--- title: Nirvana Systems Blog | MPL description: MPL | --- [![Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo%20nirvana.png?width=300&height=60&name=Logo%20nirvana.png "Nirvana Systems")](http://www.nirvanasystems.com/) Open main menu Close main menu - Menu Open the submenu - [Blog Listings](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com) - [Nirvana Systems Store](https://store.nirvanasystems.com/) # Nirvana Systems Blog Select Category Acceleration Alan Hull Bollinger Bands Breakout Chart Patterns CompressionRangeStrategy Consolidation Donchian Fulcrum GMMA Guppy Harnessing Volatility HMA Hull Moving Average Mansfield Relative Strength Market Imbalance MarketPulseDotLive Measuring Volatility Momentum moving average MPL MRS Pivot Pivot Points Price Compression RangingMarket Relative Strength Rhino Suite Rising Stops RSI short term profits smoothing price snapback Supply and Demand Support and Resistance Technical Analysis Trading Trend Analysis Trend Strength Trend Trading VBX-4 Volatility Volume Analysis Volume Flow Analysis Volume Heat Welles Wilder Posts about: ## MPL ![Find price consolidations using The Compression Range Strategy from The Breakout Package #PriceCompression #Consolidation #Breakout ](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hubfs/youtube_ep_63_08042021.png) [MPL,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/mpl) [MarketPulseDotLive,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/marketpulsedotlive) [Technical Analysis,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/technical-analysis) [Breakout,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/breakout) [RangingMarket,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/rangingmarket) [CompressionRangeStrategy,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/compressionrangestrategy) [Consolidation,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/consolidation) [Price Compression](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/price-compression) ### [Taking Advantage of Price Compression @ 5:30pm EDT](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/market-pulse-dot-live-august-4) Aug 4, 2021 1:00:00 PM Join us today @ 5:30pm EDT on Market Pulse Dot Live for...   Compression Ranges   Price consolidations provide us with excellent breakout trading opportunities. While we can try and find these setups by paging through chart after chart, there’s a way we easily find these trades by detecting a Compression Range. ![Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hs-fs/hubfs/nirvana%20triangle.png?width=45&name=nirvana%20triangle.png) [Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/author/nirvana-systems) [Read More](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/market-pulse-dot-live-august-4) ![Finding Breakouts in a Ranging Market using The Donchian Strategy from The Breakout Package #RangingMarket #Breakout #Donchian #CompressionRangeStrategy ](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hubfs/youtube_ep_62_08022021.png) [MPL,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/mpl) [MarketPulseDotLive,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/marketpulsedotlive) [Technical Analysis,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/technical-analysis) [Breakout,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/breakout) [RangingMarket,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/rangingmarket) [Donchian,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/donchian) [CompressionRangeStrategy](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/compressionrangestrategy) ### [Finding Breakouts in a Ranging Market @ 5:30pm EDT](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/market-pulse-dot-live-august-2) Aug 2, 2021 3:24:08 PM Join us today @ 5:30pm EDT on Market Pulse Dot Live for...   Donchian Channels   When looking for breakout opportunities, we can often use analysis tools that detect when a security has established a range and then look for a break of that range. Futures trader Richard Donchain developed an indicator that looks at the highest high and lowest low over n number of periods which he called the Donchian Channel. ![Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hs-fs/hubfs/nirvana%20triangle.png?width=45&name=nirvana%20triangle.png) [Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/author/nirvana-systems) [Read More](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/market-pulse-dot-live-august-2) ![Stocks that are Outperforming the Market using Mansfield Relative Strength from The Ultimate Indicator Suite. #RelativeStrength #MansfieldRelativeStrength](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hubfs/youtube_ep_61_07282021.png) [MPL,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/mpl) [MarketPulseDotLive,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/marketpulsedotlive) [Technical Analysis,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/technical-analysis) [Relative Strength,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/relative-strength) [Mansfield Relative Strength,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/mansfield-relative-strength) [MRS](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/mrs) ### [Stocks that are Outperforming the Market @ 5:30pm EDT](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/market-pulse-dot-live-july-28) Jul 28, 2021 12:46:50 PM Join us today @ 5:30pm EDT on Market Pulse Dot Live for...   