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I have attached a simple indicator that easily lets me know how many pips or points to the moving average. I am determined to get all the money i have lost trading against the trend. I came up with this to help me decide how much room there is. For me it is easier to quickly look and see if it is worth it. I'm sure that this could be improved. Right now it is a simple ma, function can be changed other moving averages, or indicators. It could even be implemented to show the actual amount next to candle on chart, using the same concept as ticks to go. Anyway. enjoy. I'm sure that there must be already something like this out there . I didn't bother looking because it was easy enough to write it. I also have it scaled for 4 decimals. DISTANCETOMA.ELD
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MAMA Combo This is one of my earlier inventions. Maybe "invention" is not the precise word to describe this, it is more like a concoction... because I did not "invent" the indicators, I merely combined them together in one presentation. This indicator should be called MA-MACD Combo, but I thought MAMA Combo sounds more catchy. ;-) This is a basic run of the mill MACD indicator, with a Fast Moving Average overlaid on top. I have created an oscillating black and white panel in the background; when the MACD value crosses below the MACD average, the panel will turn black, and white in the reverse direction. (you can adjust the panel height with BG.height in Study Format) The Fast Moving Average is the Red Light / Green Light indicator. It serves as an early warning to impending moves. You can see the code and description here: http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/f46/red-light-green-light-5848.html#post63641 This indicator works best in a fast fractal chart. eg. 2 minutes ES. Let me know if you have questions or suggestions. Enjoy! MAMA_Combo.txt
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Red Light / Green Light I have previously posted this on another thread. It was for MultiCharts. Someone asks if I can make a TradeStation version. Yes of course, here it is: This might well be the Holy Grail you have been looking for. Description: this is a MA based indicator The indicator turns green when the price is trading above the MA and turns red when the price is trading below the MA. Format Setting: set the General Style to Point, Weight to heavy For the indicator to appear on the bottom of the screen, set the scale Range to Maxium=50, Minumum=-1 For the indicator to appear on the bottom of the screen, set the scale Range to Maxium=1, Minumum=-50 You can adjust the Length of the MA period. (MC only) if you leave it at 0 (zero), the MA is automatically set to 3 periods for minute/hour/day charts and 7 periods for tick and volume charts Midrange is used to calculate the MA redlight_greenlight_(MC).txt redlight_greenlight_(TradeStation).txt
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Type: Indicator Name: BWI BB Band Width Indicator: created by John Bollinger, of the Bollinger band and Bollinger Capital Management fame, as presented by John Forman in the Nov.1994 issue of "Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities". Idea: BWI is a measure of a tradeable's ability/tendency to trend. It is faster than an ADX, in that it will move earlier and reset itself earlier too. When the BWI is low, the volatility is low. ie. there isn't any trend. When it has a positive slope, there is a trend. I have added the following enhancements: 1. up/down colors for easy directional identification 2. option to use Exponential Average BWI_a.txt
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Moving Average with extension and choice of exponential or simple average the MC version works on second/tick/volume charts as well. . average_w_extension.txt Average_w_extension_MC_version.txt
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Hi: Does anyone know if there is a way to shade in the area between upper/lower Bollinger Bands as shown in attached pic? Thanks!
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This thread was mainly focused around the ES and other stock indexes, I'd like this thread to be about the same trading premise but on Forex. Just in case we get someone new to this thread, here's a quick review of the chart setup: 1) 5 Minute Candlestick Charts 2) 20 EMA (exponential moving average) 3) That's it. And the entry setup: 1) A pullback to the 20 EMA 2) A candlestick pattern* * candlestick pattern(s) to be used is up for debate. BearBull suggests using hammers and inverted hammers only; whereas I am open to most patterns. IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION: The idea presented here is a possible ENTRY idea. As discussed in a few threads here on TL, there are many, many different ways to exit a trade. WHY FOREX?: A few reasons: 1) I know very little about forex, so hopefully this thread could get some experienced forex traders chiming in about the markets and what to expect. I'll do my best to post some charts and we'll see how it looks. 2) It is said the forex can trend more than indexes, so maybe this entry system might work better than on the indexes (just a guess at this point). 3) I'm all about leveraging my time. If I can watch a couple indexes and a few currency pairs and trade where the primo setups are, that has my interest.
