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Every CandleOps indicator, one clean guide at a time.

This section keeps the naming simple. No vendor prefixes, no raw path strings, just the indicator name, how to use it, and what to watch for in replay missions.

Price Structure

Candle Normalization

Candle normalization rescales price movement so you can compare behavior more cleanly across missions with very different absolute prices.

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Price Structure
Chart Overlay
normalization
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Price Structure

Heikin Ashi

Heikin Ashi smooths candle noise so trend persistence is easier to spot than on raw candles alone.

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Price Structure
Chart Overlay
trend
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Price Structure

Smoothed Heikin Ashi

Smoothed Heikin Ashi removes even more noise than standard Heikin Ashi and is useful when you care more about regime than about small swings.

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Price Structure
Chart Overlay
trend
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Volatility

Bollinger Bands

Bollinger Bands frame price around a moving average so you can spot volatility compression, expansion, and stretched closes.

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Volatility
Chart Overlay
bands
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Volatility

Bollinger Bands 50

Bollinger Bands 50 use a slower basis to show broader volatility behavior and higher-timeframe stretch.

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Volatility
Chart Overlay
bands
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Momentum

Commodity Channel Index

CCI measures how far price has deviated from its statistical mean, making it useful for spotting strong impulses and stretched conditions.

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Momentum
Signal Panel
mean reversion
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Volatility

Keltner Channel

Keltner Channels wrap price in ATR-based envelopes around a moving average, giving you a cleaner volatility rail than pure standard-deviation bands.

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Volatility
Chart Overlay
trend
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Volatility

Nadaraya Watson Envelope

The Nadaraya Watson Envelope estimates a smooth price path and then builds adaptive rails around it.

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Volatility
Chart Overlay
adaptive
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Trend

EMA 20

EMA 20 smooths price with a exponential calculation so you can judge trend direction without staring at every candle.

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Trend
Chart Overlay
moving averages
20
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Trend

EMA 9

EMA 9 smooths price with a exponential calculation so you can judge trend direction without staring at every candle.

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Trend
Chart Overlay
moving averages
9
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Trend

EMA 50

EMA 50 smooths price with a exponential calculation so you can judge trend direction without staring at every candle.

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Trend
Chart Overlay
moving averages
50
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Trend

SMA 20

SMA 20 smooths price with a simple calculation so you can judge trend direction without staring at every candle.

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Trend
Chart Overlay
moving averages
20
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Trend

SMA 50

SMA 50 smooths price with a simple calculation so you can judge trend direction without staring at every candle.

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Trend
Chart Overlay
moving averages
50
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Trend

SMA 200

SMA 200 smooths price with a simple calculation so you can judge trend direction without staring at every candle.

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Trend
Chart Overlay
moving averages
200
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Trend

WMA 20

WMA 20 smooths price with a weighted calculation so you can judge trend direction without staring at every candle.

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Trend
Chart Overlay
moving averages
20
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Trend

WMA 21

WMA 21 smooths price with a weighted calculation so you can judge trend direction without staring at every candle.

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Trend
Chart Overlay
moving averages
21
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Momentum

RSI 14

RSI 14 measures the speed of recent closes so you can judge whether momentum is expanding, fading, or diverging.

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Momentum
Signal Panel
rsi 14
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Momentum

RSI 21

RSI 21 is a slower momentum read that reduces noise and helps confirm broader directional pressure.

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Momentum
Signal Panel
rsi 21
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Volatility

Squeeze Momentum

Squeeze Momentum tells you when volatility compresses and when that compression begins to release.

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Volatility
Signal Panel
breakout
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Momentum

Stochastic Oscillator

The stochastic oscillator compares the latest close to the recent range, making it useful for timing pullbacks inside established structure.

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Momentum
Signal Panel
stochastic oscillator
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Momentum

Stochastic Oscillator 21

The slower stochastic oscillator gives a steadier read on swing pressure and is less reactive than the fast default version.

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Momentum
Signal Panel
stochastic oscillator 21
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Momentum

WaveTrend

WaveTrend is a smoothed oscillator designed to highlight swings in directional pressure without reacting to every tiny fluctuation.

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Momentum
Signal Panel
wavetrend
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Price Structure

Fair Value Gap

Fair Value Gap highlights imbalances where price moved too aggressively to trade smoothly through the area.

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Price Structure
Chart Overlay
structure
imbalance
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Trend Strength

ADX

ADX measures the strength of a move regardless of direction, helping you tell trend conditions from dead chop.

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Trend Strength
Signal Panel
momentum
adx
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Trend

SuperTrend

SuperTrend places a trailing trend rail around price using ATR so you can see bias and invalidation at the same time.

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Trend
Chart Overlay
atr
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Trend

SuperTrend Fast

SuperTrend Fast is a more reactive SuperTrend variant built for earlier regime detection at the cost of more noise.

