Relative Strength RP Labels For ThinkOrSwim

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ToS Indicator: RPLabels
After price itself, Relative Strength (RS) is my next most important technical reference point. Why? My goal is to outperform the US stock market (SPX) on a risk-adjusted basis (time in market). I can't accomplish that unless the assets that I'm trading are outperforming the market. In addition, there is a ton of research which supports the notion that your investing success is dependent upon buying leaders and ignoring laggards. Strength begets strength.
So, I examine Relative Performance (RP), the underlying's price divided by the comparison symbol's price (not Wilder's RSI), from the perspective of price phases. A Price Phase (PP) is the relationship of the indicator's value to a short-term (ST) and long-term (LT) moving average (MA) and the relationship of the MAs to each other. There are 6 phases, 3 bullish (Shades of Green Labels: Bullish, Caution, and Distribution) and 3 bearish (Shades of Red Labels: Accumulation, Recuperation, and Bearish). If the ST MA is greater than the LT MA, then the phase will be bullish and if the ST MA is less than or equal to the LT MA, then the phase is bearish. The type of phase is then determined by the relationship of RS to the MAs.
Depending upon the asset class, there are up to 6 RS comparisons. For a stock, there are 6 relationships: Symbol to Market, Symbol to Sector, Symbol to Industry, Sector to Market, Industry to Market, and Industry to Sector. All of these labels appear in the upper panel.

I found some corrections that needed to be made to the RPLabels code. Sorry for the inconvenience. Here is the corrected code.
Ruby: 
# Written by Nick 02/26/22

# Change Log
# 03/03/22 Added ShowIndustryMarketCap to conditional statement for the Caution
# label for Industry to Market RP.
# 03/03/22 Corrected variable names in Labels for Symbol to Industry section.

# Documentation
# Each RP comparison (Symbol to Market, Symbol to Sector, Symbol to Industry,
# Sector to Market, Industry to Market, and Industry to Sector) can be turned
# on or off in the input section.

# Any valid symbol may be used for comparison.

# The type of average can be chosen by the user.

# The type of price or volume is selectable.

# The lengths of the short-term (ST) and long-term (LT) moving averages can be
# chosen by the user.

# By using the concept of Price Phases, these labels provide additional insight
# into the performance of the asset relative to its peers.
# Bullish = RP > Short-term (ST) Moving Average (MA) and RP > Long-term
# (LT) MA and ST MA > LTBullIndustryMC MA-Color: Green
# Caution = RP <= ST MA and RP > LT MA and ST MA > LT MA
# Distribution = RP <= ST MA and RP <= LT MA and ST MA > LT MA
# Accumulation = RP > ST MA and RP > LT MA and ST MA <= LT MA
# Recuperation = RP > ST MA and RP <= LT MA and ST MA <= LT MA
# Bearish = RP <= ST MA and RP <= LT MA and ST MA <= LT MA

#Inputs
input ShowSymbolMarketCap = Yes;
input MktCapSymbol = "SPY";
input ShowSymbolSector = Yes;
input ShowSectorMarketCap = Yes;
input SectorSymbol = "XLP";
input ShowSymbolIndustry = Yes;
input ShowIndustryMarketCap = Yes;
input ShowIndustrySector = Yes;
input IndustrySymbol = "$DJUSTB";
input AvgType = AverageType.SIMPLE;
input Price = FundamentalType.CLOSE;
input STMALength = 5;
input LTMALength = 21;

