What is this indicator and it's settings?

cathoduzz

Hello!

I was curious if anyone knew what David Larew was using to get this indicator he lists on a lot of his charts? I can't figure out what indicator he is using or his settings.

I am looking for the indicator and it's settings that are within the red box in the screenshot.

http://imgur.com/1Z941mk

Thank you!

gord

That top section is a MACD Histogram with a SMA5 overlay. David has then annotated the chart with notes and colored boxes.

Here's a link to the charting page with the chart settings used.

http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=$SPX&p=D&yr=0&mn=8&dy=0&id=p07021037719

gord

@cathoduzz

Its actually fairly easy.

1) send feedback to the author and just ask, almost everyone will help you.

2) StockCharts serves up charts on two servers, image and sharpcharts workbench.

image URL looks like this;
http://stockcharts.com/c-sc/sc?s=$SPX&p=D&yr=0&mn=8&dy=0&i=p07021037719


charting URL looks like this;
http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=$INDU&p=D&yr=0&mn=3&dy=0&id=p17440074341

Just copy the last part of the image URL after the = sign and past it into the charting URL at the same point. Then login to your StockCharts account and load that URL into your browser

http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=$SPX&p=D&yr=0&mn=8&dy=0&id=p07021037719

cathoduzz

Thank you!

How were you able to determine the settings used by David?

Kevo

He is an expert. If you are familiar with the indicators, it is easy to recognize. As soon as I saw it, I knew it was either MACD Hist, PPO with no smoothing, or PVO. So, I was going to experiment to see which of these 3 it could be. I knew it would likely be MACD Hist.

Kevo

I think now I am a little confused @gord. How did you know the MACD Hist Parameters? Another question would be: cathoduzz did not include a stockcharts URL in this post nor is it found in the imgur link. So, how could he convert the image URL to the charting URL if he did not have a URL to start with?

P.S. Thanks for the great tip about the image URL feature!

cathoduzz

@Kevo Hey man. He did it by finding David Larew's charts. He's a common public poster @ stockcharts.com.

gord

Kevo just as Cathoduzz figured, just a quick google search for David Larew's $SPX chart, then as per the instructions I provided previously.