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Alan,


I´m not exactly newq to trading, but your input was very good. I
programmed it and start to explore it. Could be a very useful tool.

Just wanted to let you know. Thanks - Ulrich



Alan Sears wrote:

> Things are usually fairly quiet on a Sunday so lets take a look at
> some
> divergence signals using simple indicators
>
> OBV           standard On Balance Volume
>                    MA is a 21 per Weighted moving average
>
> Elder Ray (Bull power & Bear Power)
>                    Simple formula but may not be available in all
> charting
>                    packages
>                    Bull power = High - 13 ema of close
>                    Bear power = Low - 13 ema of close
>                    (black lines are 5 ema of indicator)
>
> Charts produced in Wavewise market spreadsheet
>
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> Chart attached is current Sep British Pound
>
> Point A        Normal divergence, prices make a new high while
>                      Bull power & Bear power
>
> Point B        Hidden or springboard divergence, prices make a lower
> high
>                      Bull & bear power both make higher highs.
>
> Point C        Classic "3 rallies to a top" !
>                      Prices make 3 higher highs
>                      Bull & bear power make 3 lower highs
>                      OBV also shows divergence, after point 2 OBV
> breaks
>                      below  its 21 wma and cannot gat back above it,
> the wma
>                      acts as resistence
>
> Point D        Normal divergence between prices and bull power
>                      Divergence on OBV  ???
>                      Prices make a lower low, OBV makes a lower
>                      low..........
>                      is this valid divergence ?  some would say not
> some
>                      would say yes.
>                      Look at the difference of the slopes, prices make
> a
>                      much deeper swing low while OBV is nearly flat,
> to
>                      me this is valid divergence and I would be on the
>
>                      lookout for a long entry.
>
> Point E        Points 1 &2 show hidden divergence compared to OBV
>                      slope between points 1 & 2 and bear power show
>                      divergence as bear power shows a much higher
>                      low compared to point 2.
>
> Point F       Prices complete "3 drives to a bottom"
>                    Hidden divergence with OBV and normal slope
> divergence
>                    with Bull & bear power.
>
> Obviously, these types of setups are much clearer in hindsight but
> with
> practice they can be found in real time and acted upon.
> OBV and Elder Ray were used in this example but the same ideas
> work on many oscillators.
>
> Good Trading
>
> Alan
> http://www.esosoft.com/traders
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