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On Balance Volume (OBV)

MCI and VCI - Modified CCI FormulasFor private peeps only - Takes a modified version of the CCI formula into 2 parts VCI - Volume Channel Index (Yellow Histogram) - Measures accurate accumulation and distribution levels and times MCI - Modified Channel Index - Measures (when compared to VCI) levels where clearly buys are interested vs not interested. Example: If VCI > MCI - Shows buyer's are more than interested in buying, you've either hit a bottom or heavy resistance if MCI > VCI - Show's buyer's aren't interested and will most likely result in a dump/lower price Great for monitoring accumulation and distribution, these auto buy and sells look for the transition points over 0, works on EVERY commodity/stock/FOREX/Crypto Results are from trading 1 BTC x25 leveraging. Not all trades will get in if put in at limit, but it does survive with profits after the massive 0.075 fee (results shown are after fees)
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by ericisom887
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Accumulation/Distribution Volume (ADV) [cI8DH]This is the simplified and optimized version of my original ADV indicator. It shows both regular volume bars and the accumulated/distributed (A/D) portion of them. The equation is elegant and intuitive. It calculates candle body to candle height ratio and multiplies it by volume: volume*(close-open)/(high-low). This is the building block of my three other indicators, ADL, ADP and ADMF. - The volume bars has two shades of green and red. The dark shade shows amount of A/D and the light shade shows total volume (what you see on a regular volume indicator). When money volume is enabled, volume is multiplied by price. As you can see in the chart below, trade volume in terms of USD was growing over the past years. - Blue line is the moving average of A/D and the orange line is for total volume. When "Baseline Chart" option is enabled, this moving average is identical to ADMF indicator which can be a powerful indicator for assessing buy/sell pressure as well as money flow and volume divergences. You can turn off volume bars (from style menu) for better visibility or you can use the below indicators. Please note that ADMF is now available as a part of ADP indicator as well and I recommend using the latter since ADP can also replace CMF and MFI indicators. - If you change the aggregation to cumulative (while having money volume disabled), the gray line becomes identical to On Balance Volume (OBV) and the blue line identical to my ADL indicator. The latter I would argue is more accurate than Chaikin's ADL, William's A/D and OBV.
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by cI8DH
25
Accumulation/Distribution Level (ADL) [Cyrus c|:D]This indicator shows Accumulation/Distribution level which can be used for confirming trends or reversals (via divergence). It is an alternative to Chaikin's Accumulation/Distribution Line (ADL) and On Balance Volume (OBV) indicators. It can also replicate PVT and OBV via options in the input menu. Here is a comparison of four related indicators: OBV is too simple and has serious flaws as explained in PVT's wiki. Chaikin's ADL is a broken indicator as can be seen in the chart below: A/D Level addresses the flaws in these two indicators. It simply sums up portions of the volume that contributes to price change. These portions are visualized in dark green and red on "Accumulation/Distribution Volume (ADV)" indicator. This can also be achieved by ADV indicator if you are nerd enough. PS: There is Williams A/D as well which is also a broken indicator.
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by cI8DH
15
Accumulation/Distribution VolumeThis is a simple yet powerful indicator that can replace volume, Money Flow, Chaikin Money Flow, Price Volume Trend (PVT), Accumulation/Distribution Line (ADL), On Balance Volume (OBV). When "Baseline Chart" option is disabled, it looks similar to regular volume. The volume bars has two shades of green and red. The dark shade shows amount of accumulation and the light shade shows total volume (what you see on a regular volume indicator). Blue line is the moving average (or cumulative total) of A/D and the gray line is for total volume. When money volume is enabled, volume it multiplied by price. As you can see in the chart below, trade volume in terms of USD was declining after ATH. This is not the case in regular volume chart which shows instrument volume (chart above). In Baseline view, the aggregation method you choose can turn it into different indicators. With EMA/SMA aggregation, blue and gray line shows buy/sell pressure. At 0, there is not buy or sell pressure. If you turn off volume bars (from style menu), it gives you a reliable indicator to measure divergence. This should be more reliable than most other range-bound indicators (i.e. RSI, MFI, CMF). I will publish a TA about correctly measuring divergence (it's a must read even if you are a pro trader). Make sure that the length is set to a large number on smaller TFs such as 4h. For following results, set aggregation to cumulative and turn off money volume: When wick weight=0, the GRAY line is identical to OBV indicator. When normalized by spread and wick weight=10, the BLUE line is identical to ADL (improved by true range). When normalized by previous bar price, wick weight=0, the BLUE line is identical to PVT. How I use this indicator: - Baseline chart, replaced my regular volume indicator - Mostly 4h TF for divergence - EMA aggregation (and occasional cumulative aggregation) with length above 50. I change the length to 100 and 200 for confirmation. - Wick weight=0 or max 2. With this indicator, you can learn how different indicators are built and how they are different from each other. I will publish a TA to explain more about different indicators and their pros and cons. I will publish this indicator without volume bars and additional options to make it range bound.
