Learn hubBlogBreak down market indices — the whole market as an instrument on the chart: the market cap indices TOTAL, TOTAL2, TOTAL3, OTHERS and the dominance indices.
The whole market as a chart. Market indices are calculated instruments, not tradable pairs: you cannot buy them, they have no order book and no trades, only a value. Seven indices:
On such a chart the COIN group in the indicators window is hidden (there is no coin), TOTAL and OTHER are available.
Look at the market as one instrument. And put TOTAL indicators with the same Total Type on it.
For example.
Search symbol (top left) → the Market Indices tab → pick an instrument. The exchange filter must be set to “All exchanges”: indices have no exchange, with the Binance filter the list is empty. You can add them to Favorites.
No settings. Pair it with TOTAL indicators with the same Total Type. For example, a TOTAL3 chart and TOTAL B&A with Total Type = TOTAL3.
Metric Symbol Price, market type INDEX, coin — the index. In the alert list, the preview and the bot message the type comes as INDEX, for example TOTAL-INDEX.
Market indices are calculated instruments, not tradable pairs: market cap indices (TOTAL, TOTAL2, TOTAL3, OTHERS) and dominance indices (BTC.D, USDT.D, USDC.D). They open from symbol search. Such a chart has no COIN group, but TOTAL indicators with the same Total Type line up one to one.
Why is there no COIN group in the indicators window on a TOTAL chart?
Correct answer: There is no coin on the chart — COIN indicators have nothing to calculate