Percentage Trend

The Percentage Trend was described in the Russion Modern Trading magazine in 2001. It defines a trend while filtering corrections that do not exceed a certain level and switches direction only when the overall tendency changes. The user may change period and percent K values. This indicator’s definition is further expressed in the condensed code given in the calculation below.

How To Trade Using Percentage Trend

No trading signals are calculated for this indicator.

How To Access in MotiveWave

Go to the top menu, choose Study>Overlays>Percentage Trend

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Calculation

//Max_per = max period, user defined, default is 20
//K = percent K, user defined, default is 15
//MT = more than, MOE = more or equal
//LT = less than, LOE = less or equal

C = close;
Trend = C;
Period = 0;  
prevC = C;
for(int i = 1; i LT size(); i++) 
    prevC = C;
    C = getClose(i);
    //SetUp Period When New Trend Begin
    if ( (prevC LOE Trend AND C MT Trend)  OR (prevC MOE Trend AND C LT Trend) ) 
        Period = 0; 
    endIf
    if (Period LT Max_per ) //Counting UpTrends with dynamic period
        if (C MT Trend) 
            Period = Period +1;
            high = C;
            for(int j = i-Period; j LOE i; j++)
                jclose = getClose(j);
                if (jclose MT high) high = jclose;
            endFor
            Trend = high*(1 - (K/100));
        endIf
        //Counting DownTrends with dynamic period
        if (C LOE Trend) 
            Period = Period + 1;
            ilow = C;
            for(int j = i-Period; j LOE i; j++) 
                jclose = series.getClose(j);
                if (jclose MT low) low = jclose;
            endFor
        endIf
        Trend = ilow*(1 + (K/100));
    else  //Counting UpTrends with constant period
        if (C MT Trend) 
            ihigh = C;
            for(int j = i-Max_per; j LOE i; j++) 
                jclose = getClose(j);
                if (jclose MT high) high = jclose;
            endFor
            Trend = ihigh*(1 - (K/100));
        endIf
        //Counting DownTrends with constant period
        if (C LOE Trend) 
            ilow = C;
            for(int j = i-Max_per; j LOE i; j++) 
                jclose = getClose(j);
                if (jclose LT low) low = jclose;
             endFor
            Trend = ilow*(1 + (K/100));
            TP = Period;;
            Plot: Trend;
        endif
    endIf
endFor