MetaStock -> Tools -> Indicator Builder -> New -> Copy and paste formulae below. ============== OBV Volatility ============== ---8<--------------------------- { On Balance Volume Volatility v1.0 } { Plot on own window below price chart } { ©Copyright 2004 Jose Silva } { http://www.metastocktools.com } pds:=Input("Volatility StdDev periods", 2,2520,10); choose:=Input("base Volatility on: OBV=1, Close=2",1,2,1); plot:=Input("plot: Normal Vt=1, Split Up+Down Vt=2, OBV=3",1,3,1); x:=Stdev(If(choose=1,OBV(C),C),pds); y:=Ref(x,-1); ratio:=Min(x,y)/Max(x,y); Vt:=Abs(If(x>y,2-ratio,ratio)-1)*100; VtAvg:=Cum(Vt)/Cum(Vt>-1); VtUp:=If(x>Ref(x,-1),Vt,0); VtDw:=-If(xy,2-ratio,ratio)-1)*100; VtUp:=If(x>Ref(x,-1),Vt,0); VtDw:=-If(x-1)=1; InInit:=Cum(In)=1; flag:=Ref(BarsSince(Init OR In) < BarsSince(Init OR Out)+InInit,-delay); In1:=Cum(Cum(In))=1; Out1:=Cum(Cum(Out))=1; signals:=(InInit AND Alert(InInit=0,2) OR flag AND Alert(flag=0,2)) -(flag=0 AND Alert(flag,2)); odd:=Cum(1)/2=Int(Cum(1)/2); Ref(If(plot=1,In1,0),-delay); -(plot=1 AND Ref(Out1 AND BarsSince(In1) >=BarsSince(Out1),-delay)); If(plot=1,0,If(odd,flag,0)); If(plot=1,signals,flag) ---8<--------------------------- http://www.metastocktools.com