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Awesome Oscillator (AO)

Awesome oscillator: the 5-bar minus 34-bar simple average of the bar middle, a histogram of market momentum.

Awesome Oscillator (AO) on BTCUSDT 1h (Binance), with only this indicator on.
Awesome Oscillator (AO) on BTCUSDT 1h (Binance), with only this indicator on.

How to read it

  • Bars above zero: short-term momentum above long-term; below zero: the reverse.
  • Green bars mean momentum is rising, red bars falling.
  • Zero-line crosses and twin peaks are common signals.

Key settings

  • Fast length 5, slow length 34.

Good to know

  • Drawn in its own pane below the chart.