TPbars

Category: Turning Points

 

Input parameters

Name

Setting

Default

High

High time series

High

Low

Low time series

Low

Close

Close time series

Close

Neighborhood

Integer >= 1

3

Left turning point number

Integer >= 1

1

Right turning point number

Integer >= 0

0

 

Calculations

The TPbars indicator computes the number of bars either between two arbitrary turning points (TP) or between a turning point and the current bar. Turning points are numbered from right to left. The most recent TP has number one, the second most recent TP has number two, third most recent TP has number three, and so on.

There two distinctive cases when applying the TPbars indicator.

1. Right TP number = 0, left TP number >=1. The TPbars indicator measures the bar distance between a turning point indicated by the left TP number and the current bar. If left TP number = 1, then the indicator output is the number of bars since the last turning point.

2. Right TP number > 0, left TP number > 1, and left TP number > right TP number. The TPbars indicator measures the bar distance between two turning points.