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Value ref

named_zone

A boundary of a named strategy-level zone: its upper, lower, or derived mid.

mid is computed as (upper + lower) / 2 at read time and is not a stored field. Zone boundaries may themselves be anchor refs, in which case the whole zone reads NaN until that anchor fires. Referencing an undeclared zone_id fails at compile time. Does not accept resolution.

Backing types

NamedZoneValueRef

Required fields

zone_fieldreqZoneLevel-
zone_idreqstring-

Optional fields

kindstring-
resolutionanyOf (2 variants)Optional higher-timeframe override for this value ref. Set it inside left/right refs such as {'kind': 'indicator', ..., 'resolution': '4h'} or {'kind': 'price', 'field': 'close', 'resolution': '4h'}. Do not put timeframe/source_timeframe on the parent condition. None = strategy timeframe.
symbolanyOf (2 variants)Optional reference symbol this value ref reads from (e.g. 'SPY'). None = the traded/primary symbol. Mutually exclusive with resolution.

Backing types

The IR ValueRef classes this builder field resolves to.

NamedZoneValueRef
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