is it combination of adx macd ? or what ? plz do specify,
i am dependent of adx more
p.s. regarding kartik, i just downloaded few afl of vsa , wil try to post here few charts later, ( i will observe vsa in th light of oi pcr )
afl for trading the macd.theres also a pdf file with it.maybe ull find in 4 shared. com
// TRADING THE MACD Ver 1.0 by Karthik Marar. AFL provided as a part of the Discussion on trading the MACD in the Thread " Experiments in Technical Analysis"
// Afl provided to learn and get an insight for trading using the MACD. The AFL can be freely distributed except for commercial purpose.
_SECTION_BEGIN("MACD");
r1 = Param( "Fast avg", 12, 2, 200, 1 );
r2 = Param( "Slow avg", 26, 2, 200, 1 );
r3 = Param( "Signal avg", 9, 2, 200, 1 );
r4 = Param( "Wk slow", 8, 2, 200, 1 );
r5 = Param( "Wk fast", 17, 2, 200, 1 );
m1=MACD(r1,r2);
s1=Signal(r1,r2,r3);
GraphXSpace =20;
mycolor=IIf(m1<0 AND m1>s1, 51,IIf(m1>0 AND m1>s1,colorLime,IIf(m1>0 AND m1<s1,colorOrange,colorRed)));
Plot( m1, StrFormat(_SECTION_NAME()+"(%g,%g)", r1, r2), mycolor,ParamStyle("MACD style") );
Plot( s1 ,"Signal" + _PARAM_VALUES(), ParamColor("Signal color", colorBlue ), ParamStyle("Signal style") );
histcolor = IIf((m1-s1)-Ref((m1-s1),-1)> 0, colorLime, colorRed );
TimeFrameSet( inWeekly );
m1w=MACD(r4,r5);
s1w=Signal(r4,r5,r3);
kp=m1w-s1w;
kph=Ref(kp,-1);
TimeFrameRestore();
kw=TimeFrameExpand( kp, inWeekly ); // expand for display
khw=TimeFrameExpand( kph, inWeekly ); // expand for display
mw=TimeFrameExpand( m1w, inWeekly ); // expand for display
sw=TimeFrameExpand( s1w, inWeekly ); // expand for display
hcolor=IIf(mw<0 AND mw>sw, 51,IIf(mw>0 AND mw>sw,colorLime,IIf(mw>0 AND mw<sw,colorOrange,colorRed)));
gcolor=IIf(kw>khw,IIf(kw>0,colorDarkYellow,colorYellow),IIf(kw>0,colorSkyblue,colorBlue));
Plot( 2,"Wkly MACD ribbon",hcolor,styleOwnScale|styleArea|styleNoLabel, -0.5, 100 );
Plot( 2,"Ribbon",gcolor,styleOwnScale|styleArea|styleNoLabel, -0.4, 40,-0.6 );
Plot( m1-s1, "MACD Histogram", mycolor, styleHistogram | styleThick| styleOwnScale );
_SECTION_END();
_SECTION_BEGIN("Signals");
//Zero crossover up
j1=Cross(m1,0);
PlotShapes(IIf(j1,shapeDigit1 ,Null),colorPaleGreen,0,Min(0,0),Min(0,0));
PlotShapes(IIf(j1,shapeUpArrow,Null),colorGreen,0,Min(0,0),-10);
// crossover above zero
j2=Cross(m1,s1) AND m1>0;
PlotShapes(IIf(j2,shapeDigit2 ,Null),colorYellow,0,0,0);
PlotShapes(IIf(j2,shapeUpArrow,Null),colorGreen,0,0,-10);
//Zero crossover down
j3=Cross(s1,m1) AND m1>0;
PlotShapes(IIf(j3,shapeDigit3 ,Null),colorOrange,0,Min(0,0),0);
PlotShapes(IIf(j3,shapeDownArrow,Null),colorOrange,0,Min(0,0),-10);
// crossover below zero
j4=Cross(0,m1);
PlotShapes(IIf(j4,shapeDigit4 ,Null),colorRed,0,0,0);
PlotShapes(IIf(j4,shapeDownArrow,Null),colorRed,0,0,-10);
// Histogram peak and troughs
pt=m1-s1;
Tp = Ref(pT,-1) == HHV(pT,3);
Vl = Ref(pT,-1)==LLV(pT,3);
PlotShapes(IIf(Vl AND m1>s1 ,shapeSmallCircle+ shapePositionAbove,shapeNone),IIf(m1<0 ,colorYellow,colorLime),0,0,0);
