What is lookback period?Lookback Period
How many recent candles an indicator uses; shorter is more sensitive but noisier, longer is smoother but slower.
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- Oscillators & MomentumMomentum and ROC
How fast is the price rising? Momentum and rate of change measure "speed", not just direction.
- Oscillators & MomentumSettings and Thresholds: Trading Off Sensitivity
Period 7 or 21? Thresholds of 70/30 or 80/20? Sweep the settings over the same stretch of market and see how the number and quality of signals trade off.
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