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Compare building blocks
Research in Chartnaut uses four building blocks. Each has one job. Together they go from idea to chart overlay.
Definitions
Job: Mark when a setup appears on the chart.
A Definition is logic — often with indicators — that emits events when your conditions match. Example: “first pullback after ORB break.”
Live in Research → Definitions. See What is a definition.
Studies
Job: Ask what happens after those events.
A Study runs over a Definition’s dataset (collected events) and computes outcomes — hit rate, MAE/MFE, time to target, distributions.
Studies belong to a Definition. See Studies overview.
Indicators
Job: Draw series and values on the chart — inputs for Definitions and Studies.
RSI, VWAP, custom volume logic. Built in Research → Indicators. Definitions can import indicators as dependencies. See Indicator dependencies.
Pins
Job: Show study results on your Terminal chart.
After a study run finishes, create an in-terminal pin. Click the chart to see stats for that bar. See In-terminal pins.
Quick comparison
Building block | Question it answers | Output |
|---|---|---|
Indicator | What is the value? | Lines, histograms |
Definition | When did the setup occur? | Events in a dataset |
Study | What happened next? | Stats, cohorts |
In-terminal pin | What does this bar look like? | Overlay on live chart |
Two meanings of “pin” and “collection”
In-terminal pin — a Research study result on your Terminal chart.
Pinned collection — a saved set of trades in the Trades library. Not a chart overlay. See Pinned collections.
What good looks like
You know which tool to open: build an Indicator first if you need custom math, a Definition to spot the pattern, a Study to measure it, a Pin to trade with the answer visible.
Next
Research overview — full pipeline
Definitions library — browse and create
Indicators library — chart math