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• Where Price Action Meets Momentum Trading

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Often, traders blindly place trades based on expected price moves derived from specific price patterns. But we know too well that price patterns can fail. How do you know when a price pattern will respect the price action rules? Find out here...

AUTHOR: Paul LanghamDATE: MAR2016SUBJECT: Momentum Trading

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• A New Method For Picking Stocks Using P/E Multiples

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Using screening criteria that incorporates stock valuation variables can prove to be an asset to a technical analyst. Here's an intuitive and simple technique you can incorporate into your stock selection process...

AUTHOR: Martti Luoma and Jukka SihvonenDATE: MAR2016SUBJECT: Investing

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• ADX Breakouts

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Breakouts are a popular method to trade with, but how do you differentiate between strong and weak breakouts? This professional daytrader demonstrates one method of identifying breakouts that could make a difference...

AUTHOR: Ken CalhounDATE: MAR2016SUBJECT: Trading On Momentum

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• Analyze Volume With S&P 500 Sectors

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...When the Fed meets, the world watches. Does action in the various S&P 500 sectors show any indication of what may happen based on their supply & demand areas? Let's find out...

AUTHOR: Domenico D'ErricoDATE: MAR2016SUBJECT: Volume Analysis

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• Trading Expectancy

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Selecting what to trade and timing your trades are only one piece of the trading puzzle. One often ignored and misunderstood piece is that of expectancy. Here's how you should look at expectancy...

AUTHOR: Dirk VandyckeDATE: MAR2016SUBJECT: Statistical Analysis

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• Reacting To Market Moves, Part 2

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...What approach can lead to success in technical trading, in spite of all the cognitive biases we can have that were discussed in part 1 of this two-part article? Here in this second part, we try to answer that question by comparing what humans do in the market versus what the character Spock from "Star Trek" might...

AUTHOR: Melvin E. DickoverDATE: MAR2016SUBJECT: Trading Psychology

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• Interview: Using Options With Price Headley

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Price Headley was inducted into the Traders' Library Traders' Hall of Fame in 2007 and is the founder of BigTrends.com, which provides investors with specific, real-time stock and option strategies and investment education to profit from significant market trends. Price has appeared regularly on CNBC and Fox News, and in a variety of print and online financial news outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Forbes, Investor's Business Daily, and USA Today. Price also speaks regularly to investment audiences nationwide and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder and a Ch...

AUTHOR: Jayanthi GopalakrishnanDATE: MAR2016SUBJECT: Interview

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• The Reckoning

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Dow theory, revisited. Yes, this concept from a century ago still applies to today's markets...

AUTHOR: Tim W. Wood, CPADATE: MAR2016SUBJECT: At The Close

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• Quick-Scan: TradeShark Add-On Indicators

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Larry Williams and Ralph Vince are well-known traders and authors. Both are offering exclusive indicators in TradeShark, a platform that employs neural network technology to generate technical indicators that offer short-term price and trend forecasts...

AUTHOR: Darrell JobmanDATE: MAR2016SUBJECT: Quick-Scan

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• Q&A

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Confused about some aspect of trading? Professional trader Rob Friesen, president & COO of Bright Trading (www.stocktrading.com), an equity trading corporation, answers a few of your questions. This month: Trading As A Business...

AUTHOR: Rob FriesenDATE: MAR2016SUBJECT: Stock 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: Hedging Stock Risk With Futures (Part 1 of 2)...

AUTHOR: Carley GarnerDATE: MAR2016SUBJECT: Futures Trading

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• Explore Your Options

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Got a question about options? Tom Gentile started his trading career on the floor of the American Stock Exchange in 1994. He has appeared on many financial TV and radio shows, as well as hosting a weekly talk show himself, and has co-authored many books on the markets. He can be found at www.tomgentile.com. This month: Moneyness And The Math Of Options...

AUTHOR: Tom GentileDATE: MAR2016SUBJECT: Options Trading

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• Traders' Tips

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is Ken Calhoun's article in this issue, "ADX Breakouts". Here, we present the March 2016 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various softwa...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: MAR2016SUBJECT: Traders' Tips code

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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: Stock Trader's Almanac 2016; Trading Psychology 2.0: From Best Practices To Best Processes; Algorithmic And High-Frequency Trading; The Forex Trading Course: A Self-Study Guide To Becoming A Successful Currency Trader, second edition...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: MAR2016SUBJECT: Books

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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. This month: Ergodic Candlestick Oscillator, Higher Highs & Lower Lows, Failing Successfully, More...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: MAR2016SUBJECT: Letters to the Editor

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• Opening Position

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...When markets move significantly in a direction opposite to that of their current move, it's always interesting to see how Wall Street analysts sing their tune. If a bullish market turns bearish, such as what we saw in January 2016...

AUTHOR: Jayanthi GopalakrishnanDATE: MAR2016SUBJECT: Editor's commentary

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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: Vectorvest Partners With Tradestation For Trade Execution, Free Market Analytics Platform...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: MAR2016SUBJECT: 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: MAR2016SUBJECT: Futures