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// Name : MA Ribbon
// Date   : 20100112
// Release : 1.0
// Language : AFL for AmiBroker

// Author :       TAMS
// http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/f46/ma-ribbon-6992.html
// Adapted from Easy Language : aaa 
// Color : Head2K

// Public license
// Terms of use:
// You are required to include this header if you incorporate 
// all or parts of the concepts or codes of this indicator.

// The MA Ribbon cuts through the noise to display the strength of a trend
//
// The strength of the trend is shown via the difference between current bar's MA
// and the MA of X bars ago. (usually half of the MA length)
//
// When the trend strength is positive and increasing, 
// the indicator will display an upward ribbon that is increasing in width.
// When the trend strength is decreasing, the ribbon narrows.
// Eventually when the market reverses, the ribbon will change color,
// then reverses direction

// Differences with TradeStation or Multicharts
// 2) The lenght is adjustable with a slider in a floating window in Real Time
// 1) The loocback is projected in the future

Plot(C,"Price",colorBlack,styleBar);

Periods      = Param("Periods",      20, 2, 150, 1, 0 );
Displacement = Param("Displacement", 10, -150, 150 );

MAactual = MA( C, Periods );
MAdisp   = Ref( MA( C, Periods ), -Displacement);

ColorMA = MA( C , Periods ) < Ref( MA( C , Periods ), -1) ;

Plot( MA( C , Periods ), "MA", 
IIf( ColorMA, ParamColor( "ColorUp.MA", colorBlue ), ParamColor( "ColorDn.MA", colorYellow ) ), 
ParamStyle( "Style.MA") | styleNoRescale ); 

Plot( MA( Close, Periods ), "MA2", 
IIf( ColorMA, ParamColor( "ColorUp.MA", colorBlue ), ParamColor( "ColorDn.MA", colorYellow ) ), 
ParamStyle( "StyleMA2") | styleNoRescale , Null, Null, Displacement  );

PlotOHLC( MAdisp , MAactual, MAdisp, MAactual, "Cloud", 
IIf( MAactual > MAdisp, ParamColor( "ColorCloud.Up", ColorRGB( 193 , 189 , 152 )), ParamColor( "ColorCloud.Dn", ColorRGB( 125 , 151 , 192 ))), 
styleCloud | styleNoRescale | styleNoLabel );