SEMA3 shows the main trend for a given TF which indicates that any opened position would be theoricaly longer if in the same direction as main trend, and theoricaly shorter if in the opposite direction.Tomson wrote: Sun Nov 02, 2025 1:49 am It is neither a great nor original revelation that this kind of thing gets many people using XU stumped.
This is an issue with trading in general of course, not unique to this system: is it a retracement or a reversal?
Apart from the usual blah blah about higher timeframes and D1 open lines which can be similarly ambiguous, is there any reason (within the XU framework) to "ignore" the Green SEMA 3 (Star) and blue candle colour in the first image and go short off the red Big Dot?
Normally I would just move on and say "oh, well, that was not the setup", and wait for the next, but it does seem like an awful lot of good points going begging.
by experience, i have noticed that the lower the TF, the lower the semafor infuence (semafor is only an indication of short trend direction change).
I have also noticed with latest V26 that it is safer with M1 to add EMA9 to avoid false signals (VWAP+EMA color sync)
most o the time, looking at M2 or M3 charts, changes M1 perpective.
furthermore if you had opened a position on 2nd mini dot on the 1st graph, you are supposed to cut your position on 1st opposite arrow (unless you have s strong trend visible on higher TF, which would have make sense in this scenario. ALWAYS check on higher TF before opening or during opened position, if M1 is your trigger position, you should keep an eye an the roadmap higher TF
