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Re: %fall



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Augustine,
     Try the following formula:
  PerCent Drop:
  (1-C/HHV(H,144))*100
of course you can change the 144 days to any value you want.

Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: metastock metastock <metastock65@xxxxxxxxx>
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 4:45 PM
Subject: %fall


>Hello!
>
>These last weeks, a lot of stock fell.
>I am fed up to calculate by hand how much percent some stocks have
>already lost since their highest peak of the last six months.
>I would like to compare them on the following
>criterium : the percentage of fall since their highest
>quote (f.i. of the last 6 months).
>
>let's say, f.i. that ING lost 35% since 1 August 1998, ABN-Amro 28%
>since 28 July 1998, Societe Generale 56% since 1st March 1998, Ahold
>25% since 1th july 1998
>and so on  (this just an example and not the reallity)
>
>Could anyone tell me how to build this indicator?
>
>(I think i have first to calculate on which day of the period that I
>whish the stock has reached its highest level; but then, how to plot
>it?)
>
>please, send also a copy to bataille@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Thanks in advance for your help
>Augustin Bataille
>
>
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