained

How the Midpoint indicator averages the highest and lowest close for a stable range-center line in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•190 words

Midprice Indicator Explained

How the Midprice indicator tracks the center of the true high-low range, and how to use it like a Donchian midline in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•190 words

Normalized ATR Indicator Explained

How Normalized ATR expresses volatility as a percentage of price for cross-market comparisons, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•290 words

OBV: On-Balance Volume Explained

How On-Balance Volume tracks accumulation and distribution, how OBV divergence warns of reversals, and how to automate OBV in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•322 words

Parabolic SAR Explained for Trading Bots

How the Parabolic SAR trailing indicator works, its stop-and-reverse logic, acceleration factor tuning, and automation in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•192 words

Percent Return Indicator Explained

How the Percent Return series exposes simple bar returns for threshold and momentum rules in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•295 words

Pivot Points Explained: Classic & Fibonacci Levels

How daily, weekly, and monthly pivot points are calculated, how traders use PP/R1/S1 levels, and how to automate pivots in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•185 words

Price Distance (PDIST) Indicator Explained

How Price Distance sums the full path price traveled, measuring activity regardless of direction, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•195 words

Psychological Line (PSL) Indicator Explained

How the Psychological Line tracks the percentage of up closes as a crowd-optimism gauge, and how to automate PSL in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•182 words

Qstick Indicator Explained

How Qstick averages close-minus-open to quantify persistent candle color, and how to automate it in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•204 words

Random Walk Index (RWI) Indicator Explained

How the Random Walk Index tests whether moves exceed random-walk expectations, and how to automate RWI in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•193 words

Reflex Indicator Explained

How Ehlers' Reflex oscillator detects trend turns with minimal lag by removing cycle components, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•199 words

Relative Vigor Index (RVGI) Indicator Explained

How the Relative Vigor Index compares close-vs-open to the bar's range to measure conviction, and how to automate RVGI in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•194 words

Rolling Median Indicator Explained

How the rolling Median gives an outlier-proof center line for robust baselines in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•190 words

Rolling Quantile Indicator Explained

How the rolling Quantile tracks any percentile of recent price for adaptive levels in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•201 words

Rolling Variance Indicator Explained

How the rolling Variance series exposes squared dispersion for quant-style volatility rules in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•199 words

Schaff Trend Cycle Indicator Explained

How the Schaff Trend Cycle runs MACD through a double stochastic for earlier trend signals, and how to automate STC in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•186 words

Skew Indicator Explained

How rolling Skew reveals whether recent big moves lean bullish or bearish, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•192 words

Slope Indicator Explained

How the Slope indicator quantifies trend steepness as a number your bot can threshold, and how to use it in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•187 words

Super Smoother (3-Pole) Indicator Explained

How the 3-pole Super Smoother deepens Ehlers' filtering for maximum noise rejection, and when to prefer it in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•215 words

Super Smoother Filter Indicator Explained

How John Ehlers' Super Smoother Filter removes sub-cycle noise with near-zero aliasing, and how to automate it in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•334 words

Swing High/Low Detector: Trading Market Structure

How the swing high/low detector finds structural turning points, how bots trade structure breaks, and how to use it in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•209 words

Tillson T3 Moving Average Indicator Explained

How the Tillson T3's six-stage smoothing with a volume factor produces a silk-smooth trend line, and how to automate T3 in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•196 words

TrendFlex Indicator Explained

How Ehlers' TrendFlex measures trend persistence without a smoothing delay penalty, and how to automate it in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•194 words

True Range Indicator Explained

How True Range measures each bar's real movement including gaps, and how to use raw TR in Setup.Cash rules.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•272 words

TSI: True Strength Index Explained

How the True Strength Index double-smooths momentum for cleaner signals, how to trade signal-line and zero crosses, and automation in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•176 words

TTM Squeeze Indicator Explained

How the TTM Squeeze detects Bollinger Bands compressing inside Keltner Channels and times the release, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•193 words

