MAC-Z Indicator [LazyBear]

9 thg 7, 2014

This indicator is a composite of MACD and Z-Score (requested by @ChartAt). The general idea is that counter-trend component of the Z-score is used to adjust/improve the trend component of the MACD. The advantage is that it is a more accurate and “assumption-free” and can more accurately describe how a market or stock actually works in a given time frame.

I have also added support to smooth out the MAC-Z using Laguerre filter (Thanks TheLark for the excellent LMA). Note that smoothing removes the "noise" component additive of Z-Score, so you may miss some good signals. By default Laguerre smoothing is OFF, I suggest playing with the Gamma to see if you can find a proper trade-off value.

Theme credits --> liw0

More info:
cssanalytics.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/the-relationship-between-the-macd-and-z-score-creating-the-mac-z-score/