User Guide

Welcome to OddsTrader. Whether you’re tracking a stock, ETF, index, future or coin, the app helps you answer three essential questions: Which way is it trending? How far along is the move? And which levels matter most? This guide walks you through every screen and explains each signal in clear, straightforward language.

Getting started

Type a symbol in the box under the range buttons, tap the chart, and you're reading it. Everything else in the app builds on that one symbol.

Tab	What you get
Chart	Price with its channels, swing color bar, oscillators, options levels and strategy marks
AI	A one-page outlook card for the symbol, plus the full reading behind it
DJIA History	Every year of the Dow since 1886, overlaid on this year, with a decennial forecast
Pairs	Two symbols on one chart, to see which one is leading
User Guide	This guide

Free or Pro? The chart, channels, red RR oscillator and watchlists are free. OddsTrader Pro unlocks the swing color bar and turning points, Buy / Sell / Hold in the watchlists, the long-term phase band, RSI and Combined oscillators, options levels, signal alerts, the AI Analyzer, Siri, Pairs and DJIA History. Pro is $5.99 a month or $59.99 a year, and both start with a 1-week free trial.

Tip: tap WL at the top left to jump straight into your watchlists, and pick a symbol from there.

The chart

The chart is built in layers: price and its channels on top, the swing color bar and phase band underneath, and three oscillators in the lower pane. Learn to read them together and the AI card will feel familiar.

Pick your time frame

Button	Bars	Best for
1d	1-minute bars, today only	Watching the session unfold
6M	Daily bars	Swing trades of days to weeks
1Y	Daily bars, with the long-term phase band	The trend of the year
2Y	Weekly bars, with the phase band	Moves of weeks to months
5Y	Weekly bars, with the phase band	The big picture

Choosing 2Y or 5Y also switches your watchlist signals to weekly; 1d, 6M and 1Y switch them back to daily.

Price and channels

• White line: the closing price. A white dashed line marks the last close.
• Blue lines, the inner channel: where price usually trades. They're centred on an average whose length matches the symbol's own cycle, measured from low to low.
• Red lines, the outer channel: the wider limits, built on twice that length. A close outside of them is unusual and tends not to last.
• Yellow dashed line, the pivot: above it the short-term trend is up; below it, down.
• Short red and green lines at the right edge: the short and long triggers, levels an average swing away from the recent low and high.

Good to know: the channel edges at the right edge are partly projected, so they can shift a little as new bars arrive. Tap the gear to set each channel's width (Top Range and Bottom Range) and color.

The swing color bar (Pro)

The strip just under the price combines two swings: daily and weekly; on 2Y and 5Y, weekly and monthly.

Color	Daily swing	Higher swing	What it means
Green	Up	Up	Everything points up
Yellow	Down	Up	A pullback inside an uptrend
Orange	Up	Down	A bounce inside a downtrend
Red	Down	Down	Everything points down

The long-term phase band (Pro, 1Y to 5Y)

The strip at the very bottom compares each day's close with its 200-day average, and that average with where it was 20 trading days earlier.

• Green: above a rising average, a confirmed uptrend.
• Yellow: below a rising average, a correction in a bull market.
• Orange: above a falling average, a rally in a bear market.
• Red: below a falling average, a confirmed downtrend.

The lower pane: RR, RSI and Combined

All three run from 0 to 1. The red zone above 0.75 means stretched up; the green zone below 0.25 means stretched down.

• RR (red, free): where the close sits inside the outer channel. This is a pure forward looking indicator. Near 1 hugs the top; near 0 hugs the bottom.
• RSI (green, Pro): the classic 10-day Relative Strength Index, on the same 0–1 scale. This is a momentum indicator based on recent price changes.
• Combined (yellow dotted, Pro): by combining RR and RSI, you get a coincidental indicator, the steadiest of the three.
• Buttons at the bottom left: show each line's value today (for example "RR 55"). Tap one to hide or show its line.
• Turning points (Pro): a red triangle marks the Combined peak once it falls back below 0.75; a green triangle marks the low once it climbs back above 0.25.

Options levels (Pro)

Dashed lines show where options traders are positioned for the next three months. Tap Options at the top right to turn them on or off.

