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TASC 2009-09 | Pivot Detection Oscillator (Siligardos)

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Wealth-Lab Version 6 code in C# for the PID Oscillator is provided along with Strategy Parameter sliders for manual and programmed optimization. While traders should be conscious of over-optimization, Figure 1 shows that it can be useful to adjust the sensitivities of RSI and/or the moving average periods for particular instruments to obtain more PDO signals. As mentioned in the article, the oscillator can be a good guide for use in an exit strategy - perhaps triggering logic to raise trailing profit stops.


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Figure 1. The highlighted buy signals for Boeing were triggered for a 12-period, but not a 14-period RSI.


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 MyStrategy : WealthScript { StrategyParameter rsiPeriod; StrategyParameter smaPeriod; public MyStrategy() { rsiPeriod = CreateParameter("RSI Period", 14, 10, 21, 1); smaPeriod = CreateParameter("SMA Period", 200, 50, 200, 10); } protected override void Execute() { Font font = new Font( "Wingdings 3", 14, FontStyle.Regular ); string UpArrow = Convert.ToChar(0x0097).ToString(); string DnArrow = Convert.ToChar(0x0098).ToString(); DataSeries rsi = RSI.Series(Close, rsiPeriod.ValueInt); DataSeries sma = SMA.Series(Close, smaPeriod.ValueInt); // Create and plot the PID Oscillator DataSeries pidOsc = new DataSeries(Bars, "PDO(" + rsiPeriod.ValueInt + "," + smaPeriod.ValueInt + ")"); for(int bar = smaPeriod.ValueInt; bar < Bars.Count; bar++) { pidOsc[bar] = Close[bar] > sma[bar] ? (rsi[bar]-35)/(85 - 35) : (rsi[bar]-20)/(70 - 20); pidOsc[bar] = 100 * pidOsc[bar]; // Show the buy/sell advisories if( CrossOver(bar, pidOsc, 0) ) AnnotateBar( UpArrow, bar, false, Color.Green, Color.Transparent, font ); else if( CrossUnder(bar, pidOsc, 100) ) AnnotateBar( DnArrow, bar, true, Color.Red, Color.Transparent, font ); } // Plotting ChartPane rsiPane = CreatePane(40, true, true); PlotSeries(rsiPane, rsi, Color.Red, LineStyle.Dotted, 2); PlotSeries(PricePane, sma, Color.Blue, LineStyle.Solid, 2); PlotSeries(rsiPane, pidOsc, Color.Green, LineStyle.Solid, 2); } } }

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