To: Lee Lichterman III who wrote (26778 ) 1/2/2002 2:34:35 AM From: milesofstyles Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 52237 as far as time frames goes, i'm not sure if you need entire histories, but i do agree the more the better. what would seem more important in tying in direction, is recognizing what your indicators are telling you. and certainly history is what dictates that. i use most of the common indicators, however i do apply multiple period settings to most i use. thats about as deep as i get, and even with that when i post charts, i seem to get replies like, "wtf is that?", lol. lately, i've been monitoring threshold areas as described by cardwell on rsi. i rarely go out to monthly charts but i think weekly's are certainly relevant in trading for shorter time frames and catching turns. geocities.com if the link doesn't work, you can access it still by accessing the commentary file, just remove the spx1228.jpg part, si/geocities is a bad combination apparently. i've been posting this chart for months on si, i'm not much of a thread floater, but has anyone considered the triple intersection that occurred last week? i don't know which way we'll go in the long run, but this occurence carries alot of weight for me currently. the line labeled B is from 1994. also, the dynamics of the indicators will flip flop imo when the mkt changes. that should happen in any timeframe i would think. for instance, on the daily spx, using an rsi 14 its threshold has reestablished itself in the 43 area. for daily bullish activity to continue based on cardwell's usage of the indicator, the low 40s becomes relevant now in maintaining a positive threshold. if the spx can maintain those 3 lines on the weekly i'd have to say it remains bullish, considering it as a downtrend break and recovery of two former uptrends. on the weekly rsi i believe the bullish threshold to have been 40. when trending, the rsi behaves nicely in conjunction with its 20ma and on occasion its 40, if the spread is narrow. and i would agree with you that this first month of trading carries alot of importance going further into the year, based on the weekly trendlines i have . if we did go into a prolonged sideways move, then hopefully it can still be recognized by choppy movavg activity and oscillator activity. this scenario would seem to play out with some fundamental approach as per your valuations ideology, in that the mkt would be waiting while fundamentals catch up. if i had to make a guess i would say any first negative is below 1114 and then 1080s area based on the fib sets for the spx. i'm sure this is real basic stuff for most everyone on here. but these are some of the dynamics to monitor going out for me, and trying to recognize the change in dynamics. i don't trade commodities but do monitor their sentiment thru crb. you certainly do have some large endeavors underway! milesov