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The technical indicators you can use in Investion's filters and on the chart. Each entry explains what the indicator measures, the parameters that tune it, and how to read it.

Trend

11 indicators
Long Moving AverageLong MA

A long-period average of price that shows the dominant trend — price above it leans bullish, below it bearish.

Long MA Period
Bars in the long moving average.
Long MA Type
Averaging method for the long MA (SMA, EMA, …).
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Short Moving AverageShort MA

A short-period average that reacts faster; crossing the long MA is a classic trend-shift signal.

Short MA Period
Bars in the short moving average.
Short MA Type
Averaging method for the short MA (SMA, EMA, …).
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Profit Maximizer (PMAX)Profit Max

An ATR-based trailing trend band: a buy when price closes above it, a sell when it closes below.

PMAX Period
Bars for the ATR that PMAX uses.
PMAX Multiplier
ATR multiplier that sets the trailing-band distance.
PMAX MA Length
Bars in the moving average PMAX trails.
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Triangular Moving AverageTMA

A double-smoothed average that weights the middle of the window most — a very smooth, low-noise trend line.

TMA Period
Bars in the triangular average window.
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Donchian ChannelDonchian

The highest high and lowest low of the last N bars; a close outside the channel signals a breakout.

Donchian Channel Period
Bars for the highest-high / lowest-low channel.
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Ichimoku CloudKinko Hyo

A full system: the Kumo cloud marks support/resistance and trend, while Tenkan/Kijun crosses give signals.

Ichimoku Tenkan-sen Period
Bars for the fast conversion (Tenkan) line.
Ichimoku Kijun-sen Period
Bars for the base (Kijun) line.
Ichimoku Senkou Span B Period
Bars for the slower cloud boundary (Span B).
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Triple EMATEMA

An EMA variant engineered to cut lag, so it tracks fast trends more closely than a plain average.

TEMA Period
Bars in the triple-EMA calculation.
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Double EMADEMA

A low-lag average between a plain EMA and a TEMA — responsive without being overly jumpy.

DEMA Period
Bars in the double-EMA calculation.
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VWAPVWAP

Volume-weighted average price — the session's fair value; price above it favors buyers, below it sellers.

VWAP Session Reset Period (Bars)
Bars after which VWAP resets its session.
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Darvas BoxDarvas

Draws price consolidation boxes; a break above the top box is a momentum entry, below the bottom an exit.

Darvas Box Length
Bars used to detect each box's high and low.
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Heikin AshiHeikin Ashi

A candle-smoothing overlay that averages each bar with the last — long unbroken color runs mark clean trends.

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Momentum

17 indicators
Relative Strength Index (RSI)Relative Strength

A 0–100 momentum gauge of average gain vs. loss; above 70 is overbought, below 30 oversold.

RSI Length
Bars over which RSI averages gains and losses.
RSI MA Type
Averaging method for the MA line over RSI.
RSI MA Length
Bars in the MA smoothing line over RSI.
RSI BB Multiplier
Std-dev multiplier for RSI's Bollinger bands.
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MACDConvergence

The gap between two EMAs plus a signal line; line crosses flag momentum shifts, the histogram its speed.

MACD Fast Length
Bars in the fast EMA.
MACD Slow Length
Bars in the slow EMA.
MACD Signal Length
Bars in the signal-line EMA.
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StochasticStoch

Where price sits within its recent range via %K/%D lines; used for overbought/oversold and crossovers.

Stochastic K Period
Lookback for the %K line.
Stochastic Smooth K
Smoothing length for the %K line.
Stochastic Smooth D
Smoothing length for the %D line.
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Stochastic RSIStoch RSI

A stochastic applied to RSI instead of price — a more sensitive read of overbought/oversold extremes.

SRSI RSI Length
RSI lookback inside Stochastic RSI.
SRSI Stochastic Length
Stochastic lookback applied over the RSI.
SRSI K
Smoothing length for the %K line.
SRSI D
Smoothing length for the %D line.
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CCICCI

Measures deviation from the average price; readings past ±100 mark strong up/down momentum.

