Supertrend Direction (M1)Trend

Timeframe M1 · unit norm

What it measures

The current regime of the Supertrend indicator - +1 when price is above the upper ATR-based channel (bullish regime) or −1 when below the lower channel (bearish regime). Returns 0 if data is insufficient.

How Janira reads it (bullish vs bearish)

+1: the Supertrend has flipped to bullish - price has closed above the trailing upper band and the reference is now below price. −1: the reference is above price, confirming a bearish regime.

In plain language

The Supertrend paints a line that stays below price in uptrends and above it in downtrends. This indicator simply tells you which side of that line the market is currently on: +1 (above, good for bulls) or −1 (below, good for bears).

Scenarios

• +1 and unchanged for many bars: the market has been in a sustained bullish Supertrend regime; the ATR-based trailing line has been ratcheting up.
• Just flipped from −1 to +1: price broke above the bearish Supertrend band on this bar - a structural shift from bearish to bullish regime has occurred.
• Just flipped from +1 to −1: price sliced through the bullish Supertrend band downward - the bullish regime ended and a bearish one is now established.
• Alternating +1/−1 every few bars: the ATR bands are narrow relative to price swings, causing frequent flips - the Supertrend is unreliable as a regime indicator in this environment.

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Janira computes Supertrend Direction (M1) deterministically from live price action, the same way for every reading - no discretion, no hidden weighting. This page explains the method; it is not a live reading and not advice.