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To: JK who wrote (261)	2/26/1998 2:16:00 PM
From: jjs_ynot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 927

Message to Wayne Von Scoyoc I am using the following link which allows one to input period for stochastics. I have been having a little difficulty matching your 5 day readings. What can I do to get agreement. cbs.marketwatch.com Thanks a lot. Dave S

To: JK who wrote (261)	2/26/1998 3:12:00 PM
From: Wayners	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 927

You are right. The top of the gap is $36. $32.50 is the resistance from the previous day's low. I still wouldn't buy SMOD for a short term flip until I see my moving average go neutral or at least positive. I went and looked at the iqc site. You can't adjust the stochastic there to match mine--the 5 day. Use the CBS Market Watch Site. There you can adjust the stochastic for a period of 5 days and you'll get the same line as me. The 5 day stochastic is the green line. The red line is a moving average of the green line. Stochastics uses two inputs to calculate it. One is %K and the other is %D. A 5 day stochastic has a %K of 5. I use a %D of 3. Although the CBS site doesn't allow an input for %D I guarantee the stochastic green line is the same as mine. The default value for %K and %D at the iqc site aren't anywhere low enough to the 5 and 3 levels. They use defaults in the 70 to 80 range! Use the CBS site.