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Strategies & Market Trends : Befriend the Trend Trading -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dr. Stoxx who wrote (7641)	5/25/2000 10:12:00 PM
From: CatLady	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39683

Hi TC, I've got something setup for Stochastics, and tried it on a couple of stocks. It does pretty well on something like SAWS, but on BVSN, SNDK, basically anything that trends at all, stochastic produces too many whipsaws. I'm going to look at it just a bit more to see if I can see any way to improve results.

To: Dr. Stoxx who wrote (7641)	5/26/2000 5:33:00 AM
From: Ken Adams	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39683

TC, Let's be sure we're all on the same page, for starters. What about Stochastics set at the "trader's-5" as a signal? It is just as objective as MAX Define "trader's-5" as you understand it. Also, what are you calling the "MAX"? I believe stochastics probably aren't going to be our primary signal giver. As you and CatLady and others have already determined, they stink in a non trending market. But, nothing is going to be very effective in a non trending market. We shouldn't be trying to scalp a buck in those situations. There are times when we should be occupied with stuff other than the market. It's been a while since I was seriously in search of a better way to just do EOD trading. I think the best I've come up with is still the 8/10 MAs. When they don't give clear signals, move on to another issue... or go wash the car. I'm wide open to ideas that are better. Don't get me wrong about that. Ken