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Trend
Chart Overlay
atr
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Volatility

ATR Keltner Regime Expansion

ATR Keltner Regime Expansion measures whether current range behavior is expanding enough to suggest a real volatility regime shift.

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Volatility
Signal Panel
regime
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Volatility

Average True Range

Average True Range measures how much the market typically moves per candle, making it one of the best risk-framing tools in CandleOps.

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Volatility
Signal Panel
risk
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Volume

Anchored VWAP

Anchored VWAP shows the average traded price from a chosen anchor point and helps identify value acceptance after a move begins.

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Volume
Chart Overlay
value
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Volume

Volume Profile

Volume Profile highlights where the market spent the most business, helping you distinguish accepted value from rejection zones.

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Volume
Signal Panel
value
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Momentum

MACD

MACD compares fast and slow trend components so you can see acceleration, deceleration, and crossover behavior more clearly.

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Momentum
Signal Panel
macd
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Momentum

Rate of Change

Rate of Change measures the percentage change from a lookback point, making impulse quality easier to compare across missions.

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Momentum
Signal Panel
rate of change
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Momentum

Momentum

Momentum compares current price to a prior price to show whether the market is accelerating or losing force.

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Momentum
Signal Panel
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Momentum

Williams %R

Williams %R tracks where the close sits inside the recent range and is especially useful for timing pullbacks in directional moves.

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Momentum
Signal Panel
williams %r
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Momentum

TRIX

TRIX smooths price several times before measuring rate of change, giving you a cleaner view of underlying momentum turns.

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Momentum
Signal Panel
trix
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Cycle Analysis

Detrended Price Oscillator

The Detrended Price Oscillator strips out longer trend influence so you can inspect shorter cycle behavior more directly.

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Cycle Analysis
Signal Panel
momentum
detrended price oscillator
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Momentum

Ultimate Oscillator

Ultimate Oscillator blends multiple momentum windows to reduce the bias of relying on only one lookback.

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Momentum
Signal Panel
ultimate oscillator
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Volume

Money Flow Index

Money Flow Index combines price and volume to show whether money pressure is confirming the move.

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Volume
Signal Panel
momentum
money flow index
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Volume

On-Balance Volume

On-Balance Volume accumulates volume by candle direction so you can see whether participation supports price.

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Volume
Signal Panel
momentum
on-balance volume
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Volume

Chaikin Money Flow

Chaikin Money Flow measures whether closes are occurring near the strong or weak end of the candle while volume flows through the move.

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Volume
Signal Panel
momentum
chaikin money flow
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Volume

Accumulation Distribution Index

Accumulation Distribution Index tracks whether price is closing in a way that implies steady accumulation or distribution.

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Volume
Signal Panel
momentum
accumulation distribution index
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Trend

Parabolic SAR

Parabolic SAR prints a trailing stop path that speeds up as a trend extends.

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Trend
Chart Overlay
trailing stop
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Trend

Ichimoku Cloud

Ichimoku Cloud bundles trend, momentum, support, resistance, and projected structure into one multi-line framework.

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Trend
Chart Overlay
structure
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Trend Strength

Aroon

Aroon measures how recently highs and lows occurred so you can tell whether trend control is fresh or fading.

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Trend Strength
Signal Panel
momentum
aroon
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Breakout

Donchian Channel

Donchian Channel tracks the highest high and lowest low of a lookback window, making breakout structure extremely obvious.

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Breakout
Chart Overlay
trend
Open Guide
Momentum

MACD Fast

MACD Fast is a more reactive MACD setup designed to show acceleration changes earlier than the standard configuration.

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Momentum
Signal Panel
macd fast
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Momentum

Rate of Change 21

Rate of Change 21 smooths the momentum story enough to make swing continuation easier to evaluate.

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Momentum
Signal Panel
rate of change 21
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Momentum

Momentum 20

Momentum 20 gives you a slower impulse read than the default variant and helps reduce false urgency.

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Momentum
Signal Panel
momentum 20
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Momentum

Williams %R 21

Williams %R 21 is the slower swing version of Williams %R and is useful when you want broader pullback timing.

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Momentum
Signal Panel
williams %r 21
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Volume

Money Flow Index 21

Money Flow Index 21 gives a slower read on whether price movement is being backed by real participation.

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Volume
Signal Panel
momentum
money flow index 21
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Breakout

Donchian Channel 55

Donchian Channel 55 tracks a wider breakout envelope and is better suited to slower trend continuation than the shorter default version.

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Breakout
Chart Overlay
trend
Open Guide
Trend Strength

Aroon 14

Aroon 14 is a faster version of Aroon and helps detect regime changes earlier, though with more noise.

Indicator Guide
Trend Strength
Signal Panel
momentum
aroon 14
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