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Updated Internal Bar Strength
Short Description:
This indicator calculates the Internal Bar Strength (IBS) for each bar, which measures the close price’s relative position within that bar’s high-low range, and then optionally smooths that value with a selected moving average.
What Does It Measure?
Internal Bar Strength (IBS):
The IBS formula is (close-low)/(high-low)
. This ratio indicates where the closing price lies within a bar’s trading range:
A value near 0 means the close is near the bar’s low.
A value near 1 means the close is near the bar’s high.
A value of 0.5 means the close is exactly in the middle of the bar’s range.
Smoothing (Moving Averages):
You can choose to smooth the IBS value with one of five different moving average types: RMA, SMA, EMA, WMA, or VWMA. The default length for smoothing is 10, but this can be adjusted for more or less sensitivity.
Key Features
Multiple MA Options:
Color Coding:
Green when IBS is greater than 0.5.
Red when IBS is less than or equal to 0.5.
This indicator calculates the Internal Bar Strength (IBS) for each bar, which measures the close price’s relative position within that bar’s high-low range, and then optionally smooths that value with a selected moving average.
What Does It Measure?
Internal Bar Strength (IBS):
The IBS formula is (close-low)/(high-low)
. This ratio indicates where the closing price lies within a bar’s trading range:
A value near 0 means the close is near the bar’s low.
A value near 1 means the close is near the bar’s high.
A value of 0.5 means the close is exactly in the middle of the bar’s range.
Smoothing (Moving Averages):
You can choose to smooth the IBS value with one of five different moving average types: RMA, SMA, EMA, WMA, or VWMA. The default length for smoothing is 10, but this can be adjusted for more or less sensitivity.
Key Features
Multiple MA Options:
- RMA: Also known as the Wilder’s moving average, it reacts slightly slower to changes than EMA.
- SMA: Simple moving average, straightforward average of the last n values.
- EMA: Exponential moving average, places more weight on recent data.
- WMA: Weighted moving average, linear weighting from oldest to newest data.
- VWMA: Volume-weighted moving average, weights price by trading volume.
Color Coding:
Green when IBS is greater than 0.5.
Red when IBS is less than or equal to 0.5.
Release Notes
Updated chart
Open-source script
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