Dix$ons Tackle Box

Dixsons Tackle Box — Multi-Tool Trend & Levels Suite (MA/EMA + VWAP + BB + Adaptive Trend Channels + Auto Fibs)

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**Dixsons Tackle Box** is an all-in-one overlay for traders who want a clean chart with *stacked edge* instead of stacked indicators.
It combines:

* A **5-slot MA/EMA pack** with live slope % labels and MTF smoothing
* A **full VWAP engine** with event-based anchors, trend angle coloring, and VWAP bands
* **Bollinger Bands** with volatility-aware coloring and optional gradient background
* A **Short-Term & Long-Term Adaptive Trend Channel (ATC)** with automatic period detection, log-regression channels, and performance tables
* A **Dixson Auto Fibonacci suite**: ATR-based “rail” Fibs + Lookback Fibs off HH/LL, both driving a shared, fully customizable Fib bank

Everything is controlled logically by feature groups under the **“Tackle Box”** section, so you can quickly turn modules on/off and tune the tool to your style (scalp, intraday, swing, or position).

> **Important:** This is an analysis/visualization tool only. Nothing here is financial advice or an automatic trading system. Always test and manage risk yourself.

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## 1. MA/EMA Pack — 5 Smart Averages with Slope %

**Group:** `Tackle Box` + per-slot groups `MA/EMA 1` … `MA/EMA 5`
**Main toggle:** `Enable MA's`
**Per-slot master row:** `_maRow1` … `_maRow5`

### What it does

This module gives you **five independent MA/EMA slots**, each with:

* Its own **type** (MA or EMA)
* **Length**, **color**, **line width**, and **plot style** (`Solid`, `Step`, or `Circles`)
* **Timeframe per slot** (MTF)
* Rich **label controls** (slope %, length/type text, timeframe text, etc.)
* **Label size** per slot (`tiny → huge`)

On top of that, each average has a **live slope % readout**, normalized by instrument tick size, so you can compare trend steepness across assets.

### Key features

* **Master slot row (1–5):**
In the `Tackle Box` group you have `_maRow1`–`_maRow5` toggles. These gate each slot globally, so you can quickly show/hide specific MAs without digging into each slot.

* **MTF Smoothed Mode:**

* `MTF Smoothed Mode` (on by default) makes higher-timeframe MAs **update only when the HTF bar closes (and on the last bar)**.
* That reduces the stair-stepping noise you often get when pulling HTF data onto an LTF chart, while still giving you accurate levels and a smooth, tradeable line.

* **Per-slot label text controls:**
Each MA group has toggles to control exactly what the label shows:

* `Show Label` – show/hide label entirely
* `Slope` – append slope % to the label
* `Len+Type` – show e.g. `50EMA` or `200MA`
* `TF` – show HTF name if the slot is on an MTF
* `'slope' text` – optionally include the word `slope` in the label

* **Slope % (angle) logic:**
Slope for each MA uses a normalized **“angle %” in [-100…+100]**, based on the 1-bar change vs `syminfo.mintick`.

* Big positive values = strong uptrend
* Big negative values = strong downtrend
* Near zero = flat/neutral

This makes it easy to build rules like:

* “Only trade long if the **50EMA slope** is above +20% and price is above VWAP”
* “Take profit if slope on my faster MA collapses back toward 0.”

### Typical use

* Slot 1–2: **fast intraday EMAs** (e.g., 9 / 20 EMA)
* Slot 3–4: **structural EMAs/MAs** (e.g., 50 / 200)
* Slot 5: a **dedicated MTF trend filter** (e.g., 5-minute or 1-hour EMA on a 1-minute chart)

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## 2. VWAP Engine + Bands — Anchor-Aware, Angle-Aware VWAP

**Group:** `Enable VWAP` + `------ VWAP Settings ------`, `Bands Settings`, `Color Settings`

### Core VWAP

* **Anchors:**
`Anchor Period` lets you choose where each VWAP reset starts:

* `Session` (day session VWAP, perfect for intraday)
* `Week`, `Month`, `Quarter`, `Year`, `Decade`, `Century`
* Corporate events: `Earnings`, `Dividends`, `Splits`

This lets you build VWAP logic around:

* **Intraday mean reversion** (Session VWAP + bands)
* **Swing anchor VWAPs** (Weekly/Monthly)
* **Event-based anchors** (earnings/dividend/split reaction)

* **Hide on DWM:**
`Hide VWAP on 1D or Above` lets you keep intraday VWAP from cluttering higher-TF charts.

