Every listing gets a 0-100 score from one fixed formula. Every input links to a public source. All scores are provisional until our repaint audits are complete.
| Factor | Max | How points are given |
|---|---|---|
| Repaint risk | 25 | Not yet reviewed: built-in 15, open source 12, closed 8. After a source-code review (open source) or TradingView documentation (built-ins): 22 if the code has no repaint mechanism (no lookahead, other-timeframe requests, future pivots or past-plotted offsets; only the open bar’s value updates until close); 20 for built-ins TradingView documents as confirmed on closed bars but updating intrabar (code not public, so one notch lower); 17 if the code can show a signal that appears and vanishes before the bar closes, or has an option that can repaint. The last 3 points are reserved for a live bar-replay test, which is still pending for every listing. Closed source is capped at 15 unless the vendor documents non-repainting. VWAP stays at 15 because TradingView’s repainting docs don’t cover it. |
| Source transparency | 20 | Open source or built-in 20, protected 10, invite-only or licensed paste-in source 5 |
| Price value | 15 | Free 15; up to $30/mo 10; up to $60/mo 7; over $60/mo 4; price not verified 3. Uses the cheapest published monthly-equivalent at list price (not sale or first-period prices), so a $300/yr plan counts as $25/mo. One-time (lifetime) prices are spread over 24 months, so $149 one-time counts as $6.21/mo. |
| Backtest / claim honesty | 15 | Unverifiable return or win-rate claims on the source page score 0; otherwise 10 until reviewed |
| Vendor transparency | 15 | Built-in 12; open-source author 8; paid vendor: 5 base, +5 published refund policy, +3 public pricing. The refund point is per product: PhantomFlow Pro gets it (14-day money-back on the first Pro purchase), PhantomFlow Core doesn’t (its sales are final), which is why Core scores 8 and Pro 13 |
| Platform reach + alerts | 10 | 5 per supported platform (max 10). Alert support review pending. |
Shown regardless of score: "Unverifiable performance claims", "Refund policy not verified", "Price not verified".
We curate by hand from public vendor pages and public TradingView profiles. We do not scrape TradingView. Vendors can submit corrections, and we check them against the source.
Affiliate links never change a score. See the disclosure.
Affiliate disclosure: some links on NextCandle are affiliate links (currently TradingView, AlgoAlpha, TrendSpider and TradersPost). We may earn a commission at no cost to you. Vendors never pay for placement or score. Scores are provisional until our repaint audit is complete. Not financial advice: indicators do not guarantee profits. Data checked 2026-11-03. Full disclosure