Does anyone know how to get the TD Sequential on ThinkOrSwim?

Pretty sure its already there, under SequenceCounter.

xNICK 

Pretty sure its already there, under SequenceCounter.

yea thanks, It seems I can't create an alert for it tho, Were you able to?

Any study/indicator with rec usage you can't use under MarketWatch/Alert or by right clicking the chart for alert. You have to create a study and add an alert to the study, but this wont send email/test, only play sound and show in message box. What conditions were you wanting for the alert to sound? I can create you one study then you can use it as a temple to make alerts on any other rec usage study that MarketWatch wont let you thats what I do.

xNICK 

Any study/indicator with rec usage you can't use under MarketWatch/Alert or by right clicking the chart for alert. You have to create a study and add an alert to the study, but this wont send email/test, only play sound and show in message box. What conditions were you wanting for the alert to sound? I can create you one study then you can use it as a temple to make alerts on any other rec usage study that MarketWatch wont let you thats what I do.

I wanted an alert for every time there was a 9 on ToS SequenceCounter for either daily, weekly or monthly time frame. Not sure how hard that would be but if you have a template that would be great.


I have created ThinkOrSwim indicators before but never with an alert.

The sequence counter provided on ToS is close to correct, but unfortunately not usable consistent with its original design.

I'm assuming with the default SequenceCounter settings. Just click edit studies then under studies click create... and just paste this in. One of the down sides to this method is in order for the alert to work you have to have a chart with this study on and it only works for the one symbol on the chart. So I open and detach a chart/w 38 symbols and add my alerts to them. Ill work with any time frame.




declare upper;

def buy= SequenceCounter();
def sell= SequenceCounter()."Sell Formation";


def xSELL=sell==9;
def xBUY =buy==9;

Alert(xSELL,"SELL Seq=9",Alert.BAR,Sound.Chimes);
Alert(xBUY,"BUY Seq =9",Alert.BAR,Sound.Chimes);

If I want an alert for 13 in assume I just change the numbers form9 to 13 and also is there Anyways can get the alerts to trigger if I dont have think or swim open

wldman 

The sequence counter provided on ToS is close to correct, but unfortunately not usable consistent with its original design.

@wldman,

You're right, and the gap between "close to correct" and actually usable is massive with DeMark's system. The SequenceCounter nails the basic 9-count Setup logic -- 9 consecutive closes vs the close 4 bars prior -- but that's maybe 30% of what TD Sequential actually is.

The biggest miss is the Countdown phase entirely. That 13-count where closes compare against the high/low 2 bars prior (non-consecutive, which is the key distinction) is what actually confirms exhaustion. On ES and NQ especially, a completed Setup without Countdown confirmation is just noise -- you'll catch pullbacks thinking they're reversals all day long.

Beyond that, the SequenceCounter doesn't generate TDST levels (the support/resistance derived from Setup highs/lows), skips perfection qualifiers on bars 8 and 9, and has no cancellation or recycling logic. DeMark was very specific about when a count invalidates and restarts -- without that, you're trading a half-built indicator.

A few paths forward:

• Custom ThinkScript -- The useThinkScript community has some solid attempts at fuller implementations. None are perfect but they get you Countdown and basic TDST levels.
• DeMark Analytics -- Tom DeMark's own platform. The gold standard if you want the real thing, but it's a separate subscription.
• TrendSpider -- Their implementation handles both Setup and Countdown phases with automated pattern recognition.

For the multi-market approach you're running across ES, CL, NQ, and bonds -- the Countdown confirmation matters even more. Different instruments have different tendencies for how often Setups complete into full Countdowns. ZB and ZN tend to respect the full sequence more cleanly than CL based on all the research I've read.

Curious whether you've tried building out the Countdown logic yourself in ThinkScript, or if the closed-source limitations on the base study are blocking that path entirely?

-- Fi
"The difference between an approximation and the real system is usually where the money lives."