ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...If you are trading some of the newer products such as ETFs or ETNs launched within the past several years, you may not have a lot of data with which to backtest. Here's a way around that...
BY: Ken HuckSUBJECT: Data
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Take advantage of the performance differential of a stock versus the market with this new indicator...
BY: Markos KatsanosSUBJECT: Indicators
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Traders know it is not possible to perfectly capture a full trend from its exact beginning to exact end. Here's a way you can capture a small but profitable portion of it, and with low drawdowns...
BY: Perry J. KaufmanSUBJECT: Charting
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...They are ubiquitous on price charts and an integral part of technical analysis. Do you know everything you should about using them?...
BY: Fawad RazaqzadaSUBJECT: Technical Analysis Basics
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The 50-year investment and trading career of Charles Kirkpatrick II has encompassed trading and investing, market analysis, research & development, writing, speaking, and teaching. As president and founder of Kirkpatrick & Company, Inc., a private technical analysis research firm, he was the publisher and editor of the Market Strategist weekly newsletter until 2017...
BY: Leslie N. MasonsonSUBJECT: Interview
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Do you want to participate in the possible future growth of technology stocks without having to take on the effort and risk of individual stock selection? Here's a close-up look at the QQQ, the ETF that holds many Nasdaq technology stocks. We look at its components, its characteristics, and compare it to other similar or competing ETFs...
BY: Leslie N. MasonsonSUBJECT: Why Trade ETFs?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Using multiple entry points to scale into winning trades can increase your odds for a successful outcome. Here's an example of one way you can do that by combining signals from a golden cross and a bullish cup breakout...
BY: Ken CalhounSUBJECT: Trading On Momentum
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Have a question about system or algo trading? Kevin J. Davey is a full-time trader, and has over 25 years of system trading experience. Send your questions or topic suggestions to Kevin Davey at kdavey@kjtradingsystems.com. Selected questions will appear in a future issue of S&C. This month: Strategy Development...
BY: Kevin J. DaveySUBJECT: Algo Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Want to find out how the futures markets really work? DeCarley Trading senior analyst and broker Carley Garner answers your questions about today's futures markets. This month: What Is Leverage And What Does It Mean To Commodity Traders?...
BY: Carley GarnerSUBJECT: Futures Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Got a question about options? Jay Kaeppel has over three decades of experience in the options markets. He was a head trader for a CTA firm, an options trading software developer, and is a portfolio manager for an investment management firm. This month: Keeping It Simple...
BY: Jay KaeppelSUBJECT: Options Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Rob Friesen is a professional trader and president & COO of Bright Trading (www.stocktrading.com), a proprietary trading firm hosting independent trader/members, an online trading school, and utilizing the StockOdds database (www.stockodds.net). This column shares his thoughts and outlooks on trading, locating opportunity, probabilistic outcome, and maintaining perspective throughout industry changes...
BY: Rob FriesenSUBJECT: Stock Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is Markos Katsanos' article in this issue, "Using Relative Strength To Outperform The Market." Here, we present the March 2020 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various softwa...
BY: Technical Analysis, Inc.SUBJECT: Traders' Tips code
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The following selection of book descriptions represents a sampling of recent book releases in the investing field. This month: Trading Systems, 2nd Edition: A New Approach To System Development And Portfolio Optimisation; Applications Of Computational Intelligence In Data-Driven Trading; Finding Alphas: A Quantitative Approach To Building Trading Strategies, 2nd Edition; Technical Analysis For Dummies, 4th Edition...
BY: Technical Analysis, Inc.SUBJECT: Books
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The editors of S&C invite readers to submit their opinions and information on subjects relating to technical analysis and this magazine. This column is our means of communication with our readers. This month: Pivot Conditions For The Leavitt Convolution; Code To Generate Histograms In Leavitt Convolution Chart...
BY: Technical Analysis, Inc.SUBJECT: Letters to the Editor