Moving-Average Settings for Trend and Range Identification

Summary

The document describes an indicator intended to distinguish trending from sideways price movement. Its configuration includes fast and slow averaging periods, a shift relative to the price chart, the averaging method, and the applied price. The available averaging choices are simple, exponential, smoothed, and linearly weighted moving averages. The applied-price choices include open, high, low, close, median, typical, and weighted prices, with formulas given for the latter three.

This is a parameter reference, not a complete trading strategy. It does not state how the indicator classifies trend or lateral movement, how the two averages interact, or what values to use for the periods and shift. No markets, timeframes, examples, or performance tests are provided. The text also has ambiguous numbering in its descriptions of averaging methods, so implementation details should be checked against the indicator itself before relying on the settings. It offers no evidence that any selected configuration forecasts returns or controls risk.

Key ideas

• The indicator is described as distinguishing trending from sideways price movement.
• Fast and slow periods set the averaging windows, while ma_shift offsets the display relative to price.
• The listed averaging methods are simple, exponential, smoothed, and linearly weighted.
• Applied prices can be selected from open, high, low, close, median, typical, or weighted values.
• The description provides no classification rules, recommended parameters, or test results.

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