A filter that says which indicator family fits right now.
The short answer
- What is the Hilbert Trend Mode indicator (HT Trend vs Cycle Mode)?
- Hilbert Trend Mode: 1 trend · 0 cycle.
- When is HT Trend vs Cycle Mode wrong?
- Frequent flips near a turning point. See its current reading on the platform's symbols, at the latest daily close, in the 'Reading now' table on this page. See its reading now →
Reading now
| Ticker | Value | Five sessions ago | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPY | 0.00 | 0.00 | Cycle pattern |
| QQQ | 1.00 | 1.00 | Trend mode |
| IWM | 1.00 | 1.00 | Trend mode |
| DIA | 1.00 | 1.00 | Trend mode |
A description of where the number sits against its thresholds. It is not an entry or exit signal.
Indicator limit
Frequent flips near a turning point.
Read it with
Average trend indicator: says which family suits the market, and ADX confirms it with an independent calculation.
Answers: is it moving in a cycle?
What it actually does
The Hilbert Transform regime detector answers a yes-or-no question: is the market in a trend phase or a cycle phase? It compares price behavior with the measured cycle. If price stays in step with it, the detector reports cycle mode (zero). If price keeps outrunning it, it reports trend mode (one).
Why this question comes first
Because every family of indicators rests on an assumption about the environment. Averages and breakout-chasing assume a trend, while oscillators and mean-reversion trading assume a range. Applying a family in the wrong environment is the most consistent source of systematic losses. So an indicator that answers the environment question sits at the start of the chain, not the end.
How it is used in practice
A self-contained switch: its value turns one set of trend tools on and a set of range tools off, or the reverse. Quant researchers use it as a condition in their systems: 'if the detector is one, follow the breakout; if it is zero, sell the extreme.'
Hypothetical example
An automated system combines two opposite strategies, breakout-chasing and range reversion, and switches between them using the detector. Over a one-year test the dual system beats each strategy alone, because each one only traded in its own environment.
Where it errs and why
It is sharply binary: real markets pass through mixed phases where the detector flips quickly between the two values, and those gray periods are the riskiest. Like the rest of its family, it lags at turning points.
Read it with
It is not read alone. The environment is classified with the trend strength indicator, confirmed with volume, and placed on the structural levels from the gamma map, since a signal at a dense wall carries more weight than one in open space.
Where to see it on the platform
The technical chart in the members area shows it in its full family on any symbol and timeframe you choose.
Reading the gray periods
The practical way to handle its indecision: when the detector flips between the two values more than once in a week, the environment itself is in transition and unclear. The best move then is to cut position size, not to pick one of the two regimes. An indicator built to settle the question gives a useful third answer when it hesitates: nobody knows the environment right now, and humility is cheaper than false certainty.
