Trade Secrets 1, Part 2: Market Direction Adaptive Trading

Make Consistent Gains no matter what the market is doing!

Part 2: Market Direction; Interpreting Events & Clues Determining Market Direction

1) Visual Clues 3) Scan Counts

2) Market Breadth 5 Major Patterns to Look For

Short Term Trend Line Breaks 4-8 per year

Long Term Trend Line Breaks 2-4 per year

Volume Climax Reversals 1-3 per year

Consolidation Breaks 1-3 per year

Well Formed Saucers 0-1 per year

Short Term Line Breaks

Pattern Duration: 2 Weeks to 1 Month

Break Bar Long Term Line Breaks

Break Bar Climax Reversals

You Know on This Bar

False Reversal Consolidation Breaks Saucers

Saucers are rare patterns, but highly effective when

Signal identified. Bar

Signal Bar

Confirmation occurs at the right side of the curve. Pattern Summary Market Breadth Market Breadth Indicators

case 17: s = "$AXAR.N" ' ARMS Index (AMEX) case 18: s = "$AR.N" ' ARMS Index (Global) The MktValue Indicator case 19: s = "$NQAR.N" ' ARMS Index (NASDAQ) case 20: s = "$NYAR.N" ' ARMS Index (NYSE) provides 47 End of Day case 21: s = "$AXBP.N" ' Bullish Percent Index (AMEX) case 22: s = "$BP.N" ' Bullish Percent Index (Global) Market Breadth indicators. case 23: s = "$NQBP.N" ' Bullish Percent Index (NASDAQ) case 24: s = "$NYBP.N" ' Bullish Percent Index (NYSE)

case 25: s = "$VXD.N" ' CBOE DJIA Index case 26: s = "$VXN.N" ' CBOE NDX Volatility Index Indicator: MktValue(ID) case 27: s = "$VXO.N" ' CBOE OEX Volatility Index case 28: s = "$VIX.N" ' CBOE SPX Volatility Index

case 29: s = "$AXMO.N" ' McClellan Oscillator (AMEX) case 1: s = "$AX150.N" ' Above (150 days) (AMEX) case 30: s = "$MO.N" ' McClellan Oscillator (Global) case 2: s = "$150.N" ' Above Moving Average (150 days) (Global) case 31: s = "$NQMO.N" ' McClellan Oscillator (NASDAQ) case 3: s = "$NQ150.N" ' Above Moving Average (150 days) (NASDAQ) case 32: s = "$NYMO.N" ' McClellan Oscillator (NYSE) case 4: s = "$NY150.N" ' Above Moving Average (150 days) (NYSE) case 33: s = "$AXMI.N" ' McClellan Summation Index (AMEX) case 34: s = "$MI.N" ' McClellan Summation Index (Global) case 5: s = "$AX200.N" ' Above Moving Average (200 days) (AMEX) case 35: s = "$NQMI.N" ' McClellan Summation Index (NASDAQ) case 6: s = "$200.N" ' Above Moving Average (200 days) (Global) case 36: s = "$NYMI.N" ' McClellan Summation Index (NYSE) case 7: s = "$NQ200.N" ' Above Moving Average (200 days) (NASDAQ) case 8: s = "$NY200.N" ' Above Moving Average (200 days) (NYSE) case 37: s = "$AX2W.N" ' New Highs-New Lows (2 Weeks) (AMEX) case 38: s = "$2W.N" ' New Highs-New Lows (2 weeks) (Global) case 9: s = "$AX50.N" ' Above Moving Average (50 days) (AMEX) case 39: s = "$NQ2W.N" ' New Highs-New Lows (2 Weeks) (NASDAQ) case 10: s = "$50.N" ' Above Moving Average (50 days) (Global) case 40: s = "$NY2W.N" ' New Highs-New Lows (2 Weeks) (NYSE) case 11: s = "$NQ50.N" ' Above Moving Average (50 days) (NASDAQ) case 41: s = "$AX4W.N" ' New Highs-New Lows (4 Weeks) (AMEX) case 12: s = "$NY50.N" ' Above Moving Average (50 days) (NYSE) case 42: s = "$4W.N" ' New Highs-New Lows (4 weeks) (Global) case 43: s = "$NQ4W.N" ' New Highs-New Lows (4 Weeks) (NASDAQ) case 13: s = "$AXAD.N" ' Advance-Decline (AMEX) case 44: s = "$NY4W.N" ' New Highs-New Lows (4 Weeks) (NYSE) case 14: s = "$AD.N" ' Advance-Decline (Global) case 45: s = "$PCRE.N" ' Put/Call Ratio (Equity) case 15: s = "$NQAD.N" ' Advance-Decline (NASDAQ) case 46: s = "$PCRI.N" ' Put/Call Ratio (Index) case 16: s = "$NYAD.N" ' Advance-Decline (NYSE) case 47: s = "$PCRT.N" ' Put/Call Ratio (Total)

