I use ticks to trade the e-mini. One way I use it is after the market makes a move, watch how the market and the ticks move together. For instance if the market pulls back about a third of its intitial move, see where tick holds. Alot of time it will come back to the "0" line. So if I see ticks holding around "0" and the market takes off again, i go long. Like anything its not perfect.