* **Angle/Trend Detection:**
The VWAP engine computes a **regression slope** over each anchor segment and converts it to an **angle %**:

* `Angle Lookback (bars)` controls how many bars are used
* `Angle Trend Threshold (%)` sets the threshold where a slope is considered “trending”

With `Color VWAP by Trend` enabled:

* Uptrend > threshold → VWAP turns **trend up color** (e.g., lime)
* Downtrend < −threshold → VWAP turns **trend down color** (e.g., red)
* Inside threshold → VWAP uses a neutral color

You can also set separate **line widths** for neutral vs trend state and transparency to give a “Hull-style” visual feel.

* **VWAP Labels:**
You get a single, de-duplicated VWAP label on the last bar with:

* Optional **name** (`VWAP`)
* Optional **price** (`$xxx.xx`)
* Optional **angle %** and optional `"slope"` word
* Global **label size** for VWAP + bands

### VWAP Bands

* **Calc modes:**
`Bands Calculation Mode`:

* `Standard Deviation` – classic VWAP ± n * σ
* `Percentage` – bands as a fixed % of VWAP

* **Bands 1-3:**
Each band has:

* Visibility toggle, independent multiplier (`×`)
* Separate **upper/lower colors** per band
* Optional **fill** between upper/lower for each band
* Label toggles:

* `Show All Labels`
* `Show Band #X Label`
* `Band Labels: Show Names` (VWAP+1, VWAP-1, etc.)
* `Band Labels: Show Prices`

This lets you configure anything from a minimalist “just VWAP + 1 band” view to a full 3-band ladder.

### VWAP Highlight Fill

* **Premium/discount shading**:
Optional fill that shades:

* Region **above VWAP** when price is above (e.g., greenish)
* Region **below VWAP** when price is below (e.g., reddish)

This makes it extremely easy to see when price is trading at **premium vs discount** relative to the current anchor VWAP.

### Typical use

* Intraday scalpers: Session VWAP + 1–2 bands + highlight fill
* Swing traders: Weekly/Monthly VWAP + only the main line and label
* Event traders: Earnings-anchored VWAP, tracking post-earnings drift

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## 3. Bollinger Bands — Volatility-Aware BB with Gradient Fill

**Group:** `Enable Bollinger Bands` + `------ Bollinger Band settings ------`

### What it adds

A clean Bollinger Band overlay designed to play nicely with the VWAP/MA stack:

* `Bollinger Bands Length` (default 20)
* `Bollinger Bands Multiplier` (default 2.0)
* `BB Basis Color` & **line width**
* Upper/lower bands colored based on **width change**:

* Expanding volatility → `BB Expanding Color`
* Contracting volatility → `BB Contracting Color`

You can also toggle:

* `Show Center Line MA Label` – prints something like `20ma` on the last bar.
* `Enable Gradient Background Fill` – draws a gradient between price and the bands:

* `Gradient Fill Up Color` for below-price fill
* `Gradient Fill Down Color` for above-price fill

### Why it’s unique here

Instead of just static bands, this implementation **flags volatility regimes** (expansion vs contraction) via color and optional gradient. That pairs nicely with ATR Fibs and VWAP:

* Use **BB contraction (squeeze)** + flat VWAP angle to anticipate breakouts.
* Use BB + VWAP bands to filter which “touches” are genuinely overextended.

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## 4. Dixson Adaptive Trend Channel (ATC) — Short-Term & Long-Term Log Channels

**Master toggle:** `Enable Adaptive Trend Channel`
**Groups:** `------ Dixson ATC Settings ------`, `Short-Term Channel Settings`, `Long-Term Channel Settings`, `Short-Term Midline Settings`, `Long-Term Midline Settings`, `Channel Trend Background Fill Settings`, `Short-Term Table Settings`, `Long-Term Table Settings`

### Under the hood

ATC is a **log-scale regression channel engine** that automatically:

1. Scans a set of candidate periods.

* **Short-term:** 20 → 200 bars
* **Long-term:** 300 → 1200 bars
2. For each period, it computes:

* Log-price regression slope & intercept
* Standard deviation of residuals
* A Pearson-style R value (trend “strength”)
3. Picks the period with the **highest correlation (|R|)** and uses that as the **detected trend length**.

This yields a **data-driven channel** that adapts to whatever trend the market is actually respecting.

> For long-term stats, annualized return only makes sense on **daily/weekly** charts. On intraday charts, treat the “Annual Return” purely as informational.