Line	Color	Why it matters
Call OI	Green	The strike with the most call open interest, often a ceiling
Put OI	Orange	The strike with the most put open interest, often a floor
Max pain	Red	Where the most options expire worthless; price tends to drift toward it near expiry
Gamma wall	Purple	Where dealer hedging is heaviest, often resistance
Put wall	Pink	The biggest put hedging level, often support
Gamma flip	Light blue	Above it moves tend to be calmer; below it they tend to be bigger
Exp. move	Light grey	The range options are pricing for the coming expiry, one line above and one below

The levels are left off when a symbol has no options (during after-hours and on week-ends) or if options data looks unreliable.

CIT strategy marks (Pro, 6M to 5Y)

A complete, rules-based trading strategy is drawn right on the chart.

• Green triangle under a bar, the entry: the strategy's oscillator crosses up through 25 while the short-term, long-term and monthly trends all point up. The trade is bought at the next open.
• Red triangle over a bar, the exit: the oscillator crosses down through 72, or the stop is hit. The stop sits 6 average daily ranges (6 × ATR) below the entry.
• On the AI tab: you'll find today's signal, any open trade, and the last two years of trades with their win rate.

Watchlists and alerts

Your watchlists turn OddsTrader into a scanner: one glance down the B/S/H column tells you which symbols are moving with you. Tap WL to open them; each list holds up to 50 symbols, and they sync across your devices through iCloud.

Reading a row

• Symbol, name, price and change: the change is green when the symbol is up on the day, red when it's down.
• B/S/H (Pro): the symbol's signal. B (green) is Buy, S (red) is Sell, and H is Hold, yellow for a pullback in an uptrend or orange for a bounce in a downtrend.
• Dot after an H: green when the bigger trend is up, red when it's down, so you know which way the Hold leans.
• T, shown as "5 | 3" (Pro): how many bars each swing has run since it last turned. On daily, that's days | weeks; on weekly, weeks | months. Each number is green while its swing is up, red while it's down.
• Sorting: lists sort Buys first, then yellow Holds, orange Holds and Sells, so the strongest names rise to the top.

Daily or weekly? The list follows the chart. Pick 2Y or 5Y on the chart and the columns read B/S W and T W, on weekly bars.

Signal alerts (Pro)

Tap the bell on the watchlists screen to be told when a symbol gets a new signal.

• When: after the close (from 4:30 pm New York time on weekdays), whenever iOS lets the app check in the background.
• What: a new Buy or a new Sell on any of up to 50 watchlist symbols, for example "AAPL: new Buy signal". Several at once arrive as one note, such as "SPY Buy · QQQ Sell".
• No repeats: a Hold keeps the last signal, so B to H and back to B doesn't alert twice. The first check just records where everything stands.

Every signal at a glance

Keep this table handy: it lists every signal in OddsTrader, where you'll see it, and what to do with it.

