Weekly chart (TLS)

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Most weeks the blog will have a post called “Weekly Chart”.

The charts will be selected from the Australian ASX20 with the first chart being AMP.

Charts mostly have VSTPro templates applied with comments added.

Charts are selected in alphabetical order and for educational purposes only.
These are not recommendations to trade.

Note……………
Reading the results in the data window and comparing them to other charts can be
very useful.

Click on the link at the top of this post to view a slide show.

Banks vs ASX 200 26/11/2010

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GICS Indices vs ASX 200 26/11/2010

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VSTpro 2010 sample trade results. (US stocks)

Click here to view the complete sample trade table and explanation.

Pullback trading using the VSTpro Part 6

The ETF (STW) Fund Name: SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Fund, click link for full details.
http://www.spdrs.com.au/etf/fund/index_detail_STW.html

(STW) follows the ASX 200 index, and as at 19/11/2010 the share price is almost identical to 12 months ago.

The charts below display results for Pullback and Buy/hold trading.

Pullback trading using the VSTpro Part 5

After reviewing the tables in the previous Pullback trading post the findings indicate...........

Following a Sector is unnecessary as when sorting the results by the P/R ratio
the stocks in the top performing Sectors are top of the list.

The two tables below display the stocks with the highest P/R ratio.

NOTE: The Median results refer only to the stocks within the displayed list.


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Banks vs ASX 200 19/11/2010

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GICS Indices vs ASX 200 19/11/2010

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VSTpro 2010 sample trade results. (US stocks)

Click here to view the complete sample trade table and explanation.

Weekly chart (SUN)

To view extra charts click here.

Most weeks the blog will have a post called “Weekly Chart”.

The charts will be selected from the Australian ASX20 with the first chart being AMP.

Charts mostly have VSTPro templates applied with comments added.

Charts are selected in alphabetical order and for educational purposes only.
These are not recommendations to trade.

Note……………
Reading the results in the data window and comparing them to other charts can be
very useful.

Click on the link at the top of this post to view a slide show.

Pullback trading using the VSTpro Part 4b

Below are the parameters used by the VSTpro long exploration of the ASX 300 and ASX 300 Material Sector stocks.

The only change made to these parametrs during the tests was to switch the Market Trend Filter [ON] or [OFF].

All the parameters in the 4 indicators are adjustable.

VSTpro X Long (bands) MTF Type: [1] [1] Sharp MTF Mode: [1] [1] Normal MTF Periods: [14] [15] Entry: [5] [5] Close cross below MidLine Exit: [0] [3] Close cross SmartStop Band Spread: [3.5] [3.5] atr (6.3%) ATR Average: [6] [6] periods MidLine: [12] [12] periods Price: [3] [3] Close	VSTpro X Long SmartStop Stop Status: [1] [0] Enabled Initial Stop: [3.5atr] [3atr] Trailing Stop: [3.5atr] [4atr] ATR Average: [3] [3] periods Stop Triggers at: [2] [1] Close
VSTpro X Long Profit Trade Leverage: [1.0] [1] Entry Price: [1] [1] Open Exit Price: [1] [1] Open Entry Delay: [1] [1] period Exit Delay: [1] [1] period Transaction Costs: [0.1] [0.1] %	VSTpro X Long Risk Max Risk Target: [30.0] [30] % Rec Leverage Limit: [10.0] [10] to 1

ASX 300 Median stats.

ASX 300 Material Sector Median stats.

VSTpro 2010 sample trade results. (US stocks)

Click here to view the complete sample trade table and explanation.

Pullback trading using the VSTpro Part 4a

The two spreadsheet images show the" Median Exploration Report Values" for the ASX 300 and the ASX 300 Material Sector stocks. (not all stocks are shown)


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Pullback trading using the VSTpro Part 4b will show the following results in table format...... "Median Exploration Report Values" only, (no individual stock values).


ASX 300 and ASX 300 Material stocks

Daily "Market Trend Filter" [ON]
Daily "Market Trend Filter" [OFF]

Weekly "Market Trend Filter" [ON]
Weekly "Market Trend Filter" [OFF]

GICS Indices vs ASX 200 12/11/2010

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Pullback trading using the VSTpro Part 3

Setting up the VSTpro Long "Exploration" template.


The Exploration template is used to set all the parameters and remains open during testing.

After testing the Explorer results can be placed into a Excel worksheet for further analysis.
The stats. exploration puts out 12 columns of data.

The next post will show the test results for the ASX300, and the Materials Sector stocks within the index.

Weekly chart (RIO)

To view extra charts click here.

Most weeks the blog will have a post called “Weekly Chart”.

The charts will be selected from the Australian ASX20 with the first chart being AMP.

Charts mostly have VSTPro templates applied with comments added.

Charts are selected in alphabetical order and for educational purposes only.
These are not recommendations to trade.

Note……………
Reading the results in the data window and comparing them to other charts can be
very useful.

Click on the link at the top of this post to view a slide show.

Golden Cross VSTpro template.

The Golden Cross template has been added to the VSTpro by Jose Silva.

Traders find the Golden Cross useful as a market filter.

Further info can be found by a Google search "Golden Cross trading".

In chart above the SMA 50/200 are referencing a different data set.


In the chart above the SMA 50/200 are constructed by referencing the displayed chart data .

The two types of moving averages produce very different results when applied to the same chart. The VSTpro displays a visual picture of the results plus all the statistics.

Pullback trading using the VSTpro Part 2

The data tested will be both the ASX300, and the top performing sector within the index.

To establish the sector performance the URSC toolkit v3.0 was used to create the chart above.

The chart shows the Materials sector (XMJ) performing best.

The XMJ has about 77 stocks in the ASX300 making up approximately 25% of the index.

To find the best performing sectors internet sites similar to this may help…….

Australian Market - Sector Analysis

VSTpro 2010 sample trade results. (US stocks)

Click here to view the complete sample trade table and explanation.

Pullback trading using the VSTpro Part 1

This post is the first in a series looking at Pullback trading using the VSTpro.

After testing many systems and indicators, the VSTpro results showed most performed poorly, and required discretionary intervention to save the trade.

Indicators and systems can fool the user into believing good profits can be had, but in reality the signal you see on the chart today may disappear as the chart goes forward.

This type of indicator is known as “forward referencing”. An example of this is shown on the Equis forum. Note the post by “henry1224” and the results in the commentary windows of his two charts.

Equis forum link http://forum.equis.com/forums/thread/34063.aspx

The data tested will be the ASX300 and the best performing sector.

Entry signals will be generated by the VST indicator bands (close cross below MidLine). Exit signals will result from the SmartStop being triggered.

Different “Transaction” costs (brokerage) will be tested, and the results could surprise.