January 11, 2009

How to avoid the multicollinearity trap ( John Bollinger)

Multicollinearity - several series containing very similar information used as though they were separate, independent inputs.
To avoid the multicollinaarity trap use only one indicator for each category


CATEGORYEXAMPLE INDICATORS
MomentumRate of change, Stochastics
TrendLinear regression, MACD
SentimentSurvey, Put-Call ratio
Volume(OPEN)Intraday Intensity, Accumulation Distribution
Volume(CLOSE)Money Flow Index, Volume Weighted MACD
Overbought/oversoldCommodity Channel Index, RSI