Range Filter: Smoothing Price Moves into Directional Breakout Signals
Summary
The Range Filter aims to reduce minor price fluctuations so that directional moves are easier to see. It first smooths the absolute change in price, then scales that average range by a multiplier. The resulting threshold governs a filter line: price movements smaller than the threshold do not move the line, while sufficiently large moves shift it. Upper and lower target bands are plotted around the filter.
The described signal logic tracks whether the filter is rising or falling and whether price is above or below it. A directional condition becomes a long or short signal when it reverses the prior condition; the indicator can mark these changes with arrows. The example settings are identified as intended for a five-minute BTCUSDC chart, with a note to adjust parameters for other coins. The document supplies no backtest, execution assumptions, or risk controls, so it does not establish that the signals are profitable or transferable across assets and timeframes.
Key ideas
- The filter uses a smoothed, multiplied price range to suppress movements below a threshold.
- A filter line and surrounding target bands visualize the current directional range.
- Signal direction depends on filter movement and price position relative to the line.
- A new directional signal is marked when the condition switches from the prior direction.
- The example configuration is intended for a five-minute BTCUSDC chart and is not validated for other settings.
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