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Forum: Traders Hideout May 18th, 2011, 09:56 AM
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Posted By Fat Tails
It is nothing to do with contaminated lubricants....

It is nothing to do with contaminated lubricants.

You can either look it up in your instrument manager or at the link below:

Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI)...
Forum: Traders Hideout April 16th, 2011, 07:18 PM
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Posted By Fat Tails
The indicator has an option to turn off the sound...

The indicator has an option to turn off the sound alerts. This means you will either get all or none.

You could try to look for a silent sound file and copy it to the directory where the...
Forum: Traders Hideout April 16th, 2011, 12:31 PM
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Posted By Fat Tails
It is still the version I posted on April 13. X...

It is still the version I posted on April 13. X stands for experimental. I am glad I posted, because I got some useful feedback, also on its limitations.
Forum: Traders Hideout April 16th, 2011, 12:22 PM
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Posted By Fat Tails
That is correct. Just extended the concept. ...

That is correct. Just extended the concept.

I still think that I can do better, but needs some time and testing.
Forum: Traders Hideout April 16th, 2011, 06:22 AM
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Posted By Fat Tails
Just follow the approach of Silvester17 and...

Just follow the approach of Silvester17 and replace "BackColor" with "BarColor".
Forum: Traders Hideout April 15th, 2011, 06:11 PM
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Posted By Fat Tails
It looks like a bracket problem. You would need...

It looks like a bracket problem. You would need to code something like

if( whatsoever )
{
PlotColors[0][0] = Color.Beautiful;
BackColor = Color.Ugly;
}
else if (whatelse)
{
...
Forum: Traders Hideout April 15th, 2011, 05:16 PM
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Views: 407,044
Posted By Fat Tails
Maybe you forgot the brackets. Otherwise the line...

Maybe you forgot the brackets. Otherwise the line of code is correct. If you cannot fix it, post it here.
Forum: Traders Hideout April 14th, 2011, 04:40 PM
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Views: 407,044
Posted By Fat Tails
Yes. I meant relative to the volume. Churning is...

Yes. I meant relative to the volume. Churning is high volume per range.



Because 6E traders behave in a similar way the FOREX traders do. A high volume breakout in FOREX (the leading market)...
Forum: Traders Hideout April 14th, 2011, 03:43 PM
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Views: 407,044
Posted By Fat Tails
Actually I do not think that volume tells you a...

Actually I do not think that volume tells you a lot. The only exception are outstanding high volume events. If I see those bars on March 14, 15 and 16 - that tells me something. That is either a...
Forum: Traders Hideout April 14th, 2011, 03:24 PM
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Views: 407,044
Posted By Fat Tails
Every trading day the floor session for CL closes...

Every trading day the floor session for CL closes at 2:30 PM EST. This means that you will see a high volume bar every day at 2:30 PM EST.

How can you use that information for your trading?
...
Forum: Traders Hideout April 14th, 2011, 03:19 PM
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Posted By Fat Tails
Below is a daily chart for TF. You can see that...

Below is a daily chart for TF. You can see that volume is drying up, when price approaches the top. Not really excitement.

The volume from currency futures can be used, of course. For FOREX you...
Forum: Traders Hideout April 14th, 2011, 02:31 PM
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Posted By Fat Tails
A wide spread, high volume bar shows that one...

A wide spread, high volume bar shows that one side - either the bulls or the bears - are clearly in control, and you should see buy volume on an up move and sell volume on a down move. These bars are...
Forum: Traders Hideout April 14th, 2011, 11:26 AM
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Views: 407,044
Posted By Fat Tails
But honestly, in the sub-minute region the...

But honestly, in the sub-minute region the signals are not reliable. Everything that goes below 3 minutes is questionable. What I will try to do, is to produce an indicator version, which takes the...
Forum: Traders Hideout April 14th, 2011, 06:36 AM
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Views: 407,044
Posted By Fat Tails
You did not hijack the experiment, but I got...

You did not hijack the experiment, but I got valuable feedback. I agree with your findings.

The indicator has an X for experimental. That means that there is an open end. :)
Forum: Traders Hideout April 14th, 2011, 06:01 AM
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Views: 407,044
Posted By Fat Tails
I absolutely agree with you. The basic problem...

I absolutely agree with you. The basic problem here is that the range chart does not catch the acceleration that takes place during a climax. The 5-minute chart displays one wide ranging bar, whereas...
Forum: Traders Hideout April 13th, 2011, 03:46 PM
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Views: 407,044
Posted By Fat Tails
BetterVolume for Range, Tick and Volume Charts

I have played a little, and here is a first version called anaBetterVolumeX, which can be used on

- range charts
- volume charts
- tick charts
- and maybe other charts

The X stands for...
Forum: Traders Hideout April 13th, 2011, 06:38 AM
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Views: 407,044
Posted By Fat Tails
The Better Volume indicator detects the range of...

The Better Volume indicator detects the range of each bar to perform calculations. This is not useful on a range chart, as the range will always be the same.

What is the range used for? A large...
Forum: Traders Hideout April 12th, 2011, 03:34 PM
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Views: 407,044
Posted By Fat Tails
I do not take trades directly from those signals....

I do not take trades directly from those signals. But I am attentive to churn bars. They are often decision points. After a churn bar, half of the traders is unhappy because they exited too early or...
Forum: Traders Hideout April 12th, 2011, 08:51 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 407,044
Posted By Fat Tails
If you look at the chart below, you will notice...

If you look at the chart below, you will notice that there are two blind spots, where the indicator will trigger lots of signals, irrespective of market conditions

- after the London Open
- after...
Forum: Traders Hideout April 12th, 2011, 08:20 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 407,044
Posted By Fat Tails
Limits of Volume Spread Analysis

The better volume indicator is a VSA indicator, in the sense that it exclusively relies on the analysis of spread and volume. It uses a lookback period of 20 bars and identifies events, where either...
Forum: Traders Hideout February 13th, 2011, 06:31 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 407,044
Posted By Fat Tails
Going back to your example, I do not think that...

Going back to your example, I do not think that there is anything to reconcile.

If you enter a buy offer limit at bid and it is partially filled, part of the order effectively becomes a market...
Forum: Traders Hideout August 5th, 2010, 05:22 PM
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Views: 407,044
Posted By Fat Tails
I use 5 min candles as well, just use 15 min for...

I use 5 min candles as well, just use 15 min for the daily picture. Always afraid not to see the wood for the trees.
Forum: Traders Hideout August 5th, 2010, 04:51 PM
Replies: 677
Views: 407,044
Posted By Fat Tails
Ping Pong

If you are a gnome that was your day today, was it? The forth consecutive gnome range. :becky: I think today range bars would not have changed very much. And 8 ticks seems a lot for the price action...
Forum: Traders Hideout August 5th, 2010, 03:14 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 407,044
Posted By Fat Tails
Do you have a definition of the various patterns...

Do you have a definition of the various patterns of the Pro Am indicator? For example

- Profit Taking
- Stopping Volume
- No Demand / No Supply
- Ramble (Reversal)
- Professional Volume
-...
Forum: Traders Hideout August 5th, 2010, 02:34 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 407,044
Posted By Fat Tails
A churn bar is not necessarily a low range bar....

A churn bar is not necessarily a low range bar. The criterion for churning is range per volume. So even a wide ranging bar can become a churn bar, if the volume is excessively high. So if you have a...
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