Contents For
JUL2007
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At The Close: Sugar: Beyond The Bear Market by John Rose
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...At The Close: Sugar: Beyond The Bear Market by John Rose
Sugar: Beyond The Bear Market
On May 9, 2006, the New York Board of Trade
sponsored its first sugar convention in New York
City. The event was well attended, and many of the major
players in the sugar industry were in attendance. Needless to
say, the bullish tone of the event marked a top in the sugar
market, and futures have retraced over 50% since then.
One of the event's key speakers was Brazil's Eduardo
Pereira De Carvalho, the head of the Union of Sugarcane
Agroindustry. The Brazilian stance regarding sugar has
changed considerabl...
BY: John RoseSUBJECT: At The Close
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Between Price And Volume by Buff Pelz Dormeier, CMT
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Between Price And Volume by Buff Pelz Dormeier, CMT
Here's an indicator that can be used to measure the
intrinsic relationship between price and volume.
When securities change hands on a securities
auction market, the volume of
shares bought always matches the
volume sold. When the price rises, the upward movement reflects that demand exceeds supply
or buyers are in control. Likewise, when the price
falls it implies that supply exceeds demand or that
sellers are in control. Over time, these trends of
supply and demand form accumulation and distribution
patterns. What if there were a way to l...
BY: Buff Pelz Dormeier, CMTSUBJECT: Indicators
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Books For Traders by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Books For Traders by Technical Analysis, Inc.
The Big Money
Competitive Equity: A
Better Way To Organize
Mutual Funds
Crash Proof
Finding The Next
Starbucks
Getting Started In
Swing Trading
Honey? Who Shrunk Our Money?
Quantitative Trading
Systems:
Practical Methods
For Design, Testing,
And Validation
The Three Skills Of
Top Trading
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BY: Technical Analysis, Inc.SUBJECT: Books For Traders
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Double Diagonals And Butterfly Spreads by John A. Sarkett
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Trading With Dan Sheridan (Part 3)
Double Diagonals And Butterfly Spreads by John A. Sarkett
The third part of this series with trader Dan Sheridan looks
at double diagonals with long, protective wings one or more
months out from the short options, as well as the butterfly
spread, an income-generating strategy.
Double diagonals are Dan Sheridan's single favorite
strategy, and he likes to mix double
diagonals in a portfolio with condors for diversification.
Here's why: While increasing volatilities
hurts the condors, it helps the diagonals. So one offsets the other. Let's look at double diag...
BY: John A. SarkettSUBJECT: Options
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Explore Your Options by Tom Gentile
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Explore Your Options by Tom Gentile
OPTIONS AND SHORT-TERM PRICE MOVES
I've been working on a system that works
well in predicting the moves in the Dow
Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) over one
to two weeks. It is a purely technical
system. I have been using the Dow Jones
diamonds (DIA) exchange traded fund
(ETF) as a vehicle for the system. What
other "options" do I have? -- Mike
In addition to the DIA, you can also
trade options on the DIA, index options
on the DJIA, or Dow futures. The futures
will require a separate trading
account because futures and options on
futures are regulated diff...
BY: Tom GentileSUBJECT: Explore Your Options
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Forex Focus by Darrell Jobman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Forex Focus by Darrell Jobman
Can The US Dollar Hang On?
To answer that question, you need to read
this analysis of the greenback.
How many times have people buried the US dollar for
one reason or another, only to see the dollar bounce
back? The dollar is at it again as recent US economic data has
caused some doubts about the strength of the greenback.
However, near-term US growth trends should still offer
short-term dollar protection as expectations of a cut in interest
rates appears likely to fade again.
The US dollar could secure further strong buying support
if traders start to price in...
BY: Darrell JobmanSUBJECT: Forex Focus
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Futures For You by Dan O'Neil
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Futures For You by Dan O'Neil
Rookie mistakes: This month, we'll look
at a pair of common questions that many
new traders come across when they first
wade into the commodity markets.
HOW MANY MARKETS AT ONCE?
I'm ready to start trading futures, and
while I'm interested in a number of
different markets, I'm not sure how many
it makes sense to get into right away. Is
there any kind of "magic number" of
how many markets a trader can reasonably
follow?
The number of markets we should
follow is certainly not set in stone, as
individual traders tend to have different
comfort and commitment levels...
BY: Dan O'NeilSUBJECT: Futures For you
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Interview: John Netto, On Trading And Inflection Points by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Interview: John Netto, On Trading And Inflection Points by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
John Netto is the president of One Shot -- One Kill Trading, LLC, and the
author of the book One Shot -- One Kill Trading (McGraw-Hill). He is a
principal in Triple Witch Metals Management, a hedge fund focused on the
trading of precious metals, and he frequently contributes market insight
through his blog, "Netto's Numbers." Netto is a nine-year US Marine Corps
veteran who served throughout the Far East and speaks, reads, and writes
Japanese and Mandarin. He can be heard regularly on Las Vegas?area radio
to anal...
