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Bill Williams indicators

Alligator

Three smoothed averages (jaw, teeth and lips) shifted into the future: when they are tangled the "alligator sleeps" (no trend); when they fan out, it "eats" (trend).

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用通俗的话解释

Markets trend only part of the time. The three lines, each slower and shifted further forward, help you see whether the market is resting or moving, and in which direction.

计算方法

Smoothed moving averages of the median price (high + low) ÷ 2: Jaw 13 periods shifted 8 candles, Teeth 8 shifted 5, Lips 5 shifted 3.

Jaw = SMMA(median, 13) shifted 8 forward (blue)
Teeth = SMMA(median, 8) shifted 5 forward (red)
Lips = SMMA(median, 5) shifted 3 forward (green)

如何使用

  • Lines intertwined: no trend, wait.
  • Lips above Teeth above Jaw, all rising and spreading: uptrend; the reverse order: downtrend.
  • Exit or tighten stops when the lines start to converge again.

得出结论

  • The wider the gap between the lines, the stronger the trend.

示例

After a week of tangled lines on GBPUSD H4, the green line crosses above red and blue and the three fan out upward: the alligator wakes up hungry.

示例中的价格仅作说明。

注意事项

  • The lines are slow; part of every trend is gone by the time they fan out.

一点历史

Bill Williams, "Trading Chaos" (1995).

仅供学习参考。 没有任何指标或形态能预测未来，本页内容均不构成投资建议。