Positive Volume Index: Simple MovAvg Difference

Abbreviation: PosVolIndex Avg Diff
Category: Volume: Smoothed
Input Parameters:

Name Range Default
Closing Price Close
Volume Volume
Avg1 Periods Int >= 1 5
Avg2 Periods Int >= 1 10

 
Calculation:

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

where
X = PosVolIndex: Raw(Closing Price, Volume)

PosVolIndex: Raw represents Positive Volume Index: Raw
Avg represents Simple Moving Average

 
Discussion:

This indicator attempts to quantify movements in the Positive Volume 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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