Relative Strength

Optuma General Discussion
1

Making an RRG is easy, but how do I just do a relative strength of two indices/tickers? SPX:VEA or some such comparion

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Perhaps I just figured it out? Is it called a “Division Spread”? So this is saying that the VEA is currently stronger than SPX.

SPX to VEA

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Another way is to create a formula for strength. Mine is:

X=CHANGE(INT_COUNT=23); 
Y=CHANGE(INT_COUNT=130);
Z=CHANGE(INT_COUNT=260); 
(0.25*X) + (0.5*Y) + (0.25*Z);

This weights the 130 dma the same as the 23 dma plus the 260 dma. It doesn’t really matter.

Then you can plot a few and see which has been stronger. The easier way is to put codes of interest into a watchlist and sort by the RS column.

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1st - Thanks

2nd - How do I get those data fields in my watchlist? Do I need to create/code scripts for those?

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Hi Theodore,

You can add custom watchlist columns to add any formulas. Sign in here to watch Lesson 3 on adding columns:

https://learn.optuma.com/course/introduction-to-scripting/

Going back to your original question yes a Division Spread is one way, but you can also create your own symbol under Data > Custom Codes to create the chart. The benefits of this over the Division Spread chart is that you can add it to a watchlist or RRG, but also give it a title and apply alerts:

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For a video on creating these ratio chart see here:

http://www.optuma.com/videos/how-to-create-relative-strength-ratio-charts/