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"Stopping" A System by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...""Stopping"" A System
by John Sweeney
Once you get hold of an idea, it's often tough to get rid of it, especially if it shows no promise
whatever. It tugs at the back of the mind--what was it about the original insight? What was valid? What
was bogus? I
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: DEC 1991
AIQ/Stock Expert Version 2.51 by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1987
Applying Moving Averages by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Applying Moving Averages by John Sweeney
The moving average, one of the first technical methods that novice traders study, can be applied to your favorite markets. Here are its strengths and weaknesses.
It's commonplace to honor simplicity but to simu
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: APR 1998
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: FEB 1991
BOOK REVIEW: Commodity Market Money Management by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...BOOK REVIEW: Commodity Market Money
Management
by John Sweeney
Commodity Market Money Management
by Fred Gehm
John Wiley & Sons, 1983
One Wiley Drive
Somerset, New Jersey.
Price: $37.95
There are really two sides to trading: the idea and the execut
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUL 1984
Back To Averages by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Back To Averages
by John Sweeney
Getting back to the subject of averages skimming tops and bottoms of price curves (Settlement,
STOCKS & COMMODITIES, February 1991), two readers, C. Skelley of Tucson, AZ, and John Ehlers of
Goleta, CA, wrote to explain
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: APR 1991
Book Review: by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Book Review:
by John Sweeney
An Easy Course in Using the HP-12C and Other
Financial Calculators
by Chris Coffin and Ted Wadman
Grapevine Publications, Inc.
Corvallis, Oregon 97339
Price: $18.00
There seems to be something about financial calculatio
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: SEP 1984
Breaking Out Of The Trading Range by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Breaking Out Of The Trading Range by John Sweeney
Some blessed day, after being mired in a trading range for two years, your market is going to finally go
into a trend. You must be there when it does, not trading something else or, worse, ignoring it fr
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: SEP 1992
C3KANSYS by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1986
Compu/CHART by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1983
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: NOV 1991
Developing An Edge by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Developing An Edge
by John Sweeney
Once you've developed something with an edge on the market, it's only natural to want to exploit it
mercilessly, making hay while the sun shineth, so to speak. The simplest way I know to do this is to add
more position
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: FEB 1992
EPOCH by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1987
Ensign IV by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1992
Essex Eurotrader by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1986
Essex Eurotrader by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: Bob LangDATE: 1986
Financial Futures by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Financial Futures
by John Sweeney
When you're on top, don't believe it.
There's nothing like winning to upset your equilibrium. You can win--and still lose. This article is a
blow-by-blow account of two trades that were unrelated but, through me, manage
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: NOV 1984
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: MAR 1991
In This Issue John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JAN 1987
In This Issue John Sweeney, Associate Editor
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: MAR 1987
In This Issue John Sweeney, Associate Editor
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: SEP 1987
In This Issue John Sweeney, Associate Editor
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: APR 1987
In This Issue John Sweeney, Editor
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: NOV 1987
In This Issue by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: NOV 1986
In This Issue by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: OCT 1986
In This Issue by John Sweeney, Associate Editor
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: OCT 1987
In This Issue by John Sweeney, Associate Editor
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUN 1987
In This Issue by John Sweeney, Editor
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: DEC 1987
In This Issue by John Sweeney, Editor
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: OCT 1988
In this Issue by John Sweeney, Associate Editor
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: MAY 1987
In this issue by John Sweeney, Associate Editor
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: AUG 1987
Interview: Bob Farrell by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interview: Bob Farrell by John Sweeney
Probably no one has seen the big picture of technical analysis' growth and increasing legitimacy quite the way that Bob Farrell, a fixture at bellwether brokerage Merrill Lynch for nearly half a century, has. He se
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUL 2001
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUN 2001
Interview: David Vomund Of AIQ by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On The Opening Bell - David Vomund Of AIQ
David Vomund of AIQ Systems wears a few hats, chief of which is his positions
as chief analyst of artificial intelligence?based charting software developer
AIQ Systems and the editor of AIQ's newsletter, The Ope
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: OCT 1999
Interview: Gary B.Smith Of TheStreet.com by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.18:10 (80-95):Interview:Gary B.Smith Of TheStreet.com by John Sweeney
Trader, author, and TV personality Gary B.Smith trades for a living and has done so since splitting with Sports Illustrated, where he covered pro golf. More prominently, Gary writes
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: OCT 2000
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: MAR 2001
