Posts Tagged ‘Custom Indicators’

Pre-Alert Indicators in Market Analyser

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Pre-Alerts are custom indicators designed specifically by the Market Analyser team to highlight aspects of share price and volume behavior that are likely to lead to a continuation of, or a reversal in the share price movement. These indicators have stood the test of time and have been rigorously tested to verify their performance. Pre-Alerts are exclusively available in the Platinum version of Market Analyser.

The Pre-Alerts have been performing very well lately. Looking at the Westpac chart below you can see clusters of dots at each of the turning points in the market. The dots are symbols indicating when the Pre-Alerts have occurred.

Pre-Alert indicators have triggered in this Market Analyser - Westpac chart

The black dots with an ‘A’ are the Accumulation indicator, showing an increase in volume which often occurs near the end of a downtrend. The grey dots with a ‘D’ are the Distribution indicator which shows strong breakouts that are accompanied by high volume. As can be seen here a reversal often eventuates soon after.

The red or green dots with a ‘C’ show the Conductor indicator. This identifies turning points as these occur in real time and can work very well to identify short term reversal points. And the symbol ‘TP’ shows reversal points in red or green identifying when a significant peak or trough forms.

The Market Analyser Pre-Alert indicators are based on a unique pattern-recognition concept that has proven to be one of the most effective charting and analysis tools available. The Pre-Alert indicators are designed to alert you to trading opportunities prior to conventional charting indicators and therefore give you a greater chance of profiting from market trends.

To apply the Pre-Alerts, select the Pre-Alert you wish to use from the Pre-Alert menu located at the top of your charts. Type in the parameters or use the default settings and click OK.

Pre-Alert Indicators in Market Analyser Platinum

Pre-Alerts are even more powerful when combined and utilised as part of an overall trading strategy, as each Pre-Alert indicator helps assist in supporting alerts from the others. Pre-Alerts are designed to assist you in building a much clearer picture when reading the charts. There is no question that the Pre-Alerts are a superior way of assisting you to trade the market.

By Jeff Cartridge
Education Manager

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Create Custom Indicators with the Market Analyser Wizard

Friday, March 11th, 2011

In Market Analyser you can create custom indicators by combining a range of indicators together using the Analyser Wizard function.

The Analyser Wizard enables you to combine any number of indicators together, with each being required to meet specific rules either on the current day or within the time window specified. For example, you could combine a 34 day / 200 day Moving Average Crossover with a Stochastic Crossover, with a 5 day look back. As long as both indicators returned true within the 5 day look back period, a signal will be generated.

This example represents a fairly simple combination; however, you can combine as many indicators, price patterns or volume rules as you like to build your own custom designed indicators. You will now be able to cut down on time-consuming stock tracking and watchlist management.

All Wizard indicators can then be used as scanning indicators in the Analyser window as well as being displayed in the Charts section. You can also use your own custom-designed indicators as entry or exit rules in the Trading System module.

Using the Analyser Wizard

Click on Menu > Analysis > Analyser Wizard

The Analyser Wizard window will appear.

Click on New in the top left hand corner to create a new combination and type in a name for the indicator.

The Analyser window in Market Analyser

Click the Maximise button in the top right hand corner to enlarge the window to fill the screen.

From the list on the left hand side of the screen add in the custom indicators you want to use. Double click on the indicator and then select the parameters you wish to use. Set the Look Back period on the right of the screen to determine when the signal must be true. For example if you were using the accumulation indicator you may want to see all the shares where the signal has occurred in the last 5 days. A Look Back of zero means the signal must occur on the current day only, to be valid. If you use a number of different signals all with the Look Back of zero it is likely that you will get very few shares because all signals must occur on exactly the same day. Once you have set the parameters click on the indicator in the right hand window to update the parameters.

You can combine a wide range of different signals using the Analyser Wizard. If you want to remove an indicator then click on the indicator on the right hand side of the screen and click the yellow – button.

After completing your custom indicator, remember to click Save on the Analyser Wizard toolbar.

Now that you have created your own custom set of indicators and parameters you can run a scan of the market using the Analyser to identify the shares that meet your criteria.

The Analyser Wizard in Market Analyser allows you to customise Market Analyser to quickly and easily find the shares that meet your criteria.

By Jeff Cartridge
Education Manager

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