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BandSpec

Band specification for technical indicators.

IMPORTANT: 'length' is in BARS, not days. Effective lookback horizon = tf × length (e.g., 720 bars × 1h ≈ 30 days, 24 bars × 1h ≈ 1 day). Maximum length is 400 bars.

Required fields

bandreqenum: bollinger, keltner, donchian, vwap_band-
lengthreqintegerNumber of BARS for lookback. Must be >=1 for bollinger/keltner/donchian; vwap_band is anchor-driven and accepts 0.

Optional fields

anchoranyOf (2 variants)Anchor point for AVWAP-based bands (session/week/month supported)
multnumberStandard deviation multiplier

Used by

Conditions that embed this spec in one of their fields.

band_distanceband_edgeband_levelband_reentrytrailing_breakout
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