Swing time.
Structure. Confirmation.
A classroom workflow built around your Swing Search Time template. Ten custom indicators, one built-in moving average, and an explicit process for studying historical setups.
Two clean templates, all ten compiled indicators, installation instructions, this guide, exact settings, file checksums, and a practice journal. WordPress login and group approval are required to download.
Get the Swing Time strategy package →Install in MT5
- Sign in to the member downloads page and download Swing Time strategy — template + all 10 indicators. Extract the ZIP before copying anything.
- In the MT5 terminal you will use, choose File → Open Data Folder. Save your existing chart as a template first.
- Copy the package’s MQL5 folder into that Data Folder, merging its subfolders. Back up same-name files before replacing them. Do not create an extra MQL5/MQL5 folder.
- Check that
MQL5/Indicators/Downloads/atr_channels.ex5andMQL5/Profiles/Templates/LPSLAMA_SwingTime_Classroom.tplexist. Keep the Downloads and Examples subfolders exactly as packaged. - Refresh Navigator or restart MT5. Open a fresh broker chart for BTCUSD (or your broker’s suffix variant), then select H4 explicitly. The source chart records BTCUSD with period_type=1 and period_size=4; templates should not be relied on to select your symbol/timeframe.
- Right-click the chart → Templates → LPSLAMA_SwingTime_Classroom. If missing, choose Load Template and browse to the file. Do not attach the same indicators again manually.
- Press Ctrl+I: expect ten custom indicators plus Moving Average. The classroom layout has a price window and two separate MACD windows. Load history and check the Experts/Journal tabs for errors before interpreting the panels.
- Repeat for each terminal’s own Data Folder. For DOGEUSD, open your broker’s DOGE symbol first, select H4, apply the template, and verify history, tick availability and clock offset again.
The built-in Moving Average needs no separate download. SmoothAlgorithms.mqh is a compilation dependency of AFL and ATR Channels, already incorporated into their EX5 builds; students do not need it to run these compiled files. No source files, DLLs, credentials or saved trades are included.
Choose a layout
| Template | What changes |
|---|---|
| Classroom — recommended starting point | All ten indicators retained. MACD AO and MTF MACD get separate windows (different scales). S15 off to reduce tick-history work. Swing controls move below the legacy dashboard; the results panel starts hidden. SignalTable starts at Y=215. Window heights: 60% / 17% / 23%. |
| OriginalSettings_Clean | Original indicator settings and shared MACD window retained, including S15 on and the Swing results panel visible. Saved drawings removed. Use for comparing with the original configuration. |
Both copies remove the source template’s saved chart objects and reset its saved scroll timestamp. Indicators rebuild their own objects from the student’s history. The original file in your terminal is untouched. Neither layout has been visually tested in a live MT5 terminal; adjust panel positions for your screen and save your own template.
The classroom study process
- Prepare the evidence. Use a demo chart, wait for history, check the selected clock, and record the last closed H4 bar. Keep the symbol and timeframe consistent throughout the exercise.
- Describe price structure. Compare the close with the orange 13-period simple moving average and red AMA. Record whether both lines slope up, down or disagree. Note the price’s position relative to the ATR centre and bands; a band touch alone is not an entry.
- Search the swing-time sequence. Click Pattern in Swing Search. Record the displayed H/L sequence, match count, tolerance and clock. Inspect the matched dates and what followed. “Latest match: next swing” describes a historical continuation, not a scheduled future reversal.
- Compare momentum. Read completed-bar values in SignalTable and the MTF MACD lanes. Record agreement and disagreement separately. MACD AO colors measure its change, while MTF colors measure main-minus-signal; those meanings differ.
- Form a testable hypothesis. For a bullish study candidate, require a closed bar above both averages, both averages rising, and positive H4/D1 MACD differences. Reverse these conditions for a bearish candidate. These are proposed study filters, not rules encoded in the template. Record any other lane that disagrees; skip incomplete data.