PlotShapes(IIf(Tp AND m1<s1 ,shapeSmallCircle+ shapePositionAbove,shapeNone),colorRed,0,0,0);
//Zeroline reject bearish
zd=BarsSince(j1);
zlrd1=(zd<6 )AND j4;
PlotShapes(IIf(zlrd1,shapeStar+ shapePositionAbove,shapeNone),colorDarkRed,0,0,20);
//hooks bearish
Hu=BarsSince(j2);
Hu1=(Hu<6)AND j3;
PlotShapes(IIf(Hu1,shapeStar+ shapePositionAbove,shapeNone),colorRed,0,0,20);
//Zeroline reject Bullish
zu=BarsSince(j4);
zlru=zu<6 AND j1;
PlotShapes(IIf(zlru,shapeStar+ shapePositionAbove,shapeNone),colorPink,0,0,20);
//Hook Bullish
Hd=BarsSince(j3);
Hd1=Hd<6 AND j2;
PlotShapes(IIf(Hd1,shapeStar+ shapePositionAbove,shapeNone),colorLime,0,0,20);
//ADX related calculations
plus=EMA(PDI(14),3)>Ref(EMA(PDI(14),3),-5);
ap=EMA(ADX(14),3)>Ref(EMA(ADX(14),3),-5);
Minus=EMA(MDI(14),3)>Ref(EMA(MDI(14),3),-5);
//Power Dips - Bullish
PDIp=ADX(14)>MDI(14) AND PDI(14)>MDI(14) AND ap AND Vl AND m1>s1 AND plus ;
PlotShapes(IIf(PDIp,shapeHollowCircle+ shapePositionAbove,shapeNone),colorCustom12,0,0,0);
//power buys
pr2=ADX(14)>20 AND PDI(14)>20 AND ADX(14)>MDI(14) AND PDI(14)>MDI(14) AND plus AND j2;
PlotShapes(IIf(pr2,shapeHollowCircle+ shapePositionAbove,shapeNone),colorCustom12,0,0,20);
//Power Dips - Bearish
PDIm=ADX(14)>PDI(14) AND MDI(14)>PDI(14) AND ap AND Tp AND m1<s1 AND Minus ;
PlotShapes(IIf(PDIm,shapeHollowCircle+ shapePositionAbove,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,0,0);
//Power shorts
sr2=ADX(14)>20 AND MDI(14)>20 AND ADX(14)>PDI(14) AND MDI(14)>PDI(14) AND Minus AND j4;
PlotShapes(IIf(sr2,shapeHollowCircle+ shapePositionAbove,shapeNone),colorRed,0,0,-20);
//powerbuy2
pr2a=ADX(14)>20 AND PDI(14)>20 AND ADX(14)>MDI(14) AND PDI(14)>MDI(14) AND plus AND j1;
PlotShapes(IIf(pr2a,shapeHollowCircle+ shapePositionAbove,shapeNone),colorCustom12,0,0,20);
_SECTION_END();
_SECTION_BEGIN("Exploration");
Filter = j1 OR j2 OR j3 OR j4 OR PDIp OR PDIm OR pr2 OR sr2 ;
AddColumn(j1,"ZL UP",1);
AddColumn(J2,"MA Up",1);
AddColumn(j3,"MA DN",1);
AddColumn(J4,"ZL DN",1);
AddColumn(PDIp,"PDIP UP",1);
AddColumn(pr2,"PHK UP",1);
AddColumn(PDIm,"PDIP DN",1);
AddColumn(sr2,"PHk UP",1);
_SECTION_END();
_SECTION_BEGIN("Display the Signals");
Title = "Trading the MACD" + " - " + Name() + " - " + EncodeColor(colorRed)+ Interval(2) + EncodeColor() +
" - " + Date() +" - " +EncodeColor(colorLime)+ "MACD= "+WriteVal(m1)+"--"+EncodeColor(colorYellow)+
WriteIf (j1, " MACD Crossed above zero","")+
WriteIf (j2, " Bullish crossover above zero","")+
WriteIf (j4, " MACD Crossed below Zero","")+
WriteIf (j3, " Bearish crossover above zero","")+
WriteIf (PDIP, " Bullish Power Dip","")+
WriteIf (pr2, " & Power Buy","")+
WriteIf (sr2, " & Power Short","")+
WriteIf (PDIm, " Bearish Power Dip","")+
WriteIf (Hd1, " & Bullish Hook","")+
WriteIf (Hu1, " & Bearish Hook","")+
WriteIf (zlrd1, " & Bearish zeroline Reject","")+
WriteIf (zlru, " & Bullish Zeroline Reject","");
_SECTION_END();