This is a fast version of the MACD BB Lines indicator. The MACD settings and the band period, the multiplier for the standard deviation, the dotsize and all colors can be selected.
Different colors can be selected for dots outside and inside the Bollinger Band.
Connector line added between the MACD dots.
Unlike previous indicators this indicator can also be used on multiseries charts or charts with equidistant bar spacing set to "false".
The default colours are adapted to dark backgrounds. Special thanks to Zondor for speed-optimizing the code.
UPDATED April 22, 2011 to add a histogram feature (difference between MACD and its AVERAGE line).
Version 4, exported using NT Version 7.0.0.22 includes these enhancements (all optional):
Background coloring (flooding):
Color background, only colors the background of the indicator.
Color ALL Backgrounds, colors all indicator panels, including the price bar panel.
With ALL set to True and Price bar coloring set to true, and the sounds options set to True, you can concentrate on the price bar panel, without having to watch the indicator panel.
Conservative mode: Set to "True", the indicator will color the price bars and background when the MACD crosses above or below the Zero line (Lime, above Zero, Red, below Zero. All colors are user-selectable).
Conservative mode: Set to "False", the indicator will color the price bars and background when the MACD crosses its BB Average line, giving you more opportunities for scalping within the current price move.
BB Violation dots: An option may be chosen to paint a "double dot" on the price bar screen when the MACD BB dot violates the Bollinger Band (exits outside the band). If it re-enters the band, the condition resets, so that the next time it exits the band, another "double dot" paints on the price bar chart.
Sounds: Sound options may be chosen to play when the BB dot exits the BB Band (up sound & down sound). Sound options may be set to play when the MACD crosses (up or down) on the Zero line (up sound & down sound).
Price Bar coloring (PaintBars): You can set the color of the UP bar, DOWN bar and the OUTLINE of each. To achieve "hollow" style UP bars, simply set the UP bar color to "transparent" and then set the Outline to any color of your choice. Defaults are Lime (up bar), Black (outline), Red (down bar), Black (outline).
In the attached example, I am using it on a 4 MedianRenko bar chart with the indicator set to:
# of Std Deviations = 0.05
Band Period = 10
Dot Size = 1
Fast MACD = 60
Slow MACD = 120
Smooth = 30
The defaults are:
# of Std Deviations = 1
Band Period = 10
Dot Size = 2
Fast MACD = 12
Slow MACD = 26
Smooth = 5
Thanks to Jeff Castille for suggesting these enhancements.
April 3rd, 2011
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Here are two indicators for the "Identifying Cup Formation Early" by Giorgos E. Silligardos, PhD in April 2011 issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities. Silligardos has another excellent article in a past TASC issue (Feb 2006) on formation of Cup and Handle with the code for Metastock. His articles are some of the best that I have seen in TASC during the past 25 years. These indicators help identify formation of C&H in their early phase.
Exported using: NT 7.0.1000.4
Import the zip file into NT 7. Two files, "SemiCup" and "SemiCupInternal" will be added to your indicator window and they need to be plotted together for the concept.
Note: These indicators seem to be more applicable for position trading rather than day-trading.
March 31st, 2011
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aligator
Originally ported from MetaTrader, I found this in one of BMT's threads & made some slight modifications to it. I found the original bar size and font size a little too small for my large monitor and decided to add a "bar size multipler" and "font size multiplier" to enlarge the size of the color bars as well as the font.
Other older members, who, like myself, may have a difficult time seeing small objects on a chart, may find this helpful.
You can increase the size of the color bars, the font, or both.
This indicator is no longer maintained. Please download the new Range Analysis indicator, which identifies inside bars, narrow range bars, outside bars, wide range bars and LBR triangles.
This is my personal version of the narrow range and inside range bars, which were first presented by Toby Crabel in his book "Day Trading With Short Term Price Patterns and Opening Range Breakout".
Narrow Range 7 (NR7) Bar: A bar which has a smaller range than the preceding 6 bars. This definition does not include any bars that have a range smaller or equal to the preceding 6 bars.
Inside Range Bar: A bar with a lower or equal high, a higher or equal low and a smaller range than the preceding bar.
Inside Range 4 (IR4) Bar: An Inside Range Bar which qualifies as weak Narrow Range 4 Bar. Only for the purpose of qualifying Inside Range Bars, I use a weaker definition for Narrow Range Bar, which includes the bars that have a range smaller or equal to the preceding 3 bars, as opposed to the definition given above.
Inside Range 7 (IR7) Bar: A bar which is both a Narrow Range 7 and an Inside Bar.
The lookback periods for the Narrow Range and Inside Range Bars can be selected by the user. The default values are 7 and 4 and include the current bar.
Sound File: The sound file is user selectable. You first need to copy your sound file to the directory C:\Program Files\Ninjatrader 7 \sounds. You can then select the file via the indicator dialogue box. Make sure that your sound file is compatible with NinjaTrader. NinjaTrader 7 does not support wav\MPEG, you need to convert it to wav\PCM first with an audio recorder.
Bill William's Acceleration Deceleration is a relative of the MACD, but it uses the Awesome Oscillator instead of the raw MACD. The signal line is obtained by smoothing the Awesome Oscillator via a simple moving average with the period 5.
This indicator can be used as a MACD histogram, which is built from simple instead of exponential moving averages.
Bill William's Awesome Oscillator is quite similar to the raw MACD, but uses simple moving averages with a period of 34 and 5 instead of the exponential moving averages used for the MACD. The input value is the median of the bar, whereas the default MACD uses the close.
The histogram shown by the indicator is comparable to the raw MACD line. I have added a signal line to the raw oscillator, just to show that it can be used in a similar fashion as the MACD.
There are other NinjaTrader versions of the Awesome Oscillator
- which use an additional data series to allow for changing the plot colors (NT 6.5)
- which do not allow to change the parameters for the moving averages
This indicator can be used as a MACD, which is built from simple instead of exponential moving averages.
- Adds a button to the chart toolbar to toggle show/hide trade executions on the chart
- Fixed OnTermination() code to properly unload objects from memory.
IMPORTANT: Remove ToggleExecutionsV1 from your charts and delete the ToggleExecutionsV1 Indicator before installing this newer version.
December 8th, 2014 11:34 AM Dave G Thanks you. thank you, thank you. I use this indicator everyday. Would it be possible for you to add color to it so tha
t > 1.5 shows one color, and < 1.5 shows a different color?
June 22nd, 2011 12:39 PM rfiske Fat Tails > Could this be modified to paint the entire bar and wick a solid (selectable) color? know your VERY busy wit
h many other projects - but maybe someone else could have a go at it!
Again thanks for all your MANY great contributions to BMT! not trying to butter you up - but! LOL
June 13th, 2011 05:35 PM tony2604 Great!
May 21st, 2011 09:29 PM rfiske Another Really great indicator from Fat Tails! Works just great.
Thanks
May 1st, 2011 08:28 PM AttitudeTrader Thanks for putting this together man! Works great (I'm using the text rather than the diamonds).
August 16th, 2016 12:55 PM bobc635 Very Nice !!! Thanks
March 17th, 2016 08:32 AM no3putts Thank you!
December 31st, 2015 01:23 PM Srq1 Thanks Wizard, very useful indicator.
August 26th, 2015 05:39 AM fisagol Very useful indicator! Good job!!
July 22nd, 2013 02:46 AM Amsterdam Whale You're bang on - I'm much more able to see at a 'glance' what once could only be seen by a 'squint'. The only thing wors
e than getting old and things getting blurry is being young and things getting blurry! Oh well, some must apparently go
down early, I can hack it. Thanks very much for this.