FAQ & Troubleshooting

Repainting

Does IIF repaint?

No, by design, with one clearly flagged exception. Every element used in signals executes on confirmed bars and keeps 1:1 parity with historical activity: the chart you scroll back through is exactly what printed live. Pivots, shifts, and OrderBlocks are color-coded during their unconfirmed phase as a differentiator, so you get instant visual feedback on which structure is final and which is still forming.

Why do some drawings change color partway through history?

That's the unconfirmed-phase coloring doing its job: the muted segment shows the period when the pivot/shift/block was detected but not yet confirmed. It's a feature (honest visual history), not a glitch.

Performance

How heavy is the indicator?

IIF runs several engines in one script, so substantial algorithmic optimization has gone into keeping it responsive: bounded history pools, selective drawing updates, binary-searched level arrays, and hidden-rather-than-deleted blocks. On liquid symbols and default settings it loads in a few seconds and updates without lag.

How do I see deeper history?

• Raise HTF History Depth, OB Lookback, or the dashboard Lookback, at the cost of slower initial loads.
• Often better: use bar replay. Rewinding the chart re-runs the engine over that era with full fidelity (Footprint Mode excluded), which achieves the same goal without permanently heavier settings.

Something I expected isn't drawn

TradingView caps each indicator at 500 lines, 500 labels, and 500 boxes, and IIF shares those budgets across OrderBlocks (2+ boxes, 2 lines, 1 label each), dashboard rows (2 boxes each), signal labels, pivots, shifts, and FVG boxes. When a budget is full, the oldest/lowest-priority drawings yield first. Remedies:

• Lower Max Rows on the dashboard (the biggest consumer at high resolutions).
• Reduce Max Active OBs, history Show Last, or Max Signal Labels.
• Keep Max Pool modest if both the FVG overlay and Pivots are enabled.

Troubleshooting

The dashboard shows a warning instead of rendering

The chart has fewer bars than the dashboard Lookback or ATR Length. Either wait for more history, lower those inputs, or enable Fit to Data to render with whatever history exists.

CVMI behaves differently on my forex pair

Your symbol probably has no volume feed. IIF detects this and automatically falls back to Spatial gap processing, which is structurally identical, just without volumetric weighting. Nothing is misconfigured.

Footprint Mode shows nothing in bar replay

Expected: footprint data is unavailable during replay, and the script guards against it. Switch to Spatio-Volumetric mode for replay sessions.

I set a Manual HTF below my chart timeframe

The engine requires the detection timeframe to be ≥ the chart timeframe and will flag the misconfiguration. Raise the manual HTF or re-enable Auto HTF.

Exhaustion signals never fire

Block Exhaustion requires the oscillator to be normalized (it is defined on the 0-100 scale) and is disabled by default. Check Normalize (ADN) is on, the signal is enabled, and remember the default trigger is Osc Exit: it fires when CVMI leaves the extreme, not when it arrives.

General questions

Which markets and timeframes does IIF support?

All of them. The engine adapts its HTF selection to any chart timeframe, gap sizing can be percentage-based for cross-asset consistency, and volumeless feeds degrade gracefully to Spatial mode. The design intent is BTC 12H, EUR/USD 1H, and S&P 500 15m all reading the same way.

Do I need TradingView Premium?

No. Every core feature works on any plan. The optional Footprint Mode is the only Premium/Ultimate feature.

Can I use IIF as a standalone system?

IIF is an analytical framework, not a buy/sell system. It identifies conditions where structural reversion is probable and stamps confirmations; position sizing, risk, and execution are yours. The Trading Workflow shows how the components combine into a disciplined process.

Where do I get support or request access?

Access, billing, and account management run through alienalgorithms.com. Support channels are listed on the main site.