Ichimoku Cloud + VWAPIchimoku Cloud + VWAP Trading Strategy Description
The Ichimoku Cloud + VWAP trading strategy combines two powerful technical indicators to provide comprehensive market analysis and trading signals. This hybrid approach leverages the strengths of both indicators to identify trends, potential reversals, and key price levels for entry and exit decisions.
Ichimoku Cloud Overview
The Ichimoku Cloud is a trend-following indicator that provides a detailed snapshot of market dynamics at a glance. It consists of the following components:
Conversion Line (Tenkan-sen): A short-term trend indicator, calculated as the midpoint of the highest high and lowest low over a specific period (default: 9).
Base Line (Kijun-sen): A medium-term trend indicator, calculated as the midpoint of the highest high and lowest low over a longer period (default: 26).
Leading Span A (Senkou Span A): The average of the Conversion and Base Lines, projected into the future.
Leading Span B (Senkou Span B): The midpoint of the highest high and lowest low over an even longer period (default: 52), projected into the future.
Lagging Span (Chikou Span): The closing price plotted with a time lag (default: 26).
The "Cloud" (Kumo) is formed by the space between Leading Span A and Leading Span B:
Bullish Cloud: Leading Span A is above Leading Span B.
Bearish Cloud: Leading Span A is below Leading Span B.
VWAP Overview
The Volume-Weighted Average Price (VWAP) is a dynamic benchmark indicator that calculates the average price of an asset, weighted by trading volume. It helps traders assess the true average value of an asset over a specific period and is often used as a guide for intraday trading:
Above VWAP: Indicates bullish market sentiment.
Below VWAP: Indicates bearish market sentiment.
VWAP can also be enhanced with customizable bands (e.g., based on standard deviations or percentages), which act as dynamic support and resistance levels.
Trading Signals
1. Trend Confirmation
A price above the VWAP and within a bullish Ichimoku Cloud suggests a strong uptrend. Look for buying opportunities.
A price below the VWAP and within a bearish Ichimoku Cloud suggests a strong downtrend. Look for selling opportunities.
2. Entry Points
Bullish Entry: Price breaks above the VWAP, confirmed by the Conversion Line crossing above the Base Line within a bullish Ichimoku Cloud.
Bearish Entry: Price breaks below the VWAP, confirmed by the Conversion Line crossing below the Base Line within a bearish Ichimoku Cloud.
3. Support and Resistance
Use VWAP bands as dynamic support/resistance levels to refine entry and exit points.
Ichimoku Cloud edges (Leading Span A and B) provide additional zones of support/resistance.
4. Reversal Signals
Look for price moving through the Cloud (from bearish to bullish or vice versa) while crossing the VWAP.
Lagging Span crossing the price or the Cloud can indicate potential reversals.
Advantages of the Combined Strategy
Enhanced Clarity: Ichimoku Cloud offers a multi-dimensional view of market trends, while VWAP provides an objective benchmark for price action.
Dynamic Levels: VWAP and its bands adapt to volume and price changes, complementing Ichimoku's trend projections.
Versatility: Works well in trending and range-bound markets by combining Ichimoku’s trend-following ability with VWAP’s mean-reversion properties.
Use Cases
Intraday Traders: VWAP is especially effective for short-term trades, and Ichimoku provides trend confirmation.
Swing Traders: The Ichimoku Cloud’s projection capabilities can help identify longer-term trends, with VWAP used for precision in entries and exits.
Risk Management: Use VWAP bands and Ichimoku Cloud boundaries to define stop-loss and take-profit levels.
By combining Ichimoku Cloud and VWAP, traders gain a holistic view of the market, blending trend-following, mean-reversion, and dynamic support/resistance strategies into one cohesive system.
Ichimokuexpert
Ichimoku with Correct DisplacementThe default Ichimoku Cloud by TradingView is strange. The kumo is only displaced 25 periods forward, and the chikou is displaced 25 periods back. This is because TradingView had the correct value for displacement (26), but they decided to subtract this displacement by 1 when actually drawing the kumo and add 1 when drawing the chikou. This script fixes this and allows for easier customization of each line in the Ichimoku.
