Commodity Channel Index: Simple MovAvg Difference

Abbreviation: CCI Avg Diff
Category: Price Momentum Indicators: Smoothed

Input Parameters:

Name Range Default
High Price High
Low Price Low
Closing Price Close
CCI Periods Int >= 2 5
Deviation Multiplier Real > 0.0 0.015
Avg1 Periods Int >= 1 5
Avg2 Periods Int >= 1 10

 
Calculation:

Avg(X, Avg1 Periods) – Avg(X, Avg2 Periods)

where
X = CCI(High Price, Low Price, Closing Price, CCI Periods, Deviation Multiplier)

CCI represents Commodity Channel Index (CCI)
Avg represents Simple Moving Average

 
Discussion:

This indicator attempts to quantify movements in the Commodity Channel Index indicator by calculating the difference between two moving averages. Since it uses simple moving averages (which give equal importance to all the periods within the moving average’s time frame), the indicator treats all periods alike, and does not focus more upon movement between recent or relatively higher volume periods as do the exponential and volume weighted variants.
 

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