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Re: CMO Insight



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Dan,
Looking at the All Ordinaries index here the RSI and CMO give a similar
result to what you discovered with the S&P500.
Regards
Ian Burgoyne
Melbourne





HARELSDB@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> I have been trading with a system that gives signals based in part on Welles
> Wilder's Relative Strength Index (RSI).  I have also been carrying along a
> plot of the Chande Momentum Oscillator (CMO) with my charts, but, I wasn't
> sure why.  The CMO is very closely related to the RSI and I wasn't sure that
> it was giving me any additional information.  I have gained a new insight
> recently and thought it might be of interest to the list.
> 
> The CMO seems to show divergences more clearly than the RSI.  For example, on
> a daily plot of the S&P 500, a plot of the RSI does not show momentum
> diverging from price.  That is, the recent higher high in price was
> accompanied by a higher high in the RSI.  In contrast, the CMO very clearly
> shows a lower high associated with the recent higher high in price.  I have
> been using 20 days for the periods for both the RSI and the CMO.  In addition
> to the S&P 500 index, I have found this pattern where the CMO shows a
> divergence and the RSI does not, or does not show it as clearly, on a number
> of securities in the last few days.
> 
> I hope this is useful.
> 
> Dan
> Pocatello, ID USA

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