Signal	Where	What triggers it	How to use it
Buy (B, green)	Watchlist, AI chips	Both the daily swing and the bigger swing turn up	Trend and timing agree: the cleanest time to be long
Sell (S, red)	Watchlist, AI chips	Both swings turn down	Trend and timing agree on the downside: go short, stand aside or protect gains
Hold, yellow	Watchlist, color bar	The bigger swing is up, the daily swing dips	A pullback in an uptrend, often a chance to add
Hold, orange	Watchlist, color bar	The bigger swing is down, the daily swing bounces	A bounce in a downtrend: be wary of chasing it
T count	Watchlist	Bars since each swing last turned	1 to 3 is a fresh move; check large counts against the swing averages
Day one, reversal risk	AI swing bars (yellow or orange)	The swing turned today	Day-one turns often reverse; wait for day two to confirm
Past the average, 1σ, 2σ	AI swing bars	The swing outlasts its two-year average, then 1 and 2 standard deviations more	The longer it runs, the more mature the move
Past 3σ	AI swing bars	The swing is longer than almost any in two years	Stretched: tighten stops, don't chase
Above / below the pivot	Chart (yellow dashed), AI levels bar	Close above or below the last three bars' typical price	The first line the daily trend has to hold
Outside the channels	Chart (blue inner, red outer)	Close beyond a channel edge	Unusual, and tends not to last: a stretch, not a breakout
RR, RSI, Combined above 0.75	Lower pane, AI details	The oscillator enters the red zone	Stretched up: momentum is high, but so is the risk of a pause
Below 0.25	Lower pane, AI details	The oscillator enters the green zone	Stretched down: selling may be exhausted
Red turning point	Above the lower pane	Combined falls back below 0.75 after a peak	Momentum has topped for now
Green turning point	Above the lower pane	Combined climbs back above 0.25 after a low	Momentum has bottomed for now
Long-term phase	Bottom band, AI chip	Close vs a rising or falling 200-day average	Green and red are confirmed trends; yellow and orange are the counter-moves inside them
Golden / death cross	AI tile and details	50-day average above or below the 200-day	The slow, big-picture trend confirmation
CIT entry (green triangle)	Chart, AI tile	Oscillator crosses up through 25 with all three trends up	A rules-based buy, filled at the next open
CIT exit (red triangle)	Chart, AI tile	Oscillator crosses down through 72, or the 6 × ATR stop	The strategy's sell
Above / below the gamma flip	AI tile, chart (light blue)	Price relative to the options gamma flip	Above: calmer moves. Below: expect bigger swings both ways
Typical range	AI card	How far price usually moves in a week and a month	Size your stops and targets; it says nothing about direction
Breadth gauges	AI card and details	Share of NYSE and NASDAQ stocks in uptrends	Below 35 the market backdrop is weak; above 65 it's strong
Time windows	AI details	Gann, Fibonacci and Lucas counts from the last major high and low	Dates when a turn is more likely, not certain
Pairs action	Pairs chart	The pair's ratio stretches past +2 or −2	Sell the stretched symbol, buy the other, and wait for the gap to close
New Buy / Sell alert	Notification	A watchlist symbol's signal changes to B or S at the close	Your cue to open the chart and check it

How the pieces fit: the strongest setups line up. A fresh Buy, a green color bar and phase band, price above the pivot, and an oscillator coming up off 0.25 all say the same thing at once.

AI Analyzer

Type a symbol, tap Analyze, and in a few seconds you get the whole picture on one card. Every number on it comes from the same chart you see on the Chart tab, so the card and the chart always agree. Tap Show details for the full reading, and Share to send the card as an image.

The outlook card, line by line

Header

• Symbol, price and % change: the last close and how much it moved that day.
• As of … close: the trading day the reading is built from.

Chips

• Daily: today's signal on the daily chart: Buy (green), Sell (red) or Hold (yellow).
• Weekly: the same signal on the weekly chart, the bigger picture.
• Long term: the 200-day phase: uptrend (green), downtrend (red), pull-back (orange) or counter-trend (yellow).

Daily levels bar

• Light band: the outer channel, the usual outer limits of price.
• Dark band: the inner channel, where price spends most of its time.
• White dot: today's close, so you see at a glance where price sits in its range.
• Tick mark: the pivot. Green when price is above it (daily trend intact), red when below.
• Triangles: the average swing high and swing low, and the options gamma wall and put wall.

·        Numbers under the bar: the pivot (in color) and the channel edges.

Typical range

• 1 week and 1 month: how far price usually moves in that time frame, counting only past periods in the same long-term phase.
• ±%: the same range as a percentage of today's price.
• 2σ: the wider range that holds about 19 times in 20.
• Moves in past … phases: which long-term phase the range is based on. It measures size, not direction.

Daily and weekly swing bars

• Upswing / downswing · day N of X avg: how long the current swing has run against its two-year average length.
• Colored fill: green for an upswing, red for a downswing.
• Yellow or orange fill with "day one, reversal risk": the swing turned today, and the risk of a one-day reversal is high. Day serves as confirmation.
• White marker: the next milestone. First the average, then 1σ, then 2σ, each with the date it's reached.
• 3σ with a date: the length almost no past swing has exceeded. A swing near 3σ is stretched.

Tiles

• Long term: distance from the 200-day average, and whether its 50/200-day cross is golden (bullish) or death (bearish).
• Breadth: the NYSE and NASDAQ breadth gauges, colored red below 35, yellow 35–65 and green above 65.
• Options: whether price is above or below the gamma flip. Above, dealer hedging tends to calm moves; below, it tends to amplify them.
• CIT strategy: an open position with its entry and stop, a buy signal today, or "Flat" depending on the Combined oscillator's level.