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: SEP 2001
Interview: Jonathan Hoenig Of Capitalist Pig by John Sweeney and Bruce Faber
AUTHOR: John Sweeney and Bruce FaberDATE: DEC 1999
Interview: Leo Melamed by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...On The Alliance Of Exchanges
Leo Melamed
As chief architect of financial futures, Melamed led the US futures industry from
1967 until his retirement from the CME in 1991. During this period, financial
futures experienced unparalleled growth and became a
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JAN 2000
Interview: Matthew Andresen Of Island ECN by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Faster, Cheaper, Better? Matthew Andresen Of Island ECN
Matthew Andresen has been serving as president of Island ECN , Inc., since 1998. Since then, Andresen has spearheaded IslandÕs explosive growth and overseen its role in shaping the new electronic
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: MAY 2000
Interview: Nassim N. Taleb by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interview: Nassim N. Taleb by John Sweeney
Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a quantitative trader operating at the intersection of theory and practice. Currently president and head trader at Empirica Capital LLC, a hedge fund operator in Greenwich, CT, and adju
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: SEP 2000
Interview: Purely Technical: Hamilton Lewis by John Sweeney and Bruce Faber
AUTHOR: John Sweeney and Bruce FaberDATE: NOV 1999
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JAN 2001
Interview: Samuel Eisenstadt Of Value Line by David Penn and John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Disproving The Efficient Market Theory
Samuel Eisenstadt Of Value Line
For more than 50 years, Samuel Eisenstadt has been one of
the major reasons for the phenomenal success of Value Line,
Inc., developers of the Value Line Ranking System. Eisenstadt
i
AUTHOR: David Penn and John SweeneyDATE: MAY 2001
Interview: Technician Walter Deemer by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Grand Old Man
Technician
Walter Deemer
Walt Deemer began his Wall Street career in 1963 as a Merrill Lynch
research trainee. Since then, he has seen the ebb and flow of Wall Street
through booms and busts, spending time with the Manhattan Fund in th
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: APR 2000
Interview: The Survivors by John Sweeney and Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interview: The Survivors by John Sweeney and Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
As goes the Nasdaq, so does the number of daytraders. Or so it seems. Those who continue to trade as if nothing changed are those who can call themselves, with confidence, traders. For
AUTHOR: John Sweeney and Jayanthi GopalakrishnanDATE: OCT 2001
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: FEB 2001
Interview: Victor B. Niederhoffer by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Music of the Markets - Victor B. Niederhoffer
Trader, speculator, author, and more. The name may be
familiar, but there's more to the man than just finance. Victor
Niederhoffer has served as advisor to, and investor for,
famed investor George Soros and
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: APR 2001
Interview: Yale Hirsch: Market Historian by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interview: Yale Hirsch: Market Historian by John Sweeney
Yale Hirsch is best known as the editor and publisher of The Stock Trader's Almanac, now in its 33rd annual edition. He is a stock market historian and stock analyst who could probably tell you, w
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: DEC 2000
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUN 2000
Interview:Richard McCabe Of Merrill Lynch by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Richard McCabe
Of Merrill Lynch
The Technical Tradition Continues
Continuing the technical tradition begun by Bob Farrell,
Merrill Lynch chief market analyst Richard McCabe has
been Mr.Technical Analysis at the world's largest brokerage
since 1993, fol
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUL 2000
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: APR 1985
Market Maker by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1987
Marshall wave theory by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Marshall wave theory by John Sweeney
Yet another ""wave"" is being added to the futures lexicon: the Marshall Wave. Originated by John
Marshall (Box 2302, Naples, FL33939 (813) 263-3114. Marshall Wave is a complicated system for
trading futures in heavi
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: MAR 1986
Mitronics IIC by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1983
ModelWare Professional Version 2.0 by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: 1993
N-Squared Stock & Futures Analyzer-XL N-Squared Market Analyzer-XL by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1986
NOVICE SPECULATOR: An Anti-COMMODEX System by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...NOVICE SPECULATOR: An
Anti-COMMODEX System
by John Sweeney
One observation I made when starting technical analysis was that there were relatively few bits of data
to work with: price, volume, and open interest for a given futures contract and its relate
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUL 1984
NOVICE SPECULATOR: My First System by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...NOVICE SPECULATOR:
My First System
by John Sweeney
As a novice trader, newly equipped with a price monitor, personal computer, and a fresh reading of
Kaufman's Commodity Trading Systems and Methods, I was looking for some steady money in
day-trading. In
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: MAY 1984
Novice Speculator by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Novice Speculator
by John Sweeney
Bill Wyckoff suggested I write this--not personally, of course, since he's long out of print. He just noted
in Wall Street Ventures and Adventures Through Forty Years that writing and publishing The Ticker was
a terrific
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: MAR 1984
Novice Speculator Trading Plan by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Novice Speculator Trading Plan
by John Sweeney
When all the waiting is done and a new trade is signaled I can at last, get to work. However, it's not to
burn up the wires to Chicago -- it's paperwork that needs to be done, before the job even starts!
