CUMULATIVE DELTA WAVES Trading Guide

Last updated: July 22, 2026

The Cumulative Delta Waves is a quantitative technical analysis tool. Cumulative Delta Waves (CVD Oscillator) Analyzes Volume Spread to separate buying vs selling pressure, accumulates it into a Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD), and detrends

What does the indicator show?

  • Market Structure & Momentum: Visualizes prevailing trend directions and key reversal zones.
  • BUY / SELL Signals: Highlights confirmed entry and exit opportunities based on quantitative rules.
  • Dynamic Boundaries: Provides adaptive levels for managing trade risk and reward expectations.

Key Settings

  • Baseline EMA Length (baselineLen): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Pivot Left (pivotLeft): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Pivot Right (pivotRight): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Normalization Period (normPeriod): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Wave Bull (waveBull): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Wave Bull Weak (waveBullWeak): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Wave Bear (waveBear): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Wave Bear Weak (waveBearWeak): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Zero Line (baseline): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Bullish Div color (divBull): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Bearish Div color (divBear): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • CVD Wave (wave): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Zero Line (baseline): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Bullish Divergence (divBull): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Bearish Divergence (divBear): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • CVD Wave (wave): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Crosses Zero Up (Bullish) (crossUp): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Crosses Zero Down (Bearish) (crossDown): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Bullish Divergence (divBull): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.
  • Bearish Divergence (divBear): Controls the calculation period and sensitivity for market detection.

How to use Strategy Parameters (Condition Source)

Within the Strategy Tester module, this indicator can be used both as a direct signal source and as a market-state filter.

1. Signal Events

  • divBull - Bullish Divergence event signal.
  • divBear - Bearish Divergence event signal.
  • crossUp - Crosses Zero Up (Bullish) event signal.
  • crossDown - Crosses Zero Down (Bearish) event signal.
  • divBull - Bullish Divergence event signal.
  • divBear - Bearish Divergence event signal.

2. Filters and Trade Levels

  • baselineLen - Baseline EMA Length value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • pivotLeft - Pivot Left value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • pivotRight - Pivot Right value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • normPeriod - Normalization Period value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • wave - CVD Wave value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • baseline - Zero Line value used for structural qualification or thresholds.
  • wave - CVD Wave value used for structural qualification or thresholds.

Strategy Example: Enter Long when buySignal is true and trendFilter == 1, ensuring trades align with dominant momentum.

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