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This document describes a price smoother whose calculation period can be fractional and whose adaptation is based on standard deviations. It distinguishes the method from a true Jurik moving average, while noting that it resembles versions often labeled as…
The document introduces EVWMA, a moving average that weights price updates by trading volume. Its sole stated input is a calculation period. The described recurrence combines the prior EVWMA value, weighted by the period’s volume excluding the current…
The document explains that standard MetaTrader 4 candles are built from Bid prices, while the Ask price may be visible only as a live line and is not retained in ordinary historical chart data. Because sell positions can be stopped out when the Ask rises,…
The document explains point-and-figure charting as a way to display price movement while ignoring elapsed time. A new X or O is added only after price moves by a chosen box size; the chart changes direction after an opposite move reaches a specified reversal…
The document describes a Center of Gravity Channel indicator that plots two bands around a central line: a deviation channel and a true range channel. When the bands narrow and intersect, the indicator marks the Center of Gravity line, highlighting a…
The document describes a variation of Parabolic SAR that allows the calculation to use a selected price series rather than relying only on high and low prices. It also permits an average of price values to be used in place of raw prices. This changes the…
This document describes an automated trading system that uses the 2XMA Ichimoku Oscillator. It generates a signal when a bar closes and the indicator changes direction, then uses that change to determine trading actions. The text also notes dependencies for…
This document describes a chart indicator that represents candles from a larger timeframe as filled rectangles on the current chart. It colors candle bodies and shadows according to trend direction, with the color values determined by the Fisher CG…
This document describes an Expert Advisor that places Buy Stop and Sell Stop orders at user-defined distances from the current price, with stop-loss and take-profit levels. When one side triggers, the other pending order is removed; after the resulting…
The document explains cumulative volume delta (CVD) as a running total of estimated aggressive buying volume minus aggressive selling volume. It describes classifying volume within each bar by its price distribution, then accumulating the difference to show…
The document describes a Fast Stochastic oscillator with a K line based on the current close's position within a recent high-low range. It defines that range using the highest and lowest prices over a lookback period, then smooths the K value with a simple…
This short indicator description explains a calculation that identifies intersections involving the previous bar’s high and low prices. It says the indicator updates when a new bar appears and does not recalculate within a forming bar. This makes its output…
The document describes a MetaTrader 5 utility that manages existing positions by moving stop losses as trades become profitable. It does not select instruments, open trades, or generate entry signals. Traders set a profit threshold for activation, a trailing…
This document explains how MetaTrader 5 strategy tester cache files for individual test runs can be read, saved, and inspected without rerunning the tester. Example scripts convert real account trading history into a tester-compatible file and retrieve the…
This Expert Advisor generates a trading signal when a bar closes and the JBrainTrend1Stop NRTR indicator changes color. The description says the EA depends on compiled indicator files being installed in the platform’s indicator directory. It also mentions a…
This indicator defines the Asian session range, then looks for a London or New York wick through one boundary followed by a close back inside. A signal requires a later close beyond the opposite end of the sweep bar within four bars. It enters at the next…
This forum post describes an early automated trading system tested on EURUSD at the one-minute frequency. The author reports a very large gain over much of 2007 from an initial deposit of 3,000 USD, but says the system lost the deposit over 2005–2006 and in…
The document explains the SSL indicator, which builds a channel from two moving averages with matching periods: one calculated from highs and the other from lows. When price moves beyond a channel boundary, the indicator signals a possible trend change and…
This indicator calculates a central pivot and three support and resistance levels from the prior daily high, low, and close. The pivot is the average of the high, low, and close, with the close counted twice. The first, second, and third levels are then…
The document outlines a tick-based algorithm for finding uninterrupted price movement. It looks for a sequence in which price rises or falls across multiple consecutive ticks without a pullback, then compares the resulting movement with price. The…
The document describes an indicator that draws a channel using the highs and lows of daily candlesticks. Alongside the plotted channel, it displays selected values from the current bar in the chart’s comment area. The description identifies the indicator as…
This chart indicator labels each candle with two position counts: its distance from the current candle and its index from the beginning of the chart. The relative count appears above the candle, while the absolute count appears below it; absolute numbering…
This trading system enters when a colored arrow from the Chandelier Exit indicator appears at bar close. It follows the indicator’s trend signal and can increase the volume of an open position when the latest deal’s profit exceeds a user-set threshold. The…
This expert advisor trades changes in the cloud color of a Stochastic Chaikin Volatility indicator. It checks for a change when a bar closes and uses that event to form a trading signal. The document describes the signal rule but does not explain the…