10.39 TD Range Expansion Index

The range expansion index by Tom DeMark is designed to identify price exhaustion which may be the end of a move up or down.

The calculation is somewhat similar to an RSI (see Relative Strength Index) but looks at 2-day changes in the daily high and daily low values and smooths with a 5-day SMA (see Simple Moving Average). Changes are ignored if the current day in not either within or covering price action from 5 or 6 days ago. That test effectively holds the indicator around zero while prices are making breakaway runs.

DeMark regarded values above +45 or below -45 as overbought or oversold. Such a reading maintained for up to five days suggests a reversal, except that if it remains there for 6 or more days then the signal may be unreliable and trading should be avoided.

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