Market Health Monitor

6. Jan.

The Market Health Monitor is a comprehensive tool designed to assess and visualize the economic health of a market, providing traders with vital insights into both current and future market conditions. This script integrates a range of critical economic indicators, including unemployment rates, inflation, Federal Reserve funds rates, consumer confidence, and housing market indices, to form a robust understanding of the overall economic landscape.

Drawing on a variety of data sources, the Market Health Monitor employs moving averages over periods of 3, 12, 36, and 120 months, corresponding to quarterly, annual, three-year, and ten-year economic cycles. This selection of timeframes is specifically chosen to capture the nuances of economic movements across different phases, providing a balanced view that is sensitive to both immediate changes and long-term trends.

Key Features:
Economic Indicators Integration: The script synthesizes crucial economic data such as unemployment rates, inflation levels, and housing market trends, offering a multi-dimensional perspective on market health.

Adaptability to Market Conditions: The inclusion of both short-term and long-term moving averages allows the Market Health Monitor to adapt to varying market conditions, making it a versatile tool for different trading strategies.

Oscillator Thresholds for Recession and Growth: The script sets specific thresholds that, when crossed, indicate either potential economic downturns (recessions) or periods of growth (expansions), allowing traders to anticipate and react to changing market conditions proactively.

Color-Coded Visualization: The Market Health Monitor employs a color-coding system for ease of interpretation:

-- A red background signals unhealthy economic conditions, cautioning traders about potential risks.
-- A bright red background indicates a confirmed recession, as declared by the NBER, signaling a critical time for traders to reassess risk exposure.
-- A green background suggests a healthy market with expected economic expansion, pointing towards growth-oriented opportunities.

Comprehensive Market Analysis: By combining various economic indicators, the script offers a holistic view of the market, enabling traders to make well-informed decisions based on a thorough understanding of the economic environment.


Key Criteria and Parameters:
Economic Indicators:
Labor Market: The unemployment rate is a critical indicator of economic health.
High or rising unemployment indicates reduced consumer spending and economic stress.
Inflation: Key for understanding monetary policy and consumer purchasing power.
Persistent high inflation can lead to economic instability, while deflation can signal weak
demand.
Monetary Policy: Reflected by the Federal Reserve funds rate.
Changes in the rate can influence economic activity, borrowing costs, and investor
sentiment.
Consumer Confidence: A predictor of consumer spending and economic activity.
Reflects the public’s perception of the economy
Housing Market: The housing market often leads the economy into recession and recovery.
Weakness here can signal broader economic problems.

Market Data:
Stock Market Indices: Reflect overall investor sentiment and economic
expectations. No gains in a stock market could potentially indicate that economy is
slowing down.
Credit Conditions: Indicated by the tightness of bank lending, signaling risk
perception.

Commodity Insight:
Crude Oil Prices: A proxy for global economic activity.


Indicator Timeframe:
A default monthly timeframe is chosen to align with the release frequency of many economic indicators, offering a balanced view between timely data and avoiding too much noise from short-term fluctuations. Surely, it can be chosen by trader / analyst.


The Market Health Monitor is more than just a trading tool—it's a comprehensive economic guide. It's designed for traders who value an in-depth understanding of the economic climate. By offering insights into both current conditions and future trends, it encourages traders to navigate the markets with confidence, whether through turbulent times or in periods of growth. This tool doesn't just help you follow the market—it helps you understand it.

28. Jan.

Versionshinweise

The latest update to the scripts introduces some enhancements aimed at providing traders with more customization.

Here's what's new in the updated version:

Indicator Inclusion Options: Traders can now choose to include or exclude key indicators such as:
1 - the Unemployment Rate,
2 - Inflation Rate,
3 - Federal Reserve Funds Rate,
4 - Consumer Confidence Index,
5 - Housing Index,
6 - Crude Oil Price,
7 - Bank Credit Tightening,
8 - Stock Growth Rate,
9 - GDP Rate.

This flexibility enables users to streamline their dashboard by focusing only on the metrics most relevant to their analysis, reducing clutter and enhancing focus.

User-Centric Design: The update reflects my commitment to user-centric design, providing a more personalized experience that accommodates the diverse needs and preferences of our trading community. Whether you're focused on specific sectors or interested in a broad economic overview, the Market Health Monitor adapts to your requirements.

28. Jan.

Versionshinweise

Bug fixes

2. Feb.

Versionshinweise

Major Update: Enhanced Market Health Monitor

I am excited to announce a significant update to the MHM.

This update introduces a range of new features, improvements, and refinements to provide a more dynamic, customizable, and useful analysis of market health.

What's New:

Return on Investment (ROI) Analysis: I added a new ROI function to evaluate the performance of economic indicators over specified periods, offering a more nuanced view of market dynamics.

Advanced Profiling: A sophisticated profiling feature now assesses indicator performance against percentile thresholds, enhancing the detection of significant market trends and potential turning points.

Expanded Indicator Coverage:
1 - Continued Jobless Claims,
2 - Gross Domestic Income,
3 - FED Current Tax Receipts,
4 - Total Business Sales to Inventories Ratio,
and more

Refined Evaluation Methods: Indicators are now evaluated through a more sophisticated mechanism that considers their performance relative to key percentile ranges and moving averages, allowing for a more precise assessment of market conditions.

Customizable Analysis Parameters: Users can now tailor the analysis to their preferences, with options to set the ROI period, percentile for profiling, and the length of the result moving average, offering unparalleled flexibility in market analysis.

Enhanced Visualization: The introduction of a moving average of the oscillator score provides a smoother, more interpretable trend line, aiding in the identification of longer-term economic trends and cycles. Signals are defined by MA now, however, it comes with value = 1 from a beginning.

Updated Thresholds for Market Phases: I have refined our recession and growth thresholds to better capture the nuances of market transitions, providing clearer signals for economic downturns and expansions.

Enjoy!