#Definitions-Price
def SymbolPrc = Fundamental(Price);
def MktCapPrc = Fundamental(Price, MktCapSymbol);
def SectorPrc = Fundamental(Price, SectorSymbol);
def IndustryPrc = Fundamental(Price, IndustrySymbol);
#Definitions-Symbol to Market Cap
def STMASymMC = MovingAverage(AvgType, SymbolPrc / MktCapPrc, STMALength);
def LTMASymMC = MovingAverage(AvgType, SymbolPrc / MktCapPrc, LTMALength);
def STBullSymMC = (SymbolPrc / MktCapPrc) > STMASymMC;
def LTBullSymMC = (SymbolPrc / MktCapPrc) > LTMASymMC;
def MABullSymMC = STMASymMC > LTMASymMC;
#Definitions-Symbol to Sector
def STMASymSector = MovingAverage(AvgType, SymbolPrc / SectorPrc, STMALength);
def LTMASymSector = MovingAverage(AvgType, SymbolPrc / SectorPrc, LTMALength);
def STBullSymSector = (SymbolPrc / SectorPrc) > STMASymSector;
def LTBullSymSector = (SymbolPrc / SectorPrc) > LTMASymSector;
def MABullSymSector = STMASymSector > LTMASymSector;
#Definitions-Symbol to Industry
def STMASymIndustry = MovingAverage(AvgType, SymbolPrc / IndustryPrc, STMALength);
def LTMASymIndustry = MovingAverage(AvgType, SymbolPrc / IndustryPrc, LTMALength);
def STBullSymIndustry = (SymbolPrc / IndustryPrc) > STMASymIndustry;
def LTBullSymIndustry = (SymbolPrc / IndustryPrc) > LTMASymIndustry;
def MABullSymIndustry = STMASymIndustry > LTMASymIndustry;
#Definitions-Sector to Market Cap
def STMASectorMC = MovingAverage(AvgType, SectorPrc / MktCapPrc, STMALength);
def LTMASectorMC = MovingAverage(AvgType, SectorPrc / MktCapPrc, LTMALength);
def STBullSectorMC = (SectorPrc / MktCapPrc) > STMASectorMC;
def LTBullSectorMC = (SectorPrc / MktCapPrc) > LTMASectorMC;
def MABullSectorMC = STMASectorMC > LTMASectorMC;
#Definitions-Industry to Market Cap
def STMAIndustryMC = MovingAverage(AvgType, IndustryPrc / MktCapPrc, STMALength);
def LTMAIndustryMC = MovingAverage(AvgType, IndustryPrc / MktCapPrc, LTMALength);
def STBullIndustryMC = (IndustryPrc / MktCapPrc) > STMAIndustryMC;
def LTBullIndustryMC = (IndustryPrc / MktCapPrc) > LTMAIndustryMC;
def MABullIndustryMC = STMAIndustryMC > LTMAIndustryMC;
#Defintions-Industry to Sector
def STMAIndustrySector = MovingAverage(AvgType, IndustryPrc / SectorPrc, STMALength);
def LTMAIndustrySector = MovingAverage(AvgType, IndustryPrc / SectorPrc, LTMALength);
def STBullIndustrySector = (IndustryPrc / SectorPrc) > STMAIndustrySector;
def LTBullIndustrySector = (IndustryPrc / SectorPrc) > LTMAIndustrySector;
def MABullIndustrySector = STMAIndustrySector > LTMAIndustrySector;

#Labels for Symbol Relative Performance to the Market
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSymbolMarketCap and STBullSymMC is true and LTBullSymMC is true and MABullSymMC is true then "Symbol to Market Cap RP (" + MktCapSymbol + "): Bullish" else "", Color.GREEN);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSymbolMarketCap and STBullSymMC is false and LTBullSymMC is true and MABullSymMC is true then "Symbol to Market Cap RP (" + MktCapSymbol + "): Caution" else "", Color.LIGHT_GREEN);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSymbolMarketCap and STBullSymMC is false and LTBullSymMC is false and MABullSymMC is true then "Symbol to Market Cap RP (" + MktCapSymbol + "): Distribution" else "", Color.DARK_GREEN);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSymbolMarketCap and STBullSymMC is false and LTBullSymMC is false and MABullSymMC is false then "Symbol to Market Cap RP (" + MktCapSymbol + "): Bearish" else "", Color.RED);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSymbolMarketCap and STBullSymMC is true and LTBullSymMC is false and MABullSymMC is false then "Symbol to Market Cap RP (" + MktCapSymbol + "): Recuperation" else "", Color.LIGHT_RED);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSymbolMarketCap and STBullSymMC is true and LTBullSymMC is true and MABullSymMC is false then "Symbol to Market Cap RP (" + MktCapSymbol + "): Accumulation" else "", Color.DARK_RED);

