Contents For NOV2012

  • Books For Traders

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The following selection of book descriptions represents a sampling of recent book releases in the investing field ...

  • Brokerages

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Self-directed traders, as Stocks & Commodities readers usually are, have more choices than ever in their ongoing search for speed, pricing efficiency, and good accounting when it comes to brokerages ...

  • Decimal Places In Forex

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Understanding how and where to apply the decimal places of currency pairs and crosses can make a significant difference in your trading ...

  • Explore Your Options

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Got a question about options? Tom Gentile is the chief options strategist at Optionetics (www.optionetics.com), an education and publishing firm dedicated to teaching investors how to minimize their risk while maximizing profits using options. To submit a question, post it to our website at https://Message-Boards.Traders.com. Answers will be posted there, and selected questions will appear in a future issue of S&C ...

  • FXCM MetaTrader 4

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...FXCM MetaTrader 4 (MT4) is an interesting software offering for traders who focus their trading activities on major forex pairs, and it is especially well-suited to those traders who need a nimble, feature-filled trading, charting, and system development platform that is directly integrated into their trading account ...

  • Futures For You

    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 ...

  • Futures Liquidity

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Trading liquidity is often overlooked as a key technical measurement in the analysis and selection of commodity futures. The following explains how to read the futures liquidity chart published by Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities every month ...

  • Identify The Start Of A Trend With DMI

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Improve on certain directional movement index signals such as identifying the start of a trending move and picking market tops and bottoms ...

  • Letters To S&C

    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 ...

  • Mandelbrot's Generator

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...When it comes to markets, relationships change. But does the behavior that creates price patterns change?...

  • Michele "Mish" Schneider

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Michele "Mish" Schneider, the director of trading education & research for MarketGauge, provides in-depth trader training as the market analyst, writer, and host of Mish's Market Minute. She contributes to several online trading publications and serves as a regular contributor to MarketGauge's free newsletters Market Outlook and MMMDaily. Mish brings passion as well as expertise as a world-class educator to the trading wo...

  • Mining For Gold

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here's how you can use the Commitment Of Traders report to help in trading commodities ...

  • Opening Position

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...On September 13, 2012, the Federal Reserve announced its third round of quantitative easing (QE3). What was different about this round? The Fed was buying mortgage-backed securities to the tune of $40 billion a month instead of the usual bonds ...

  • Q&A

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Confused about some aspect of trading? Professional trader Don Bright of Bright Trading (www.stocktrading.com), an equity trading corporation, answers a few of your questions. To submit a question, post your question to our website at https://Message-Boards.Traders.com. Answers will be posted there, and selected questions ...

  • StockchartsPro

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...StockchartsPro, not to be confused with StockCharts.com and their "pro" plans that provide datafeeds, is software you install and use to find patterns that users find profitab...

  • TC2000 Version 12.2 Update

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...In my January 2012 review of TC2000 12, I stated, "What is available as I write this is less than what will be available when you finally read it because user suggestions are constantly being adopted." This turned out to be more accurate than I could have imagi...

  • The Mindful Trader

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...How can a busy trader fit mindfulness practice into the trading lifestyle?...

  • Trade News & Products

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...FXCM has announced the addition of the NinjaTrader trading platform to its platform offerings ...

  • Traders' Tips

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is BC Low's article in this issue, "Identify The Start Of A Trend With DM...

  • Warning: Bear Activity

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...When a market revisits its upper price boundaries, should traders be wary of another breakdown?...