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Re: Normalizing Two Indicator Values



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Ross,

That is a tough one.  Do you know the Jimmie Vaughn song that says
"Two TVs is the way to go".  Change that to Two subgraphs is the way
to go.  I like the simple life.

Jimmy

Friday, October 1, 2004, 2:32:09 AM, you wrote:

RSB> I am plotting two price-based indicator values and I would like to
RSB> normalize them so that I can see them both displayed over a similar
RSB> scale regardless of the actual price of the market being tested,
RSB> but while still retaining the relationship between the two values.

RSB> I can normalize them using the formula:
RSB> [(Series - SeriesLL)/(SeriesHH - SeriesLL)] * 100

RSB> but that scales both indicator values from 0-100, while I really want
RSB> to preserve the relationship between them - if value1 is really half
RSB> the size of value2 then I would like to be able to see that.

RSB> Any suggestion? TIA!




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