What the !HLDIFTOT?

[rcozby]

Anyone else track !HLDIFTOT on stockcharts.com?

I've been using http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=!HLDIFTOT&p=D&yr=1&mn=3&dy=0&id=p32612362876&a=390260858 as a bookmark to track it, and for years it has updated every day. Then it stopped updating on 31 March.

Did something change?

Thanks!

Rick

[Tomanyiron]

That's unusual, maybe it will get fixed later.
Have you tried any of these?

(!HLDIFMID) SP400 10-DMA of High-Low Differential
(!HLDIFSML) SP600 10-DMA of High-Low Differential
(!HLDIFNAS) NASDAQ 10-DMA of High-Low Differential
(!HLDIFNYA) NYSE 10-DMA of High-Low Differential
(!HLDIFSPX) SPX 10-DMA of High-Low Differential

[VJoe571]

What are these charts used for?

Learning as I go?

[rcozby]

That's unusual, maybe it will get fixed later.
Have you tried any of these?

(!HLDIFMID) SP400 10-DMA of High-Low Differential
(!HLDIFSML) SP600 10-DMA of High-Low Differential
(!HLDIFNAS) NASDAQ 10-DMA of High-Low Differential
(!HLDIFNYA) NYSE 10-DMA of High-Low Differential
(!HLDIFSPX) SPX 10-DMA of High-Low Differential

The individual indices, such as above, are updating fine, it's just the total market indices that appear to have died at the end of first quarter. Advance-Decline (!ADRLITOT) is another example.

[Tomanyiron]

What are these charts used for?

Learning as I go?

One way of looking at it, is there seems to be a cause and effect relationship between some of theses and our stock funds.

However don’t rely on what I or anyone else say or present. Try it out for yourself, and verify it. Then work out ways to implement it in your own personal system..

[rcozby]

What are these charts used for?

Learning as I go?

I like to use them as trend gauges. Relative Strength, High-Low spreads and boundaries for each day and the 10-day Moving Average Convergence-Divergence are all lined up to tell a story as to whether the markets are generally over sold, over bought or in mid-stream. The actual value is overlaid so you can relate how these statistics can (but not always!) lead future values.

In my experience, using these charts alone for IFT signals can get you killed. However, if you couple them with the 20-year averages for each index (depicted nicely on EquityClock.com) it seems to work pretty well. I've been doing that for the past six months or so and at least I'm in the green for the year so far, which is a nice change!