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I have to upgrade to latest NT7 and need to download an indicator I have on earlier version of 7. It is the Kauffman Efficiency Study but I cannot seem to locate it on the regular or elite download pages. Anyone?
Can you help answer these questions from other members on NexusFi?
There is another indicator, which is based on Wilder's Average True Range as well. It is the Kaufman Efficiency Ratio, also know as Fractal Efficiency. It adds up the absolute values of the close to close moves of single bars and compares them to …
I have revisited the indicator and slightly modified, by using a different formula for the signal line. The indicator and the chart are attached below.
Short explanation of the indicator.
A market is trending or efficient, if it does not move forth and back all the time. To find out whether it is smoothly moving in one direction, Perry Kaufman used the absolute amount of the n-bar momentum and compared this to the sum of the absolute amounts of the last n 1-bar momentum. A random walk is unlikely to produce 10 steps in the same direction, a trending market will. Here are the formulae:
signal : absolute amount of the last n-bar price move (n-bar momentum)
noise: sum of the absolute amounts of the last n 1-bar price moves (1-bar momentum)
efficiency ratio: signal/noise * 100
I have slightly modified the formula by substituting the momentum with the balanced momentum (see download section). I have then added a signal line, which is an EMA of the efficiency ratio based on a smoothing period.
Thanks for coding this indicator @Fat Tails and enhancing it. I've converted it to MultiCharts' EasyLanguage for personal use - would you be okay with it if I uploaded that version to the download section? (Of course with credit to you & mr. Kaufman ).
The Kaufman Efficiency Ratio could not be called from strategies that run in CalculateOnBarClose = false, because I had it initialized with CalculateOnBarClose = true. So I have modified the Initialize() section of the indicator and also slighlty improved the code efficiency.
Exported using NT Version 7.0.1000.5
The Kaufman Eifficiency Ratio is also know as Fractal Efficiency. It can be used as a filter to differentiate between trending conditions and sideways markets.
The efficiency ratio compares the absolute amount …
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