ADX Rising, RAVI Rising, Market (1/1/89-6/30/95) ADX>20 RAVI > 3

Coffee 30.2 43.3
Copper, high-grade 27.0 35.3
Cotton 29.2 39.4
Crude oil 30.2 39.9
Deutsche mark 32.6 25.7
Gold, Comex 25.0 15.8
Japanese yen 27.7 20.6
Soybeans 30.1 23.9
S&P-500 24.0 17.9
Sugar 31.3 41.7
Swiss franc 30.7 28.9
10-year T-note 32.8 6.0
U.S. bond 37.5 16.0

 

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