Anyone use moving average indicators?

Discussion in 'Technical Analysis' started by Saltynuts, Mar 10, 2018.

  1. Turveyd

    Turveyd

    Xela got 1 wrong, still a nice poster.
     
    #121     Aug 24, 2019
    expiated likes this.
  2. Looking good. Is the code available or private?
     
    #122     Aug 25, 2019
  3. expiated

    expiated

    Unfortunately, I have zero expertise when it comes to computer technology and am almost totally ignorant regarding how one might effectively protect intellectual property. For this reason, the code is currently unavailable publicly.
     
    #123     Aug 25, 2019
  4. Fully understand that. : )
     
    #124     Aug 25, 2019
  5. %%
    Correct.LOL.MA's are also slow, some hate the way they slow down commissions. Don Bright Daytrading seldom used them+ never did Forex. NOT saying don was wrong, I never did forex also.LOL…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
     
    #125     Aug 25, 2019
  6. Specterx

    Specterx

    You guys are aware that Xela was a fictional character?
     
    #126     Aug 25, 2019
    Laissez Faire and tomorton like this.
  7. panzerman

    panzerman

    Is the red curve even a moving average? It looks too good to be true, i.e. almost zero group delay and probably more than 60dB of attenuation in the stopband frequencies. It looks like a polynomial trendline has been fitted.
     
    #127     Aug 25, 2019
  8. expiated

    expiated

    To me, Xela always seemed like someone who researched and read a lot of information, and simply repeated a bunch of stuff that other people wrote.
     
    #128     Aug 25, 2019
  9. expiated

    expiated

    Yes, in harking back to all the moving averages I’ve tried in the past, I recalled an indicator that did what I don’t know how to do, which is to calculate a polynomial trendline. I did a little searching and managed to find it. It was the i-Regr indicator, and that is the bold crimson line you see below, and is also the “moving average” that appears in the image attached to Post #120.

    ScreenHunter_6407 Aug. 25 20.05.jpg

    I liked it because it went straight through the center of the higher frequency price cycles, something I have dreamed of, but have never been unable to create. However, I later discovered that the reason it looked so nice was because the price action was gradual. When I subsequently loaded it on other charts, I found that it suffered from extreme lag when price action was more volatile.

    Also, if I remember correctly, i-Regr repaints something awful in real-time application, so I’m not sure I could figure out how to make practical use of it even now—a full five or six years later (if not more).

    On the other hand, in terms of practical use, the line I’m actually using day-to-day (the one I coded myself) is the red moving average with the black outline (above). It indicated a reversal at virtually the same time as the polynomial trendline, but it doesn't look as nice because it doesn’t cut the shorter frequency waves in half and it is not as smooth. Nonetheless, I will continue to use it, and will not be adopting i-Regr for the reasons stated above (i.e., the line I coded does not suffer from the lag that i-Regr experiences on more volatile charts, and it does not do any repainting whatsoever).

    P.S. I hate repaint!
     
    Last edited: Aug 25, 2019
    #129     Aug 25, 2019
    Laissez Faire likes this.
  10. expiated

    expiated

    Oops! I didn't mean shorter frequency—I meant smaller amplitude.
     
    #130     Aug 26, 2019