A universal indicator for all forex traders, the currency heatmap for Tradestation Securities
A universal indicator for all forex traders, the currency heatmap for Tradestation Securities. The Quantum Currency Heatmap delivers complex information you need as a forex trader,…. fast. So fast in fact that the indicator presents the equivalent of two hundred and fifty-two charts on one screen. That’s nine timeframes across twenty-eight currency pairs. Imagine the number of screens required to display this data, yet the indicator delivers this in a compact and visual way, allowing you to get on with the business of trading from one screen.
If we dig deeper, the heatmap is in fact several indicators in one, and delivers specific solutions for specific traders.
Starting with the cells which make up the heatmap, each of the currency pairs has a realtime ranking which is then color coded accordingly. This allows you to see at a glance whether a currency pair is bullish or bearish, and if so by what degree across the timeframe under consideration. Cell values are either positive or negative. Where the value is above zero, then the cell is coloured green and where it is below zero it appears red. This provides an instant view of bullish and bearish sentiment across the timeframes.
So whether you are trading the faster timeframes as a scalping trader or the slower ones as a swing or trend trader, the data is instantly available for you to consider the constant ebb and flow of strength and weakness across a currency pair.
The vertical table alongside then takes the data from all 252 cells, and with a weighting applied, then delivers the ranking ladder. Here all twenty eight pairs are ranked by the weighting algorithm which then displays the relative nature of currency pair strength and weakness for all twenty eight pairs. At the extremes you find those pairs which are the most bullish at the top, and those which are most bearish at the bottom. It is important to understand that the data in the ranking ladder takes a more considered view over the longer term, and therefore this aspect of the indicator has been designed for longer term swing or trend trading. The currency pairs here will move up and down the ranking ladder in hours and days, and is an excellent way to identify those pairs which are at extremes and therefore likely to reverse the current longer term trend. This is immensely powerful as the weighting algorithm factors strength and weakness across multiple timeframes and provides a unique view as to when a currency pair is at an extreme.
The currency heatmap delivers at every level, whatever your style of trading or preferred tactical approach, and all in a compact and clear way.
And from the hugely successful MT4 version of the indicator, we have added several new and exciting features for the MT5 indicator. First you can resize the indicator instantly to fit into your trading workspace and match your screen resolution, giving you compete control.
Next comes the bookmark feature which, as the name suggests, gives you the option to bookmark a currency pair of interest so you can identify it quickly and easily in the ranking ladder alongside. This means you can instantly see the direction of the pair you are trading, and across all the various timeframes.
Finally the indicator can be displayed in the original colours of blue and red, or to the more recent graduated colour scheme which displays the changing sentiment from green, through yellow and orange to red.
And of course, like the currency strength indicator, the currency matrix indicator and the currency array, the heatmap comes with its own set of toggle buttons, which can be located below or alongside according to personal preference, and allow you to filter by currency into that currency’s complex, giving an instant view on strength or weakness in the group on the ranking ladder.
The Quantum currency heatmap is a simple yet immensely powerful indicator which can be employed as a free standing indicator, or better still as a complementary one to the other three currency specific indicators which then complete the currency dashboard.