This strategy combines NAAIM Exposure Index and the Equity Put/Call Ratio into Fear/Greed Index that oscillates between 0 and 100. It smooths all of these values and enters a trade when Fear reaches a certain threshold and exits when Greed reaches a certain threshold. I don't really know if this is a great indicator or not, but the results on various indexes...
My goal was to create something akin to the Fear & Greed Index ( money.cnn.com ) that CNN and others do. A Fear/Greed Index can be used by any trader or investor but I believe it's best viewed with a contrarian's eye-- When the market appears to be signalling Extreme Fear, that is a good place to start buying from emotional players who want to sell no matter...
A more simplified view of a Fear & Greed index. This script has been made public because it uses Trading Psychology - Fear & Greed Index by DGT as the basis/inspiration for it. I've re-imagined the visuals in order to display F&G data differently to the more traditional versions of the indicator floating around, as well as adapting it's calculations and...
Psychology of a Market Cycle - Where are we in the cycle? Before proceeding with the question "where", let's first have a quick look at "What is market psychology?" Market psychology is the idea that the movements of a market reflect the emotional state of its participants. It is one of the main topics of behavioral economics - an interdisciplinary field...
The Fear And Greed Indicator is a very popular indicator on the Bloomberg platform and since I didn't have actual source code to work with, this is a very close approximation of that indicator. Let me know if you spot any discrepancies with the original and I will do my best to fix them. For buy and sell signals it is pretty straightforward. Just buy when the...