Full List of Indicators and Features
Explore all the powerful trading tools and algorithms TickSurfers offers to enhance your trading experience. Find the full list of indicators and other features below.
Expansion Contraction
Learn More View ChartThis one-of-a-kind indicator was created by Brian Latta and is based on Jake Bernstein’s trading systems. Expansion Contraction is the first concurrent and dual perspective system indicator with over 30 tradable conditions.
Benner Cycle
Learn More View ChartThe Benner Cycle was created by Samuel Benner, a successful farmer from Ohio who had an unfortunate turn of events in the market panic of 1873. Thereafter, he set out to find cycles in the markets and published his book in 1884, “Benner’s Prophecies of Ups and Downs in Prices”.
Samuel Benner points out three areas in his chart:
A. Panic Years - Years in which panics have occurred and will occur again.
B. Good Times - Years of Good Times, High Prices and the time to sell Stocks and values of all kinds.
C. Hard Times - Years of Hard Times, Low Prices, and a good time to buy Stocks, “Corner Lots”, Goods, etc., and hold till the “Boom” reaches the years of good times; then unload.
I’ve recreated the cycle formula here. It is best suited for weekly, monthly or 12 month charts on the $SPX, or other symbols that have very long history of price data. My recommendation is to set your chart on the 12-Month timeframe of the $SPX to more clearly see both the past and future cycles.
ADD Ratio
Learn More View Chart View DocsGet raw ADD readings, ADD Ratio and ADD Breadth all in one indicator. This indicator is designed for day traders but can be used by anyone to gauge market internals.
Backwardation (Premium)
Learn More View ChartCalculate backwardation (or contract premium) readings for Futures and Commodities. When the backwardation reading crosses above zero it means the market is setup for a bullish move. Does not work in reverse. This reading works only for bullish readings.
COT Report
Learn More View ChartThe Commitment of Traders Report gives us insights into what the “big money” is buying or selling. Since big money managers can’t buy or sell all at once, they accumulate or distribute their positions over a period of time. Hence, the COT report is useful in anticipating big moves weeks in advance despite the report being released a week later. TickSurfers COT Report Indicator plots the data as a histogram and provides a practical selection of the different sections of the report, separated by Legacy, Disaggregated and Financial. COT report information is provided weekly, not daily. As such, it is best suited for weekly charts. Histogram can be color-coded to indicate that positions are increasing or decreasing.
Keltner Clouds
Learn More View ChartA multi-talented indicator that was carefully crafted to avoid cluttering your charts. Keltner Clouds draw up to 3 bands of the Keltner Channel, but uses light hues of color instead of lines to plot the bands. Each cloud band has customizable ATR factors.
But that’s not all... it has a custom mid-line mode bringing even more information to your charts! The mid-line mode allows you to pick one of various additional studies to color-code the middle line of the Kelter Clouds. It’s not just a Moving Average line anymore. It’s fitted with multiple indicators that allow you to see strength of trend, choppiness, trend direction, and more.
Offense / Defense Line (OD Line)
Learn More View Chart View DocsA comparative view between offensive ETF sectors versus defensive sectors. The “OD Line” does not adjust according to the underlying symbol, but it does adjust according to the chart timeframe. It acts as a fear or greed gauge as market participants tend to flock to defensive stocks during times of market or economic uncertainty. If the market is bullish, the OD Line will be declining. If the market is bearish, the OD Line will be rising.
AVOL (Ext. Hours Average Volume)
Learn More View Chart View DocsAVOL is calculated by comparing the pre-market and extended hours total volume to the average daily volume. Ideally, we’re looking for stocks that have printed at least 20% of their volume in the pre-market or extended hours after earnings. This indicates a higher possibility of follow through during the regular session.
RVOL (Relative Volume)
Learn More View Chart View DocsRelative Volume or RVOL is a measurement of current volume to average volume at time. It’s typically miscalculated by comparing current volume against average volume (which is more accurately described as Volume Z-Score, also available by TickSurfers).
Seasonality
Learn More View Chart View DocsThis professionally-built seasonality indicator creates a calculation that plots one year into the future so you can spot upcoming seasonality trends in time. Tooltips are added to give you insights into the win rate, history and direction of seasonality.
Hedge Up
Learn More View ChartGet alerted to market downturns days and sometimes weeks in advance. Works exclusively on S&P 500 financial instruments (such as SPX, ES or SPY). This indicator marks a warning sign above the bar when a warning signal is generated. You can also configure the indicator to send you an alert using TradingView’s native alert system.
The indicator is not intended to generate trade entry or exit signals. Rather, it is meant to alert you to potential market volatility within the next 30 days. If your portfolio is net bullish and you receive a signal, then it can be a good opportunity to tighten stops, take profit or reduce your position risk.
Cumulative TICK
Learn More View Chart View DocsGet raw TICK readings or cumulative TICK calculation all in one indicator. An important gauge of market internals that can be used alongside ADD and VOLD readings.
TRIN (Arms Index)
Learn More View ChartThe TRIN measures the relationship between market supply and demand. It does this by comparing the number of advancing and declining stocks ($ADD) against advancing and declining volume ($VOLD). A TRIN reading below 1 should indicate a strong price advance is forthcoming. A TRIN reading above 1 should indicate a strong price decline is forthcoming. A value above 3 indicates an oversold market, but a reading below 0.5 indicates an overbought market.
VIX Ratio
Learn More View ChartIn addition to providing a raw reading of the VIX, this indicator provides access to VIX ratio, a powerful formula that can spot bullish market reversals after a strong sell-off.
Volatility Cycle
Learn More View Chart View DocsThe volatility cycle indicator measures the strength of a trend, not the direction. Useful in spotting compression or expansion in prices.
VOLD Ratio
Learn More View Chart View DocsView raw VOLD readings or VOLD ratio. This market internal goes hand-in-hand with ADD and TICK indexes.
Volume Z-Score
Learn More View Chart View DocsVolume Z-Score (not to be confused with RVOL) compares current volume against average volume. This indicator provides insights into strong bullish volume or strong bearish volume to help spot significant volume in any direction.