DWMA (Double Weighted Moving Average) is exactly what it says on the tin: a Weighted Moving Average of a Weighted Moving Average. Unlike DEMA, which tries to *remove* lag, DWMA accepts lag as the price of admission for superior noise reduction. It produces a curve that is incredibly smooth, ideal for identifying long-term trends without getting faked out by market chop.
There is no single "inventor" of DWMA; it's a natural extension of linear filtering. It represents a higher-order filter that prioritizes recent data (via WMA) but applies a second pass to iron out any remaining wrinkles. It's the heavy artillery of smoothing.
The effective window size is roughly $2 \times \text{Period}$, and the lag is cumulative. This is not for high-frequency scalping; this is for determining if the market is actually bullish or just having a manic episode.
The weight profile of a single WMA is triangular. The weight profile of a DWMA approaches a Gaussian-like shape (central limit theorem in action), but heavily skewed towards recent data due to the WMA's linear weighting.
1.**Lag**: This indicator lags. A lot. Do not use it for entry signals on tight timeframes. Use it for trend filtering (e.g., "only buy if price > DWMA").
2.**Warmup**: It takes roughly $2 \times N$ bars to produce valid data.
3.**Confusion with DEMA**: DEMA = Fast, DWMA = Smooth. Do not mix them up.
