Sandmark Lab FAQ

Sandmark Lab indicators are built through a structured methodology designed to turn fragmented crypto market data into clear, decision-ready signals for analysts, product teams, and market participants who need a fast, but credible, read on market conditions. Each indicator is based on a specific analytical question, then brings together relevant inputs across market, flow, sentiment, on-chain, and valuation contexts within a standardized framework to address that question. 

That framework matters as much as the individual indicator. Sandmark standardizes inputs from multiple external data sources into shared analytical shapes, aligns timestamps and asset identifiers across sources, and applies validation checks for freshness, completeness, and numeric integrity before signals are published. In practice, that means the platform is designed to catch issues such as stale inputs, malformed values, or partial coverage before they are passed through as if they were clean data.

Sandmark also governs how outputs are delivered. Published indicators follow a consistent structure with standardized metadata including as-of dates, generation time, asset coverage, and freshness context, making the suite easier to compare, integrate, and audit over time.

What makes this approach distinctive is the balance between research and engineering. Sandmark combines rules-based construction, normalized inputs, governed outputs, and quality controls in a way designed to keep the indicator suite credible as it scales.

Sandmark Lab FAQ

  • Sandmark Lab brings together the data, analysis, and news you need to understand market movements, all in one place. No more jumping between platforms or missing key developments.

    Customize own Sandmark news feed, track your selected coins, and monitor price dynamics through carefully selected indicators that give you clear insight into what is driving the market in real time.

  • Sandmark Lab offers five indicators that are always completely free: Altseason Index, MVRV (market value, realized value), Volume Surge, ETF Flows, Trend Consensus, and Market Breadth. These standard indicators can give you a high-level view of market performance & sentiment.  

    For those who wish to dig deeper into the detailed aspects of what's moving the markets can upgrade to full access to the lab for just $18.95 per month.  This access allows you to explore the granularity of the free indicators, as well as access nine additional premium indicators, including: Momentum Light, Fundamentals & Ratios, Social Sentiment & Trend, Holder Mood, Pullback Health, Market Resilience Index, Funding Tilt, Futures Positioning, and Options Signals. 

  • Of course - we just ask that you please tag our handle @sandmark_news!

  • Sandmark Lab accesses are unique per user.  If you know someone who would like to access a Sandmark Lab account, they can try it risk-free for 7 days using the trial period. 

  • If you have any questions regarding your Sandmark Lab subscription, simply email support@sandmark.com and our team will respond to you within 1 business day.  

  • If you wish to cancel your subscription to Sandmark Lab, simply go to your Sandmark account, and click the cancel button next to your subscription.  Your cancellation will apply to your next billing period (regardless of whether you selected a monthly or annual subscription).  You will have full access to Sandmark Lab until the next billing period. 

  • Altseason Index: Detect whether capital is rotating from Bitcoin into altcoins, helping identify shifts in market leadership and rotation regimes.

    MVRV: Assess whether an asset is overvalued or undervalued relative to its on-chain cost basis to identify accumulation and distribution zones.

    Volume Surge: Identify unusual spikes in trading volume to distinguish high-conviction moves from low-volume noise.

    ETF Flows: Track institutional capital flows into spot ETFs to gauge institutional demand and confirm whether market moves are supported by real capital.

    Trend Consensus: Combine multiple technical signals to confirm trend direction and reduce false signals.

    Market Breadth: Measure how broadly assets are participating in a move to assess the underlying strength and sustainability of the trend.

    Momentum Light: Gain a clear view of momentum strength and direction across key timeframes to better time entries and exits.

    Fundamentals & Ratios: Identify fundamentally strong assets trading at attractive levels by assessing project quality and valuation at a glance.

    Social Sentiment & Trend: Monitor social momentum to distinguish early trend adoption from late-stage speculative excess.

    Holder Mood: Gauge whether holders are positioned with conviction or under pressure, helping anticipate shifts in market behavior.

    Pullback Health: Evaluate whether pullbacks represent healthy corrections or early indicators of structural trend deterioration.

    Market Resilience Index: Measure whether price movements are supported by liquidity or vulnerable to sudden reversals.

    Funding Tilt: Identify crowded leverage and funding extremes to manage squeeze and reversal risk.

    Futures Positioning: Analyze institutional futures positioning to detect concentration, regime shifts, and potential unwind risk.

    Options Signals: Interpret options market positioning to reveal directional bias, hedging flows, and emerging tail risk.

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Sandmark Lab aims to deliver the best selection of relevant indicators that provide visibility and understanding of the crypto market.  The Sandmark Lab's cultivated indicators can easily replace multiple subscriptions to different services. In addition, the Lab's indicators have been built in-house, leveraging a dedicated team of quantitative analysists and data experts, to create a proprietary view on the market.