### Short-Term Channel

Controls in `Short-Term Channel Settings` + `Short-Term Midline Settings`:

* `Show Short-Term Channel` – on/off
* `Deviation Multiplier (Short-Term)` – how wide the channel is (in standard deviations)
* **Upper/Lower colors**, line width, style (Solid/Dotted/Dashed), transparency
* `Line Extension Style` – Extend Right / Extend Both / Extend None / Extend Left

Optional **Short-Term Midline**:

* Toggle + color, style, width, transparency
* Tracks the regression line itself (center of the channel)

Background fill:

* `Enable ST Background Fill` with separate **ST Uptrend** / **ST Downtrend** colors
* Trend direction is inferred from regression slope sign

### Long-Term Channel

Mirrors the ST controls with its own group:

* `Show Long-Term Channel`
* `Deviation Multiplier (Long-Term)`
* Upper/Lower channel colors, thickness, style, transparency
* `Line Extension Style`
* Optional Long-Term midline + colors/styles
* Optional **background fill** with separate colors for up vs down

You can run **both channels at once**, giving a panel of:

* **Macro trend structure** (Long-Term ATC)
* **Current swing trend** (Short-Term ATC)
* MAs, VWAP, and Auto Fibs on top for entries/exits

### Trend Info Tables

Each channel has its own table options:

* `Show Detected Period` (bars used)
* `Show Trend Strength` – either:

* Descriptive text: “Extremely Weak” → “Ultra Strong”, or
* Raw Pearson R value if `Show Pearson R` is enabled
* `Show Annualized Return` (when timeframe is daily/weekly)
* Table position (`Top Left`, `Bottom Right`, etc.)
* Text size (`Small`, `Normal`, `Large`)

These tables quantify:

* Over what lookback the trend is being measured
* How “clean” that trend is
* What the approximate annualized performance of that trend has been

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## 5. Dixson Auto Fibonacci Suite — ATR Fibs + Lookback Fibs + Shared Fib Bank

**Master toggle:** `Enable Auto Fibonacci`
**Groups:** `Dixson Auto Fibonacci`, `ATR Auto Fib`, `Previous ATR Fib`, `Lookback Auto Fib`, `Lookback Anchor Overrides`, `Fibonacci Levels`

You get **two separate engines** (ATR-based and Lookback-based) that both draw from the **same customizable Fib bank**, with optional log scaling.

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### 5.1 Global Auto Fib Settings

* `Logarithmic Scale`

* When ON, Fib levels are interpolated in log-space (better for assets that move in percentages).
* When OFF, interpolation is linear in price.

This applies to **both** the ATR and Lookback engines.

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### 5.2 ATR Auto Fib (Rail-Based, Supertrend-Driven)

**Groups:** `ATR Auto Fib`, `Previous ATR Fib`

The ATR engine builds **“rails”** that hug price without letting candles touch them, then projects Fib levels between these anchors.

#### How it works

1. Uses built-in `ta.supertrend` with:

* `ATR Period`
* `ATR Multiplier`

2. Builds dynamic **upper and lower rails** around price:

* Uses ATR to define a **proximity gap** (`Proximity (×ATR)`) so rails stay **just outside the wicks** (no-touch behavior).
* Smooths raw highs/lows slightly (RMA) to avoid spiky rails.
* Ensures the upper rail is always ≥ high+gap and lower rail ≤ low−gap.

3. The **direction** (uptrend/downtrend) is inferred from the Supertrend direction:

* On trend flips, the script:

* Captures the prior rail pair as a **“previous segment”**
* Starts a new rail segment in the new direction

4. From these rails, the script draws **directional Fib “ladders”**:

* For the **current ATR Fib**:

* The Fib is drawn from one anchor to the other depending on the trend sign.
* Rays are projected `Ray Length` bars to the right of `Current Offset`.
* For the **previous ATR Fib**:

* The last completed segment’s start/end rails are used as anchors
* Rays are projected using `Prev Fib Offset` and `Prev Fib Length`

#### Current ATR Fib controls

* `Enable ATR Fib` – toggles current ATR Fib bank
* `ATR Period`, `ATR Multiplier` – control the “engine” behind the rails and ST logic
* `Current Offset`, `Ray Length` – where and how far rays are drawn
* `Show Level Text`, `Show Price`, `Display % not ratio` – label style
* `Label Size (Current ATR Fib)` – for all current ATR Fib labels

Visual extras:

* `Plot Hi/Low Anchor Lines` – shows upper/lower rails
* `Plot ATR Trailing Stop` – shows clamped Supertrend as a continuous line

#### Previous ATR Fib controls

* `Enable Prev ATR Fib` – toggles previous segment ladders
* Independent `Prev Fib Offset`, `Prev Fib Length`
* Separate label controls:

* `Show Level Text (Prev)`
* `Show Price (Prev)`
* `Display % not ratio (Prev)`
* `Label Size (Previous ATR Fib)`

Use the **current ATR Fib** as your active trading “ladder” and the **previous ATR Fib** to track recently broken structure and potential retest zones.

