BullvsBear—See Who’s In Control
See whether buyers or sellers are in control of any stock, ETF or index, on hourly to monthly bars. Market data is delayed 15 minutes.
Bull vs Bear in 30 seconds
Two lines in a tug of war. Green measures how hard buyers have pushed in recent bars, red how hard sellers have. Whichever line is on top has had the stronger bars lately.
What the lines measure
Each bar, the gauge checks how far the high, low and close moved up or down from the bar before, against the range of the last three bars. Up moves feed BULL, down moves feed BEAR. Both are smoothed so single bars do not whipsaw the reading.
Green on top: bulls lead
Buyers have produced the stronger recent bars. If green is also above the yellow control line, bulls are firmly in control; below it, they are only leaning ahead.
Red on top: bears lead
Sellers have produced the stronger recent bars. Red above the control line means selling pressure is unusually strong for this symbol.
Crosses and the control line
A cross of the two lines marks a change of leadership. The yellow control line is this symbol's own bar for "strong" (its recent average plus half a standard deviation, kept between 25 and 45). Lines within about 5 points of each other mean neither side is in charge.
What every number on this page means
- BULL
- Buying pressure, on a scale of 0 to about 120. Higher means recent bars pushed up harder relative to their range.
- BEAR
- Selling pressure on the same scale.
- MID / CTRL
- The control line: the level this symbol has to clear to count as strong. It adapts to each symbol and timeframe.
- Timeframe
- Daily, weekly or monthly bars. Each range is worked out on enough earlier history for the control line to have adapted, so a bar reads the same whichever range is on screen.
- Range
- How much history is drawn. The readings themselves do not change with the range you pick.
Good to know. The gauge describes pressure in recent bars; it does not predict where price goes next, and strong readings can persist. The newest bar can still be trading, so its values move until it closes. Nothing here is advice to buy or sell.
Educational tool. Tradetus indicators describe market data using fixed rules. They are not investment advice or a recommendation to buy, sell or hold anything, they are the same for everyone, and historical or hypothetical results do not predict future results. Formulas, settings and past readings can change as the tools are updated. See the Terms and Disclaimer.