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To: Bob Jagow who wrote (9252)	4/6/1999 5:48:00 PM
From: Bob Jagow	Respond to of 11149

My last code didn't behave as intended. Need to change top from .67 to .33. Bob

To: Bob Jagow who wrote (9252)	4/6/1999 5:52:00 PM
From: Peter H. Mack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11149

bob... you said... "Have you found MACD(12,26) <= 0 in combination with a 26-day ema that has monotonically decreased for the last 30 days tests well?" I was having problems with your use of the word "monotonically" which I looked up in our dictionary and found.. " in a monotonic manner" which then refers to "uttered in a monotone; monotonous..." which still confuses me somewhat.. The notion of using a MACD value and looking for zero (0) is because I had found it more effective with trend scans.. MACD is the difference between the 26 day and 12 day EMA's. Normally on a descending trend, the 12 day is lagging the 26day thus placing it below the 26 day. Use of it seems to make the scan more sensitive. I get sharper bottoms this way which are much beter enhanced than simple EMA scans. I havent run your scan yet, but it seems to me that use of stochastics makes the logic a little more remote.. I will come back to you after I have played with it a bit. Thank you for your interest. regards pete