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Re: trendiness measures



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Here is just a suggestion.  Write a system based on
moving average crossover (buy and sell, 100% in the
market) and test it for all markets.  The performance
reports should indicate which markets trend better.


--- Paul Altman <paulha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Could someone please briefly explain some measures
> of trendiness that I 
> could use to decide which markets tend to trend more
> than others?   Is this 
> usually done by devising simple trend-following
> systems and ranking markets 
> according to performance?   Or are there more
> specific measures?  Yes, I'm 
> familiar with the ADX, the CMO, etc., but how are
> indicators like these 
> used to give a summary of a market's trendiness
> over, say, a year?
> 
> Thanks for any help.
>