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DownloadA New Utility Average Stock Market System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A New Utility Average Stock Market System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. This month, Meyers uses a daily indicator based on the Dow Jones Utility Average as a market timing system for the Standard & Poor's 500 index. In the August 1995 STOCKS & COMMODITIES,
A/D Volume, New-High, New-Low System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.14:7 (304-310): A/D Volume, New-High, New-Low System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. Here, classic stock market indicators have been combined into a trading system for the market. Previously, I developed a stock market system using the weekly advance-decline
AlphaTrade.com by Dennis D. Peterson
At The Close by Dennis D. Peterson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:10 (97-98): At The Close by Dennis D. Peterson Chart Analysis Trying to anticipate market support and resistance requires practice and knowing a few rules. Let's take a look at the QQQQs. First, it's obvious from Figure 1 tha
At The Close by Dennis Peterson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:9 (98): At The Close by Dennis Peterson Trading The Qs One way to trade the NASDAQ Composite is to trade the QQQQ (NASDAQ 100 exchange traded fund). In recent days, trading out of my IRA has been challenging, since I can't sh
Channelingstocks.com by Dennis D. Peterson
Cross-currents.net by Dennis D. Peterson
Developing A Trading System by Dennis D. Peterson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Developing A Trading System by Dennis D. Peterson If you've ever tried it, you know that developing a trading system is no easy task. But you may find that following a series of steps could help you reduce the learning curve. Here's an example. There a
EquityTrader.com by Dennis D. Peterson
Fibonacci And Gann Projections by Dennis D. Peterson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:10 (28-34): Fibonacci And Gann Projections by Dennis D. Peterson It's time to have a little fun and see what a day-at-a-time replay can reveal in terms of future projections. In 2002, I wrote an article in Working Money about
IBM, Cubed by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...IBM, Cubed Here's a look at what's involved in developing a trend-following indicator for trading IBM. In a previous article, I showed how the application of a curve generatedbyathird-degreepoly-nomial could be used to develop a system to buy and sell
Identifying Patterns by Dennis D. Peterson
MadScan by Dennis D. Peterson
Making the Titanic Fly by Dennis Meyers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Making the Titanic Fly by Dennis Meyers The Titanic syndrome is a stock market timing system built on various stock market indicators. As with all trading systems, additional refinements are possible on the original. Here, then, is one trader's double s
Market Breadth or Beta by Dennis D. Peterson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Market Breadth Or Beta? Breadth and beta both start with "b," but what else do they have in common? Maybe a way to help make trading decisions. by Dennis D. Peterson Market breadth is a measure of market momentum. When momentum is positive and increas
Market Breadth: Volume by Dennis D. Peterson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Determining Market Health Market Breadth: Volume Of all the market breadth measures to determine the overall health of the market, volume is perhaps one of the most difficult to use. by Dennis D. Peterson It only takes a few stocks to push major indice
Modifying the Parabolic Stop and Reversal by Dennis Meyers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Modifying the Parabolic Stop and Reversal by Dennis Meyers The parabolic stop and reversal indicator is a popular trading tool, but it's subject to false signals. Here's how it can be modified to improve its performance. The parabolic stop and reversa
Moving Averages with Resistance and Support by Dennis L. Tilley
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Moving averages are a popular way to signal trends. Combine moving averages and the classic chart analysis of support and resistance for trading mutual funds. Most simple moving average systems require one or two additional confirmation signals to avoi
Nasdaq Advances -- Declines by Dennis D. Peterson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Nasdaq Advances -- Declines by Dennis D. Peterson This market breadth indicator remains one of the most popular ways to gauge market movement. Market indices can rise on the backs of just a few stocks. This is especially true with the Standard & Poor's
Option Dynamics by Dennis Peterson
Product Reveiw MetaSwing by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review - MESA9 by Dennis Peterson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Mesa9 is a set of studies for TradeStation, MultiCharts, and NeuroShell Trader that employs the latest evolution of John Ehlers's analysis techniques. The indicators are a set of tools, and without a doubt, one of the most powerful approaches that
Product Review Pro-Mark by Dennis Peterson
Product Review: Advanced GET by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: AlphOmega Elliott Waves by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: AmiBroker 5.30 by Dennis Peterson
Product Review: Behold! by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Big Trends Toolkit 2.0 by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: BigTrends.com by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Bollinger Band Toolkit by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Chart Pattern Recognition by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Chartpattern by Dennis Peterson
Product Review: Edge by Dennis D Peterson
Product Review: Elwave 9 by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Gann Natural Squares Calculator by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Group Power by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: HotScans by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: InTeLyze by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Jurik Tools by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Knobias by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: MESA8 by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Market Technician by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: MarketGuage: Big View by Dennis D. Peterson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Big View is part of an ensemble of trading information from MarketGauge, available as a standalone package for $49/month. The last review of MarketGauge covered the Swing Trading course and the follow-on Mastery Program. The Mastery Program h
