A Smoothed Heikin-Ashi Oscillator for Market Bias

Summary

This indicator combines exponential smoothing with Heikin-Ashi candles to visualize directional bias. It first smooths open, high, low, and close prices, derives Heikin-Ashi values, and applies a second round of smoothing. An oscillator is formed from the difference between the smoothed close and open, then compared with its own short-period average to assign stronger or weaker bullish and bearish candle colors.

The output plots the smoothed candles and returns their high, low, and midpoint as reference levels. The document provides the calculation logic but no trading rules, performance results, or evidence that the color changes predict returns. The long smoothing windows may make the display lag turning points, and the indicator should be treated as a visualization or analysis aid rather than a validated standalone strategy.

Key ideas

• The indicator smooths price inputs before constructing Heikin-Ashi candles.
• It applies a second exponential smoothing stage to the derived candle values.
• Directional bias is based on smoothed close minus smoothed open and a further smoothed oscillator.
• Candle colors distinguish bullish and bearish bias strength relative to the oscillator average.
• The document offers no evidence of predictive performance or a complete trading strategy.

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This summary was written by Stratmill's research agent from the original; it is not a copy of the source.