Awesome Oscillator Techniques

Learn how to use Awesome Oscillator techniques to identify potential entry and exit points in various markets and timeframes. Improve your trading with this ind

Published · Updated · Methodology: Technical Indicators

Part of: Momentum Trading

  • Methodology: Technical Indicators
  • Content type: educational

Indicators used

  • Awesome Oscillator

Source video

Decoded from: Improve Your Entry & Exit Points: 2 Awesome Oscillator Techniques by Forex broker LiteFinance — watch the original

Strategy overview

The Awesome Oscillator (AO) is a momentum histogram built from the difference between two simple moving averages of the median price, plotted around a zero line so that shifts in momentum become visible before they show up as a change in trend. What makes this entry specific is its framing: the source video is not about finding trades with AO, but about using it to sharpen the two moments where most of a trade's outcome is decided — the entry and the exit.

The video, "Improve Your Entry & Exit Points: 2 Awesome Oscillator Techniques", comes from the education channel of forex broker LiteFinance, and that origin shapes the material. Broker education tends to address traders who already have a directional read — from a trend, a level, or a pattern — and are looking for a timing layer on top of it. Presenting exactly two techniques rather than a complete system fits that audience: each is a discrete way of reading the histogram that can be bolted onto an existing approach, on currency pairs or any other instrument, without rebuilding the strategy around the indicator.

That modularity is also where the difficulty lies. AO is a derivative of moving averages, so it reacts to price rather than anticipating it, and everything depends on which feature of the histogram is being treated as the signal — the crossing of the zero line, the shape of consecutive bars, or the relationship between the histogram and price itself. This page catalogs the concept and the source video; the two techniques as the video presents them are worth watching in context, and worth testing on your own data before they change how you time a trade.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Awesome Oscillator?

The Awesome Oscillator is a momentum indicator that plots the difference between a 5-period and a 34-period simple moving average of the median price as a histogram around a zero line. Bars above zero indicate that short-term momentum is stronger than the longer-term baseline, and bars below zero indicate the opposite.

What does this video cover about the Awesome Oscillator?

It presents two techniques for using the Awesome Oscillator to refine entry and exit timing, rather than a full standalone trading system. The framing assumes you already have a directional view and want the oscillator to help you decide when to act on it.

Can the Awesome Oscillator be used outside of forex?

Yes — the indicator is calculated from price alone, so it can be plotted on any market and any timeframe. The source video comes from a forex broker's education channel, so its examples and context are aimed at currency traders, but the underlying calculation is not market-specific.

How should I evaluate an Awesome Oscillator technique before using it?

Define exactly which histogram condition you are treating as a signal, then backtest it on the market and timeframe you actually trade, since the indicator lags price by construction. Strategy Decoder catalogs strategies like this one from video sources so you can study and test them on TradingView.

About this strategy page

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