Tag: Calculation

Mass Index
Mass Index is a technical indicator developed by Donald Dorsey to identify trend reversals. The calculation measures the difference between high and low prices, it is weighted based on the difference. Mass Index goes up on drastic price differences...  Read the full article

Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD)
MACD was originally developed by Gerald Appel in the 60s as a method for identifying changes in price trend. The indicator gives the trader a sense of change in momentum. It is a trend following momentum indicator that shows the relationship...  Read the full article

Accumulation/Distribution (A/D)
Accumulation/Distribution (A/D) is a volume and price indicator. Volume is a leading indicator of price action. A/D indicates supply and demand for a currency pair by guaging if traders are buying (accumulating) or selling (distributing). The...  Read the full article

Commodity Channel Index (CCI)
Commodity Channel Index (CCI) was created by Donald Lambert. CCI corresponds to oscillators, measuring speed of price fluctuations. The indicator is based on an observation that the market moves in cyclical movements which means high and low...  Read the full article

On Balance Volume (OBV)
On Balance Volume (OBV) is a momentum indicator originally developed by Joseph Granville in 1963. Joseph defined the indicator in his book “New Key to Stock Market Profits”. The indicator was originally developed to measure money...  Read the full article

Money Flow Index (MFI)
Money Flow Index (MFI) is an oscillator originally developed by Colin Twiggs as an enhancement of Marc Chaikin’s Money Flow (CMF). MFI is a volume-weighted variant of the RSI that can be used to predict trend reversal. The indicator was...  Read the full article

Awesome Oscillator (AO)
Awesome Oscillator (AO) was developed by Bill Williams as part of his Chaos Trading System. Awesome Oscillator is a histogram that displays the market momentum for a number of recent periods compared to the momentum of a larger number of recent...  Read the full article

Chaikin Money Flow (CMF)
Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) is a volume indicator developed by Marc Chaikin. The indicator is used to determine if a market is in an accumulation or distribution phase. The indicator is based on previous closing prices compared to the high/low...  Read the full article