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• Cross-Market Evaluations With Normalized Average True Range by John Forman

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:5 (60-63): Cross-Market Evaluations With Normalized Average True Range by John Forman This technique can be useful to longer-term traders for comparing tradables. Like Bollinger Bands, the average true range (ATR) indicator falls into the category of volatility-based technical analysis tools. It is grouped in such a way because rather than measuring the directional bias of a price move, it evaluates the amplitude of the price move ment over a given time frame. Such information can be useful in evaluating markets. J. Welles Wilder, the originator of ATR, reported t...

AUTHOR: John FormanDATE: MAY 2006SUBJECT: Indicators

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• Forex Focus by John Forman

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:12 (14-17): Forex Focus by John Forman Access to foreign exchange trading has opened up exciting trading options for the retail trader. You can now trade alongside corporations and institutions in a highly liquid market that is global, traded around the clock, and highly leveraged. Before jumping into this market, however, we must understand the factors that affect the forex market. With that in mind, STOCKS & COMMODITIES has introduced Forex Focus to better prepare the retail trader to participate in the currency market. Basic Statistical Analysis: A Tool For All ...

AUTHOR: John FormanDATE: DEC 2005SUBJECT: Forex Focus

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• Candlesticks For Support And Resistance by John H. Forman

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...V.13:06: (243-246): Candlesticks For Support And Resistance by John H. Forman Even as you read this, the candlestick charting technique, with its origins in Japan, is being absorbed into the ways of Western technical analysis. Here's how candlestick charting can be used for a typically Western technical analysis strategy. Observation is the best friend of the technical analyst. By watching the markets, I noticed something interesting about candlestick charts, which I use extensively. I realized the real bodies used in candlestick charting can be used to determine significant support and re...

AUTHOR: John FormanDATE: JUN 1995

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• The Bollinger Band And Trend by John Forman

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Bollinger Band And Trend by John Forman Here are ways to use Bollinger Bands to judge the trending tendency of markets, using the distance between the upper and lower bands. Never be afraid to look at an old technical indicator in a new way. In my daily study of the markets, ranging from fixed income and foreign exchange to energy futures, I experiment with old favorites in an effort to find the best combination for my work. Recently, I made an observation that gave me yet another tool, one that allows me to pick out trends, or the lack thereof, easier than I could previously. Bollinge...

AUTHOR: John FormanDATE: NOV 1994