Double Exponential Moving Average (DEMA)

HTS's Double Exponential Moving Average (DEMA) indicator is designed to reduce the amount of lag time found in traditional moving averages such as Moving Average Convergence Divergence and Simple Moving Average.

Tip: Use for trade signals when you believe a market will have a major trend reversal.

Interface

Supported license & Trade types

Formula

DEMA is an Indicator that has the following formula:

DEMA = 2*EMA – EMA(EMA) EMA = EMA(1) + α * (Close – EMA(1)) α = 2 / (N + 1) N = The smoothing period.

General Settings

  • Exchange Website to monitor

  • Currency Pair to monitor for trade signals

  • Update Speed

  • Trade Signals

Tip: The exchange doesn't have to be the same exchange you are currently trading on.

Indicator Settings

  • Short Length

    • Number of candles (or time periods) before an action is taken.

  • Long Length

    • Represents the number of candles used for the longer length calculation.

  • Swing

    • Adding a swing will create a minimum distance between the short and long result before the indicator will generate a signal.

Usage

Because DEMA reduces lag between trend reversals, it is generally used to find solid buying and selling opportunities.

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