Deadzone — Indicators and Strategies

Braid Filter+OVERVIEW The Braid Filter indicator was initially made by Robert Hill and published in the Stocks and Commodities Magazine in 2006. This version of the Braid Filter expands upon Hill's original one by adding much more customization and tweaking abilities. Instead of using a simple moving average to calculate the Braid Filter, this version allows you to choose between 43 different moving average calculation types to suit your needs. The original also just used the close price for calculating its moving averages, however, this version allows you to specify different source prices, including the close, median (hl2), typical (hlc3), mean (ohlc4), and weighted (hlcc4) prices. This version also allows you to edit the lookback period for the average true range calculation. It also renamed some arbitrarily named input fields to make them more readable and understandable. Finally, it includes multi-timeframe support and the ability to color bars based on signals. The Braid Filter calculates 3 average prices: A short-term average close price A medium-term average open price A long-term average close price It then finds the minimum and maximum of these three average prices. Then it calculates the difference between the highest and lowest average price. This difference is what the histogram shows. Then the filter line is calculated based on the ATR. CONCEPTS This indicator can be used to determine the start of trends. It can also be used to determine when the market is consolidating. When the bar turns green, the average close price is greater than the average open price, indicating bullish momentum. In addition, if the histogram is green, the difference between the highest average price and the lowest average price is high enough to surpass the filter line. This means that not only is there bullish momentum, but there is stronger than average bullish momentum. Therefore, it is safe to assume that the market will trend higher. When the histogram turns red, this situation plays out except in reverse, indicating that the market will trend lower. If the histogram color is gray, the difference between the highest average price and the lowest average price used to calculate the Braid Filter is meager. Since the highest and lowest average is close together, the price is unlikely to travel far in one direction. Therefore, it is safe to assume that the market is consolidating when this happens. HOW DO I READ THIS INDICATOR The signals between the histogram and filter are calculated as follows: If the histogram is above the filter line and the fast average close price is greater than the average open price, the histogram is colored green, indicating bullish conditions. If the histogram is above the filter line and the fast average close price is less than the average open price, the histogram is colored red, indicating bearish conditions. If the histogram is below the filter line, the histogram is colored gray, indicating neutral conditions.

Change of Volatility OVERVIEW The Change of Volatility indicator is a technical indicator that gauges the amount of volatility currently present in the market. The purpose of this indicator is to filter out with-trend signals during ranging/non-trending/consolidating conditions. CONCEPTS This indicator assists traders in capitalizing on the assumption that trends are more likely to start during periods of high volatility compared to periods of low volatility . This is because high volatility indicates that there are bigger players currently in the market, which is necessary to begin a sustained trending move. So, to determine whether the current volatility in the market is low, the indicator will grey out all the areas on the chart whose short term standard deviation of volatility is lower than the long term standard deviation of volatility. If the short term standard deviation of volatility is above the long term standard deviation of volatility, the current volatility in the market is considered high. This would the ideal time to enter a trending trade due to the assumption that trends are more likely to start during these high-volatility periods. HOW DO I READ THIS INDICATOR When the histogram is grey, don't take any trend trades since the current volatility is less than the usual volatility experienced in the market. When the histogram is green, take all valid with-trend trades since the current volatility is greater than the usual volatility experienced in the market.

Volume Oximeter OVERVIEW The Volume Oximeter (VOXI) is a technical indicator that gauges the amount of volume currently present in the market, relative to the historical volume that was present before. The purpose of this indicator is to filter out with-trend signals during ranging/non-trending conditions. CONCEPTS This indicator assumes that trends are more likely to start during periods of high volume, compared to during periods of low volume. This is because high volume indicates that there are bigger players currently in the market, which is necessary to begin a sustained trending move. So, to determine whether the current volume is "high", it is compared to an average volume for however number of candles back the user specifies. If the current volume is greater than the average volume, it is reasonable to assume we are in a high volume period. Thus, this is the ideal time to enter a trending trade due to the assumption that trends are more likely to start during these high volume periods. The default values in the indicator are designed for use on the daily chart but can be applied to any timeframe. The default volume lookback period is 259 since there are usually 259 daily candles in a year on Forex daily charts. This means that the average volume will represent the average volume over the past year. This would be 365 on Crypto daily charts, since the Crypto is open 24/7 instead of 24/5). This is what the current volume will be compared to. The default smoothing lookback period is 10, but this can be adjusted depending on the indicator that's giving you your with-trend signals. After my backtesting, 10 was the best value for my with-trend indicator, so you should do your own testing to see which value works best with your with-trend indicator. HOW DO I READ THIS INDICATOR? If the VOXI line is above or equal to zero (indicated by the blue color), the current volume is greater than the historical average volume. This is a good time to take with-trend signals since high volume is necessary for sustained trending moves to begin. If the VOXI line is below zero (indicated by the red color), the current volume is less than the historical average volume. This is a good time to ignore with-trend signals since an absence of volume indicates that there aren't big market participants to participate in a new trending move.