Directional Kernel Filter [BackQuant]Directional Kernel Filter
Overview
Directional Kernel Filter is a trend overlay built from Gaussian-weighted price smoothing with an additional directional weighting term.
The indicator calculates fast and slow versions of the filter. Trend is determined by their relative position:
Fast Kernel above Slow Kernel = bullish.
Fast Kernel below Slow Kernel = bearish.
The purpose of the directional weighting is simply to give slightly more influence to historical observations whose local
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