Tom Demark’s Sequential
Tom Demark’s Sequential is a technical indicator designed to identify potential reversal points in financial markets, such as stocks or commodities. It is currently one of our most popular indicators. Developed by renowned trader and analyst Tom Demark, this indicator relies on a systematic approach to analyzing price movements and identifying exhaustion points in trends.
The Tom Demark Sequential indicator is a powerful tool for traders, especially those looking to identify potential market turning points. By highlighting moments of trend exhaustion through its countdown phases, this indicator provides clear signals for potential reversals. For traders, this means the ability to make more informed decisions about when to enter or exit trades. Whether used alone or as part of a broader strategy, the Tom Demark Sequential can enhance trading precision, reduce risk, and ultimately improve profitability by catching critical market shifts before they occur.
How Tom Demark Sequential indicator looks like visualized on a chart
Tom Demark Sequential indicator consists of a series of numbered and color-coded countdown phases, typically ranging from 1 to 13. These phases are based on a set of rules that consider the relationship between consecutive price bars. For instance, a completed countdown might suggest that an asset is reaching a point of extreme buying or selling pressure, signaling a potential trend reversal or at least a pause in the current trend.
TAAPI allows you to access real-time Tom Demark Sequential values on crypto pairs listed on the most popular exchanges like Binance or on the most popular US stocks. Our real-time values help you generate trading signals, while our historical data help you backtest your strategies.
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- 3 symbols per API request
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- 10 symbols per API request
- Historical data 2000 candles back using results
- Priority support
Get started with the tdsequential
Simply make an HTTPS [GET] request or call in your browser:
[GET] https://api.taapi.io/tdsequential?secret=MY_SECRET&exchange=binance&symbol=BTC/USDT&interval=1h
API response
The tdsequential endpoint returns a JSON response like this:
{
"buySetupIndex": 1,
"sellSetupIndex": 0,
"buyCoundownIndex": 0,
"sellCoundownIndex": 7,
"countdownIndexIsEqualToPreviousElement": true,
"sellSetup": true,
"buySetup": false,
"sellSetupPerfection": true,
"buySetupPerfection": false,
"bearishFlip": true,
"bullishFlip": false,
"TDSTBuy": 41950,
"TDSTSell": 0,
"countdownResetForTDST": false
}
Example response from TAAPI.IO when querying tdsequential endpoint.
API parameters
binance, binancefutures or one of our supported exchanges. For other crypto / stock exchanges, please refer to our Client or Manual integration methods.
BTC/USDT Bitcoin to Tether, or LTC/BTC Litecoin to Bitcoin...
1m, 5m, 15m, 30m, 1h, 2h, 4h, 12h, 1d, 1w. So if you're interested in values on hourly candles, use interval=1h, for daily values use interval=1d, etc.
backtrack parameter removes candles from the data set and calculates the tdsequential value X amount of candles back. So, if you are fetching the tdsequential on the hourly and you want to know what the tdsequential was 5 hours ago, set backtrack=5. The default is 0.
chart parameter accepts one of two values: candles or heikinashi. candles is the default, but if you set this to heikinashi, the indicator values will be calculated using Heikin Ashi candles. Note: Pro & Expert Plans only.
true or false. Defaults to false. By setting to true the API will return a timestamp with every result (real-time and backtracked) to which candle the value corresponds. This is especially helpful when requesting a series of historical values using the results parameter.
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1731456000 If you only use fromTimestamp, the API will return all results from that time until present.
true or false. Defaults to true. By setting to false, the API will ensure that there are no candles missing. This often happens on lower timeframes in thin markets. Gaps will be filled by a new candle with 0 volume, and OHLC set the the close price of the latest candle with volume.
number or max. Use this parameter to access historical values on the past X candles until the most recent candle. Use max to return all available historical values. Returns an array with the oldest value on top and most recent value returned the last.
More examples
Let's say you want to know the tdsequential value on the last closed candle on the 30m timeframe. You are not interest in the real-time value, so you use the backtrack=1 optional parameter to go back 1 candle in history to the last closed candle.
[GET] https://api.taapi.io/tdsequential?secret=MY_SECRET&exchange=binance&symbol=BTC/USDT&interval=30m&backtrack=1
Get tdsequential values on each of the past X candles in one call
Let's say you want to know what the tdsequential daily value was each day for the previous 10 days. You can get this returned by our API easily and efficiently in one call using the results=10 parameter:
[GET] https://api.taapi.io/tdsequential?secret=MY_SECRET&exchange=binance&symbol=BTC/USDT&interval=1d&results=10
Looking for even more integration examples in different languages like NodeJS, PHP, Python, Curl or Ruby? Continue to [GET] REST - Direct documentation.