Vertical Horizontal Filter – Settings and Trading Rules

Vertical Horizontal Filter, usually shortened to VHF, is a trend-strength indicator built to separate directional movement from noisy back-and-forth movement. It does not try to predict the next bar. Instead,…

Comments Off on Vertical Horizontal Filter – Settings and Trading Rules

Choppiness Index: Strategy, Settings & Breakout Timing

Choppiness Index is a volatility structure indicator used to judge whether price is moving in a directional way or spending more time chopping sideways. Its main job is not to…

Comments Off on Choppiness Index: Strategy, Settings & Breakout Timing

DPO Indicator: Cycle Timing, Range Trading & Pullbacks

Detrended Price Oscillator, usually shortened to DPO, is an oscillator designed to remove trend so you can focus on shorter term price cycles. Instead of asking whether price is trending…

Comments Off on DPO Indicator: Cycle Timing, Range Trading & Pullbacks

Price Oscillator (PPO): Settings, Signals & Trend Rules

Price Oscillator is a momentum indicator built from two moving averages of price. It measures how far a faster average has moved away from a slower average. When the faster…

Comments Off on Price Oscillator (PPO): Settings, Signals & Trend Rules

Know Sure Thing (KST): Settings, Signals & Rules

Know Sure Thing, usually shown as KST, is a momentum oscillator built from multiple rate of change calculations that are smoothed and combined into one line. The practical goal is…

Comments Off on Know Sure Thing (KST): Settings, Signals & Rules

Coppock Curve: Long-Term Momentum Settings & Rules

Coppock Curve is a long-term momentum indicator most often used on monthly charts. It was designed to identify when broad market momentum has likely shifted upward after a prolonged decline.…

Comments Off on Coppock Curve: Long-Term Momentum Settings & Rules

Schaff Trend Cycle STC settings explained

Schaff Trend Cycle, usually shortened to STC, is a momentum oscillator designed to time trend swings earlier than traditional MACD signals. It does this by taking a MACD style momentum…

Comments Off on Schaff Trend Cycle STC settings explained

Relative Vigor Index (RVI): Settings & Rules

Relative Vigor Index (RVI) is a momentum oscillator built around a simple idea: in many markets, closes tend to finish higher than opens during up moves, and lower than opens…

Comments Off on Relative Vigor Index (RVI): Settings & Rules

Elder Ray Index: Bull and Bear Power Strategy

Elder Ray Index is a trend and pressure indicator built around an exponential moving average and two power measures. It is usually shown as two histograms called Bull Power and…

Comments Off on Elder Ray Index: Bull and Bear Power Strategy

Accelerator Oscillator: Settings, Signals & Rules

The Accelerator Oscillator, usually abbreviated AC, is a momentum oscillator shown as a histogram. It is designed to measure whether momentum is accelerating or decelerating, not just whether momentum is…

Comments Off on Accelerator Oscillator: Settings, Signals & Rules