CCI Period
Bars over which CCI measures deviation from the mean.
CCI MA Type
Averaging method for the CCI smoothing line.
CCI MA Length
Bars in the smoothing MA applied to CCI.
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ADXADX

Rates trend strength (not direction) from 0–100; above ~25 means a trend worth trading, below it a range.

ADX Period
Bars over which trend strength is averaged.
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MomentumMOM

The raw rate of price change over N bars; rising above zero is bullish thrust, falling below it bearish.

Momentum Length
Bars over which price change is measured.
Momentum Signal Length
Bars in the momentum signal line.
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Williams %R%R

An inverted stochastic on a −100…0 scale; above −20 is overbought, below −80 oversold.

Williams %R Period
Lookback for the highest-high / lowest-low range.
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Fisher TransformFisher

Reshapes price into a Gaussian curve so turning points become sharp, giving earlier reversal signals.

Fisher Transform Period
Bars over which the transform is computed.
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Quantitative Qualitative Estimation (QQE)QQE

A smoothed RSI-family oscillator tuned for cleaner overbought/oversold turns with less whipsaw.

LAQQE RSI Length
RSI lookback the oscillator is built on.
LAQQE Factor
Sensitivity / smoothing factor of the oscillator.
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KDJKDJ

A stochastic variant with an extra J line that overshoots the extremes to flag early reversals.

KDJ K Period
Lookback for the %K line.
KDJ D Period
Smoothing length for the %D line.
KDJ J Period
Weighting length for the J line.
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Jurik OscillatorJurik

Applies Jurik's low-lag, low-noise smoothing to a stochastic base for a very clean momentum line.

JMA Stoch Period
Bars for the stochastic feeding the JMA.
JMA Period
Main smoothing length of the Jurik filter.
JMA Phase
Lag vs. overshoot bias of the Jurik filter (−100…100).
JMA Power
Smoothing strength of the Jurik filter.
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Ultimate OscillatorUO

Blends three timeframes of momentum into one 0–100 line to cut the false signals a single period gives.

Ultimate Oscillator Short Period
Shortest of the three momentum lookbacks.
Ultimate Oscillator Medium Period
Middle momentum lookback.
Ultimate Oscillator Long Period
Longest momentum lookback.
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Laguerre RSILaguerre

An RSI run through a Laguerre filter — very smooth, with a single alpha knob to trade lag for smoothness.

Laguerre Alpha
Filter damping 0…1; higher is smoother but lags more.
LaguerreRSI MA Period
Smoothing MA applied to the Laguerre RSI.
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Hull Butterfly OscillatorHull Butterfly

Built on the fast Hull moving average; its band expansion highlights momentum bursts and exhaustion.

Hull Butterfly Length
Bars in the Hull moving-average base.
Hull Butterfly Multiplier
Width multiplier for the oscillator band.
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Momentum Ghost Machine (MGM)MGM

A multi-stage smoothed momentum delta with its own MA line for crossover confirmation.

MGM Length
Main lookback of the oscillator.
MGM Smoothing
First smoothing-pass length.
MGM Post Smoothing
Final smoothing-pass length.
MGM MA Length
Bars in the crossover MA line.
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Forward Backward Exponential Oscillator (FBEO)FBEO

A filtered band-energy oscillator that smooths price then measures how far it stretches from its mean.

FBEO Length
Main lookback of the oscillator.
FBEO Smoothing
Extra smoothing applied to the oscillator.
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Volatility

2 indicators
Bollinger BandsBB

A moving average with ±standard-deviation bands; a squeeze signals low volatility, a bulge rising volatility.

Bollinger Length
Bars in the moving average the bands are built around.
Bollinger MA Type
Averaging method for the middle band (SMA, EMA, …).
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Average True Range (ATR)Avg True Range

The average bar range — a pure volatility gauge, mostly used to size stop-losses and positions.

ATR Period
Bars over which the true range is averaged.
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Volume

2 indicators
On-Balance Volume (OBV)On-Balance Volume

Adds volume on up bars and subtracts it on down bars; confirms or diverges from the price trend.

OBV Period
Smoothing length applied to OBV.
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Chaikin Money Flow (CMF)Chaikin Money Flow

Money flow over a period; positive readings point to buying pressure, negative to selling pressure.

CMF Period
Bars over which money flow is summed.
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