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I actually found my indictor on the first try and spent an hour figuring out
how to apply it. It doesn't rely on price and it just turned positive so
tomorrow I buy!
I will read the book after I finish reading Financial Reckoning day.
Other good books include Gann Simplified and Design, Testing and
Optimization of Trading Systems by Robert Pardo and Guts and Glory of Day
trading.
Martin Blain
Burlington Ontario
----- Original Message -----
From: "superfragalist" <jackolso@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 6:53 PM
Subject: [Metastockusers] Re: Subject: refference another stock
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> Sorry, Martin, I guess I wasn't clear. Stock Trader's Almanac has
> researched almost all of the questions you have asked. You have to
> look at a lot of charts, tables and descriptions to put it all
> together, but it's in there if you'll take the time to read it.
>
> Yes, I'm sure many people will try to write some kind of simple MS
> code to re-invent the wheel to save the price of the book. Okay, for
> some people time is much cheaper than money.
>
> If you take a simple SPX index chart with a 5, 15 and 40 simple
> moving average on it, it will tell you when to trade long and when to
> trade short. In addition, it will tell you what periods to use when
> testing and optimizing long and short systems.
>
> If you take the information in the Stock Trader's Almanac, open a few
> daily, weekly and monthly SPX charts, you will see how they figured
> out their conclusions.
>
> Volatility is sometimes caused by institutional investors moving in
> and out of the market, among other things. Volatility changes by the
> time of day, the day of the week, the week of the month and the month
> of the year. The almanac gives you clues as to when these time frames
> are likely to take place.
>
> It's not a perfect book, and it doesn't answer every question, but it
> does contribute some of the pieces to understanding what's going on.
>
>
>
>
> --- In Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Martin Blain" <martin@xxxx>
> wrote:
>> S
>> I think you missed my point.
>> I was asking if anybody had worked on a no trade/ trade zone
> indictor.
>> I have one in progress that corresponds to November being good and
> December
>> being flat but I wasn't trading from mid August to mid Sept. and
> that shows
>> as being a good trading zone. This would be a learn as you go
> obviously if
>> I have to do the hard way and my reason for asking is to see if
> others had
>> the same results for these months. My other questions had to do
> with
>> volatility and aside from the obvious high volatility means traders
> don't
>> agree on the price so it fluctuates. I cant help but think there
> must other
>> things at work here such as float.
>> I really cant agree best months to trade such as with sell in "May
> and go
>> away" as 90% of my buy and hold for a while stuff began going up
> from June
>> until now.
>> Martin Blain
>> Burlington Ontario
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "superfragalist" <jackolso@xxxx>
>> To: <Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:15 AM
>> Subject: [Metastockusers] Re: Subject: refference another stock
>>
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > Okay, don't read it. Not a problem for me.
>> >
>> >
>> > --- In Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Martin Blain"
> <martin@xxxx>
>> > wrote:
>> >> Somehow I don't they can answer for you.
>> >> Martin Blain
>> >> Burlington Ontario
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "superfragalist" <jackolso@xxxx>
>> >> To: <Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 6:19 PM
>> >> Subject: [Metastockusers] Re: Subject: refference another stock
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Try reading the stock trader's almanac. All those questions are
>> >> > already answered.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > --- In Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Martin Blain"
>> > <martin@xxxx>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> Jose
>> >> >> Is anybody working on a system for when and when not to open
> new
>> >> > positions.
>> >> >> As an example I know November was good for me and I suspect
> mid
>> >> > August to
>> >> >> mid Sept was probably good if I had been trading. Is anybody
>> >> > keeping track
>> >> >> of when they had better success? Perhaps it depends on the
> types
>> > of
>> >> > trades
>> >> >> you make as well.
>> >> >> I am also trying to figure out why some stocks are more
> volatile
>> >> > than
>> >> >> others. And then again some stocks enter periods of greater
>> >> > volatility. Any
>> >> >> ideas. As example PG was in a nice steady up trend and now it
> is
>> >> > very
>> >> >> volatile.
>> >> >> Martin Blain
>> >> >> Burlington Ontario
>> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> >> From: "Jose" <josesilva22@xxxx>
>> >> >> To: <Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> >> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 11:17 PM
>> >> >> Subject: [Metastockusers] Re: Subject: refference another
> stock
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Martin, it'll be the best hundred buckeroos ever spent. ;)
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > jose '-)
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > --- In Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Martin Blain"
>> >> > <martin@xxxx>
>> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> >> Thanks to Roy and Harry
>> >> >> >> The obvious is so illusive!
>> >> >> >> Martin Blain
>> >> >> >> Burlington Ontario
>> >> >> >> PS I know Roy's going to get that hundred bucks out me yet!
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> >> >> From: "Harry M. Ward" <hmw3@xxxx>
>> >> >> >> To: <Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> >> >> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 8:26 PM
>> >> >> >> Subject: [Metastockusers] Subject: refference another stock
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> On 19 Dec 2004 22:55:47 -0000, "Marty" <martin@xxxx> wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>> How does one reference another stock in an indicator? I
> have
>> >> > been
>> >> >> >>> searching for this and I know I saw it somewhere.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Does using the Security() function do what you need?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Harry
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