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• Pairs Trading by Stephane Reverre

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Exploiting Closely Related Stocks Pairs Trading Some relationships in the stock market make for very profitable trades. by Stephane Reverre The arbitrage of Royal Dutch (RD) and Shell (SC) is a popular one on Wall Street because it is a classic example of a pair-tradingÝ model, a strategy that involves trading two stocks -- one long, the other short-term based, on the assumption that their prices follow an identifiable recurrent pattern -- backed by a strong relationship between the companies. Essentially, RD and SC are opposite sides of the same coin; they both derive their revenues from a f...

AUTHOR: Stephane ReverreDATE: MAR 2001SUBJECT: Trading Techniques

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• Are Two Channels Better Than One? by Stephane Reverre

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Are Two Channels Better Than One? by Stéphane Reverre This author tested two channels based on Bollinger Bands around a standard moving average and an application of the capital asset pricing model, and discovered that a combination of the two performs better than the two separately. Traditional wisdom states that ""The trend is your friend,"" and experienced traders know that it is far wiser to embark, even late, on an established trend than to play a correction against it. Many indicators have been designed to specifically predict a fledgling trend or an imminent correction, and out of th...

AUTHOR: Stephane ReverreDATE: JAN 2000SUBJECT: Trading Techniques

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• Trading The Opening Gap by Stephane Reverre

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Trading The Opening Gap by Stephane Reverre Is it possible to profitably trade a gap opening from the previous close? Here's one trader's test of that idea using Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) stocks as the subjects. Profitably buying an opening dip or selling an opening pop, depending on the size of the move, is possible, but it's not easy money. I systematically tested taking a position in the morning following a gap at the open and unwinding the position at the close of the same day, regardless of profitability. What I found was that the strategy, though not hugely profitable, ...

AUTHOR: Stephane ReverreDATE: NOV 1999SUBJECT: Trading Techniques

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Trade Against The Gap by Stephane Reverre

AUTHOR: Stephane ReverreDATE: DEC 1999SUBJECT: Trading Techniques