TrendRadar FAQ

TrendRadar FAQ
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Status: public FAQ draft
Last updated: 2026-06-14

1. Is TrendRadar investment advice?
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No. TrendRadar is a technical-analysis screening tool. It helps narrow down a
large asset universe according to selected technical indicators. It does not
recommend that you buy, sell or hold any asset.

2. Why is TrendRadar temporarily free?
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TrendRadar is temporarily available for free as a trial version while the
service is being tested and improved.

3. Will TrendRadar stay free in the future?
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Future monetization of TrendRadar may depend on whether advertising revenue can
cover the operating costs of the service.

Sharing the TrendRadar project page can increase the chance that the service
remains available for free in the future, but free availability is not
guaranteed.

4. Which assets are currently covered?
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TrendRadar currently processes only assets denominated in USD.

Assets from Canada, Europe and other global markets may be added later, but
this expansion depends on whether the project can sustainably cover both the
current operating costs and the additional costs of a wider data universe.

5. Why does the page ask me to allow advertising?
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Advertising helps keep the trial version available. If an ad blocker or browser
shield blocks advertising resources or breaks the page layout, TrendRadar can
show a notice asking you to allow advertising for this site.

6. Why does the page look broken in Brave with Shields enabled?
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Brave Shields can block or alter advertising-related page elements. TrendRadar
detects this and asks the user to disable shields for the site. After disabling
the shield, reload the page.

7. What does "Number of assets: X of Y" mean?
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X is the number of currently visible assets after broker and indicator filters.
Y is the total number of candidates loaded into the report.

Y is not the entire maintained FMP/static universe. It is the current report
universe: assets with current indicator data that match at least one TrendRadar
candidate technical condition. Broker counts are intersections with this report
universe, not complete broker catalog sizes.

8. What does Last update mean?
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Last update shows when the HTML report page was generated or regenerated. It is
displayed in UTC, GMT and Central Europe time (CET or CEST depending on daylight
saving time).

It is not necessarily the timestamp of each individual market data point.
Latest close values come from the local daily history cache.

9. Can I select more than one indicator?
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Yes. Indicator filters are multi-select. If more than one is selected, an asset
must match all selected indicator conditions.

10. What does Default indicators set mean?
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Default indicators set is the default TrendRadar indicator combination:

    - Liquid assets only
    - 200D MA cross
    - Latest close > 200D MA
    - 2W Stoch RSI rising
    - Monthly Stoch RSI K crosses above 20
    - Current monthly Williams %R > -50 & rising
    - Current monthly RSI > 45 & rising

11. What does All indicators set mean?
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All indicators set selects every available indicator filter at the same time.
This is intentionally strict and can produce only a very small number of assets.
It can also produce an empty list because the filters are combined with AND:
one asset must satisfy every available indicator condition at once. This is
normal and does not mean the report is broken.

12. Why is 200D MA cross date empty for some rows?
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An asset can be visible because it matches another selected indicator. If it
does not match the 200D MA cross condition, the 200D MA cross date is left empty.

13. What is the difference between 200D MA cross and Latest close > 200D MA?
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200D MA cross means that the price crossed above the 200-day moving average
recently and the latest close is still above it.

Latest close > 200D MA only checks whether the latest available close is above
the 200-day moving average. The cross may have happened much earlier.

14. What do the 200D MA slope over 63D filters mean?
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This filter looks at the 200-day moving average itself, not directly at the
latest price. It is calculated as:

    (MA200 today / MA200 63 trading days ago - 1) * 100

TrendRadar currently groups this value into three ranges:

    0% to +1%  = early stabilization
    +2% to +4% = healthier trend improvement
    +5% or more = stronger rising 200D moving-average regime

15. What does RS 3M vs SPY mean?
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RS 3M vs SPY compares the asset's 63-trading-day return with SPY's
63-trading-day return:

    RS_3M = asset 63D return - SPY 63D return

For example, if an asset gained 18% and SPY gained 7%, RS 3M vs SPY is +11
percentage points.

TrendRadar currently offers three RS 3M vs SPY filters:

    RS 3M vs SPY > 0%   = outperformed SPY
    RS 3M vs SPY > +5%  = stronger outperformance
    RS 3M vs SPY > +10% = very strong outperformance

RS 6M vs SPY is also calculated in the Indicators CSV for future filtering.

16. What is Latest close?
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Latest close is the last available close price in the local daily history cache.
It is not necessarily the price from the 200D moving-average cross date.

17. Why can TradingView show slightly different current-month indicators?
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Some TrendRadar filters use only closed candles. The current-month Williams %R
and current-month RSI filters use the current incomplete month to be closer to
what TradingView shows during the month. Closed-month indicators can differ
from live/current-month views.

18. Why are stocks and funds separated?
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Stocks and funds can behave differently. TrendRadar separates them to make the
report easier to read. The classification uses static fields such as isFund and
isETF and a conservative text heuristic for some fund-like descriptions.

19. What is XTB US only?
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It shows only US tickers that are also present in the local XTB instrument list.
XTB symbols such as ZYXI.US are compared to TrendRadar symbols without the .US
suffix, for example ZYXI.

20. What are Revolut US only, eToro US only, IBKR US only, Trading 212 US only, Fio US proxy and Patria US proxy?
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They show only report candidates that were also found in the corresponding
local broker universe file. These filters are intersections with the current
TrendRadar report universe, not complete broker catalogue sizes.

Fio US proxy is slightly different: it is built as a conservative proxy from
active USD stocks and ETFs on selected US venues supported for Fio trading,
because no simple public full-catalogue Fio metadata endpoint is used here.

Patria US proxy uses the same proxy approach for active USD stocks and ETFs on
selected US venues relevant for Patria US trading. It is not a confirmed full
Patria catalogue export.

Current broker data collection/update dates used by the generated pages:

    XTB US: 2026-06-02
    Revolut US: 2026-06-09
    eToro US: 2026-06-09
    IBKR US: 2026-06-16
    Trading 212 US: 2026-06-16
    Fio US proxy: 2026-06-17
    Patria US proxy: 2026-06-17

21. Why are some assets missing from a broker-specific filter?
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The asset may not be available at that broker, the broker symbol may not match
directly, or the local broker list may need to be refreshed.

22. Why does an asset profile sometimes have no image?
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TrendRadar uses locally cached images when available. If no image was found or
downloaded, the profile can still be shown without an image.

23. Why are descriptions available only in English and Czech?
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English is the original source language. Czech translations are generated and
cached separately. Other languages may be added later if needed.

24. How often are reports updated?
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Reports are intended for daily updates after the US market close, when most
daily data should be available.

25. What are the experimental Markov regime filters?
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The Markov regime filters classify historical weekly or monthly price movement
as Bull, Bear or Sideways and then summarize how often the current regime has
historically transitioned to the next regime.

TrendRadar uses the simple rule-based version, not HMM. The weekly variant uses
closed weekly candles and a 12-week return threshold. The monthly variant uses
closed monthly candles and a 6-month return threshold. The monthly view is
usually more useful for this project because it is less noisy than daily or very
short-term data.

These filters are educational regime statistics. They are not price forecasts
and are not investment advice.

26. Where can I send feedback?
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Feedback and suggestions are welcome at:

    trendradar.online@gmail.com