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 Special Update Sept 2 2009

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Update for Sunday August 30 2009

If the audio server becomes overloaded and rejects your request just come back in an hour or so. Jeffery Young has provided a PDF of his A-D Ts

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Drawing and comments ” Take a look at the different T’s I drew (attachment) using different center post dates for the A/D line. Quite a few of them come out but the interesting T is the green one that would mature on Sept 14th which is within a day or two of the maturity of the mystery volume oscillator T. I could be wrong but it is likely more than just coincidence. The Chinese market may also be tracing what might happen here with the recent high (our September high) and the steep drop and then moving to a new high a month or so later (our maturing of the October T). Just some thoughts and possible outcomes. I would not be surprised if the China A/D line had similar T’s since they printed earlier than ours and became leading examples due to the strength of their economy.”  Jeffrey Young         jeffreyisyoung@yahoo.com

Daily Chart with Ts Download SRT20090818wts

Terry’s Audio Commentary of the T Theory Forecast:

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Terry’s Questions and Answers for the week

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Comment I am writing you today because I began my own blog, and I use an loose version of your T-theory. I reference you when I use it, but I realized that you may not want someone else posting blogs using your method. I will include some links of how I used them. If you have a problem with this, let me know, and I will remove the posts. Also, for your information, I use Ts when day trading. I create intra-day Ts based on on balance volume. I find they work very well 65-75% of the time. They can range from a few hours to 50 minutes.

Thank you,

George

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Calculation of the T Theory Daily Volume Oscillator

To calculate the progression of the blue Volume Oscillator as depicted in my daily chart above you  need to recalculate the  18 day and 36 day Volume oscillator values  that are noted in the chart for each successive day beyond this chart’s history.  The formulas used are very simple because they are based on exponential moving averages and use recursive equations that are easy to implement in any spreadsheet software package.  Click on the chart PDF image for a  view of the daily August 28 2009 volume oscillator indicators at the top of the chart.

I am providing  these examples of daily calculations  in the daily chart which you can use to check your own calculations or restart the process. I won’t have time to answer specific questions but of course I will make any corrections and listen to suggestions on improvements.  If you have an arithmetic problem, it should be easy to find someone that understand the simple math involved.  Using a simple spreadsheet is best; it is easy to set up, fast to use, and makes the arithmetic  error free.

Super trader Marty  Schwartz who used this oscillator for some decades claims that one is better prepared to use the day to day pattern for finding bottoms or  tops if you plot the oscillator values by hand on real graph paper. Watching the pattern for tops and bottoms evolve from one day to the next gives one better perspective  on how this volume oscillator tends to anticipate changes in price trends.  The computer generated chart is helpful, but he claims the day to day plot helps to get the better feel for it’s leading characteristics.

Each day after the market close you will need to obtain the net on balance  volume data for the NY Exchange. This can be obtained anywhere but is conveniently available on the web in a market summary section. The data is almost always in a Market Diaries section. See this recommended page

Markets Diary: Closing Snapshot – Markets Data Center – WSJ.com

Be sure you  find the number of millions of share traded on the advancing stocks (called the Up volume) and  the number of millions of share traded on the Declining stocks ( called the Down Volume) . These numbers will typically run in the range of 300 to 1200. The Up Volume minus the Down Volume = the net volume for the day (in millions of shares) is the only day’s number needed to complete the calculation. The number should be positive on an up day, negative on a down day and tends to vary in the range of  plus  900 to minus 900.

But to keep the  final number in a better range  for plotting by hand on graph paper, I take this raw net volume and divide it by 10. So this Reduced Net Volume Change  figure is the value  we actually use in the calculation. When charted the volume oscillator generally falls in the 100 plus or minus range which more convenient for plotting.

The Calculation of the next day’s 18 Day Volume Oscillator  is simply a modification of the prior day’s value of the 18 Day Volume Oscillator using the new day’s Reduced  Net Volume number:

Today’s 18 Day Volume Oscillator = 90% of Yesterdays 18 Day Volume Oscillator +1 times Today’s Reduced Net Volume.

Today’s 36 Day Volume Oscillator = 95% of Yesterday’s 36 Day Volume Oscillator 0.5 times Today’s Reduced Net Volume.

To Illustrate the calculation I will discuss how the next days Volume Oscillator value would be calculated from the  August 28 2009 data in the chart.

