Guides & Reference

Settings Reference

Every input in the IIF settings panel, group by group, with defaults and practical guidance. Settings are numbered 01-10 in the panel exactly as they appear here.

Updated July 12, 2026Publisher Alien_AlgorithmsCurrent release

How to read this page

Inputs are listed in panel order. Many inputs are context-aware: they gray out automatically when their parent feature is disabled, so if something looks locked, check its master toggle. Where a setting is covered in depth elsewhere, the group intro links to the relevant page.

01 Quick Activations

One-click extras, all off by default. Full detail in Chart Toolkit.

Setting	Default	What it does
Pivots	Off	Draw confirmed pivot high/low lines with sweep tracking.
Trend	Off	Show the structural trend panel at the top of the chart.
Squeeze	Off	Highlight candles breaking out of compression.

02 Core Engine

The SOMM detection engine. Concepts in SOMM: The OrderBlock Engine.

Setting	Default	What it does
OrderBlock Engine	On	Master toggle for HTF OrderBlock detection, FVG visuals, and signal labels.
Auto HTF	On	Automatically select the detection HTF from the chart timeframe.
× (HTF multiplier)	3	Chart TF × multiplier = detection HTF, snapped to the standard TradingView ladder (e.g. 5m ×12 = 1H).
Manual HTF	1M	Fixed detection timeframe used when Auto HTF is off. Must be ≥ the chart timeframe.
Require Internal FVGs	On	Skip OrderBlocks that contain no internal Fair Value Gaps.
Overlap Mode	Skip	When a new block overlaps an active one: Skip keeps the old, Supersede replaces it, Overlap allows both.
Max Active OBs	3	Maximum blocks shown at once (each uses 2+ boxes, 2 lines, 1 label from the shared 500-object budgets). Excess blocks are hidden, not deleted, and restored when slots free.
OB Lookback	2000	Maximum age in chart bars before a block is retired and cleaned up.
Min Width × ATR	0.6	Minimum block width as a multiple of HTF ATR(14). 0 disables.
Min Separation	0.3	Minimum edge distance between blocks in chart-ATR multiples. 0 disables.
HTF History Depth	1000	HTF bars loaded by the security request. Higher = deeper OB/Shift history but slower load; 1000 ≈ 12,000 chart bars on 5m/1H.

03 OrderBlock Display

Setting	Default	What it does
Extend Bars	100	How far forward active OB boxes and accent lines extend.
Extend Filled	Off	Extend filled internal imbalances to the block’s end instead of stopping at the fill point.
History	On	Show historical boxes for enabled terminal OrderBlock types.
Show Last	3	Number of most-recent terminal blocks kept visible, ranked by event time. Each uses 1-2 boxes.
Show: Mitigated / Broken / Superseded	On / Off / Off	Which terminal block types are included in history.
End: Mitigated / Broken / Superseded	On / Off / Off	Whether each history box ends at its terminal event bar (on) or keeps the formation span with the terminal label (off).

04 Dashboard

The Liquidity Matrix. Concepts in Liquidity Matrix.

Setting	Default	What it does
Show Dashboard	On	Master toggle.
Mode	Imbalances	Imbalances: FVG volume distribution. Pivots: pivot density heatmap.
Lookback	1000	Bars scanned for dashboard data (both modes).
Max Rows	100	Safety cap on rows; each row consumes 2 boxes from the shared 500-box budget.
Offset	120	Bars into the future where the dashboard starts.
Width	80	Fixed bar-width of the dashboard column.
Rebalance Levels	On	Mark rows with high Active volume and low Filled volume; separate offset for the marker lines (default 110).
Active % / Filled %	80 / 20	Rebalance qualification: minimum share of the Active peak, maximum share of the Filled peak. Zero-filled rows qualify as the bottom of the Filled range.
ATR Length	480	ATR window used for row height.
Auto Divisor	On	Auto-scales the ATR divisor so rows cover the full lookback range, using 1-2-5 step rounding for stable cell alignment.
Manual (divisor)	1.0	Row height = ATR ÷ divisor when Auto is off. Higher = thinner rows, more resolution; can inflate row count toward the cap.
Row Borders	Off	Show borders on all dashboard rows.
Fit to Data	Off	Use available bar count when the chart is shorter than the lookback/ATR window, instead of showing a warning label.
Active High/Low, Filled High/Low	#FF6E40 / #64FFDA	Heat gradient endpoints for both columns.
Text / Highlight	White	Label color inside cells; border color on the highest-volume row.

05 Signals

Concepts and qualification chains in Signal Hooks.

Shared & Structural Shifts

Setting	Default	What it does
Max Signal Labels	15	Total historical trigger labels kept on chart (shared 500-label budget).
Shift Lookback	3000	Maximum age in bars before a Shift line is retired.
Break Confirm	Close	Close: requires consecutive confirmed closes beyond the shift level. Wick: any wick breaks immediately.
Bars Tolerance	6	Consecutive closes required to confirm a shift break (Close mode).
Anchor to LTF FVG	On	Snap the shift origin to the nearest same-direction LTF gap for tighter structural alignment.
Bull / Bear Shift colors	#26C6DA / #EF5350	Shift line and label colors.

