Replies to post #1480 on Ask Vendit Off Topic Questions

[Walkingshadow]

Hi Reid,

As you may have guessed, I've become more interested lately in MACD. I think there's more there than meets the eye----this eye, at least <ggg>

What settings do you use typically for a "quicker" MACD, and in what time frames? I imagine this depends somewhat on the "personality" of the stock.

Do you ever use a quicker setting with a more standard setting such as 8-17-9 on daily charts for timing entries/exits?

TIA,

Terry

[freeus]

Some questions:
1. long term (3 or 6 months) vs intraday charts: when a stock has a poor intraday but strong longer, what does that mean? Anything? I've gotten spooked out of stocks that were still going up but had a few bad days.

2. Could you share with us your criteria for long term buy and holds? And what does that mean to you? Do you really buy some stocks and just hold them, no matter what? Are you watching FA on those, or still TA but maybe long term TA?

Thank you for any help!!!! I am trying to consider beginning to build a long term portfolio again (my other one of csco,qcom and sunw is dead for now, and hd went too, though I want to buy that back in the 30's).

But I'm scared.
Freeus