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by cI8DH
36
RIZ OBV with coloured CCIThis ones useful for spotting divergence on OBV, and also includes CCI to show overbought and oversold areas in the volume. I've coloured the OBV bar with the CCI levels. Look for divergence (best results on 5min chart I believe) with this and you can spot where to sell if a second peak is not supported by volume, also shows where the big guns are dumping lots of volume! A volume study is always a good addition to any analysis I feel, and this is one of my day to day always on indicators.
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by HolRiz
3
Variance of OBVIDEA is to easily spot the length of a calm periods based on OBV. Some says that after a longer OBV-calm (but not supercalm) period up or down rallies are somewhat more likely) METHOD: variance of OBV ADVISE: cannot be used on its own, just with others (RSI, CCI, Coppock, MACD etc.) Period shall be adjusted to the market. PERSONAL: I also use it to evaluate how long an uptrend/downtrend is "normal" and when it is a "changer". Also to see if a market is too flat. (No changes in flat periods is also not a good sign for me) Also to evaluate magnitude of bursts. Have fun, use stops, avoid FOMO and comments welcome!
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by bricoleurs
Dav-o meter (public)I decided to make this formerly invite only script public (you can find the invite only version here If you are part of the invite only you don't need to change scripts. I will push improvements first on the invite only script but in time it will come to this version as well. I would love to know your ideas and thoughts on how this indicator can be improved, so feel free to give any feedback. Remember to give it a thumbs up if you like it.
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by maqpie
31
OBV Accumulation / Distribution combination v2OBV takes difference between old close and new close and multiplies by volume without considering high and low. This assigns the entire volume into a single direction even tho movement could've been in both. Accum/dist takes difference between close and high and low without considering previous close or open. This causes huge deviation from OBV when you have close or open far from high or low and price moving in the other direction like in a series of descending hammers. This is attempt to combine both so relative motion between candles is detected and volume direction is assigned based relative to movement within a candle to account for volume in both directions. + and - depends if close is above previous close (+ if above, - if below) Maximum upward volume counts if close = high and previous close = low, this makes multiplier 1 and thus entire volume is counted upwards Maximum downward volume counts if close = low and previous close = high, this makes multiplier -1 and thus entire volume is counted downwards. Zero volume movement occurs when close = previous close. Half upward volume movement occurs if close-previous_close is half the range from high-low. Update: Open used instead of previous close due to issues with grabbing previous close on some charts. This seems more accurate for gaps without volume.
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by spacetrader
3
OBV Accumulation/Distribution combinationOBV takes difference between old close and new close and multiplies by volume without considering high and low. This assigns the entire volume into a single direction even tho movement could've been in both. Accum/dist takes difference between close and high and low without considering previous close or open. This causes huge deviation from OBV when you have close or open far from high or low and price moving in the other direction like in a series of descending hammers. This is attempt to combine both so relative motion between candles is detected and volume direction is assigned based relative to movement within a candle to account for volume in both directions. + and - depends if close is above previous close (+ if above, - if below) Maximum upward volume counts if close = high and previous close = low, this makes multiplier 1 and thus entire volume is counted upwards Maximum downward volume counts if close = low and previous close = high, this makes multiplier -1 and thus entire volume is counted downwards. Zero volume movement occurs when close = previous close. Half upward volume movement occurs if close-previous_close is half the range from high-low.
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by spacetrader
3
On Balance Volume/PriceFirst, look at the chart, then read. Use OBV/Price to see a price adjusted by 'On Balance Volume' - (OBV), a momentum indicator that measures positive and negative volume flow, was developed by Joseph Granville and introduced in 1963. The indicator, together with trend lines, provides good entry/ exit points. In the chart note the exit point before the crash. Also, note the "wedge" - a bit lees optimistic that the 'price only' wedge for SPY.
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by gb50k
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