The MACD 3MA indicator is a modification of the standard MACD.

MACD ( Moving Average Convergence/Divergence) is a technical indicator developed by Gerald Appel for the evaluation and prediction of price fluctuations in the stock and currency markets.

For the MACD calculation, an exponential moving average with a larger period is subtracted from a moving average price (usually an exponential MA with a smaller period is used. In most cases, the result is smoothed using EMA to eliminate random fluctuations.

Unlike the standard MACD MACD 3MA is built on three MAs and two standard MACDs. The man purpose of MACD 3MA is the following:

1. Determining the beginning and the end of an impulse movement.
2. Determining the current direction of the price movement
3. Defining entry points

Let's start with the impulse. The first screenshot features three histograms: a) dark gray (impulse) b) gray (corrective) c) light green (signal). Also it has a signal line (brown). Impulse histogram is the price movement acceleration. If the histogram is above 0, then an upward movement is developing. If it is below 0, the movement is downward.

important! the impulse histogram should be above the signal line for the upward movement and below for the downward movement. The appearance of the impulse histogram can be interpreted as a signal to open a deal in the direction of its movement or as a signal to place a pending order. A pending order is placed awaiting a slight correction during the impulse movement.

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