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01/17/2026 at 2:30 PM #255368 quote

sgrech
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I have read a few posts regarding the timeframe(default) function and even resorted to asking AI but I am still left confused. Specifically when, when creating a screener (many of which are based on multi timeframes) do I need to use this function. If someone could explain in very simple english that we could be much appreciated.

01/17/2026 at 7:16 PM #255370 quote
robertogozzi
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The default timeframe, written as:
```
Timeframe(default)
```
is the timeframe on your chart, whatever it is.

In a multi-timeframe code, all the bigger timeframes used MUST be a multiple of the deafault timeframe, i.e. if the default timeframe is 1-minute, the bigger timeframes can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 15 20 minutes or 1, 2, 4, 8 hours, Daily etc…, if your default timeframe is, say, 7 minutes you will hardly find a multiple timeframe as it should be 14 or 28 or 56 or 112 minutes, etc…

The bigger timeframes can be written in two ways, in Indicators and automated Strategies (mode 2 and 3 being equivalent):
```
// 1
Timeframe(Weekly,UpdateOnClose)

// 2
Timeframe(Weekly,default)

// 3
Timeframe(Weekly)
```
while Screeners only support mode 3 .

UpdateOnClose means that indicators and variables are to be updated when the bar closes (so in a 1-hour timeframe, once per hour).

Default means that indicators and variables are to be updated when the bar of the default timeframe closes (so in a 1-hour timeframe, but using a 1-minute default timeframe, data are updated every minute).

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