Block Exhaustion

Setting	Default	What it does
Enable	Off	Show the label when a block is heavily filled and the oscillator reaches an extreme. Requires normalized oscillator.
Label	Exhaust	Custom on-chart text.
Min Fill %	85	Minimum block mitigation to arm the signal.
Osc Low / High	25 / 75	CVMI thresholds: ≤ Low arms bullish, ≥ High arms bearish.
Trigger Mode	Osc Exit	Instant: fires immediately. Osc Exit: fires when CVMI leaves the extreme. Rebalance: fires when price bounces back outside the block.

Block Sweep

Setting	Default	What it does
Enable	On	Show the label when price sweeps beyond an OB edge and reclaims the zone.
Label	Sweep	Custom on-chart text.
Max Hunt × Width	0.33	Maximum sweep distance beyond the edge as a fraction of block width. 0 = any wick counts.
Reclaim Closes	4	Consecutive closes back inside the block required before the signal fires.
Oscillator Filter	Off	Additionally require CVMI at the favorable extreme (thresholds 25 / 75).

Block Failure

Setting	Default	What it does
Enable	Off	Show the label when a block’s structural break level is breached.
Label	Break	Custom on-chart text.
Trigger	Close	Close: only a confirmed close beyond the level fails the block. Wick: any excursion fails it.

06 Oscillator

Concepts in CVMI: The Pressure Gauge.

Setting	Default	What it does
Use Percentages	On	Measure gap size as % of price instead of absolute points, avoiding linear skew across price regimes.
Normalize (ADN)	On	Anchor the oscillator to 0-100 via the Adaptive Deviation Normalizer.
Period	200	EMA period for the ADN center and deviation envelope. Lower = more responsive; higher = smoother.
Sharpness	1.5	Sigmoid steepness of the 0-100 mapping. Higher = sharper extremes; lower = softer grading.
Raw Lookback	480	Range lookback for the raw feed when normalization is off.

07 Volume

Setting	Default	What it does
Footprint Override	Off	Use true buy/sell footprint data (TradingView Premium/Ultimate). Warning: footprint data repaints; real-time analysis only.
Ticks Per Row	100	Price interval per footprint row, in ticks. Very low = excessive data; very high = no resolution.
Volume Mode	Spatial	Spatial: pure price-based gap sizing. Spatio-Volumetric: weights gaps by conviction and relative volume burst. Volumeless symbols force Spatial automatically.

08 Overlay Tuning

Setting	Default	What it does
Show Fair Value Gaps	Off	Draw the raw FVG boxes the engine processes, with bull/bear colors.
Bull / Bear Tapped FVG	Dark navy	Fill colors for the mitigated portion of internal gaps inside OrderBlocks.
Trend Mode	OB-Type	Trend panel source: last HTF OrderBlock, or last confirmed pivot.
Pivot L / R	10 / 10	Pivot confirmation windows, shared by pivots display, Pivot-Type trend, and dashboard Pivot mode.
Squeeze Sigma	3.0	Deviation multiplier for squeeze detection; lower = more sensitive.
Mean Window / Deviation	450 / 120	Baseline body-size window and adaptive deviation window for squeeze candles.
Future Offset	100	Forward extension of active pivot lines and FVG boxes.
Max Pool	500	Memory cap for gaps and pivots (oldest discarded first); also bounds their drawings.

09 Style

Three master colors drive the entire theme, so a full restyle is a three-click job.

Setting	Default	What it does
Bullish / Bearish	#26C6DA / #F23645	Master colors driving OBs, signals, pivots, trend display, and normalization zones. The oscillator uses these hues at full opacity.
Neutral	#546E7A	No-data color for the trend display and the oscillator midpoint.
Mitigated Bull / Bear	#0ECB81 / #F23645	Terminal colors for mitigated blocks (borders and labels direct; fills scaled by the fill factor).
Broken Bull / Bear	#673AB7	Terminal colors for broken blocks.
OB Fill Factor	30	Multiplies fill opacity for active and historical blocks. 100 = the color’s own opacity; borders and labels unaffected.
History fills & borders	Muted navy/steel	Separate fill and border colors for bullish and bearish history boxes.

10 Alerts

The alert groups (Any Events, JSON Payload, and the four Confluence groups) are documented on their own pages: Alerts & Webhooks covers the event toggles and payload fields; Confluence Engine covers the rule builder.

A note on drawing budgets

TradingView caps every indicator at 500 lines, 500 labels, and 500 boxes. IIF manages these budgets automatically: blocks beyond Max Active OBs hide rather than delete, dashboard rows respect Max Rows, and old drawings are recycled. If something you expect isn't drawn, one of these caps is usually why; see FAQ & Troubleshooting.