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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

Stop-loss order5 readings

Often reviewed together

Trailing stop7 readings

Read in the archive21 readings

1987Constructing parabolic stops and cycle-window averagesIndicators and filters 1989Evaluating always-in parabolic SAR trailing stopsTrend and mean reversion 1993Constructing parabolic time-price trailing stopsEntry and exit rules 1995Constructing a noise-buffered parabolic trailing stopIndicators and filters 1995Constructing parabolic SAR as an accelerating trailStops and loss limits 1997Constructing a parabolic trailing stop that only tightensStops and loss limits 1998Triangle breakouts filtered by an exponential average and exited with parabolic stopsEntry and exit rules 2000Treat volume-price imbalance as a hypothesis and let Parabolic SAR hold the exitIndicators and filters 2002Constructing volatility stops from average true range and parabolic SARStops and loss limits 2002Always-in-market SAR trail with directional confirmationIndicators and filters 2002Parabolic SAR construction from stop outputs to reversal signalsIndicators and filters 2004Forex trend confirmation with Average Directional Index, Parabolic SAR, and trendlinesTrend and mean reversion 2006Permission and fill gates for mechanical systemsSystem design 2008A Relative Strength Index channel for profit lock and a trailing stop for capital protectionEntry and exit rules 2010Building loss limits from the parabolic stop-and-reverse plotStops and loss limits 2015Dual-zone currency indexes filter parabolic SAR signalsIntermarket and spreads 2016A parabolic trailing stop is not a complete systemEntry and exit rules 2019A three-filter stack as a redundancy testIndicators and filters 2019Assigning jobs in a stochastic, parabolic, and moving-average stackIndicators and filters 2020Layering Relative Strength Index, MACD, and Parabolic SAR onto relative rotation mapsIndicators and filters 2020Mechanical Parabolic SAR as an always-in flip after a breakoutIndicators and filters

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