High Customizable Keltner

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High Customizable Keltner

Postby Nikolay.Gekht » Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:41 pm

Keltner indicator looks similar and is calculated similar to the Bollinger Band Indicator.

In common, formula is:

Keltner.High(i) = Smooth(Source) + Variation * Factor
Keltner.Low(i) = Smooth(Source) - Variation * Factor

There are many choices how to smooth the source and what is the variation.

The most common cases are:
Case 1). Smoothing is Moving Average, Source is Close, Variation is average of the differences between high and low:
Keltner.High = Avg(Close) + Avg(High - Low)
Keltner.Low = Avg(Close) - Avg(High - Low)

Case 2). Smoothing is Moving Average, the Source is Median and Variation is Average True Range
Keltner.High = Avg((High + Low + Close)/3) + ATR(Bar)
Keltner.Low = Avg((High + Low + Close)/3) - ATR(Bar)

The implementation here lets you customize the source, smoothing method and variation method.
Source can be:
a) Close Price
b) Median as (High + Low) / 2
c) Median as (High + Low + Close) / 3

Smoothing could be:
a) Simple Moving Average (MVA)
b) Exponential Moving Average (EMA)
c) Linear Weighted Moving Average (LWMA)
d) Smoothed Moving Average (SMMA)
e) Wilder's Moving Average (WMA)

Note If you would like to use SMMA and WMA, please download and install these indicators.
SMMA is available here. WMA is available here

Variation can be:
a) Smoothed difference between High and Low
b) Average True Range

You can also choose the numbers of period to smooth the base line, the numbers of period to smooth the variation and the factor which is used to multiply variation before applying it.

At the example below:
Left indicator:
Base: Moving Average of the last 10 periods of the Close
Variation: Moving Average of the last 10 periods of the difference between High and Low
Factor: 1
Right Indicator:
Base: Wilder's Smoothing of the last 50 periods of the Median (High + Low + Close) / 3
Variation: Average True Range of the Last 50 periods.
Factor: 3.5

keltner.png


The source code of the indicator is below
Code: Select all
-- Indicator profile initialization routine
-- Defines indicator profile properties and indicator parameters
function Init()
    indicator:name("Keltner Band");
    indicator:description("No description");
    indicator:requiredSource(core.Bar);
    indicator:type(core.Indicator);

    -- indicator parameters
    indicator.parameters:addInteger("NM", "Number of the periods to smooth the center line", "", 50);
    indicator.parameters:addInteger("NB", "Number of periods to smooth deviation", "", 50);
    indicator.parameters:addDouble("F", "Factor which is used to apply the deviation", "", 1);

    -- source method
    indicator.parameters:addString("SRC", "The center line source", "", "C");
    indicator.parameters:addStringAlternative("SRC", "Close", "", "C");
    indicator.parameters:addStringAlternative("SRC", "Median (H+L)/2", "", "M1");
    indicator.parameters:addStringAlternative("SRC", "Median (H+L+C)/3", "", "M2");

    -- source smoothing method
    indicator.parameters:addString("MS", "The center line smoothing method", "", "MVA");
    indicator.parameters:addStringAlternative("MS", "MVA", "", "MVA");
    indicator.parameters:addStringAlternative("MS", "EMA", "", "EMA");
    indicator.parameters:addStringAlternative("MS", "LWMA", "", "LWMA");
    indicator.parameters:addStringAlternative("MS", "SMMA", "", "SMMA");
    indicator.parameters:addStringAlternative("MS", "Wilders", "", "WMA");

    -- variation method
    indicator.parameters:addString("MV", "Variation Method", "", "AHL");
    indicator.parameters:addStringAlternative("MV", "Smoothed H-L", "", "AHL");
    indicator.parameters:addStringAlternative("MV", "ATR of source", "", "ATR");

    indicator.parameters:addColor("H_color", "Color of Upper Band Line", "", core.rgb(255, 0, 0));
    indicator.parameters:addColor("M_color", "Color of Middle Band Line", "", core.rgb(0, 255, 255));
    indicator.parameters:addColor("L_color", "Color of Lower Band Line", "", core.rgb(255, 0, 0));
end

-- Indicator instance initialization routine
-- Processes indicator parameters and creates output streams
-- TODO: Refine the first period calculation for each of the output streams.
-- TODO: Calculate all constants, create instances all subsequent indicators and load all required libraries
-- Parameters block
local NM;
local NB;
local MS;
local MV;
local SRC;
local F;

local first;
local source = nil;

