# Alpha Dots
## 20/20 Trend Vision
The Green and Red Micro Trend Dots are designed to identify potential bullish or bearish trend changes at an early stage. These micro trend signals typically appear before the Macro Trend Bars, providing traders with an earlier indication that market momentum and trend structure may be beginning to shift.
When the Macro Trend Bars and Micro Trend Dots are used together, they create a more complete and transparent view of overall market trend progression — both to the upside and downside.
The Alpha Trend Dots and Bars are designed to work synergistically:
* **Micro Trend Dots** help identify possible trend changes early in their development
* **Macro Trend Bars** provide broader trend confirmation once the move begins strengthening on a larger scale
As the trend develops and momentum continues building, the Macro Trend Bars help confirm that the market move is becoming stronger and more established. This combination can help traders remain aligned with the larger trend while reducing the likelihood of being shaken out by short-term volatility or temporary pullbacks.
By combining both micro and macro trend analysis, traders gain a more structured and balanced approach to understanding market conditions and identifying developing trend opportunities earlier.
## Green Micro Dots
In the daily chart example below, the Green Micro Trend Dots turned bullish and remained active throughout the majority of the trend, even during periods of temporary weakness or market pullbacks along the way.
The Green Dots first appeared around the $10,500 level and remained bullish throughout the move up to approximately $39,000 before eventually disappearing. This represented an approximate **267% unleveraged move** while helping traders stay aligned with the broader bullish trend instead of being shaken out by short-term volatility.
Later, the Green Dots appeared again near the $33,400 level and continued signaling bullish conditions throughout the move up toward approximately $57,000 — an additional **71% unleveraged move**.
Together, these signals captured a significant portion of the 2020–2021 cryptocurrency bull market cycle. This example demonstrates how the Green Micro Trend Dots are designed to help traders remain positioned within strong trending environments while filtering out temporary market noise and emotional reactions during pullbacks.
## Red Micro Dots
In the chart example below, the Red Micro Trend Dots appeared early while the Macro Trend Bars were still green, serving as an early warning that bullish momentum was beginning to weaken. Signals like this are designed to alert traders that market conditions may be changing and that caution may be warranted.
When Red Micro Trend Dots begin appearing during an existing bullish trend, it often suggests that the trend is losing strength and that a larger bearish transition could potentially develop. If weakness continues building, the Green Macro Trend Bars will often eventually transition to Red as broader market conditions deteriorate.
In this example, after the appearance of the Red Micro Trend Dots, price action eventually transitioned into Red Macro Trend Bars as well. When both the Micro Trend Dots and Macro Trend Bars align bearish, it identifies a much stronger and more confirmed downtrend environment.
Even on their own, the Red Micro Trend Dots would have helped traders avoid entering a major losing long position or potentially remain positioned within a profitable short trade during the market decline.
In this particular example:
* The Red Micro Trend Dots first appeared around the **$45,500** level
* They remained bearish throughout the move down toward approximately **$29,500**, representing roughly a **35% downside move**
* The dots later turned red again and continued signaling bearish conditions throughout the decline toward the **$17,500** low
This example demonstrates how the Red Micro Trend Dots are designed to provide early warnings of weakening market conditions and help traders better manage risk during changing trend environments.
## Using the Micro Dots with the Alpha Track
There are many ways to incorporate the Micro Trend Dots into a trading strategy, and we encourage members to experiment and discover which approaches work best for their personal trading style and risk management.
One setup that stood out strongly during our testing was combining the Micro Trend Dots with the Alpha Track line to identify higher-probability trend continuation setups.
* **Bullish Setup:**\
Consecutive Green Micro Trend Dots appearing while price action remains above the Alpha Track line can indicate strong bullish momentum and a higher-probability long setup.
* **Bearish Setup:**\
Consecutive Red Micro Trend Dots appearing while price action remains below the Alpha Track line can indicate sustained bearish momentum and a higher-probability downside setup.
This combination helps align short-term momentum signals with overall trend direction and market structure, creating additional confluence within the setup. In our initial testing, this approach consistently produced strong trend-following opportunities in both bullish and bearish market conditions.
Members may also recognize this strategy from examples frequently shared by John on social media and during live streams, where he often demonstrates how the Micro Dots and Alpha Track can work together to identify high-conviction setups.
Below are examples demonstrating both bullish and bearish applications of this strategy.
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## How to turn on Alpha Dots & Alpha Track?
Please note that both the Alpha Dots & the Alpha Track although come in the Alpha Trend+, they are turned off just by default.
To turn them on from your chart, simply hover over the Alpha Trend+ indicator name in the upper left hand corner of your screen. Locate & click the settings icon (cog wheel). Then, from the setting page that pops up, simply toggle on/off the Alpha Dots, or Alpha Track or both as you wish.
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**How to set alerts for Alpha Dots**
**First Green Dot Alert**
1. Open the chart and select the timeframe you want the alert to monitor.
* Example: GME — 1 Week Chart
2. Click the **Alerts** button in TradingView and create a new alert.
3. Since the Dots are signals within the Alpha Trend indicator, select **“Alpha Trend”** in the first Condition dropdown menu.
4. In the next dropdown menu directly below, select **“Greater Than”**.
* Once selected, an additional dropdown menu will appear next to the Alpha Trend selection.
5. In the new dropdown menu, select **“Bullish Micro Trend”**.
6. The Green Dot signal works using a numerical value system:
* A value of **1** means the Bullish Micro Trend (Green Dot) is active
* A value of **0** means the Bullish Micro Trend is inactive
To receive an alert when the Green Dot first appears, set the condition to alert when the value becomes **Greater Than 0**.
This alert setup will notify you as soon as a new Green Micro Trend Dot appears on your selected timeframe.
#### Troubleshooting
If you are having trouble locating the correct options, the most common issue is needing to click the **Condition** field twice:
1. First select **Alpha Trend**
2. Then click again and select **Greater Than** or **Less Than**
Once this is done, the additional dropdown menu should populate correctly, allowing you to select the Bullish Micro Trend option.
Below is an example configuration that would notify you when Green Dots disappear from the GME 1-Week chart.
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