Thanks for the reply, here are some numbers I ran looking for inside days.
Criterea is for inside day must be within the body of the previous day.
Also, I added that the day before must have higher hi's, higher lows and close higher.
Here are the results of this scan for the NDX,COMP,SPX,OEX and INDU.
UP,LL,LH,HL,HH all correspond to the day after the inside day.
You can see back in 1998 HH=Higher Highs generally prevailed, but in Y2K the trend is generally for LH and LL
JoAT
!NDX,09/29/2000,DN,LL,LH !NDX,09/21/2000,DN,LL,LH !NDX,07/21/2000,DN,LL,LH !NDX,05/17/2000,DN,LL,LH !NDX,03/17/1999,UP,HL,HH !NDX,10/13/1998,UP,LL,HH !NDX,04/16/1998,UP,LL,HH !NDX,03/09/1998,UP,HL,LH !NDX,06/18/1997,UP,LL,LH !NDX,05/16/1997,DN,LL,LH !NDX,05/06/1997,DN,LL,LH !OEX,10/23/2000,UP,HL,HH !OEX,09/29/2000,UP,LL,LH !OEX,08/29/2000,DN,LL,LH !OEX,08/15/2000,DN,LL,LH !OEX,06/20/2000,UP,LL,LH !OEX,06/08/2000,DN,LL,LH !OEX,06/05/2000,DN,LL,LH !OEX,05/08/2000,DN,LL,LH !OEX,03/20/2000,UP,HL,HH !OEX,01/18/2000,DN,LL,LH !OEX,12/06/1999,DN,LL,LH !OEX,11/01/1999,DN,LL,HH !OEX,10/25/1999,DN,HL,HH !OEX,08/26/1999,DN,LL,LH !OEX,08/18/1999,DN,LL,LH !OEX,06/01/1999,UP,LL,LH !OEX,03/30/1999,DN,LL,HH !OEX,03/12/1999,UP,HL,HH !OEX,10/23/1998,UP,HL,HH !OEX,10/13/1998,UP,LL,HH !OEX,06/30/1998,UP,HL,HH !OEX,06/18/1998,DN,LL,HH !OEX,01/30/1998,UP,HL,HH !OEX,01/21/1998,DN,LL,LH !OEX,01/15/1998,UP,HL,HH !OEX,11/18/1997,UP,LL,HH !OEX,10/22/1997,DN,LL,LH !OEX,07/17/1997,DN,LL,LH !OEX,05/28/1997,DN,LL,LH !OEX,05/01/1997,UP,HL,HH !OEX,02/14/1997,UP,LL,HH !SPX,10/23/2000,UP,HL,HH !SPX,09/29/2000,DN,LL,LH !SPX,08/18/2000,UP,HL,HH !SPX,06/05/2000,DN,LL,LH !SPX,05/08/2000,DN,LL,LH !SPX,03/27/2000,DN,LL,LH !SPX,03/06/2000,DN,LL,LH !SPX,01/18/2000,UP,LL,LH !SPX,12/13/1999,DN,LL,LH !SPX,12/06/1999,DN,LL,LH !SPX,11/19/1999,DN,LL,HH !SPX,11/01/1999,DN,LL,HH !SPX,10/25/1999,DN,LL,HH !SPX,10/21/1999,UP,HL,HH !SPX,08/26/1999,DN,LL,LH !SPX,03/30/1999,DN,LL,HH !SPX,03/26/1999,UP,HL,HH !SPX,03/12/1999,UP,HL,HH !SPX,02/12/1999,UP,HL,HH !SPX,01/07/1999,UP,HL,HH !SPX,12/24/1998,DN,LL,HH !SPX,10/23/1998,UP,HL,HH !SPX,10/13/1998,UP,HL,HH !SPX,07/09/1998,UP,LL,HH !SPX,07/02/1998,UP,HL,HH !SPX,06/18/1998,DN,LL,HH !SPX,01/30/1998,UP,HL,HH !SPX,01/15/1998,UP,HL,HH !SPX,11/18/1997,UP,LL,LH !SPX,07/17/1997,DN,LL,LH !SPX,05/28/1997,DN,LL,LH !SPX,05/13/1997,UP,HL,HH !SPX,05/01/1997,UP,HL,HH !SPX,02/14/1997,UP,LL,HH !SPX,01/15/1997,UP,HL,HH !SPX,11/21/1996,UP,HL,HH !DJ30,10/25/2000,UP,LL,LH !DJ30,09/29/2000,UP,LL,LH !DJ30,08/18/2000,UP,HL,HH !DJ30,08/15/2000,DN,LL,LH !DJ30,04/26/2000,DN,LL,LH !DJ30,04/19/2000,UP,HL,HH !DJ30,12/30/1999,UP,LL,LH !DJ30,11/23/1999,UP,LL,LH !DJ30,11/19/1999,UP,HL,HH !DJ30,04/23/1999,UP,HL,LH !DJ30,09/09/1998,DN,LL,LH !DJ30,08/10/1998,DN,LL,LH !DJ30,07/02/1998,UP,HL,HH !DJ30,06/18/1998,DN,LL,LH !DJ30,06/09/1998,DN,LL,HH !DJ30,02/04/1998,DN,LL,HH !DJ30,01/21/1998,DN,LL,LH !DJ30,12/08/1997,DN,LL,LH !DJ30,11/18/1997,UP,LL,HH !DJ30,06/16/1997,DN,LL,HH !DJ30,11/18/1996,UP,HL,HH |