Use the cTrader Sentiment Dashboard Pro Indicator as a fast market read, then act only when sentiment aligns with your plan.

• Start by adding three to six symbols you actually trade, and watch the dashboard for clusters of green or red across several pairs.

• Bullish conditions mean buy percentage is greater than sell percentage across multiple symbols, look for broad green with rising values, which suggests crowd support and continuation potential.

• Bearish conditions mean sell percentage dominates across several symbols, broad red with rising values suggests downside pressure and possible continuation.

• Extremes near your threshold — such as 90%—often precede exhaustion; treat these as areas to tighten stops, scale out, or wait for a pullback.

• Confirm direction with a trend filter, such as LWMA or SDMA, on a higher timeframe. Only take longs when the filter is up and sentiment is green, only take shorts when the filter is down and sentiment is red.

• Add risk controls, use ATR for stop distance, cap risk per trade, and avoid entering just before major news when sentiment can flip.

• For beginners, paper trade first, note how sentiment clusters behave during London and New York, then add small position sizes once you can link sentiment shifts to clean price action.