The plan

• One or two sentences: whether the time frames agree, the pivot to hold, the usual range, and a day-one warning when it applies.

Show details: the full reading

• Market Snapshot: the whole reading as a short story, in plain words.
• Breadth gauges: NYSE and NASDAQ market breadth from 0 to 100. Turn them off with the Market breadth switch.
• Signals and long-term trend: a daily vs weekly table of the signal, the swings, distance from the 200-day and 40-week averages, their slope, the last price cross, the phase and the golden or death cross.
• CIT strategy (daily): today's signal, any open position with entry, stop and days held, and the last two years of trades with win rate and profit factor.
• Swing, trend and combo: each line's direction and age, how it compares with its average swing, and the dates it reaches the average and 3σ.
• RR, RSI and Combined: the three oscillators on a 0–100 scale. Above 75 is stretched up, below 25 stretched down.
• Levels to watch: price, both channels, the average swing high and low, and the pivot.
• Options (next 3 months): the largest call and put open interest, max pain, gamma wall, put wall, gamma flip, the expected move and the put/call ratio.
• Time windows: Gann, Fibonacci and Lucas day counts from the last major high and low. These are dates when a turn is more likely, not certain.

DJIA History and Pairs

DJIA History.

The Dow has more than 140 years of history, and some years rhyme. DJIA History overlays any past years, so you can see which ones it is tracking and how they progressed.

• Target box: the year you're studying, drawn in white. It starts as this year.

·        Year boxes: up to 20 comparison years, each in its own color.

• Correlation row: how closely each year has tracked the target so far. 100% is a perfect match; negative means it moved the opposite way.
• Red Avg line: the average of the comparison years, a ready-made roadmap for the rest of the target year.
• Checkboxes: hide or show the years in groups of five.
• Correlation table: every year since 1886 ranked by how closely it matches.

The decennial forecast. Markets have long shown a 10-year rhythm: years ending in the same digit often behave alike. Tap Decennial and type a digit from 0 to 9. The chart loads every past year ending in it, with their average in red as the forecast.

Choice	What it shows
All	Every year ending in the digit, the average and this year
Avg	Just the average, the cleanest forecast line
Bull	Only the years that finished up, and their average
Bear	Only the years that finished down, and their average
Year button	Shows or hides this year's line

Pick a digit that's still ahead, like 7 in 2026, and you get a forecast for 2027 built from every past year ending in 7. Shortcut: type a single digit in the Target box.

Try this: load this year's digit, then switch between Bull and Bear. Whichever average the white line hugs is the kind of year the market is having so far.

Pairs: which one is leading?

• Two symbols, one chart: pick a pair from Pairs Lists, or let the Scanner find pairs within a group.
• Indicator pane: how far the price ratio of the two has moved from its normal relationship.
• Action box: when the indicator passes +2 or −2, the app suggests selling 100 shares of the stretched symbol and buying the matching amount of the other, betting the gap closes.

Siri, sharing and your subscription

Ask Siri. Say "Analyze AAPL in OddsTrader" or "OddsTrader analysis for SPY", and Siri reads the Market Snapshot aloud in a few seconds. You'll also find Analyze in the Shortcuts app, ready for your own automations.

Share a reading. Tap Share on the AI tab to send the outlook card as an image, with the symbol's hashtag in the caption. It's ready for Messages, X, Stocktwits or email.

Your subscription.

• Plans: OddsTrader Pro is $5.99 a month or $59.99 a year (about $5.00 a month), and both start with a 1-week free trial.
• Trial: nothing is charged during the free week. Cancel before it ends and you pay nothing.
• Manage or cancel: in Settings, then your name, then Subscriptions.
• Restore Purchases: brings back Pro on a new device or after a reinstall. Earlier one-time purchases, such as bar charts or Pairs, stay yours.

Please note. OddsTrader is for information only and is not investment advice. Signals, swing averages and time windows describe what usually happened in the past; they make a move more or less likely, never certain. Do your own research and manage your risk.