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ValidationUtilities Library
🌸 Part of GoemonYae Trading System (GYTS) 🌸
🌸 --------- 1. INTRODUCTION --------- 🌸
💮 What Does This Library Contain?
ValidationUtilities is a centralised validation framework for Pine Script. It replaces scattered, ad-hoc input checks with a single, structured validation pass that catches every misconfiguration before a script begins operating.
The library spans the full validation workflow: framework lifecycle, configuration checks, position sizing guards, and signal completeness verification.
💮 Key Categories
The library contains:
🌸 --------- 2. ADDED VALUE --------- 🌸
💮 Consistent, Readable Error Messages
Every error and warning follows the same [Category] Message format. Users see clear, categorised feedback instead of cryptic runtime error strings. A single validation pass surfaces all issues at once, so there is no need to fix one error only to hit the next on re-run.
💮 Single Import, Full Coverage
One import replaces dozens of inline validation blocks. Range checks, allocation constraints, timeframe guards, and position sizing validations are all available immediately.
💮 Errors and Warnings, Separated
Hard/soft boundary separation lets developers enforce critical constraints (errors halt execution via runtime.error()) whilst still surfacing non-critical suggestions (warnings display as chart labels). The framework handles formatting, counting, and display.
💮 Proven in Production
ValidationUtilities underpins the validation layer of a strategy with an extensive configuration surface (12+ validated parameter groups). The methods have been refined against real misconfiguration scenarios including floating-point allocation sums, multiplier escalation, and unconnected data streams.
🌸 --------- 3. CORE FRAMEWORK --------- 🌸
💮 ValidationFramework (UDT)
The central data structure that collects validation results. It holds two string arrays, errors (critical, halt execution) and warnings (advisory, continue execution), alongside convenience flags has_errors and has_warnings.
Declare once with var, then call init() to reset state before each validation cycle:
Pine Script®
💮 init()
Resets the framework: clears both arrays and resets flags to false. Call at the start of each validation cycle.
💮 add_error() and add_warning()
Building blocks for custom validation beyond the built-in methods. Both accept a category and message, formatting them as [Category] Message. Use add_error() for constraints that must halt execution and add_warning() for advisory messages.
Pine Script®
💮 trigger_errors()
Fires runtime.error() with the first collected error and a count of any remaining. Always call after all validations have run so every misconfiguration is detected in a single pass.
💮 display_warnings()
Renders warnings as orange chart labels (below bar by default). Displays the first warning with a count of additional warnings, then clears state to prevent repetition. Accepts an optional yloc_arg for label placement.
↑ Runtime error dialog showing a categorised validation error with count of additional issues
↑ Warning labels displayed on the chart via display_warnings()
🌸 --------- 4. STANDALONE UTILITIES --------- 🌸
These functions are independent of the ValidationFramework and can be used anywhere.
💮 push_limited()
A FIFO bounded-buffer push: appends a value and evicts the oldest entry when the array exceeds a specified limit. Available for both float and int arrays.
Pine Script®
💮 safe_denominator()
Returns math.max(value, floor) to guard against division by zero. Default floor is 1e-9.
Pine Script®
🌸 --------- 5. CONFIGURATION VALIDATION --------- 🌸
These methods validate user-facing settings before a script begins operating. Each accepts the framework as self and a category string for error grouping. Refer to the source code for full parameter details.
💮 validate_range()
Checks that a value falls within hard bounds (error if violated) and optional soft bounds (warning if outside the optimal range). Supports a value_unit label for message clarity. Returns true if within hard bounds.
💮 validate_exclusive_selection()
Ensures exactly one boolean flag is active among a set of mutually exclusive options. Produces an error listing which options were found active, or that none were selected.
💮 validate_ascending_order()
Verifies that an array of values is in ascending order. Supports strict (default) or non-strict comparison. Skips na values.
💮 validate_minimum_lookback()
Checks that a lookback parameter meets a caller-derived minimum. Accepts an optional fix_hint for the error message. Returns true if met.
💮 validate_source_connected()
Detects when an input.source() has no external indicator connected (it silently defaults to close). Uses a 2-bar close heuristic. Accepts an is_enabled flag to skip the check when the relevant feature is disabled. Returns true if the source appears connected.
