Subject: Did you read this past Alvarez Quant Trading blog post?

Revisiting old research can spark new research or trading ideas. Read this old post, Can A Simple Market Timing Indicator Be Beat?

As long time readers of my blog know, I often use a market timing indicator in my strategies. My favorite one, and a simple one, is using the 200 day moving average on either the SPY or S&P 500 Index. I recently ran into these posts, Using Market Breadth To Gauge Market Health (Part 5) and Matt’s Breadth Indicator. Matt’s Breadth Indicator (MBI) intrigued me because I had not seen something like this and conceptually it is simple. I also liked that it was not “easy” to test or optimize on. Therefore hopefully not many people would be using this indicator and I could potentially find better values.

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Good Quant Trading,
Cesar



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