HiLo Oscillator

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The high/low oscillator uses the range between one period’s high price and the previous period’s closing price as a ratio of the total range in a series of periods.

 

 

Formula:

 

 

Where:

 

At = hight - closet-1

Bt = high - low

Ct = closet-1 - low

Parameters

 

Parameter

Function

Color

Default color is yellow. To change the color, click on the color button:

 

 

Then choose the color you want from the Color Menu.

 

Graph

Sets the drawing method for the study.

 

Option

Function

Bars

Renders the study as bars.

Dots

Renders the study as dots.

Dotted

Renders the study as dots.

Histogram

Renders the study as a histogram drawn from 0.

Line (Default)

Renders the study as a line.

Not Drawn

The study is not rendered.

 

Line Style

Sets the rendering technique of the graph parameter (if it is set to Line).

 

Option

Function

Dash-Dot

--l-l-l-l-l-l-

Dash-Dot-Dot

----ll----ll----

Dashed

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Dotted

llllllllll

Solid (Default)

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Line Width

Sets the tickness of the study line.

 

Option

Function

1 pixel (Default)

 

2 pixels

 

3 pixels

 

4 pixels

 

5 pixels

 

 

 

see, Kaufman, P. J., The New Commodity Trading Systems and Methods, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1987.