MACD calculator
MACD, signal line and histogram from closes.
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The MACD in percent: the gap between two averages that compares across any market or price.
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The percentage price oscillator
The PPO is +1.56%, above its signal line at +1.29%.
- The averages
- The 12-bar exponential average is 1.56% above the 26-bar one. The histogram is +0.27% and shrinking: the up momentum is fading.
- How it is read
- It is the MACD in percent, so readings compare across markets and across years: a 1% gap means the same on gold at 2,400 as on a 40-dollar stock. The usual signals are the signal line cross and the zero cross.
- Read it with care
- It is built from moving averages, so it lags and whipsaws in sideways markets. It gives no timing for the next bar.
The close, the PPO (12 and 26 bars), its 9-bar signal line and the histogram on the last bars. The last bar is marked.
| Bar | Close price | PPO | Signal | Histogram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 ago | 2,391.50 | +1.09% | +0.79% | +0.30% |
| 6 ago | 2,380.50 | +1.11% | +0.85% | +0.26% |
| 5 ago | 2,399.10 | +1.19% | +0.92% | +0.27% |
| 4 ago | 2,412.50 | +1.28% | +0.99% | +0.29% |
| 3 ago | 2,430.80 | +1.39% | +1.07% | +0.32% |
| 2 ago | 2,427.40 | +1.45% | +1.15% | +0.31% |
| 1 ago | 2,432.40 | +1.50% | +1.22% | +0.28% |
| Last | 2,443.60 | +1.56% | +1.29% | +0.27% |
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The MACD that travels
The MACD gives the gap between the 12-bar and 26-bar exponential averages in price, so a reading on gold cannot be set beside one on silver, or beside gold ten years ago. The percentage price oscillator divides that gap by the 26-bar average. The signal line is its 9-bar exponential average and the histogram is the gap between the two.
See the same averages in price with the MACD calculator, compare with the KST indicator, and size the trade with the position size calculator.
Not advice. Arithmetic on the closes you type; an indicator describes the past bars, not the next one.
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