Advanced MACD [CryptoSea]

Advanced MACD (AMACD) enhances the traditional MACD indicator, integrating innovative features for traders aiming for deeper insights into market momentum and sentiment. It's crafted for those seeking to explore nuanced behaviors of the MACD histogram, thus offering a refined perspective on market dynamics.

Divergence moves can offer insight into continuation or potential reversals in structure, the example below is a clear continuation signal.


Key Features

• Enhanced Histogram Analysis: Precisely tracks movements of the MACD histogram, identifying growth or decline periods, essential for understanding market momentum.
  
• High/Low Markers: Marks the highest and lowest points of the histogram within a user-defined period, signaling potential shifts in the market.
  
• Dynamic Averages Calculation: Computes average durations of histogram phases, providing a benchmark against historical performance.
  
• Color-Coded Histogram: Dynamically adjusts the histogram's color intensity based on the current streak's duration relative to its average, offering a visual cue of momentum strength.
  
• Customisable MACD Settings: Enables adjustments to MACD parameters, aligning with individual trading strategies.
  
• Interactive Dashboard: Showcases an on-chart table with average durations for each phase, aiding swift decision-making.
  

Settings & Customisation

• MACD Settings: Customise fast length, slow length, and signal smoothing to tailor the MACD calculations to your trading needs.
  
• Reset Period: Determine the number of bars to identify the histogram's significant high and low points.
  
• Histogram High/Lows: Option to display critical high and low levels of the histogram for easy referencing.
  
• Candle Colours: Select between neutral or traditional candle colors to match your analytical preferences.
  

When in strong trends, you can use the average table to determine when to look to get into a position. This example we are in a strong downtrend, we then see the histogram growing above the average in these conditions which is where we should look to get into a shorting position.


Strategic Applications
The AMACD serves not just as an indicator but as a comprehensive analytical tool for spotting market trends, momentum shifts, and potential reversal points. It's particularly useful for traders to:

1. Spot Momentum Changes Utilise dynamic coloring and streak tracking to alert shifts in momentum, helping anticipate market movements.
   
2. Identify Market Extremes Use high and low markers to spot potential market turning points, aiding in risk management and decision-making.
   

Alert Conditions

• Above Average Movement Alerts: Triggered when the duration of the MACD histogram's growth or decline is unusually long, these alerts signal sustained momentum:
  
• Above Zero: Alerts for both growing and declining movements above zero, indicating either continued bullish trends or potential bearish reversals.
  
• Below Zero: Alerts for growth and decline below zero, pointing to potential bullish reversals or confirmed bearish trends.
  
  
• High/Low Break Alerts: Activated when the histogram reaches new highs or falls to new lows beyond the set thresholds, these alerts are crucial for identifying shifts in market dynamics:
  
• Break Above Last High: Indicates a potential upward trend as the histogram surpasses recent highs.
  
• Break Below Last Low: Warns of a possible downward trend as the histogram drops below recent lows.
  

These alert conditions enable traders to automate part of their market monitoring or potential to automate the signals to take action elsewhere.