Relative Strength

mahikarnam · 08-05-2008, 12:59 PM

Find out if a stock is strong or weak

Relative strength refers to how strong a stock is relative to something else. This could be either how strong it is compared to the overall market or the industry group that it is in.

If it is stronger, than then we say that it has relative strength. If it is weaker, than we say that it has relative weakness.
Relative Strength

To improve your odds of a successful trade, you want only want to trade stocks on the long side that are stronger than the market itself. One way to do this is to compare it to the S&P500.

08-05-2008, 12:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
mahikarnam Status: Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 176	Relative Strength *Find out if a stock is strong or weak* Relative strength refers to how strong a stock is relative to something else. This could be either how strong it is compared to the overall market or the industry group that it is in. If it is stronger, than then we say that it has relative strength. If it is weaker, than we say that it has relative weakness. Relative Strength To improve your odds of a successful trade, you want only want to trade stocks on the long side that are stronger than the market itself. One way to do this is to compare it to the S&P500.

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