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• Holt-Winter Channel: taking the formula one step beyond by Ichu Cheng

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Holt-Winter Channel: taking the formula one step beyond by Ichu Cheng October 19,1987 witnessed the biggest one-day drop in stock prices in history. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) fell 616 points or 26% in a single day. The drop caught most investors by surprise. Are there any indicators that could have warned us about the impending crash? In Figure 1, two parallel lines run along the DJIA line and form a channel which I have developed and have called the Holt-Winter Channel. A week before the crash, the DJIA price lines crossed the lower parallel line. This is the sell signal for t...

AUTHOR: Ichu ChengDATE: AUG 1988