Technical Indicators.
Indicators turn raw quotes into decisions, which is why a trading mobile app for forex and exchange market operations ships so many of them.
More than 80 technical indicators and analytical tools, including graphic objects, provide detailed analysis of quote dynamics.
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Technical Indicators in Short.
An indicator is a way of asking the market a specific question, and the indicator list inside a trading mobile app for operations in the Forex and exchange markets decides which questions you can ask without writing code. Trade Master 9 ships with more than 80 technical indicators and analytical tools, covering trend, momentum, volatility and volume, plus graphic objects for the parts of analysis no calculation captures.
Most traders end up using three or four. The breadth matters at two moments: early on, while you are testing what actually fits how you think, and much later, when a method needs one particular calculation that no standard tool provides. Between those points, a clean chart with a couple of trusted studies beats a screen covered in colour.
When the built-in list runs out, three routes open up. The free tools library holds thousands of free indicators contributed by the community, added to the terminal like any other tool. The library holds ready-made applications, each with a free trial so you can test before paying. The custom development service connects you with professional programmers who will build exactly what you specify, and the built-in development environment lets you build it yourself if you would rather.
That last option is worth more than it first appears. Traders often carry a rule in their head — a specific relationship between two averages, a filter for time of day, a volatility threshold — that no published indicator measures. Turning it into a custom study makes it visible on every chart and testable against history. The other pages here cover charts, timeframes and fundamental data, and the home page covers the app as a whole.
Where Indicator Readings Become Decisions.
Screens from the TM9 2.0 app where indicator readings turn into decisions: the EUR/USD chart with alerts, open positions, the portfolio hub and the balance, equity and margin panel.
Where Indicators Come From.
Indicators reach your charts three ways: over 80 ship with the platform, thousands more are free in the free tools library, and anything bespoke can be ordered through the custom development service.
Built in
Over 80 indicators and analytical tools come with the platform, covering the standard families of trend, momentum, volatility and volume study.
Free from the free tools library
Traders are welcome to choose between thousands of free of charge indicators from the free tools library, added to the terminal like any other tool.
Bought, rented or ordered
Beyond that, applications can be purchased or rented from the app library, or ordered as custom indicators from professional programmers through the custom development service.
Built In, Free, or Commissioned.
Three notes on four routes to the same thing.
How many technical indicators do traders really use?
Most traders settle on three or four indicators and a clean chart. The breadth matters at the start, while you are testing what fits, and later when a strategy needs one specific calculation nobody else publishes.
When is a custom indicator worth building?
A custom indicator is only as good as the idea behind it. Building your own, or ordering one through the custom development service, is worth doing once you know exactly what you want measured.
Who needs more than a default indicator list?
This page is for traders with a specific method in mind, and for anyone who has outgrown the default indicator list of a simpler app.
Where Indicators Sit.
On the chart, and inside the robots that read it.
Four routes, one chart
More than 80 indicators are built in, thousands more are free in the free tools library, ready-made ones can be bought or rented in the app library, and anything missing can be ordered through the custom development service. All four end up on the same chart, and all four can be read by a robot as easily as by you.
Good to know
TM9 is a software development company and does not provide investment or brokerage services for Technical Indicators users.. The platform supplies the trading terminals, analysis tools and automation; your broker holds the funds, sets spreads and leverage, and executes the orders the platform sends. Trading carries a real risk of loss, and signals or robots are tools rather than financial advice.
Read next
Fundamental Analysis. Economic Calendar. Trading Signals. Every other tool that sits beside your indicators is listed in the Platform Guide, all 77 pages of it.
Related Pages.
Indicators are one part of the toolkit; the Platform Guide maps the rest across 77 pages.
Fundamental AnalysisWhen indicators are not the whole story: agency news and an economic calendar, delivered inside the platform.
Economic CalendarMacroeconomic indicators, as opposed to chart ones: each country's key releases, listed in the built-in calendar.
Trading SignalsPrefer to follow someone else's analysis? Subscribe to a signal and the provider's trades are copied to your account.
Forex Analysis
Indicators make most sense once you know the method behind them, so read Forex Technical Analysis first, the main guide in this category. Indicators sit alongside 32 other topics in the forex guide hub.
More Pages to Read.
Terms of ServiceThe rules covering your use of the TM9 platform, mobile apps and website, including how brokers fit in.
Testing a StrategyTry an indicator-based strategy on a demo account, in simulated conditions, before real funds are at risk.
Timeframes and ChartsRun the same indicator across up to 100 charts and 21 timeframes to compare what each timeframe shows.