- Define the paper trade before advancing. Write the precise confirmation level, hypothetical fill rule, invalidation beyond a known confirmed swing, and exit rule in the journal. Account for spread, fees and slippage. Do not move these rules after seeing the result. If no clear invalidation or confirmation exists, record “no trade”.
- Review out of sample. Advance to the next closed bar and record what was actually available then. Log losing, missing and skipped setups as well as winners. Compare with a simple baseline without swing-time matching before attributing value to the extra indicators.
Every tool in the template
The built-in Moving Average is period 13, simple method, close, orange (#FFA500). The ten custom tools below are included at their exact required paths.
| Tool | Required path inside MQL5 | Saved settings and usage |
|---|---|---|
| AFL WinnerSign | Indicators\Downloads\afl_winnersign.ex5 | Average 5; period 10; length 5; phase 15; weighted close (IPC 7). Magenta sell markers and #0A2DE2 buy markers. Treat as supplementary observations; marker stability has not been live-tested. |
| ATR Channels | Indicators\Downloads\atr_channels.ex5 | ATR 18; smoothing length 100, SMA; close (IPC 1); bands at 1.6 / 3.2 / 4.8 × ATR. Cyan centre, blue inner, red middle, purple outer. Bands show volatility distance, not guaranteed reversal levels. |
| MIMIFX MOUTEKI | Indicators\Downloads\MIMIFX MOUTEKI.ex5 | White TD high/low markers. TrendLine=false, ProjectionLines=true, HorizontLine=true, AlertsOn=false. Green/red projections are geometric references, not assured targets. |
| Adaptive Moving Average (AMA) | Indicators\Examples\AMA.ex5 | 10 / 2 / 30, shift 0; applied to open (apply=2). Red line. Included at Indicators/Examples/AMA.ex5; separate from the built-in 13-period SMA. |
| Currency Strength V3 | Indicators\MIMIFX_Currency_StrengthV3.ex5 | Momentum 14; MACD 12/26/9; Stochastic 15/5/15. Uses the chart symbol across MN1 through M1, not a cross-currency ranking. Compares differently scaled values and substitutes zero for failed reads; exclude its BUY/SELL label from the classroom decision checklist. |
| SignalTable Advanced 2.01 | Indicators\MIMIFX_SignalTable_Advanced_v2.01.ex5 | CompactMode=true, PanelMode=2, font 16; fast/slow SMA 13/24. Green buy, red sell, pale neutral. Agreement is a vote count, not a win probability. Classroom Y=215; original Y=400. |
| ForecastMap Repaired 6.80 | Indicators\MIMIFX_ForecastMap_Repaired_v6.80.ex5 | 5,000 history bars, 24 forward bars, 8–30 matches, maximum distance 2.5; higher-timeframe filter on, session filter off. Results panel starts hidden. Gold median and light-blue band setting; inner bands hidden. Historical analogue context only. |
| Institutional Swing Search 4.14 | Indicators\Institutional_Swing_Search_v4.14.ex5 | SwingStrength=5; SwingTests=2; ±15 minutes; 10,000 search bars; 1,000 labelled bars. Seven-day colors and dark down candles on. Manual NY shift −7. Classroom panel starts hidden; click Show Results to reveal it. |
| MACD AO Colors | Indicators\MACD AO Colors.ex5 | MACD 12/26/9, close. Aqua means MACD rising versus its prior value; orchid means falling or equal. Orange signal line. Histogram color does not mean MACD is above/below zero. |
| MTF MACD Visual | Indicators\MTF_MACD_Visual.ex5 | 12/26/9; 750 chart bars. W1, D1, H4, H1, M15, M5, M1 and optional synthetic S15. Green means MACD main minus signal ≥0; red means <0. All available nonzero lanes must agree, with at least four, before a consensus arrow is drawn. S15 is disabled only in the classroom layout. |
Time search, weekends and DOGEUSD
Find Time matches ordinary bar-open times. Pattern matches an ordered swing H/L time sequence. A 09:30 search on H4 can legitimately find nothing if no H4 bar opens at that clock time. Search tolerances are minutes, not bar counts.
