Ehler’s Fractal Adaptive Moving Average (FRAMA)

Ehler’s Fractal Adaptive Moving Average (FRAMA)

The Fractal Adaptive Moving Average FRAMA was developed by John Ehlers.

The indicator is constructed on the EMA exponential moving average algorithm, with a smoothing factor calculated on the basis of the current fractal dimension of the price.

The advantage of the indicator is the ability to track strong trend movements and market consolidation moments.

Interpretation Trading Signals And Rules:
The interpretation of the indicator is identical to the interpretation of moving averages
_ The FRAMA line is relatively “flat” in periods of horizontal range trading. It could therefore be used to avoid many false signals when it is desired to use a technique of the crossing of moving averages.
_ The FRAMA line has a greater reactivity to changes in trends than moving averages, making it possible to take a much earlier position on a breakout of the horizontal channel.

 

 

original code from gigi @ http://www.aktienboard.com/forum/f29/prorealtime-cmc-script-programmierung-t94783/215#post2035965

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  1. century • 11/24/2016 #

    hi
    i will use it to see … and get back to tell ya

  2. luigi • 11/24/2016 #

    Ciao Nicolas. Approfitto di questo spazio per chiederti se puoi aiutarmi. Avrei bisogno di un codice che sommi in tempo reale sul grafico tick by tick tutti i volumi in intraday che vengono scambiati su ogni livello di prezzo e che venga plottato sul grafico il livello dove in quel momento si stanno scambiando più contratti. Allego un esempio dove ho messo le frecce azzurre per indicare i volumi in real time plottati sul grafic.
    Grazie.
    Luigi

    • Nicolas • 11/24/2016 #

      Si prega di utilizzare i forum per chiedere richieste di codice per favore.

  3. Wilko • 11/24/2016 #

    Hi Nicolas!,
    Thanks for providing code for the FRAMA! If I have understood correctly, one should enter both minimum MAperiod and maximum MAperiod for the adaptive process. I am uncertain if your code provides for this. If so could you tell which variables hold these values, please?
    Kind regards,
    Wilko

    • dakaodo • 11/24/2016 #

      Hi, Wilko. Acc to the original FRAMA paper by Ehlers, Ehler’s own code only takes inputs for price and N (respectively, pri and len in Nicholas’ code above). If I follow the code, then I think it adaptively generates its own min and max periods, and the N value is only intended for your desired level of smoothing, not a fixed period for calculating the MA.

  4. dakaodo • 11/24/2016 #

    For reference, here is Ehlers’ original paper:

    http://www.mesasoftware.com/papers/FRAMA.pdf

    And for anyone interested in tweaking this, ETFHQ wrote an article on adjusting the constant w, which in the code above is hardcoded as a value of -4.6. By allowing two new variables FC and SC, you can set the fast and slow averages used to calculate the FRAMA.

    http://etfhq.com/blog/2010/09/30/fractal-adaptive-moving-average-frama/#Mod

    I am only smart enough to edit in the ability to set your own slow average (variable sc), so the fc is still set to the original default of 1.

  5. dakaodo • 11/24/2016 #

    Here is the code with only SC included, per ETFHQ.

    pri=customclose
    //len>=4, even
    once len=p
    once w=2.303*log(2/(sc+1))
    //once w=-4.61015 equivalent to sc=200

    N3=(Highest[len](High)-Lowest[len](Low))/len

    mH=High
    L=Low

    For count=0 To len/2-1
    If High[count] > mH Then
    mH=High[count]
    Endif

    If Low[count] HH Then
    HH=High[count]
    Endif

    If Low[count] 0 And N2 > 0 And N3 > 0 Then
    Dimen=(Log(N1+N2)-Log(N3))/Log(2)
    Endif

    alpha=Exp(w*(Dimen-1))

    If alpha 1 Then
    alpha=1
    Endif

    Filt=alpha*pri+(1-alpha)*Filt[1]

    If Barindex < len+1 Then
    Filt=pri
    Endif

    Return Filt as "FRAMA"

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