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Re: [RT] Band Study (better explained)



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I have that study squirreled away and I do put it up on my screens when 
price makes a large unexpected [to me anyway] move. I find it very helpful. 
I like to think of it as bodies put into motion.

Thanks for sharing a great piece of research.

Tim Morge


At 07:59 AM 5/18/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello Research,
>
>talking to myself i guess, anyway don't be fooled by the simplicity of
>this  study.   yes  it  uses  a  simple moving average, the key is the
>percentages  of  the  bands  above  and  below  and  the length of the
>lookback  period.   if there is some hidden mystical cyclical movement
>in  the  sp  market  it  is  most  likely  cause  by  option to option
>expiration.
>
>there  is  a  train theory here - once an object is in motion you know
>the  rest  and  if  you don't you have no business trading.  also note
>that   the  closer to option expiration the more volatile the the sp's
>become.  note that because if you have any basis of trading that price
>direction driven, it will be more sensitive towards the expirey.
>
>another point i wanted to make is that by following this study you can
>gain  a  statical confidence in how long to expect the market to go up
>and what to expect the point  move to be.  i do not claim to be a guru
>predictor, yet i have never seen ANYTHING that can give you a feel for
>where  the  market is going and how far it will go as well as how long
>it  will last as this study.  at least i have never seen anything like
>this or better that was disclosed to the public for free.
>
>this practice/theory was discovered by doing massive amounts of number
>crunching,  the  original  length  and  percentages were rounded up to
>where  they  are  now.   21 days and 2.5%  - i have run this study for
>many  years and has always given me a fell for what is possible.  once
>strength  has  raised  it's  head  as we just experienced.  it doesn't
>usually  go  away  just that fast,  and  if it does it's certainly the
>minority  as no study that is dynamic in application is 100%.  however
>no  one  needs 100% in this business.  i just wanted to express that i
>did  not decide upon what these parameters were to be.
>
>
>
>--
>Best regards,
>  Research                            mailto:research@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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