Recent content by passterelli

i went right to the source and here's what i was told: The MACD parameters are the respective smoothing factors and the price series. The default values are a smoothing factor of .07 (approximately equal to 26 periods) for the first moving average; .15 for the second (12 periods) and a...

hmmm. nice thought. but i don't think that that is quite it. thanks for the reply.

does anyone know if there is any difference/correlation between the settings of the 2 platforms? i know that Realtick uses decimals for the MACD length1, length2, and the signal line while Qcharts does not. a friend and i have been trying to get our MACD charts to match with no success. any help...

i'm not an advocate for or against waxie, but you guys are amazing! "embarrassed to tell others your a trader"... please. isn't it a known fact that 70% of daytraders lose money anyway? i can't imagine how this would make your situation any worse. the_dude has it right... "this business...