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Re: [Metastockusers] Average Daily Range



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Yes original. Feel free to use it. Just don't claim it as your own. ;-) 
 Maybe I'll make Bartlettt's in a 100 years. I think its even better 
replacing sustained with emboldened. But I couldn't think of that word 
while writing.

Ron
Martin Blain wrote:

> Ron
> I think that is a great quote. " Not knowing anything about what I was 
> doing, but having the confidence
> gained by my ignorance and sustained by nothing much better to do,.... 
> "   Excuse my own ignorance but is that completely original and if it 
> is do you mind  if I use it?
> It strikes to the core.
> Martin
>  
>  
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>     From: Ron <mailto:ronber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     To: Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 4:45 PM
>     Subject: Re: [Metastockusers] Average Daily Range
>
>     Not knowing anything about what I was doing, but having the
>     confidence
>     gained by my ignorance and sustained by nothing much better to do,
>     after
>     reading this thread  I created an upper and lower band
>     Upper:C+ATR(21)
>     Lower:C-ATR(21).
>
>     It appears that when I drop them on a price plot, if I ratchet my
>     stops
>     up staying just outside(below) the lower band I'm kept in a trade for
>     most of the run I would want. Likewise, as the upper band
>     approaches my
>     target, it seems I need to give some serious consideration about
>     staying
>     with the trade or perhaps tightening my stops even further. In some
>     cases parabolic SAR seems to have the same sort of results.
>
>     Is this at all worthwhile?
>
>     Ron
>
>
>
>     wavemechanic wrote:
>
>     > Thanks.  Will play with this with/without Raff, etc.  Sounds like
>     > something of value could be here.
>     >
>     >     ----- Original Message -----
>     >     From: Jayson <mailto:jcasavant@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     >     To: Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     >     <mailto:Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     >     Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 2:03 PM
>     >     Subject: RE: [Metastockusers] Average Daily Range
>     >
>     >     Bill,
>     >     it depends on your trading time frame but for short term swing
>     >     trades I gravitate towards atr(14). I use ATR to determine
>     if the
>     >     current move is inside or outside of the stocks "comfort
>     Zone". My
>     >     pivot studies are done in DT and used for target analysis, but
>     >     your concept holds interesting possibilities. are you
>     suggesting a
>     >     barcount setting from the last pivot point?
>     >     
>     >     I have not compared the approach to raff et al but they seem
>     to be
>     >     more suited as support resistance indicators where the ATR study
>     >     may better lead you towards a hard or soft approach to one
>     of the
>     >     their violations.
>     >     
>     >     Example Your Raff study shows you to be at or near a resistance
>     >     level. As the stock moves towards this study line you note that
>     >     your expected daily range could very well be several points
>     >     outside that study line. This might encourage you to take a
>     "soft"
>     >     approach to the Raff Signal. this is all off the top of my head
>     >     and deserves more thought.
>     >     
>     >
>     >     Jayson
>     >
>     >     -----Original Message-----
>     >     From: wavemechanic [mailto:wd78@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>     >     Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 12:16 PM
>     >     To: Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     >     Subject: Re: [Metastockusers] Average Daily Range
>     >
>     >     Jayson:
>     >     
>     >     What have you found are good period settings for
>     historical?  Have
>     >     you looked at using this from pivots as opposed to intraday
>     >     moves?   Have you compared this approach to using Raff, std.
>     dev.
>     >     and such?  Just some thoughts as I have not followed ATR
>     intraday,
>     >     but having been using the other constructions.
>     >     
>     >     Bill
>     >
>     >         ----- Original Message -----
>     >         From: Jayson <mailto:jcasavant@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     >         To: Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     >         <mailto:Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     >         Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 11:44 AM
>     >         Subject: RE: [Metastockusers] Average Daily Range
>     >
>     >         Lionel,
>     >         
>     >         the KISS principal !   on my RT charts I take it a step
>     >         further and calculate the percentage of the days move as it
>     >         relates to historical percentage. this is very handy as at a
>     >         glance I can see if the current move is note worthy. ATR
>     is a
>     >         very powerful tool
>     >         
>     >
>     >         Jayson
>     >
>     >         -----Original Message-----
>     >         From: Lionel Issen [mailto:lissen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>     >         Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 11:18 AM
>     >         To: Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     >         Subject: RE: [Metastockusers] Average Daily Range
>     >
>     >         Jason:
>     >         
>     >         Thanks for this tip.  I should have thought of it.
>     >         Like many good ideas, it fairly simple to use and
>     obvious once
>     >         you see it.
>     >         
>     >         Lionel
>     >         
>     >         
>     >         -----Original Message-----
>     >         From: Jayson [mailto:jcasavant@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>     >         Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 9:46 AM
>     >         To: Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     >         Subject: RE: [Metastockusers] Average Daily Range
>     >
>     >         Of course. Setting a 3% stop loss on a stock whose ATR
>     is 5+%
>     >         may very well result in getting stopped out during the
>     normal
>     >         trading day. Setting your stop loss to reflect a more
>     >         realistic range for each stock will help keep you in the
>     >         trade. rather than a flat ATR number I like to relate atr to
>     >         the stocks trading price. (ATR/close)*100 will present a
>     >         percentage reading of the ATR where you will see the
>     >         historical daily percentage price swing of the stock.
>     this may
>     >         be useful for determining your stop. when tied to visible
>     >         support/resistance levels you may better judge the viability
>     >         of a given trade......
>     >         
>     >
>     >         Jayson
>     >
>     >         -----Original Message-----
>     >         From: moishe73 [mailto:mbuchalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>     >         Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 9:14 AM
>     >         To: Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     >         Subject: [Metastockusers] Average Daily Range
>     >
>     >         Would knowing the Average Daily Range be helpful in setting
>     >         Stop Loss
>     >         limits instead of arbitrary limits?  If so, what would the
>     >         formula
>     >         look like?
>     >
>     >
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