Every trader knows the feeling.
You identify an important price level, step away for a few minutes, and come back to find the market already made its move.
With Price Alerts, you can let TopstepX™ watch the market for you, so you spend less time watching every tick and more time focusing on your trading plan.
It's the latest TopstepX upgrade this summer, built to help you analyze markets, spot opportunities, and trade with more control.
Never Miss a Setup with Price Alerts
TopstepX’s Price Alerts notify you when important price levels or market conditions are reached. Instead of watching charts all day, you can create alerts and let TopstepX tell you when it's time to take another look.
Whether you're waiting for a breakout or don't want to miss an important level, Price Alerts help you stay ready for the next opportunity so you never miss a setup.
Watch how Price Alerts work in TopstepX.
More Summer of TopstepX Indicators
Price Alerts are just the latest addition.
Over the past several weeks, we've continued expanding TopstepX with new indicators designed to help traders better understand price action, momentum, volume, volatility, and market structure.
Here's a recap of everything we've added this month.
Range Filter
What it does: Range Filter helps traders focus on larger price moves by filtering out many of the smaller fluctuations that occur throughout the trading day. It does this by adjusting the Range plots only when price moves beyond the threshold set by the trader.
Why traders use it: Stay focused on the moves that matter and spend less time reacting to market noise.
See Range Filter indicator in action.
Squeeze Momentum
What it does: Big moves often start after markets consolidate. Squeeze Momentum helps identify when volatility is contracting and a larger move may be building.
Why traders use it: May help spot when markets are contracting so you can prepare for the next expansion.
Watch the Squeeze Momentum indicator walkthrough on YouTube.
VWMA Bands
What it does: VWMA Bands combine price and volume to help traders see whether a move has strong participation behind it or may be losing momentum. It does this by giving more weight to bars with higher volume.
Why traders use it: Add volume context to price action and better evaluate the strength of a move.
Check out how VWMA Bands indicator work on TopstepX.
VWAP Bands
What it does: VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price) Bands show where price is trading compared to the market's average traded price throughout the entire session, making it easier to spot when price is moving away from fair value. It also gives more weight to bars with higher volume and includes two pairs of Deviation Bands that expand and contract with volume-weighted volatility.
Why traders use it: Spot when price may be stretched, returning to value, or setting up for the next move.
Learn how to use VWAP Bands indicator on TopstepX.
Fair Value Gap
What it does: Fair Value Gap automatically highlights price imbalances in a series of 3 consecutive candles where the market moved too quickly, making key areas easier to spot.
Why traders use it: Find high-interest price levels where the market may react next.
See the Fair Value Gap indicator in action.
CVD + CVO
What it does: CVD and CVO work together to help traders look beyond price action by tracking market buying and market selling pressure and measuring whether momentum is building or fading.
Why traders use it: See who's using Market Orders to react to the market in real-time. Gain a better understanding of where traders are making impulsive buys and sells.
Watch the CVD + CVO indicators walkthrough.
New TopstepX indicators and features are still coming
The Summer of TopstepX is still going strong, with new features designed to help you find setups faster, better understand the market, and spend less time watching every tick.
Want to get the most out of every indicator release?
Join Coach Robert live every Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. CT in Discord for a TopstepX Indicators Demo & Q&A. He'll break down the newest releases, show how traders are using them, and answer questions live.
And when you’re ready to put these tools to work, start a Trading Combine® for as low as $49 and begin your path toward becoming a Funded Trader.
TopstepX Indicators: FAQs
What is the Summer of TopstepX?
The Summer of TopstepX is a series of trading platform updates featuring new trading indicators, charting tools, and trading features designed to help futures traders get more out of their trading experience.
What's the newest addition to TopstepX?
Price Alerts is the latest release, letting traders set important price levels or market conditions and get notified when they're reached, so you can step away from the charts without stepping away from the market.
Which new indicators have been added to TopstepX?
Recent releases include Price Alerts, Range Filter, Squeeze Momentum, VWMA Bands, VWAP Bands, Fair Value Gap, and CVD + CVO, along with earlier additions like Sessions, Opening Range, Initial Balance, HA Trend, Price Info, Trend Magic, SSL Hybrid, T3, VIDYA, Wave Trend, TDI, Zero Lag MACD, and Trend Cycle.
What are the best indicators for futures trading?
The best indicators help traders read price action, momentum, volume, and volatility. TopstepX's newest releases, including Range Filter, Squeeze Momentum, VWMA Bands, VWAP Bands, Fair Value Gap, and CVD + CVO, give traders more ways to understand what the market is doing in real time.
Are these indicators and Price Alerts free to use on TopstepX?
Yes, every indicator and feature covered here is built into the TopstepX platform at no extra cost. Just open a chart and add them like any other tool.
Do I need a funded account to access these TopstepX indicators or Price Alerts?
No funded account required. These tools are available across TopstepX, including during a Trading Combine, so you can start using them right away.
Will I get notified even when I'm not actively watching the chart?
Yes. That's the core purpose of Price Alerts: to let TopstepX monitor the market for you so you're not glued to every tick waiting for a setup to develop.
Where can I learn how to use trading indicators and Price Alerts?
Beyond the walkthroughs linked above, join Coach Robert's weekly trading Discord sessions for live demos and Q&A, or explore the TopstepX community for tips from other traders.
