Bull and Bear Fear Expert by Walter Downs Strategy
This is an attempt to mimic the CNN Money "Fear & Greed Index": money.cnn.com It's far from perfect, because the exact numbers can be a bit far off. Still, the highs and lows are quite on target. Alas, CNN does not give away too much information on how the index is calculated. Feedback is most welcome.
US 2 year and US 10 year comparison, inverted yield curve with VIX. I use this on a weekly chart with 2 moving averages, the 40 week (ma200 daily) and the 520 week (10 year median). The bottom histogram is the VIX and the plot is the yield curve. When the VIX is above a certain level (you can set it in settings) and the ýield curve is close to or at inversion the...