MACD run twice through the stochastic formula.
The result moves between 0 and 100 and turns earlier than MACD itself. Above 75 is called a trend up, below 25 a trend down.
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.
Entry: Schaff trend cycle crosses above 25.
Two layers of smoothing on top of each other flatten everything into a clean line, clean enough to look more reliable than it is.
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