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June 19th, 2014, 06:32 AM
Russia,Khabarovsk
Experience: Beginner
Platform: NT
Trading: Gold
Posts: 407 since Feb 2014
dorschden
Any comments and suggestions are welcome!
Please discuss the PriceActionSwing (PAS) indicator in this thread. Any comments or suggestions are more than welcome here. If you have a more private issue send me a PM or better an Email (you'll find the address in the top of the PriceActionSwing.cs script). Discussion about the newest version started
here (last update 05.06.2014).
Download PriceActionSwing
Market analyzer template
You can download a market analyzer template in this
post . It contains ABC signals, swing trend direction and
divergence signals.
Strategy development
In this
post you find a strategy sample code snippet which shows how to use the swing trend in a strategy. Start reading at "strategy development".
Versions
The PriceActionSwing calculates swings in different ways and displays all kind of information about the swings above and below them. If you just want to visualize swings then you should use this version.
There is also a PriceActionSwingPro version that contains in addition to the normal version some features which are all off at default. The features are:
- Draw automatically Fibonacci extensions and retracements
- Calculate a swing statistic
- Calculate and visualize ABC patterns
- Risk management (automatically for ABC patterns)
- Calculate and visualize divergence based on an indicator
- Use 's most outstanding
cumulative delta work for swings
Settings
Every setting in the NinjaTrades's indicator menu has a short description. Here is a short list of the more important ones.
Parameter:
Double top/-bottom strength:
Represents the
double top /-bottom strength. Increase the value to get more double tops and -bottoms.
Swing size:
Represents the swing size. e.g. 1 = small swings and 5 = bigger swings. Which size you use depends on your trading style. There is no best setting for everybody.
Swing type:
Represents the swing type. In the "Standard" swing type a new swing is found when price is above or below the high or low of the last N bars and N = Swing size. The "
Gann " type is calculated based on Gann's rules for swings.
Swing values:
Here you can choose which information the swings should display.
Information:
- Duration (in bars)
- Labels (HH, HL,…)
- Length (in ticks,
points ,…)
- Percentage (in relation to the last swing. e.g. 100% = DT/DB)
- Time
- Volume (Absolute and relative. Relative is the average volume per bar)
Swing visualization type:
Represents the swing visualization type. Dots | Zig-Zag lines | Dots and lines | Gann style. E.g. if you want only dots to visualize the swings choose "Dots".
Visualize swings/patterns:
Here you can choose your own look and feel for the visualization of the swings and the patterns.
Swing features:
Here you can turn the features on and off.
Statistics:
Swing Length shows the up and down swing length in ticks. The "Last Length" column is the average of the last N swings and N = "Statistic number of swings".
Swing relation for a specific swing (first column) the percentage amount of swings that follow this specific swing. E.g. the values of the first row (Higher High) are:
Swing Count Higher High Lower High Higher Low Lower Low
48 47,9% 52,1% 72,9% 22,9
Then you can interpret this as a Higher High is followed in 72,9% of all cases by a Higher Low and only in 22,9% by a Lower Low. 72,9% + 22,9 % = 95,8%. The remaining amount is for a
double bottom .
Risk management:
You can use this feature for to calculate the your trade quantity and see the risk reward ratio and/or you can use it to trade the ABC pattern. Set your trading capital in "Account size" and your risk in "Account risk per trade".
Divergence:
Here you can set all settings to display a divergence in the chart.
Div indicator:
Represents the indicator for the divergence calculations. You can add one or more indicators in the source code under the value "custom".
Here you find instructions how to create divergence signals based on a freely chosen indicator.
Param1, Param2, Param3
Represents the first parameter for the indicator you choose. E.g. the standard MACD(12,26,9) would be
Param1 = 12
Param2 = 26
Param3 = 9.
GomCD:
To use cumulative delta for the swings or divergence you have to uncomment all GomCD regions in the source code. Press "ctrl + F" or the "Find/Replace" button and search for "region GomCD" and uncomment all the regions and compile it. Of course you have to install the
Gom package before.
The PAS indicator is very useful to see and trade pure
price action with HH, HL in up trends and LL, LH in down trends and you can easily identify swing patterns like M, W, wedged, HS,…
New NT7 statistic panel
[img]https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=34431&stc=1&d=1300730439[/img]
Swing labels
[img]https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=15050&d=1275941399[/img]
Any comments and suggestions are welcome!
dorschden
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BEST OF TRADING 2011 AWARD
PriceActionSwing was nominated for the Best Indicator Of The Year for 2011, and won 1st place (Gold).
