HI, i was curious what u were looking for so i googled it and came up with this. i use TS myself. so you wait for the bar to close on its respective time frame before saying it has arrived at its signal or target? I usually take a trade on the break of an inside bar, as soon as it breaks. 

https://www.bigmiketrading.com/thinkorswim-programming/8599-counter-time-clock-tos-thinkorswim-trading-platform.html

Bravestar

how long should the price of a stock stay at a trigger level or pass the resistance before i should act? i acted a few times as soon as the price reached the level but it reversed soon and i should have waited for more confirmation. you have said the price should be forming a pattern...

http://www.4-traders.com/INTERCEPT-PHARMACEUTICALS-11718561/news/Intercept-Pharmaceuticals-Inc--Intercept-Announces-NASH-Primary-Endpoint-Met-FLINT-Trial-Stopped-E-17774038/

Proshares UltraShort Barc 20 Year Treasury ETF January weekly call option implied volatility is at 34, January is at 21, February is at 22, March and June is at 20; compared to its 26-week average of 28 according to Track Data, suggesting large near term price movement into the of release of Fed?s minutes from its last FOMC meeting.

I see the entry on QLYS at 24.90 but i think the optimal time for me to have entered was about 2:30 pm when SPY 60 also turned green; i did not buy QLYS in the morning because it started to go down right away. So shall i take trades on the signal and put my stops lower or wait for them to go down and come back up again if that is what they are going to do. 

I usually use SPY Do i need to have the SPX chart up or can i use SPY?  Is it the $INX chart that is $SPX? 

gives hints on how to handle. a popup is only an alert like u would put on at your broker to be alert to somthing they said

which is 11.17?  i do not know the meaning of the financing deal but i see lots of room up above for SA, i do not see resistance