William Blau SMI with EMA difference (aka histogram)

Tango

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I have not been able to find in the forum an indicator of the original William Balu's SMI that includes the EMA difference shown as a histogram. Please see the following images for details and required parameters.

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I would appreciate if anyone can point me to the equivalent thinkscript. Thanks in advance.
 
@Tango It would be helpful if you could provide a link to the study you have referenced... We do have SMI study topics here in these forums... Most notably the Ironrod_SMI_Histogram which is a lower indicator...
 

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Dunno where to find 'the original William Balu's SMI' but TOS has one.

Added a histgram to the original study.


Code:
#
# TD Ameritrade IP Company, Inc. (c) 2008-2020
#

declare lower;

input over_bought = 40.0;
input over_sold = -40.0;
input percentDLength = 13;
input percentKLength = 25;

def min_low = Lowest(low, percentKLength);
def max_high = Highest(high, percentKLength);
def rel_diff = close - (max_high + min_low) / 2;
def diff = max_high - min_low;

def avgrel = ExpAverage(ExpAverage(rel_diff, percentDLength), percentDLength);
def avgdiff = ExpAverage(ExpAverage(diff, percentDLength), percentDLength);

plot SMI = if avgdiff != 0 then avgrel / (avgdiff / 2) * 100 else 0;
SMI.SetDefaultColor(Color.ORANGE);

plot AvgSMI = ExpAverage(SMI, percentDLength);
AvgSMI.SetDefaultColor(Color.LIGHT_GREEN);

plot overbought = over_bought;
overbought.SetDefaultColor(Color.GRAY);

plot oversold = over_sold;
oversold.SetDefaultColor(Color.GRAY);

# Add a histogram -- mfsteve 12/10/20
plot ZeroLine = 0;
ZeroLine.SetDefaultColor(Color.WHITE);

plot wave = SMI - AvgSMI;
wave.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HISTOGRAM);
wave.SetLineWeight(5);
wave.SetDefaultColor(Color.RED);
 
@mfsteve thanks so much.... this is pretty much what was looking for. It has the histogram. The only thing that is missing are the typical additional smoothing averages, but that is not a big deal. Cheers!
 

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