Smart money index (SMI) or smart money flow index is a technical analysis indicator demonstrating investors sentiment. The index was invented and popularized by money manager Don Hays. The indicator is based on intra-day price patterns. The main idea is that the majority of traders (emotional, news-driven) overreact at the beginning of the trading day because...
Indicator plots Money Flow Indicator (Chaikin). This indicator looks to improve on Larry William's Accumulation Distribution formula that compared the closing price with the opening price. In the early 1970's, opening prices for stocks stopped being transmitted by the exchanges. This made it difficult to calculate Williams' formula. The...