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Standard Deviation Indicator

Postby Alexander.Gettinger » Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:41 am

The formula is:
StdDev (i) = SQRT (AMOUNT (j = i - N, i) / N)
AMOUNT (j = i - N, i) = SUM ((ApPRICE (j) - MA (ApPRICE (i), N, i)) ^ 2)
Where:
StdDev (i) — Standard Deviation of the current bar;
SQRT — square root;
AMOUNT(j = i - N, i) — sum of squares from j = i - N to i;
N — smoothing period;
ApPRICE (j) — the price of the j-th bar;
MA (ApPRICE (i), N, i) — any moving average of the current bar for N periods;
ApPRICE (i) — the price of the current bar.

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function Init()
    indicator:name("Standard Deviation Indicator");
    indicator:description("Technical indicator named Standard Deviation (StdDev) measures the market volatility.");
    indicator:requiredSource(core.Tick);
    indicator:type(core.Oscillator);
   
    indicator.parameters:addInteger("N", "N", "Period", 20);

    indicator.parameters:addColor("clrStdDev", "Color of StdDev", "Color of StdDev", core.rgb(0, 255, 0));
end

local first;
local source = nil;
local MA;
local N;

function Prepare()
    source = instance.source;
    N=instance.parameters.N;
    MA = core.indicators:create("MVA", source, N);
    first = MA.DATA:first()+N;
    local name = profile:id() .. "(" .. source:name() .. ", " .. N .. ")";
    instance:name(name);
    StdDev = instance:addStream("StdDev", core.Line, name .. ".StdDev", "StdDev", instance.parameters.clrStdDev, first);
end

function Update(period, mode)
    MA:update(mode);
    if (period>first+N) then
     local dAmount=0.;
     local dMovingAverage=MA.DATA[period];
     local i;
     for i=0,N,1 do
      dAmount=dAmount+math.pow((source[period-i]-dMovingAverage),2);
     end
     StdDev[period]=math.sqrt(dAmount/N);
    end
end

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Normalized Standard Deviation Indicator.lua
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Re: Standard Deviation Indicator

Postby keyrama » Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:56 am

Hi there,

Great but could you explain how do we interpret it efficiently ?

Thanks,

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Re: Standard Deviation Indicator

Postby Nikolay.Gekht » Thu Apr 29, 2010 8:08 am

The indicator shows how much the price at the particular period differs from the price expected in the trend (i.e. sequence of the prices which looks predictable). So, higher value can point to the change of the price direction.
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Re: Standard Deviation Indicator

Postby keyrama » Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:16 am

Ok, that's what i thought.
That means when a peak is starting to fall back, price as started the correction of the move.
On 20 periods it seems too laggy for me, but around 16periods and not too choppy.

What is interesting is that it reflects well the gravity model, so maybe we could the use the symetry to anticipate where price starts and ends a corrective move.

I will look if there is something good to get out of this indicator.

Thanks,

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Re: Standard Deviation Indicator

Postby Alexander.Gettinger » Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:37 am

Update indicator.
Added method of MA.

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function Init()
    indicator:name("Standard Deviation Indicator");
    indicator:description("Technical indicator named Standard Deviation (StdDev) measures the market volatility.");
    indicator:requiredSource(core.Tick);
    indicator:type(core.Oscillator);
   
    indicator.parameters:addInteger("N", "N", "Period", 20);
    indicator.parameters:addString("Method", "Method", "", "MVA");
    indicator.parameters:addStringAlternative("Method", "MVA", "", "MVA");
    indicator.parameters:addStringAlternative("Method", "EMA", "", "EMA");
    indicator.parameters:addStringAlternative("Method", "KAMA", "", "KAMA");
    indicator.parameters:addStringAlternative("Method", "LWMA", "", "LWMA");
    indicator.parameters:addStringAlternative("Method", "TMA", "", "TMA");

    indicator.parameters:addColor("clrStdDev", "Color of StdDev", "Color of StdDev", core.rgb(0, 255, 0));
end

local first;
local source = nil;
local MA;
local N;
local Method;

function Prepare()
    source = instance.source;
    N=instance.parameters.N;
    Method=instance.parameters.Method;
    MA = core.indicators:create(Method, source, N);
    first = MA.DATA:first()+N;
    local name = profile:id() .. "(" .. source:name() .. ", " .. N .. ", " .. Method .. ")";
    instance:name(name);
    StdDev = instance:addStream("StdDev", core.Line, name .. ".StdDev", "StdDev", instance.parameters.clrStdDev, first);
end

function Update(period, mode)
    MA:update(mode);
    if (period>first+N) then
     local dAmount=0.;
     local dMovingAverage=MA.DATA[period];
     local i;
     for i=0,N,1 do
      dAmount=dAmount+math.pow((source[period-i]-dMovingAverage),2);
     end
     StdDev[period]=math.sqrt(dAmount/N);
    end
end

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StdDev with Alert.lua
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This indicator provides Audio / Email Alerts on Standard Deviation Line / Triger Lines Cross.
Make sure to define the trigger line which is different from default 0.
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Standard Deviation Indicator

Postby Kactassem » Mon Oct 18, 2010 12:20 pm

Since a workcenter has only 6 standard values, why would you want the standard value key to have more than that?
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Re: Standard Deviation Indicator

Postby Coondawg71 » Sun Feb 02, 2014 8:14 am

Can we please add Alert function to this indicator.

Please allow three levels of Standard Deviation to be entered by user.

Each breach of level would trigger an Audible and Visual alert within the StdDev2 indicator panel as illustrated in attached image. Alert will have "Dialog box alert" function.

Thanks!

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Std Dev2 with 3 levels of signals
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Re: Standard Deviation Indicator

Postby Apprentice » Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:46 am

Standard Deviation Indicator with Alert Added.
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Re: Standard Deviation Indicator

Postby SenseClash » Sun Jul 13, 2014 12:27 pm

I like using two moving averages of standard deviations and taking a trade when they cross. For example, when a 10-period simple moving average of the standard deviation crosses over the 20-period SMA of the SD, as shown in the attached example. It shows me that volatility has increased in a way that is more useful than Bollinger bands. Would you be willing to create an indicator for this?
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Re: Standard Deviation Indicator

Postby Apprentice » Sun Jul 13, 2014 1:37 pm

From what I can see, u have two Standard Deviation Indicator attached to the chart.

Can u give a more detailed description.
Probably with formula and a description of the desired presentation.
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