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Re: SHRT TRM TRD NDX (NYSE:^STI.N)?



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Thanks for the emails.  I figured it was the ARMS index.  Richard Arms also
wrote a book, which he updated, that covers the ARMS index.  After I'm through
writing notes on Pring's TA book, I might buy this one.  Although, I already
have so much material.

Daniel.


WCMgt@xxxxxxx wrote:

> The index you refer to used to be called TRIN. It was created by Richard
> "Dick" Arms. The Arms Index. It is listed in the Wall St. Journal in Section
> C, under Stock Market Data Bank, Diaries just above block trades. It reads
> closing Arms (trin). It is calculated as follows:     (A/D) / (AV/DV)  where
> A = Advances;  D = Declines;  AV = advancing volume; and DV = declining
> volume. See Norman Fosback's  book STOCK MARKET LOGIC, p132. The index
> measures the concentration of volume in advancing and decling stocks.