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is "Full Stochastics" available as an indicator? If not, is it possible to convert fast or slow sto to full?

both Fast and Slow Stochastic indicators that come with MC are FULL stochastics.


see here for more information on stochstics
http://stockcharts.com/school/doku.php? ... oscillator

I've heard of fast and slow but do you have any specific information on "full"?

There is no "Full Stochastic". Stochastic always consists of FastK SlowK FastD and FastK, if you combine them together, you will have 4 "lines" in the indicator. But there is no "single line" "full stochastic" indicator.

According to some commonly used definitions, the difference between a slow and full stochastic is that a slow %k by definition is a 3 bar SMA of fast %k, while a full %k can be any period SMA of a fast %k. This is a matter of convention, and most platform vendors have simply made it adjustable (and thus, a full stochastic) rather than enforcing that it's 3, as it was originally defined for what a slow %k would be.

So, in this sense, if you accept that a "slow %k" is adjustable in period, you're really talking about a "full %k" according to the above definition, and there's no separate indicator required. You've simply elected to use slow %k in a way different than it was originally envisioned (which was a specifically 3 period smoothing).

For an outside reference on this, try looking up stochastic oscillators on stockcharts.com or any of a number of technical analysis websites.