Ac
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: APR 1985
Novice Speculator by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: Bonus Issue 2007
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: NOV 1997
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: OCT 1997
Opening Position John Sweeney Editor
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: AUG 1988
Opening Position John Sweeney - Editor
AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: JAN 1988
Opening Position by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: MAR 2001
Opening Position by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: AUG 2001
Opening Position by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUN 2001
Opening Position by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUL 2001
Opening Position by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JAN 2001
Opening Position by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: FEB 2001
Opening Position by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: APR 2001
Opening Position by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: MAY 2001
Opening Position by John Sweeney, Editor
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: DEC 1988
Opening Position by John Sweeney, Editor
AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: SEP 1988
Opening Position by John Sweeney, Editor
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: MAY 1988
Opening Position by John Sweeney, Editor
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: NOV 1988
Opening Position by John Sweeney, Editor
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: FEB 1988
Opening Position by John Sweeney, Editor
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: MAR 1988
Opening Position by John Sweeney, Editor
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUL 1988
Opening Position by John Sweeney, Editor
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUN 1988
Opening position by John Sweeney, Editor
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: APR 1988
Optionvue Plus by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1987
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUL 1997
Personal Hotline Version 6.6 by John Sweeney, Technical Editor
AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: 1993
Philip Berber Of CyBerCorp by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Brokerages: The Next Generation
Philip Berber
Of CyBerCorp
Before Philip Berber formed CyBerCorp, a next-generation,
electronic brokerage group providing real-time, direct-access trading, and Internet execution technology, he had
already made a name fo
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: AUG 2000
Product Review: @RISK Professional 4.0 by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
Product Review: AIQ TradingExpert 2.5 by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1993
Product Review: Aspen Graphics by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
Product Review: BigEasy Investor by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
Product Review: Black or White by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1993
Product Review: Bull's-Eye Broker by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
Product Review: DollarLink by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1992
Product Review: Enhanced Chartist by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1993
Product Review: First Alert by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1993
Product Review: MATLAB For Windows by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1994
Product Review: MESA by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1993
Product Review: MINITAB by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1992
Product Review: Market Dynamics by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
Product Review: MetaStock Real Time 3.5 by T. Hartle and J. Sweeney
AUTHOR: Thom Hartle and John SweeneyDATE: 1993
Product Review: N-Squared Analytic Software by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1987
Product Review: N-Train by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1993
Product Review: NAVA Patterns 2.0 by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1993
Product Review: Option Pro by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1993
Product Review: OptionStar by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
Product Review: OptionVue IV by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1992
Product Review: Personal Hotline by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1994
Product Review: Power Analyzer by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
Product Review: Pro Analyst by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
Product Review: ProfitCenter by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1994
Product Review: Proview by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1994
Product Review: QuoteMaster Pro 1.63 by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1992
Product Review: Stockomatic.com by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
Product Review: TechniFilter Plus by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1993
Product Review: Technical Ranking System by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
Product Review: TeleChart 2000 by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1994
Product Review: The Bollinger Band Trading System by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
Product Review: The Equalizer 2.3 by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1992
Product Review: TradeStation Pro by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
Product Review: TraderBot.com by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
Product Review: TradingExpert by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
Product Review: UNX by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
Product Review: Wealth-Lab.com by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
Product Review: Windows On WallStreet by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1994
Product Review: Wizetrade With eSignal And PC Quote by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: SEP 1991
Quick Scan: Best Test Simulated Trading by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
Quick Scan: Option Strategist Online Seminar Series by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
Quick Scan: Trade Simulator Version 5.0 by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
Quick Scan: eSIGNAL by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 2001
Quick Scans: MarketBase by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUN 1992
Quick-Scans: Formula Research by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: AUG 1994
Quick-Scans: Funds On-Line by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: AUG 1994
Quick-Scans: Tsunami by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: AUG 1994
Returning To The Basics by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Returning To The Basics
by John Sweeney
Since November last year, I've gone through exploiting the trend-related activities -- trading the
underlying trend, adding trades to the trend trades and reversing trades when wrong about the trend --
but there's t
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUL 1992
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUN 1992
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: APR 1992
Review Freebies! by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: 1993
