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Schaff Trend Cycle

Cycle oscillator combining MACD ideas with stochastic smoothing. Designed to reduce lag in cyclical markets.

Category: Technical · Complexity: ★★★★☆ (4/5)

Tags: technical, study-card, price

Study card — educational illustration only (no live overlay in Charts).

Schaff Trend Cycle chart illustration

Formula

Schaff Trend Cycle is computed from price, volume, breadth, or macro prints depending on class (Technical). See the description for the defining inputs.

How to read

Read Schaff Trend Cycle as a labeling tool: it describes a condition (trend, stretch, participation, or macro). Confirm with price structure, not the indicator alone. This entry is a study card — not every encyclopedia model has a live chart overlay.

Limitations

Schaff Trend Cycle can lag, repaint (some drawings), or stay extreme in trends. It is not financial advice and not a broker signal.

Typical settings

Use the author's original defaults first; change one parameter at a time.

Schaff Trend Cycle is part of the ClearPath Encyclopedia of Indicators — 190 models explained with standard SVG illustrations, so you can study an indicator before you put it on a live chart.

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