The saved NY offset is −7 hours from broker server time. It is manual, not an automatic daylight-saving conversion. Compare a known server timestamp with New York time and set the offset for that broker/date; history spanning clock changes may need separate study periods. Weekends are included when the broker supplies weekend bars. Missing crypto history cannot be invented by the indicator.
Swing Search’s weekday colors follow its selected server/offset clock. Its labels use pixel gaps (6 for text, 16 for arrows), useful on low-price symbols such as DOGEUSD. MTF MACD consensus arrows still use 100 points; adjust that input if they are too far from DOGE candles.
Seven days, fourteen candle shades
Bright shade: Close ≥ Open. Dark shade: Close < Open, approximately 55% of the bright RGB values. These shades express candle direction, not a buy/sell instruction. The current candle’s shade can change until it closes.
| Day | Up / unchanged | Down |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | #40E0D0 | #237B72 |
| Monday | #1E90FF | #114F8C |
| Tuesday | #FFA500 | #8C5B00 |
| Wednesday | #00FF00 | #008C00 |
| Thursday | #FFD700 | #8C7600 |
| Friday | #FF6347 | #8C3627 |
| Saturday | #DA70D6 | #783E76 |
Known limitations and troubleshooting
- Legacy dashboard: Currency Strength V3 compares unlike numeric scales and treats failed buffer reads as zero. A visible BUY/SELL label therefore does not prove healthy data. It also uses generic object names and lacks cleanup in the reviewed source. Keep it for template compatibility, but exclude it from the classroom signal checklist. Remove it from your own saved layout if it adds clutter.
- Panel overlap: expand the chart, hide Swing/Forecast results when unused, or adjust their PanelX/PanelY inputs. SignalTable uses offsetX/offsetY. The legacy dashboard is fixed near the top-left; the classroom Swing controls start at Y=160.
- Flattened MACD: use the classroom layout. The original puts MACD values and normalized MTF lanes into the same window. Different scales can hide useful detail.
- S15 blank or slow: MT5 has no native S15 chart period here. MTF builds it from up to 12 hours of broker ticks. Blank older values are expected. The classroom template disables it; turn it on only if you need the extra tick-history work.
- Slow chart: start with one chart, leave S15 off, then reduce MTF InpMaxBars, Swing MaxSearchBars and Forecast HistoryBars if needed. Lower history changes the search sample. This package has not had a sustained terminal-performance test.
- Cannot load indicator: check the exact subfolder, broker terminal Data Folder, file size/checksum and Experts log. Refresh Navigator or restart. The files are MT5 EX5 files and do not work in MT4.
- No swing/forecast matches: wait for history and check the clock, tolerance and required match count. Zero matches can be a valid result; do not loosen filters solely to obtain a signal.
- Old ghost text: apply the clean template to a fresh chart. Save any personal drawings before cleaning an existing chart. The separate Chart Cleanup tool on the site is optional and is not attached by this template.
- Predictive claims: more indicators often reuse the same price data. Their votes are correlated and are not independent confirmations or calibrated probabilities.
Practice journal
The package includes a CSV with columns for symbol, timeframe, broker clock, decision time, available closed bar, swing sequence, matches, momentum, proposed entry/invalidation/exit, costs, result and notes. Record enough information to reproduce the decision without viewing future bars.
Package verification and credits
All ten referenced EX5 files were located. Template references, ZIP integrity, checksums and absence of source files were checked. The reviewed sources have no external iCustom or DLL import dependencies. This does not establish a broker-independent live run or prove that every binary corresponds exactly to its adjacent source.
AFL WinnerSign: Andrey Voytenko. ATR Channels: Luis Guilherme Damiani. MACD AO Colors: Vladimir Karputov. AMA: MetaQuotes example. Original attribution is retained; the remaining custom tools use their supplied names. The exact input blocks and file inventory are included in the package.
Reference: MetaQuotes on chart templates. Historical results do not establish future performance; see the SEC investor bulletin on performance claims.