Noticed when writing my trading journal (so glad I found this forum, thanks Mike, and all those I've learned from) I was constantly noting the DOM. So, decided to have an indicator that visualized it.
This is ladder based on jtRealStats code (NT downloads) and looks at the ending cumulative volume of bids and asks for each bar. In the code I limited the idx to the 5 levels above and below. Previous postings have noted that a equally-weighted and heavy DOM is one sign of Barb Wire (AL Brooks). Thus, a vaccum for your trading $$$.
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This is a fantastic Volume based Trend indicator that i have found to be amazing.
It is i think by far, the best tracking volume indicator, i have seen through the years i have been trading.
I am trying to make a system that is based on the Green and Orange signals of effective volume (not the cyan ones) but i am no programmer so i can't do it .
I added the Zeller shark below as it matches through another avenue the signals i try to attain. As you can see they come pretty close, again as i can;t program i can't even make the _Zeller Shark indicator to fire the proper signals.
Imagine that even with the spikes of Zeller indicator and Effective voume combined
i get a decent autotrading system that keeps loosing money on the "bllody" spikes but makes it back afterwards on the runs.
I always use renko bars in all trading and autosystems i make.
So if anyone can make a system or a plain indicator that we can use from effective volume (green and orange signals) i would be really obliged.
Take care all and all the best.
Thanks Big Mike for an astounding site and effort...
This indicator compares current rolling volume for a user selected time frame and compares it to an expected volume for a user selected time frame over a user selected n period in days.
The standard settings are set to 10 minute rolling and 10 minute expected with a 13 day lookback period. So, basically the bar plot shows the current continuous rolling 10 minute volume and compares it to the line plot that is an average of every 10 minute time slot over the last 13 days.
You also have and option to exclude user selected days from the lookback period.
I find this works well with range or tick bars, but also works with time based bars.
I was searching for some time to find an indicator to simply show Bid and Ask Volume.
After searching here [and elsewhere] I found this revised version of the GomDelta indicator [here on futures.io].
This indicator relies on having access to Gomi binary data and will only work ifyou have already installed the Gomi packages [and have them working].
I like to use this on a 1 minute and a 5 minute candle chart, to see who is winning the Buy/Sell [Bid/Ask] battle at that moment.
Having said that it can also be used on Tick, Range, Reversal, Volume or Renko charts if you prefer to use it on one of those.
I'm not sure who made these modifications?
All I've done here is hard code some of my Color and Bar size preferences to suit my Black format charts.
The download file contains two indicators which can be used to explore the average range and volume of any intraday time period over a selected lookback period. The average takes into account the day of the week. For example the average volume displayed for any bar period on Wednesdays is only calculated from data taken from prior Wednesdays.
With default settings the indicators calculate average range and average volume from the prior 20 weeks (reference period). The result is then displayed for the last 2 weeks (display period) of the chart. The lookback period of the chart should be larger than the sum of reference and display period. With default setting the minimum lookback period would be 22 weeks + 1 day = 155 days.
The indicators can only be used with fixed period charts (for example 30 min or 60 min charts).
Please take into account that NinjaTrader cuts off the bars at the end of a session. Therefore the last bar of each session may show a comparatively low volume. The indicator does not convert this volume into a pro-forma volume by extrapolating the volume to a full bar.
Update September 16, 2014: Holiday calendar added, day of week is displayed below the histogram.
Detailed explanations how to use the indicator can be found here:
April 8th, 2010 04:18 PM anniebee321 i cannot see any data associated with this indicator?
January 10th, 2010 12:55 PM GoldStandard Thanks again for this tool. It's interesting to be able to view how the buyers/sellers order relationship changes at cer
tain points.
I ran across a site you might find interesting that is doing some work with order book analysis: tradingphysics.net. The
y have some interesting oscillators based on level 2 data & claim to have achieved quite a high success rate with them.
(i have no association with them)
I have a small request if its not too much trouble. For me it's a little bit counter-intuitive that the Total Buy line g
January 9th, 2010 09:18 PM GoldStandard Nice work and thank you! I'm trying this out now on replay mode.
January 7th, 2010 12:44 PM cclsys Thxs alot. I like indicators that give straight info that is otherwise hard to see (like Vwap and POC etc.). I also look
at the DOM alot and suspect this visual translation will prove helpful in learning to read various situations better.