ISE Sentiment Vs DJIA Graph
KirkLindstrom.com - Charts - 2012 - ISE  vs. DJIA Graph

Kirk
                Windsurfing at Palo Alto in SF Bay in May 2009
 ISE Sentiment Index vs DJIA
 
International Securities Exchange Sentiment vs the DOW


Return to KirkLindstrom.com home page and Charts page

 
February 27, 2012.   Charts of the International Securities Exchange (ISE) Sentiment Index plotted versus the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA charts), S&P500 ( S&P500 Charts) and NASDAQ composite index (NASDAQ charts) are key sentiment indicators for stock market technical analysis.

According to the ISE web site (Note 1): 


The ISE Sentiment Index is a unique put/call value that only uses opening long customer transactions to calculate bullish/bearish market direction. Opening long transactions are thought to best represent market sentiment because investors often buy call and put options to express their actual market view of a particular stock. Market maker and firm trades, which are excluded, are not considered representative of true market sentiment due to their specialized nature. As such, the ISEE calculation method allows for a more accurate measure of true investor sentiment than traditional put/call ratios.

Contrarian theory states the time to buy is when fear and pessimism is at a maximum since this usually occurs near market bottoms.  Oddly, the stock market as measured by the DJIA ((Dow Jones Industrial Average) is up near a 4 year high while sentiment as measured by the ISE index has fallen back down to near record lows.

Chart of the International Securities
                      Exchange (ISE) Sentiment Index plotted versus the
                      Dow Jones Industrial Average

I update investor sentiment and what it means to my stock market outlook every month in "Kirk Lindstrom's Investment Letter."
 Subscribe NOW and get the February 2012 Issue for FREE!  
(Your 1 year, 12 issue subscription will start with next month's issue.)
 



More about:  Sentiment Indicators
-
TOP OF PAGE

Note 1: ISE Web Site: http://www.ise.com/
 
Click for FREE sample of Kirk Lindstrom's
                    Investment Letter

Return to KirkLindstrom.com home page


 
 
Blog

Disclaimer:  The information contained in this web site is not intended to constitute financial advice, and is not a recommendation or solicitation to buy, sell or hold any security. This blog is strictly informational and educational and is not to be construed as any kind of financial advice, investment advice or legal advice. Copyright © Kirk Lindstrom. Note: "CORE & Explore®" was coined by and is a registered trademark of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Google Analytics Code needs to be the very last part of web page