Open Source Ichimoku Kinkō hyō Keizen 改善Open Source Ichimoku Kinkō hyō Keizen 改善
First of all, thank you for using my work, making changes and continuing to share it for free.
I chose as indicator name Ichimoku Kinkō hyō Keizen logically simply by
what the word Keizen reflects a Japanese method which means continuous improvement and quality.
The goal here is to correct already any offset faults that should not be present and to try
to bring the indicator of new things that can serve and advance
and provide additional support for the decision.
A continuation will surely be planned which will bring its batch of new elements which will come
naturally be grafted to this tool.
Possibility of adding or not adding new lines Jun (76), Kan (226), Junkan A, B (676).
- Junakan To be calculated on the average of Jun / Kan 151 periods.
- Junkan B calculate over the 676 periods.
- Possibility of adding or not adding a new kinkohoyo calculate on Jun (76) and Kan (226).
- Possibility of adding or not adding a new Kumo calculate over 676 periods.
- Possibility of coloring or not the kumos or the kinkohyos.
- Possibility of adding or not Chikō 9,26,52,76,226,676.
- Ability to display or not passive lines in the future, 5 shots ahead of the movement of lines, provided that the extremes are not broken.
Thank you:
Thanks to TomQSD to have tested all the different versions of this project and to have contributed his criticism that helped me a lot to develop the tool.
Thanks to Herveo for having agreed to share his code
on the passive lines.
Remarks:
Not all options are activated at the same time.
Please do not uncheck the boxes in style, only change the colors.
To enable or disable lines, go to input parameters.
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Open Source Ichimoku Kinkō hyō Keizen 改善
Tous d'abord, merci d'utiliser mon travail, d'apporter des modification et de continuer à le partager gratuitement.
J'ai choisi comme nom d’indicateur Ichimoku Kinkō hyō Keizen en toute logique tout simplement par
ce que le mot Keizen reflète une méthode Japonaise qui veut dire amélioration en continue et qualité.
Le but ici est de corriger déjà tout les défauts de décalage qui ne devraient pas être présents et d’essayer
d’apporter sans trop charger l’indicateur des choses nouvelles qui peuvent servir et faire progresser
et apporter une aide supplémentaire à la décision.
Une suite sera sûrement prévue qui apportera son lot d'éléments nouveaux qui viendront
naturellement se greffer à cet outil.
- Possibilité d’ajout ou non de nouvelles lignes Jun (76) , Kan (226) , Junkan A,B (676).
- Junakan A calculer sur la moyenne de Jun/Kan 151 périodes.
- Junkan B calculer sur les 676 périodes.
- Possibilité d’ajout ou non d’un nouveau kinkohoyo calculer sur le Jun (76) et le Kan (226).
- Possibilité d’ajout ou non d’un nouveau Kumo calculer sur 676 périodes.
- Possibilité de colorier ou non le ou les kumos et le ou les kinkohyos.
- Possibilité d’ajout ou non de Chikō 9,26,52,76,226,676.
- Possibilité d’afficher ou non de lignes passives dans le future, 5 coups d’avance sur les déplacement des lignes, a condition que les extrêmes ne soient pas rompu.
Remerciement :
Merci à TomQSD d'avoir tester toutes les différentes versions de ce projet et d’avoir apporter sa critique qui m'a beaucoup aidé à développer l’outil.
Merci à Herveo pour sont accord d’avoir bien voulu partager son code
sur les lignes passives.
Remarques:
Toutes les options ne sont pas toutes à activer en même temps.
Merci de ne pas décocher les cases dans style, modifiez seulement les couleurs.
Pour activer ou désactiver des lignes, allez dans paramètres en entrée.
Kijun-sen Colored [aamonkey]I isolated the Kijun-sen from the Ichimoku Cloud and colored it.
You can do major damage by just entering when the price closes above the Kijun-sen and sell when it is the other way around.
Add some other confirmation indicators to filter some false breakouts and you are good to go.
