Analysis Techniques & Strategies

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Input Information

Name Expression Default Description
MinRStren Numeric 1 Minimum right strength range value.
MaxRStren Numeric 300 Maximum right strength range value.
LRFactor Numeric 1 Multiplier used to calculate the left strength based on the right strength.
DrawLines Boolean True Determines if a horizontal line is drawn from previous pivot lows to the current bar.
LinesColor Numeric Magenta Color of horizontal marker lines.
PlotColor Numeric Cyan Color of the ShowMe marker.
ColorScheme Numeric 1 Determines what PlotColor input applies to in Charting and RadarScreen.  Set to 0 for no coloring, 1 to color RS text or Chart marker, 2 to color RS cell background.

Description

The Pivot Rev Gen - Dn ShowMe study identifies when any price on the current bar breaches any previously un-breached "significant"  low pivot.  On a chart, it places a dot on the current bar at the identified low pivot price and optionally draws a horizontal line from the pivot low to the current bar. In RadarScreen, it inserts the pivot low price in the indicator cell.  You can change the left and right strength values used to calculate the pivot.

Note In RadarScreen, if you want to process the equivalent of a 1000 bar "chart", you will need to load 1000 "additional bars" (the as-delivered default setting is 200).

A pivot is considered "significant" if it's right strength is within the range specified by the MinRStren and MaxRStren inputs, and it's left strength is greater than LRFactor times it's right strength.  If LRFactor is set to 0, the pivot's left strength is required to be greater than or equal to MinRStren.

Pivot points are used to calculate support and resistance levels, with a low pivot indicating the support level, and the high pivot indicating a resistance level. When price penetrates the support line as calculated by a previous low pivot, it is considered a breakout and the support level generally becomes the new resistance level.

  This ShowMe study contains alert criteria; when you enable the alert, an alert is triggered each time the price on the current bar breaches a previously un-breached pivot point.

Remarks

The approach used in this ShowMe may also provide a more robust alternative to analysis techniques that look for "new lows", since even there, the real event of interest may be the breaching of a previously un-breached significant low point on the chart.

Related Functions

PivotReversalGen