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Here is a 'very inexpensive' alternative to Juriks Moving Average contributed in Easy Language by John D. McCormick (TS handle = JDM, see jmactrader.com). Full thread is at https://www.tradestation.com/Discussions/Topic.aspx?Topic_ID=77583&SearchTerm=a%20better%20moving%20average&txtExactMatch= Posted with his permission. Please retain his 'copyright' info in the code. Many thanks to JDM. QUICK.ELD
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In this thread, Bearbull posted a neat little chart that is more appropriate here. The premise is simple... And the chart that followed the post: It's an interesting trading idea that I thought could get some life here. I'll invite Bearbull over to comment more. A few charts that caught my attention using the same idea: * IMO the yellow highlighted one above would be the primo setup - a pullback to the 20 EMA after a move and an immediate rejection. ================= Is there potential here for a very tradable system? Perhaps. Items to consider: * Entry is only part 1 of the equation, need an exit strategy. * This may or may not be an all day trading system. There needs to be some movement for this to be viable IMO. * Rules of entries could be flexible as some I have highlighted above or more strict like the one highlighted in yellow. * Chart timeframe can make a big difference as well - minute chart, tick charts, volume charts - all could be viable options here.
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Does anyone use this? I did a search and didn't find anything. Sometimes also called AMA, or KAMA (Kaufman Adaptive Moving Average). This moving average goes flat during choppy markets. Screenshot with some other MAs for comparison.
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Here is a bundle of indicators for you, the development of them were requested as per this thread. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/f18/paintbarfactory-com-not-spam-a-question-3168.html I have been hesitant to post these as some of them are NOT the same as per the above thread. But due to several requests recently I'm posting them anyway. The attached indicators are: BR_CCi : Which is basically a smoothed CCi. BR_RSI : Which again is a smoothed RSi. BR_Momentum : Again a smoothed Momentum ( Can't believe people would actually charge for these ) BR_PaintBars : MA based trend bars. BR_2FastMa's : Self explanatory. BR_Squeeze : Partly based on the original squeeze ( as we all know it ), but the histogram is defined to show clearer divergences. Also includes CounterTrend and an alternative midline. BR_HeatMeter : Can you take the heat ! ( well actually it's just a 50 period CCi :\) For more information on the indicators, please go to the above thread for details. See Attached Charts to show each indicator. Can I just stress that some of these are NOT THE SAME, so take them with a pinch of salt Cheers Blu-Ray BR_2FASTMA'S.ELD BR_CCI.ELD BR_HEATMETER.ELD BR_MOMENTUM.ELD BR_PAINTBARS.ELD BR_RSI.ELD BR_SQUEEZE.ELD
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Does anyone have a Bollinger Band that has a middle band plot a different color as it moves up/down? This is similar to T3 trend band.
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This is the Market Statistics thread that some of you advanced traders have been waiting for. This is the "how to trade anywhere, anytime" thread otherwise called the "when not to trade thread", but not for NEWBIES. If you are a NEWBIE, back off and read the first ten threads on this topic starting [thread=1962]here[/thread]. One of the properties of most markets is the up and down motion that price action displays on virtually all time frames. Some traders call this the market volatility, others call it the natural market rotation. Newbie traders don't like this motion, because when they enter a trade they want the market to continue moving in their direction. Newbies fear volatility. Advanced traders love it. What ever you wish to call it, it is this motion that is tradeable. In the words of Nihabaashi, "To fear volatility is to fear profits". The main purpose of this thread will be to show how you can use market statistics to determine the most probable times when the market will rotate and when it will not. Once you know this, you can then enter a trade either in the same direction that the market is moving or take a contertrend trade in the opposite direction. If you have read the previous market statistics threads, you already know how to do this. Here I want to start to put this all together in terms of a generalized concept which I call HUP. HUP stands for Hold Up Prices. As the name implies, HUP are those prices where the price action tends to hold up, that is where the market slows down, pauses, then either reverses (read rotates) or continues in the same direction. There are two kinds of HUP, static and dynamic. Static HUP are those prices which are fixed for the day. They don't change with market development. In contrast dynamic HUP change as the day progresses. As new data is added, dynamic HUP will readjust to reflect the new data. Below