Sequencer 9-13

What is TD Sequential?

TD Sequential is a market-timing method built by Tom DeMark in the 1970s, while he was working with commodity traders. He published the rules in The New Science of Technical Analysis in 1994, and they have since become a standard tool on professional terminals and on retail charting platforms alike.

The method does not try to predict price. It counts bars, and the count tells you when a move has gone on long enough that it is likely to pause or turn. It works in two stages.

Setup, the 9 count. Nine closes in a row, each beyond the close a few bars earlier. A broken run resets to zero. A completed 9 says a short-term move is stretched.

Countdown, the 13 count. Starts only after a setup completes and counts bars that keep pushing in the same direction, with gaps allowed. A 13 marks the deeper exhaustion of the whole trend.

The extreme of each completed setup also leaves a price level behind. DeMark used these levels, known as TDST lines, to judge whether a trend had the strength to continue: hold the line and the move is intact, break it and the trend is in question.

Why TD Sequential is hard to use by hand

On a single chart the count is easy to read. The trouble starts when you want it across a market. Most charting platforms only fire a TD alert on the chart you have open, so watching 400 pairs means 400 charts. Higher timeframes make it worse: a weekly setup takes two months to build, and nobody checks every weekly chart every Monday.

So most traders end up seeing the 9 after the bounce has already happened, or never see the 13 at all.

What Sequencer adds to TD Sequential

Sequencer keeps the classic setup and countdown and builds the parts DeMark traders usually do by eye into the scan itself.

• The whole market, every timeframe. Every pair is counted on 15M, 4H, 1D, 2D, 3D, 1W, 2W, 3W, 1M and 3M, including the multi-day and multi-week charts most platforms skip.
• Signals on the closed bar. A count is only reported once the bar that completes it has closed, so a 9 that appears mid-candle and then disappears never reaches you.
• Levels that keep working. Each completed setup draws a support or resistance line. Sequencer tracks every touch and every break of those lines, and flags the stronger case where a level is tested first and broken after.
• The 13s that almost made it. A countdown that reaches its final bar but fails the last check is usually thrown away. Sequencer reports it as a non-qualified 13, and raises a separate signal when several of them pile up in a short span, a sign that buyers keep trying to form a bottom.
• Building blocks, not black boxes. Sell Setup 9 and Sell Countdown 1 are signals of their own. Put them on a green candle in the Candle editor and you have a new-trend signal that you defined, not one that was handed to you.
• Every signal stands alone. Each of the 20 signals can be an alert on its own, or a step in a sequence you build in Scan Events, across timeframes.

20 TD Sequential signals in three families

Each signal fires on its own and runs on all ten timeframes. Open one to see how traders read it and to set an alert.

How traders combine Sequencer signals

A single 9 is a warning, not a trade. The signals are most useful when a higher timeframe sets the context and a lower one times the entry. Here are combinations to start from:

Exhaustion into support

Buy Setup 9 on 1D, then Touch Support on 4H. The daily decline is stretched and the 4-hour finds a floor.

Countdown, then confirmation

Buy Countdown 13 on 1W, then Break Resistance on 1D. A weekly bottom read, confirmed by the daily taking back a level.

Tested, then broken

Break resistance after touch on 4H, on a bar with High Volume or Above. The level was defended, and heavy volume shows who won.

Your own trend start

Sell Setup 9 and Sell Countdown 1 can land on the same bar. Add a bullish candle in the Candle editor and save it as your own new-trend signal.

Build any of these in Scan Events: pick the signals, set the order, and Moolish alerts you only when every step happens in sequence.

Scan it together with volume and candle patterns

A TD count measures time. It cannot tell you how much volume stood behind the move, or whether the turning bar actually looks like a turn. In Scan Events you can ask for all three at once: a Sequencer signal, a volume level and a candle pattern, preset or drawn by you, on the same bar or across timeframes.

Volume VSA

Seven volume signals, from Very Low to Ultra High, measured against each pair's own average. A Buy Setup 9 that ends on Ultra High Volume reads as a selling climax; one that ends on Low Volume is a quiet drift.

Candle patterns, preset or your own

Start from 45 classic shapes, from a single Hammer to five-bar patterns, or draw the exact candle you have in mind. Ask for the turn to show on the chart: a Hammer on the bar a setup completes, or a Morning Star right after it.

Ready-made Candles

System Candles that already combine the three: a Sequencer level, a bar shape and volume on the same candle. Pick one and scan, or duplicate it and adjust the copy.

Draw your own Candle

When no preset fits, build the candle yourself in the Candle editor and save it to My Candles. The picture updates as you edit, so you see exactly what the scan will look for.

One scan, start to finish

Buy Setup 9 The daily decline is stretched.

Hammer with High Volume or above Buyers step in on the same bar, with size.

Break Resistance Price takes back the setup's level.

Start in three steps

1. Subscribe. It is free. All 20 signals start running for you on every pair right away.
2. Choose what reaches you. Turn on alerts for the signals and timeframes you care about, on Telegram or a webhook. Narrow it to a watchlist if you want fewer.
3. Combine. Line signals up in Scan Events to get one alert for a whole setup instead of many for its parts.

FAQ

Is Sequencer the same as DeMark's TD Sequential?

It follows the same setup and countdown logic and adds its own signals on top: support and resistance from completed setups, non-qualified 13s and their accumulation, and count-start signals you can build on. It is an independent implementation, not an official DeMark product.

What is the difference between Setup 13 and Countdown 13?

Setup 13 is the same unbroken run as Setup 9 that simply keeps going to 13 bars. Countdown 13 is a separate, slower count that starts after a setup completes and allows gaps, so it can take many more bars to finish. Countdown 13 is the one DeMark treated as the main exhaustion signal.

Which markets and timeframes does it cover?

Binance spot and futures pairs, on 15M, 4H, 1D, 2D, 3D, 1W, 2W, 3W, 1M and 3M. Every signal runs on all ten.

Does a signal disappear after it fires?

No. Sequencer only reports a signal once the bar that completes it has closed, so it does not show up and vanish inside a candle.

Can I combine Sequencer with volume and candle patterns?

Yes. In Scan Events you can require a Sequencer signal, a Volume VSA grade and a candle pattern on the same bar, or in order across timeframes. The candle can be one of 45 presets, a ready-made Candle or one you draw yourself.

Can I see the exact rules?

This method is protected. You can see what every signal means and when it fires, while the author's exact thresholds stay private.

How much does it cost?

Subscribing is free. You need a free Moolish account.