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I built a simple “traffic light” system to avoid chop - sharing it for feedback

After getting chopped too many times by clean-looking buy/sell signals in sideways markets, I started experimenting with a different approach.

Instead of asking “is this a buy or sell?”, I focused on answering a simpler question:
what is the current market state?

I ended up building a small traffic-light style system for myself:
- green → conditions favor momentum / continuation
- yellow → caution, reduced size or wait
- red → chop / uncertainty, better to stay out

It’s not meant to predict the future or replace proper analysis — just to add context and help avoid forcing trades when the market isn’t offering clean opportunities.

I’m sharing it here mostly to get feedback and different perspectives:
https://signalmeter.cryptofromzero.com

Would genuinely appreciate thoughts on:
- whether this kind of visual context is useful
- what you personally use to identify chop vs trend
- what you’d improve in a system like this