Awesome Oscillator Indicator

Learn about the Awesome Oscillator indicator in this introductory guide. Discover its potential for entry and exit signals in various markets and timeframes.

Published · Updated · Methodology: Technical Indicators

Part of: Momentum Trading

  • Methodology: Technical Indicators
  • Content type: indicator

Indicators used

  • Awesome Oscillator

Source video

Decoded from: Getting awesome entry and exit with Awesome Oscillator (English) by Aseem Singhal — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:00 - Introduction

Strategy overview

The Awesome Oscillator (AO) is a momentum histogram built from the difference between a fast and a slow moving average of each bar's median price, designed to show when momentum is shifting rather than where price is headed. What distinguishes this entry is the source video's framing: Aseem Singhal's "Getting awesome entry and exit with Awesome Oscillator" treats the indicator as a two-sided tool, promising to cover the exit with the same weight as the entry — a symmetry most single-indicator tutorials skip.

That emphasis matters more than it sounds. Most AO material stops at the entry trigger, because a momentum histogram crossing its zero line or flipping color is an easy signal to point at on a chart. Exits are the harder half: fading momentum and reversing momentum look similar in the moment, and an oscillator that reads "less strong" is not the same as one reading "turning against you." A lesson that commits to both sides has to take a position on how to tell those two states apart.

This entry is catalogued as a single-indicator lesson rather than a rule set. The source is indexed as one continuous walkthrough with no chaptered breakdown, so treat this page as a pointer to the concept and the video rather than a substitute for watching it — and if you take an AO-based approach forward, define the exit condition explicitly and test it on historical data before it decides anything with real money.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Awesome Oscillator?

The Awesome Oscillator is a momentum histogram, developed by Bill Williams, that plots the difference between a fast and a slow simple moving average of each bar's median price. Bars above and below the zero line indicate which side currently holds momentum, and changes in bar height show whether that momentum is building or fading.

Can the Awesome Oscillator be used for exits, not just entries?

Yes, and that is the specific focus of this source video, which covers entry and exit with the same indicator. The practical difficulty is that a shrinking histogram can mean either a pause or a genuine reversal, so any AO-based exit needs a clearly defined condition rather than a visual judgement call.

What are the standard Awesome Oscillator settings?

The conventional configuration uses a 5-period and a 34-period simple moving average applied to median price ((high + low) / 2), which is the default in most charting platforms. Individual tutorials may vary from this default, so check the settings shown on screen in any video before assuming they match the standard.

How should I evaluate an Awesome Oscillator strategy before trading it?

Write the entry and the exit as explicit, testable conditions, then backtest them on the instrument and timeframe you actually trade — a momentum oscillator behaves very differently in trending versus ranging conditions. Strategy Decoder catalogues strategies like this one from video sources so you can evaluate and test them on TradingView.

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