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Daytrading With On-Balance Volume by D.W. Davies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Daytrading With On-Balance Volume by D.W. Davies Where is the smart money going? Here's how you can find out. On-balance volume (OBV) is a momentum indicator that relates price change to volume. It has proven itself over and over again as an important market trading tool for the intermediateterm investor. It is particularly useful for spotting accumulation or distribution during periods of price consolidation. Most intermediate-term investors include a study of OBV in their research of a potential stock buy or sell. However, it can also be a great aid in the rough-and-tumble world of daytra...

AUTHOR:�D.W. DaviesDATE:�JAN�2004

A Trade in Foreign Currencies by D.W. Davies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...A Trade in Foreign Currencies by D.W. Davies Here's a recent trade in foreign currencies what was used, the reasoning behind it and the outcome. Take a look. Without a universal truth to define the beginning and end of trends, most successful traders choose to trade using a system. For me, that meant combining a moving average percentage channel (MAPC) and a dual commodity channel index (DCCI). While this combination has worked well for me, I have had my doubts on occasion; in deteriorating trends the outer channels may not be reached before reversal occurs, while at other times, outer chan...

AUTHOR:�D.W. DaviesDATE:�MAR�1995SUBJECT:�Real World

Sidebar: Defining The Commodity Channel Index by D.W. Davies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Sidebar: Defining The Commodity Channel Index by D.W. Davies Presented here are the ins and outs of the commodity channel index, as defined by creator Donald Lambert and modified by the author. The commodity channel index (CCI) can be calculated using any lookback period chosen by the trader. The Excel spreadsheet shown here is an 11-period CCI for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The first step is to calculate the daily typical price. This is the high, low and close added together and divided by three....

AUTHOR:�D.W. DaviesDATE:�JAN�1995

Defining The Commodity Channel Index by D.W. Davies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Defining The Commodity Channel Index by D.W. Davies Presented here are the ins and outs of the commodity channel index, as defined by creator Donald Lambert and modified by the author. The trials and tribulations of trading, the probability of ruin and the frustration of personal frailties lead most traders to pursue trading's Holy Grail - but the Holy Grail, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder. To Donald Lambert, trading's Holy Grail was to devise a technical tool that would identify the beginning and the end of cyclical and/or seasonal price trends and limit the possibility of loss...

AUTHOR:�D.W. DaviesDATE:�JAN�1995SUBJECT:�Classic Techniques

Objectivity In Elliott Wave-Based Trading by D.W. Davies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Objectivity In Elliott Wave-Based Trading by D.W. Davies There's no doubt about it. Elliott wave analysis can thoroughly confuse the uninitiated due to all the choices at potential turning points in markets. Only the correct wave label will be verified by subsequent market action. Can additional technical tools help identify the most likely turning points? Newsletter publisher D.W. Davies explains his use of cyclical channel analysis and the commodity channel index with Elliott wave analysis to identify turning points in markets. Elliott wave analysis continues to trigger debate. On one side...

AUTHOR:�D.W. DaviesDATE:�MAY�1994

AUTHOR:�D.W. DaviesDATE:�AUG�1994SUBJECT:�Quick-Scans

Trading Options With Bollinger Bands And The Dual CCI by D.W. Davies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Trading Options With Bollinger Bands And The Dual CCI by D.W. Davies Combining two classic indicators, the commodity channel index (CCI) and Bollinger bands, can be a potent timing tool for options trading. This author was inspired by John Bollinger's article ""Bollinger Bands"" from the 1993 S&C Bonus Issue to develop a way of using the CCI to confirm Bollinger bands' trading opportunities. His technique uses a new variation of the CCI, the dual CCI. Here's how to put the technique to work. To trade options successfully, traders need to consistently and correctly predict three elements of t...

AUTHOR:�D.W. DaviesDATE:�SEP�1993

Cyclical Channel Analysis And The Commodity Channel Index by D.W. Davies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Cyclical Channel Analysis And The Commodity Channel Index by D.W. Davies Trading bands and the commodity channel index, two popular indicators, are used together here by D.W. Davies, who publishes the ""Chameleon"" financial newsletter. Davies analyzes price direction using trading bands built around moving averages with different time periods as a form of cyclical analysis and uses the commodity channel index as a timing tool with the cyclical analysis to assist in generating trading opportunities. Cycles exist in financial markets. That is accepted. Unfortunately, I found it difficult to ...

AUTHOR:�D.W. DaviesDATE:�JUN�1993