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Trend Friend builds proprietary TradingView indicators designed for real-time trading decisions. Fourteen premium tools cover buy/sell signals, order flow analysis, volume, and scalping, plus 27 free indicators available to every TradingView user. Built and traded daily by Lane Dotson, a futures day trader since 2013.

4.5★ on Trustpilot
📊 41 Indicators on TradingView
📈 Trading Since 2013

Clean Charts, Clear Direction

Order Flow Candles Indicator for TradingView

41

Published Indicators

2000+

Active Traders

14

Premium Tools

27

Free Indicators

4.5★

Trustpilot Rating

INDICATOR SUITES

Indicator Suites for Every
Trading Style

Three focused suites from free tools to institutional-grade order flow. No indicator bloat, no filler. Every tool earns its place on your chart.

Advanced

Order Flow Pro Suite
$169.99 /month

Try it: $99.99 for 2 weeks

Institutional-grade order flow analysis for serious futures and equity traders. Volume footprint data you won’t find in mass-market suites.

For active futures traders who want to see institutional activity in real time.

Most Popular

Premium Indicator Suite

$39.99 /month

Try it: $24.99 for 2 weeks

10 premium indicators for buy/sell signals, trend detection, volume analysis, and scalping. Every tool designed to give you clean signals without chart noise.

For traders who want reliable signals across stocks, crypto, forex, and futures.

Starter

27 Free Indicators

$0 /forever

No credit card required

Full-featured indicators available to every TradingView user. Auto Fibonacci, VWAP, trend tools, and more. No strings attached.

For any trader who wants quality tools without a subscription.

THE PROBLEM NOBODY TALKS ABOUT

Most Indicator Suites Are Built to Sell Subscriptions,
Not to Help You Trade

Think about it: indicator companies scale by shipping more indicators, not better ones. That’s why your charts are cluttered and your signals contradict each other.

Indicator Bloat = Analysis Paralysis

Suites with 30+ indicators aren't usable, they're fluff. More tools means more conflicting signals and more time second-guessing instead of trading.

Developers Who Don't Trade

If the person who built your indicators doesn't trade with them daily, how would they know what actually works in live conditions? Backtests aren't the same as risking real capital.

Templated Support, No Real Help

Submit a ticket, wait days, get a generic response from someone who's never seen your chart. That's support built for subscriber volume, not for your trading.

Mass-Market Suites Trader-Built Approach
30+ indicators to justify pricing Focused toolkit, every tool earns its spot
Developers are coders, not traders Built by a trader who uses them daily
Templated support, days to respond Direct access to the developer
One-size-fits-all default settings Deep customization for your style
Standard formula-based indicators Proprietary pattern discovery from live trading
Cluttered charts, conflicting signals Clean charts, clear direction

WHY TRADER-BUILT

What Changes When Your Indicators Are Built in Live Markets

Every Trend Friend indicator is designed, tested, and refined through daily live trading on ES, NQ, GC, and CL futures.

Signals From Real Price Action

No repainting, no lookahead bias. Every signal is calculated on the candle close using confirmed data only because that's how you'd need it in a real trade.

Proprietary Pattern Discovery

Built from original market microstructure research by reverse-engineering institutional algorithmic behavior at key price levels. Not off-the-shelf formulas repackaged.

Works On Every Market

Stocks, futures, forex, crypto, options. Fully customizable settings so you can tune signals to your trading style and timeframe.

Talk to the Person Who Built It

Message Lane directly on TradingView. You'll get a response from the developer who trades with these tools daily. Not a support rep reading from a script.

ES BUY
87
NQ BUY
74
GC SELL
82
CL HOLD
45
6E BUY
68
NVDA SELL
71
All indicators are built for TradingView, the world’s most popular charting platform.   Don’t have TradingView? Get started here →

Learn

Learn to Trade Smarter

Practitioner-level trading education from someone who trades daily, not a content team.

📺

TradingView Guides

Master the TradingView platform. From setting alerts and backtesting strategies to choosing the right plan for your trading style. Written by someone who lives on the platform.

How to Set Alerts on TradingView TradingView Paper Trading Guide How To Fix TradingView Indicator Errors
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Day Trading Education

Strategies, risk management, and market selection for active traders. Price action, scalping, trend following with real chart examples from live sessions.

Best Stocks For Day Trading Price Action Trading Strategies Day Trading Strategies That Work

TRADER REVIEWS

What Traders Are Saying

Real reviews from real traders who use these indicators every day.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Best indicator suite I've subscribed to and there have been many. Lane gives great instructions on how to maximize settings for exceptional results and he's always quick to respond to any DM's you send him through Tradingview. Additionally, he's always tweaking and introducing new aspects to the suite which equates to much more value."

