Smoothed RSI Heikin Ashi Oscillator w/ Expanded Types [Loxx]

21 Jul 2022

Smoothed RSI Heikin-Ashi Oscillator w/ Expanded Types [Loxx] is a spin on Heikin Ashi RSI Oscillator by @JayRogers. The purpose of this modification is to reduce noise in the original version thereby increasing suitability of the signal output. This indicator is tuned for Forex markets.

Differences:

• 35+ Smoothing Options for RSI
• 35+ Smoothing Options for HA Candles
• Heiken-Ashi Better Expanded Source input. This source input is use for the RSI calculation only.
  
• Signals
  
• Alerts
  

What are Heiken-Ashi "better" candles?
The "better formula" was proposed in an article/memo by BNP-Paribas (In Warrants & Zertifikate, No. 8, August 2004 (a monthly German magazine published by BNP Paribas, Frankfurt), there is an article by Sebastian Schmidt about further development (smoothing) of Heikin-Ashi chart.)

They proposed to use the following :
(Open+Close)/2+(((Close-Open)/( High-Low ))*ABS((Close-Open)/2))
instead of using :
haClose = (O+H+L+C)/4

According to that document the HA representation using their proposed formula is better than the traditional formula.

What are traditional Heiken-Ashi candles?
The Heikin-Ashi technique averages price data to create a Japanese candlestick chart that filters out market noise.

Heikin-Ashi charts, developed by Munehisa Homma in the 1700s, share some characteristics with standard candlestick charts but differ based on the values used to create each candle. Instead of using the open, high, low, and close like standard candlestick charts, the Heikin-Ashi technique uses a modified formula based on two-period averages. This gives the chart a smoother appearance, making it easier to spots trends and reversals, but also obscures gaps and some price data.

Future updates

• Expand signal options to include RSI-, Zero-, and color-crosses