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ChartsPod Formula Lab Series: Settings to Check Before Your First Analysis

Formula Lab lets you define your own series from market data. A custom series inherits every timing and unit choice in its inputs.

By ChartsPod Editorial Team · Reviewed by ChartsPod Research
Published · Updated · 5 min read

Short answer

ChartsPod lists Formula Lab for building custom series and models. When defining a series, check the inputs' timeframes and venues, units (coins vs USD), how missing inputs propagate, warm-up length and whether the latest value uses the live bar. Compare the result with a hand calculation on a few bars before using it in screens or alerts.

What it shows

ChartsPod's public pages list this tool.

ElementMeaning
InputsSeries and their timeframes
UnitsCoins / USD / %
Missing inputsPropagate or skip
Warm-upBars before valid
Series validationSeries validation. Steps: 1. Define — Inputs + formula; 2. Hand-check — 5 bars; 3. Compare — Values match?; 4. Use — Screens / alerts1DefineInputs + formula2Hand-check5 bars3CompareValues match?4UseScreens / alerts
Validate before reuse. Original ChartsPod editorial graphic.

Settings to check first

Formula Lab Series: before you analyseFormula Lab Series: before you analyse: Input timeframes match; Units consistent; Missing-value handling; Warm-up; Live vs closed.FORMULA LAB SERIES: BEFORE YOU ANALYSEInput timeframes matchUnits consistentMissing-value handlingWarm-upLive vs closed
Note these with every formula lab series screenshot. Original ChartsPod editorial graphic.

Common first-session mistakes:

  • Mixing 1H and 4H inputs
  • Coins divided by USD
  • Live value used in alerts

Worked example

Illustrative: a 'funding × OI' series used OI in coins and funding per 8h on one venue and per hour on another, producing values eight times off.

Related: ChartsPod Formula Lab Strategies: Settings to Check Before Your First Analysis, AI Crypto Formula Research: A Prompt That Requests Evidence and Invalidation.

Open the formula lab series on BTC/USDT and run through the checklist.

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Compare the result with a hand calculation on a few bars before using it in screens or alerts.

Put Formula Lab Series next to price, flow and positioning in one workspace.

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Questions readers ask

What is Formula Lab?

ChartsPod's tool for custom series and models.

What should I check?

Timeframes, units and missing inputs.

How do I validate?

Hand-check a few bars.

Sources and methodology

ChartsPod features named on its public pages (17 October 2026): 20 chart types, 200 indicators, up to 15 charts, bar replay, one-second bars built from public trades, footprint, CVD, live L2 order book, tape, liquidity heatmap and volume profile. Individual settings are not enumerated publicly, so this guide lists what to check; control names may differ. Examples are illustrative.

  1. ChartsPod: product overview, pricing and FAQ — free terminal, venues, modules, no order placement; checked 17 Oct 2026.
  2. ChartsPod documentation — guides for order flow, derivatives, alerts, backtests, journal and workspaces.
  3. ChartsPod documentation — guides for order flow, derivatives, alerts, backtests, journal and workspaces.

This article explains research tools and workflows. It is not financial advice, does not recommend buying or selling any asset and does not predict prices. Crypto derivatives carry a risk of rapid and total loss of margin.

CHARTSPOD EDITORIAL EDITION · RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ONLY · NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE.