Market Sentiment Composite Index
Description: The Market Sentiment Composite Index (MSCI) is an innovative tool designed to provide traders with a comprehensive view of market sentiment by combining multiple well-known indicators: RSI, ATR, MACD, and Volume. Unlike individual indicators, MSCI integrates these components to offer a more robust sentiment analysis, helping traders make more informed decisions.
Key Features and Components:
Relative Strength Index (RSI): The RSI is used to measure the speed and change of price movements. It helps identify overbought and oversold conditions, indicating potential reversal points.
Average True Range (ATR): The ATR measures market volatility. High ATR values indicate high volatility, while low values indicate low volatility. This helps traders understand the risk level in the market.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD): The MACD is a trend-following momentum indicator that shows the relationship between two moving averages of a security’s price. It helps identify trend direction and strength.
Volume Score: Volume is a crucial indicator of market strength. The volume score normalizes current volume against the 20-period moving average, providing insights into the activity level and confirming price movements.
How It Works:
Normalization: Each indicator is normalized to a 0-100 range to create a comparable composite score. This ensures that no single component disproportionately influences the overall sentiment index.
Composite Score Calculation: The normalized scores of RSI, ATR, MACD, and Volume are averaged to produce the Market Sentiment Composite Index. This composite score reflects the overall market sentiment, with values above 70 indicating overbought conditions and values below 30 indicating oversold conditions.
Usage:
Overbought and Oversold Levels: Customizable overbought and oversold levels allow traders to set thresholds that align with their trading strategy. The default levels are set to 70 (overbought) and 30 (oversold).
Alerts: The script generates alerts when the composite score crosses the overbought or oversold thresholds, helping traders stay informed about potential market reversals.
Example:
The example chart demonstrates the MSCI plotted below the price chart, with the zero line for reference and the composite score highlighted..