$SPX 25/170/25 MACD- this chart is an oldie but
goodie - if one searches 25/170/25 on this site the posts on it are
from 2013 and older...I did a post myself on it in 2013 when I had
a different username. Matt used to post this chart a lot and
I've kept it in my toolkit as a guide (not a precise tool, but a
blunt tool). The 25/170/25 MACD had a sell signal on 11/13/25
and subsequently confirmed it with a candle close below the candle
body of 11/13 to confirm (Matt used to call that the whipsaw
filter). So according to this the S&P is in a potential
downtrend or at least a sideways consolidation until the next
positive signal potentially indicating a new trend beginning.
This 25/170/25 setting works on other securities (not all) as
well, for example,
UUP, the US Dollar. In fact it is going
negative today. The attached chart shows how clearly the
intermediate-term trends can be seen.
note: I had to repost the chart. there were a couple of
whipsaws I had to mark.
Correct, and a subsequent candle has to close below the candle
BODY of the candle with the sell signal. Below is a screen
shot of Matt's orig. description from years ago. So the sell
signal was 11/13 and the low was 6724.72. The 11/17 candle
closed below that level.
$SPX 25/170/25 MACD
Posted by EricK on 12th of Dec 2025 at 12:25 pm
$SPX 25/170/25 MACD- this chart is an oldie but goodie - if one searches 25/170/25 on this site the posts on it are from 2013 and older...I did a post myself on it in 2013 when I had a different username. Matt used to post this chart a lot and I've kept it in my toolkit as a guide (not a precise tool, but a blunt tool). The 25/170/25 MACD had a sell signal on 11/13/25 and subsequently confirmed it with a candle close below the candle body of 11/13 to confirm (Matt used to call that the whipsaw filter). So according to this the S&P is in a potential downtrend or at least a sideways consolidation until the next positive signal potentially indicating a new trend beginning.
This 25/170/25 setting works on
Posted by EricK on 12th of Dec 2025 at 03:01 pm
This 25/170/25 setting works on other securities (not all) as well, for example, UUP, the US Dollar. In fact it is going negative today. The attached chart shows how clearly the intermediate-term trends can be seen.
note: I had to repost the chart. there were a couple of whipsaws I had to mark.
Thanks EricK, was the sell
Posted by mammon531 on 12th of Dec 2025 at 02:31 pm
Thanks EricK, was the sell signal the cross of the MACD 25/150/25 below zero?
Correct, and a subsequent candle
Posted by EricK on 12th of Dec 2025 at 02:40 pm
Correct, and a subsequent candle has to close below the candle BODY of the candle with the sell signal. Below is a screen shot of Matt's orig. description from years ago. So the sell signal was 11/13 and the low was 6724.72. The 11/17 candle closed below that level.
Excellent, that's going into my
Posted by mammon531 on 12th of Dec 2025 at 02:42 pm
Excellent, that's going into my sandbox, thanks for the post.
and a bit more info
Posted by matt on 12th of Dec 2025 at 02:43 pm
and a bit more info on that I think Eric got the MACD setting from me 15 years ago, I used to have it on the charts, still have it on some
Thanks. I do remember this
Posted by kab34 on 12th of Dec 2025 at 02:20 pm
Thanks. I do remember this chart!