Google Trends Lab - a new online trading tool?
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has recently released a new addition in the free online searchable data called Google Trends Labs And this one looks like it might add some interesting new info for the online trading community as well.
I think it would be neat if you could run some trading indicators on the new Google data there but even as it is you can see a definite correspondence between these charts and say the given commodity or stock charts corresponding to the search term at hand.
Say when you look at the end of 2004 search volume for the word ‘coffee’ there – the big low on the chart corresponds quite well with the beginning of a very nice rally up in coffee prices! And similarly there in the third quarter of 2005 even though on a smaller scale.
I think it would be neat if you could run some trading indicators on the new Google data there but even as it is you can see a definite correspondence between these charts and say the given commodity or stock charts corresponding to the search term at hand.
Say when you look at the end of 2004 search volume for the word ‘coffee’ there – the big low on the chart corresponds quite well with the beginning of a very nice rally up in coffee prices! And similarly there in the third quarter of 2005 even though on a smaller scale.


