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Re: References for Customizing Indicators



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Perry Kaufman's books might be worth a look. 
Smarter Trading is  his most recent and Commodity trading systems and
methods, 3rd ed. is now promised  for Nov. (2nd ed. was '87).
Bob

At 07:30 PM 9/19/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Can anyone recommend a good reference that covers an overview of 
>technical indicators from a mathematical perspective? I have a few of 
>the introductory technical analysis books that cover simple 
>explanations/formulas, interpretation of indicators, and pattern 
>recognition of price and volume charts. What I am looking for now is 
>something that I can use as a guideline to customizing many of the 
>mainstream indicators.
>
>As a simple example, I'd like to know if there is a mathematical 
>approach to determing the best moving average(s) or channel(s) to use 
>for identifying the intermediate trend on a chart.
>
>Pring's "Technical Analysis Explained" looks like it might be a good 
>reference. Any others?
>
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