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[EquisMetaStock Group] Re: Palmer Indicator



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Never mind, I found it on Traders Consortium and uploaded it in the 
files section as

Apple PalmerVolume Ind.jpg 


Preston




--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, pumrysh <no_reply@xxx> wrote:
>
> Tony,
> 
> Either you forgot to attach the chart or Yahoo dumped it.
> Better option would be to upload one to the files section.
> 
> Preston
> 
> 
> 
> --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Tony M <t4tonym@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Mark,
> > 
> > Preston's formula does exactly what you asked for, so I'm not 
> quite sure why you say that it's "not exactly what you were 
looking 
> for"   ..... ???  However an alternative, longer and less elegant 
> (but perhaps more "English language-like") coding of your concept 
> might be:
> > 
> > {$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ :-)}
> > HighestVolume45d:= HHV(V,45);
> > LowestVolume45d:= LLV(V,45);
> > VolRange:= HighestVolume45d - LowestVolume45d;
> > Palmer:= 100*V/(VolRange + 0.000001);
> > Smoothed:=Mov(Palmer,5,E);
> > BuyThreshold:=67;
> > SellThreshold:=33;
> > BuySignal:=100;
> > SellSignal:=0;
> > SignalOutput:= If(Smoothed>BuyThreshold,BuySignal, If
> (Smoothed<SellThreshold,SellSignal,50));
> > {Now display results: 100= (your idea of) "Buy", 50=Null, 0=
(your 
> idea of) "Sell"}
> > Smoothed;
> > SignalOutput
> > {$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ :-)}
> > 
> > Attached is a chart for you showing Apple Computer (APPL) price 
in 
> the middle window and
> > in the bottom window the actual volume (dark red bars), your 
> smoothed "Palmer Indicator" (bright red line),
> > and your proposed indicator (light blue line).
> > 
> > What you can see is that the indicator response due to high 
> volume  (your proposed "Buy" signal) appears to make sense and to 
> correspond to price turning points, either tops OR bottoms, but 
the 
> low volume response (your proposed "Sell" signal) really does not 
> correspond to anything.
> > 
> > This is because the big price action occurs when a lot of people 
> (or a few people with very big orders) are in the market and the 
> volume is high. Therefore I suggest that you re-examine your 
> indicator, forget about the low volume threshold (because nothing 
> much is happening then), try adjusting the high volume threshold 
> value a bit, and use this high volume response not as a buy 
> indicator (your original concept) but rather as an an indicator 
for 
> TURNING POINTS, which could be EITHER tops or bottoms.
> > 
> > If you want to read an intersting book about using volume to 
help 
> your trading, you might try Donald Cassidy's book "Trading on 
> Volume - The Key to Identifying and Profiting from Stock Price 
> Reversals". (McGraw Hill publishers, 2002).
> > 
> > 
> > Happy trading,
> > Cheers,
> > TonyM 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: markumansky <no_reply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 3:50:36 PM
> > Subject: [EquisMetaStock Group] Re: Palmer Indicator
> > 
>  
> > 
> >     
> >Preston,
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Not exactly what i was looking for but thank you for your 
> suggestion
> > 
> > and assistance. Its very much appreciated! !!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Mark
>




 
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