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# Volatility: level signal

<mark style="color:$tint;">The indicator Volatility forms a signal when the calculated volatility satisfies the chosen condition at the level. The signal does not select a direction and is available in the ISignal entry and exit blocks.</mark>

### Add the card to the designer

<mark style="color:$tint;">Open the Binance or Bybit robot task and</mark> [<mark style="color:$tint;">The ISignal</mark>](/en/signals-and-strategy-conditions/isignal-entry-filters-and-exit.md) <mark style="color:$tint;">designer. Select Volatility in the entry or exit block.</mark>

<mark style="color:$tint;">The trading instrument is out of the question. The new card uses form values; it's not a recommended strategy.</mark>

### Set the settings

* <mark style="color:$tint;">**Calculation**</mark> <mark style="color:$tint;"></mark><mark style="color:$tint;">allows you to select closed bars or current unlocked bars mode On the intersection (every second). The initial value is On the intersection (every second).</mark>
* <mark style="color:$tint;">Analysis time (m) Smoothing time of minute bars: from 10 to 1440 minutes with step 10. By default, 60.</mark>
* <mark style="color:$tint;">**The deviation**</mark> <mark style="color:$tint;"></mark><mark style="color:$tint;">of the threshold of volatility in percent. The starting value is 0.5.</mark>
* <mark style="color:$tint;">**Allow entry if**</mark> <mark style="color:$tint;"></mark><mark style="color:$tint;">Variability is greater than the given value, % or Variability is less than the given value, %. The first condition is chosen in the new form.</mark>

### When the signal is formed

* <mark style="color:$tint;">For a minute bar, the difference between maximum and minimum is calculated divided by minimum and multiplied by 100%. Then the values are smoothed out to the exponential mean for the selected period.</mark>
* <mark style="color:$tint;">The volatility is greater than the given value, % forms the signal when the value is not below the threshold.</mark>
* <mark style="color:$tint;">The volatility is less than the given value, % forms the signal when the value is below the threshold. It's a level check; no new threshold crossing is required.</mark>

### Consider the meaning of the calculation

<mark style="color:$tint;">As an entry signal, it fits the task in any direction chosen, if the other conditions are met. As an exit, it can be a condition for both the long and short; the actual action is determined by the exit setting. Volatility doesn't tell us where the price is going.</mark>

### Save the card and check the action

<mark style="color:$tint;">Check the field when you get the signal to exit. The initial mode takes into account deviation; its result depends on its configuration and the type of robot and does not guarantee profitable execution. The actions available may vary between modes.</mark>

<mark style="color:$tint;">Keep the card and check its role. Details of the commands and restrictions are provided in</mark> [<mark style="color:$tint;">The ISignal instructions</mark>](/en/signals-and-strategy-conditions/isignal-entry-filters-and-exit.md)<mark style="color:$tint;">. The signal is not equal to the executed warrant.</mark>