A question to the TIMEFRAME(default)

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  • 12/19/2025 at 12:49 PM #254661 quote
    thomas2004ch
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    Hi,

    In the tutorial for ProScreener (Verison 2023), page 14, there si an example:

    TIMEFRAME(weekly)
    Condition1 = Williams[14](Close) < 0 AND Williams[14](Close) > -20
    TIMEFRAME(30 minutes)
    Condition2 = ExponentialAverage[20](Close) CROSSES OVER ExponentialAverage[12](Close)
    SCREENER[Condition1 AND Condition2]

    And: To return to the data of the selected period in the ProScreener interface, we can write :

    TIMEFRAME(default)

    What does “the selected period” mean? The weekly or the 30_minutes?

    12/29/2025 at 7:47 AM #254809 quote
    Iván González
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    timeframe(default) refers to the timeframe you have selected in the screener window.
    When you use this instruction in an indicator or backtest, it refers to the timeframe of the chart you are working with.

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    12/29/2025 at 11:17 AM #254815 quote
    thomas2004ch
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    must I use the TIMEFRAME(default) at the end of my screener or not?

    12/29/2025 at 11:29 AM #254819 quote
    Iván González
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    Using TIMEFRAME(default) at the end isn’t mandatory, but it depends on what data you want to use to sort your results or if you want to add a last-minute condition.
    Only use it if, after defining specific timeframes (such as Weekly), you want to “return” to the tool’s base timeframe to perform further calculations.

    12/29/2025 at 11:41 AM #254822 quote
    thomas2004ch
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    I create an indicator as follow:

    TIMEFRAME(weekly)
//Condition1 = MACDline[12,26,9](close) > 0 //MACDSignal[12,26,9](close)
Condition1 = LinearRegressionSlope[3](MACDline[12,26,9](close)) > 0
TIMEFRAME(daily)
Condition2 = MACDline[12,26,9](close) crosses over MACDSignal[12,26,9](close)
//TIMEFRAME(default)

GoLong = Condition1 AND Condition2

if GoLong then
   out = 1
else
   out = 0
endif

return out as "Multi TF Long"

    I can insert it in a daily chart. But as I try to insert it in the weekly chart, I got error as shown in attached screenshot.

    tf_error.png tf_error.png
    12/29/2025 at 11:48 AM #254825 quote
    Nicolas
    Keymaster
    Master

    In order to get the indicator calculate correctly, the minimal timeframe data is needed (daily in this case), and it is not possible to get inferior timeframe data when browsing the weekly timeframe, therefore use it on any timeframe equal or inferior to daily.

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    12/29/2025 at 12:43 PM #254829 quote
    thomas2004ch
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    ok, many thanks!

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A question to the TIMEFRAME(default)


ProScreener: Market Scanners & Detection

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Started: 12/19/2025
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