In Part 1 of this article, I discussed the importance of sector
analysis, and the use of the Relative Strength Comparison to
identify the best performing securities in the best performing
sectors. In Part 2, I will show you how to use MetaStock to find
these securities.
Financial In Market To create an exploration that uses the RSC you need to first
open a chart of the base index, e.g. S&P/ASX200 for the
Australian market, or the Straits Times Index for Singapore, that
you will be using for the comparison between market sectors. Once
the chart is open, left click on the price plot to highlight the
price information. You`ll know it`s selected when a series of small
dark squares appear on the price plot. It`s important to note that
each time you wish to do an exploration of this kind, you must
first choose your base index.
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Explorer the `MetaStock Guide Sector Analysis`. Then click within
`Column A` and enter the following formula:
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Trading This formula calculates the rate of change, as a percentage, in
the relative strength of the sectors against the base index over a
13 week period. It may seem complex but let`s break it down into
manageable parts, beginning with the inner-most brackets first:
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Trading Financial System C/P is the relative strength (or RSC component) of the tested
sectors vs. the base security.
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Day Trading The way it`s calculated is by dividing the closing price of the
sector, by `P`, where `P` is the base index that you highlighted
before creating this exploration.
Forex Financial Trading The (MOV((C/P),13,S) calculates the moving average of the RSC over a
13 week period.
Fortune Make Option Trading ROC(MOV((C/P),13,S),1,%)calculates the rate of change of the
moving average of the RSC, in other words, the amount the sector
has moved up or down as a percentage.
Science Of Financial Market Looking back at MetaStock, note that you didn`t enter anything
into the filter tab. This is because you only use the filter tab
when you`re looking to remove certain securities from your
exploration results. Since you`re not looking to exclude any
sectors, but to rank all the sectors, you should leave the filter
blank.
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To do this click the `Options` button at the bottom of the
`Exploration Edition` dialog box and then select the radio button
marked weekly. Click `OK` twice to return to `the Explorer` dialog
box.
Financial Sales Services Now you`re ready to run the exploration, so click `Explore`. The
`Select Securities for MetaStock Guide Sector Analysis` dialog box
will appear, and you must select the directory with your market
sectors in it. This directory should be stored with your other
market data and is usually one directory up from your equities
folder. However this can vary, depending on who supplies your
data.
Commodity Trading When the market sectors are highlighted, click `OK`. When the
exploration is complete the `Exploration Completed` dialog box will
appear. Click the `Reports` button and to get a summary of the
exploration. The results shown in `Column A` will give you the rate
of change of the relative strength
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results in ascending or descending order.
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Financial Portfolio Trade The results of this exploration are fairly straightforward. A
value greater than zero indicates that market sector is
outperforming the base index. A zero indicates that the market
sector is performing on par with the base index, while a negative
number indicates the market sector is under-performing the base
index.
Sierra Trading Post Remember, a rising RSC value only indicates that the market
sector is outperforming the base Index, it does not necessarily
mean the sector is rising in value. Similarly, if the RSC is
falling; it only indicates that that sector is under-performing the
market index, the market sector may not be loosing value. Because
of this, it is important to open the chart of the market sectors to
analyse the trends.
Trading Financial Future This information on its own can complement your current trading.
For example, you may decide to only trade securities which are in
top performing sectors. Or, you could take it one step further and
select the top five sectors and use the `MetaStock Guide Sector
Analysis` explorer again. This time, however, you could compare
individual securities against their respective sectors.
Forex Trading Software The difference between running this exploration and running the
first one, is that the market index would now become the market
sector chart; and the list of sectors would become the list of
securities that make up the top performing sectors.
Trading Post By following the same steps as before you could run five
separate explorations and rank the securities against their
respective sectors. The result would identify the top performing
securities within the top five sectors.
Trading System The final stage in this top down analysis would be to open all
the charts that have made it to the shortlist. You can whittle this
list down further by eliminating those securities that aren`t in an
up-trend or those that are too thinly traded. In the end you`d be
left with the cream of the crop, between five and ten securities.
These securities will be the best performing securities in the best
performing sectors.
Forex Trading System These securities should now be placed on your watch list. I
suggest you don`t race out and buy them. Instead, wait for an
appropriate trigger to enter. This could be based on candlestick
patterns, and/or favourable combinations of other bullish
indicators.
Fx Trading The RSC exploration is a great way to utilise the power within
MetaStock. It can be an extremely effective tool in identifying
profitable trading opportunities. The downside for this type of
exploration is that it is not a complete system on its own and
would need to be combined with other entry, exit and money
management rules. However, you can create a solid trading system
that would benefit greatly from including sector analysis.
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