For those trading futures with TOS, are you using the NYSE cumulative tick? I think I got it here, a 5 min chart for the day. If there is a "better" way in your opinion to depict this data, please share. I had not previously used this information before, but I clearly see its value... Thanks.

With respect to TOS data, can this be relied upon, and if not, why?

EDIT / ADD: I just heard back from TOS. Oddly, the first response was that they didn't provide NYSE tick data. I heard back from someone else, with this:

"On the Think or Swim, $TICK is indeed the NYSE cumulative tick data. We do not alter it in any way."

So, straight from the exchange...

TOS has a couple of other indies to watch the ticks. In the TOS studies are Tick_Fade in the lower panel and Tick_Fade_II in the upper. The upper panel plots the red/green dots at 1000 and -1000; the lower panel clearly a histogram with horizontal lines @ 800 and -1000. The lower panel needs the +800 moved to 1000. I can't remember if these are TOS studies or I found them somewhere along the way. I might have googled them.

Tmanbone 

TOS has a couple of other indies to watch the ticks. In the TOS studies are Tick_Fade in the lower panel and Tick_Fade_II in the upper. The upper panel plots the red/green dots at 1000 and -1000; the lower panel clearly a histogram with horizontal lines @ 800 and -1000. The lower panel needs the +800 moved to 1000. I can't remember if these are TOS studies or I found them somewhere along the way. I might have googled them.

Thanks for chiming-in Tmanbone! I will look for those... If you didn't see it, another poster provided this study, which seems very similar:

NYSE $TICK AND $ADD of course you can. this is actually an indicator I'm using (not from the symbol table). it includes high, low, close, extreme levels, ema and adjustable lines. you can see the difference in the attached picture. also attached the indicator.