The Awesome Oscillator (ao) is a momentum indicator and is calculated by taking the difference between the latest 5 period simple moving average and the 34 period simple moving average. Rather than using the closing price like other indicators, the Awesome Oscillator uses the latest period`s midpoint value (period_high - period_low / 2). The Awesome Oscillator is useful in identifying and trading, zero-line crossovers, twin-peaks trading, and bullish/bearish saucers - Awesome Oscillator is often aggregated with additional technical indicators.
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