TTM Squeeze Pro Indicator Explained

How Squeeze Pro grades compression into low, mid, and high squeezes for prioritized setups, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•192 words

Typical Price (HLC3) Indicator Explained

How the HLC3 typical price weights the close alongside the range, and why indicators like CCI and MFI are built on it, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•197 words

Ulcer Index Indicator Explained

How the Ulcer Index measures drawdown depth and duration as the pain-adjusted risk metric, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•291 words

Ultimate Oscillator Explained

How the Ultimate Oscillator blends three timeframes of buying pressure into one momentum reading, and how to automate it in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•195 words

Variable Heat Map (VHM) Indicator Explained

How the Variable Heat Map scores how hot each price area has been, grading zones for structure trades in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•306 words

Volume MA & Relative Volume (RVOL) Explained

How volume moving averages and relative volume identify unusual activity, why RVOL is the day trader's favorite filter, and automation in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•265 words

Vortex Indicator (VI) Explained

How the Vortex Indicator's VI+ and VI- lines identify trend direction changes, and how to automate vortex crossovers in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•189 words

Weighted Close Price Indicator Explained

How the Weighted Close price doubles the close's weight against the range, and when to prefer it as an indicator source in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•211 words

Williams Alligator Indicator Explained

How Bill Williams' Alligator uses three offset SMMAs to separate sleeping ranges from eating trends, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•304 words

Williams Fractals Indicator Explained

How Bill Williams fractals mark local highs and lows, how to use them for stops and breakouts, and how to automate fractals in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•1 min read•199 words

Z-Score Indicator Explained

How the Z-Score measures price stretch in standard deviations for clean mean-reversion logic, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-07-03•2 min read•212 words

ZigZag Indicator Explained

How the ZigZag indicator filters insignificant moves to expose swings, with the repaint caveat every bot must respect, in Setup.Cash.

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2026-06-25•2 min read•286 words

ADX and DI Explained: Measuring Trend Strength

How the Average Directional Index measures trend strength, how +DI and −DI show direction, and how to use ADX as a regime filter in Setup.Cash.

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2026-06-25•2 min read•350 words

ATR Indicator Explained: Measuring Market Volatility

What Average True Range measures, why it is the backbone of volatility-aware stops and position sizing, and how to use ATR in a Setup.Cash strategy.

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2026-06-25•2 min read•362 words

Bollinger Bands Strategy Guide for Trading Bots

How Bollinger Bands measure volatility, the difference between mean-reversion and breakout uses, and how to automate a Bollinger strategy in Setup.Cash.

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2026-06-25•2 min read•266 words

CCI (Commodity Channel Index) Explained

How the Commodity Channel Index measures price deviation from its average, how to read the ±100 levels, and how to automate CCI in Setup.Cash.

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2026-06-25•2 min read•375 words

Ichimoku Cloud Explained for Automated Trading

Understand the five Ichimoku lines, how the cloud (Kumo) defines trend and support/resistance, and how to automate Ichimoku signals in Setup.Cash.

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2026-06-25•2 min read•332 words

MACD Indicator Explained for Automated Trading

How the MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence) works, what the signal line and histogram tell you, and how to build a MACD strategy in Setup.Cash.

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2026-06-25•2 min read•395 words

Moving Averages Explained: SMA, EMA, WMA, RMA

How simple, exponential, weighted, and smoothed moving averages differ, when to use each, and how to build a moving-average strategy in Setup.Cash.

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2026-06-25•2 min read•276 words

Stochastic Oscillator Explained for Trading Bots

How the Stochastic oscillator measures momentum relative to the recent range, how %K and %D crossovers work, and how to automate it in Setup.Cash.

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2026-06-25•2 min read•326 words

VWAP Explained: Volume-Weighted Average Price

What VWAP is, why institutions use it as a fair-value benchmark, how VWAP bands work, and how to use VWAP in a Setup.Cash strategy.

