HA Trend Flow
- Indicatori
- Thorsten Koch
- Versione: 1.0
HA Trend Flow is a professional two-stage smoothed Heiken Ashi trend indicator for MetaTrader 5.
It is designed to clearly visualize market trends, reduce noise and reliably identify sideways market phases – without repainting.
Ideal for trend traders, scalpers, swing traders and multi-timeframe analysis.
✅ Key Benefits
-
✔ Much smoother trends compared to standard Heiken Ashi
-
✔ 2-stage smoothing (OHLC + Heiken Ashi)
-
✔ Automatic sideways / chop detection
-
✔ Clear neutral & doji candle identification
-
✔ Fully customizable colors or style presets
-
✔ No repainting – closed candles only
-
✔ Optional alerts on trend changes
-
✔ Works on all symbols and timeframes
📊 Comparison: HA Trend Flow vs. Standard Heiken Ashi
| Feature | Standard Heiken Ashi | HA Trend Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Trend smoothness | ❌ often noisy | ✅ highly smoothed |
| Trend changes | ❌ many false signals | ✅ clear and stable |
| Sideways markets | ❌ hard to detect | ✅ automatically neutral |
| Customization | ❌ very limited | ✅ fully configurable |
| Alerts | ❌ no | ✅ yes |
| Repainting | ❌ possible | ✅ no repainting |
Result:
HA Trend Flow produces fewer signals, but significantly higher-quality signals.
🎨 Style & Color Presets
🔹 Included Style Presets
-
Classic: Lime / Tomato / Gold
-
Soft: MediumSeaGreen / OrangeRed / Khaki
-
Light Background: DarkGreen / FireBrick / Goldenrod
-
Color-Blind Safe: DodgerBlue / Orange / Silver
➡ Optional custom colors can be enabled by the user.
⚙️ Full Input Parameters Description
🔸 Candle Appearance
-
Candle width (1..3)
Adjusts the thickness of Heiken Ashi candles
🔸 Smoothing – Stage 1 (OHLC)
-
Stage 1 smoothing method (OHLC)
EMA / SMA / SMMA / LWMA -
Stage 1 smoothing period
Controls the first smoothing level (noise reduction)
🔸 Smoothing – Stage 2 (Heiken Ashi)
-
Stage 2 smoothing method (HA)
Second smoothing applied directly to Heiken Ashi values -
Stage 2 smoothing period
Fine-tunes overall trend smoothness
🔸 Neutral & Sideways Logic
-
Enable neutral/doji color
Enables neutral candle detection -
Doji threshold in points
Defines when a candle is considered a doji -
Mark sideways as neutral
Automatically marks sideways market phases -
Candles to estimate volatility
Lookback period for volatility calculation -
If body ≤ X% of average range ⇒ neutral
Core chop-filter logic
🔸 Alerts (Optional)
-
Enable alerts
-
Alert when color flips up ↔ down
-
Alert when neutral/doji appears
-
Popup alert
-
Push notification (MT5 settings required)
➡ All alerts are triggered only on closed candles (no repainting).
🧠 Typical Use Cases
-
Trend filter for Expert Advisors
-
Entries only in trend direction
-
Exit signals on color change
-
Market phase detection (trend vs. range)
-
Multi-timeframe confirmation (e.g. H1 trend, M15 entry)
🏁 Conclusion
HA Trend Flow is not just another Heiken Ashi variant — it is a professional trend-flow indicator:
Less noise.
More structure.
Clear market phases.
