Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Price Compared to Today's High

This snapshot view identifies stocks moving with or against current market conditions.  We compare current market price to the high price of the day. (At Market Close 2/8/10)
Color:  Percent of today's high, green issues are trading nearest their high for the day.
Height:  Percent change in price, above the horizon up on the day, below the horizon down on the day. 
Sort:  Percent of today's high grouped by Sector, so lower left (above the horizon) are trading nearest their high.It is easy to see which stocks are bucking (or following) market trends in real time and to what extent. 

An important feature of AlphaVision is that these views are updated instantly during market hours.

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To use this view, download AV for Bloomberg, (you will need to request an activation key for a free trial) then download and open the Close to Today’s High View from this link:  Close to Today's High.aqv

If you need assistance, just email support@aqumin.com or call 713-781-2121.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Writing Short Term Calls on Existing Equity Positions

This view looks for equities that warrant an OTM call sales in the Near month based on market activity (this view is most useful 3-4 weeks before near term (1st expiration month).  The emphasis for this view should be on existing equity positions looking for a short term yield opportunities.

Color indicates stocks trading close to or at their 52 week highs and Short Term Implied Volatility is trading a premium to the 10 day Moving Average of Historical Volatility indicating short term overvalued options.

Look for Green stocks (sectors) in the lower left of each sector to indicate a better time to sell calls of existing long positions.  White stocks are might be worth a look.

Red stocks (sectors) in the upper right indicate not as favorable call selling conditions.

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To use this view, download AV for Bloomberg, (you will need to request an activation key for a free trial) then download and open the Short Term Call Selling View from this link:  Short Term Call Selling.aqv

If you need assistance, just email support@aqumin.com or call 713-781-2121.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Price Deviation vs.RSI 14 Day

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Price Deviation vs. RSI 14 Day compares short term price changes with mid-term RSI (14 Day) to show acceleration and possible break out (up or down).

2 Day Price deviation expressed as a Standard Deviation from the previous 100 days for Color and Height. Tall and Green is more deviation, Short and Red is less deviation (below the horizon)

Each sector is sorted by RSI 14 Day with the higher numbers (more relative strength) in the lower left.  Stocks of note are tall, green in the lower left of each GICS Industry Sub Sector which are strongly leading their peers.  Sub Sectors with mostly tall, green issues are also interesting because the whole Sub Group shows strength.

The  GICS Sub Sectors shown are in the Energy and Utilities Industries for the Russell 3000.

To use this view, download AV for Bloomberg, (you will need to request an activation key for a free trial) then download and open the Price Deviation vs. RSI 14 Day View from this link:  Price Deviation vs. RSI 14 Day.aqv

If you need assistance, just email support@aqumin.com or call 713-781-2121.