Tools You Need to Get Started

First find setups on TrendlineFinder, then draw them on TradingView.

You don't need expensive software to trade trendlines. This course pairs two free tools — and the order matters. Start on TrendlineFinder to find the best setups, then use TradingView to study and draw them.

Part 1 — Find your setups on TrendlineFinder

Drawing trendlines by hand across hundreds of stocks is slow. TrendlineFinder does the heavy lifting: it scans the whole market, automatically draws the support and resistance trendlines for you, and surfaces the stocks sitting right at a "bounce point."

Step 1 — Create your free account. Go to trendlinefinder.com and sign up. It's free to start.

Step 2 — Open the Market Scanner. The scanner finds stocks that are already near a support trendline, so you spend less time waiting and more time on real setups.

Step 3 — Set your filters (left sidebar):

Cap Range — the size of company you want (large/mega for stability, small/mid for bigger moves)
Price Range — limit results to share prices you actually trade
Trend Filter — choose Up for bullish bounce setups, Down for bearish, or Both
Average Daily Volume — set a minimum so you only see liquid, easily tradable names
Bounce Threshold — how close to the 90-day support line a stock must be (e.g. 1.5–3%). Lower = closer to the line = more imminent setups.

Step 4 — Run a scan. Click Quick Scan for an instant list, or Deep Scan (Pro) to have AI rank the cleanest setups first.

Step 5 — Review the results. Each result is a stock near its support line. Click any one to open its full chart — TrendlineFinder has already drawn the 30-day, 90-day, 6-month, and 1-year support/resistance trendlines for you. This is the perfect way to train your eye on what good, well-respected trendlines look like.

Step 6 — Build a watchlist. Add the best-looking setups to a watchlist so you can track them and come back when price reaches the line.

Why start here: Before you can draw a great trendline, you need to recognize one. TrendlineFinder shows you hundreds of clean, machine-drawn examples and points you straight at stocks that are actually near a tradable level right now.

Part 2 — Study and draw on TradingView

Once you've found a setup on TrendlineFinder, TradingView (tradingview.com) is where you'll study it closely and practice drawing your own lines — the skill the rest of this course teaches.

To get started:

Go to tradingview.com and create a free account
Click "Chart" in the top navigation
Use the search bar to type in the ticker you found on TrendlineFinder

The Drawing Tool: Use the Ray, Not the Trendline

This is one of the most important tips for new traders, and most people get it wrong.

TradingView has a tool literally called "Trendline" in its drawing toolbar. Counterintuitively, do not use it for your primary trendlines.

Here's why: the standard Trendline tool only draws between Point A and Point B — then it stops. But a trendline needs to extend infinitely to the right so you can see where the line projects into the future. That projection is where the trading opportunity lives.

Use the Ray tool instead. It lets you set Point A and Point B, and the line extends indefinitely to the right — exactly what you want. To find it, open the drawing-tools menu on the left toolbar and pick "Ray."

What Markets Can You Apply This To?

Every single one:

Stocks — AAPL, TSLA, GOOG, any ticker you know
Futures — ES (S&P 500), NQ (Nasdaq), CL (Crude Oil), GC (Gold), YM (Dow Jones)
Forex — EUR/USD, GBP/JPY, any currency pair
Crypto — BTC, ETH, and any altcoin
Indices — Dow Jones, S&P 500, Nasdaq, Russell 2000

Trendlines are a universal language of technical analysis. The same rules apply everywhere.

Next module: Understanding Timeframes →

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