Zig Zag

Zig Zag draws lines between low and high points that represent movements greater that the given percentage. The user may change the period lengths, reversal percentage amount, price movements and label options. This indicator’s definition is further expressed in the condensed code given in the calculation below.

How To Trade Using Zig Zag

No trading signals are calculated for this indicator.

How To Access in MotiveWave

Go to the top menu, choose Study>Overlays>Zig Zag

or go to the top menu, choose Add Study, start typing in this study name until you see it appear in the list, click on the study name, click OK.

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Calculation

//high input = price, user defined, default is Midpoint
//low input = price, user defined, default is Midpoint
//reversal percent = user defined, default is 1
//price movements = user defined, default is true
//price labels = user defined, default is true

Code may be available on request.