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SuperTrend
review & score

By · checked 2026-11-03

Free open-source · Trend · by KivancOzbilgic

75 Provisional out of 100

Last reviewed 2026-11-03 · Updated 2026-11-03: pros, cons and verdict re-sourced

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Best forTrend followers who want an ATR trailing line with buy/sell flips and ready-made alerts.

View SuperTrend script

Repaint check

Code review of the published Pine v4 source (37 lines): bands ratchet on close[1] (lines 14 and 17) and flips use the current close (line 20), so a flip can appear and vanish on the open bar. No pivots or offsets. The optional multi-timeframe setting (study resolution, line 2) pulls other-timeframe data, which TradingView says can fluctuate on realtime bars and repaint after reload. (source)

Score breakdown

FactorPointsMax
Repaint risk (code review done, live test pending)17/ 25
Source transparency20/ 20
Price value15/ 15
Backtest / claim honesty10/ 15
Vendor transparency8/ 15
Platform reach + alerts5/ 10

See the methodology. Code review done, live test pending.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Three alert conditions built in: buy, sell and direction change
  • Choose RMA or SMA for ATR, and the price source
  • Band ratchet uses the prior bar's close; no future data (our code review)

Cons

  • The author says it generally fails in sideways markets
  • The optional multi-timeframe setting can repaint on live bars when set above the chart's timeframe
  • A flip can appear and vanish on the open bar before it closes

From the script’s public page and our code review (source). Not from trading tests.

Runs on TradingView: open TradingView.

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