Thanks for the averaging/smoothing ideas. Unfortunately, I forgot to email my working file to myself at work, so I'll have to wait until I get home to experiment further. (no doubt my employers preference)
What is your definition of an intermediate trend?
If the trend changes by more than 150-200 points or greater than 3-4 weeks, I want a piece of the action. I feel fairly confident that when I "predict" a turn,("at the close" or "after the next open") it will happen, (which is different than predicting every turn), but for the life of me, I haven't a clue as to whether it will last longer than one day. If I figure out "bounce" durations & I'll have it licked.
Are you tossing it intraday data?
I no dona unnerstan the question. Please pose it in the form of an answer {G}
Right now, I'm only working with the daily chart on this particular effort, since it would be in my best interest to become a successful swing trader. Since I am trying to develop criteria for taking a position either "at the close" or "after the next open" I will be watching for the extremes to be reached intraday, but probably only on individual stochastics via Stockcharts. Otherwise, I'd have to keep plugging new values into the Excel sheet with every new HOD/LOD. I will still make use of MTF for timing positions.
When I take a position while at work, it's via the web. From home I use my brokers direct access trading platform & they offer an Excel link to their streaming data. Now that could be a lot of fun {GGG}
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