Product Review: MetaStock 2 by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: MetaStock 9.0 Professional by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: MetaStock Professional 10 by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: MetaSwing 4 by Dennis Peterson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...MetaSwing is available as a set of TradeStation EasyLanguage and workspace files or as a MetaStock plug-in. MetaSwing uses historical price volatility as the basis for building indicators. The previous review of MetaSwing was for version 3.5, while
Product Review: NeoTicker 3.0 by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: NeoTicker by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Neuroshell Trader 5 by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Neuroshell Trader Version 4.2 by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: NexTrend by Dennis Peterson
Product Review: PFscanRT by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Pfscan by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: PfscanVB by Dennis Peterson
Product Review: Pristine Pattern Method Scan by Dennis D. Peterson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Pristine Pattern Method Scan plugin comes with screening filters, expert commentary, chart annotation, and templates to help find patterns that fit with the Pristine approach. The Pristine Method was covered in two earlier reviews in the Fe
Product Review: ProphetX by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: QCharts by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Red Rock Pattern Strategy by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: S/R Analyst by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: STOPS by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Stockspotter.com by Dennis Peterson
Product Review: StrataSearch by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Technifilter by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: The Volatility Primer by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: TickeRank by Dennis Peterson
Product Review: Track N Trade Live Futures by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Trade Oracle by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: TradeSignalOnline.com by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: TradeStation 7.0 by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: TradeStation 8.0 by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Tradecision Version 1.7 by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Trading The Pristine Method Course by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: TradingSolutions 2.1 by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: TradingSolutions by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: TradingSolutions by Dennis Peterson
Product Review: Ultimate Trader II by Dennis Peterson
Product Review: Unfair Advantage by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Viking by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Wave59 by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Wealth-Lab Developer 3.0 by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: Wealth-Lab Developer by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: eSignal 7.1 by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: eSignal 8.0 by Dennis D. Peterson
Product Review: thinkorswim by Dennis D. Peterson
Quick Scan: Bear Market Game Plan by Dennis Peterson
Quick Scan: Daytrading: The Course by Dennis Peterson
Quick Scan: Micro Trading Tactics With Oliver Velez by Dennis Peterson
Quick Scan: Option Money by Dennis Peterson
Quick Scan: System Trac by Dennis Peterson
Quick-Scan: Stockreflex by Dennis D. Peterson
Quick-Scans: Using Option Charts To Boost Trading Profits by Dennis D. Peterson
StockCharts.com/charts/carpet.html by Dennis D. Peterson
Stocks & Commodities V. 26:9 (68-70) Product Review: Zignals.com by Dennis D. Peterson
Stockscores.com by Dennis D. Peterson
Surfing The Linear Regression Curve . . . by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Surfing The Linear Regression Curve With Bond Futures by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. Linear regression, a statistical technique that fits a straight line to data points, can also be a proxy for a market trend. Here's a trading system that uses the measured per
The Bond Futures Noise Channel-2 Breakout System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Bond Futures Noise Channel-2 Breakout System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. Here's how to develop a system using a filter to remove the random price movement and identify the trend of the Treasury bond market.
The British Pound, Cubed by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Currency markets are popular with trend-followers because of the tendency for currency markets to follow long-term trends. Here's how to smooth out the trend and recognize the major turns. The British pound (BP) is a major currency traded worldwide by
The Discrete Fourier Transform Illusion by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...TheDiscreteFourier Transform Illusion by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. The Fourier transform is a mathematical technique for analyzing data to determine cyclical component. Take a close look. The Fourier transform is a mathematical technique named after mathema
The Electric Utility Bond Market Indicator by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.14:1 (11-18): The Electric Utility Bond Market Indicator by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. There's a close relationship between the performance of the electric utilities stock index and the bond market. Technicians use this relationship to forecast the directio
The Endpoint Fast Fourier Transform System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Endpoint Fast Fourier Transform System Last time, we explored the Fourier transform, a mathematical technique for analyzing data to determine cyclical component. This time, we use the fast Fourier transform as a trend determinant for a model for tra
The GMI Bond Market System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The GMI Bond Market System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. This S&C Contributing Editor details a trading system for predicting Treasury bond yields that uses Barron's Gold Mining Index (GMI) to signal changes. He compares the performance of the trading system
The German Mark Noise Channel Breakout System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The German Mark Noise Channel Breakout System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. Interested in a trend-following method for currency markets? Currency markets generally exhibit the strongest tendency to trend, a key feature for trend-followers. Here's a method tha
