A turn that can vanish is not a signal.
Mid-bar, MACD turns appear and disappear constantly — that churn is why momentum tools get a bad name. The color-switch model separates noise from record: a switch is developing until its bar completes, and once settled, it is permanent. That one rule changes what the data is worth.
Two layers, honestly labeled.
During market hours the developing layer refreshes every 15 minutes: intrabar turns show with a developing marker and the board says plainly that the bar has not decided yet. When the bar completes, the switch settles and the transition is written to an append-only history.
- Developing — early notice, clearly marked, allowed to revert.
- Settled — the completed bar's verdict, permanent, never repainted.
- Age on everything — every color shows how long it has held, so fresh and stale never look alike.
The confluence stack: three named checks.
Not every switch deserves attention. Each one arrives with three independent house reads: did an Edge trigger fire near it, what stage does Market Pulse put the name in — accumulation, acceleration, or distribution — and is the symbol in a squeeze, where compression tends to amplify whatever move follows?
- Visible on every row — the board, the brief, and the drawer all show the same three columns.
- Filterable everywhere — tabs and alert rules take the same checks.
- Auditable — each check is a named condition you can verify on the chart.
Why the cascade matters.
Momentum turns spread: the 39-minute flips before the hour, the hour before the daily. One timeframe shows you a wiggle; twelve show you whether a turn is propagating. The Green count turns that cascade into a single number you can filter and alert on.
Early, with humility
A fresh 39-minute switch is early notice, not permission. Its weight is visible: one green line out of five.
Confirmation, measured
Each additional timeframe joining the stack is measurable confirmation — 3/5 and climbing tells its own story.
Your threshold, your rule
Some traders act on 3/5 with an edge trigger; others wait for the daily. Alert rules encode whichever you choose.
Trade the record, not the churn.
Settled switches across 610 symbols and 12 timeframes, with the context attached and nothing repainted.