Crypto perp scanner blog

Research notes with receipts. Every observation, every outcome.

SENTINEL publishes long-form guides for traders who want to inspect the workflow before committing: the data fields the scanner reads, how the receipts are kept, and the risk boundary around crypto perp observations.

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Guides

Research guides

Start with the core product questions: what the scanner reads, how Telegram delivery should work, and what a trader should verify before paying.

Indicator teardown · 11 min read

IvanOnTech’s MoneyLine Indicator: An Honest Teardown

MoneyLine is the trend indicator behind IvanOnTech’s Bullmania. Here is how it most likely works, what a trend line can and cannot do, and how to get the same thing free.

Buyer’s guide · 6 min read

How to Verify a Crypto Signal Service Before You Pay

A buyer’s checklist for crypto signal groups: how to tell a real track record from a screenshot, why losing trades and sample size matter, and the one question that filters most scams.

Scanner guide · 3 min read

Crypto Perp Scanner: How SENTINEL Filters Volume, Funding, OI, and Regime

A practical guide to reading crypto perp scanner output with momentum, volume, funding, open interest, market regime, and receipts.

Telegram workflow · 3 min read

Telegram Crypto Scanner: What Traders Should Expect Before Paying for Alerts

How to judge a Telegram crypto scanner by source data, receipts, risk language, trial flow, and whether alerts explain the setup.

Bybit perps guide · 6 min read

Bybit Perp Scanner: Reading Funding, Open Interest, RSI, and Volume Together

How to read a Bybit perp scanner that combines funding, open interest, RSI, volume ratio, and market regime instead of treating each factor in isolation.

TradingView workflow · 7 min read

TradingView Crypto Alerts to Telegram: What Pine Can and Cannot Catch

How TradingView Pine alerts reach Telegram, what bar-state alerts can see, and where funding, open interest, and regime fill the gap.

Webhook workflow · 7 min read

TradingView to Bybit Webhook: Execution Alerts vs Telegram Scanner Context

A practical guide to TradingView to Bybit webhooks, Telegram alert routing, and where funding, open interest, liquidation, and regime context fit.

Funding + OI guide · 11 min read

Funding Rate + Open Interest Scanner: Reading Crowded Bybit Perps

How to read a funding rate and open interest scanner on Bybit perpetuals, what crowded actually looks like, and where regime context turns the signal on or off.

Buyer guide · 11 min read

Free Crypto Scanner vs Paid Signals: Where Receipts Actually Live

A clear comparison of free crypto scanners and paid signal services, what each format actually delivers, and how to audit either one before paying.

Liquidation guide · 11 min read

Bybit Liquidation Alerts and Cascade Context: What a Heatmap Doesn't Tell You

A practical guide to Bybit liquidation alerts, cascade context, and how to read forced flow alongside funding, open interest, and regime instead of as a standalone signal.

Funding guide · 11 min read

Bybit Funding Rate Alerts: When Crowded Pays You, When It Doesn't

How to read Bybit funding rate alerts honestly: when crowded positioning is a fade candidate, when it is a tailwind, and what context kills both reads.

Regime guide · 11 min read

Reading the Crypto Regime: BTC + Breadth + Volatility

A guide to the crypto market regime read, why BTC trend, breadth, and volatility sit above every ticker decision, and how SENTINEL gates alerts on that read.

Factor stack · 9 min read

Bybit Short Squeeze Detector: Reading Funding, Open Interest, and Volume Together

Most "breakouts" on Bybit perps are short squeezes in disguise. A guide to detecting the factor signature that separates a real breakout from a forced unwind, with a worked example.

Scanner comparison · 11 min read

Funding Rate Arbitrage Scanner vs Signal Scanner: Two Different Jobs

A funding rate arbitrage scanner and a funding rate signal scanner share a word but solve different problems. A guide to which tool answers which question, and where each one breaks.

Volume context · 10 min read

Crypto Volume Spike Scanner: Separating Real Participation From Thin Pumps

A volume spike alone is not a signal. The factor stack — volume ratio plus open interest delta plus funding plus regime plus spot-perp gap — is what separates real participation from a thin two-sided liquidity event.

Open interest · 10 min read

Bybit Open Interest Alerts: When New Leverage Confirms, Crowds, or Exits

Open interest is not directional on its own. A guide to reading OI alerts as a four-state machine — confirm, crowd, exit, fade — so the same delta does not get traded the same way in every regime.

Buyer guide · 15 min read

Best Crypto Scanner With Telegram Alerts: Audit Checklist Before You Pay

A practical audit checklist for paid Telegram crypto scanners. Receipts, factor stack, regime context, trial mechanics, refund clarity — the questions to answer before any subscription, with worked criteria.

Regime read · 11 min read

Crypto Breadth Indicator for Perp Traders: Why One Strong Coin Is Not Enough

A guide to crypto breadth indicators for perp traders. What breadth measures, why one strong coin in a thin tape is a trap, and how breadth gates the conviction of any single-name setup.

Pine vs server · 12 min read

Pine Alert Limitations for Crypto Perps: What TradingView Cannot Know

A guide to the limits of Pine Script alerts for crypto perp traders. What Pine can do, what it cannot see (funding, OI delta, cross-symbol breadth), and how a server-side scanner closes the gap without replacing the chart workflow.

Tooling comparison · 6 min read

Bybit Perp Scanner vs TradingView Screener: Two Tools, Two Jobs

A methodology-led comparison of a Bybit perp scanner and the TradingView screener: what each is built to answer, where the screener stops short on derivatives data, and why the honest dividing line is charting versus a recorded research process.

Methodology explainer · 6 min read

What Is a Crypto Factor Stack? Combining Funding, OI, Volume, Regime, and Breadth

A plain-language explanation of a crypto factor stack: what a factor is, why combining funding, open interest, volume, regime, and breadth beats any single indicator, and how an honest desk records whether the stack is working.

Microstructure guide · 6 min read

Reading Open Interest Delta on Bybit: Price-Up-OI-Up and Other Tells

A methodology guide to reading the change in open interest on Bybit perps: what OI delta is, the four ways price and OI can move together, the squeeze and flush setups they point to, and why OI delta is context rather than a signal on its own.

Open Live Scanner

Public scanner first. Telegram trial when the workflow makes sense.