JUN 1992 STOCKS & COMMODITIES Magazine

Article Archive For JUN1992

Chaos Theory And Neural Network Analysis by John Kean

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Chaos Theory And Neural Network Analysis by John Kean Do markets have memory? In this new theory by Edgar Peters, an offshoot of chaos theory, John Kean explains, markets can be regarded as nonlinear dynamic systems, and neural networks can be used to analyze and gauge behavioral patterns in price change data useful in prediction. It's convenient that, at a time when the T behavioral natures of commodity and financial markets are being rethought, a new technique for examining the data has appeared. Chaos theory, in its in fancy, challenges the statistically based conventional view of markets...

AUTHOR: John KeanDATE: JUN1992

Global Analyst Mitzi Wilson Carletti by Thom Hartle

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Global Analyst Mitzi Wilson Carletti by Thom Hartle Senior research analyst Mitzi Wilson Carletti joined Frank Russell Company as a research analyst in 1988 from Merrill Lynch. Carletti researches, monitors and evaluates international money managers as well as assisting client executives and other research staff to develop client strategy recommendations. In addition, she oversees and is responsible for non-U.S. derivative and global tactical asset allocation research. STOCKS & COMMODITIES Editor Thom Hartle spoke with Carletti on March 27, 1992, via telephone interview, on topics ranging fro...

AUTHOR: Thom HartleDATE: JUN1992SUBJECT: Interview

Identifying Trading Opportunities by Thom Hartle

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Identifying Trading Opportunities by Thom Hartle One of the most important aspects of any trade is timing the entry. Perhaps surprisingly, daily and weekly analysis can be instrumental in planning an entry for long-term trades. Here's an overview on how to use daily and weekly technical analysis to identify trading opportunities that may only come up once a year. S&C Editor Thom Hartle outlines a complete approach to trading, incorporating basic charting and trendline plotting, the stochastics oscillator and momentum studies. Over the years, my trading style has evolved out of necessity. Wha...

AUTHOR: Thom HartleDATE: JUN1992

Price: The Ultimate Indicator? by Roger Altman

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Price: The Ultimate Indicator? by Roger Altman What does it take to make consistent profits trading commodities? Roger Altman theorizes that like support and resistance levels in stock charts, historical floor and ceiling prices in commodities can be used to gauge relative cheapness and richness of prices and whether a price decline or increase is likely. Despite the use of an array of sophisticated and esoteric indicators, most commodity newsletter trade recommendations lose money. According to Commodity Trader's Consumer Report, which tracks the performance of 26 commodity newsletter write...

AUTHOR: Roger Altman, Ph.D.DATE: JUN1992

AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUN1992SUBJECT: Quick-Scans

Reversing For Dollars by John Sweeney

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Reversing For Dollars by John Sweeney Harebra ined ideas bein g a plentiful ite m in my daydreams, the idea tha t I mentione d in April's Settlement tha t I implement a n automa tic reversin g tra de at my maximum a dverse excursion ( MAE) stop point had less than a 2% chance of survival after analysis. I tested it anyway. (To spare your digging out old issues, this idea is ex plained in Figure 1.) BUT FIRST, A SYNOPSYS Anyone who dropped in on this Settlement without having read the last five must be wondering what in the world I'm talking about. Briefly, I defined a basic, underlying trad...

AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: JUN1992