[blackcat] L2 Ehlers Modified Stochastic Indicator

31 Okt 2020

Level: 2

Background

John F. Ehlers introuced Modified Stochastic Indicator in his "Cycle Analytics for Traders" chapter 7 on 2013.


Function

Conventional indicators are not immune to the effects of spectral dilation. For example, a Stochastic indicator remains near its upper bound when the market is in an uptrend even though a relatively short lookback period is used. This, of course, is due to the presence of the larger and longer cyclic components in the data. In a broad sense, the classic Stochastic indicator acts as a one-pole filter because there is just a single difference term in the numerator of its calculation. This calculation is the same as the standard, except Dr. Ehlers use a SuperSmoother for the smoothing instead of moving averages. The bottom subgraph shows an identical calculation except that the Stochastic calculations are preceded by the roofing filter that constrains the cyclic components to fall within the range from 10-bar to 48-bar periods. Clearly, the Stochastic indicator has been dramatically altered by the insertion of the roofing filter.
Dr. Ehlers leaves it to the reader to explore how standard indicators can be improved simply by inserting the roofing filter before the indicator computations are begun.

Key Signal

MyStochastic --> Modified Stochastic Indicator fast line
Trigger --> Modified Stochastic Indicator slow line

Pros and Cons

100% John F. Ehlers definition translation of original work, even variable names are the same. This help readers who would like to use pine to read his book. If you had read his works, then you will be quite familiar with my code style.

Remarks

The 44th script for Blackcat1402 John F. Ehlers Week publication.

Readme

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