Tip
BEST OF TRADING 2010 AWARD
PriceActionSwing was nominated for the Best Indicator Of The Year for 2010, and won 3rd place (Bronze).
You can see all the results here:
Best Of Trading 2010 - Big Mike Trading
Hi Dorschden,just out of curiosity,why didn`t you code up just these sequences,when you developed the code:
HH>>HL>>LH>>LL;
LL>>LH>>HL>>HH?
Thanks
Can you help answer these questions from other members on NexusFi?
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June 19th, 2014, 07:52 AM
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June 20th, 2014, 08:40 AM
Russia,Khabarovsk
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It would be great to have no-repaint feature in it,as well.
June 20th, 2014, 09:47 PM
Columbus, OH
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Cachevary
It would be great to have no-repaint feature in it,as well.
this indicator does NOT repaint.
it will only adjust if there is a hh, hl, ll, lh in the same swing. this has absolutely nothing to do with repainting. btw if it wouldn't need to adjust, then that certainly would qualify as the holy grail. and we all would be billionaires, at least.
June 20th, 2014, 09:54 PM
Russia,Khabarovsk
Experience: Beginner
Platform: NT
Trading: Gold
Posts: 407 since Feb 2014
Silvester17
this indicator does NOT repaint.
it will only adjust if there is a hh, hl, ll, lh in the same swing. this has absolutely nothing to do with repainting. btw if it wouldn't need to adjust, then that certainly would qualify as the holy grail. and we all would be billionaires, at least.
Becoming billionair takes alot of time,even with the holy grail.I see it does re-paint for the failed ABC pattern.There is no need for adjustment as hh,hl,ll,lh in the same swing is viable information.
June 20th, 2014, 10:15 PM
Columbus, OH
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Cachevary
Becoming billionair takes alot of time,even with the holy grail.I see it does re-paint for the failed ABC pattern.There is no need for adjustment as hh,hl,ll,lh in the same swing is viable information.
again, this indicator does NOT repaint. not even the failed abc pattern. same reasons as mentioned before.
the only thing that repaints is the volume in the pas oscillator. quote from :
dorschden
The only thing that is re-painting is the PasOsc volume part. Because every time we get a new bar that doesn't make a new swing high/low we don't know whether this bar belongs to the current swing or to the next swing that will come in the future. To highlight this situation the PasOsc volume draws the volume histogram according to the current swing direction and the plot line draws the volume to what the swing volume will change if the bars belong to the next swing which will change the swing direction.
June 20th, 2014, 10:27 PM
Russia,Khabarovsk
Experience: Beginner
Platform: NT
Trading: Gold
Posts: 407 since Feb 2014
Silvester17
again, this indicator does NOT repaint. not even the failed abc pattern. same reasons as mentioned before.
the only thing that repaints is the volume in the pas oscillator. quote from :
Okay,what is the reason for the ABC pattern to appear/dissapear at times when i reload it using F5 button?
June 20th, 2014, 10:43 PM
Columbus, OH
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Cachevary
Okay,what is the reason for the ABC pattern to appear/dissapear at times when i
reload it using F5 button?
aha, now we're getting to the point what repainting really is. when you reload your charts (f5), NOTHING will change (except the swing volume). and that includes the abc pattern as well.
and before you reply: but when I go back on my chart and hit f5, the abc pattern appears. then keep in mind, at that point in time, the abc pattern was valid and that's why it has to "appear". but later it failed and therefore had to "disappear".
I hope this makes sense to you
June 20th, 2014, 10:53 PM
Russia,Khabarovsk
Experience: Beginner
Platform: NT
Trading: Gold
Posts: 407 since Feb 2014
Silvester17
aha, now we're getting to the point what repainting really is. when you reload your charts (f5), NOTHING will change (except the swing volume). and that includes the abc pattern as well.
and before you reply: but when I go back on my chart and hit f5, the abc pattern appears. then keep in mind, at that point in time, the abc pattern was valid and that's why it has to "appear". but later it failed and therefore had to "disappear".
I hope this makes sense to you
Do i have to reload it then,with each new bar,for e.g.,to confirm its validity?
June 20th, 2014, 11:05 PM
Columbus, OH
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Cachevary
Do i have to
reload it then,with each new bar,for e.g.,to confirm its validity?
now, are you trying to be funny?
btw, just saw your thread:
many things become clearer now. so I'll respectfully say good bye
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