The angle of a long average, in steps.
Flat means the market is going sideways, steep means a trend. It is a filter, not a signal.
Worked out by the same code the builder uses, on stored daily candles. Move a setting and the line moves with it. This is what happened, not what will happen.
Gate: Chop zone is above 2.
An angle depends on the scale of your chart. We compute it in percent so it is comparable, but it stays a rough measure.
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