HOW TO USE: The yellow line in the center chart represents the CrystalBull.com Trading Indicator. It is displayed in a standard technical analysis format, where a reading above +50 (red line) is a Sell signal, and a reading below -50 (green line) is a Buy signal. The official readings are calculated after all the closing data are in for each day. Trades are done at the market open the following day.
( HINT: Click-and-drag left-to-right on the top chart (S&P 500) to zoom in to a specific date range. Double-click on S&P 500 chart to zoom back out. )
The CrystalBull Trading Indicator uses a proprietary model to determine strength and weakness in the market, and to identify entry and exit points. Following this indicator reduces the "buy-high-sell-low" tendencies of the typical investor.
While the indicator may look like noise, if you zoom in (click and drag left to right across the data range you want to see), it will make more sense. It is a very volatile indicator which can change daily, and this chart has 13 years of data.
From 1/1/97 through 12/31/09, following this CrystalBull Trading Indicator would have produced a Total Return 26 times more than a Buy-and-Hold strategy, with an average annual return of 27.7% APR (The average Total Return of the S&P 500 during this period was just 4.95% annually). The Indicator had 158 round turn trades (about one per month). Click here to see the current level of the CrystalBull Trading Indicator
This is a beautiful chart! It extends the exuberant years of the late 1990's all the way through the 13 years of its history. It had a few losses, but they were quickly recovered. This is exactly what one should be looking for in a stock market timing model, and it approaches the theoretically-perfect long-only timing model for stock trading. The consistency of performance over this period is reassuring.
( HINT: Click-and-drag left-to-right on the top chart (S&P 500) to zoom in to a specific date range. Double-click on S&P 500 chart to zoom back out. )
The CrystalBull Trading Indicator uses a proprietary model to determine strength and weakness in the market, and to identify entry and exit points. Following this indicator reduces the "buy-high-sell-low" tendencies of the typical investor.
While the indicator may look like noise, if you zoom in (click and drag left to right across the data range you want to see), it will make more sense. It is a very volatile indicator which can change daily, and this chart has 13 years of data.
From 1/1/97 through 12/31/09, following this CrystalBull Trading Indicator would have produced a Total Return 26 times more than a Buy-and-Hold strategy, with an average annual return of 27.7% APR (The average Total Return of the S&P 500 during this period was just 4.95% annually). The Indicator had 158 round turn trades (about one per month). Click here to see the current level of the CrystalBull Trading Indicator
This is a beautiful chart! It extends the exuberant years of the late 1990's all the way through the 13 years of its history. It had a few losses, but they were quickly recovered. This is exactly what one should be looking for in a stock market timing model, and it approaches the theoretically-perfect long-only timing model for stock trading. The consistency of performance over this period is reassuring.