Level: 3 Background The Altman Z-score is the output of a credit-strength test that gauges a publicly traded manufacturing company's likelihood of bankruptcy. The Altman Z-score is a formula for determining whether a company, notably in the manufacturing space, is headed for bankruptcy. Function The possibility of financial failure or bankruptcy of the...
Level 1 Background Traders’ Tips of April 2020, the focus is Vitali Apirine’s article in the April issue, “On-Balance Volume Modified (OBVM)”. Function In “On-Balance Volume Modified (OBVM)” in this issue, author Vitali Apirine presents a new indicator called OBVM that is based on the classic on-balance volume indicator originally developed by Joe Granville....
Level 1 Background Traders’ Tips of August 2020, the focus is Vitali Apirine’s article in the August issue, “The Compare Price Momentum Oscillator (CPMO)”. Function In his article in this issue, “The Compare Price Momentum Oscillator (CPMO),” author Vitali Apirine reintroduces us to the DecisionPoint PMO originally developed by Carl Swenlin and presents a new...
Level 2 Background Traders’ Tips of September 2020, the focus is James Garofallou’s article in the September issue, “Tracking Relative Strength In Four Dimensions”. Function In “Tracking Relative Strength In Four Dimensions” in this issue, author James Garofallou introduces us to a new method of measuring the relative strength of a security. This new...
Level 2 Background For Traders’ Tips of November 2020, the focus is F. Arden Thomas’ article in the August 2020 issue, “Voting With Multiple Timeframes”. Function F. Arden Thomas sums up the returns by a stochastic indicator in a voting process over seven different timeframes, and uses the resulting votes for trade signals. He shows us a new way of using the...
Level 2 Background Traders’ Tips of November 2019, the focus is Vitali Apirine’s article in the November issue, “The Stochastic MACD Oscillator”. Function In “The Stochastic MACD Oscillator” in this issue, author Vitali Apirine introduces a new indicator created by combining the stochastic oscillator and the MACD. He describes the new indicator as a momentum...
Level 1 Background In Traders’ Tips of February 2021, the focus is Richard Poster’s article in the February 2021 issue, “Trend Strength: Measuring The Duration Of A Trend”. Function In his article in this issue, Richard Poster outlines several common ways to evaluate the strength and duration of trends. Then he evaluates their sensitivity to volatility. Next,...
Level 1 Background Vitali Apirine’s articles in the July & August issues on 2021, “Moving Average Band Width” Function In “Moving Average Bands” (part 1, July 2021 issue) and “Moving Average Band Width” (part 2, August 2021 issue), author Vitali Apirine explains how moving average bands (MAB) can be used as a trend-following indicator by displaying the...
Level 1 Background Vitali Apirine’s articles in the July & August issues on 2021, “Moving Average Bands” Function In “Moving Average Bands” (part 1, July 2021 issue) and “Moving Average Band Width” (part 2, August 2021 issue), author Vitali Apirine explains how moving average bands (MAB) can be used as a trend-following indicator by displaying the movement of...
Level 1 Background This is a modified version of indicator from Markos Katsanos’ article in the March issue, “Using Relative Strength To Outperform The Market”. Function In “Using Relative Strength To Outperform The Market” in this issue, author Markos Katsanos presents a trading system based on a new relative strength indicator he calls RSMK. The indicator...
Level 2 Background Eyman Oscillator Function The Eyman oscillator is also an analytical indicator derived from the moving average principle, which reflects the deviation between the current price and the average price over a period of time. According to the principle of moving average, the price trend can be inferred from the value of OSC. If it is far from...
Level 3 Background I am seeking a way to make MACD faster Function By using stoch, but with MACD method, a faster MACD is made. short term faster kd is used for macd lines. long term kd is used for histogram, which can counteract the histogram grade gap caused by tradtional MACD. Remarks This is a Level 1 free and open source indicator. Feedbacks are appreciated.
Level 1 Background Markos Katsanos’ volume flow indicator (VFI) calculation uses a default period of 130 days for daily charts. As a result, when applying the strategy, you will need to set the maximum number of bars the study will reference in the general tab of properties for all to at least 130. In order to compare the system objectively with the buy & hold...
Level 1 Background For Traders’ Tips for 2022.05, the focus is Vitali Apirine’s article in the January 2022 issue, “Relative Strength Moving Averages, Part 1: The Relative Strength Exponential Moving Average (RS EMA)”. Function Author Vitali Apirine introduces the relative strength exponential moving average (RS EMA). The study is designed to account for...
Level:2 Background The third-order super smoother low-pass butterworth filter (3 pole) is a classic J.F Ehlers indicator. Function I have found many places where the algorithms are not uniform and some are even wrong. So, I did some research and wrote a low pass filter that I think is correctly defined. This indicator is often used as one of the basic...
Level:2 Background The second-order super smoother low-pass butterworth filter (2 pole) is a classic J.F Ehlers indicator. Function I have found many places where the algorithms are not uniform and some are even wrong. So, I did some research and wrote a low pass filter that I think is correctly defined. This indicator is often used as one of the basic...
Level:2 Background The second-order high-pass filter (2 pole) is a classic JF Ehlers specification. Function I have found many places where the algorithms are not uniform and some are even wrong. So, I did some research and wrote a high pass filter that I think is correctly defined. This indicator is often used as one of the basic elements of other trading...
Level:2 Background The first-order high-pass filter is a classic JF Ehlers specification. Function I have found many places where the algorithms are not uniform and some are even wrong. So, I did some research and wrote a high pass filter that I think is correctly defined. This indicator is often used as one of the basic elements of other trading...