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To: CatLady who wrote (1175)	11/7/1998 9:59:00 PM
From: Rob Kipp	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3291

CatLady, MACD as a histogram, you use the - 0 - line as your sell or buy signal. When the histogram begins to move above the -0- line, its a buy and when the histogram moves below the -0- line its a sell. The signal line gives change of direction of the signal. When the histogram falls below the 'signal line' (during a buy signal) it notes a change of direction in trend back toward the -0- line, shortly if continued to a sell signal, when it crosses below the -0- line. If you would like, I could post some notes tomorrow. Here is WoW's MACD description. When MACD is negative and below the signal line, you are poised for a buy signal. This occurs when MACD rises above the signal line. Likewise, when MACD is positive and above the signal line, you should be ready to sell (sell short) when it drops below the signal line. MACD is sometimes plotted as a histogram, but is much easier to see when plotted as a line. This makes identification of the exact crossover points much easier. Hope this helps, Rob