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Output: Signal
Input: OHLC price structure and chart scale
Horizon: From intraday to several weeks
Best use: Turn a repeatable chart condition into a falsifiable trade hypothesis.

Input: OHLC price structure and chart scale.
Output: signal.
Use boundary: Turn a repeatable chart condition into a falsifiable trade hypothesis.

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How the method is built, and where it has been read

Depends on

Often reviewed together

Breakout confirmation4 readings

Often reviewed together

Average Directional Index5 readings

Often reviewed together

Moving-average crossover7 readings

Often reviewed together

Stochastic oscillator12 readings

Often reviewed together

Relative Strength Index13 readings

Often reviewed together

Exponential smoothing13 readings

Often reviewed together

Price-indicator divergence16 readings

Derived from

Moving averageconfidence 0.78

MACD is constructed from exponential moving-average spreads and a signal line, so the indicator is derived from moving averages rather than only co-occurring with them.

Read in the archive24 of 121 readings

1988Weekly MACD as a two-clock momentum confirmation stackIndicators and filters 1988Combining weekly and daily MACD divergences with on-balance volumeIndicators and filters 1988Rebuild MACD-Mo and MACD-H before treating them as signalsIndicators and filters 1989Weekly then daily MACD confirmation on individual stocksIndicators and filters 1989Four-span MACD lookbacks as perishable parametersIndicators and filters 1990Constructing a lag-aligned triangular MACDIndicators and filters 1990Lag-aligned MACD from triangular moving averagesIndicators and filters 1991Constructing MACD signal lines and divergence testsIndicators and filters 1991Regime-gated MACD and stochastic rules inside a checklistDecision process 1991Constructing five-session forecasts from stochastic, ADX, and MACD inputsTime series and forecasting 1991MACD parameter order and cycle phase lagIndicators and filters 1992Long-horizon MACD construction from paired exponential averagesIndicators and filters 1992Lengthened bond MACD as an equity regime filterIntermarket and spreads 1993Constructing a signed ten-point trend filterIndicators and filters 1994Constructing lag-reduced double exponential averages for MACDIndicators and filters 1994TEMA1 from nested exponential averages, then a two-horizon MACDIndicators and filters 1994Histogram confirmation and a second-series veto for MACD-family alertsIndicators and filters 1994Constructing MACD from lag-reduced exponential averagesIndicators and filters 1994Seeding DEMA2 filters to build a MACD signalIndicators and filters 1994MACD crossovers then short-horizon rank rotationIndicators and filters 1994Implied volatility as a band-defined regime filter for index optionsOptions and volatility 1994Constructing the thousand-line advance-decline indicatorMarket breadth 1994Constructing a relative-strength MACD crossover spreadsheetIndicators and filters 1994Constructing entry and exit on a relative-strength MACDEntry and exit rules

This registry entry describes a research method. It is not investment advice and does not make a performance claim.