Optuma Blog
Articles of interest & reports on trading, technical analysis, money management, and all things Optuma.
How to Calculate Quarterly Performance in Optuma Watchlists
Learn how to create watchlist columns to calculate quarterly performance statistics, and download a workbook example.
How to Create an (Accurate) Custom Index
Price-weighted custom indexes are OK, but equal-weighted ones are better!
Scripting Guide for Relative Rotation Graphs®
How to use our powerful scripting language with Relative Rotation Graphs® to help identify opportunities.
An easy way to find breakouts
Learn how to create a scan for breakouts from significant price levels, and have the results appear in your watchlist automatically.
Scripting and Anchored VWAPs
Learn how to create scans and tools based on the Anchored Volume-Weighted Average Price (AVWAP) tool.
How Professional Technical Analysts Handled the Covid-19 Crash
For the last few weeks global markets have seen periods of greater than average volatility resulting from several factors including the rise of the Covid-19 virus, stimulus packages in response to the economic impacts of the virus, and an oil war between Russia and Saudi Arabia.
Chart Summit 2020 Videos
Catch up on 30 free technical analysis presentations recorded at Chart Summit 2020.
The Mid-Cycle Slow Down – What Comes Next?
Did Covid-19 cause this mess? What comes next? Phil Anderson explores this in terms of the 18.6 year Real Estate Cycle. This could be one of the most important posts you read in these volatile times.
Recovery Planning
The last couple of weeks has been tough (unless you’re short S&P futures!). In this article we look back at previous crashes to see what we can expect to happen next.
Using Optuma to Test Historical Events
Use the Signal Tester to quickly test how often certain events occur, and what happens after.
ASX and S&P500 Sector Workbooks
Optuma clients can download and open workbooks for the ASX and S&P500 sectors, which includes the current list of the companies within each sector, along with example charts and watchlists.
Tweets of the Week
A round-up of our tweets, retweets, and mentions this week.