The T3 Moving Average indicator was presented by Tim Tillson in “S&C Magazine” in January, 1998.
It is a triple smoothed combination of DEMA (Double Exponential Moving Average)
Advantages of T3:
Lower lagging, the line is much smoother, provides early entry signals, generates less false signals.
The indicator has three input parameters:
- Volume factor (in percent) – DEMA influence coefficient (*)
- Period – calculation period
- Applied price
Calculation:
T3 = (1+Volume factor) * EMA4 - Volume factor * EMA5
where:
EMA5 - EMA(EMA4, Period) EMA4 - EMA(GD2, Period) GD2Â = (1+Volume factor) * EMA2 - Volume factor * EMA3 EMA3 - EMA(EMA2, Period) EMA2 - EMA(GD, Period) GDÂ Â = (1+Volume factor) * EMA0 - Volume factor * EMA1 EMA1 - EMA(EMA0, Period) EMA0 - EMA(Applied price, Period)
* “Volume factor” (default is 70%) determines the share of DEMA to use.
The factor ranges from 0, which makes it a simple EMA, to 100, which gives a full DEMA.
0% – T3 – is only a triple EMA ( EMA(EMA(EMA)) )
100% – T3 is a triple DEMA ( DEMA(DEMA(DEMA)) )