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Re: The real MACD



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Thanks to all for very fast replies. Yes, my stuff was okay, it's the 
MACD Diff that's the histogram.

Someone's got his MACDs in a twist.

Thanks guys!

Ian

> Okay, guys this dumb but it's causing probs...
> 
> I've probably been fiddling with the default (Omega) MACD code a bit 
> too much and think I've lost the, er, plot...
> 
> It has three plots - MACD, MACD Avg and MACD Diff.
> 
> The settings are such that the MACD Diff is plotted as a histogram. 
> Is that correct? Is that the norm?
> 
> I ask because two books which refer to the MACD say it's constructed 
> in such-and-such a way and then show the MACD plot. They get to the 
> other two parameters afterwards. A while ago, a friend asked if I 
> could change the code so it only plotted the histogram and when I 
> look at the code now I see that it's the MACD DIff that's been 
> plotted.
> 
> Someone has sent me some charts where the histogram is the actual 
> MACD signal so obviously our plots and interpretation are different.
> 
> I'd appreciate some clarification.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Ian
> 
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