I wanted to know if there was an easier way to get historical data on BP% and % stocks above their 50 DMA for my custom indices. To get the historical data on Stockcharts, I saved the custom index on a custom scan (BP% or % above 50 DMA) as one of my favorites. I select the favorite and select the lookback days to get the historical data. For each date, I have to adjust lookback days from the current date to get the daily historical date. It takes a long time to get a year worth of date doing it this way. Is there an easier and more efficient way of getting historical data for custom indices?

Also, I looked at the % of stocks above their 200 DMA but it seems very slow and insensitive to price movement relative to the BP% and 50 DMA, understandable given that the long time period of 200 days. Thus, I prefer BP% and % stocks above their 50 DMA.

Thanks,
Maverick

I am using both BP% and % of stocks above their 50 DMA for several different indices (financials, energy, and etc.) Which one do you think is better for determining overbought and oversold points?

I think the % of stocks above their 50 DMA moves faster than the BP%. So in some cases, I use it over the BP%, especially in slow moving index.

Maverick