MY FAV INDICATOR !!.....More stuff on it.........
You could use the TICKS in several ways, another way to use it is to use as a confirmation tool with the indexes.......
in this example of a buy divergence I was looking at today around 11:30-12:00 time zone, you could take out a chart & walk yourself thru my thinking process from the room.....
The 3 indexes had trended & had gotten extended to the downside, what setup was a "bear flag pattern" on a 5 min chart & is what most people seen, I had a ton of private messages pointing it out.........
We felt that the markets WOULD NOT retest & make new lows at that time & needed to come off an over sold condition.......
Here is the thinking of the BUY...........the NYSE TICKS rallied to + 761 based on TRADESTATION or per REALTICK + 1012 readings.......use tradestation for actual as they use SP comstock & realtick has some whacky criteria to calculate the readings.......BUT I use both for my work.........
This +++ reading setup what I was looking for a FLUSH back DOWN in the TICKS to + - 100 zone for longs.........& NON Confirmation of the indexes, meaning your buying into the PUSH DOWN in the 3 indexes QQQ SPY DIA or equal in futures looking for a divergence, SP made new lows & NAS & DOW did not come close to a retest down, okay, yes the philly fed came out BUT the markets will do what they are supposed to anyway & the SP500 had a 8 +- point POP to sell out your longs into.........
I have a link to show my work today & hopefully you see my thought process as it unfolded & how i walked the traders thru it from entry setup to exits.......
remember, the TICKS should be used as a CONFIRMATION tool to get the best use from it & best bang for your buck..
http://www.stocktrendwizard.com/charts/day/620indexes
Another tip, I was working if you see on the page, INTU ADBE & MSFT........they where STRONG at the time in a DOWNTRENDING market.....& setup in the early going of the day......MSFT did nothing but ADBE & INTU trended higher.......Take out your CHART of INTU & see around 11:35 + a nice retracement on a 5 min chart this was when TICKS went to 0 & flushed right after & setup buys...INTO went from 47.50 to 48.15/20, 70 cents is not bad, working Relative strength with TICKS......YOU WANT TO BUY THE STRONGEST & INTU Was #1 all day......confirming our buys from earlier bullflag @ 10:40
The trick is to time your stocks also with the TICKS & indexes of course & I find it to be a incredible tool........if you guys want more stuff let me know, I have tons of things I will help you with I just need to know what your looking for
Here is another, MSFT QQQ SPY & DIA using the ticks............Markets rallied from lows & SPY & DIA took out highs QQQ did not !...........the pullback in the ticks to 0 line from around + 1000 reading, when the INDEXES had a SELL divergence, my thinking was SHORT the next pop in the TICKS, this was my thinking in the chatroom, BUT take a look at your 1 min chart, TICKS went from 0 to 200-222 area, I felt if NAS did not make new high on + 1000 ticks, they where NOT going far on next bounce BELOW 1000 reading & was a SHORT........this is how I used the TICKS to CONFIRM a SELL divergence yesterday & also setup shorts in 3 indexes & MSFT note the 12:03 comment for the TICKS.......
http://www.stocktrendwizard.com/charts/day/619msft
one note, if the links dont OPEN, type into your browser...
...Chris