[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

[EquisMetaStock Group] Re: Percentage Change Chart



PureBytes Links

Trading Reference Links

Gene, a basic Rate Of Change (ROC) can do this to some extent:
ROC(C,10,%)

Another choice would be the Price Oscillator:
OscP(1,10,E,%)

Note that there is an issue that plagues price-to-percentage 
conversions: normalization.  If an ETF moves from 50 to 100 points 
(100% increase), and then back to 50 pts again (50% decrease), most 
ROCs will plot a total net increase of around +50% (instead of 0% net
).

For a perfect $ to % conversion (and comparing apples to apples), take 
a look at the URSC kit:

http://www.metastocktools.com/URSC/URSC.htm


jose '-)
http://www.metastocktools.com



--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Gene Asken" <dahbull@xxxx> 
wrote:
> In the September issue of Stocks, Futures & Options (SFO), Deron 
> Wagner in his article "Profit From Sector ETF Trend Divergence," 
> presents two "percentage change" charts with an overlay of an ETF
> vs. S&P 500 as a means of pinpointing divergences between the two.
> This would entail changing the Y-axis from price to percentage so
> the relationship between the ETF and the index remains correlated,
> apples to apples.  Is there a way to do this in Metastock?






------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 
Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page
http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/BefplB/TM
--------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 

 
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/equismetastock/

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    equismetastock-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/