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See potential buying and selling areas derived from completed price structure, separate from the options-wall view.
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Kaleidoscope
User manual.
A practical guide to Kaleidoscope: what the screen means, how to navigate it and what to check before relying on a reading.
Supported markets: NQ · ES · GC · Updated September 19, 2026
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Select the market and objective
Kaleidoscope supports NQ, ES and GC. Choose your market and one of its available distance objectives. The objective is a comparison distance for the ladder, not a prediction or an automatically managed profit target.
Check the latest price, source freshness and market identifier. A delayed or missing input can prevent a usable context read while retained candles remain visible.
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Read price and EMA references
The chart combines three-minute candles with EMA14 and EMA25. The header gives the current EMA values and their movement. Read their relationship to price together with the completed-candle context.
A live forming candle and provisional EMA extension can change before the candle completes. Distinguish them from the closed-candle evidence used for the context read. An EMA is a trend reference, not an options wall or a guaranteed support level.
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Read the price ladder
Locate current price, the objectives above and below it, and any mapped wall within the displayed distance. The up and down cards summarize distance to usable nearby walls. A wall inside the objective indicates an obstacle before that distance has been traveled.
“Outside view” means a known reference is beyond the visible ladder. It does not mean the level has disappeared. If no usable mapped wall is available, room is unknown. Do not interpret an empty side as confirmation that the route is clear.
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Understand the wall source
Only qualified, contract-matched options levels appear as mapped walls. They are current levels shown across the view, not a reconstruction of where walls existed at each historical candle. Use Level Comparison when you need recorded wall timing beside price responses.
Unverified contract, stale source or missing wall messages describe a data limitation. The price chart can still work without usable walls. Treat the two sources separately rather than assuming one validates the other.
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Change the view and read session references
Choose the chart view, including Last 105 bars or the available session-start views. The crosshair reads price on the right axis and candle time below. Wider history helps with context; recent bars make the latest interaction easier to inspect.
Opening-range and regular-session references appear when available. The opening range uses 9:30–10:00 Eastern; regular-session references cover 9:30–16:00. They provide location context alongside the price chart, rather than an instruction to trade every crossing.
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Use the combined view
Start with the completed-candle directional context. Locate price relative to the two EMAs, then compare the chosen objective with the nearest qualified wall. Ask what price behavior would challenge the current read; the page’s explanation helps keep that reference visible.
For example, an upward context with a wall close above describes an upward move approaching an obstacle. It does not prove that price will reject there or pass through. Price Control can help inspect the actual response.
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When the read is unavailable
Confirm market selection, timestamps and feed status. If candles remain but the ladder is unavailable, inspect the wall-source explanation. If only the forming portion changes, remember that the completed-candle read updates separately.
Kaleidoscope is a context tool. Its ladder and objectives do not submit orders, manage stops or establish expected returns. Missing data should remain unknown until usable observations return.