#Labels for Symbol Relative Performance to its Sector
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSymbolSector and STBullSymSector is true and LTBullSymSector is true and MABullSymSector is true then "Symbol to Sector RP (" + SectorSymbol + "): Bullish" else "", Color.GREEN);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSymbolSector and STBullSymSector is false and LTBullSymSector is true and MABullSymSector is true then "Symbol to Sector RP (" + SectorSymbol + "): Caution" else "", Color.LIGHT_GREEN);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSymbolSector and STBullSymSector is false and LTBullSymSector is false and MABullSymSector is true then "Symbol to Sector RP (" + SectorSymbol + "): Distribution" else "", Color.DARK_GREEN);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSymbolSector and STBullSymSector is false and LTBullSymSector is false and MABullSymSector is false then "Symbol to Sector RP (" + SectorSymbol + "): Bearish" else "", Color.RED);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSymbolSector and STBullSymSector is true and LTBullSymSector is false and MABullSymSector is false then "Symbol to Sector RP (" + SectorSymbol + "): Recuperation" else "", Color.LIGHT_RED);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSymbolSector and STBullSymSector is true and LTBullSymSector is true and MABullSymSector is false then "Symbol to Sector RP (" + SectorSymbol + "): Accumulation" else "", Color.DARK_RED);

#Labels for Symbol Relative Performance to its Industry Group
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSymbolIndustry and STBullSymIndustry is true and LTBullSymIndustry is true and MABullSymIndustry is true then "Symbol to Industry RP (" + IndustrySymbol + "): Bullish" else "", Color.GREEN);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSymbolIndustry and STBullSymIndustry is false and LTBullSymIndustry is true and MABullSymIndustry is true then "Symbol to Industry RP (" + IndustrySymbol + "): Caution" else "", Color.LIGHT_GREEN);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSymbolIndustry and STBullSymIndustry is false and LTBullSymIndustry is false and MABullSymIndustry is true then "Symbol to Industry RP (" + IndustrySymbol + "): Distribution" else "", Color.DARK_GREEN);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSymbolIndustry and STBullSymIndustry is false and LTBullSymIndustry is false and MABullSymIndustry is false then "Symbol to Industry RP (" + IndustrySymbol + "): Bearish" else "", Color.RED);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSymbolIndustry and STBullSymIndustry is true and LTBullSymIndustry is false and MABullSymIndustry is false then "Symbol to Industry RP (" + IndustrySymbol + "): Recuperation" else "", Color.LIGHT_RED);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSymbolIndustry and STBullSymIndustry is true and LTBullSymIndustry is true and MABullSymIndustry is false then "Symbol to Industry RP (" + IndustrySymbol + "): Accumulation" else "", Color.DARK_RED);

#Labels for Sector Relative Performance to the Market
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSectorMarketCap and STBullSectorMC is true and LTBullSectorMC is true and MABullSectorMC is true then "Sector to Market Cap RP (" + MktCapSymbol + "): Bullish" else "", Color.GREEN);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSectorMarketCap and STBullSectorMC is false and LTBullSectorMC is true and MABullSectorMC is true then "Sector to Market Cap RP (" + MktCapSymbol + "): Caution" else "", Color.LIGHT_GREEN);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSectorMarketCap and STBullSectorMC is false and LTBullSectorMC is false and MABullSectorMC is true then "Sector to Market Cap RP (" + MktCapSymbol + "): Distribution" else "", Color.DARK_GREEN);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSectorMarketCap and STBullSectorMC is false and LTBullSectorMC is false and MABullSectorMC is false then "Sector to Market Cap RP (" + MktCapSymbol + "): Bearish" else "", Color.RED);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSectorMarketCap and STBullSectorMC is true and LTBullSectorMC is false and MABullSectorMC is false then "Sector to Market Cap RP (" + MktCapSymbol + "): Recuperation" else "", Color.LIGHT_RED);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowSectorMarketCap and STBullSectorMC is true and LTBullSectorMC is true and MABullSectorMC is false then "Sector to Market Cap RP (" + MktCapSymbol + "): Accumulation" else "", Color.DARK_RED);

