This is my take on something Gomi produced (and likely others). However my spin was I wanted to look at how big each of the pushes was - I call them bulges. I was looking to try and spot exhaustion, divergence, flush combinations.
To do this the indicator looks at consecutive red/green bars (and allows a specified number in the other direction without switching) to calculate the size of each bulge and runs some stats. It calculates a running threshold and treats that as 100%. If a bulge in excess of 100% is spotted it marks the bulge yellow dots and at the end prints its percentage size on the main chart area.
In the end I found it more useful to mark the bulge sizes relative to the previous ones on the same side (buy/sell). Magenta means the bulge is greater than the previous two and white means less than previous two. Watch for sequences of Magenta - Red/Green and then White. This can mean a move is over and ready to turn.
The indicator does colour bars according to some fuzzy bias logic. Basis for this is when bulge sizing switches from one side to the other and this can be seen when a white cross marks a bulge. The magenta bar simply says that a magenta bulge is in progress. Frankly I never found it that useful. In the end I preferred the bias colouring of my CDCycleMTF indicator mentioned in the Delta thread (although I still monitor this bias under the bonnet of my VacuumBar indicator).
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Stevea94
Exported using NT Version 7.0.1000.22
The Directional Trend Index (DTI) was developed by William Blau and published in his book "Momentum, Direction and Divergence".
To determine the value of the DTI William Blau first calculates a composite momentum from both highs and lows of the last days. In a next step both the composite momentum and the absolute values of the composite momentum are smoothed. The smoothed momentum is then divided by the smoothed absolute momentum and the result is multiplied with 100.
Momentum smoothing: William Blau smoothed both momentum and absolute momentum by applying an EMA several times (double or triple smoothing). This indicator allows to use 16 different moving averages for the smoothing. The same moving average type is used for all three average calculations.
Parameters: The lookback period for the momentum the number of bars from which the momentum is calculated. Blau uses a lookback period, which is different from the standard momentum. To obtain a 1-period momentum (price change from the last to the current bar) the Directional Trend Index requires a setting of 2 for the lookback period (default setting).
Signal line: William Blau did not use a signal line for the double smoothed indicators. I have added the signal line, because the cross of the signal line can be used as a trend indication. Moving average type and period for the signal line can be selected.
Histogram: The indicator has an option to plot a histogram, which shows the difference between DTI and signal line.
Trend definition: The indicator exposes the current trend via an IntSeries. The trend can be determined based on the DTI (rising & not oversold, falling & not overbought, neutral), the signal line (rising & not oversold, falling & not overbought, neutral)) or the DTI / signal line crosses. All trend definitions are not straightforward, but require a higher close to switch to an uptrend, or a lower close to switch to a downtrend. Moreover the DTI / signal line cross will only show an uptrend, when not oversold and a downtrend when not overbought.
Paint bars: The paintbars can be used to plot the trend information. The trend states are uptrend, downtrend and neutral trend as explained above. It is possible to apply the indicator to the price panel and unselect the indicator plots. This allows to use the indicator as a "paintbar only" indicator.
Sound alerts: The indicator comes with sound alerts which are triggered when the trend changes. The sound files are included with the zip file and should be manually copied into the directory Documents -> program files (x86) -> NinajTrader 7 -> sounds.
Update March 17, 2014: Option added to select sound files
Update 7/22/20: added CD volume filter to the CumDelta Divergence indies and reduced calculations to only displayed candles.
Hello Traders, there are 3 indies in this Zip. Two of them (CDDivergence) require Ninjas Order Flow Cum Delta. One uses BA Cum Delta and the other is UpDownTick Cum Delta and paint the candle body if price is going the opposite direction of the Cum Delta.
The other indie will paint the candle body if price is going the opposite direction of the calculated HeikenAshi bar.
They alert you to when something is going on.... is it churn or a reversal? In the pic, the HADivergence is Yellow....Try them with various candle types and see what 'speaks" to you...
Note to users... I have started cutting down the system resource requirements on many of my indicators that do not need a lot of historical data. On these indies, they calculate only what is on the screen. If you want to scroll back, just hit f5 to re-populate the indicator. It's not a huge savings, but every tick counts
Trade Well...
Bob
R1 2/11/2021: I don't use Bloodhound or other automated tools, but one user found that the calculations limited to what is on screen may not work with Bloodhound... I found the issue and it is an easy fix. In the zip are multiple indicators. The original files are still in the Zip and I have added files with "Full" appended to the name that calculates the entire history and should work with Bloodhound. I will add a new version of all of the indicators that I have posted that have the calculation limiter in a similar manner.
February 12th, 2011
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pfsmedical
Please remove old version before installing this one.
Current version is V7
This indicator tries to detect price/indicator divergence.
Any indicator in Ninja can be used and detection is possible on historical and real time charts.
To set the user indicator : goto ECIDiv parameters / Data / Input Series and choose your indicator.
When the user indicator data uses multiple periods, the Plot input is used.
ECIDiv was designed for standard Ninja period types. Usage of other period types is not guaranteed nor supported.
The divergence computation uses local turning points (called pivots) calculated on the price and the user indicator input.
When price and indicator diverge (regular or hidden divergences) an audio and visual signal is given.
Size of pivot (number of bars to the left and right) is adjustable (default size is 1).
Reminder :
Regular Divergence occurs when :
* Long signal : price makes LL and indicator HL.
* Short signal: price makes HH and indicator LH.
Hidden Divergence occurs when :
* Long signal: price makes HL and indicator LL.
