what is the thory behind the  Hindenburg omen ?

As per wikipedia . The Hindenburg Omen is a technical analysis pattern that is said to portend a stock market crash. It is named after the Hindenburg disaster of May 6, 1937, during which the German zeppelin Hindenburg was destroyed.

The hindenburg omen named after famous German airship  that crashed in new jersey in 1937 , is a technical indicator that predicts not  just a bear market but a stock market crash.

The hindenburg omen named after famous German airship  that crashed in new jersey in 1937 , is a technical indicator that predicts not  just a bear market but a stock market crash.

Hindenburg omen Air_Crash_ australia market crash

For this crash to happen , the 5 criteria of the Omen  should be fulfilled:

 

1.That the daily number of NYSE new 52 Week Highs and the daily number of new 52 Week Lows must both be greater than 2.2 percent of total NYSE issues traded that day.

2.That the smaller of these numbers is greater than or equal to 69 (68.772 is 2.2% of 3126). This is not a rule but more like a checksum. This condition is a function of the 2.2% of the total issues.

3. That the NYSE 10 Week moving average is rising.

4.That the McClellan Oscillator is negative on that same day.

5.That new 52 Week Highs cannot be more than twice the new 52 Week Lows (however it is fine for new 52 Week Lows to be more than double new 52 Week Highs). This condition is absolutely mandatory.

If we trace the Omen’s genealogy even further back, however, we find that it is a direct descendant of an indicator called the High Low Logic Index, which Norman Fosback, editor of Fosback’s Fund Forecaster, devised in the 1970s. In his classic textbook Stock Market Logic, Fosback explained why a large number of both new highs and new lows is bearish: "Under normal conditions, either a substantial number of stocks establish new annual highs or a large number set new lows — but not both

The creator of the  this  omen is a blind mathematician named jim Miekka , said that his indicator is no predicting  a market meltdown next month. will this affect australia is it a bad omen for australia  only time will tell .