All about CCI & Variant

Commodity Channel Index EA - expert for MetaTrader 5

Trading on the signals of the iCCI indicator (Commodity Channel Index, CCI). The strategy checks one signal - the indicator is in overbought or oversold zones. In this case, the indicator should break. In the settings, Stop Loss, Take Profit and Trailing are disabled by default. All positions are closed when the signal is opposite (the ' Close opposite ' parameter is set to ' true ').

Simple iCCI Pending combine - expert for MetaTrader 5

Place a pending order when receiving a signal from the iCCI (Commodity Channel Index, CCI) indicator. You can choose one of two strategies: entering the overbought / oversold zone or leaving the zone.

iCCI Three Timeframes - expert for MetaTrader 5

Receive signals from the iCCI ( Commodity Channel Index, CCI) indicators from three timeframes (from the current one - it is also the main timeframe and at the same time the smallest, from the larger timeframe - ' Medium timeframe ' and from the largest ' Large timeframe '). Two additional timeframes can be disabled (at least one of them, at least both using the ' Use Medium timeframe ' and ' Use Large timeframe ' parameters ).

iCCI Smile - expert for MetaTrader 5

Expert Advisor on the iCCI indicator (Commodity Channel Index, CCI) - signal on bar # 0, filter by bars # 1 and # 2

CCI Alert 2 - indicator for MetaTrader 5

Improvement of the first version of CCI Alert :
now the indicator catches four types of signals: crossing the 'Level UP (90)' level up and down, crossing the level 'Level DOWN (-90)' up and down

CCI Color Candles - indicator for MetaTrader 5

Using the DRAW_COLOR_CANDLES graphic style, color the candlesticks of the chart depending on the readings of the iCCI indicator (Commodity Channel Index, CCI).

CCI Level Filling - indicator for MetaTrader 5

Paint over the areas of the iCCI (Commodity Channel Index, CCI) indicator above the ' CCI Level Up (100) ' level and below the ' CCI Level Dn (-100) ' level

iCCI iAlligator - expert for MetaTrader 5

The EA uses two indicators: the standard iCCI (Commodity Channel Index, CCI) and iiAlligator (Alligator). Both indicators are created on the specified timeframe ' Working timeframe ' - the same timeframe is used to determine the moment of the birth of a new bar (if it is necessary for the parameters 'Trailing on ... ' and ' Search signals on ... '). Alligator acts as a signal filter.

This is a new article from our series in which we learn how to design trading systems based on simple strategies using the most commonly used technical indicators.

We will start with detailed information about what the Commodity Channel Index (CCI), what it measures, how we can calculate it. When we understand the fundamentals and the roots of what we are doing, we will be able to use the tools more efficiently and find more ideas and insights about it. This is what we are going to discuss in the "CCI Definition" topic. Then, we will work on a simple strategy that can be used with CCI during different market trends or conditions — this is what we will learn in the "CCI Strategy" part. Then, we will learn how we can design a trading system based on this strategy by planning what we need to design and what we want the computer to do — part "CCI trading system blueprint". Then, we will learn how to design what we planned by the trading system blueprint — part "CCI trading system".

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Commodity Channel Index (CCI) is familiar to every trader. It was developed by Donald Lambert and first published in the Commodities magazine (now – Modern Trader) in 1980. Since then, this indicator has gained well-deserved fame and has become very popular among traders. It is present in the MetaTrader trading platform toolkit and is used both in manual trading and as part of automated trading systems.

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