This is a quick implementation of the Klinger Volume Oscillator as published by Stephen J.Klinger in the December 1997 issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities. Here is a short recapitulation of how he trades the oscillator.
"The most powerful use of the KVO comes when the indicator reaches an extreme reading either above or below the center line and reverses direction. This signals an exhaustion of the prevailing trend and warns of an impending reversal in price.
The most reliable signals occur in the direction of the prevailing trend. Trades against the trend tend to be high-risk ventures.
The most important signal occurs when the KVO diverges from price action, especially on price extremes, either in
overbought or oversold territory. When a security makes a new high or low for a cycle and the KVO fails to confirm
this, the indicator is warning that the trend is losing momentum and nearing completion."
Posted some examples on how to use in reading charts and action https://nexusfi.com/elite-circle/27433-k_bettervolume-tos-new-version-downloads.html
Here's an interesting view of volume that I've been watching for a while. Added to the K_BetterVolume indicator I posted here a while back.
Instead of watching the classic volume bar by bar plot, I started watching the average buy vs sell for a period, which I found much more insightful. A stronger/more sustained price move is usually associated with a net volume avg forming in the same direction, also moves with no strong volume supporting them will possibly be short-lived- this simple way to view volume is especially useful when there's no easy way to track volume at bid/ask level, or if you don't want to go that deep...
Changes in this version:
A simple way to track Buy vs Sell volume for a given length of bars, "Directional Volume, or Volume Pressure or VXNet", which is the net of ratio of buy vs sell avg volume (WMA) to the overall volume average. inspired by a similar concept in one of Elder's study
added a volume buzz label calculation (the closest I could get to a VolBuzz calc in ToS, impossible to do in custom WatchLists or scans). By Changing the chart aggregation, I can check the VolBuzz (basically current bar's volume vs longer average volume of same time interval)
VXNet can be displayed on top of the "classic" volume plot, or separately .. changing plot settings enables to view it as a histogram, or just a simple green/red cloud.. see screencap for examples of how this study can be set
VXNet is zero-lag smoothed, however keep smoothing as small as possible (3 to 5) not to lose traction to actual volume trend change
informative labels, can be turned on or off - Dynamic coloring
this algo does test well and provides a better signal (sometimes up to 3 bar improvment) than taking the whole volume bar as a buy or sell volume based on the close vs open technique in prior version..
The Dynamics coloring of the info labels still there, provides visual clue for major volume spikes that deserve attention
code is commented.. TOS Study setup "baloon mini-guide" also included.
This is my modified version of the default VolumeAvg study in ThinkOrSwim.
the way my simple mind interprets volume move, i expect to see the volume bar Red for "down-days" (closing below the Open) and Green for "up-days" (Closing higher than Open).
Default logic in ToS's VolumeAvg study is different where volume bar color is based on trend, so compares today's close to yesterday's - or prior period's - close. Green of closes higher, red if closes below.
this quick customization enables me to switch between the 2 logics (Day vs Trend), default is "Day", so the Volume bar is colored based on period's open/close. (see a comparison in screenshot). you can use with any period or aggregation.
A double moving average has been added as an extra. i can see short-term (7 day EMA by default) volume vs long-term EMA(200 by default). for a better clue on sudden shifts in volume.
you can change settings for the study (Fast Period, Slow, and Volume Bias logic).
hope other fellow traders will find this as useful as i do,
RedK
the idea is to separate the Directional Volume in a simpler oscillator-type plot (+100%/-100%) for better tracking of net volume as it moves between buying and selling modes.
see the screencap for how this is sometimes easier to follow than the full BetterVolume study, especially when you're watching the ET market hours (will usually have very little volume than normal hours).. BetterVolume still provides much more insight and label values. the core calc is the same.
Got my hands on ToS again, and we're back in business.. - here's a come-back gift...
This is my own ToS port of SVAPO (Short-Term Volume and Price Oscillator), a trading system introduced by Sylvain Vervoort that combines both volume and price trends to identify tradable setups - full details on the concept, and trade rules that he suggests are herehttps://stocata.org/ta_en/proprietary.html
took the concept and re-wrote it for ToS, using my own preferred techniques for smoothing and averaging - to achieve less lag and make the final plot more "friendly and usable" - while maintaining the overall original concept. (let me know if interested in exact details of the differences). also changed the resulting oscillator to a restricted range -100/+100 - no longer need to use the StdDev upper/lower lines..
the code is commented - the full details of how the original SVAPO can be used for signal generation are on web site above.
I also added the option to view the resulting plot in a Stepped mode or with an Inverse Fisher Transform - we still get almost no lag as we don't use unnecessary smoothing here. you can see how the signal (in this case crossing the zero line) is in line with the K_TraderRibbon on top, sometimes ahead of it.
suggestions for use:
use K_SVAPO along with a long-term trend indicator. if you set K_SVAPO correctly, it will provide unambigious signals on ideal entry points when the price retraces before continuing the trend.
you can also use 2 K_SVAPO, one longer and one shorter to provide a similar combo. in that case, i suggest you change one of them to the "Stepper" for easier viewing
as usual, appreciate if you keep in the forum. all feedback & comments welcome, as i'm still testing this anyways,
MDHG for Sierra Charts with volume profile histograms, VAH/VAL/VPOC (Current version = 1543) This was posted at the SC support board and I modified it.
There are two studies hidden, they can both be enabled if so desired. One is a different trade indicator study and the other is a volume study in region 2.
This was initially made for /CL and I'm using it for /ES.
The Volume profile value areas may not be precise, I'm more accustomed to MP, although the VPOC does appear to be accurate.
The large volume trade indicator will need to be adjusted to whatever suits the trade levels the end user likes to see.
I personally have remove the DOM depth, it can be disabled/enabled via Trade > Show Depth
Note: If you find bugs, have feature requests, or anything else, post in THIS thread.
This is a simple indicator that highlights the maximum volume achieved during the day... AS IT DEVELOPS.
The max volume is reset at the START of your session template's start time, and as a newer higher volume is made, that bar is highlighted. You can select the color of the volume plot in the 'plots' section, and the color of the highlight you desire in the 'parameters section.
This indicator update onEachTic() like the standard volume indicator does.
There is not much to this indicator, but someone requested it in THIS thread. By the time I got around to building it, someone already posted one, so I did not post this version. Just posting it in the case someone else needs such an indie.
Again, this was not my idea, but was built on someone else's specs in the above thread.
This volume indicator is based on Gail Mercer's article in the Sept. 2012 issue of TASC. It colors the volume bars based on whether the price bar is an up, down, outside, or inside price bar.
The logic is as follows:
- Up bar = current high > previous high and current low >= previous low (green vol bar)
- DownBar = current high <= previous high and current low < previous low (red vol bar)
- OutsideBar = current high > previous high and current low < previous low (gray vol bar)
InsideBar = current high <= previous high and current low >= previous low (transparent vol bar)
February 5th, 2021 12:23 PM mzapata24 can not be imported at Nt8
January 2nd, 2021 05:38 PM andreibara Not able to import this one as well. For those who were able to make it work, does it require a particular configuration
? You can message me as well if you don't want to leave a rating.
October 29th, 2020 12:56 PM Jonsell Not importing, needs to be updated with current NT8.