Ryan C.
✓ Trustpilot Review
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"These indicators are amazing.. the Buy?sell can be tailored for quick 1-5 minute scalps, swing trades or longer swing trades.. they work on any type of market and timeframes for shorter trades.. I use them to confirm setups from the chart. They respond to any questions very quickly- and sooooo easy to use!!"

Carter
✓ Trustpilot Review
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"I think I already left a review on Trustpilot, but I can again say how amazing Trend Friend indicators are. So many to choose from, and you can adapt them to your trading style. They also offer bunch of free indicators, I thinks this is really nice. It took me some time to figure out which ones to use, but I am now having consistent profit and will be a subscriber for life :). Thank you!"

Sonja
✓ Trustpilot Review
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"One of the best indicators I use every day (and believe me, I tested a lot of free and paid indicators including LuxAlgo and Algopro which are also very good. The one from Trend Friend is the one that I like the most and suits my strategy every day (daytrading)."

Erard H.
✓ Trustpilot Review
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"I was going to wait to test it for the first month before leaving a review but after the last three trading days I've had I'm dropping it now. These indicators are next level. I'm consistently hitting 1:2 rr trades. Completely transformed my trading. If you're on the fence thinking this is another one that won't work I'm telling you to take the chance. You won't regret it. You have a customer for life my friend."

Richard
✓ Trustpilot Review
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"The indicators are spot on, and fully complement what I am working on already. Visually, they are very appealing. I am using a combination of swing and scalp signals, supply and demand, buy/sell indicator, and buy/sell signal scanner on a single 5m chart very effectively. I believe that you should be able to look at a chart from across the room and know what is happening and that is easily accomplished with Trend Friend!"

Jan H.
✓ Trustpilot Review
Lane Dotson, founder of Trend Friend and futures day trader since 2013

ABOUT THE DEVELOPER

Built by Lane Dotson,
Day Trader Since 2013

I’ve been trading ES, NQ, GC, CL futures full-time since 2013. I started building indicators because the ones available were either lagging, repainting, or clearly built by someone who had never risked real money on them.

Every Trend Friend indicator is built from my own market research and studying charts to find the most reliable patterns possible and translating that into usable, easy to read trading indicators. I use these tools in my own trading every single day. When they don’t perform, I know about it before any customer does.

When you message me on TradingView, you’re talking to the person who wrote the code and trades with it. That’s the difference between a trader-built indicator and a software product. At Trend Friend, you are getting a product that was built by a trader, for traders.

13+
Years Trading
41
Published Indicators
Pine v6
Script Development
ES NQ GC CL
Primary Markets
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41 Published Indicators
14 premium, 27 free, all on TradingView
🔬
Original Research
Proprietary pattern discovery, not off-the-shelf formulas
💬
Direct Founder Support
Message Lane directly on TradingView
💰
Starting at $39.99/mo
27 indicators completely free

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Can’t find what you’re looking for? Message Lane on TradingView or email us. You’ll hear back from a real person.

What platform do Trend Friend indicators work on? +
All indicators are built for TradingView and most work on any TradingView plan. The Order Flow Pro Suite requires TradingView Premium or Ultimate for footprint and tick-level data access.
What markets do the indicators work on? +
All indicators work across stocks, futures, crypto, forex, and any other market available on TradingView. No restrictions by asset class.
Do you offer free indicators? +
Yes. 27 free indicators are published on TradingView, available to all users without any subscription. Browse free indicators →
What's the difference between the Premium Indicator Suite and the Order Flow Pro Suite? +
The Premium Indicator Suite ($39.99/mo) provides buy/sell signals, trend detection, and volume analysis for all traders. The Order Flow Pro Suite ($169.99/mo) is for advanced traders who want institutional-grade order flow analysis, including real-time institutional activity detection and volume delta. Compare suites →
Can I try before I subscribe? +
Yes. You can get full access to all 27 free indicators with no subscription at all instead of paying for our premium scripts. If you would like to try out the paid indicators, both suites offer 2-week trial pricing (Premium: $24.99, Order Flow Pro: $99.99) so you can test them out for a low cost.
How do I get support? +
Message Lane directly on TradingView at @FriendOfTheTrend or email Contact@FriendOfTheTrend.com. You'll get a response from the person who built the indicators, not a support team.

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