#Labels for Industry Relative Performance to the Market
AddLabel(yes, if ShowIndustryMarketCap and STBullIndustryMC is true and LTBullIndustryMC is true and MABullIndustryMC is true then "Industry to Market Cap RP (" + MktCapSymbol + "): Bullish" else "", Color.GREEN);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowIndustryMarketCap and STBullIndustryMC is false and LTBullIndustryMC is true and MABullIndustryMC is true then "Industry to Market Cap RP (" + MktCapSymbol + "): Caution" else "", Color.LIGHT_GREEN);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowIndustryMarketCap and STBullIndustryMC is false and LTBullIndustryMC is false and MABullIndustryMC is true then "Industry to Market Cap RP (" + MktCapSymbol + "): Distribution" else "", Color.DARK_GREEN);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowIndustryMarketCap and STBullIndustryMC is false and LTBullIndustryMC is false and MABullIndustryMC is false then "Industry to Market Cap RP (" + MktCapSymbol + "): Bearish" else "", Color.RED);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowIndustryMarketCap and STBullIndustryMC is true and LTBullIndustryMC is false and MABullIndustryMC is false then "Industry to Market Cap RP (" + MktCapSymbol + "): Recuperation" else "", Color.LIGHT_RED);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowIndustryMarketCap and STBullIndustryMC is true and LTBullIndustryMC is true and MABullIndustryMC is false then "Industry to Market Cap RP (" + MktCapSymbol + "): Accumulation" else "", Color.DARK_RED);

#Labels for Industry Relative Performance to its Sector
AddLabel(yes, if ShowIndustrySector and STBullIndustrySector is true and LTBullIndustrySector is true and MABullIndustrySector is true then "Industry to Sector RP (" + SectorSymbol + "): Bullish" else "", Color.GREEN);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowIndustrySector and STBullIndustrySector is false and LTBullIndustrySector is true and MABullIndustrySector is true then "Industry to Sector RP (" + SectorSymbol + "): Caution" else "", Color.LIGHT_GREEN);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowIndustrySector and STBullIndustrySector is false and LTBullIndustrySector is false and MABullIndustrySector is true then "Industry to Sector RP (" + SectorSymbol + "): Distribution" else "", Color.DARK_GREEN);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowIndustrySector and STBullIndustrySector is false and LTBullIndustrySector is false and MABullIndustrySector is false then "Industry to Sector RP (" + SectorSymbol + "): Bearish" else "", Color.RED);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowIndustrySector and STBullIndustrySector is true and LTBullIndustrySector is false and MABullIndustrySector is false then "Industry to Sector RP (" + SectorSymbol + "): Recuperation" else "", Color.LIGHT_RED);
AddLabel(yes, if ShowIndustrySector and STBullIndustrySector is true and LTBullIndustrySector is true and MABullIndustrySector is false then "Industry to Sector RP (" + SectorSymbol + "): Accumulation" else "", Color.DARK_RED);
 
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I love Relative Strength scripts for trading on the current volatility of the market.
Thank you for sharing.
 
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i like these both, and wondering how to get a row of six boxes along the side of the chart and not the line up across the top. We've seen it before and though its an alteration to the top indicator, the lower one will kill
 
poststreet said:
why not go with seasonality , monthly stats, for say 5 or 10 years , i have a study if you would like it! let me know!
for instance BLDR , 100 % , november ,at an average gain at 13 percent, DAR october 100% average rate of 9%,PGNY, 100% april,
20% average gain,TREX 100% june, average gain 6%, all five year stats
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Thanks, but I have a seasonality indicator that I use on my monthly chart for all available data. I use seasonality as a factor in my market awareness, headwind/tailwind, not in determining go/no go for a trade.
 
Adeodatus said:
i like these both, and wondering how to get a row of six boxes along the side of the chart and not the line up across the top. We've seen it before and though its an alteration to the top indicator, the lower one will kill
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Thanks. I know there is a way to do what you're talking about, but I prefer them across the top.
 
Here's a scan for hunting for either Bullish or Bearish relative performance (strength).

# Written by Nick 03/03/22

#Change the Input parameters to your liking and in the Plot section, either hash (#) or
# unhash the plot that you want to scan for, either Bull or Bear.

