The trigger ladder, explained

A zone tells you where the evidence is. It says nothing about whether the market is honoring that evidence right now. The trigger ladder exists to answer that second question, and only that question.

How it works

When price enters a zone, the ladder starts evaluating reversal signals on six timeframes: 5-minute, 15-minute, 30-minute, 60-minute, 4-hour, and daily. Each timeframe independently either confirms a reversal reaction at the zone or does not. The chips on the chart and the scanner row show the current stack — for example, confirmed · 3 TFs with the 15m, 30m, and 1H lit.

Reading the stack

• Fast timeframes fire first. A 5-minute confirmation is early notice — a whisper, not a verdict. It tells you the zone is producing a reaction at the smallest scale.
• Slow timeframes carry weight. A 4-hour or daily confirmation means the reaction has survived hours of trading. Fewer of these ever fire, which is exactly why they matter.
• Disagreement is visible. Three fast confirmations with nothing above tells a different story than one daily confirmation alone. The ladder shows both rather than blending them into a single signal.

Choosing your threshold

The platform deliberately does not tell you how many confirmations make a trade. A scalper might act on two fast timeframes; a swing trader might require the 1H plus the 4-hour. Whatever your threshold, an alert rule can watch it for you: “tell me when any zone on my watchlist stacks three timeframes” is one rule in the builder.