MarketMint Lab – New Indicator Ideas
MarketMint Lab is where we sketch new indicator ideas in the open. Each one is built only from price and volume, comes with an exact formula you can code yourself, and runs live on a simulated chart. They are experiments for learning – untested, not signals and not advice.
Mint Momentum Ribbon
Five EMAs, one simple trend-health score. A ribbon of five exponential moving averages looks great on a chart but can be hard to read at a glance. The Mint Momentum Ribbon compresses it into one 0-100 score by checking whether price sits above each average and whether the averages are stacked in bullish order. A full score means every piece of the ribbon agrees on an uptrend, while a score near zero means the whole ribbon is pointing down.
Calm-Storm Volatility Gauge
Is the market calm, normal or stormy right now? Raw volatility numbers like ATR are hard to interpret because they depend on each asset's price. The Calm-Storm Gauge converts ATR into a percent of price and then compares today's reading with the lowest and highest readings of the last 100 bars. The result is a 0-100 dial where low readings mean unusually calm conditions and high readings mean unusually stormy ones.
Trend Agreement Score
Six classic trend checks voting together. Different trend tools often disagree, which can leave beginners confused. The Trend Agreement Score asks six simple yes-or-no questions drawn from popular indicators and turns the number of yes votes into a 0-100 score. When most checks agree, the trend picture is clearer; when they split, caution is warranted.
Smart DCA Multiplier
A gentle dial for scaling regular contributions. Standard dollar-cost averaging invests the same amount every time. The Smart DCA Multiplier is an educational experiment that suggests a multiplier between 0.5x and 2.0x based on how far price sits from its 200-bar average and how stretched short-term momentum is. Lower prices relative to the long-term average push the dial up, and stretched prices push it down.
Headline Heat Index
When attention and price reaction both run hot. Big news usually shows up as unusual trading activity and an unusual price move on the same bar. Because only price data is available here, the Headline Heat Index uses relative volume as a stand-in for attention and the bar's move measured in ATRs as the price reaction. Multiplying the two and squashing the result into 0-100 highlights bars where both are running hot at once.
Volume Pressure Ratio
Who controlled the volume: buyers or sellers? Each bar's close position within its high-low range hints at who won the session. The Volume Pressure Ratio splits each bar's volume into buying and selling portions based on where the close landed, then sums them over 14 bars. The result is a 0-100 ratio where readings above 50 lean toward buying pressure.
Range Breath
Is the market holding its breath or exhaling? Markets tend to alternate between tight, quiet ranges and wide, energetic ones. Range Breath compares the width of the most recent 10-bar range with its own 50-bar average and maps the comparison onto a 0-100 scale. Low readings mean the market is holding its breath in a tight range, and high readings mean it is exhaling in a wide one.
Fear Discount Meter
How deep is the discount, in volatility terms? A 20% drop means something very different for a calm asset than for a wild one. The Fear Discount Meter measures how far price sits below its 252-bar high in units of ATR and blends that with how weak short-term momentum is. Higher readings mean price is unusually discounted and sentiment appears fearful, which is information, not a signal to buy.
Recovery Speedometer
How far and how fast is price bouncing back? After a decline, two questions matter: how much of the drop has been recovered and how quickly. The Recovery Speedometer measures where price sits within its 60-bar low-to-high range and how fast it has moved over the last 10 bars relative to ATR. Blending the two gives a 0-100 dial for recovery progress and pace.
Patience Score
Smooth trend or choppy noise? Patience pays most when price moves steadily in one direction rather than zigzagging. The Patience Score divides the net 20-bar price change by the total distance price travelled bar to bar, giving a directional efficiency value between -1 and +1. It is then mapped onto 0-100 and lightly smoothed.