Market Breadth Interpretations

ID Symbol Name (All Global) Interpretation 14 $AD.N Advance-Decline MACD (2 Moving Avgs) 18 $AR.N ARMS Index Trending (ABOVE EMA) 22 $BP.N Bullish Percent Index Trending (ABOVE EMA) 30 $MO.N McClellan Oscillator Zero Crossover 34 $MI.N McClellan Summation Index Trending (ABOVE EMA)

47 $PCRT.N Put/Call Ratio (Total) Extreme Values (90%)

Code Examples: MACD: EMA(indicator,12) > EMA(indicator,26) Trending: Indicator > EMA(indicator,7) Zero Crossover: Indicator > 0 and Indicator[2] < 0 ‘ Over 2 bars Extreme Values: Indicator > (0.9*HHV(Indicator,250)) ‘ 90% and above recent data

Market Breadth ColorCharts

The Market Scan Template can be used to show the Bullish Zone for each Market Breadth Indicator using the Color Chart feature of OmniTrader.

Market Breadth Indicators with Bullish zone marked. Market Breadth Composite

We can use a Scoring Function to combines all 6 Indicators into a single value. Weights are assigned to each Indicator to create the Composite.

Definition: ColorChart MktBreadth(A,B,C,D,E,F) Above/Below Zero

A = Put/Call Ratio (90%+ Peaks) B = Bullish Percent Index (Trend) C = ARMS Index (Trend) D = McClellan Oscillator (Zero XOver) E = McClellan Summation (Trend) F = Advance/Decline (MACD) Plot of MktBreadth(5,3,2,1,4,1)

OmniScan Counts ScanCount() Indicator

The Indicator ScanCount(Scan,Bars)

...shows the count of symbols passing a Scan, over a given number of bars.

Note: The first time ScanCount runs it has to perform an OmniScan to build the indicator. The OmniScan Interface... Now, any OmniScan data is saved. can be used as a “Count” Indicator. Crossover

The Keltner Channel Crossover System is great at detecting KEY REVERSALS in charts.

What if we COUNTED all Stocks with this Signal each day? Keltner Channel Crossover Signals on XOM Keltner Scan Counts

The Keltner Long Scan counts Stocks that are turning up through the lower Keltner Channel.

The Keltner Short Scan counts Stocks that are turning down through the upper Keltner Channel.

In the Keltner Scan Chart Termplate, we highlight those Long/Short values that are large, OPPOSITE to the Trend.

Indicators plotted: ScanCount(“Keltner Longs”,350) ScanCount(“Keltner Longs”,350) The Keltner Scans were VERY predictive in December 2018! Up/Down

Donchian Channels can be used to determine trend.

When price is near or touching one side of the channel or the other, the trend is likely to continue in that direction. Donchian Scan Counts

The Donchian Scan is based on the count of symbols that are close to either side of the channel.

Visual Interpretation: When one side is very large and “deflates” (goes down), a strong signal is generated when the other side gains (starts up). Confirmation is Key

Confirm with all 3 Techniques:

Visible Pattern Breaks

 Market Breadth Change

 Scan Counts

This will give you the best and most accurate read on what the market is most likely to do next!

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