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MetaStock Formula - What are the Explorations Equis uses to determine the listed Hot Picks on the Equis Website each week? For use on MetaStock 7.2

rev. 09/02/97

Following are the explorations for each list Equis displays. To use them in your MetaStock software , you will need to enter them into your exploration file.


Stocks with Bullish Engulfing Lines

ColA: CLOSE

ColB: Volume

Mov(V,70,S)

Filter: EngulfingBull() AND ROC(C,60,%)<-15 AND BarsSince(Stoch(9,1)<10)<=3 AND Year()=1997

Filter enabled Yes

Periodicity Daily

Records required 1300


Stocks with Bearish Engulfing Lines

Col A: CLOSE

ColB: Volume

Mov(V,70,S)

Filter: EngulfingBear() AND ROC(C,60,%)>15 AND BarsSince(Stoch(9,1)>90)<=3 AND Year()=1997

Filter enabled Yes

Periodicity Daily

Records required 1300


Stocks up > 20% on double average volume

Col A: CLOSE

Col B:ROC(C,5,%)

Filter ROC(C,5,%)>=20 AND Mov(V,5,S)>=(2*Ref(Mov(V,60,S),-5))

Filter enabled Yes

Periodicity Daily

Records required 1300


Stocks down > 20% on double average volume

Col A: CLOSE

Col B: ROC(C,5,%)

Filter ROC(C,5,%)<=-20 AND Mov(V,5,S)>=(2*Ref(Mov(V,60,S),-5))

Filter enabled Yes

Periodicity Daily

Records required 1300


Stocks Crossing Above 200-day Moving Average on Twice Average Volume

Filter (C>Mov(C,200,S) AND Ref(C,-5)<Ref(Mov(C,200,S),-5)) AND C>5 AND V>Mov(V,200,S)*2


Stocks Crossing Below 200-day Moving Average on Twice Average Volume

Filter (C<Mov(C,200,S) AND Ref(C,-5)>Ref(Mov(C,200,S),-5)) AND C>5 AND V>Mov(V,200,S)*2


Stocks consolidating over the last 16 weeks

Col A: CLOSE

Filter Fml("congestion index") <= 10 AND BarsSince(Fml("congestion index")>10) > 0

Filter enabled Yes

Here is the "congestion index" formula:

((HHV(C,80)-LLV(C,80))/LLV(C,80))*100


Stocks breaking out of consolidation (upside)

Col A: CLOSE

Filter: Fml("Consolidation breakout (upside)") = 1

Filter enabled: Yes

Here is the "consolidation breakout(upside)" formula:

If(Ref(Fml("congestion index"),-5),<,10,

{and} If(Fml("congestion index"),>=,10,

{and} If(CLOSE,>,Ref(HHV(C,80),-5),

{and} If(Mov(V,5,S),>=,1.5*(Ref(Mov(V,60,S),-5)),

+1,0),0),0),0)


Stocks breaking out of consolidation (downside)

Col A: CLOSE

Filter: Fml("Consolidation breakout (downside)") = 1

Filter enabled: Yes

Here is the "consolidation breakout(downside)" formula:

If(Ref(Fml("congestion index"),-5),<,10{%},

{and} If(Fml("congestion index"),>=,10{%},

{and} If(CLOSE,<,Ref(LLV(C,80),-5),

{and} If(Mov(V,5,S),>=,1.5*(Ref(Mov(V,60,S),-5)),

+1,0),0),0),0)


Most volatile stocks over last 16 weeks

Col A: CLOSE

Col B: Vol(10,80)

Filter: Vol(10,80)>200

Filter enabled: Yes


Biggest % gainers over last week (Report determined by sort order)

Col A: CLOSE

Col B: ROC(C,5,%)

Filter: (ROC(C,5,%)>10 OR ROC(C,5,%)<-10) AND C>5

Filter enabled: Yes


Biggest % losers over last week (Report determined by sort order)

Col A: CLOSE

Col B: ROC(C,5,%)

Filter: (ROC(C,5,%)>10 OR ROC(C,5,%)<-10) AND C>5

Filter enabled: Yes


Most overbought\oversold stocks (Report determined by sort order)

Col A: CLOSE

Col B: Fml("ob/os summation")

Filter: Fml("ob/os summation") > 450 OR Fml("ob/os summation") < -50

Filter enabled: Yes

Here is the "ob/os summation" formula:

RSI(25)+Stoch(25,3)+Mo(25)+CCI(25)

    

  

  

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