V. 11:1 (55-55): Traders' Tips

TRADERS' TIPS

METASTOCK To recreate the stochastic momentum index, explained this month by William Blau, in MetaStock Professional, plot the custom formula (remember, this should all be on one line):

SMI(13,25,2)

100*(mov(mov(C-(0.5*(hhv(H,13)+llv(L,13))),25,E),2,E)/(0.5*mov(mov(hhv(H,13)-llv(L,13),25,E),2,E)))

The parameters can be changed to any values desired.

The moving average menu may be used to plot a signal line as mentioned in Blau's article. After plotting the SMI, press [M] to access the moving average menu. Select an exponential moving average of the indicator. Choose whatever number of periods desired; Blau recommends a range of three to 12 periods (a nine-period signal line is used in Figure 1). ...

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