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• The Truth About Dollar-Cost Averaging

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Does dollar-cost averaging work? And what is zero-cost averaging? Find out more about these two concepts here....

AUTHOR: Thomas BulkowskiDATE: AUG2014SUBJECT: Money management

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• The Composite Man's Bull Market Campaign

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Will the principles of 20th-century chartist Richard D. Wyckoff still work in today's markets? You might be surprised. Here's a reenactment of Wyckoff's original campaign as applied to the 2008-14 stock market....

AUTHOR: Hank Pruden, Bruce Fraser, and Roman BogomazovDATE: AUG2014SUBJECT: Charting

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• Managing Money With Moe Ansari

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Moe Ansari is a financial expert and the host of "Market Wrap", a nationally syndicated radio broadcast. He manages client investment portfolios at his firm, Compak Asset Management. His professional experience includes option trading, portfolio optimization, futures trading, mutual fund selection modeling, and financial risk management. We spoke with him about minimizing risks and being content with what you mak...

AUTHOR: Jayanthi GopalakrishnanDATE: AUG2014SUBJECT: Interview

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• Parameters Affecting Stock Returns

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...When it comes to trading equities, it is believed that to increase returns you need to take on more risk. But is that really true? This statistical study will show you what really affects returns....

AUTHOR: Norman J. BrownDATE: AUG2014SUBJECT: Statistical analysis

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• The Quotient Transform

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here's one way to detect a trend early and know how long to stick with it....

AUTHOR: John F. EhlersDATE: AUG2014SUBJECT: Indicators

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• Exploring Charting Techniques: Basic Chart Trading, Part 2

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Pullbacks, swing reversals, breakouts, trend reversals - these are some of the things prices do. Here's how you can recognize and trade them....

AUTHOR: Sylvain VervoortDATE: AUG2014SUBJECT: Charting

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• Never Pay Full Price

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Try this option strategy the next time you trade a stock....

AUTHOR: Tom CatalanoDATE: AUG2014SUBJECT: Options

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• 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 http://Message-Boards.Traders.com. Answers will be posted there, and selected questions. This month: low-volatility markets....

AUTHOR: Don BrightDATE: AUG2014SUBJECT: Stock trading

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• Explore Your Options

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Got a question about options? Tom Gentile is the chief option 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 for our Explore Your Options column, post it to our website at http://Message-Boards.Traders.com. Answers will be posted there, and selected questions will appear in a future issue of S&C. This month: gold....

AUTHOR: Tom GentileDATE: AUG2014SUBJECT: Options trading

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• 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. This month: VIX futures, part 1....

AUTHOR: Carley GarnerDATE: AUG2014SUBJECT: Futures trading

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• Product review: eSignal 11.8

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...eSignal 11.8 is a trading platform with streaming stock quotes and charting tools....

AUTHOR: S&C StaffDATE: AUG2014SUBJECT: Product review

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• Product review: TradeShark

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...TradeShark is a predictive trading tool from Market Technologies....

AUTHOR: Sunny HarrisDATE: AUG2014SUBJECT: Product review

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• Traders' Tips

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is John Ehlers' article in this issue, "The Quotient Transform." Here we present the August 2014 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various software...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: AUG2014SUBJECT: Traders' Tips

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• Opening Position

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...An introduction to this issue from our Editor....

AUTHOR: Jayanthi GopalakrishnanDATE: AUG2014SUBJECT: Opening Position

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• 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....

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: AUG2014SUBJECT: Letters to the Editor

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• Trade News & Products

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Trade News & Products section each month presents announcements of new or updated products related to the trading industry. This month, we present announcements from AlgoTrades.net, Barchart.com, Cotton's Technically Speaking, FundSeeder.com, and NASDAQ OMX Group and ETRE Financial....

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: AUG2014SUBJECT: News

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• Books For Traders

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The following selection of book descriptions represents a sampling of recent book releases in the investing field. This month: Arms Candlevolume, The Education Of A Value Investor, and The Secret Club That Runs The World....

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: AUG2014SUBJECT: Books

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• 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....

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: AUG2014SUBJECT: Futures