# How NextCandle Scores Indicators (Methodology) | NextCandle

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## How we
score
By [NK2](https://nextcandle.trade/about/#nk2) · checked 2026-11-03

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. | 

## Flags
Shown regardless of score: "Unverifiable performance claims", "Refund policy not verified", "Price not verified".

## Sourcing
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
Affiliate links never change a score. See the [disclosure](https://nextcandle.trade/affiliate-disclosure/).