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2026-06-25•2 min read•282 words

Williams %R Indicator Explained

How Williams %R measures overbought and oversold conditions on an inverted scale, and how to use it for momentum and reversals in Setup.Cash.

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Indicators Lab

3 posts
2026-06-25•3 min read•571 words

AI Indicator Generator: Create Custom Trading Indicators With AI

Describe an indicator in plain English and let Setup.Cash AI code a full, advanced custom indicator with inputs, outputs, and signals you can preview, test, and use in any strategy.

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2026-06-25•3 min read•517 words

How to Create Custom Trading Indicators Without Coding

A practical guide to building your own custom indicators in the Setup.Cash Indicators Lab using the simple formula language, inputs, outputs, plots, and signals, no AI required.

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2026-06-25•3 min read•598 words

The Indicators Lab: Complete Guide to How It Works

A full walkthrough of the Setup.Cash Indicators Lab, the built-in library, building your own indicators with AI or manual setup, previewing on a chart, presets, and using indicators in strategies.

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Backtesting

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Live trading

2 posts
2026-06-25•3 min read•417 words

How to Connect a Broker to Your Trading Bot

Connect OANDA, MetaTrader, or a crypto exchange to Setup.Cash so your strategy can place real or simulated orders, plus how demo money, simulator, and real money differ.

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2026-06-25•3 min read•403 words

Why a Trading Bot Should Scan One Market at a Time

Forex, crypto, and stocks have different sessions, data feeds, and brokers. Here is why Setup.Cash keeps each bot to a single market type, and how to structure multi-market trading.

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Strategy design

1 post
2026-06-25•3 min read•403 words

Multi-Timeframe Trading Strategies Explained

How to combine a higher-timeframe trend filter with a lower-timeframe entry in Setup.Cash, and why multi-timeframe confirmation reduces noise.

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Risk management

2 posts
2026-06-25•3 min read•504 words

Risk Management for Trading Bots: The Complete Guide

Stop loss, take profit, position sizing, max open trades, cooldowns, and daily loss limits, how to configure risk controls for an automated trading strategy in Setup.Cash.

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2026-06-25•3 min read•420 words

Stop Loss Types Explained: ATR vs Pips vs Percent

Which stop loss should your trading bot use? Compare ATR-based, fixed-pip, and percentage stops, and learn when each one fits in Setup.Cash.

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AI strategy tools

1 post
2026-06-25•3 min read•445 words

Text to Strategy: Build a Trading Bot From a Sentence

Describe your trading idea in plain English and Setup.Cash generates a complete, validated strategy blueprint with entries, exits, risk, and indicators, ready to backtest and paper trade.

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Backtesting & risk management

2 posts
2026-02-22•4 min read•760 words

Backtesting Explained: How to Test a Trading Strategy Safely

Backtesting explained in practical terms: how to test a trading strategy safely, what metrics to review, and how to avoid overfitting and false confidence.

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2026-02-22•4 min read•728 words

Paper Trading vs Live Trading: When to Switch

Learn the differences between paper trading and live trading, what to validate before switching, and how to use a no-code strategy workflow to reduce avoidable mistakes.

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Build a trading bot

2 posts
2026-02-22•4 min read•695 words

Create a Trading Bot: From Idea to Backtest to Live

A practical workflow for creating a trading bot from strategy idea to no-code blueprint, backtesting, paper trading, and controlled live execution.

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2026-02-22•5 min read•805 words

How to Build a Trading Bot Without Coding (Step-by-Step)

Learn how to build a trading bot without coding using a no-code strategy builder, backtesting workflow, paper trading, and risk management controls.

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No-code strategy builder

1 post
2026-02-22•4 min read•664 words

What Is a No-Code Trading Bot Builder?

Understand what a no-code trading bot builder does, how strategy blueprints work, and how to combine backtesting, paper trading, and risk controls in one workflow.

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