158 Martin Pring On Market Momentum

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158 Martin Pring on Market Momentum

Chart 7.8 Deutsche Mark and Intermediate-Term KST

One method of using the KST is to apply trendline analysts to the indicator. Here, the intermediate KST has
trendlines drawn upon it along with trendlines drawn on the Deutsche mark. Joint trendline breaks are often
reliable signals

The KST should be interpreted using the same principles that you would
apply to other oscillators. Divergences, overbought and oversold conditions,
trendline violations, and price-pattem analy sis are as relevant to the KST as
they are to the rate-of-change. RSI. MACD, and so forth. Trendline violations
in the KST do not occur very often; but when they do, they have the effect of
strong reinforcment for the KST moving average crossover signals previ ously
discussed. Chart 7.9 demonstrates this effect quite clearly. Since the long-
term KSTs based on monthly data are far more smooth and deliberate in their
movements, trendline construction and price-pattern configurations are rarely,
if ever, apparent. On the other hand, we can see that the short-term KST
indicators are far more susceptible to such possibilities because of their more
volatile nature.
The formulae set out in table 7.1 are not the last words on the KST. I am
sure that someone who wants to optimize the time frames, moving averages,
and weightings could come up with statistically superior results. Even though
they are offered here as a starting point for additional experimentation,
remember there is no Holy Grail. Substituting the impossible objective of
statistical

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