Trend Reclaim Signal
One clean entry: price reclaims its 200-day average while the weekly trend is already up.
Chart overlay · Daily · US stocks and ETFs
The Trend Reclaim Signal fires on one specific event: price closes back above its 200-day average while the weekly trend is already pointing up. Both conditions together filter out most of the failed reclaims, which is where this pattern usually costs money.
What it shows
- An entry arrow when the daily close crosses above the 200-day EMA.
- A weekly filter: the signal only prints when the weekly close already sits above its 50-week EMA.
- An exit marker after a fixed holding period (default 40 sessions).
- A soft background tint while the position window is open.
How it reads the market
A reclaim of the 200-day means little inside a weekly downtrend; the higher-timeframe filter keeps only the reclaims that happen inside a healthy trend. The fixed time exit keeps the whole thing rule-based instead of discretionary. This is the entry combo the desk runs on its own charts.
Settings
| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Daily EMA | 200 | The average price must reclaim. |
| Weekly filter EMA | 50 weeks | The higher-timeframe trend gate. |
| Holding period | 40 sessions | Where the exit marker prints after each entry. |
Everything is an input: colors, thresholds and time windows adjust from the indicator's settings panel, no code needed.
Built-in alerts
- Entry: daily reclaim with weekly filter on
Set them once from TradingView's alert dialog and get notified on your phone, no chart-watching required.
Comes with the membership
The whole indicator suite is included with the paid plan, $20/month or $200/year. Subscribe, submit your TradingView username, and the scripts land in your TradingView library.
Get full accessHow to add it to your chart
- Request access above with your TradingView username (one request covers the whole suite).
- We grant it on TradingView, usually within 24 hours; TradingView notifies you.
- On your chart, open Indicators → Invite-only scripts and add Trend Reclaim Signal.
When to use it, and when not to
It earns its place when
- You want a small number of high-quality long entries rather than constant signals.
- You are rebuilding exposure after a correction and want confirmation the damage is done.
- You trade names that respect the 200-day, which most institutionally-held stocks do.
Leave it off the chart when
- The weekly trend is still down. A reclaim against a falling weekly is the pattern's most common failure.
- You need frequent trades. This fires rarely by design.
- The stock has no institutional following. The 200-day only matters where enough capital watches it.
Common questions
Why the 200-day moving average?
Because it is the line the largest pools of money actually use. Its power is not statistical, it is behavioural: pension funds, allocators and risk desks reference it, so price behaves differently around it.
Why require the weekly trend to agree?
Because a daily close above the 200-day happens constantly during a bear market, and almost all of those fail. Requiring the weekly to already point up removes most of them and takes the signal count down to something you can actually act on.
How many signals should I expect?
Few. On a single name, a handful a year at most. That is the trade: you give up frequency to get a setup that does not need a tight stop to survive.
What invalidates the signal after entry?
A close back below the average on rising volume, or the weekly trend rolling over. The second matters more, because it means the condition that made the signal worth taking has gone.