Product Description
Product Review: ValueCharts by Barbara Star, PhD
MICROQUANT
3737 Glenwood Ave., Suite 100,
Raleigh, NC 27612
Phone: 919 827-0009
Internet: www.valuecharts.com
Product: Indicators that assess price
valuation in any time frame
System requirements: NinjaTrader,
TradeStation, MultiCharts, eSignal,
TD Ameritrade’s thinkorswim, or
Bloomberg platforms
Price: Small, medium, and large
indicator bundles ($499/$999/$1,999)
The search for fair value embraces
the notion of reasonable pricing
between buyer and seller. But traders
often want better than fair pricing
when they buy or sell. ValueCharts offers
indicators based on algorithms that help
determine price valuation. This enables
traders to assess the fair value of a stock,
commodity, or currency prior to entry
or exit and to identify whether price is
overvalued or undervalued. It brings
another dimension to trading that I think
of as value trading.
Where are the bargains?
Like value investors, such as Warren
Buffett, many value traders are bargain
hunters. They look for tradable symbols
that are underpriced in relation to their
worth. But, unlike value investing methods,
ValueCharts does not use subjective
criteria from rating services or fundamental
data to determine under- and overvaluations.
Instead, ValueCharts establishes
its valuations by applying proprietary
algorithms to historical transactional
price activity. These algorithms analyze
the price activity over various lookback
periods and create a floating value axis.
Using a floating value point rather than
a fixed one allows for valuations that
adapt to changing market conditions in
real time.
The indicators in ValueCharts incorporate
dynamic volatility units that expand
and contract with price. They detect
statistically significant areas from which
price leaves a fair value range and enters
a zone that represents a better buying or
selling opportunity. Plus, they do this in
any time frame.
Together, historical transactional price
activity and dynamic volatility units
combine to offer traders defined fair value
zones along with the degree to which
price is outside of the fair value range.
According to Mark Helweg, president of
MicroQuant and creator of ValueCharts,
this product offers an objective method
for determining the fair price of a trade,
much like the Kelley Blue Book provides
an objective basis for determining the fair
price of a car.