custom EMA cloud study
Ripster-style EMA clouds shade the space between paired exponential moving averages. A thinkorswim adaptation needs explicit periods and display rules; the original TradingView publication is a separate script.
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Example request
Create a thinkorswim upper study with three configurable EMA pairs. Fill each pair with a green cloud when the faster EMA is above the slower EMA and red otherwise, with inputs to hide each cloud.
Ripster EMA clouds are a community chart method, not a named built-in study in the official thinkorswim library. A thinkScript version can calculate selected EMA pairs with ExpAverage and shade between each pair with AddCloud. The exact periods, price source, colors, and visibility rules must be defined before the result is reproducible.
Reference points
A recognizable chart style is not a complete specification. Record every fast and slow length, the price input, the number of cloud pairs, bullish and bearish colors, line visibility, and whether alerts should fire on a cross or on every bar in a state.
This prevents a generated script from silently choosing a popular configuration that may not be the one you intended.
Confirm each plotted EMA against the platform ExpAverage calculation before judging the cloud. Then inspect a few crossings to verify the fill changes on the intended bar and does not reverse the color logic.
Use the cloud as a display layer until you have separately defined and tested any entry or exit condition. The visual trend state does not establish an expected return.
ExpAverage uses a smoothing factor of 2 / (length + 1). With a hypothetical prior EMA of 100, a new price of 103, and length 5, the next value is 101. Platform initialization and prefetch can affect the early values, so compare after sufficient history.
AddCloud assigns its first color where the first series is greater than the second and its second color otherwise. Passing the fast EMA first therefore makes the ordering explicit. The documented call has no opacity argument; do not promise a custom opacity slider through AddCloud.
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The official studies library documents moving-average and cloud building blocks, but not a built-in study with that Ripster EMA Clouds name. A matching setup is normally a custom thinkScript study.
The author's TradingView publication describes combinations including 5/12, 34/50, 8/9, and 20/21. These are attributed configurations, not verified optimal settings for your market. Match the publication version you intend to reproduce.
Yes. Specify the EMA pairs, price source, colors, visibility controls, and alerts. Pineify can return one editable study file for you to review in thinkorswim.
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