MTF Trend Multi Timeframe Direction Dashboard
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Kenichiro Sakamoto
I'm Kenichiro Sakamoto, the developer behind FXEA365 — a studio building transparent, rule-based Expert Advisors for MetaTrader 5. - Version: 1.11
- Updated: 18 August 2026
FREE — one small panel that tells you the trend direction on M15, H1, H4, D1 and W1 at the same time, without switching charts.
Most losing trades in a trend system are taken against a higher timeframe that was pointing the other way. This panel puts all of them in front of you at once, so you can see whether the timeframes agree before you act.
=== HOW IT DECIDES ===
For each timeframe, the trend is called UP only when two things agree: the last closed price is on the correct side of a moving average, AND that moving average is sloping the same way over the last few bars. If those two disagree, the cell is grey - "no clear trend" is an honest answer, and it is shown as one rather than forced into up or down.
=== NO REPAINTING ===
Everything is read from closed bars: the moving average and the slope are measured at the last completed bar, never the forming one. A cell that turns green does not turn grey again a minute later. You can trust what the panel showed you when you took the trade.
=== WHAT YOU SEE ===
- One row per timeframe (M15, H1, H4, D1, W1), each green (up), red (down) or grey (no agreement).
- A summary line: "ALL UP", "ALL DOWN", or a count like "3 up / 1 down".
- An optional alert the moment all five timeframes line up in the same direction.
=== SETTINGS ===
- MA_Period (default 50): the moving average length used on every timeframe.
- MA_Method (default EMA): SMA, EMA, SMMA or LWMA.
- Slope_Bars (default 3): how many bars back the slope is measured over.
- Corner, XGap, YGap: where the panel sits on the chart.
- AlertOnAlign: alert when all timeframes agree.
=== HONEST NOTES ===
Timeframe alignment is a filter, not a signal. When every timeframe points up, trend-following trades have the wind behind them - but alignment also happens near the end of a move, right before it turns. Use it to avoid trading against the higher timeframe, not as a reason to enter on its own. And on very quiet instruments the higher timeframes will sit grey for long stretches; that is the tool being honest, not broken.
Most losing trades in a trend system are taken against a higher timeframe that was pointing the other way. This panel puts all of them in front of you at once, so you can see whether the timeframes agree before you act.
=== HOW IT DECIDES ===
For each timeframe, the trend is called UP only when two things agree: the last closed price is on the correct side of a moving average, AND that moving average is sloping the same way over the last few bars. If those two disagree, the cell is grey - "no clear trend" is an honest answer, and it is shown as one rather than forced into up or down.
=== NO REPAINTING ===
Everything is read from closed bars: the moving average and the slope are measured at the last completed bar, never the forming one. A cell that turns green does not turn grey again a minute later. You can trust what the panel showed you when you took the trade.
=== WHAT YOU SEE ===
- One row per timeframe (M15, H1, H4, D1, W1), each green (up), red (down) or grey (no agreement).
- A summary line: "ALL UP", "ALL DOWN", or a count like "3 up / 1 down".
- An optional alert the moment all five timeframes line up in the same direction.
=== SETTINGS ===
- MA_Period (default 50): the moving average length used on every timeframe.
- MA_Method (default EMA): SMA, EMA, SMMA or LWMA.
- Slope_Bars (default 3): how many bars back the slope is measured over.
- Corner, XGap, YGap: where the panel sits on the chart.
- AlertOnAlign: alert when all timeframes agree.
=== HONEST NOTES ===
Timeframe alignment is a filter, not a signal. When every timeframe points up, trend-following trades have the wind behind them - but alignment also happens near the end of a move, right before it turns. Use it to avoid trading against the higher timeframe, not as a reason to enter on its own. And on very quiet instruments the higher timeframes will sit grey for long stretches; that is the tool being honest, not broken.
