This document describes a chart indicator built around a smoothed fast trend line called JFatl. The line acts as the boundary between colored regions, while the surrounding chart background shows the corresponding trend state. It is a visual aid for…
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This indicator description explains a trading-zone method that combines smoothed Heiken Ashi direction with the Accelerator Oscillator (AC) and Awesome Oscillator (AO). In the underlying zone concept, agreement between AC and AO direction marks an upward or…
This post proposes a technical screen for Chinese stocks using three conditions: the 20-day moving average must be above the 120-day moving average, weekly MACD must be above the zero line, and RSI must be below 65. The moving-average relationship is…
This Expert Advisor uses the relationship between moving averages calculated on two timeframes. When the current timeframe’s average crosses the higher-timeframe average upward, it signals a long entry; a downward cross signals a short entry. A new signal…
This Expert Advisor combines two smoothed XPeriodCandle indicators across different timeframes. A slower indicator sets the prevailing trend from the color of its most recently closed candle, while a faster indicator provides entries when its candle color…
IdeaTrend is a trend indicator based on moving averages of high, close, and low prices over a chosen period. The user selects the moving average calculation method and a threshold that separates its upward and downward readings. The indicator displays its…
FILTER_ADX_AM is a simple trend indicator built from a smoothed Average Directional Movement Index. It signals direction by comparing the positive and negative directional lines: the display marks one direction with a lime bar and the opposite with a red…
This document describes a higher-timeframe variant of the M2_MA indicator for MetaTrader 5. Its input setting lets the user select the timeframe whose indicator values should be displayed, with a four-hour period shown as the default example. This can let a…
This stock-selection method ranks shares by volume ratio and keeps the top 100, then filters for a weekly MACD above zero and a rising 30-day moving average. The article interprets these conditions as signs of stronger trading activity and positive medium-…
This document describes a Chinese equity selection rule combining a 3%–12% turnover range, a reversal-style condition, and a 20-day moving average above the 120-day average. Its stated rationale is to favor stocks with adequate liquidity and an upward trend,…
This indicator generalizes the conventional fractal by letting users choose how many bars must appear on each side of a price extreme. The left and right counts can differ, so an asymmetric configuration can require more historical confirmation on one side…
This Chinese equity screen focuses on stocks classified in the metaverse sector. It requires actual turnover from two days earlier to fall between 3% and 28%, and the prior day's closing price to exceed its 250-day moving average. The document interprets the…
The document explains the directional components of Wilder’s Directional Movement Index: +DI and -DI. Each measures movement extending beyond the previous bar’s range, with the positive or negative portion normalized by true range and smoothed over time. The…
This guide describes Grid Strike, a Hummingbot controller that builds a long or short order grid across a chosen price range. Unlike a conventional grid designed to trade back and forth in a range, it can add long exposure as prices rise or short exposure as…
The document describes a display feature for the PriceChannel_Stop indicator. It presents the latest indicator value as a price label and allows channel levels to be rounded to a user-selected number of decimal digits. The digit setting is an input…
The Schaff Trend Cycle combines stochastic calculations with MACD to identify currency trends. The document explains that the usual MACD signal line can respond slowly, while the STC is intended to provide earlier notice of potential trend changes. This…
The document describes NxDRangeSwitch, an NRTR moving-average indicator displayed above or below the price chart. In a downtrend, it appears above price in red; in an uptrend, it sits below price in green. A colored square marks a change in trend direction.…
DynamicRS_C_Signal is an indicator that presents trend information derived from the DynamicRS_C indicator on a fixed timeframe. Its signal is based on changes in the colors of the original indicator’s histogram bars: a colored symbol appears on the…
This stock selection rule combines three signals: RSI below 65, the product of price change and net volume from very large orders being positive, and a rising alignment of the 5-, 10-, 20-, and 60-day moving averages. The provided Python example also…
The described expert advisor combines two signal types: fast and slow moving average crosses for trend direction, and price deviations from a slower average measured with ATR-based bands for mean reversion. The stated rules generate buy signals on an upward…
This swing method uses Parabolic SAR to identify the prevailing direction and manage exits. A candle closing above SAR is treated as long-side and colored blue, while a candle below SAR is treated as short-side and colored red. The accompanying description…
This indicator aims to mark possible transitions into and out of range-bound conditions using the directional indicators DI+ and DI− alongside Parabolic SAR. It compares the SAR position with the close and checks which directional indicator is greater,…
This article presents a basic framework for evaluating candlestick patterns in the context of the prevailing trend. It recommends using tools such as moving averages to identify trend direction, then judging whether a pattern forms in a suitable location and…
The article explains idiosyncratic volatility for individual stocks and extends the idea to residual volatility for indices and commodity futures. It argues that elevated volatility is more useful for anticipating the size of future moves or divergence from…