BY: Jayanthi GopalakrishnanSUBJECT: Interview
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Laps And Gaps To Get Your Edge by Larry Connors and Ashton Dorkins
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Laps And Gaps To Get Your Edge by Larry Connors and Ashton Dorkins
When a stock gaps higher at the open on bullish news, will
that lead to even higher prices?
When a stock gaps higher at the open on bullish
news, will that lead to even higher prices? This
is the question that many traders ask before the
market opens. You watch the financial news in
the morning and hear a list of stocks set to open higher due to positive news overnight. Then you see a live
report from the floor of the exchange that shows traders
gathered around the post where XYZ stock is traded. You're
told that stock is due...
BY: Larry Connors and Ashton DorkinsSUBJECT: Chart Patterns
Letters To S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc.
BY: Technical Analysis, Inc.SUBJECT: Letters To S&C
Opening Position by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
BY: Jayanthi GopalakrishnanSUBJECT: Opening Position
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Premarket Prediction by Victoria Wang
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Premarket Prediction by Victoria Wang
Can premarket activity be a
powerful predictor as to how
underlying stocks will perform
during regular market hours? Will
this knowledge be advantageous
to traders?
Premarket activity
refers to stocks that
undergo active trading
before the US
market opens --
that is, before 9:30 ET. This activity may be caused by
earning announcements from either
before the market opens or
after yesterday's close, upgrading
or downgrading by analysts, or
other news that may influence the
stocks' movement. After analyzing
about a half-year's data, we
are beginning to uncov...
BY: Victoria WangSUBJECT: Trading Techniques
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Q&A by Don Bright
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Q&A by Don Bright
ABOUT THE PREMIUM INDEX
I am from Argentina and I work in a
proprietary firm. I have some questions
about the premium index. First, is the
premium Standard & Poor's 500 futures
? S&P 500 cash index or is S&P
500 futures ? S&P 500 cash index + FV
spread? I understand that the premium
is S&P 500 futures ? S&P 500 cash but
in the web of my broker, you see that
premium is S&P 500 futures ? S&P 500
cash index + FV spread. Which is correct?
Second, do you use only premium
when breaking program levels?--Sheik
Both your definitions are correct.
Certain data vendors use the PREM symb...
BY: Don BrightSUBJECT: Q&A
BY: Ron IanieriSUBJECT: Working Money
Stocks & Commodities V. 25:7 Traders' Resource
BY: Technical Analysis, Inc.SUBJECT: Newsletters & Publications
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Traders' Tips by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Traders' Tips by Technical Analysis, Inc.
r TRADESTATION: VOLUME PRICE CONFIRMATION
INDICATOR (VPCI)
Buff Dormeier's article in this issue, "Between Price And
Volume," describes calculation of the volume price confirmation
indicator (VPCI) and suggests a strategy for trading
with it.
The strategy consists of a moving average convergencedivergence
(MACD) signal, which is confirmed based on
readings of the VPCI. The article then compares the VPCI's
value as a confirming indicator with on-balance volume
(OBV) and average directional index (ADX). To perform this
test, a strategy was created in ...
BY: Technical Analysis, Inc.SUBJECT: Traders' Tips
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Trading Trendline Breaks (Part 1) by Sylvain Vervoort
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Trading Trendline Breaks (Part 1) by Sylvain Vervoot
One of the best trading methods in technical analysis is the
application of trendline breaks. Find out why.
am convinced that one of the best trading methods
using technical analysis is the application of
trendline breaks. Let me convince you too. Let's
start off by discussing the differences and similarities of linear and logarithmic scaling. First of all, take a look
at your charts. Are they linear both horizontally for the time
setting and vertically for the price setting? Or do you have to use
a semilogarithmic scale with a ...
BY: Sylvain VervoortSUBJECT: Trading Techniques
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Websites For Traders: ConsensusTraders.com by David Penn
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Websites For Traders: ConsensusTraders.com by David Penn
CONSENSUSTRADERS.COM
Who hasn't wondered at one point or
another if you could take all of the
stocks, indexes, and averages out there
and run them past all the various indicators
and oscillators in technical analysis
and come up with some massive, allencompassing
technical screener? You
could filter for only the kind of technical
indicators you are interested in, as
well as filtering in only those stocks,
indexes, or market averages that you
wanted to follow. At a glance -- and
after flipping through more than a few
pages -- you would ha...
BY: David PennSUBJECT: Websites For Traders
Working Money: Charting Cramer: NYX, AAPL, And CSCO by David Penn
BY: David PennSUBJECT: Working Money