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RE: [amibroker] Re: Efficiency & ATR (Jayson)



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It 
simply assigns how much room around the plot you want to see empty. To see the 
difference change it to graphxspace=15. It is not needed but I like the visual, 
especially on a pane that has a lot of information such as this one. 
Jayson 
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size=2>-----Original Message-----From: gosub283 
[mailto:gosub283@xxxxxxxxx]Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 12:20 
AMTo: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [amibroker] Re: 
Efficiency & ATR (Jayson)PS: What is.... 
GraphXSpace=3;at the bottom of your code.??I can't find it in 
AmiHelpWhat's it used for??Gosub--- In 
amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jayson" <jcasavant@xxxx> wrote:> 
GM,> > I Agree that Raw ATR numbers are of little use. What is 
important is to> understand the ATR value as it pertains to the bars 
move.> Along a similar vein you may find this interesting. I use it daily 
on an> interday chart to gauge if the days move is within the "Normal 
ATR for the> stock as well as to measure the volume against it's own 
MA.> The top value is today's volume as measured against the 50 day MA 
of volume.> The second line measures today's price move as a 
percentage against the> "normal" (ATR14) ATR. The final line is the 
ATR(14) measured as  percentage> of the daily close.> At 
a glance I can see if the stocks ATR reflects a boring, potentially> 
satisfying or down right scary range and if today's move is important 
or> just average.....> > I use a dark back ground, you may 
wish to adjust the colors....> > > ATRparm=Param("ATR Look 
Back",14,10,50);> x=ATR(atrparm);> y=(x/C)*100;> 
z=(ATR(1)/C)*100;> Vparm=Param("Vol MA",50,10,200);> 
Col1=IIf(V>MA(V,50),MA(V,50),V);> 
Colzone1=IIf(C>Ref(C,-1),colorDarkGreen,colorDarkRed);> > 
Plot(Col1,"", colzone1,3|styleThick);> 
Plot(V,"Volume",IIf(C>Ref(C,-1),colorBrightGreen,colorRed),2|styleThick);> 
Plot(MA(V,50),"Vol Average " ,colorYellow,4);> 
Value1=ATR(1)/y*10;> Plot(value1/ATR(atrparm ),"ATR",4,1) ;> 
Plot(y,"% of Vol Average "+WriteVal(V/MA(V,vparm)*100,1.0) +"%"+" ATR 
%"> ,colorWhite,styleOwnScale |1);> GraphXSpace=3;> 
> > > Jayson> -----Original Message-----> 
From: GM [mailto:gmellor@xxxx]> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 11:17 
PM> To: Amibroker Forum> Subject: [amibroker] Efficiency & ATR 
(Al V. & Jayson)> > > Hi guys,> > In an 
attempt to use the ATR in "Personality"> recognition, I made a slight mod 
to the ATR> indicator. I would appreciate your comments> and 
suggestions. (Don't hold any punches)> Is this a useful tool ?> 
Anyone else please feel free to comment,> Gosub283> > 
Picture attached:> Notice how "GMVolatility" climbs just before> 
the "V" bounce reversals in the QQQ.> > Description:>  
The standard Average True Range (ATR) indicator>  is only useful as 
a reference over the period>  which it is set. As the stock price 
climbs or>  drops significantly, previous ATR value are 
useless>  when compared to current values. This makes 
it>  impossible to set ATR thresholds in software 
systems.>  The GM Volatility indicator divides the ATR 
value>  by the average close price over the same 
period,>  thereby showing range volatility as a 
percentage>  of the average price regardless of time or $ 
value.>  Values less than 3 are normal while value 
greater>  than 5 indicate high daily volatility.>  The 
GM_Volatility indic. is useful at all times>  and floats between 0 
and +10% regardless>  of price change over time.> 
>  Generally, a value less than 3% indicates>  LOW 
volatility. Values above 5% indicate>  HIGH volatility.> 
> EG: A value of 2% means that the 
Low-to-High>     fluctuates 2% of the average 
price>     over the last 14 days. (lower 
volatility)> >     A value of 7% means that 
the Low-to-High>     fluctuates 7% of the average 
price>     over the last 14 days. (Higher 
volatility)> 
*****************************************************/> > GM_Vol = 
(MA(ATR(14),5) / MA((H+L/2),14))*100;> Graph0 = GM_Vol;> Graph1 = 
MA(GM_Vol,10);> >       Yahoo! 
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