For August 28 2009 the chart notes the  18 Day VO= 259.8 and the 36 Day VO= 227.9. The blue Volume Oscillator we really want is always  equal to 18 Day VO -36 Day VO,  that is (259.8-227.9)  = +31.8 according to the chart but should be 31.9 according to readings. The discrepancy is just a round off error in the chart’s  print process.

Monday August 31 saw the Up Volume was 273 million shares, and the Down Volume was = 1094  million shares; the  Net Volume for Monday would be 273-1094= -821 and the Reduced Net Volume  therefore would be plus -82 (-82.1 more precisely but not necessary).

The August 31 18 Day Volume Oscillator is always = 90% of Yesterdays 18 Day Volume Oscillator (259.8) +1 time Todays Net Volume (-84).

So = 259.8 times 0.9 (which is 233.8) + (-82) times 1 (which is -82)= 233.8 + -82 which equals 137 for the 18 Day Volume Oscillator

The August 31 Day Volume Oscillator always  = 95% of Yesterdays 36 Day Volume Oscillator  +0.5 times Todays Net Volume .

So  227.9 times .95 (which is 216.5) + -84 times 0.5 (which is 41) =216.5-41 which equals 175 for the 36 Day Volume Oscillator

So for August 31 this sample calculation, the final  Volume Oscillator calculation would be Today’s 18 Day VO – Todays 36 Day VO, that is  137-175= -37 .

For Sept 1 up volume=90 mill  Down vol =1533   Net =-1443; Net Reduced=-144

18 day vo=136(151 times 0.9)-144= -8;  36 day vo= 166 (175 times 0.95)-72( -144 times 0.5)=94;  VO=  -8-94= -102

will continue these daily calcs  this week here.

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Terry Laundry

Update for Wed Aug 26:  

T Theory tutorials are now available at ttheoryfoundation.org  or use link here:  T Theory Foundation

Hint: Let the audio download progress until it is complete before clicking on the play button. If you don’t and have a slow connection the audio may abort. Some features are not yet implemented however you can email questions/comments on the tutorial subject matter to my Foundation Mailbox. More on Sunday

Update for Sunday August 23 2009   Today’s  Topics include; T Theory Tutorial coming this week, a look at the Volume Oscillator S&P chart vs the Advance-Decline Line S&P chart and their relationship, the volume oscillator Mystery T, the need to understand the volume oscillator wave pattern in detail, and my response to most all of the questions received last week. Look over the two daily PDF charts  then listen to my long Audio Commentary.

S&PvsVolOsc TDownload SRvoT20090823

S&PvsA-D line Download SRadT20090821

Audio Commentary Download TTO20090823

Quick update for August 18 2009

The reaction should be  finding a bottom here or over the next few days. Watch for turning pattern in the oscillator or the market. Market should see new highs  by early Sept.

Update for Sunday August 16 2009  

Today’s  Topics include; Questions and my Answers (Q&A) to; what happens after Oct, where do I learn about T Theory,  Greg asks “Marty:day trader or T Theory”, what about rally last week, where to get data for volume oscillator, what about Gold, why is Oct peak is in seasonally weak period, Ji comments by Marty in Stock Wizards, etc.

Audio Download TTO20090816

Today’s Chart Download SRT20090814

Audio Correction; it was Greg not Jeff who asked about day trading vs T Theory

For Stock Wizards article go to:

Market Wizards: Interviews with Top … – Google Books

Markets Diary: Closing Snapshot – Markets Data Center – WSJ.com

About Oscillator calculation  from Rick ( It was 12180/1000= 12.1  error is due to data differences-Terry)

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Update for Sunday August 9 2009  

Today’s  Topics include; The very short term way of looking at T Theory as per the  comments above;

First we will look at the  Short Term picture using the A-D Line then I will comment on the small T, etc.

Daily A-D Chart Download SRTad20090807

Audio Commentary Download TTO20090809a

Then  we will take the same history in terms of the volume oscillator and look at it from Marty’s very short term trading perspective, maybe 7 days or so.

Daily Vol Chart Download SRTvo20090807

Daily Audio Vol Chart Commentary Download TTO20090809b

Finally I will answer the question of when a top to the China market might occur  and why my volume oscillator numbers don’t quite match those of McClellan site noted at the bottom of these charts.

Q and A has been re-recorded due to a mic problem.

Audio Q and A Download TTO20090809c

Send any new questions or comments  to terry.laundry@comcast.net

Update for Sunday August 2 2009   

Today’s  Topics include;

AudioCommentary ASIC Report Download TTO20090802b

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