are some examples of HUP that can be used in daily trading STATIC HUP Yesterdays High,Low,Close Overnight High,Low Any computations based on these such as classic pivot points DYNAMIC HUP Yesterdays PVP,VWAP and SD's 2 day PVP, VWAP and SD's 1 week(5day) PVP, VWAP and SD's 2 week PVP, VWAP and SD's 1 month(4 week) PVP, VWAP and SD's 2 month PVP, VWAP and SD's 1 year PVP, VWAP and SD's You can of course come up with other examples of HUP, such as previous bars highs and lows, or 2 day or longer static HUP, or dynamic HUP that are in between the ones I have listed. It really doesn't matter. More important is to realize that these HUP points are prices where the market will tend to hold up. What HUP doesn't tell you of course, is how long the market will hold up and/or how far it will continue in the same direction or if it reverses, how large the reversal will be. Getting the direction correct doesn't mean you can sit back and do nothing. You still have to manage the trade. In the video that follows you will see a 15 second chart with HUP lines drawn on it.. Green lines are SD's above a VWAP. Red lines are SD's below a VWAP. VWAP are dotted blue. PVP are purple lines Now watch this video to see where these HUP lines come from and how the market reacts to them. ER2HUPlinesOct24
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Here is a Tradestation Strategy utilizing the Hull Moving Average (please find the Hull MA eld under "Screaming Fast Moving Average") All credit to Atavachron. Type : Strategy, Name : Hull Moving Average Trading System { jtHMA strategy } inputs: price(Close), jthmaLength( 21 ), upColour(Blue), downColour(Red); variables: Avg(0), colour(0); Avg = jthma( price, jthmaLength ) ; if Avg > Avg[1] then colour = upColour; if Avg < Avg[1] then colour = downColour; {buy sell Criteria} if colour[1] <> colour then if colour = upColour then Buy ( "jup" ) next bar at market ; if colour[1] <> colour then if colour = downColour then sell ( "jdn" ) next bar at market ; {original this line is: sell short ( "jdn" ) next bar at market ; } You will want to tweak the instrument, period/tick count, session and look-back to get satisfactory results. This strategy is designed for market orders at the next bar after the signal. Any input regarding discretionary filter to be used in conjunction with this strategy would be appreciated. Hope the Helps.
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Hi.. I am looking for an RSI with BB indicator for tradestation 8 a nonbn price frame rsi with no overbought and oversold and BB overlay for the indicator frame.... tried to build my own.... but the bads just squish on the indicator frame... would appreciate help with this... thanks sergej
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I have been playing with the Hull Moving Average for the past week. It is comparable, some say better than, Mark Jurik's stuff (jurikres.com), in performance and has the distinct advantage of being COMPLETELY FREE. The .eld discussion can be found here, https://www.tradestation.com/Discussions/Topic.aspx?Topic_ID=40589 The formula is also readily found for other platforms. The Hull MA truly is a double edged sword in that it may be too fast. However, the length, intra-bar update and colourDeltaBar (which indicates the change from up to down and vice versa) are adjustable. I was wondering if anyone else has successfully used this indicator? Also, I have used Tradestation less than 2 weeks, so if anyone knows how to code the Hull MA into a MACD I would be very appreciative. 200506182322582005_JTHMA.ELD
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Indicator Ergodic is under construction on the basis of indicator TSI and is calculated as follows: Ergodic (close, r) =TSI (Close, r, 5); TSI (the index true of force) is under construction on the basis of the indicator momentum. Here its formula: TSI(close,r,s)=(100*(EMA(EMA(mtm,r),s))) / (EMA(EMA(|mtm|,r),s)) mtm = close[today]-close[yesterday] EMA - exponential moving average This indicator shows a true trend. For this indicator is following corrected: 1. If the indicator is more than zero also grows the trend ascending means. 2. If the indicator is more than zero also that correction of an ascending trend falls goes. 3. If the indicator is less than zero also that falls a trend descending. 4. If the indicator is less than zero also that correction descending тредна grows goes. ERGODIC.ELD
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I know how to use moving averages for swing trading and longterm trading. How to use ema and sma for day trading? -
Which moving average works best day trading on a 5 minute chart?
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I am interested in learning how Bollinger Bands are used in trading. What is the purpose of this tool? Is anyone trading effectively using Bollinger Bands? Thank you
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I am looking to trade the dollar on a 5 minute timeframe. Can anyone recommend a set moving averages that I can use? Do I need to use a shorter moving average for a shorter time frame? Or does this not matter at all? Thanks