* Short signal : price makes LH and indicator HH.
(LL = Lower Low, HL = Higher Low, HH = Higher High, LH = Lower High).
ECIDiv draws the input indicator. If you don't want it to be drawn, simply set it to transparent.
The input method introduced in the V7 is based on the one used by the indicator DivergenceInputSeries (that you can also find in Big Mike Forum).
TODO :
* Continue watching Big Mike Trading users feedback.
Changelog
V7 : November 1st 2013
* Major Change/Enhancement : new input method. any indicator is accepted.
* Removed : Divergence target (buggy).
V6 :
* Change : CalculateOnBarClose default is now false
* Change : Removed dots from divergence drawings (users request)
V5 :
* Added Divergence logging for internal compatibility checks
* Added Logging for internal performance logging
V4 : December 7th, 2012 + Update March 3 2013
* Added TSI, RSI, MACD
* Enhanced variable periods : slow, fast, smooth
V3 : November 21, 2012
* Added adjustable sound alert file path.
* Enhanced signal colors (separate colors for HD/RD, divergence line width).
* Added divergence price target helper.
V2 : October 3rd, 2011
* Added REGULAR Divergence detection
* Added RSI indicator to the compatible indicators list
* Added adjustable pivot left and right size
* Added adjustable signal colors
V1 : September 30th, 2011
* Initial release with HIDDEN Divergence signals for CCI/Momentum/DoubleStochastics.
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wwwingman
The ECO2New2 is a Momentum Oscillator that is not affected by opening gaps. See William Blau's Momentum/Direction/Divergence book.
Trading Ergodics with the Trend - Rules:
1. Enter or hold position only when slope of ECO2New2 Signal line has the same direction as the trend
2. Stand aside when slope of ECO2New2 Signal Line is in the opposite direction of trend
3. Enter or exit position when ECO2New2 and its Signal Line cross
4. Take note when the ECO2New2 is 'inside' it's signal line. This indicates failing momentum. This is what the magenta dot signifies.
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Sim22
The ROC Smoothed indicator is a modification of the ROC, as described in Alexander Elder's book Trading for a Living. It plots two lines: ROC, which is the difference between the current price and the price x-time periods ago, and SROC which is the difference between an MA of price and the MA of price x-time periods ago.
This oscillator avoids the major flaw of ROC. Smoothed Rate of Change compares the values of an exponential moving average instead of prices at two points in time. It gives fewer trading signals, and the quality of these signals is better.
Excerpt from the book "Trading for a Living"
To create S-ROC you must first calculate an exponential moving average of closing prices. The next step is to apply Rate of Change to the EMA. S-ROC is not very sensitive to the length of its EMA or ROC parts. You can calculate a 13-day EMA of closing prices and then apply a 21-day Rate of Change to it. Some traders calculate the Rate of Change of prices first and then smooth it with a moving average. Their method produces a much jumpier indicator, which is less useful than S-ROC.
Crowd Behavior:
An exponential moving average reflects the average consensus of value of all market participants during the period of its window. It is like a composite photograph that reflects major features of the market crowd rather than its fleeting moods. S-ROC compares each reading of an EMA to a past reading from your selected period of time.
It compares the average mass consensus today to the average consensus in the past. S-ROC tracks major shifts in the bullishness and bearishness of the market crowd.
Trading Rules:
Changes in the direction of S-ROC often identify important market turns.
Upturns of S-ROC mark significant bottoms, and its downturns mark important tops.
Divergences between S-ROC and prices give especially strong buy and sell signals.
1. Buy when S-ROC turns up from below its centerline.
2. Sell when S-ROC stops rising and turns down. Sell short when S-ROC turns down from above its centerline.
3. If prices reach a new high but S-ROC traces a lower peak, it shows that the market crowd is less enthusiastic even though prices are higher. A bearish divergence between S-ROC and price gives a strong signal to sell short.
4. If prices fall to a new low but S-ROC traces a higher bottom, it shows that the market crowd is less fearful, even though prices are lower. It shows that the downside pressure has lessened, even though the market has fallen deeper than before. A bullish divergence gives a strong signal to cover shorts and buy.
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affoltes
An optimized, ultra fast loading version using optimization techniques from the article on MoveTheMarkets, as referenced in the Optimize C# thread of the Forums.
Version 1.4 uploaded on May 30 should work with NT6.5 as well as NT7. Tested out OK here, please send me a PM if any problems.
Adapted from Blau's Momentum/Direction/Divergence by zoltran (Wes S.) and optimized by Zondor (ZondorŪ)
Here are the "rules" for using this.. take them with a grain of salt! Never rely wholly on indicators, nor on a single time frame!
Enter or hold position only when slope of ECO2New3 Signal line has the same direction as the trend
Stand aside when slope of ECO2New3 Signal Line is in the opposite direction of trend
Enter or exit position when ECO2New3 and its Signal Line cross
The magenta dot shows when the ECO2New3 is 'inside' its signal line, indicating failing momentum.
September 24th, 2011 09:12 AM visionone Nice work. Has anyone built a strategy around this indicator? I am new to NT and interested in trying to backtest a stra
tegy using this indicator. Appreciate any suggestions or pointers.
September 7th, 2011 05:46 AM dbnaegele Nice work--thanks!
March 7th, 2011 02:47 PM kevinhenjum Really useful indicator.
November 21st, 2010 04:29 PM Trafford Nice indicator - used in conjunction with say Delta Momentum indicator this works very well, price, and net Buy and Sell