Guys dumb question? What does the ploarity mean in the FE indicator
Here are my indicator notes:
#Fractal Linear Energy
# Mobius
#19:51 Mobius: FE is really simple - High reading market flat and building energy. Low reading Market trending and expending energy. nothing more to it
#17:13 harndog2: # Linear FE <.38,
# Mean FE = .50, and
# Random FE > .618
# Another way to look at the FE if it's over .618 price is compression
# or building energy for another move. If it's below 38.2 it can't
# keep it up much longer. Between 382 and 618 price is
# moving in a normal way. FE moving down out of 618 or
#best trades. Deciding which way - long or short is up to different indicator or
# your eye.
#17:14 harndog2: # Compression: If FE > .618 it telling you price is compressing, corkscrewing and
# going sideways rebuilding energy getting ready for a move up or down.
# Linear: If FE < .382, price is parabolic and it's not going to sustain the trend at the current rate of speed.
#FE looks at how linear a trend is. The more linear the steeper the trend
#so when the graph goes in green cloud means a new trend can start but doesnt tell which direction and when it goes in red cloud means trend might end and when it starts coming back up that means trend reversal?
#moving back up is more like building energy for another move rather than indicating a reversal. It may go back to the top while the price moves sideways then continues the original trend as in a typical flag
#FE below 0.382 is far from exhaustion ... price is still rocking and rolling, the trend is extremely strong.The point is that it cannot continue in that fashion, that strong trend must eventually die out.
#High FE reading indicate a build of energy. Low FE readings indicate exhaustion. FE measures linearity. A trend is indicated by FE dropping. It doesn't discriminate between up or down trends. When it's rising the trend is dissipating until it's near 1 which shows price is trading flat, In other words 0 is parabolic and 1 is flat or if not parabolic a very steady trend over quite a few bars
##I like the FE indicator to be at one extreme or the other too. Above 62+- or below 38+- Mobius
# The closer to 1 the more non-linear (compressed or random) price is. The closer to 0 the more linear (trending) price is.
#I've found a range between 8 and 13 periods works well. You just have to experiment a bit for whatever your trading
#If RSi is above .8 and FE is over .62 price is building energy and about to make a move and the extremes of the price range should be marked so you can trade the breakout of the range
#if RSI is Above .8 and FE is below .32 then the trend should be close to exhaustion and you should be looking for an exit at the next fractal low
