The name ‘Floor-Trader Pivot,’ came from the fact that Pivot points can be calculated quickly, on the fly using price data from the previous day as an input. Although time-frames of less than a day can be used, Pivots are commonly plotted on the Daily Chart; using price data from the previous day’s trading activity. You can change long to short in the...
The FVE is a pure volume indicator. Unlike most of the other indicators (except OBV), price change doesn?t come into the equation for the FVE (price is not multiplied by volume), but is only used to determine whether money is flowing in or out of the stock. This is contrary to the current trend in the design of modern money flow indicators. The author...
This is one of the techniques described by William Blau in his book "Momentum, Direction and Divergence" (1995). If you like to learn more, we advise you to read this book. His book focuses on three key aspects of trading: momentum, direction and divergence. Blau, who was an electrical engineer before becoming a trader, thoroughly examines the...
This indicator gauges the magnitude of price and volume movement. The indicator returns both positive and negative values where a positive value means the market has moved up from yesterday's value and a negative value means the market has moved down. A large positive or large negative value indicates a large move in price and/or lighter volume. A small...
This Pivot points is calculated on the current day. Pivot points simply took the high, low, and closing price from the previous period and divided by 3 to find the pivot. From this pivot, traders would then base their calculations for three support, and three resistance levels. The calculation for the most basic flavor of pivot points, known as...
This indicator plots Dynamic Momentum Index indicator. The Dynamic Momentum Index (DMI) was developed by Tushar Chande and Stanley Kroll. The indicator is covered in detail in their book The New Technical Trader. The DMI is identical to Welles Wilder`s Relative Strength Index except the number of periods is variable rather than fixed. The variability of...
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The Average Directional Movement Index Rating (ADXR) measures the strength of the Average Directional Movement Index (ADX). It's calculated by taking the average of the current ADX and the ADX from one time period before (time periods can vary, but the most typical period used is 14 days). Like the ADX, the ADXR ranges from values of 0 to 100 and reflects...
Vertical Horizontal Filter was initiated by Adam White. It was first published in a magazine called “Issues of Futures” in August, 1991. The Vertical Horizontal Filter (VHF) is a very common Indicator used by traders to find out the Phase of a Price Trend. Normally, a price trend can be in a Trending Phase or a Congestion Phase/Choppy Movement Phase. Adam...
A type of technical indicator that is created by plotting two bands around a short-term simple moving average (SMA) of an underlying asset's price. The upper band is created by adding a value of the average true range (ATR) - a popular indicator used by technical traders - to the moving average. The lower band is created by subtracting a value of the ATR...
Ever since the people concluded that stock market price movements are not random or chaotic, but follow specific trends that can be forecasted, they tried to develop different tools or procedures that could help them identify those trends. And one of those financial indicators is the Rainbow Oscillator Indicator. The Rainbow Oscillator Indicator is...
A technical indicator developed by Tushar Chande to numerically identify trends in candlestick charting. It is calculated by taking an 'n' period moving average of the difference between the open and closing prices. A Qstick value greater than zero means that the majority of the last 'n' days have been up, indicating that buying pressure has been...
Psychological line (PSY), as an indicator, is the ratio of the number of rising periods over the total number of periods. It reflects the buying power in relation to the selling power. If PSY is above 50%, it indicates that buyers are in control. Likewise, if it is below 50%, it indicates the sellers are in control. If the PSY moves along the 50% area,...
Determining market trends has become a science even though a high number or people still believe it’s a gambling game. Mathematicians, technicians, brokers and investors have worked together in developing quite several indicators to help them better understand and forecast market movements. Developed by Modulus Financial Engineering Inc., the prime number...
Determining market trends has become a science even though a high number or people still believe it’s a gambling game. Mathematicians, technicians, brokers and investors have worked together in developing quite several indicators to help them better understand and forecast market movements. The Prime Number Bands indicator was developed by Modulus...
The Performance indicator or a more familiar term, KPI (key performance indicator), is an industry term that measures the performance. Generally used by organizations, they determine whether the company is successful or not, and the degree of success. It is used on a business’ different levels, to quantify the progress or regress of a department, of an...
Linear Regression Intercept is one of the indicators calculated by using the Linear Regression technique. Linear regression indicates the value of the Y (generally the price) when the value of X (the time series) is 0. Linear Regression Intercept is used along with the Linear Regression Slope to create the Linear Regression Line. The Linear Regression...
The Chande Forecast Oscillator developed by Tushar Chande The Forecast Oscillator plots the percentage difference between the closing price and the n-period linear regression forecasted price. The oscillator is above zero when the forecast price is greater than the closing price and less than zero if it is below. You can change long to short in the...