The % change of a triple-smoothed average.
Three EMAs on top of each other remove almost all noise; TRIX then measures how fast what is left is rising or falling. Zero is the dividing line.
Worked out by the same code the builder uses, on stored daily candles. Move a setting and the line moves with it. This is what happened, not what will happen.
Entry: TRIX(15) crosses above 0.
Very smooth means very late. On fast timeframes it arrives after the move.
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