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Williams` Percent Range – %R

Technical Indicator Williams percentage range `(% R) is a dynamic indicator that determines overbought or oversold market conditions. Williams `percentage range and the stochastic oscillator is very similar. The only difference is that there is an upside-down in the first degree and the Stochastic Oscillator has internal smoothing.

tech1.png Williams` Percent Range   %RIndicator values ​​ranging between 80 and 100% indicates that the market is oversold. Indicator values ​​ranging between 0 and 20% indicate that the market is overbought. If the icon is upside down on the scale of values ​​in general have a minus sign (eg -30%). The analysis can ignore the minus sign. All overbought / oversold indicators to obey a rule of law are, however, if the price of. For example, if an overbought / oversold indicator shows overbought condition, better wait for lower prices before the implementation of the deal to sell.
Williams large percentage indicating expected price reversal. The indicator almost always forms a peak and turns his back a few days before the price reaches a peak and go down. Thus, the range of percentages is Williams and manifests itself through a few days, prices will rise.

Calculation

TBelow is the formula of the %R indicator calculation, which is very similar to the Stochastic Oscillator formula: %R = (HIGH(i-n)-CLOSE)/(HIGH(i-n)-LOW(i-n))*100

Where:
CLOSE – is today`s closing price;
HIGH(i-n) – is the highest high over a number (n) of previous periods;
LOW(i-n) – is the lowest low over a number (n) of previous periods.

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WHAT WENT UP, DID COME DOWN…

As mentioned in our post mid-December “What goes up must come down” Got in at the right time and made some great gains on $AAPL, $WAG & $RAD as they hit their peak, and of course, as predicted – came right back down as we are getting into the first quarter.

You’ll see that AAPL made for a nice buy and sell as it peaked near the end of December and came right back down almost exactly where it was December 15th.

aapl 12 15 091 WHAT WENT UP, DID COME DOWN…WAG – which didn’t have quite as extreme up & down as AAPL still is down from where it was when originally called out mid-December.

wag 02 1 10 WHAT WENT UP, DID COME DOWN…rad 2 1 10 WHAT WENT UP, DID COME DOWN…

 WHAT WENT UP, DID COME DOWN…

And, in the cycle of a good stock market, what goes down… also usually goes back up. We have some great buying opportunity while the markets are low, and I’ll be waiting for that rally.  WHAT WENT UP, DID COME DOWN…