One important improvement is available in the latest version 1.2: new parameter AccumulationDistribution is added which allows you to enable A/D mode. In this mode the indicator calculates A/D formula instead of OBV. A/D is considered as more precise volume meter over OBV. You may compare standard A/D indicator (built on ticks) with OnBalanceVolumeSurrogate in AccumulationDistribution mode (built on pseudo-real volumes):
why do the arrows( from I think ma cross) come so late the crossing is already 1-2 bars earlier?
Which setting do you use for CompletedBars parameter? If it's true for completed bars, indicator will wait when bars with crossing are fininshed. You may disable CompletedBars and receive crossing signals instantly, but be worned they are not consistent, because latest bar is changing, so you can get many false alerts.
the Accumulation Distribution indicator you are basing on is the classical version. You should use the one by Larry Williams which is the
improved version which is more accurate. I note that the arrows tend to show a bottoming or topping but not directional. Sometimes two arrows
emerge in opposite directions. What does that mean?
jmhuang: the Accumulation Distribution
indicator you are basing on is the classical version. You should use the one by Larry Williams which is the improved version which is more
accurate. I note that the arrows tend to show a bottoming or topping but not directional. Sometimes two arrows emerge in opposite
directions. What does that mean?
Hi, please specify a reference why Williams' AD should be considered more accurate and how the accuracy was measured. From the formulae of
both I saw, AD and WAD are similar, but WAD uses absolute values and hard logic switch between upside and downside bars, whereas the standard
AD uses relative values and smooth estimation of bar direction - neither stricly up nor strictly down, but as a fraction of skew in any
direction. This seems more accurate to me.
As for arrows in opposite direction, this is natural for indicator formula (and many indicator formulas in general, including 2 MA crossing
for example), when calculated by ticks, because on different ticks on the same bar results may differ. This only means that the situation are
ambiguous. If you want a single arrow per bar you should calculate indicators on per bar basis. For this purpose you should use the input
parameter CompletedBars.
hi, just install ver 1.3 but i can,t see the (True Volume Surrogate) bar, and the obv line, ma line it look like all one flat line,hardly to see signer or crossover, if i change to 4 hour or daily time frame it will see better, any suggestion?
jack2009 #: hi, just install ver 1.3 but i can,t see the (True Volume Surrogate) bar, and the obv line, ma line it look like all one flat line,hardly to see signer or crossover, if i change to 4 hour or daily time frame it will see better, any suggestion?
True Volume Surrpogate is another indicator - it's shown on the screenshot just for reference, and should be bought separately (if you need it). In MT5 you can't expect that a single MT5 indicator will produce 2 subwindows.
MAs use standard maths. If your data contains a spikes with large values, then other parts of the window get squeezed. The same is correct for any indicator.
One important improvement is available in the latest version 1.2: new parameter AccumulationDistribution is added which allows you to enable A/D mode. In this mode the indicator calculates A/D formula instead of OBV. A/D is considered as more precise volume meter over OBV. You may compare standard A/D indicator (built on ticks) with OnBalanceVolumeSurrogate in AccumulationDistribution mode (built on pseudo-real volumes):
Hi,
why do the arrows( from I think ma cross) come so late the crossing is already 1-2 bars earlier?
why do the arrows( from I think ma cross) come so late the crossing is already 1-2 bars earlier?
the Accumulation Distribution indicator you are basing on is the classical version. You should use the one by Larry Williams which is the improved version which is more accurate. I note that the arrows tend to show a bottoming or topping but not directional. Sometimes two arrows emerge in opposite directions. What does that mean?
Hi, please specify a reference why Williams' AD should be considered more accurate and how the accuracy was measured. From the formulae of both I saw, AD and WAD are similar, but WAD uses absolute values and hard logic switch between upside and downside bars, whereas the standard AD uses relative values and smooth estimation of bar direction - neither stricly up nor strictly down, but as a fraction of skew in any direction. This seems more accurate to me.
As for arrows in opposite direction, this is natural for indicator formula (and many indicator formulas in general, including 2 MA crossing for example), when calculated by ticks, because on different ticks on the same bar results may differ. This only means that the situation are ambiguous. If you want a single arrow per bar you should calculate indicators on per bar basis. For this purpose you should use the input parameter CompletedBars.
hi, just install ver 1.3 but i can,t see the (True Volume Surrogate) bar, and the obv line, ma line it look like all one flat line,hardly to see signer or crossover, if i change to 4 hour or daily time frame it will see better, any suggestion?
True Volume Surrpogate is another indicator - it's shown on the screenshot just for reference, and should be bought separately (if you need it). In MT5 you can't expect that a single MT5 indicator will produce 2 subwindows.
MAs use standard maths. If your data contains a spikes with large values, then other parts of the window get squeezed. The same is correct for any indicator.