-- Streams block
local H = nil;
local M = nil;
local L = nil;

local AS;           -- alternative source
local MI;           -- middle line smoothed

local VM1;          -- the source stream for H-L variation method
local VMI;          -- the indicator for smoothing H-L variation method
local ATR;          -- ATR indicator for smoothing method

-- Routine
function Prepare()
    NM = instance.parameters.NM;
    NB = instance.parameters.NB;
    SRC = instance.parameters.SRC;
    F = instance.parameters.F;
    MV = instance.parameters.MV;
    MS = instance.parameters.MS;
    source = instance.source;

    local name = profile:id() .. "(" .. source:name() .. "." .. SRC .. ", "
    -- preare the source
    if SRC == "C" then
        AS = source.close;
    elseif SRC == "M1" or SRC == "M2" then
        AS = instance:addInternalStream(source:first(), 0);
    else
        assert(false, "The source method is unknown");
    end

    -- create an indicator to calculate the middle line
    name = name .. MS .. "(" .. NM .. "), "
    MI = core.indicators:create(MS, AS, NM);
    first = MI.DATA:first();

    if MV == "AHL" then
        name = name .. MS .. "(H-L, " .. NB .. "), "
        VM1 = instance:addInternalStream(source:first(), 0);
        VMI = core.indicators:create(MS, VM1, NB);
        if VMI.DATA:first() > first then
            first = MI.DATA:first();
        end
    elseif MV == "ATR" then
        name = name .. "ATR(" .. NB .. "), "
        ATR = core.indicators:create("ATR", source, NB);
        if ATR.DATA:first() > first then
            first = ATR.DATA:first();
        end
    else
        assert(false, "The variation method is unknown");
    end
    name = name .. F;
    name = name .. ")";
    instance:name(name);
    H = instance:addStream("H", core.Line, name .. ".H", "H", instance.parameters.H_color, first);
    M = instance:addStream("M", core.Line, name .. ".M", "M", instance.parameters.M_color, first);
    L = instance:addStream("L", core.Line, name .. ".L", "L", instance.parameters.L_color, first);
end

-- Indicator calculation routine
function Update(period, mode)
    if period >= source:first() then
        if SRC == "M1" then
            AS[period] = (source.high[period] + source.low[period]) / 2;
        elseif SRC == "M2" then
            AS[period] = (source.high[period] + source.low[period] + source.close[period]) / 3;
        end
        -- update the source smoothing indicator
        MI:update(mode);

        if MV == "AHL" then
            VM1[period] = source.high[period] - source.low[period];
            VMI:update(mode);
        elseif MV == "ATR" then
            ATR:update(mode);
        end
    end

    if period >= first then
        local v;
        M[period] = MI.DATA[period];
        if MV == "AHL" then
            VM1[period] = source.high[period] - source.low[period];
            v = VMI.DATA[period];
        elseif MV == "ATR" then
            v = ATR.DATA[period];
        end
        H[period] = M[period] + v * F;
        L[period] = M[period] - v * F;
    end
end


Download the indicator
Keltner.lua
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Updated May, 31 2010. A new parameter 'Show center line' is added.
Keltner1.lua
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MQ4 version of Keltner channel indicator can be found here.
viewtopic.php?f=38&t=20204&p=35520#p35520

Version with additional smoothing options.
https://fxcodebase.com/code/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=71126
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Re: High Customizable Keltner

Postby tradingkevin » Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:11 am

Thanks a lot Nikolay ! You rule ! It will be very usefull to me ...

Best to you
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Re: High Customizable Keltner

Postby Nikolay.Gekht » Thu Feb 04, 2010 11:15 pm

Don't mention it! You are always welcome!
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Re: High Customizable Keltner

Postby ausjus18 » Sun May 30, 2010 6:33 am

Thanks for this very useful indicator. Is there an easy way to either not plot the centre line or colour it transparent? Thanks.
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Re: High Customizable Keltner

Postby Nikolay.Gekht » Mon May 31, 2010 11:38 am

I put updated indicator (ketler1) to the first post of this topic.
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Re: High Customizable Keltner

Postby ausjus18 » Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:14 pm

Thank you Nikolay! Really appreciate your help.
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Re: High Customizable Keltner

Postby 7510109079 » Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:55 am

THx for the Keltner indicator which i refer to bollingers.

Could I request you put a single option for changing the size and style of the lines.

I would like to differentiate different deiviations buy line thickness and dotted/solid/dashed

many thx in advance
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Re: High Customizable Keltner

Postby 7510109079 » Sat Jul 16, 2011 6:08 am

thx very much Apprentice. do i just download the KELTNER1.LUA once again?
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Re: High Customizable Keltner

Postby 7510109079 » Sat Jul 16, 2011 6:11 am

thx very much Apprentice.
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