Article Archive For Keyword: Alex Saitta

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• A Price- and Volume-Based System by Alex Saitta

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...TRADING TECHNIQUES A Price- And Volume-Based System Traders often use moving averages of just price to signal trends. Here's a moving average system that uses price and volume for trading signals. by Alex Saitta N ot a month goes by that a trading m

AUTHOR: Alex SaittaDATE: MAR 1996

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• Alex Saitta of Salomon Brothers by Thom Hartle

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Alex Saitta of Salomon Brothers by Thom Hartle Seasoned equity traders know that interest rates are a key force behind the direction of the stock market. The term ""interest rates,"" of course, is really a catch-all phrase for a group of markets that pr

AUTHOR: Thom HartleDATE: MAR 1997

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As The Bond Turns by Alex Saitta

AUTHOR: Alex SaittaDATE: DEC 1999

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• Bonds, Price Momentum and Trends by Alex Saitta

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bonds, Price Momentum and Trends by Alex Saitta A market trends, and then consolidates, before either resuming the trend or reversing. Is there any way that a technical trader can get a hint about which outcome, the reversal or the continuation, is more

AUTHOR: Alex SaittaDATE: APR 1997

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• Break Faster Than Rally? by Alex Saitta

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do markets decline in value at a faster pace than they rally? The question is put to the test using the Chicago Board of Trade Treasury bond futures contract. Nearly all market analysts agree that the bull market in bonds began in 1981, when the price o

AUTHOR: Alex SaittaDATE: SEP 1997

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• Commodities And The Inflation Rate by Alex Saitta

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Commodities And The Inflation Rate by Alex Saitta Which individual commodities have the strongest coincidental relationship with the inflation rate? Successful traders need to keep an eye on commodity price changes to gain insight into the latest chang

AUTHOR: Alex SaittaDATE: JUL 2000

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• Comparing Technical and Fundamental Analysis by Alex Saitta

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...NOVICE TRADER Comparing Technical And Fundamental Analyses by Alex Saitta Philosophically, technicians and fundamentalists appear to be at odds: One group studies underlying factors driving the market, while the other focuses on the market itself. Tech

AUTHOR: Alex SaittaDATE: SEP 1995

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• Correction or Reversal? by Alex Saitta

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Markets trend. And within those trends are corrective phases, which in turn are followed by the trend resuming. At some point, the major market trend reverses. So what might be a clue to whether the current price action is a correction or a trend reversa

AUTHOR: Alex SaittaDATE: OCT 1997

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• Is Gold Still a Barometer by Alex Saitta

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the gold market still an indicator of other trends? Here's a look at the past relationships of gold to the dollar, the Consumer Price Index and the CRB. Analysts often cite intermarket relationships when touting a market's prospects. An analyst migh

AUTHOR: Alex SaittaDATE: OCT 1998

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• Of Gold And Bonds, Gold Is The Leader by Alex Saitta

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Of Gold And Bonds, Gold Is The Leader by Alex Saitta Does gold lead the bond market, or is it the other way around? Previously, we uncovered strong coincidental relationships between gold and the dollar, inflation, bonds and the CRB index. As bond trad

AUTHOR: Alex SaittaDATE: MAY 1999

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• Quantifying Percentage Retracements by Alex Saitta

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V. 14:2 (76-78): Quantifying Percentage Retracements by Alex Saitta Traders often look for retracements of a market trend to establish new positions with that trend. But how often and how far does a market retrace the prior move before continuing? For t

AUTHOR: Alex SaittaDATE: FEB 1996

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• Range Breakout Trading in Treasury Bonds by Alex Saitta

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Range Breakout Trading in Treasury Bonds by Alex Saitta Markets are either trending or in a trading range marking time until the next trend. It follows, then, that a potential trading concept is to identify the trading range and wait for the new trend t

AUTHOR: Alex SaittaDATE: APR 1995

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• Reversal Formations: Predictive Power? by Alex Saitta

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do classic chart formations such as the head-and-shoulders or the double-bottom/double-top hold up to close scrutiny? Here's a look. A few years ago, I read a Federal Reserve Bank report entitled "Head-and-shoulders: Not just a flaky pattern." The auth

AUTHOR: Alex SaittaDATE: NOV 1998

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• Strength Figure by Alex Saitta

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Strength Figure by Alex Saitta Here's an indicator that captures the amount and the distance of price thrusts. Technicians measure the strength of a market trend by examining trading volume, open interest, or price momentum. Most who choose momentum gr

AUTHOR: Alex SaittaDATE: OCT 2000

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• Treasury Bonds And Gold by Alex Saitta

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Treasury Bonds And Gold by Alex Saitta Intermarket analysis, the comparison of price relationships between two different markets, is a valuable tool for traders and investors. Regular news reports often account for one market's trend for the day as rea

AUTHOR: Alex SaittaDATE: FEB 1999

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• Trending on a Historical Basis by Alex Saitta

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.13:08 (345-347): Trending on a Historical Basis by Alex Saitta The question is as old as technical analysis itself: Does the market trend? Here's a method to determine the degree to which markets trend historically. In addition, there's a comparison o

AUTHOR: Alex SaittaDATE: AUG 1995

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• V.14:6 (262-264) Employment As A Bond Market Forecast by Alex Saitta

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How good a barometer is the monthly US employment report for the bond market? One analyst decided to find out. By Alex Saitta The US employment report that the federal government releases on a monthly basis contains an assortment of data on many differe

AUTHOR: Alex SaittaDATE: JUN 1996

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• Which Inflation Rate? by Alex Saitta and Yuxin Li

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Which Inflation Rate? by Alex Saitta and Yuxin Li So you're going to use an inflation rate to gauge the market you're interested in. Which one are you going to use? Which one fits your needs? Bond yields provide a fixed coupon or income. As the rate of

AUTHOR: Alex Saitta and Yuxin LiDATE: NOV 2000