Re: Using moving averages to define channels.

["Lionel and Gail Issen" <lissen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Metastock moving average function has an option for displacing the mov
vertically and horizontally.  Most of the time, I prefer to use a mov
channel in place of a Bollinger band.

Lionel Issen
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Greening <JimGinVA@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: Using moving averages to define channels.


>Guy,
>     I haven't tried that, I'll give it a shot.  Have you found a set of
>averages that work for most stocks or are most different?
>
>JimG
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Guy Gordon <gordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Monday, April 12, 1999 2:24 PM
>Subject: Using moving averages to define channels.
>
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>>Has anyone experimented with using two copies of a moving average to
>>define a trading channel?
>>
>>For example, on WMT, set up a 200-day simple MA, and a second one with
>>a 50% vertical shift.  This forms a very nice long-term channel for
>>WMT.
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