The formula from Equis: Insync Index
rev. 01/06/97
The interpretation for the following formulas came from the article "The Insync Index", by Norm North, in Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities Jan 1995.
All of these formulas are necessary for the last one, Insync Index to run properly. They are listed in the order in which they should be copied and pasted into the MetaStock Formula Builder
BOLInSLB Mov( C ,20 ,S ) - 2 * ( Std( C ,20 ) )
BOLInSUB Mov( C ,20 ,S ) + 2 * ( Std( C ,20 ) )
BOLInS2 ( C - Fml( "BOLInSLB" ) ) / ( Fml( "BOLInSUB" ) - Fml( "BOLInSLB" ) )
BOLInSLL If( Fml( "BOLInS2" ) ,< , .05 ,-5 ,If( Fml( "BOLInS2" ) ,> ,.95 ,5 ,0 ) )
CCIInS If( CCI(14 ) ,> ,100 ,5 ,If ( CCI(14 ) ,< ,-100 ,-5 ,0 ) )
EMVInS2 EMV(10 ,S ) - Mov( EMV(10 ,S) ,10 ,S )
EMVInSB If( Fml( "EMVInS2" ) ,< ,0 ,If( Mov( EMV(10 ,S ) ,10 ,S ) ,< ,0 ,-5 ,0 ) ,0 )
EMVInSS If( Fml( "EMVInS2" ) ,> ,0 ,If( Mov( EMV(10 ,S ) ,10 ,S ) ,> ,0 ,5 ,0 ) ,0 )
MACDInS2 MACD( ) - Mov( MACD( ) ,10 ,S )
MACDinSB If( Fml( "MACDInS2" ) ,< ,0 ,If( Mov( MACD( ) ,10 ,S ) ,< ,0 ,-5 ,0 ) ,0 )
MACDInSS If( Fml( "MACDInS2" ) ,> ,0 ,If( Mov( MACD( ) ,10 ,S) ,> ,0 ,5 ,0 ) ,0 )
MFIInS If( MFI( 20 ) ,> ,80 ,5 , If( MFI( 20 ) ,< ,20 ,-5 ,0 ) )
PDOInS2 DPO( 18 ) - Mov( DPO( 18 ) ,10 ,S )
PDOInSB If( Fml( "PDOInS2" ) ,< ,0 ,If( Mov( DPO( 18 ) ,10 , S) ,< ,0 ,-5 ,0 ) ,0 )
PDOInSS If( Fml( "PDOInS2" ) ,> ,0 ,If( Mov( DPO ( 18 ) ,10 ,S) ,> ,0 ,5 ,0 ) ,0 )
ROCInS2 ROC( C ,10 ,$ ) - Mov( ROC( C ,10 ,$ ) ,10 ,S )
ROCInSB If( Fml( "ROCInS2" ) ,< ,0 ,If( Mov( ROC( C ,10 ,$ ) ,10 ,S ) ,< ,0 ,-5 ,0 ) ,0 )
ROCInSS Index If( Fml( "ROCInS2" ) ,> ,0 ,If( Mov( ROC( C ,10 ,$ ) ,10 ,S ) ,> ,0 ,5 ,0 ) ,0 )
RSIInS If( RSI(14 ) ,> ,70 ,5 ,If( RSI(14 ), < ,30 ,-5 ,0 ) )
STO%dInS If( Stoch(14 ,3 ) ,> ,80 ,5 ,If( Stoch(14 ,3 ) ,< ,20 ,-5 ,0 ) )
STO%kInS If( Stoch(14 ,1) ,> ,80 ,5 ,If( Stoch(14 ,1 ) ,< ,20 ,-5 ,0 ) )
InSync Index 50 + Fml( "CCIInS" ) + Fml( "BOLInSLL" ) + Fml( "RSIInS" ) + Fml( "STO%kInS " ) + Fml( "STO%dInS" ) + Fml( "MFIInS" ) + Fml( "EMVInSB" ) + Fml( "EMVInSS" ) + Fml( "ROCInSS" ) + Fml( "ROCInSB" ) + Ref (Fml( "PDOInSS" ) ,-10 ) + Ref (Fml( "PDOInSB" ) ,-10 ) + Fml( "MACDInS S" ) + Fml( "MACDInSB" )
These formulas were provided by Barry Millman. All questions should be addressed to him at 73374.1364@Compuserve.com.
Mr. Millman wrote these formulas using many Custom Formula slots for clarity and ease of understanding. Please note that the final formula `InSync Index' requires all of the previous formulas to be correct.
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