#Inputs
input ComparionSymbol = "SPY";
input AvgType = AverageType.SIMPLE;
input Price = FundamentalType.CLOSE;
input STMALength = 5;
input LTMALength = 21;

#Definitions
def SymbolPrc = Fundamental(Price);
def ComparisonPrc = Fundamental(Price, ComparionSymbol);
def STMA = MovingAverage(AvgType, SymbolPrc / ComparisonPrc, STMALength);
def LTMA = MovingAverage(AvgType, SymbolPrc / ComparisonPrc, LTMALength);
def MABull = STMA > LTMA;
def MABear = STMA <= LTMA;

#Plots for Scans
plot BullRP = if MABull then 1 else 0;
#plot BearRP = if MABear then 1 else 0;
 
Close STMALength & LTMALength, seems to me, quite tight to zero, would this find a repeating parabolic type increasing in both volume and RP strength if LTMALength pushed 160 or even 200?

only a guess, to see if a scan finds as stock which its pps may be building slowly into an event (RP)


Scanned stock chart
 
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Nick said:
ToS Indicator: RPLabels
After price itself, Relative Strength (RS) is my next most important technical reference point. Why? My goal is to outperform the US stock market (SPX) on a risk-adjusted basis (time in market). I can't accomplish that unless the assets that I'm trading are outperforming the market. In addition, there is a ton of research which supports the notion that your investing success is dependent upon buying leaders and ignoring laggards. Strength begets strength.
So, I examine Relative Performance (RP), the underlying's price divided by the comparison symbol's price (not Wilder's RSI), from the perspective of price phases. A Price Phase (PP) is the relationship of the indicator's value to a short-term (ST) and long-term (LT) moving average (MA) and the relationship of the MAs to each other. There are 6 phases, 3 bullish (Shades of Green Labels: Bullish, Caution, and Distribution) and 3 bearish (Shades of Red Labels: Accumulation, Recuperation, and Bearish). If the ST MA is greater than the LT MA, then the phase will be bullish and if the ST MA is less than or equal to the LT MA, then the phase is bearish. The type of phase is then determined by the relationship of RS to the MAs.
Depending upon the asset class, there are up to 6 RS comparisons. For a stock, there are 6 relationships: Symbol to Market, Symbol to Sector, Symbol to Industry, Sector to Market, Industry to Market, and Industry to Sector. All of these labels appear in the upper panel.
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Isn't this showing relative strength to only one sector and one industry which may not be related to the individual stock we may be looking? could this be adjusted so when you select a stock it will compare it to its own sector and industry along with the overall market?
 
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al cuervo said:
Isn't this showing relative strength to only one sector and one industry which may not be related to the individual stock we may be looking? could this be adjusted so when you select a stock it will compare it to its own sector and industry along with the overall market?
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The sector field in a stock's data feed is limited to display only in watchlists and some ToS widgets. So we have no way of determining an equity's sector in scripts. So no way, to link a stock with its sector.

Scripts such as the one in this thread are our best workaround.
 
al cuervo said:
Isn't this showing relative strength to only one sector and one industry which may not be related to the individual stock we may be looking? could this be adjusted so when you select a stock it will compare it to its own sector and industry along with the overall market?
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Yes to your first question. I'd love to do that, but I don't think that ToS can deliver that data. So, I get that information from StockCharts.com and then I have to change the input variables on the RPLabels indicator manually. It's a pain and a real problem. If anyone knows how to obtain a stock's market cap, sector, and industry group via Thinkscript, it would be greatly appreciated.
 
industries are definitely too many but could relative strength of stock to market SPY, QQQ and DOW and the 11 sectors be created by way of labels, total of 14 that would be green or red accordingly. Then all we would need is to know the sector of the stock which could be displayed in our watchlist? If anyone could do this code would probably be very useful to all
 
Nick said:
Yes to your first question. I'd love to do that, but I don't think that ToS can deliver that data. So, I get that information from StockCharts.com and then I have to change the input variables on the RPLabels indicator manually. It's a pain and a real problem. If anyone knows how to obtain a stock's market cap, sector, and industry group via Thinkscript, it would be greatly appreciated.
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market cap, sector and industry group fields from the data feed are limited to display only in watchlists and some ToS widgets. So we have no way of accessing those elements in scripts.
 
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