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Adaptive Stochastic Oscillator
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| Added: December 02, 2006 |
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Editor,
I know there's such a thing as adaptive moving averages. I was wondering if anyone
has come up with other adaptive indicators, such as an adaptive RSI or adaptive
stochastics. Is there a way to turn indicators such as these into adaptive ones,
or is it possible to use an adaptive moving average on them? If so, could you
give me an example of how to do so?
Richard Knapik, via E-mail
Tushar Chande replies:
I was the first to propose adaptive indicators, and my article "Stochastic
RSI And Dynamic Momentum Index" (STOCKS & COMMODITIES , December 1992)
explains how to do it. My book The New Technical Trader (John Wiley & Sons)
also contains a good explanation of it. The strategy is to change the lookback
length of the indicator by connecting it to market volatility. We would like
the indicator to have a long lookback period when prices are in a trading range
(volatility is low). Conversely, we want a short lookback length when prices
are moving rapidly. I feel that changing the lookback length for calculating
indicators is more responsive than smoothing them with adaptive moving averages.
The actual definition of long and short lookback lengths depends on your trading
horizon.
Here is some simple TradeStation code to create an adaptive stochastic oscillator
that uses the 20-day standard deviation of closing prices to vary the length
between seven and 28 days. First, determine if the 20-day standard deviation
is at its highest level. To do so, compute a stochastic oscillator using the
20-day standard deviation (variables v1 through v4). If the 20-day standard
deviation is at its highest level (v1=v2), then v4=1 and the oscillator length
is set at its shortest value, that is, set to the variable lenmin (=7 days).
If the 20-day standard deviation is at its lowest value (v1=v3), then v4=0 and
the current length is set to the maximum length, that is, the variable lenmax
(= 28 days). All that remains is to calculate the stochastic oscillator, Stoch,
for the close and smooth it using a three-day exponential moving average. The
same approach can be used to develop other adaptive indicators or averages.
Tushar Chande, Ph.D., of Tuscarora Capital Management, is a Contributing Editor to STOCKS & COMMODITIES.
Code:
Type : Indicator, Name : Adaptive Stochastic Oscillator
{-- C 2K Tushar Chande; Adaptive Stochastic Oscillator --}
vars: v1(0), v2(0), v3(0), v4(0) ;
vars: lenmax(28), lenmin(7), currlen(0) ;
vars: hh(0), ll(0), stoch(0), stochma(0) ;
{-- Calculate 20-day std. Dev. And its 20-day range --}
v1 = stddev(c,20) ;
v2 = highest(v1, 20) ;
v3 = lowest(v1, 20) ;
{-- Create v4: stochastic oscillator for 20-day std. dev. --}
{-- if v1=v2 (highest level) => v4 = 1; if v1=v3 (lowest level) => v4=0
--}
if (v2-v3) > 0 then v4 = ((v1 - v3)/(v2-v3)) Else v4 = 0 ;
{-- Calculate current effective length; if v4 = 1, then length = mininum --}
currlen = IntPortion(lenmin + (lenmax-lenmin)*(1-v4)) ;
{-- Calculate stochastic oscillator and its 3-day exponential average --}
hh = highest(h, currlen) ;
ll = lowest(l, currlen) ;
if (hh-ll) > 0 then stoch = ((close - ll)/(hh - ll)) * 100 ;
if currentbar = 1 then stochma = 0 else
stochma = 0.5*stoch + 0.5*stochma[1] ;
{-- Plot data --}
plot1(stoch, "adapt_stoch") ;
plot2(stochma, "stochma") ;
plot3(80, "hi_ref") ;
plot4(20, "lo_ref") ;
{ -- End of code --}
Code to difficult? Find somebody to help you with coding here.
Author: Tushar Chande
Source: TASC
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