The Gold and Silver Bond Fund System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Gold And Silver Bond Fund System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. Building on his previous Gmi system article, this Contributing Editor develops a system using the Philadelphia Stock Exchange daily gold and silver stock index to trade a long-term government
The Siren Call of Optimized Trading Systems by Dennis Meyers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Siren Call Of Optimized Trading Systems by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. Today's software for trading systems can take you down some dangerous paths. Here's how to avoid one mistake. With the advent of today's high-performance desktop computers and software
The Turbo A/D, NH Market System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Turbo A/D, NH, NL Market System This Contributing Editor has looked into using the internal market statistics to generate stock market trading signals. Here, he upgrades one of his previously published market timing systems and discusses optimizatio
The Utility Average Stock Market Indicator by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.13:08 (321-328): The Utility Average Stock Market Indicator by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. Here's a new indicator for trading the Standard & Poor's 500 index, based on the relative performance of the Dow Jones Utilities Average to the S&P. Trading rules and
The Yen, Recursed by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Combine the exponential moving average with a trend estimate to identify changes in the direction of the market. The Japanese yen (JY) is a major currency traded worldwide by corporations, institutions, banks, commodity funds and futures traders. The y
Trading IBM Intraday by Dennis Meyers, PhD
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading IBM Intraday by Dennis Meyers, PhD Here's how to develop a trading system that measures the real price dynamics of the market. The fading memory polynomial was first introduced in one of my previous articles, titled "The Yen Recursed." In that
Trading Munibond Funds with Munibond Futures by Dennis Meyers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading Munibond Funds With Munibonds Futures by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. Designing a trading system is simply establishing a set of rules and back-testing them in the market. And there are different approaches and different markets to trade. Here's one exa
Trading The E-Mini by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading The E-Mini by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. Here's a technique you can use to trade the e-mini futures intraday. In my April 1999 article, "The Discrete Fourier Transform Illusion," I demonstrated the misuses of the mathematical technique called the Fou
UDPrice Change Indicator by Dennis Meyers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.13:07 (298-303): UDPrice Change Indicator by Dennis Meyers This indicator expresses buy and sell signals based on user-defined percentage changes in a market. The UD% price change indicator is compared with a simple moving average crossover and two di
V.15:1 (11-19) A Daily A-D New High-New Low Market System by Dennis Meyers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A Daily A-D New High-New Low Market System by Dennis Meyers Here's a new system using daily statistics to issue buy and sell signals for the stock market. In the February 1996 STOCKS & COMMODITIES, I presented a stock market timing system called the A
V.15:11 (488- 496) The T-Bond Futures & Stock Market Breadth System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Market timers develop models to decide when to be in the stock market and when to be out. These models can be based on theories that range from simple technical analysis to complex econometric models. With that in mind, here's a timing model based on the
Walk Forward With the Xau Bond Fund System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Walk Forward With the Xau Bond Fund System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. The system developer has various optimization techniques to choose from. Here, Contributing Editor Dennis Meyers updates his previous work using the walk-forward optimization method. P
Working Money: Adjusting Indicators For Entry And Exit by Dennis D. Peterson
Working Money: Gann's 50% Rule by Dennis Peterson
Working Money: Moving Averages by Dennis Peterson
Working Money: Multiple Indicators II by Dennis D. Peterson
Working Money: Options Calculator by Dennis D. Peterson
Working Money: Postitive Volume Index by Dennis D. Peterson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Working Money: Postitive Volume Index by Dennis D. Peterson Is the primary market trend up or down? Writing about the positive volume index (PVI) takes me back to when I first started trying to understand the markets. I joined four stock clubs, search
Working Money: Resistance And Support by Dennis D. Peterson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Working Money: Resistance And Support by Dennis D. Peterson Do you want to profit in the market? Then you need to understand resistance and support levels. A resistance level is the ceiling price area that a stock repeatedly tries to break through abov
Working Money: Trading Candlestick Patterns by Dennis D. Peterson
Working Money: Trading Systems Using Multiple Indicators by Dennis D. Peterson
Working Money: Trendlines And Consolidations by Dennis D. Peterson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Working Money: Trendlines And Consolidations by Dennis D. Peterson Here's a technique that produces more accurate trendlines. Drawing trendlines correctly is more challenging than many traders realize. The rule is that the more peaks and valleys you co
Working Money: Volume Speaks Volumes by Dennis D. Peterson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Working Money: Volume Speaks Volumes by Dennis D. Peterson Sometimes the market roars and at other times it's quiet. Paying attention to these volume fluctuations can make a difference in your pocketbook. Suppose someone offered you something you wante
Working Money: What Are Pivots? by Dennis D. Peterson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Working Money: What Are Pivots? by Dennis D. Peterson More than just an alternative to indicators, pivots can be used to better understand market behavior. The appearance of pivots on a chart suggests the market has made a decision about price action.
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