Review Freebies! by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUN 1992
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUN 1986
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUN 1986
SWEENEY AGONISTES by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SWEENEY AGONISTES by John Sweeney
I must start off this issue with an apology. In the November 1986 issue, Frank Tarkany published
evidence of non-randomness and serial dependence in Dow Jones prices. The Figure 7 we published,
which estimated the tradi
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: MAR 1987
SWEENEY AGONISTES by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...SWEENEY AGONISTES by John Sweeney
I must start off this issue with an apology. In the November 1986 issue, Frank Tarkany published
evidence of non-randomness and serial dependence in Dow Jones prices. The Figure 7 we published,
which estimated the tradi
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: MAR 1987
Shelly Natenberg: trader and teacher by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shelly Natenberg: trader and teacher
by John Sweeney
Shelly Natenberg, a floor trader at the Chicago Board of Trade, is the author of Options Volatility &
Pricing Strategies, Probus Publishing, Chicago, 118 North Clinton St, Chicago, IL 60606, (800)
426
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: NOV 1989
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: MAR 1992
Spectrum by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1987
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: NOV 1986
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: NOV 1986
AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: OCT 1986
TechniFilter Plus Version 6 by John Sweeney and Steven Notis
AUTHOR: John Sweeney and Steven NotisDATE: 1987
Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets by John Sweeney
Author: John J. Murphy
Publisher: New York Institute of Finance
70 Pine Street
New York, NY 10270
(212) 344-2900
Price: $45 plus $2 shipping
(U.S. only)
Mr. Technician, John Murphy, has writt
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: MAY 1987
Telescan Stock Evaluation Service by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1986
Testing Trading Rules Over Different Time Periods by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Testing Trading Rules Over Different Time
Periods
by John Sweeney
After two Sundays of dinking around (Settlement, STOCKS & COMMODITIES November and December
1991), I'd finally converted a chance idea to something with remotely promising prospects somet
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JAN 1992
The ADX by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...THE ADX
The calculation of the average directional movement (ADX)
indicator is built on the intuitive notion that a trend is a series
of price ranges extending in a consistent direction. In sidebar
Figure 1, example A, the second day's trading range is
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: MAY 1993
AUTHOR: Bulge Begins by John SweeneyDATE: AUG 1991
The Professional Option Trader's Manual by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Professional Option Trader's Manual by John Sweeney
Author: David L. Caplan
Publisher: Opportunities in Options P.O. Box 2126 Malibu, CA, 90265
Price: $70 (or $150 with a three-month subscription to Opportunities in Options)
Despite its name, thi
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: AUG 1987
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Here, one of the most popular indicators found in most
analytical software packages is explained.
When the relative strength index
(RSI) became popular in the
1980s, it was touted as the indicator
that led every turn in the
market. Indeed, for certain f
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: SEP 1997
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: MAY 1991
The Volatility Edge by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Designing a profitable trading system is key, but the way that profits and losses vary can have an impact on your long-term success.
In my previous article, I wrote
that, other things being equal, a
trading system with lower volatility
would triumph ov
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: DEC 1998
Thomas Donovan And Patrick Catania Of The CBOT by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: FEB 2000
Tradeplan Mitronix IIC by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1983
Trading Back Into A Range by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading Back Into A Range
by John Sweeney
Last month in Settlement, I wrote briefly about some simple ideas for defining nontrending periods.
Although exotic approaches are possible, simple things are easier to teach to computer packages. The
program I'
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: AUG 1992
Trading Ranges With Moving Averages by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading Ranges With Moving Averages by John Sweeney
Using simple moving averages may seem like a straightforward approach to trading, but there are subtle techniques that can improve performance.
A few months ago, I pointed out that moving averages ar
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUN 1998
Trading Simply: Minimizing Losses by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trading Simply: Minimizing Losses
by John Sweeney
Richard Dennis is said to have said, ""There's a lot less to trading than meets the eye."" If so, he was
correct. I like to describe an approach that has nothing to do with entry or exit, but everything
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JAN 1991
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: NOV 1986
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUN 1991
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: APR 1987
Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.: Trader's Psychologist by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.: Trader's Psychologist by John Sweeney
In purely technical terms, Van K. Tharp is a psychological researcher and counselor specializing in
neurolinguistic programming. In the lay language of his clients, he's the specialist who helps
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: APR 1987
Volatility Breakout System Version 2 by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1986
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: MAY 1998
WAVE WI$E Market Spreadsheet Version 6.0a by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: 1993
Want to try something HOT!? by John Sweeney
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: 1986
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: OCT 1987
What Is A Trend, Anyway? by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What Is A Trend, Anyway?
by John Sweeney
A reader reacting to the Settlement article in January on trading basics (Settlement, ""Trading simply:
Minimizing losses,"" Stocks & COMMODITIES, January 1991) asked a key question: What is a trend? How
do I ide
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUL 1991
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: OCT 1985
Winning on Wall Street by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Winning on Wall Street
by John Sweeney
Author: Martin Zweig
Publisher: Warner Books
666 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10103
Price: $20
This is a good book. It has a very reasonable approach to trading the market, or even individual stocks.
It's a compe
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JAN 1988