Mansfield Relative Strength   Measuring a stock’s performance compared to the general market can help us find the stocks that are outperforming and under performing. While there are many relative strength indicators available, one of the easiest and most reliable is the Mansfield Relative Strength indicator. ![Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hs-fs/hubfs/nirvana%20triangle.png?width=45&name=nirvana%20triangle.png) [Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/author/nirvana-systems) [Read More](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/market-pulse-dot-live-july-28) ![Smoothing Price without Introducing Lag using The Ultimate Indicator Suite. #HullMovingAverage #HMA #AlanHull](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hubfs/youtube_ep_60_07262021.png) [MPL,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/mpl) [MarketPulseDotLive,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/marketpulsedotlive) [Technical Analysis,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/technical-analysis) [Alan Hull,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/alan-hull) [HMA,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/hma) [moving average,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/moving-average) [smoothing price,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/smoothing-price) [Hull Moving Average](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/hull-moving-average) ### [Smoothing Price without Introducing Lag @ 5:30pm EDT](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/market-pulse-dot-live-july-26) Jul 26, 2021 1:43:12 PM Join us today @ 5:30pm EDT on Market Pulse Dot Live for...   The Hull Moving Average   Many traders use moving averages in order to reduce the noise, or smooth, price activity. However, when you smooth price with an average, you are creating a lag in the indicators reading. While moving averages like Exponential Moving Averages and Weighted Moving Averages can help reduce lag, they are still prone to late readings. ![Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hs-fs/hubfs/nirvana%20triangle.png?width=45&name=nirvana%20triangle.png) [Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/author/nirvana-systems) [Read More](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/market-pulse-dot-live-july-26) ![Is Market Volatility a Bad Thing? The answer is to measure it so we know when volatility is unusual.](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hubfs/youtube_ep_58_07142021.png) [MPL,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/mpl) [MarketPulseDotLive,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/marketpulsedotlive) [Technical Analysis,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/technical-analysis) [Volatility,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/volatility) [Measuring Volatility,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/measuring-volatility) [Welles Wilder](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/welles-wilder) ### [Is Market Volatility a Bad Thing? @ 5:30pm EDT](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/market-pulse-dot-live-july-14) Jul 14, 2021 3:03:28 PM Join us today @ 5:30pm EDT on Market Pulse Dot Live for...   Measuring Volatility   When traders hear the work "volatility", it usually brings up thoughts of erratic markets. But in order realize profits, we need the markets to move. So as long as volatility isn't excessive, we can often use it to our advantage. The question then is "How do we determine excessive volatility"? The answer is to measure it so we know when volatility is unusual. ![Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hs-fs/hubfs/nirvana%20triangle.png?width=45&name=nirvana%20triangle.png) [Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/author/nirvana-systems) [Read More](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/market-pulse-dot-live-july-14) ![Turning Momentum and Acceleration into Trading Gains by applying concepts in physics to trading.](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hubfs/youtube_ep_57_07122021.png) [MPL,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/mpl) [MarketPulseDotLive,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/marketpulsedotlive) [Technical Analysis,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/technical-analysis) [Momentum,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/momentum) [Acceleration](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/acceleration) ### [Turning Momentum and Acceleration into Trading Gains @ 5:30pm EDT](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/market-pulse-dot-live-july-12) Jul 12, 2021 1:43:16 PM Join us today @ 5:30pm EDT on Market Pulse Dot Live for...   Turning Momentum and Acceleration into Trading Gains   Momentum is a property of physics which many traders apply to technical analysis. In trading, momentum measures the strength of trend. By determining a stock’s momentum, we are able to not only ride high momentum to profits, but also identify changes in momentum for optimal entries. ![Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hs-fs/hubfs/nirvana%20triangle.png?width=45&name=nirvana%20triangle.png) [Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/author/nirvana-systems) [Read More](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/market-pulse-dot-live-july-12) ![iZones includes three Trading Strategies that will give you excellent trading opportunities at supply and demand levels](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hubfs/youtube_ep_56_07072021.png) [MPL,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/mpl) [MarketPulseDotLive,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/marketpulsedotlive) [Technical Analysis,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/technical-analysis) [Support and Resistance,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/support-and-resistance) [Supply and Demand](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/supply-and-demand) ### [Mastering the Forces of Supply and Demand @ 5:30pm EDT](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/market-pulse-dot-live-july-7) Jul 7, 2021 2:32:06 PM Join us today @ 5:30pm EDT on Market Pulse Dot Live for...   