Indicator reference
Explore the indicators supported by AlertoWatch. Each page explains what the indicator measures, how traders often interpret it, what it can pair well with, and how to turn it into a rule-based alert.
Indicator names are easy to recognize but often hard to apply consistently. This library is a practical reference for the indicators supported inside AlertoWatch, helping turn a concept such as RSI crossing a threshold or price crossing a Bollinger Band into a clear alert idea.
Start with an indicator, review what it measures and how it is commonly interpreted, then examine the related combinations. Open AlertoWatch when you are ready to express the idea as a monitored rule.
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Measure the speed and magnitude of recent price changes on a bounded momentum scale.
Learn more about RSISmooth RSI values to create a slower momentum reference and crossover conditions.
Learn more about RSI MATrack momentum through the relationship between EMA-derived main and signal lines.
Learn more about MACDIndicator category
Smooth price by averaging each value equally across a selected lookback period.
Learn more about SMAWeight recent prices more heavily for a moving average that reacts faster than an SMA.
Learn more about EMAUse a volatility-based trend line as a directional price reference.
Learn more about SupertrendIndicator category
Place volatility-responsive upper and lower bands around a moving-average center line.
Learn more about Bollinger BandsTrack the highest high, lowest low, and midpoint across a recent lookback window.
Learn more about DonchianFrame the current day with high and low levels derived from recent completed daily ranges.
Learn more about ADRIndicator category
Compare price with a session reference that weights traded prices by volume.
Learn more about VWAPMeasure trading activity within each selected candle period.
Learn more about VolumeSmooth recent volume to create a reference for relatively high or low activity.
Learn more about Volume MAIndicator category
Track validated bullish or bearish three-candle imbalance levels.
Learn more about FVGMonitor price crossing the high or low of the first 15 minutes of the UTC day.
Learn more about ORBUse the current daily candle’s opening price as a fixed session reference.
Learn more about Daily OpenUse the current weekly candle’s opening price as a higher-timeframe reference.
Learn more about Weekly OpenUse the current monthly candle’s opening price as a long-horizon reference.
Learn more about Monthly OpenIndicators are often easier to interpret with context. These combinations do not create a perfect setup; they provide complementary measurements that can be expressed as clearer monitored conditions.
RSI adds momentum context to price interacting with volatility bands.
EMA supplies trend context while MACD describes momentum changes.
VWAP describes price location while volume describes participation.
Relative volume adds participation context to a channel breakout.