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Yesterday was working on this new Volatility Break Indicator that should show choppy period of the price. Though it is original idea, or better to say, original code, the same information could be derived from existing indicators with certain parameters. So, again, there is no holy grail ?


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Looks very good. Well done sir.


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Yesterday was working on this new Volatility Break Indicator that should show choppy period of the price. Though it is original idea, or better to say, original code, the same information could be derived from existing indicators with certain parameters. So, again, there is no holy grail ?

are you still using you zchop?


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Yesterday was working on this new Volatility Break Indicator that should show choppy period of the price. Though it is original idea, or better to say, original code, the same information could be derived from existing indicators with certain parameters. So, again, there is no holy grail ?

Where did you find Ztrend and Zchop? Can you share them? Always interested in cool indicators. Thanks!


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Where did you find Ztrend and Zchop? Can you share them? Always interested in cool indicators. Thanks!

Attachment Search found ZTrend:



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Yesterday was working on this new Volatility Break Indicator that should show choppy period of the price. Though it is original idea, or better to say, original code, the same information could be derived from existing indicators with certain parameters. So, again, there is no holy grail ?

Did anyone locate the Zchop indicator mentioned in this post?


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Did anyone locate the Zchop indicator mentioned in this post?

You might ask @Zondor.

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