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The Stochastic Momentum Index (SMI) was introduced by William Blau in 1993 as a way to clarify the traditional stochastic oscillator. SMI helps you see where the current close has taken place relative to the midpoint of the recent high to low range is based on price change in relation to the range of the price. This is a range based indicator, when used right. It...

1) Trix Ribbon =============================================================== This was built on request. Many Stock/FX traders overlay multiple Trix lines to form the ribbon, this indicator makes it easy. Also, optionally this can plot a BollingerBand on Trix_1. More info on...

Smart money index (SMI) or smart money flow index is a technical analysis indicator demonstrating investors sentiment. The index was invented and popularized by money manager Don Hays. The indicator is based on intra-day price patterns. The main idea is that the majority of traders (emotional, news-driven) overreact at the beginning of the trading day because of...

Stochastic Momentum Index (SMI) or Stoch MTM is used to find oversold and overbought zones. It also helps to figureout whether to enter short trade or long trade. Red Shade in the Top indicates that the stock is oversold and the Green shade in the bottom indicates overbought. Strategy: Enter Long once the Overbought Zone ended and there's a crossover below...

The theory behind the indexes is as follows: On days of increasing volume, you can expect prices to increase, and on days of decreasing volume, you can expect prices to decrease. This goes with the idea of the market being in-gear and out-of-gear. Both PVI and NVI work in similar fashions: Both are a running cumulative of values, which...

// Constructs the trailing ATR stop above or below the price, and switches // directions when the source price breaks the ATR stop. Uses the Average // Directional Index (ADX) to switch between ATR multipliers. The higher // multiplier is used when the ADX is rising, and the lower ATR multiplier // is used with the ADX is falling. This ADX criteria further widens...

This indicator plots Dynamic Momentum Index indicator. The Dynamic Momentum Index (DMI) was developed by Tushar Chande and Stanley Kroll. The indicator is covered in detail in their book The New Technical Trader. The DMI is identical to Welles Wilder`s Relative Strength Index except the number of periods is variable rather than fixed. The...

I am a big fan of Constance Brown. Her book "Technical Analysis for Trading Professionals" is an absolute classic (get the 2nd edition). I have included here 2 of the indicators she uses in all her charts. Composite Index ---------------------------------------- This is a formula Ms Brown developed (Cardwell may not agree!) to identify divergence failures with...

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A modified DMI, This turns the standard DMI into an Oscillator. The DMI cross signal is the same, but as an OSC you get the added benefits or finding divergences, etc. The added WIlder's Average Line (blue) can help you see if a short term trend is getting less interesting.

This technique was described by William Blau in his book "Momentum, Direction and Divergence" (1995). His book focuses on three key aspects of trading: momentum, direction and divergence. Blau, who was an electrical engineer before becoming a trader, thoroughly examines the relationship between price and momentum in step-by-step examples....

Legacy and disaggregated COT index for several commodities I trade: ZC, ZW, ZS, ZL, ZM, HG, GC, SI, CC, KC, CT, OJ, SB, CL, HO, NG Available indexes: Commercials Index Large traders Index Producers Index Managed Money Index Data is taken from Quandl: www.quandl.com Default week period is 26 except for CC, KC, CT, OJ, SB, CL, HO and NG where...

-- Fixed --- Source: pastebin.com Fixes an issue with "Combined" mode, using wrong symbols. --- Original --- The High-Low Index is a breadth indicator based on Record High Percent, which is based on new 52-week highs and new 52-week lows. Readings below 50 indicate that there were more new lows than new highs. Readings above 50 indicate that...

Accumulation Swing Index ----------------------------------------------- ASI is a cumulative sum of swing index, developed by Wilder. ASI attemps to show the "real market" by quantifying price. This allows the use of classic support/resistance analysis on the index itself. Typical analysis involves looking for breakouts, new highs and lows, and...

Indicator developed by Brazilian and analyst Odir Aguiar (Didi), consists of "Moving Averages", known for the famous needles Didi, which allows the visualization of reversal points. The concept is very simple, when you insert 3 Moving Averages on display, one of three periods, an 8 and the other 20, there appears the formation of the indicator which works on an...

Stoch CCI has a nicer divergence than Stoch RSI. Enjoy!

The RVI is a modified form of the relative strength index (RSI). The original RSI calculation separates one-day net changes into positive closes and negative closes, then smoothes the data and normalizes the ratio on a scale of zero to 100 as the basis for the formula. The RVI uses the same basic formula but substitutes the 10-day...