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Here's a variation of the Heikin Ashi Indicator technique that looks more like a time line than a powerful indicator... but don't let looks fool you! This variation of the indicator is very, very powerful! It allows for the use of the Heikin Ashi techniques, without having to replace your candlesticks. Just look for the color changes in the indicator, and you know that you've changed trends. The original author (who's name is unknown) claims that this version of the Heikin Ashi Indicator works best on longer time frames, such as weekly and monthly, but I've used it in minute charts, and have had great success as well, though more choppy, as you can see in the images.

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Downdload Heikin Ashi Variation for TradeStation (ELD and Workspace)

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Based on James Altucher's book Trade Like a Hedge Fund: 20 Successful Uncorrelated Strategies & Techniques to Winning Profits (Wiley Trading), this useful indicator is great for pairs traders that would like to trade only one side of a pair. I really recommend that you buy James Altuchers book, or at least check it out from the library. His book describes Unilateral Pairs Trading in depth, as well as several other trading techniques for high profits, and just general trading thoughts that are highly refreshing. The download includes 2 indicators and a bonus showme for buy/sell conditions At this time, the indicator is just for TradeStation, but as you all know, I'll get it into NinjaTrader soon!! NinjaTrader was missing a key function I needed, that I'm having to create by hand.

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James Altuchers book Trade Like a Hedge Fund: 20 Successful Uncorrelated Strategies & Techniques to Winning Profits (Wiley Trading) was my inspiration for the Unilateral Pairs Trading technique that he outlines in chapter 2. I've code up a simple TradeStation ShowMe to indicate buy conditions. You can turn on sell conditions too, but I've got some improvements to do on that half, so don't say I didn't warn you ;) The idea is that when two pairs are trading that are highly correlated ( I use pairs with a correlation value > .85, but that's just me) they will shift out of sequence with each other for short bits of time, and statistically they will "re-converge"

And how do I find 2 stocks that are highly correlated like that? Well, I wrote a program to analyze all the stocks, and compile them into a list, and tell me which ones are highly correlated :) You know, the easy, lazy programmers way!! I used to have it online, but there wasn't enough interest to keep it going. If I was to get a sudden surge in interest, I'd consider putting it back online again.... I might even make it free!! Just let me know if you prefer online, or a desktop app you run at home.

So now that you have a highly correlated pair, how to you apply it to the Unilateral Pairs Trading technique that James Altucher outlines? Well, basically for a long buy, and the ShowMe takes the work out of it, if the standard deviation of some calculated ratios is less then -1.5 (modifiable to suit your trading style) AND the percent change in price is greater than 2%, then you have a buy signal. On the other hand, if you have 1.5 standard deviations and greater than -2% change, then you have a short sell trading opportunity. There is more to it than that, and James Altuchers book is really great to read for insight into how this, and many other, trading techniques work for hedge fund managers

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Download Unilateral Pairs Trading Indicator (ELD and Workspace)

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This is the TradeStation code (ELD and Workspace example) for the Distance Coefficient Ehlers Filter as discussed in John Ehlers book,   Rocket Science for Traders: Digital Signal Processing Applications.  The Distance Coefficent Ehlers Filter is a type of filter in the non-linear FIR (Finite Impulse Response) filter class. This type of filter is great for filtering out pricing data that isn't stationary. ie, cycling.

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the Distance Coefficient Ehlers Filter as discussed in John Ehlers book,   Rocket Science for Traders: Digital Signal Processing Applications   can be used similarly to the SMA (Simple Moving Average) or the EMA (Exponential Moving Average). There is more to it than that, but the details are better understood by reading his book. I've found the Distance Coefficient Ehlers Filter to be much more responsive than either the Simple Moving Average, or the Exponential Moving Average, but it also has to do with the stationary vs non-stationary response that the stock is undergoing. I really cant do the book justice. Read the book and make a buck :)

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Distance Coefficient Filter Indicator (ELD and Workspace)

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The Delayed Channel Breakout Strategy appears to have first originated from an Angus Jackson and later converted to TradeStation by an unknown author

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The Delayed Channel Breakout Strategy is an easy to use strategy that buys and sells based on channel breakouts (hence the name). Essentially, just buy when it says buy and sell when it says sell. I always use other indicators to make sure that the Delayed Channel Breakout Strategy is still in check though.

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Delayed Channel Breakout Strategy (ELD and Workspace Files)

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The DBS Where Indicator, also known as Dynamic Breakout System Where Indicator, is a modification of the original Dynamic Breakout system, designed by George Pruitt for Futures Magazine in 1996

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The DBS Where Indicator is a variation of the Dynamic Breakout System (DBS) Indicator that was originally written about by George Pruitt for Futures Magazine in 1996.

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DBS Where Indicator (ELD and Workspace)

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The DBS March Strategy is an interesting strategy that has show itself to be very profitable

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The DBS March Strategy is extremely profitable for long term trades, but unfortunately, I don't have any information on how to tune the 20 or so inputs. If you have any extra information on the meaning of the inputs to the DBS March Strategy, leave a comment below so that others may also enjoy this wonderful indicator

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DBS March Strategy (ELD and Workspace )

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This is a 4-plot DBS Break indicator that channels around the price

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We have very little information of the meaning and interpretation of the 4 plots in the DBS Break Indicator. If you have additional information, please feel free to post a comment below

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DBS Break Indicator (ELD and Workspace)

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This is an extremely easy to read MACD Colored Histogram Indicator

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The MACD Colored Histogram Indicator is just like a standard MACD indicator, except that the colored indicator has visually appealing, intuitive, and easy-to-read clues so that you can make the most of the MACD indicators.

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MACD Colored Histogram Indicator (ELD and Workspace)

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The Cosine IFM Indicator is another great indicator given to us by John Ehlhers. The purpose of the Cosine IFM indicator is to measure cycles in the stock market, and is a variation of other cycle measuring indicators, including his I-Q IFM

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Unfortunately I don't have a lot of additional information on the Cosine IFM indicator, so feel free to leave a comment below on how to get the best use out of the Cosine IFM indicator

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Cosine IFM Indicator (ELD and Workspace)

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Coopers Strategy is based off of Jeff Coopers 'Hit and Run 2' Indicator that was made for MetaStock. This is the translation to TradeStation made by Mike Mason on the Omega forum many years ago.

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I don't have a lot of usage information on the Cooper Strategy at this time, so feel free to post a comment on any experiences you've had with it.

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Cooper Strategy (ELD and Workspace)

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