barjon
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the second instrument is overlaid onto the first (main) instrument's chart and given a common starting point at bar 1 (rebased to first). Thus, at that point the price of the two instruments is made equal and subsequent diversion from that equality show up in the progress of the two instruments displayed on the one chart.
It doesn't seem correct to compare 2 charts just based on the 1st bar.
For example, you could overlay Shell and the FTSE 100 on each other. FTSE moves about 100pts a day, Shell about 36p a day - surely that's going to be a dramatic difference.
Would a better way be regression? There must be some way to compare the 2 like for like...perhaps dividing the price by the ATRs or other to get them on a 1to1 scale. RSI would probably do it?
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no, the main instrument chart would rise as normal, but the secondary (comparitor) one would only rise in the same ratio as the re-based first bar.
So if shell rose by 10% but ftse only rose by 5% then the ftse line (although rising) would fall below the shell line and so on.
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ps - the other comparison chart is the relative strength one - here's the pro-real time explanation of it:
Relative Strength Calculation: This indicator represents the evolution of a security's price compared to another one. (a stock, a market index) In order to study the relative strength of a stock compared to a market index we calculate the ratio. Ratio = price of the security/price of the index. Then, calculate the difference Diff = ratio(t)-ratio(t-1) and finally the percentage of variation.
Interpretation: The relative strength compares the evolution of two securities.This indicator is used to represent the correlation between two securities or generally between a security and its sectoral index. For instance, you can compare the evolution of an automobile security relative to its automobile sector index. When the relative performance is going up, it means that the first security is outperforming the second (named the reference) and when the relative strength decreases, it means that the first security is underperforming the second.
Relative Strength Calculation: This indicator represents the evolution of a security's price compared to another one. (a stock, a market index) In order to study the relative strength of a stock compared to a market index we calculate the ratio. Ratio = price of the security/price of the index. Then, calculate the difference Diff = ratio(t)-ratio(t-1) and finally the percentage of variation.
Interpretation: The relative strength compares the evolution of two securities.This indicator is used to represent the correlation between two securities or generally between a security and its sectoral index. For instance, you can compare the evolution of an automobile security relative to its automobile sector index. When the relative performance is going up, it means that the first security is outperforming the second (named the reference) and when the relative strength decreases, it means that the first security is underperforming the second.
Seems like the RSI would be a better comparison tool.
Is it possible to do that in Pro real time? I'll have a look tonight but I only have EOD data.
