| Overview
The Open-10 TRIN is a smoothed variation of the Arms Index.  It is a market 
breadth indicator that uses advancing/declining volume and advancing/declining issues to 
measure the strength of the market.
 
 Interpretation
The interpretation of Open-10 TRIN (also called the Open Trading Index) is similar to the 
interpretation of the "normal" TRIN.
Readings above 0.90 are generally con-sidered bearish and readings below 0.90 are 
considered bullish. The following table was reprinted from Peter Eliades' Stock Market Cycles.  It 
shows what the DJIA did after the 10-day TRIN rose above the level of one.  
Impressive... 
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	| Table 9 | 
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 | 1st Reading gt; 1.0 | Days to Final Low | Next Market Move |  | May 23, 1984 | 3 | 60-point rally |  | June 15, 1984 | 1 | 63-point rally |  | July 20, 1984 | 3 | 165-point rally |  | October 10, 1984 | 0 | 88-point rally |  | November 16, 1984 | 1 | 45-point rally |  | December 5, 1984 | 3 | 69-point rally |  | January 3, 1985 | 1 | 130-point rally |  | March 15, 1985 | 1 | 48-point rally |  | April 30, 1985 | 2 | 96-point rally |  | June 19, 1985 | 3 | 78-point rally |  |  
I created a similar table for the period 1985 through 1988.  The table appears below. 
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	| Table 10 | 
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 | 1st Reading gt; 1.0 | Days to Final Low | Next Market Move |  | June 19, 1985 | 0 | 60-point rally |  | January 8, 1986 | 2 | 302-point rally |  | April 30, 1986 | N/A | 16 point rally |  | July 15, 1986 | 0 | 41-point rally |  | September 11, 1986 | 1 | 141-point rally |  | January 2, 1987 | 0 | 445-point rally |  | October 15, 1987 | 2 | 289-point rally |  | November 13, 1987 | 4 | 68-point rally |  | November 27, 1987 | 5 | 285-point rally |  | January 14, 1988 | 5 | 285-point rally |  | February 8, 1988 | 5 | 79-point rally |  | March 11, 1988 | 0 | 53-point rally |  | April 4, 1988 | 0 | 127-point rally |  | May 12, 1988 | 0 | 39-point rally |  | May 17, 1988 | 4 | 211-point rally |  | July 1, 1988 | N/A | 78-point rally |  | August 12, 1988 | 7 | 111-point rally |  | November 16, 1988 | 0 | 309-point rally |  | October 30, 1989 | 5 | 171-point rally |  | December 18, 1989 | 2 | 109-point rally |  |  
 Calculation
The Open-10 TRIN is calculated by keeping a 10-day total of each of the TRIN's 
components before performing the TRIN calculation.   TOP |