Archive for June, 2008

 

Trend Channel Pivot – Close Above / Below Cross

June 28th, 2008


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This trend indicator was developed many years ago for trading the CBT Treasury Bond futures. A close above or below the Trend Channel “Pivot” is, in combination with other confirming or filtering indicators, a very good indication that a trend has developed in the direction of the cross.  [...]

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% New 1 Year Highs / Lows > 30%

June 28th, 2008

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% New 1 Year Highs > 30%
Often occurs when markets are topping intermediate to long term. This is not a trading signal, but indicates a probable area that the immediately previous trend will reverse. After a short lived sell-off, one more surge higher often occurs before a [...]

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Constituent Uptrends Crossing Above 50%

June 28th, 2008

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Constituent Uptrends Crossing Above 50%
When 50% or more of the constituents of an index or ETF are in an uptrend, chances are the composite, itself, will remain in an uptrend. Similarly, when constituent trends slip below 50% chances are the uptrend is over for the time being. [...]

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AD Volume Histogram

June 28th, 2008

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Very similar to the AD Histogram Exploration, the AD Volume Histogram uses advancing and declining volume instead of issues.
Both offer very promising potential as short term indicators. Again, in their raw form they are not perfect, but when right they are very right and when wrong, very [...]

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AD Histogram

June 28th, 2008

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This is one of the most promising potential very short term indicators I have encountered in a while. It is not perfect, but when it is right it is very right and when wrong very wrong. It does seem to be, however, more right than wrong. With [...]

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AD Moving Average Cross

June 27th, 2008

The name describes exactly what this indicator is.  It is a moving average of advancing issues (green) and a separate moving average of declining issues (red).  Notice they are reciprocals of one another.  For the most part, when the two lines cross (usually at slightly less than 50%), a new trend may have started.  The [...]

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New Indicator – AD Moving Average Cross

June 18th, 2008

Open, high, low, close and volume.  If you are a technical trader, that’s it.  Every indicator you use is based on five numbers.  This is like using Sear’s Craftsman general purpose “basic” tool kit to build a race car .  It can, perhaps, be done,  Might take a while though.  And then there’s the Craftsman [...]

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MasterDATAlink Version Released – Cleanup!

June 13th, 2008

So far the new release seems to be going smoothly for everyone.  No issues reported to date.  A bug fix or two are now in place to the recent MasterDATAlink version 2.20 released a few days ago (see below or click here) as follows:

Actually, this issue existed prior to version 2.20, but I just found it as [...]

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MasterDATAlink Version 2.20 Ready For Download

June 9th, 2008

MasterDATAlink is used by MasterDATACSV and MasterDATA Composite Plug-in subscribers to retrieve and update their historical composite / breadth datafiles. The program is included with each subscription at no charge and downloads any or all of the available datafiles on 30 major stock indexes and 111 highest trade volume ETFs.  Downloads can be with a [...]

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Compilation List Revised For June, 2008

June 3rd, 2008

Our Index / ETF Compilation List is adjusted to, once again, reflect the top 111 trade volume ETFs.  Subject to our inclusion criteria, this list is revised monthly to continually contain the most highly traded, liquid US listed Exchange Traded Funds.
This month its in with technolgy and internet and out with mid and small caps [...]

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