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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Money Flow Index (MFI)


The Money Flow Index measures the amount of money flowing in and out of a security.It’s a good measure of the strength of money flowing in and out of a security.It compares “positive money flow” to “negative money flow” to create an indicator that can be compared to price in order to identify the strength or weakness of a trend.- A divergence between price and MFI often signals an imminent reversal of the trend.- Readings below 20 on the scale are considered oversold (bullish).- Readings above 80 on the scale are considered overbought (bearish).When analyzing the MFI the following should be taken into account: divergences between indicator and price movement. If prices increase and MFI falls (or vice versa), the probability of price turning is very high. MFI values higher than 80 and lower than 20 signalizes respectively about potential peak or foundation of the market.

Accumulation/Distribution (AD)

Accumulation Distribution is a price and volume indicator.- When the Accumulation/Distribution moves up, it shows that the security is being accumulated (Buying), as most of the volume is associated with upward price movement.- When the indicator moves down, it shows that the security is being distributed (Selling), as most of the volume is associated with downward price movement.- Divergences between the Accumulation/Distribution indicator and the price of the security indicate the upcoming change of prices.

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William�s Percent Range

It was developed by Larry Williams. This system attempts to measure overbought and oversold market conditions.The %R always falls between a value of 100 and 0. There are two horizontal lines in the study which represent the 20% and 80% overbought and oversold levels.Indicator values ranging between 80 and 100% indicate that the market is oversold.Indicator values ranging between 0 and 20% indicate that the market is overbought.But we have to take in consideration that overbought does not necessarily imply time to sell and oversold does not necessarily imply time to buy so, it's very important that if an overbought/oversold indicator, such as Stochastic or Williams %R, shows an overbought level, the best action is to wait for the futures contract’s price to turn down before selling.So, you sell when %R reaches 20% or lower (the market is overbought) and buy when it reaches 80% or higher (the market is oversold). However, as with all overbought/oversold indicators, it is wise to wait for the indicator price to change direction before initiating any trade.

Stochastic Oscillator



George C. Lane developed the Stochastic Oscillator in the late 1950s.It’s a technical indicator which compares a stock's closing price to its price range over a given period of time. The belief is that in rising market stocks will close near their highs, while in a falling market they will close near their lows.The Stochastic Oscillator contains four variables:1) %K Periods: This is the number of time periods used in the stochastic calculation.2) %K Slowing Periods: This value controls the internal smoothing of %K. A value of 1 is considered a fast stochastic while a value of 3 is considered a slow stochastic.3) %D Periods: This is the number of time periods used when calculating the moving average of %K.4) %D Method: The method (Exponential, Simple, Time Series, Triangular, Variable, or Weighted) used to calculate %DSignals for buying & selling:- The signals of buying given when oscillator (either %K or %D) falls below the line, and then again crosses the bottom level upwards or when the curve %K crosses the curve %D from below upward.- The signals of selling when oscillator grows above the line, and then crosses the top level downwards or when the curve %K crosses a curve %D from top to downward.

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