ALMA VHF Filter (MA & Signal Band)

Category: Indicators By: Nicolas Created: November 11, 2018, 1:58 PM
November 11, 2018, 1:58 PM
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2 indicators in this post, the ALMA moving average with its offset  automatically adjusted with a VHF (Vertical Horizontal Filter). The second one is a signals band made of 2 moving average calculated separately with Highs and Lows of the last X periods (Window setting).

I made it first as a rough idea and found it interesting for scalping trading as it reacts quickly enough to find good entries of potential new movement (and quickly revert on false signals), and automatically adapt the band due to volatility while in good trend, resulting of a “keep on trading” technique.

The VHFp controls the period of the VHF filter.

//PRC_ALMA VHF filter | indicator
//11.11.2018
//Nicolas @ www.prorealcode.com
//Sharing ProRealTime knowledge

// --- settings 
Window = 7
Sigma = 3
VHFp = 21
// --- end of settings 

Price = customClose

//VHF
Length=VHFp

CloseDiff = 0
SumDiff = 0

Serie = Price

For Counter = 0 to Length - 1 do
 CloseDiff = Abs(serie[Counter] - serie[Counter + 1])
 SumDiff = SumDiff + CloseDiff
next

If SumDiff = 0 Then
 SumDiff = 1
endif

VHF = (Highest[Length](serie) - Lowest[Length](serie)) / SumDiff
//

Offset = max(0.01,1- VHF)

m = (Offset * (Window - 1))
s = Window/Sigma

WtdSum = 0
CumWt  = 0

for k = 0 to Window - 1 do
 Wtd = Exp(-((k-m)*(k-m))/(2*s*s))
 WtdSum = WtdSum + Wtd * Price[Window - 1 - k]
 CumWt = CumWt + Wtd
next

ALAverage = WtdSum / CumWt

RETURN ALAverage

Hi/Lo bands made of this moving average:

//PRC_ALMA VHF Filter Hi/Lo band | indicator
//11.11.2018
//Nicolas @ www.prorealcode.com
//Sharing ProRealTime knowledge

// --- settings
Window = 10
Sigma = 3
VHFp = 21
// --- end of settings

hh = CALL "PRC_ALMA VHF filter"[window, sigma, VHFp](high)
ll = CALL "PRC_ALMA VHF filter"[window, sigma, VHFp](low)

if hh<hh[1] and low<ll then
 trend=-1
elsif ll>ll[1] and high>hh then
 trend=1
endif

if trend=1 then
 iline=ll
 r=0
 g=255
 b=0
else
 iline=hh
 r=255
 g=0
 b=0
endif

return iline coloured(r,g,b) style(line,3) as "ALMA VHF Filter Hi/Lo band"

 

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