This indicator is a composite of MACD and Z-Score (requested by @ChartAt). The general idea is that counter-trend component of the Z-score is used to adjust/improve the trend component of the MACD. The advantage is that it is a more accurate and “assumption-free” and can more accurately describe how a market or stock actually works in a given time frame. I have...
The author of this indicator is Veronique Valcu. The z-score (z) for a data item x measures the distance (in standard deviations StdDev) and direction of the item from its mean (U): z = (x-StdDev) / U A value of zero indicates that the data item x is equal to the mean U, while positive or negative values show that the data item is...