ALGO XL — Keltner HeatFlow is not a normal Keltner Channel.

It’s a heat-colored volatility corridor that turns the classic Keltner bands into a live trend-strength dashboard — with the same “companion-grade” logic you’re used to: direction + intensity + anti-flicker + optional confluence, all mapped directly onto the Keltner outer lines.

What Keltner HeatFlow does

• Draws a true Keltner Channel (MA ± ATR × distance)
• Colors the outer bands (and optionally the middle line) using a multi-level heat engine
• Keeps the channel visually stable and readable using neutral handling + anti-flicker hysteresis
• Optionally applies confluence vs LT (long-term) to dim or require alignment
• Supports multi-timeframe sourcing (ST / MT / LT) with chart-safe fallback for tick selections

Core features (at a glance)

1) Heat-colored Keltner bands (not random coloring)

Most Keltner channels are static: same color forever.

HeatFlow dynamically colors the channel based on real market behavior:

• Bull heat = deep green → lime → yellow-lime (higher intensity)
• Bear heat = dark red → red → orange-red (higher intensity)
• 6-level strength ladder (from weak to explosive)

So you instantly see:

• whether the market is bullish or bearish right now
• whether that move is weak / normal / strong / explosive
• whether the channel is “cool and drifting” or “hot and expanding”

2) Companion-grade strength engine (Composite / Slope / Spread / Consistency)

HeatFlow doesn’t guess momentum — it calculates it.

You can choose how “strength” is measured:

• Composite (best overall): weighted blend of
• • slope vs ATR
  • MA spread vs ATR
  • directional consistency (trend persistence)
• Or run Slope_ATR, Spread_ATR, Distance_ATR, or Consistency alone

This makes HeatFlow flexible:

• scalpers often love Slope_ATR
• trend traders often prefer Composite
• mean-reversion users like Distance_ATR (stretch/pressure)

3) Direction logic that fits your style

Two professional direction modes:

• SlopeSign → slope up = bullish, slope down = bearish
• PriceAboveBelowMA → price above MA = bullish bias, below = bearish bias

Choose what matches your execution model:

• momentum-based entries → slope
• location/bias trading → above/below

4) Neutral handling (no “grey fog”)

When strength drops below your threshold, HeatFlow can:

• ForceColor (Only Green/Red) → holds last direction (cleanest)
• Gray → show neutral as gray
• Hide → hide when neutral (minimalist)

This matters because a Keltner channel is a context tool — it should stay readable, not flicker into uncertainty every few bars.

5) Anti-flicker hysteresis (professional stability)

Fast charts can make any coloring system flip-flop.

HeatFlow includes a real anti-flicker pipeline:

• Hysteresis High / Low thresholds
• Hold bars after flip (stops rapid re-flips)
• Optional strength smoothing (EMA)

Result: the bands stay stable and trustworthy — even on fast markets.

6) Confluence vs LT (long-term) — optional “alignment filter”

HeatFlow can compare your active heat direction to the long-term direction:

• Dim → still show, but reduce intensity when LT disagrees
• Require → if LT disagrees, direction can be suppressed

This is huge for discipline:

• it helps prevent trading “hot short-term bursts” against the bigger flow

7) Multi-timeframe horizons (ST / MT / LT)

HeatFlow can source its heat engine from:

• Chart timeframe
• M1–W1 (true MTF support)
• Tick selections fall back to chart safely (API-safe)

You can run:

• ST = chart, MT = higher TF, LT = even higher TF
  …and color the channel using the horizon you trust most.

8) Performance-safe segmented drawing

HeatFlow draws the bands as short colored segments, so the color can change precisely bar-by-bar.

To keep it fast:

• it draws only within a lookback window
• it automatically removes old segments
• it avoids heavy full-history redraw loops

What you’ll feel when trading with it

Keltner HeatFlow gives you immediate answers:

• Is the channel bullish or bearish?
• Is momentum cooling, healthy, or overheating?
• Are we trending cleanly “inside the corridor,” or is the flow losing energy?
• Is the short-term heat aligned with the long-term flow?

This turns a Keltner channel from “just a volatility band” into a live market pressure corridor.

Best use-cases

• Trend continuation: trade with the band color + intensity
• Pullback zones: watch price return toward the corridor while heat stays directional
• Momentum expansion: identify hot phases early (lime/yellow-lime or orange-red)
• Avoiding chop: neutral rules + hysteresis reduce false flips

Tagline ideas (for your store page)

• “Turn your Keltner Channel into a live heat corridor.”
• “A volatility channel that shows direction and intensity — not just distance.”
• “Heat-colored Keltner bands for instant momentum awareness.”