Scott’s List · order flow tool review
The short version. Audio order flow: it turns tick data into sound so you can hear buying and selling pressure change without staring at the tape. My trigger confirmation for the VWAP Bounce lives in my ears, not on the screen. I don’t trade without it.
Evidence level: In my stack, used daily.
Jump to: My notes · The verdict
What it is
TickStrike converts real-time market data into audio, a kind of digital pit noise, so that the pace and direction of trading becomes something you hear. Aggressive buying sounds different from aggressive selling; a stalling market goes quiet. It covers futures and other markets, is configurable in which instruments and which sounds you hear, and runs alongside your charts rather than replacing them.
The facts at a glance
- Audio representation of tick and order flow data; configurable sounds, thresholds, and instruments.
- Covers futures, stocks, forex, and crypto depending on your data.
- Runs as a companion tool alongside any charting or execution platform.
- Pricing is on the company’s site and changes; check there.
- Known downside: in a fast market it can become noise, so thresholds matter.
Figures are as published at the time of writing and change without notice. Read the current terms on the company’s own site before you pay for anything.
How it fits the VWAP Wave System™
In the system, the entry on a VWAP Bounce or a band fade is “the first sign of strength” or “first sign of weakness”. That’s an order flow event, and the eyes are busy with the chart. Hearing the tape change character as price touches the band is the fastest confirmation I have. It’s also the tool most likely to make a beginner overtrade, because it makes everything sound urgent.
What’s on my screen
This is my TickStrike on the Active tab. It listens to the four index futures, ES, NQ, RTY and YM, plus crude (CL), gold (GC), Bitcoin, the VIX and the NYSE TICK.
I hear a move start in any of them without taking my eyes off the chart.
Scott’s notes
I don’t trade without TickStrike. It runs whenever the market is open, even when I’m not trading, for awareness, and it’s the trigger confirmation for the VWAP Bounce in particular. My settings and the thresholds that stopped it from being noise are coming here.
Verdict
A confirmation tool for a trader who already has a plan and a setup named. Not a signal. If you can’t say which setup you’re confirming, mute it.
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