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### 5.3 Lookback Auto Fib — HH/LL-Driven Fib Bank, MTF + Manual Overrides

**Group:** `Lookback Auto Fib` + `Lookback Anchor Overrides`

This engine draws Fibs between **highest high** and **lowest low** within a given lookback window on a chosen timeframe.

#### How it works

1. Select higher timeframe:

* `Lookback Timeframe` (empty = chart timeframe)

2. Choose your range:

* `Lookback Bars` – number of bars on the selected TF to scan for extremes

3. Optionally allow look-ahead:

* `Look-ahead Bars (repainting)`

* `0` = no look-ahead (no forward info, no repainting)
* `>0` = uses `barmerge.lookahead_on` for forward-looking extremes (can repaint)

4. For that range, the script finds:

* Highest high + its bar offset
* Lowest low + its bar offset

5. Trend direction is determined by **which extreme is more recent**:

* Recent high → **down** direction (high → low)
* Recent low → **up** direction (low → high)

6. Manual direction overrides:

* `Force Uptrend` / `Force Downtrend` – override the auto decision

7. Manual anchor overrides:

* `Manual Anchor High (LB)`
* `Manual Anchor Low (LB)`

If both are set, those become the anchors and direction is deduced from which is higher.

8. The engine then draws a **directional Fib ladder**:

* Anchors between high/low based on direction
* Rays extend `Lookback Fib Length` bars from `Lookback Fib Offset`

#### Label controls

* `Show Level Text`, `Show Price`, `Display % not ratio`
* `Label Size (Lookback Fib)`
* Labels are prefixed with `LB` to distinguish them from ATR Fibs.

This engine is ideal for:

* **Swing structure mapping:** Drawing Fibs across the last major swing on the HTF.
* **Confluence:** Aligning Lookback Fibs with ATR Fibs, ATC channel boundaries, and VWAP bands.

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### 5.4 Shared Fibonacci Levels — Fully Custom Fib Bank for Both Engines

**Group:** `Fibonacci Levels`

The ATR and Lookback engines **both** use the same Fib bank:

* **Ratios provided by default:**

* 0.000
* 0.146
* 0.236
* 0.382
* 0.500
* 0.618
* 0.650
* 0.707
* 0.786
* 0.886
* 1.000
* 1.130
* 1.272
* 1.618
* 2.000

Each ratio has its own:

* `Enable Level X.XXX`
* `Level X.XXX` (the actual ratio – fully editable)
* `Thickness X.XXX` (line width)
* `Style X.XXX` (Solid / Dashed / Dotted)
* `Color X.XXX` (line + label color)

Adjusting a level here **instantly updates both** ATR and Lookback ladders. This makes it very easy to:

* Run “standard” Fib sets for classic retracements
* Or define your **own Fib presets** (e.g., 0.25 / 0.5 / 0.75, or custom extension clusters)

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## How to Use & Suggested Workflows

**Scalpers / 0DTE / Intraday:**

* Enable:

* MA/EMA pack (fast EMAs + one MTF slot)
* VWAP (Session anchor) + 1–2 VWAP bands + highlight fill
* ATR Auto Fib (current + previous)
* Optionally hide:

* Lookback Fibs
* Long-Term ATC (unless you want HTF bias on your intraday chart)

Use slope labels, VWAP angle %, and ATR Fib ladders to structure trades around pullbacks, mean reversion, and breakouts.

**Swing / Position traders:**

* Turn on:

* Long-Term ATC (with table)
* Short-Term ATC for swing structure
* Lookback Auto Fib on a higher timeframe (e.g., D on 4H chart)
* Keep VWAP anchored to Week or Month, and MA slots for key reference MAs.

Use ATC channels for **trend structure**, Lookback Fibs for **swing levels**, and long VWAPs for **value zones**.

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## Final Notes & Disclaimer

* Works on **all symbols** and **all timeframes**, but some stats (like “Annualized Return”) are only meaningful on **daily/weekly** data.
* Some options (like Look-ahead mode for Lookback Fibs) can **repaint** on purpose. These are clearly labeled — use them only if you understand and want forward-looking behavior.
* This script does **not** place trades. It is a visual / analytical tool only.
* Nothing in this indicator or description is financial advice. Always do your own research, forward-test, and manage risk appropriately.

If you have **invite-only access** to **Dixsons Tackle Box**, you’re getting the full Dixson overlay stack in one place — designed to be the central “hub” for your chart, not just another line on it.