The VHF indicator can be a useful tool as it attempts to measure the “trendiness” of a market. It reveals the strength of a trend, not the trend direction. This filter compares the sum of one-day price changes within a specific time period to the range between the high and low prices over the specified period. The VHF values help identify whether prices are in a trending phase as well as the degree or strength of a trend, where the trader should use trend-following indicators, or if the prices are in a trading range market, a case where congestion-phase indicators (such as
oscillators which work well in trading range markets) should be used.
In theory, the VHF indicator can be used in the following three ways:
1. In determining whether a particular market condition is trending or is in a congestion/non-trending phase: A rising VHF line indicates a developing trend; a falling VHF line indicates prices may be entering a trading range market.
2. To determine the degree or strength of a trend: The higher the VHF line, the higher the degree of trending. A falling line indicates a trend is weak.
3. The use of the VHF as a contrarian indicator: Relatively low VHF values can indicate that prices can be expected to break out of the congestion phase and start trending. On the other hand, relatively high VHF values indicate that a trending phase may be coming to a close and that the market is getting ready to enter a congestion phase.
This is an indicator that I have found on ninjatrader support website , I though it would be a good add-on to BMT collection
Combination of RSI and ATR .
COMPATIBILITY:
NinjaTrader 6.5: YES
NinjaTrader 7.0: YES (tested by sam028)
This is a simple indicator which shows the various pivot levels: Pivot Point, S1, S2, S3, R1, R2, R3. It works only on a 24hour chart. You must choose your session open and session close. At present it will not work for overnight sessions. I will probably make a new one for overnight sessions as I am interested in this myself, but for now it won't work with overnight sessions.
There are pivot indicators available on the Ninja forum but the ones I found there were either overly complicated or they didn't keep the lines on the historical charts, only on the present day.
COMPATIBILITY:
NinjaTrader 6.5: YES
NinjaTrader 7.0: YES (tested by sam028)
This is a slightly improved ADX indicator which colors the indicator different colors for above & below a threshold. This makes it easy to see if the ADX is above a threshold. I use it to stop trading when price isn't trending.
COMPATIBILITY:
NinjaTrader 6.5: YES
NinjaTrader 7.0: YES (tested by sam028)
SuperTrend uses ATR (average true range) to identify when the trend has changed direction. You can combine this with multiple moving average types to smooth the averages, and you are left with a super effective indicator that can be used to:
- Used to paint bars
- Used to show stop/reverse lines
This indicator is a real-time indicator and does not plot against historical data. A histogram splitting volume between trades at higher or equal to the high of the last bar or lower or equal to the low of the last bar is plotted.
It is currently executed using Chart Trader under the Advanced Trade Management system on Ninja Trader. The goal is to write a strategy using these indicators and back test it. The one think I do not know how to do is how to pass the 2 variables generated by this indicator to a strategy.
COMPATIBILITY:
NinjaTrader 6.5: YES
NinjaTrader 7.0: YES (tested by sam028)
This indicator plots the maximum high or minimum low of a forming Range Bar. The plots disappear as soon as a new bar forms or the current bar has filled its required range.
Nov 5th: have fixed coding problem so that it will no longer function when you change to other chart formats. Right now is good for Range Bar and RangeAlt. If someone tells me the coding for the RangeNoGap I can add that in.
This is my version of two of the volume patterns from the Better Volume indicator from eminiwatch.com. I only use HVC & LV bars in my trading and these were easy to port. The other volume bars (Climax bars) require upticks & downticks which are available historically with Tradestation but not with Ninjatrader.
HVC bars often mark turning points and are usually the result of professional activity.
LV bars are usually amateur activity and the move may not continue.
I have tested this indicator against the better volume indicator on Tradestation and there is zero difference. If you want the Climax bars I encourage you to purchase the Better Volume for Ninjatrader from eminiwatch.
I also plan to add more volume patterns to this indicator such as "No Demand", "Stopping Volume", etc. If anyone would like to contribute please let me know, I have lots of ideas but little time so I could use the help.
For more information on using this indicator and the volume patterns, please see the thread:
June 28th, 2020 08:53 PM naphtalicapital Thanks for posting. You did a great job. Unfortunately when i tries importing into NT8 it said the file is for an older
version. Do you have NT8 version?
May 25th, 2020 12:46 PM OutATime This is great, thanks for your efforts!
January 1st, 2018 05:47 AM Trini Thanks.
July 13th, 2017 01:51 PM delta9100
November 21st, 2016 11:23 AM tapit69 Super with other MA's Thanks
June 30th, 2011 01:44 AM Southsea Thanks for the great indicator! I am having a problem, though. I can't get the price markers to work. I set price mar
kers on "true" and they do not appear. Thoughts? I would be REALLY helpful to have price markers. Thanks again for t
he fabulous indicator! SS
May 3rd, 2011 09:33 AM AttitudeTrader Thanks! Perfect for what I needed.
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September 9th, 2010 02:38 PM theucreport
June 23rd, 2010 05:24 PM ValLiant exactly what i am looking for thanks for posting!
May 5th, 2010 07:03 AM mata Thanks for the helpful tool and it works with NT7
March 19th, 2014 06:33 PM bobc635 Thanks....Looks interesting
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f through 9/4/2013
January 6th, 2011 11:54 PM masaleem1 Hi my name is saleem and I am a novice trader was taking a look at your volume plot
it looks very interesting so I just wonted to know why you came up with the this plot and
how the underling logic of the plot works. Well I am sure you are very busy and don't feel
you have to rush to reply back
well great work
April 15th, 2010 08:44 AM greathopes Very interesting looking. Can't wait to see it in realtime.
April 12th, 2018 02:17 AM traderhas My goodness!This is the ultimate filter for chop.Tried it on 1 min Dow futures.Thanks and God bless.CANNOT trade without
it.
August 13th, 2011 07:37 PM philtrader thanks for sharing. defining trend strengh is key with money management.
May 25th, 2011 10:49 PM piptek Thanks for sharing and your hard work. Big heart.
March 23rd, 2011 02:21 PM tradermav Thanks for sharing.
October 4th, 2010 02:23 AM tradermav Thanks for sharing appreciate the work put into this indicator.