| mktmole 325 posts
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 | 2/11/2010 11:49:18 AM 
 
 Any help is appreciated  in creating a 8 period Rate of Change derived from the BBW value below.
 and ideally plotting this indicator as an oscillator fluctuating above/below 0 line,  or other plot options?
 (Would this be be a "weighted" function?)
 
 set{value1,upper bollinger band(20) - Lower bollinger Band(20)}
 set{BBW,value1 / median bollinger Band(20)}
 
 Thanks kindly !
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| Kevin_in_GA 4,599 posts
 msg #88145
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 | 2/11/2010 4:56:21 PM 
 Why not just use the Bollinger Oscillator built into SF?
 
 just type Bollinger Oscillator(X,Y) and it will give you an oscillator for the close relative to the bands.
 
 
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| mktmole 325 posts
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 | 2/11/2010 5:07:35 PM 
 tks Kevin!
 but  I'm actually looking for an 8 period ROC 'smoothing' to be applied to the BBW ?
 
 rgds
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| tomm1111 202 posts
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 | 2/11/2010 9:41:41 PM 
 mm,  Is this what you have in mind?  I've applied roc(8) prior the bollinger width calc but it doesn't look that smooth.
 
 
 
 
 
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| mktmole 325 posts
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 | 2/11/2010 9:56:08 PM 
 hey tks tom !
 you are right, it's not smooth...and the BB osc is much smoother which is the opposite of what it should be...umm.
 The 8 roc is applied to the BB width calculation afterwards.
 This theory appeared in S+C mag Bonus issue 2006  trading "Bandwidth Volatility Extremes", by Barbara Star.
 Still trying to fine tune it...
 
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| Kevin_in_GA 4,599 posts
 msg #88174
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 | 2/12/2010 8:21:40 AM 
 Isn't rate of change simply the slope?
 
 set{var1, Bollinger Oscillator(20,2)}
 set{var2, 8 day slope of var1}
 
 
 
 
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| chetron 2,817 posts
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 | 2/12/2010 8:43:26 AM 
 i believe it is even simpler, that it is the difference between the bbo day to day for the last 8 day expressed as a moving average.....
 
 
 
 
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| chetron 2,817 posts
 msg #88179
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 | 2/12/2010 9:22:10 AM 
 maybe...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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| mktmole 325 posts
 msg #88229
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 | 2/12/2010 5:03:23 PM 
 tks chetron !  that's it exactly.
 
 putting things all together gets interesting
 Work in Progress
 
 
 
 
 
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