Here are two indicators for the "Identifying Cup Formation Early" by Giorgos E. Silligardos, PhD in April 2011 issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities. Silligardos has another excellent article in a past TASC issue (Feb 2006) on formation of Cup and Handle with the code for Metastock. His articles are some of the best that I have seen in TASC during the past 25 years. These indicators help identify formation of C&H in their early phase.
Exported using: NT 7.0.1000.4
Import the zip file into NT 7. Two files, "SemiCup" and "SemiCupInternal" will be added to your indicator window and they need to be plotted together for the concept.
Note: These indicators seem to be more applicable for position trading rather than day-trading.
This is the EasyLanguage version of BMT_Envelop BigMike came up with.
I like the Averages & Fib Levels & since I use Tradestation, here is my version.
I made very minor changes for my use:
1. I changed 76.4% to 61.8%
2. I have commented the 100% & 161% plots (I find scaling of charts an issue with Tradestation)
Either of these changes can be un-commented very easily.
The inbuilt function in TS to get OHLC for the day is based on time so I had to customize to use sessions & have new functions attached as a part of ELD.
Originally ported from MetaTrader, I found this in one of BMT's threads & made some slight modifications to it. I found the original bar size and font size a little too small for my large monitor and decided to add a "bar size multipler" and "font size multiplier" to enlarge the size of the color bars as well as the font.
Other older members, who, like myself, may have a difficult time seeing small objects on a chart, may find this helpful.
You can increase the size of the color bars, the font, or both.
This indicator is no longer maintained. Please download the new Range Analysis indicator, which identifies inside bars, narrow range bars, outside bars, wide range bars and LBR triangles.
This is my personal version of the narrow range and inside range bars, which were first presented by Toby Crabel in his book "Day Trading With Short Term Price Patterns and Opening Range Breakout".
Narrow Range 7 (NR7) Bar: A bar which has a smaller range than the preceding 6 bars. This definition does not include any bars that have a range smaller or equal to the preceding 6 bars.
Inside Range Bar: A bar with a lower or equal high, a higher or equal low and a smaller range than the preceding bar.
Inside Range 4 (IR4) Bar: An Inside Range Bar which qualifies as weak Narrow Range 4 Bar. Only for the purpose of qualifying Inside Range Bars, I use a weaker definition for Narrow Range Bar, which includes the bars that have a range smaller or equal to the preceding 3 bars, as opposed to the definition given above.
Inside Range 7 (IR7) Bar: A bar which is both a Narrow Range 7 and an Inside Bar.
The lookback periods for the Narrow Range and Inside Range Bars can be selected by the user. The default values are 7 and 4 and include the current bar.
Sound File: The sound file is user selectable. You first need to copy your sound file to the directory C:\Program Files\Ninjatrader 7 \sounds. You can then select the file via the indicator dialogue box. Make sure that your sound file is compatible with NinjaTrader. NinjaTrader 7 does not support wav\MPEG, you need to convert it to wav\PCM first with an audio recorder.
Here's an interesting indicator created by James Stanley of DailyFX. The oscillator measures the difference between the upper and lower bollinger bands. A moving average of the same length as the bollinger band is also plotted over the oscillator.
If the oscillator is greater than the moving average, it indicates the trend is accelerating.
If the oscillator is less than the moving average, it indicates the trend is decelerating.
This is a momentum strategy based on pivot levels. The strategy is quite simple in that it will enter a long position at the R1 daily pivot and a short position at the S1 daily pivot. The stop and limit amounts can be set in the EA properties. The strategy is based off of the floor trader pivots indicator already included in the Strategy Trader platform.
December 8th, 2014 11:34 AM Dave G Thanks you. thank you, thank you. I use this indicator everyday. Would it be possible for you to add color to it so tha
t > 1.5 shows one color, and < 1.5 shows a different color?
June 22nd, 2011 12:39 PM rfiske Fat Tails > Could this be modified to paint the entire bar and wick a solid (selectable) color? know your VERY busy wit
h many other projects - but maybe someone else could have a go at it!
Again thanks for all your MANY great contributions to BMT! not trying to butter you up - but! LOL
June 13th, 2011 05:35 PM tony2604 Great!
May 21st, 2011 09:29 PM rfiske Another Really great indicator from Fat Tails! Works just great.
Thanks
May 1st, 2011 08:28 PM AttitudeTrader Thanks for putting this together man! Works great (I'm using the text rather than the diamonds).
August 16th, 2016 12:55 PM bobc635 Very Nice !!! Thanks
March 17th, 2016 08:32 AM no3putts Thank you!
December 31st, 2015 01:23 PM Srq1 Thanks Wizard, very useful indicator.
August 26th, 2015 05:39 AM fisagol Very useful indicator! Good job!!
July 22nd, 2013 02:46 AM Amsterdam Whale You're bang on - I'm much more able to see at a 'glance' what once could only be seen by a 'squint'. The only thing wors
e than getting old and things getting blurry is being young and things getting blurry! Oh well, some must apparently go
down early, I can hack it. Thanks very much for this.
March 11th, 2019 12:56 PM vmodus Not sure what I'm looking at, but it's interesting at least. My partner uses Fib a lot, so I'll send it her way.
September 26th, 2015 08:04 AM PharmDoc I use Tradestation 9.5, 61.8% in fibs, and session times to build bars. Thanks for your time in creating the ELD.
August 5th, 2013 11:48 AM jmsUK Thanks for this. Was looking for an indicator which labels the extremes with the actual price, rather than points/ticks.