General
The shared zone that decides how deep into the channel price must go before any signal is possible.
One input, and it gates every signal: how far toward the channel edge the bar's close must go before a signal can fire.

General zone for signals
Group 📍 General. Default: Small zone.
Each signal group has its own zone selector (FADE zone, RSI zone and so on). When that selector is Off, the signal uses this general zone. Set the general zone itself to Off and every signal that relies on it stops firing.
The zone edges are laid out around the channel bands (see Channel and zones), from the closest to the mean to the farthest:
| Option | Where the edge sits |
|---|---|
Ultra-small zone | On the inner band, R1 / S1 |
Small zone (default) | Inside the outer band |
Central zone | On the outer band, R2 / S2 |
Deep zone | Beyond the outer band |
The check is always on the bar's close: at or above the upper edge for short signals, at or below the lower edge for long ones.
How it changes the chart:
- deeper zone: price has to stretch further from the mean, so you get fewer signals, each one further out;
- shallower zone: more signals, earlier in the move.
Notes:
- The ultra-small zone edge is the inner band
R1/S1. It sits well inside the outer band and moves if you change either band multiplier. - The chart draws the small and deep zone edges (the wide bands) and the outer band (central zone). The inner band is hidden by default; switch it on with Show inner band in Channel and zones.
- Drawing and logic are separate: you can hide the channel and the zones still work.
Analysis range
Group 📅 Analysis range, near the bottom of the dialog. A debugging aid; you don't need it for normal use.
| Input | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Limit the range | off | Draws signal labels only between Start and End. TradingView keeps at most 500 labels per script, so on a long chart the oldest ones disappear; this is how you look at signals in the middle of history. |
| Start | 15 Jun 2026 | Start of the range. The time zone is set in the picker (the exchange's by default). |
| End | 31 Dec 2099 | End of the range. |
Only labels are limited. Signals, CONSENSUS and alerts are computed on all bars as usual.
Reserved
Group 🧩 Reserved: five inputs named Reserved 1–5. They do nothing. They hold places for future settings so that adding one doesn't reset the values you've already set.