Technical Analysis Topic: Support and Resistance When we look at charts, we will often find price levels where the market reacts to them like a barrier. When price tests the levels, they will often reverse the other direction. These levels are referred to as support (to the downside) and resistance (to the upside). ![Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hs-fs/hubfs/nirvana%20triangle.png?width=45&name=nirvana%20triangle.png) [Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/author/nirvana-systems) [Read More](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/market-pulse-dot-live-july-7) ![Harnessing Volatility with Bollinger Bands; Guppy Multiple Moving Average (GMMA); The Count Back Line for Entries; The CBL for Exits; GMMA Oscillators.](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hubfs/youtube_ep_55_06302021.png) [MPL,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/mpl) [MarketPulseDotLive,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/marketpulsedotlive) [Technical Analysis,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/technical-analysis) [GMMA,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/gmma) [Guppy,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/guppy) [Bollinger Bands,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/bollinger-bands) [Harnessing Volatility](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/harnessing-volatility) ### [Harnessing Volatility with Bollinger Bands @ 5:30pm EDT](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/market-pulse-dot-live-june-30) Jun 30, 2021 1:00:00 PM Join us today @ 5:30pm EDT on Market Pulse Dot Live for...   Technical Analysis Topic: Bollinger Bands Market technician John Bollinger introduced the trading world to Bollinger Bands, and this famous indicator is now used by traders in every market and timeframe. Bollinger Bands use a 20 period Simple Moving Average and plot two upper and lower bands 2 standard deviations on the SMA. ![Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hs-fs/hubfs/nirvana%20triangle.png?width=45&name=nirvana%20triangle.png) [Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/author/nirvana-systems) [Read More](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/market-pulse-dot-live-june-30) ![Traders vs. Investors with the Guppy MMA; Guppy Multiple Moving Average (GMMA).](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hubfs/MPL_Episode54_06282021.png) [MPL,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/mpl) [MarketPulseDotLive,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/marketpulsedotlive) [Technical Analysis,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/technical-analysis) [GMMA,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/gmma) [Guppy](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/guppy) ### [Traders vs. Investors with the Guppy MMA @ 5:30pm EST](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/market-pulse-dot-live-june-28) Jun 28, 2021 1:00:00 PM Join us today @ 5:30pm EST on Market Pulse Dot Live for...   Analyzing the Battle Between Investors and Traders   A moving average can help us determine short, medium and long term trend direction and trend reversals. However, we can also use multiple moving averages in order to help us with trend analysis. The use of multiple moving averages will allow us to see trend information for different timeframes and different types of market participants. ![Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hs-fs/hubfs/nirvana%20triangle.png?width=45&name=nirvana%20triangle.png) [Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/author/nirvana-systems) [Read More](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/market-pulse-dot-live-june-28) ![The Relative Strength Index is a momentum indicator that determines when a stock is overbought/oversold, it's trend direction and it's strength. #RSI](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hubfs/NEW_blog_ep_53_06232021.png) [MPL,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/mpl) [MarketPulseDotLive,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/marketpulsedotlive) [Technical Analysis,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/technical-analysis) [Relative Strength,](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/relative-strength) [RSI](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/rsi) ### [The Power of the Relative Strength Index @ 5:30pm EST](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/market-pulse-dot-live-june-23) Jun 23, 2021 12:14:21 PM Join us today @ 5:30pm EST on Market Pulse Dot Live for...   Technical Analysis Topic: The Relative Strength Index Momentum indicators can help us determine when a security is overbought and oversold as well as trend direction and strength (underlying price chart). While momentum indicators have a lot of similarities, the Relative Strength Index is the preferred momentum indicator of many traders. ![Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/hs-fs/hubfs/nirvana%20triangle.png?width=45&name=nirvana%20triangle.png) [Nirvana Systems](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/author/nirvana-systems) [Read More](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/market-pulse-dot-live-june-23) [1](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/mpl) [2](https://blog.nirvanasystems.com/tag/mpl/page/2) Follow us on Facebook Follow us on LinkedIn Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram