Confidence Mean Indicator for ThinkorSwim

J007RMC

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2019 Donor
Calculates standard error and constructs Confidence Intervals for mean
Mobius
V01.01.01.2018
{Simple Confidence system. Trade is taken when close crosses the mean and added to when price is outside the confidence bands and trade is exited once close crosses into the bands.} Really know more of the indicator except that one can changed=number of days. The red labels indicate the Laguerre indicator a part of the Confidence Mean Indicator. and definitely dont understand the thumbs down lol.



Code:
# Confidence Intervals
# calculates standard error and constructs Confidence Intervals for mean
# Mobius
# V01.01.01.2018
# Simple Confidence system. Trade is taken when close crosses the mean and added to when price is outside the confidence bands and trade is exited once close crosses into the bands.


input n = 21;

# Detrended Mean
plot detrended_Mean = Average(close + (close - close[n/2]), n);
# variance of the mean
def var_of_mean = Sum(sqr(close - detrended_mean), n) / (n-1);
# standard deviation
def st_dev = sqrt(var_of_mean);
# standard error of the mean
def st_error = st_dev / sqrt(n);
# Determine the 95% Confidence Level
# Margin Of Error t-statistic of 1.96
def mar_of_error = 1.96 * st_error;
# Confidence Interval
plot upper = detrended_mean + mar_of_error;
upper.setDefaultColor(color.cyan);
plot lower = detrended_mean - mar_of_error;
lower.setDefaultColor(color.cyan);
addCloud(lower, upper, color.cyan, color.cyan);
plot upArrow = if close crosses above detrended_Mean
then low
else double.nan;
upArrow.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.Arrow_UP);
upArrow.SetDefaultColor(Color.Green);
plot Confidence_upArrow = if close crosses above upper
then low
else double.nan;
Confidence_upArrow.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.Arrow_UP);
Confidence_upArrow.SetDefaultColor(Color.Dark_Green);
plot STC_Arrow = if close crosses below upper
then high
else double.nan;
STC_Arrow.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.Boolean_WEDGE_DOWN);
STC_Arrow.SetDefaultColor(Color.Yellow);
STC_Arrow.SetLineWeight(4);
plot dnArrow = if close crosses below detrended_Mean
then high
else double.nan;
dnArrow.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.Arrow_DOWN);
dnArrow.SetDefaultColor(Color.Red);
plot Confidence_dnArrow = if close crosses below lower
then high
else double.nan;
Confidence_dnArrow.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.Arrow_DOWN);
Confidence_dnArrow.SetDefaultColor(Color.Dark_Red);
plot BTC_Arrow = if close crosses above lower
then low
else double.nan;
BTC_Arrow.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.Boolean_Wedge_UP);
BTC_Arrow.SetLineWeight(3);
BTC_Arrow.SetDefaultColor(Color.Yellow);
# End Code Confidence_Intervals
 
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@J007RMC Hey man, surprised nobody has responded to this, but this indicator is amazing. I've been looking for something like it to weed out bad trades and show me when things are breaking out. I day trade SPY Options on the 1000 tick chart, and after changing the settings to 34 instead of 21, it seems to really work for me. Really appreciate you posting this and glad I found this diamond in the rough.
 
@J007RMC I like this indicator. How can I disable the cyan cloud? I cants see other indicators. also, does it repaint?
 
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@J007RMC I like this indicator. How can I disable the cyan cloud? I cants see other indicators. also, does it repaint?
See below; I added a toggle for the cloud and changed the detrendedMean line to red.

Code:
# Confidence Intervals
# calculates standard error and constructs Confidence Intervals for mean
# Mobius
# V01.01.01.2018
# Simple Confidence system. Trade is taken when close crosses the mean and added to when price is outside the confidence bands and trade is exited once close crosses into the bands.
# 2020.10.22 - @cos251 - added Cloud Toggle and changed detrendedMean line color to red

input n = 21;
input showClouds = yes;

# Detrended Mean
plot detrended_Mean = Average(close + (close - close[n/2]), n);
detrended_Mean.SetDefaultColor(Color.Red);
# variance of the mean
def var_of_mean = Sum(sqr(close - detrended_mean), n) / (n-1);
# standard deviation
def st_dev = sqrt(var_of_mean);
# standard error of the mean
def st_error = st_dev / sqrt(n);
# Determine the 95% Confidence Level
# Margin Of Error t-statistic of 1.96
def mar_of_error = 1.96 * st_error;
# Confidence Interval
plot upper = detrended_mean + mar_of_error;
upper.SetDefaultColor(color.cyan);
plot lower = detrended_mean - mar_of_error;
lower.SetDefaultColor(color.cyan);

AddCloud(if showClouds then lower else Double.NaN, if showClouds then upper else Double.NaN, color.cyan, color.cyan);

plot upArrow = if close crosses above detrended_Mean
then low
else double.nan;
upArrow.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.Arrow_UP);
upArrow.SetDefaultColor(Color.Green);
plot Confidence_upArrow = if close crosses above upper
then low
else double.nan;
Confidence_upArrow.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.Arrow_UP);
Confidence_upArrow.SetDefaultColor(Color.Dark_Green);
plot STC_Arrow = if close crosses below upper
then high
else double.nan;
STC_Arrow.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.Boolean_WEDGE_DOWN);
STC_Arrow.SetDefaultColor(Color.Yellow);
STC_Arrow.SetLineWeight(4);
plot dnArrow = if close crosses below detrended_Mean
then high
else double.nan;
dnArrow.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.Arrow_DOWN);
dnArrow.SetDefaultColor(Color.Red);
plot Confidence_dnArrow = if close crosses below lower
then high
else double.nan;
Confidence_dnArrow.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.Arrow_DOWN);
Confidence_dnArrow.SetDefaultColor(Color.Dark_Red);
plot BTC_Arrow = if close crosses above lower
then low
else double.nan;
BTC_Arrow.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.Boolean_Wedge_UP);
BTC_Arrow.SetLineWeight(3);
BTC_Arrow.SetDefaultColor(Color.Yellow);
# End Code Confidence_Intervals
 

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