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valenza

English translation: strength

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Italian term or phrase:valenza
English translation:strength
Entered by: Grey Drane (X)

10:18 Nov 3, 2005
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Investment / Securities / technical analysis
Italian term or phrase: valenza
This appears as a column heading in a table below a technical analysis chart of a company's stock. The table is of resistance and support levels, and other columns in the table include "livello generato (gg. fa)" (i.e. how many days ago the level was reached), "distanza" (percentage gap between the level and the current price), and "probabilità di incontro" (likelihood that the level will be reached).

The numbers in the "valenza" column don't really mean anything to me, but they mostly range from 1.00 to about 6.53, with one outlier at 13.37 and don't seem to be expressed in "stock price" terms. Maybe some sort of statistical term?
Grey Drane (X)
United States
Local time: 11:27
strength
Explanation:
commonly used to describe resistance & support levels

based on my understanding of TA and on the definition provided by Antonella, I think this may be it



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Note added at 1 hr 34 mins (2005-11-03 11:53:02 GMT)
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sorry, my confidence level should be 3 not 4!

hth ;-)
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Linda 969
Local time: 17:27
Grading comment
Despite your lack of confidence, I think I'll go with strength. I would like to have found out exactly how MF calculates the number and find a more precise term for the index, but I'll have to settle for conveying the "spirit" of the term. Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1value
Cynthia Cook
4strength
Linda 969
3valency
artemisia (X)


Discussion entries: 2





  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
value


Explanation:
I find valenza to usually mean value, but there may be a better synonym for the specific case, such as parameter or rating

Cynthia Cook
Italy
Local time: 17:27
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  marionclarion: this seems the best transalation to me
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
valency


Explanation:
In Italian "valenza indica la robustezza (e quindi la significatività) di ogni livello, crescente all'aumentare del valore indicato (minimo pari a 0,5)" (see MilanoFinanza web site below).
The term traditionally indicates a property of the atoms. I think the word is the same in English, too.


    Reference: http://www.milanofinanza.it/common/help/help.asp?vis=tecnica...
artemisia (X)
Local time: 17:27
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
Notes to answerer
Asker: The chart actually comes from a Milano Finanza article, but I didn't think to check their site for a glossary. Thanks! I might prefer "significance" over "valence/valency" though, but I'm still hoping someone can tell me if there's a more specific statistic we're talking about. Cheers!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  marionclarion: yes valenza has a meaning of valency - in science - but I don't believe it can be used like this in a financial analysis
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
strength


Explanation:
commonly used to describe resistance & support levels

based on my understanding of TA and on the definition provided by Antonella, I think this may be it



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Note added at 1 hr 34 mins (2005-11-03 11:53:02 GMT)
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sorry, my confidence level should be 3 not 4!

hth ;-)

Linda 969
Local time: 17:27
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Despite your lack of confidence, I think I'll go with strength. I would like to have found out exactly how MF calculates the number and find a more precise term for the index, but I'll have to settle for conveying the "spirit" of the term. Thanks!
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