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• The Holy Grail Is Not for Sale

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...If you use a trading system or are connected with system design--such as a system developer, a vendor, or are looking to purchase a system--you will want to read this. Here, we introduce how to apply forensic analysis to algorithmic trading systems. It may shed light into your trading system returns--or into the reported returns from a system you are considering using--in a bold new way...

AUTHOR: Dan ValcuDATE: DEC2021SUBJECT: Trading Systems

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• The DMH: An Improved Directional Movement Indicator

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The directional movement indicator originally developed by J. Welles Wilder has been a mainstay in technical analysis. It's time to modernize it...

AUTHOR: John F. EhlersDATE: DEC2021SUBJECT: Digital Signal Processing

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• An Easy Recipe To Beat Buy & Hold

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...It's not always easy to beat buy & hold on a consistent basis, particularly without the use of complex and involved strategies. But it is possible, as this study suggests. Here are some easy strategies that could beat buy & hold. They work by incorporating some technical trading yet they are not overly complicated...

AUTHOR: Massoud Metghalchi, PhDDATE: DEC2021SUBJECT: Technical Analysis

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• Natural Resource ETFs

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Natural resource ETFs underperformed the S&P 500 over the past one and three years, but since the March 23, 2020 low, most of these ETFs have finally outpaced that index. With worldwide demand increasing for water, energy, oil and gas, timber, and other resources, investors taking a small position in this sector could take advantage of possible capital appreciation while receiving above-average dividends...

AUTHOR: Leslie N. MasonsonDATE: DEC2021SUBJECT: Why Trade ETFs?

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• Product review: VectorVest 7 Premium, Part 2

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Last month in part 1 of my review of VectorVest 7 Premium, I focused on two of the three most important questions for traders and investors...

AUTHOR: Leslie N. MasonsonDATE: DEC2021SUBJECT: Product Review

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• Daytrading Bitcoin ETFs

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...In this month's column you will discover new tips for daytrading these popular instruments with unique technical trading signals...

AUTHOR: Ken CalhounDATE: DEC2021SUBJECT: Trading On Momentum

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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: A Look At Implied Volatility...

AUTHOR: Carley GarnerDATE: DEC2021SUBJECT: Futures Trading

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• Algo Q&A

  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: Developing Strategies...

AUTHOR: Kevin J. DaveyDATE: DEC2021SUBJECT: Algo Trading

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• Explore Your Options

  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: Bull Call Spread vs. Bull Put Spread...

AUTHOR: Jay KaeppelDATE: DEC2021SUBJECT: Options Trading

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• Trading Perspectives

  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. This month: Utilizing Money Flow & Randomness With High-Probability Lists...

AUTHOR: Rob FriesenDATE: DEC2021SUBJECT: Stock Trading

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• Market Rap

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Unserious thoughts on serious topics in finance, from Emilio Tomasini, a professional trader and adjunct professor of corporate finance at the University of Bologna in Italy. This month: A Marketplace Of Confusion...

AUTHOR: Emilio TomasiniDATE: DEC2021SUBJECT: Trading

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• Traders' Tips

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is John F. EhlersÕ article in this issue, "The DMH: An Improved Directional Movement Indicator". Here, we present the December 2021 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various softwa...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: DEC2021SUBJECT: Traders' Tips code

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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: DEC2021SUBJECT: Futures