# 05/19/2016 - AlphaInvestor - added second aggregation
##zztop notes
# This indicator does NOT indicate OB or OS but linear or non-linear
# The closer to 1 the more non-linear (compressed or random) price is.
# The closer to 0 the more linear (trending) price is.
# Fractal Energy isn't an indicator - it's a way of looking at price
# to see if it's linear or random. There are NO trading signals on the
# FE study. Only signals NOT to trade.
#
# If the FE is at extremes, something is about to change. It's leading
# you to a conclusion. If the FE is below .382, price is parabolic and
# cannot maintain that. But you may not want to sell because it may
# still go further in it's trend and it may not change direction right
# away. It's telling you though that it's not going to stay trending
# at the current rate of speed. If it's over .618 it telling you price
# is compressing and going sideways rebuilding energy getting ready for
# another run one way ot the other.
#
# Using price in fractals and different times, or ORB with FE and
# supertrend or some way to measure when price expansion is contracting
# or expanding is all you need. Any more than that and you'll be
# paralyzed by information overload
#
# FE does not indicate direction at all. It simply shows linearity or
# non-linearity. Trend or non-trend. It has nothing that determines
# which way trend is going, as in up or down.
#
# Lets say you want to buy ABC company. FE on a monthly, weekly and daily
# shows values of 40, 35 and 30. Price is showing lower lows but random
# lower high. You would know ABC company is close to selling exahustion
# and it's time to look for a few higher highs to a near term fractal
# pivot then look for short reversal to a higher low over the previous
# recent low and when the bars start setting high highs and lower lows
# again it's time to go long. The FE is what tells you to start looking
# for those signals
# Harndog Notes 051916:
#10:35 Mobius©: No matter the traders preferred trading style, a very informative way to look at anything is using a fractal method. For intraday trading, 2min, 5min, 15min and even one hour charts all with a Fractal energy reading and fractal pivots allows you to easily see the trading patterns and reversal or polarity changes. In other words - When higher highs and higher lows are compressing to random sideways action with possible trend changes or just short term aggregations building energy to press on in the trend direction
# 10:40 Mobius©: Today - Intraday = Lower highs and lower lows. No polarity changes yet so I expect lower lows until we have a high higher than 2028
# 10:42 Mobius©: Which is the recent 2 min fractal high. For 2 min traders though there's been some 2 way action. A recent buy signal waws 2024.25 with Risk off at 2027. Now there's a sell short at a retest of 2024.25
# 10:50 Mobius©: It's not so important where your lines are as long as you have something to lean on for risk. One reasonable support/resistance line is about as good as another. You must have faith based on what you use. Faith based on assured expectations. In other words if this happens I know to do this and not question it or worry/fret about my decision.
# On the FE indicator. I just use a label. I dont need the indicator
# Mobius©: Alpha.. Nothing hard about looking for .6, .5 or .4
# Mobius©: New high now look for a higher low
#FE is a measure of linearity. When price has exhausted itself it will be in the lower range and when it's moving sideways it'll be in the upper range. So it's a leading indicator designed to clue us in looking for Flags and Changes in Polarity
# If FE is in lower range < 38 and trend pops, look for a fast reversal from the pop. Trend up and price goes flat, FE dropping trend continuation from a flag. FE has two ways to rebuild energy after a trend, flagging and dropping both build energy.
#DISCLAIMER: Mobius mentioned that it was not his habit to give trading advice or even advice on how to use indicators. However, there's been such a proliferation of bad, inaccurate, false info regarding so many of them recently he felt compelled to give some accurate information.
#Mobius©: I use a very simple method – RSI Laguerre and Fractal Energy on a list of very liquid stocks. I look for polarity change and trade when both RSI and FE are in “confluence”. If volatility is high enough I sell spreads if not I buy them. Other than hedging (which I do a lot of) that's it. I like it simple.
#The typical base setting I like to use for the FE is a length of 8. If I'm trading options I like to look at it about the length of time I'm buying or selling the option for. I want to know if it's reverting and where the energy is so I'll use a longer length for reversion and a shorter length to see if energy is building or waning.
#If RSI Laguerre is descending and FE over .6, that tells me something is changing and I'm already looking at an equity I've determined is about to make a polarity change. So the worse case that happens is that the security grinds sideways for a few days.
#A reading of the FE over .6 is an indication that energy has been built up. If the FE is high (over .6) and RSI LaGuerre is breaking lower FE will follow suit. If RSI reverses and goes above .8 I'm outa there, with the assumption I have a short position.
#FE is a gauge of both mean reverting and linearity. Descending readings indicate a trend is on. A reading below .3 indicates exhaustion in trend or near exhaustion. A reading above .6 indicates moving sideways with rapid reversion and energy building for a move again.
#Above .6 - Think price compression or squeeze
#Below .3 - Think running out of gas
#Here's an example:
#FE at 60 periods is oscillating around .5 tightly while FE at 8 periods is over .6. Zscore is over 2 and is starting to roll over. That is a good short to the mean.
#Short trade setup I look for with RSI Laguerre adjusted with FE.
#1) Polarity Change - Equity has gone from making higher highs and higher lows to making a lower high and lower low and is now putting in another lower high
#2) RSI Laguerrer is above .8 and descending from 1
#3) Fractal Energy is below .38 and nose down or above .6 and rolling over. In the first case, below .38, FE is indicating trend exahustion and RSI is likely showing as a peak and not running across pegged at 1. In the second case price has risen to a lower resistance and has been rolling slowly over building energy.