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• Creating More Robust Trading Strategies With The FM Demodulator

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Market data is made up of cyclical components. Cycles contain both signals and noise. It's a concept that underpins market timing and can be crucial to success. Last month we introduced the concept of using the AM (amplitude modulation) and FM (frequency modulation) components of cycles to better time trades. In this article, we follow up with an example of how you can use this idea in your trading strategies. It's a process that just might be considered foundational to quantitative analysis...

AUTHOR: John F. EhlersDATE: JUN2021SUBJECT: Quantitative Analysis

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• The Beazer Trade

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Should you hold through earnings or not? Here's an examination of a trade made in a home construction stock, together with the notes and trading journal entries that support and explain the thinking behind the trade every step of the way...

AUTHOR: Thomas BulkowskiDATE: JUN2021SUBJECT: Anatomy Of A Trade

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• The End-Of-The-Month Effect On The "Cable"

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here's an example of observing a pattern in the market, programming it into an algorithm, analyzing the results, and capitalizing on it in your trading account--in short, what we as technical traders seek to do...

AUTHOR: Luca GiustiDATE: JUN2021SUBJECT: Trading Systems

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• Dissecting An Earnings Trade

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Option trades are called "earnings trades" when they attempt to profit from stock price moves following the release of a company's quarterly earnings. This article will construct and dissect a recent Nvidia earnings tra...

AUTHOR: James LeahyDATE: JUN2021SUBJECT: Options Trading

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• Interview: A Conversation With Jack Schwager

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Jack Schwager is a trading expert and author of the bestselling Market Wizards book series as well as other notable books in the field. In his latest book, Unknown Market Wizards, he interviews eleven successful low-profile traders to examine how they have achieved their exceptional trading performance. Stocks & Commodities Contributing Writer Karl Montevirgen interviewed Jack Schwager to ask him for some insights from his latest book as well as about whether we as traders can emulate the successes of these high-performance traders. Read on to find out his answers to these questions and more...

AUTHOR: Karl MontevirgenDATE: JUN2021SUBJECT: Interview

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• Sideline Money

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The amount of money waiting on the sidelines, as well as how that money is moving, can be measured and used as a gauge of fear in the markets (as well as the potential for recovery). Here's a way you can measure it by using the sideline money ratio (SMR)...

AUTHOR: Steve J. Godwin & Louisa C. SchneiderDATE: JUN2021SUBJECT: Market Modeling

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• Day Trading Gap Reversals

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Day trading gaps can be challenging due to their volatile nature...

AUTHOR: Ken CalhounDATE: JUN2021SUBJECT: Trading On Momentum

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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: Futures Contract Rollover And Price Histories...

AUTHOR: Kevin J. DaveyDATE: JUN2021SUBJECT: Algo 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: The New Micro Bitcoin Futures Contract Is A Game Changer...

AUTHOR: Carley GarnerDATE: JUN2021SUBJECT: Futures 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: The Basics Of Options Quotes And The Greek Variables...

AUTHOR: Jay KaeppelDATE: JUN2021SUBJECT: 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: Asymmetric vs. Symmetric Trades...

AUTHOR: Rob FriesenDATE: JUN2021SUBJECT: 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: Trend-Following Or Mean-Reverting ...

AUTHOR: Emilio TomasiniDATE: JUN2021SUBJECT: 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, "Creating More Robust Trading Strategies With The FM Demodulator". Here, we present the June 2021 Traders' Tips with possible implementations in various softwa...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: JUN2021SUBJECT: Traders' Tips code

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• Trade News & Products

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Trade News & Products section presents announcements of new or updated products related to the trading industry. This month: Wealth-Lab Version 7 Launched With A New Engine...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: JUN2021SUBJECT: News

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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: JUN2021SUBJECT: Futures