Schaff Trend Cycle (STC)

Category: cycle, momentum

A cyclical oscillator that combines MACD with a double-smoothed Stochastic calculation to identify trend shifts earlier than standard MACD.

Formula

MACD = EMA(Short) - EMA(Long); ST1 = Stochastic(MACD, Cycle); ST2 = Stochastic(ST1, Cycle); STC = 0.5 * (ST2 - ST2[1]) + ST2[1] (Recursive Smoothing)

Inputs

• MAShort (default: 23)
• MALong (default: 50)
• Cycle (default: 10)

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