Edgar Kraut proposed this simple colored volume bars strategy for swing trading.
This is how the colors are determined:
- If today’s closing price and volume are greater than 'n' days ago, color today’s volume bar green.
- If today’s closing price is greater than 'n' days ago but volume is not, color today’s volume bar blue.
- Similarly, if today’s closing price and volume is less than 'n' days ago, color today’s volume bar orange.
- If today’s closing price is less than 'n' days ago but volume is not, color today’s volume bar red.
Buy the green or blue volume bars, use a 1% trailing stop, and stand aside on red or orange bars.
As you see, this is more for entry confirmation. I have not tested this on any instrument.
You may have to tune the lookback period for your instrument. Default is 10.
More info:
"A color-based system for short-term trading" - www.traders.com/Docu...s/2011/07/kraut.html
List of all my indicators:
This is how the colors are determined:
- If today’s closing price and volume are greater than 'n' days ago, color today’s volume bar green.
- If today’s closing price is greater than 'n' days ago but volume is not, color today’s volume bar blue.
- Similarly, if today’s closing price and volume is less than 'n' days ago, color today’s volume bar orange.
- If today’s closing price is less than 'n' days ago but volume is not, color today’s volume bar red.
Buy the green or blue volume bars, use a 1% trailing stop, and stand aside on red or orange bars.
As you see, this is more for entry confirmation. I have not tested this on any instrument.
You may have to tune the lookback period for your instrument. Default is 10.
More info:
"A color-based system for short-term trading" - www.traders.com/Docu...s/2011/07/kraut.html
List of all my indicators:
List of my free indicators: bit.ly/1LQaPK8
List of my indicators at Appstore: blog.tradingview.com/?p=970
List of my indicators at Appstore: blog.tradingview.com/?p=970
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study("Colored Volume Bars [LazyBear]", shorttitle="CVOLB_LB")
lookback=input(10)
showMA=input(false)
lengthMA=input(20)
p2=close
v2=volume
p1=p2[lookback]
v1=v2[lookback]
c= iff(p2>p1 and v2>v1, green,
iff(p2>p1 and v2<v1, blue,
iff(p2<p1 and v2<v1, orange,
iff(p2<p1 and v2>v1, red, gray))))
plot(v2, style=columns, color=c)
plot(showMA?sma(v2, lengthMA):na, color=maroon)