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Investor_Preference_Index.mq5 (18.63 KB) view

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Investor Preference Index was discussed in the "Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities" magazine in December, 1997, page 19. The article was written by Cyril V. Smith Jr.

Initially, this indicator, which was used as the long-term stock market investment tool, compared the efficiency of S&P 500 with the New York Stock Exchange to measure sentiment. The theory suggests that investors prefer certain types of investment.

The indicator has five input parameters:

Instrument - the name of the financial instrument
ROC period - period for calculating the price rate of change
Fast smoothing period - the period of the fast smoothing
Slow smoothing period - the period of the slow smoothing
Result smoothing period - the period of the resulting smoothing

Calculation:

IPI =100.0*(Result smoothing period * SMA(B2, Result smoothing period)+1.0)

where:

B2 = SMA(B1, Fast smoothing period) - SMA(B1, Slow smoothing period)
B1 = ROC1 - ROC2
ROC1 - the current symbol's price rate of change over the ROC period
ROC2 - the 'Instrument' symbol's price rate of change over the ROC period
ROC = 100.0 * Log(Close - Log2) / Log2
Log2 = Log(Close[ROC period])

Please note that in order for the indicator to display correctly, historical data for the 'Instrument' symbol are needed, which can lead to a delay in displaying the oscillator line during the first launch or symbol changed.