Chapter X: The mood of the market toward Marathon Oil Corporation show up in the Daily Closing Altitude and other Sentiment Indicators. |
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| A well known sentiment indicator is the NVI or Negative Volume Index for Marathon Oil Corporation. This modern version makes use of several enhancements added by Norman Fosback. The indicator is the proportion of the daily NVI as compared to the average daily NVI over the past year. The plot is orange below the unity line (neutral implication) and green above (bullish). |
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Interpreting the Calibrated NVI for Marathon Oil Corporation: In its modern form, the NVI is an elegant indicator, but requires some care in interpretation. The orange plot (NVI less than unity) is not considered bearish because a lowering of the NVI is a natural tendancy under many market conditions. When the plot is in the green area, it indicates that prices are rising on low volume sessions, which is contrary to the normal condition. This can be a tip off to "accumulation behaviour" on the part of someone or some group in the market. The indicator seems most significant when prices are falling and the NVI is rising, which indicates a market that is "buying on the dips". |
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| Because the NVI operates over a somewhat longer time frame than most technical indicators, it is of interest to track it over a longer period to get a feeling for how it works. This chart for Marathon Oil Corporation covers the few years before the start of the chart at the top of the page. |
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| The historical Closing Altitude is traced by the blue line above. For the trading week ending 2/4/2011, the weekly average closing altitude was 58.66 percent. 50 percent closing altitude is marked as the midline. It indicates closing prices halfway between the high and low prices for the day. Values above the midline indicate that day traders have positive feelings toward MRO while traces below the midline are a sign that speculators are afraid to hold on to the issue overnight. The latest data indicates a downward trend, with a slope of -17.73. Marathon Oil Corporation stock prices are shown in red. |
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| The Volume Portion is low for the latest data at 0.52. Here the blue indicates the proportion between Up Volume and Down Volume. Again, the horizontal blue line represents the neutral point. Marathon Oil Corporation share prices are overlaid in red. This is an important indicator for market timing, as a change in direction of the volume line may happen before the price turns.Short term, the slope of this indicator is negative at -0.22. |
Influence of Investor Sentiment on MRO stock prices. Also, roadmap and Summary of most effective indicators: |
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