Note: If you find bugs, have feature requests, or anything else, post in THIS thread.
IMPORTANT: Read before install. This is an Average DAILY range indicator, so you MUST have at least the number of days you are setting your ADR to compute an ADR. This includes weekends that don't have data. So if it does not work, MAKE sure you have enough days loaded. E.g., if you are trying to display a 14-day average, but only have 10 actual days of data(excluding weekends), the indicator will return a null value(∞).
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This indicator will display an ADR on your screen. It will also display projections of that ADR as the day progresses.
As the range is extended, the lines will adjust until the ADR is achieved... The lines will then LOCK in place, change color and remain FIXED for the rest of the session. The image attempts to show this.
The lines produced are projections, NOT predictions. The lines are simply the result of subtracting the ADR from the CURRENT daily High to plot the LOW projection, and the opposite to plot the HIGH projection. This is why the lines will adjust and shrink as the range expands.
Setting "AutoScaleLines" to true, will autoscale so that the lines are always in view on your chart. I.e., this will shrink the bars.
The on-Screen text should be self-explanatory, but the label of "complete" simply describes the current day's range as a percentage of the ADR. E.g., a value of 50% tells you the CURRENT day's range is 1/2 the ADR.
You can either on-screen display, lines or both.
The indicator will update in real-time, on each tic.
Note, installing this indicator will create a folder in your indicators called "BTMM", that's where the indicator will be.
->UPDATE(26Nov2020): V2 of Indicator. Added new Parameter called Last-Bar SmartFit. This parameter will push the ADR(the lines) to the LOD(Low of Day) or HOD(High of Day), on the LAST bar in the session. This will occur when the ADR is NOT achieved on that day.
It works by putting the range on whichever came FIRST(LOD or HOD). THis is mostly visual, as I like to see visually, by how much the ADR was missed. Mostly just an easier way to see historical data. This adjustment will ONLY occur on the LAST bar of the session.
THIS image below attempts to explain what the new parameter is doing.
This is a simple Bollinger Band Squeeze. The Bollinger Band Squeeze compares directional volatility as measured by the standard deviation to non-directional volatility as measured by the average range.
The squeeze is a situation, where Bollinger Bands are inside a Keltner Channel. This indicator does not plot the Bollinger Bands and the Keltner Channels, but plots the distance of the Bollinger Band from the Keltner Channel and displays it as a histogram.
When the histogram has a positive value: This means that the Bollinger Bands are outside the Keltner Channel. Directional volatility is high or normal.
When the histogram has a negative value: This shows low directional volatility, which is called "the squeeze". For better visibility, the squeeze is reinforced with dots. When activated, sound alerts will inform you that the squeeze is on.
A squeeze is a good opportunity to enter a position, as it reflects a temporary period of balancing or indecision. To determine the direction of the expected breakout from the squeeze, other indicators should be used. In his book "Mastering the Trade", John F. Carter suggests a momentum indicator do determine the direction of the trade, but I do not think that this is sufficient to create a profitable system. You will need further indicators.
If you enter a trade during a squeeze, this usually leads to a good reward-to-risk ratio, as you will typically be able to use narrower stops during low volatility periods.
The download file contains two indicators which can be used to explore the average range and volume of any intraday time period over a selected lookback period. The average takes into account the day of the week. For example the average volume displayed for any bar period on Wednesdays is only calculated from data taken from prior Wednesdays.
With default settings the indicators calculate average range and average volume from the prior 20 weeks (reference period). The result is then displayed for the last 2 weeks (display period) of the chart. The lookback period of the chart should be larger than the sum of reference and display period. With default setting the minimum lookback period would be 22 weeks + 1 day = 155 days.
The indicators can only be used with fixed period charts (for example 30 min or 60 min charts).
Please take into account that NinjaTrader cuts off the bars at the end of a session. Therefore the last bar of each session may show a comparatively low volume. The indicator does not convert this volume into a pro-forma volume by extrapolating the volume to a full bar.
Update September 16, 2014: Holiday calendar added, day of week is displayed below the histogram.
Detailed explanations how to use the indicator can be found here:
here's a quick one.. inspired by range charts, but simplified and still painted on regular time charts..
i needed something to help me spot common S/R levels and also watch price moves between levels of either % of price or in blocks of a certain dollar value (0.2, 0.5, 1.0 ... etc)
default is to show moves in increment of 0.5% of all-time (based on chart) mid-price, but can be changed to better suit the time aggregation and the underlying price range we're looking at (for shorter timeframe, you may want to look at $.25 levels, for a stock like AAPL you want to look at a $5.0 increments and so on)
The percentage level value is always approximated to the nearest multiple of $0.1 to make it meaningful.
if there's a setting in Override Range Unit, then that's the one the study will use as a unit for the incermental levels.
you can show/hide the levels calc details labels on top using the study settings.
found it interesting and it helps hide a lot of noise from price - also comes closer to my own view of Darvas so thought to share for the Range Chart & breakout trading fans..
Cheers,
RedK
September 6th, 2017 09:14 AM Buscador PicoTrader, thanks again for a very useful program for range bar users that I have enjoyed for several years now. Never
found anything in the same category as simple and good.
I am moving forward to NT 8 and I would love to have this range marker in NT 8.
Any possibility you would re-coded for the new platform?
In any case. Thanks a million for a great app.
July 17th, 2015 01:57 AM Portland
April 14th, 2015 09:13 PM dsgreeves
October 26th, 2013 10:05 PM ojmen2000 now this will make life a lot easier. thanks
February 29th, 2016 03:45 PM no3putts Many thanks, again and again and....
December 20th, 2015 09:40 PM romus
August 13th, 2014 10:00 AM tang
February 9th, 2014 06:15 PM bundwidower Fat Tails. You do not know what it means for beginners like me to have something to follow. Sorry I am unable to recipro
July 8th, 2021 11:17 PM Bato75 Hey is there any was you could make this same indicator but for the Average Weekly Range instead of ADR. Or instead make
one indicator that does all the same things except its the ADR AWR and AMR?
June 14th, 2021 11:01 AM Bato75 love it
June 14th, 2021 11:01 AM Bato75
March 10th, 2021 03:59 PM pmat great job ! thanks for sharing
January 19th, 2022 08:29 AM newell This one is helpful in many ways, thank you!
June 20th, 2021 11:46 AM Aragorn Ironic I just started, last week, plotting the ATR at certain times of the day over several days only to find this great
tool. Very well done!
May 21st, 2021 03:02 PM MarketMage nice! thank you!