Indicators
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 indicatorsA 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, …).
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, …).
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
A low-lag average between a plain EMA and a TEMA — responsive without being overly jumpy.
- DEMA Period
- Bars in the double-EMA calculation.
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.
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.
A candle-smoothing overlay that averages each bar with the last — long unbroken color runs mark clean trends.
Illustrated guide →Momentum
17 indicatorsA 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Volatility
2 indicatorsA 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, …).
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.
Volume
2 indicatorsAdds volume on up bars and subtracts it on down bars; confirms or diverges from the price trend.
- OBV Period
- Smoothing length applied to OBV.
Money flow over a period; positive readings point to buying pressure, negative to selling pressure.
- CMF Period
- Bars over which money flow is summed.