Simplistic and easy to use Halftrend scanner.
Please note, that this is not a full trading system. It will help you get initial Halftrend signals. And it’s to be used with your existing Halftrend strategies.
Get free Demo:
Demo version only allows 3 pairs. But contains all functionality of the actual dashboard.
So you can try it before buying 🙂
Use this Halftrend Indicator for your Chart template:
Dashboard refreshes every new bar. So set the MT4 base chart to the lowest timeframe in your dashboard:
Video Tutorial:
Halftrend is very good with finding trends:
Features:
- Halftrend Arrow Scan:
- Scan Max Past Bars for Halftrend arrows. Show how many bars back the arrow occurred in a bracket
- Past Bars Back Alerts: Num of bars back for which scanner will send alerts
- Halftrend HTF Align:
- Scan Higher timeframes for Trend Direction of Halftrend Indicator and if trends align show a slanting Green/Red Arrow for Up/Down trend
Settings:
See Scanner common settings:
https://abiroid.com/indicators/abiroid-scanner-dashboard-common-settings
Shift: Start scanning for halftrend from “Shift” bar to “Max Past Bars“. Shift is 1 by default. But if you are not interested in new signals 1 bar back, then keep Shift to higher value.
Don’t use 0, since halftrend might repaint while forming on current bar. Min possible value is 1.
Past Bars Back Alerts: Number of bars for which previous alerts are also sent. Suppose it is 5. And when you load scanner, it will also give alerts if Halftrend arrow had occurred 5 bars back.
Also Blocks will light up Red/Green if a signal was there within past 5 bars.
Filter: 3LZZ Semafor Before Halftrend Arrow:
If true, it will check for a semafor 3 occurring right before halftrend arrow (within Max Bars).
Even if you set “Max Bars Back Check Sem3” to a higher value like 20, make sure that price is still near the Sem3 price, and is on it’s support/resistance.
By the time halftrend arrow occurs.
If price has gone too far, by the time halftrend signal is there, avoid the trade. Or be careful.
It will alert and highlight only if a Semafor 3 is there. It uses this indicator to calculate Semafor3:
Halftrend and Price Cross Check:
If you need to know how long back did price cross Halftrend line (HT-Line).
Or if price is still in same direction as trend. And by how many points, then this check will be useful.
By default price crossing HT-Line alerts are off. You can also Show/Hide the Price and HT-Line Distance, Cross Arrows and bars in brackets.
Check HTF Align: Keep true, if you want to check Higher timeframe’s Halftrend direction
Alert only if HTF Align: If true show Halftrend Arrow alerts, only when all selected number of HTF are aligned in same direction
So, if up arrow occurs in current timeframe (say M15), and num of HTF check is 2. Then trend should be upwards in M30 and H1. Only then halftrend arrow alert will be shown.
Num HTF: Number of Higher timeframes to check for trend alignment with current timeframe.
Suppose current TF is M15 and “Num HTF” is 2. And current Halftrend direction is Bullish. It will check M30 and H1 for Bullish Trend as well. And show a slanting Up Green Arrow if Bullish.
Slanting Down Red arrow is for Bearish Alignment.
Halftrend Amplitude: Set to higher value to get halftrend arrows further apart and to get much longer trends.
How to read the symbols:
An up Halftrend Arrow had occurred 21 bars back. And selected number of Higher-timeframes are aligned in upwards halftrend Trend.
Price had gone below HT-Line and crossed back up HT-Line 6 bars back.
And price is now 114 points above the line.
Making Trades:
Updates:
v1.0 Base version
v1.1 Changed Alert logs and default Halftrend Amplitude to 2.
v1.2 Added filter to check for 3LZZ Semafor (Sem3) right before halftrend arrow
v1.3 Added option to Alert only if HTF Align
v1.4 Added option to Highlight only if HTF Align
And added Refresh After Ticks option to refresh more often
v1.5 Added feature to find when price crossed halftrend line. And how many bars back the cross happened. Also a point distance between price and halftrend line.
If price is above line it’s green and if below then points text is red.
Hello. Can the halftrend scanner demo still be used? I attached it to my chart and it said that the demo is already expired
Yes, I put out a new demo when I make releases. But they are timed and they expire.
The expired demo will still have full features. Only limit is max 3 pairs.
I’ve sent you an email with a 2 weeks demo with all features and all pairs 🙂