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TASC 2010-06 | Fractal Dimension (Ehlers)

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While the WealthScript code that replicates the Fractal Dimension indicator (FDI) is given below, FDI will be added to Wealth-Lab’s TASCIndictors library for ease of use (see FractalDim). In the image it’s clear that when the FDI is rising the market tends to remain in a trading range, and conversely the market trends as the indicator falls.


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Figure 1. The information provided by the Fractal Dimension Indicator is not unlike that of Welles Wilder’s ADX, albeit inverted.


WealthScript Code (C#)

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Drawing;
using WealthLab;
using WealthLab.Indicators;

namespace WealthLab.Strategies { public class FractalDim : WealthScript { StrategyParameter _n; StrategyParameter _per;

public FractalDim() { _n = CreateParameter("N", 30, 10, 60, 2); // An even number _per = CreateParameter("Average Period", 20, 10, 55, 1); }

protected override void Execute() { HideVolume(); int N = _n.ValueInt; int avPer = _per.ValueInt; DataSeries avg = AveragePrice.Series(Bars); DataSeries smooth = FIR.Series(avg, "1,2,2,1"); DataSeries n3 = (Highest.Series(smooth, N) - Lowest.Series(smooth, N)) / N; int per = N / 2; DataSeries n1 = (Highest.Series(smooth, per) - Lowest.Series(smooth, per)) / per; DataSeries smooth_ = smooth >> per; DataSeries n2 = (Highest.Series(smooth_, per) - Lowest.Series(smooth_, per))/ per; DataSeries ratio = new DataSeries(Bars, "Fractal Ratio"); DataSeries dimen = new DataSeries(Bars, "Fractal Dimension"); double log2 = Math.Log(2); for (int bar = N; bar < Bars.Count; bar++) { if (n1[bar] > 0 && n2[bar] > 0 && n3[bar] > 0) ratio[bar] = 0.5 * ((Math.Log(n1[bar] + n2[bar]) - Math.Log(n3[bar])) / log2 + dimen[bar-1]); else ratio[bar] = ratio[bar-1]; if (bar < avPer) dimen[bar] = ratio[bar]; else dimen[bar] = SMA.Value(bar, ratio, avPer); } ChartPane fdPane = CreatePane(40, true, true); SetPaneMinMax(fdPane, 1.1, 1.7); DrawHorzLine(fdPane, 1.4, Color.Red, LineStyle.Solid, 1); DrawHorzLine(fdPane, 1.6, Color.Red, LineStyle.Solid, 1); PlotSeries(fdPane, dimen, Color.Blue, LineStyle.Solid, 2); } } }

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