Stochastic Multi-Timeframe (MTF) Indicator for MT4/MT5

Stochastic oscillator is a very popular indicator among traders. Here you will not only find the explanation of what it is and how to use it, but you will also be able to download Stochastic Multi-Timeframe (MTF) indicator for MetaTrader 4 to help your trading.

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What is stochastic oscillator?

Stochastic oscillator is a momentum indicator.

Traders have been using stochastic for over a half a century and even so, it is still very popular.

Being a momentum indicator, stochastic is useful to understand if a trend is exhausting.

Stochastic is the result of the comparison of the price over a specific period of time.

The value of the indicator fluctuates between 0 and 100.

Stochastic indicator's graph includes two lines:

1. Main line, which is the value of the indicator calculated with the formula presented below.
2. Signal line, which is the moving average of the main line on a specified period; it helps in smoothing the changes.

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Stochastic Oscillator Formula

The mathematical formula for the stochastic oscillator is:

%K = ((C - LX) / (HX - LX)) × 100

Where:

• C is the close price.
• LX is the lowest price in the previous X candles.
• HX is the highest price in the previous X candles.
• %K is the stochastic value.

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How to use stochastic oscillator?

As mentioned earlier, the stochastic value is ranging between 0 and 100. Stochastic includes the main and the signal lines.

When studying this indicator, you usually consider:

• Stochastic above 80 means that the price is overbought, so it will probably retrace or consolidate.
• Stochastic below 20 means that the price is oversold, so it will probably rise or consolidate.
• When the main line crosses the signal line, upwards or downwards, there is probably a change in the trend.

While those are common behavior traits, there are also exceptions with this oscillator.

In fact, not always a line cross would mean that the price will change its direction.

Also, in case of a strong trend, stochastic can remain in an overbought or oversold area for an extended period of time.

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Stochastic oscillator indicator in MetaTrader

MetaTrader includes stochastic oscillator as one of the default indicators. It is available in the Oscillators section.

Since there is no alert options, we created an enhanced version of the indicator so that you could receive notifications when the price is oversold or overbought and when there is a cross of the main and signal lines.

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Stochastic Multi-Timeframe indicator for MetaTrader

When you do technical analysis, it is sometimes easy to forget to check the bigger picture.

Often, we focus on a specific chart and timeframe and we don't consider what is happening on a larger scale.

This can also happen when we check stochastic indicator.

We might be checking the value on an M30 chart and it looks oversold. However, checking the indicator on an H4 chart tells us that the pair is perhaps in an overbought area.

Stochastic Multi-Timeframe indicator for MT4/MT5 was made to solve this issue specifically.

This multi-timeframe (MTF) indicator makes it easy to monitor stochastic oscillator across all the selected timeframes.

You can see the value of the main line and its recent trend for every timeframe in a small table on a single chart.

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How to use Stochastic Multi-Timeframe for MetaTrader?

Stochastic Multi-Timeframe indicator for MT4/MT5 can show you whether stochastic is currently in an overbought or oversold area for all timeframes.

At the same time, the indicator can show you the trend of the main line — whether it is higher or lower than before.

Furthermore, you can also see if the main line crossed the signal line recently.

The indicator includes the following features:

• Alert when all the timeframes are in the same area (overbought/oversold).
• Notification if there is a change in the status, going overbought, oversold, or back to the range.
• Selection of the timeframes — you can decide to include or ignore specific timeframes.
• Notifications to mobile, email, and on screen.

Once you run the indicator, you can set Stochastic parameters, select timeframes, and configure alerts via its input parameters.

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