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Market Direction Indicator (MDI), by Donald Lambert, is an extension of simple moving average cross over systems. Series of price cross over points are determined to derive MDI. Note that the short/long lengths will differ between instruments. They need to be tuned properly. I have added an option to specify a "cutoff" parameter. When MDI is in the cutoff zone...

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VMA Bands are ATR bands with VMA as its centre. For a description of options, refer to my VMA post: I have moved VMA calculation in to a separate function. Feel free to use calc_vma() in your scripts. For more MA calculation function (KAMA, VIDYA and others), refer to my complete list of indicators below. Wish you all a very prosperous New year. Hope these...

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Variable Moving Average, often abbreviated as VMA, is an Exponential Moving Average developed by Tushar S. Chande. VMA automatically adjusts its smoothing constant on the basis of Market Volatility. Use this like other Moving Averages. I have added the following options that can be enabled via options page: - Trend Direction Indication: Green = Up trend, Blue =...

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Universal Oscillator by Mr. Ehlers is an evolution of his SuperSmoother filter. The new indicator follows the swings in price without introducing extra delay. It is controlled through one single input – the band edge – which basically is frequency. The smaller it is set, the less lag there is, but you may see lot of whipsaws. Built-in automatic gain control...

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HACOLT (Heikin Ashi Candles Oscillator Long Term) is a technical indicator designed by Sylvain Vervoort. It is based on Mr.Vervoort's other indicator, HACO (Heikin-Ashi Candles Oscillator - posted here: ). Optimized for long-term trading, HACOLT shows three levels: -1, 0 and 1. These levels suggest "an open short position", "no open position", and "an open long...

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Heiken-Ashi Candlestick Oscillator (HACO), by Sylvian Vervoort, is a digital oscillator version of the colored candlesticks. Explanation from Vervoort: "HACO is not meant to be an automatic trading system, so when there is a buy or sell signal from HACO, make sure it is confirmed by other TA techniques. HACO will certainly aid in signaling buy/sell...

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This is a port of a famous MT4 indicator, as requested by user @maximus71. This indicator uses MACD/BB to track trend direction and strength. Author suggests using this indicator on 30mins. Explanation from the indicator developer: "Various components of the indicator are: Dead Zone Line: Works as a filter for weak signals. Do not trade when the red or green...

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Market temperature, introduced by Dr.Alexander Elder, helps differentiate between sleepy, quiet and hot market periods. Following is Mr.Elder's explanation on how to use this indicator (from his book "Come in to my Trading Room"): "When markets are quiet, the adjacent bars tend to overlap. The consensus of value is well established, and the crowd does little...

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This is Mr. Vervoort's take on volatility bands. Sticking to his style, he uses highly smoothed data everywhere, also improves on the way the bands are calculated. Is this better than others? I will let you guys decide :) More info: www.traders.com List of my other indicators: - Chart: - GDoc: docs.google.com

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Short-term Volume and Price Oscillator (SVAPO), developed by Sylvian Vervroot, combines both Price and Volume to construct an oscillator. In essence, when the price is trending up and volume is increasing, volume is added into the oscillator calculation. Conversely, when price is trending down and volume is increasing, volume will be subtracted from the...

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Smoothing methods have lag, and since MACD makes use of moving averages, it usually lags behind price. You cannot eliminate lag completely, but one way of working around this is by adding a component of the price/MA difference back to MA. This technique is called Zero-lag (well, almost). "MACD Leader" makes use of this to form a leading signal to MACD. First...

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As we know, %b is a measure of where prices are in relation to the outer Bollinger bands and therefore strongly related to volatility. This can get choppy, though. Vervoort smoothed this using Zero lag TEMA of custom Heiken-ashi recalculated prices. According to Vervoort, "Smoothed Vervoort %b is often a leading indicator making smooth moves with clear turning...

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The CCT Bollinger Band Oscillator (CCTBO), developed by Steve Karnish of Cedar Creek Trading, reconfigures John Bollinger's classic Bollinger Bands (envelopes plotted at two Standard Deviations above and below a moving average) by drawing two parallel lines replacing the envelopes. The parallel lines represent a measurement of two Standard Deviations from the mean...

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Elastic Volume Weighted Moving Average (eVWMA) is a statistical measure using the volume to define the period of the moving average. The eVWMA can be looked at as an approximation to the average price paid per share. Multiplier is usually the number of shares, but it can be approximated using cumulative sum of volume (Enable it via "Use Cumulative Volume" option)...

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These levels are based on price around earnings day. I have implemented support for 2 calculation modes: Mode 1: Level = (low of 1 day prior to earnings + high of 1 day after earnings) / 2.0 Mode 2: Level = (hl2 of 1 day prior to earnings + hl2 of 1 day after earnings + close from earnings day) / 3.0 Chart above shows "Mode 1". Mode can be changed via options...

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This a modified MAC-Z using Z-VWAP. Since this uses VWAP, the signals are derived indirectly from both volume and price action. I have also included a way to smooth MACZ-VWAP, you can enable it via options page. Note that this will not work on any FX pair, as volume is not available. Referenced indicators: Z-distance from VWAP: MAC-Z Indicator: Z-Score:...

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The Enhanced Index (EIDX) is a modified William %R that behaves much like the original, to indicate overbought and oversold market conditions. EIDX has the advantage of - Reacting more quickly to changes in buying power. - Predicting market turning points better than other oscillators. Divergences are more pronounced. List of my other indicators:

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Edgar Kraut proposed this simple colored volume bars strategy for swing trading. This is how the colors are determined: - If today’s closing price and volume are greater than 'n' days ago, color today’s volume bar green. - If today’s closing price is greater than 'n' days ago but volume is not, color today’s volume bar blue. - Similarly, if today’s closing...