what does the qstick indicator tell you 
the qstick is measuring buying and selling pressure taking an average of the difference between closing and opening prices when the price on average is closing lower than it opens the indicator moves lower when the price on average is closing higher than the open the indicator moves up transaction signals occur when the qstick crosses above the zero line crossing above zero is used as a buy signal because it is indicating that buying pressure is increasing while sell signals occur when the indicator moves below zero in addition an n period moving average of the qstick values can be drawn to act as a signal line transaction signals are then generated when the qstick value crosses through the trigger line three is a common n period for signal line 