💮 validate_higher_timeframe()
Validates that a user-selected timeframe is sufficiently higher than the chart timeframe. Returns the integer multiplier, useful for scaling lookback periods. Produces an error if below min_multiplier (default 1.0).
🌸 --------- 6. POSITION SIZING & RISK --------- 🌸
These methods guard against position sizing errors and excessive risk exposure. See the source code for parameter details and default thresholds.
💮 validate_order_size_constraints()
Checks a proposed order against account equity and position size limits. Errors if the order exceeds equity or a hard cap; warns if the position exceeds a configurable percentage of equity. Returns true if no errors were added.
💮 validate_multiplied_sizing_risk()
Progressive risk alerting for scripts that scale position sizes with multipliers (Martingale, Anti-Martingale, or any multiplicative sizing). Applies three escalating thresholds:
💮 validate_martingale_settings()
Validates Martingale/Anti-Martingale parameter consistency: multiplier range, streak bounds, and maximum possible escalation. Warns when maximum escalation exceeds 100×.
💮 validate_allocations()
Validates percentage distributions (0–1 scale) for take-profit levels, portfolio weights, or any system that divides a whole into parts. Checks individual allocations and total against 1.0 with floating-point tolerance. Supports both mandatory full allocation and partial allocation.
🌸 --------- 7. SIGNAL & TIMING --------- 🌸
These methods verify signal completeness and enforce cooldown periods. See the source code for parameter details.
💮 validate_signal_configuration()
Completeness check for signal sources. Validates that an enabled signal has a connected primary data stream, a secondary stream (if required), at least one signal mapping, and activity in at least one market regime (when regime filtering is enabled).
💮 validate_timing_cooldown()
Gating check for entry timing. Verifies that enough bars have elapsed since the last relevant event and that a valid entry signal is present. Both conditions produce warnings rather than errors.
🌸 --------- 8. USAGE EXAMPLE --------- 🌸
A typical validation lifecycle: import, initialise, run validations, then trigger errors and display warnings.
Pine Script®
When all inputs are valid, trigger_errors() does nothing and execution continues; display_warnings() draws no labels. A correctly configured script simply runs with a clean chart.
🌸 --------- 9. PRACTICAL USAGE NOTES --------- 🌸
💮 Errors vs Warnings
Use add_error() for constraints that make the script unsafe or logically broken (missing data streams, impossible parameter combinations, equity-exceeding orders). Use add_warning() for suboptimal but non-dangerous configurations (values outside the recommended range, elevated risk percentages). Errors halt execution; warnings inform via chart labels.
💮 Single-Pass Collection
Always run all validations before calling trigger_errors(). The framework collects every error in a single pass so the user sees the total count of issues.
💮 Integration with Other GYTS Libraries
ValidationUtilities complements the GYTS library ecosystem:
💮 Limitations
A few constraints to keep in mind:
🌸 Part of GoemonYae Trading System (GYTS) 🌸
🌸 --------- 1. INTRODUCTION --------- 🌸
💮 What Does This Library Contain?
ValidationUtilities is a centralised validation framework for Pine Script. It replaces scattered, ad-hoc input checks with a single, structured validation pass that catches every misconfiguration before a script begins operating.
The library spans the full validation workflow: framework lifecycle, configuration checks, position sizing guards, and signal completeness verification.
💮 Key Categories
The library contains:
- Core Framework: the ValidationFramework UDT and its lifecycle methods (init, collect, report)
- Standalone Utilities: bounded-buffer push and division-by-zero guard
- Configuration Validation: range, ordering, exclusivity, lookback, source, and timeframe checks
- Position Sizing & Risk: order size constraints, progressive risk alerts, allocation distribution, and Martingale safety
- Signal & Timing: signal source completeness and cooldown gating
🌸 --------- 2. ADDED VALUE --------- 🌸
💮 Consistent, Readable Error Messages
Every error and warning follows the same [Category] Message format. Users see clear, categorised feedback instead of cryptic runtime error strings. A single validation pass surfaces all issues at once, so there is no need to fix one error only to hit the next on re-run.
💮 Single Import, Full Coverage
One import replaces dozens of inline validation blocks. Range checks, allocation constraints, timeframe guards, and position sizing validations are all available immediately.
💮 Errors and Warnings, Separated
Hard/soft boundary separation lets developers enforce critical constraints (errors halt execution via runtime.error()) whilst still surfacing non-critical suggestions (warnings display as chart labels). The framework handles formatting, counting, and display.
💮 Proven in Production
ValidationUtilities underpins the validation layer of a strategy with an extensive configuration surface (12+ validated parameter groups). The methods have been refined against real misconfiguration scenarios including floating-point allocation sums, multiplier escalation, and unconnected data streams.
🌸 --------- 3. CORE FRAMEWORK --------- 🌸
💮 ValidationFramework (UDT)
The central data structure that collects validation results. It holds two string arrays, errors (critical, halt execution) and warnings (advisory, continue execution), alongside convenience flags has_errors and has_warnings.
Declare once with var, then call init() to reset state before each validation cycle:
💮 init()
Resets the framework: clears both arrays and resets flags to false. Call at the start of each validation cycle.
💮 add_error() and add_warning()
Building blocks for custom validation beyond the built-in methods. Both accept a category and message, formatting them as [Category] Message. Use add_error() for constraints that must halt execution and add_warning() for advisory messages.
💮 trigger_errors()
Fires runtime.error() with the first collected error and a count of any remaining. Always call after all validations have run so every misconfiguration is detected in a single pass.
💮 display_warnings()
Renders warnings as orange chart labels (below bar by default). Displays the first warning with a count of additional warnings, then clears state to prevent repetition. Accepts an optional yloc_arg for label placement.
🌸 --------- 4. STANDALONE UTILITIES --------- 🌸
These functions are independent of the ValidationFramework and can be used anywhere.
💮 push_limited()
A FIFO bounded-buffer push: appends a value and evicts the oldest entry when the array exceeds a specified limit. Available for both float and int arrays.
💮 safe_denominator()
Returns math.max(value, floor) to guard against division by zero. Default floor is 1e-9.
🌸 --------- 5. CONFIGURATION VALIDATION --------- 🌸
These methods validate user-facing settings before a script begins operating. Each accepts the framework as self and a category string for error grouping. Refer to the source code for full parameter details.
💮 validate_range()
Checks that a value falls within hard bounds (error if violated) and optional soft bounds (warning if outside the optimal range). Supports a value_unit label for message clarity. Returns true if within hard bounds.
💮 validate_exclusive_selection()
Ensures exactly one boolean flag is active among a set of mutually exclusive options. Produces an error listing which options were found active, or that none were selected.
💮 validate_ascending_order()
Verifies that an array of values is in ascending order. Supports strict (default) or non-strict comparison. Skips na values.
💮 validate_minimum_lookback()
Checks that a lookback parameter meets a caller-derived minimum. Accepts an optional fix_hint for the error message. Returns true if met.
💮 validate_source_connected()
Detects when an input.source() has no external indicator connected (it silently defaults to close). Uses a 2-bar close heuristic. Accepts an is_enabled flag to skip the check when the relevant feature is disabled. Returns true if the source appears connected.
💮 validate_higher_timeframe()
Validates that a user-selected timeframe is sufficiently higher than the chart timeframe. Returns the integer multiplier, useful for scaling lookback periods. Produces an error if below min_multiplier (default 1.0).
🌸 --------- 6. POSITION SIZING & RISK --------- 🌸
These methods guard against position sizing errors and excessive risk exposure. See the source code for parameter details and default thresholds.
💮 validate_order_size_constraints()
Checks a proposed order against account equity and position size limits. Errors if the order exceeds equity or a hard cap; warns if the position exceeds a configurable percentage of equity. Returns true if no errors were added.
💮 validate_multiplied_sizing_risk()
Progressive risk alerting for scripts that scale position sizes with multipliers (Martingale, Anti-Martingale, or any multiplicative sizing). Applies three escalating thresholds:
- Warning (default 25%): elevated risk
- Error (default 50%): high risk
- Critical (default 75%): exceeds safe limits
💮 validate_martingale_settings()
Validates Martingale/Anti-Martingale parameter consistency: multiplier range, streak bounds, and maximum possible escalation. Warns when maximum escalation exceeds 100×.
💮 validate_allocations()
Validates percentage distributions (0–1 scale) for take-profit levels, portfolio weights, or any system that divides a whole into parts. Checks individual allocations and total against 1.0 with floating-point tolerance. Supports both mandatory full allocation and partial allocation.
🌸 --------- 7. SIGNAL & TIMING --------- 🌸
These methods verify signal completeness and enforce cooldown periods. See the source code for parameter details.
💮 validate_signal_configuration()
Completeness check for signal sources. Validates that an enabled signal has a connected primary data stream, a secondary stream (if required), at least one signal mapping, and activity in at least one market regime (when regime filtering is enabled).
💮 validate_timing_cooldown()
Gating check for entry timing. Verifies that enough bars have elapsed since the last relevant event and that a valid entry signal is present. Both conditions produce warnings rather than errors.
🌸 --------- 8. USAGE EXAMPLE --------- 🌸
A typical validation lifecycle: import, initialise, run validations, then trigger errors and display warnings.
When all inputs are valid, trigger_errors() does nothing and execution continues; display_warnings() draws no labels. A correctly configured script simply runs with a clean chart.
🌸 --------- 9. PRACTICAL USAGE NOTES --------- 🌸
💮 Errors vs Warnings
Use add_error() for constraints that make the script unsafe or logically broken (missing data streams, impossible parameter combinations, equity-exceeding orders). Use add_warning() for suboptimal but non-dangerous configurations (values outside the recommended range, elevated risk percentages). Errors halt execution; warnings inform via chart labels.
💮 Single-Pass Collection
Always run all validations before calling trigger_errors(). The framework collects every error in a single pass so the user sees the total count of issues.
💮 Integration with Other GYTS Libraries
ValidationUtilities complements the GYTS library ecosystem:
- FiltersToolkit: smoothing and signal processing
- VolatilityToolkit: volatility estimation and regime detection
- ColourUtilities: dynamic colour mapping
- MathTransform: mathematical transformations and normalisation
💮 Limitations
A few constraints to keep in mind:
- The validate_source_connected() heuristic (2-bar close comparison) can produce false positives if a source genuinely tracks price closely. It is a best-effort detection, not a guarantee.
- Pine Script libraries cannot import other libraries. So ValidationUtilities is designed for indicators and strategies.
- The framework validates configuration state, not runtime state. It catches misconfigurations at the input level; it does not monitor runtime behaviour.
Notes de version
v2Major
- Added render_banner() — a reusable rich, click-free status banner primitive. Draws a 1-column, 2-row table (bold title row plus a left-aligned body row) with a dark-mode-aware default background. This is the preferred surface for open-ended configuration errors and no-trades diagnostics, replacing the single-string runtime.error halt of trigger_errors() and the first-only "+N more" label of display_warnings().
- Added issues_as_text() method — joins a framework's collected items into one body string ("✕ [cat] msg" for errors, "⚠ [cat] msg" for warnings), for use as a render_banner() body or a log line.
Minor
- Added VERSION constant for programmatic version checking.
- trigger_errors() and display_warnings() doc comments now point to render_banner() as the preferred surface. Both remain unchanged for back-compatibility and existing import …/1 pins.
- Library chart demo now showcases render_banner() + issues_as_text() instead of the lone display_warnings() label.
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Bibliothèque Pine
Dans l'esprit TradingView, l'auteur a publié ce code Pine sous forme de bibliothèque open source afin que d'autres programmeurs Pine de notre communauté puissent le réutiliser. Bravo à l'auteur! Vous pouvez utiliser cette bibliothèque à titre privé ou dans d'autres publications open source, mais la réutilisation de ce code dans des publications est régie par nos Règles.
🌸 --- GoemonYae Trading System (GYTS) --- 🌸
・ Website: goemonyae.com
・ Docs: goemonyae.com/docs
・ Get Pro Access: goemonyae.com/get-access
・ Discord (🦊YaeBot): discord.gg/ef6Tu4kha3
・ Website: goemonyae.com
・ Docs: goemonyae.com/docs
・ Get Pro Access: goemonyae.com/get-access
・ Discord (🦊YaeBot): discord.gg/ef6Tu4kha3
Clause de non-responsabilité
Les informations et publications ne sont pas destinées à être, et ne constituent pas, des conseils ou recommandations financiers, d'investissement, de trading ou autres fournis ou approuvés par TradingView. Pour en savoir plus, consultez les Conditions d'utilisation.