Article Archive For
NOV1987
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Cyclical analysis of stock prices with astrology by Robert S. Kimball
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Cyclical analysis of stock prices with astrology by Robert S. Kimball
Over the past four years I have participated in a research project that has sought to test the validity of a
rather controversial and unorthodox approach to cyclical analysis. The primary objective of this project
was to test some of the more obscure elements of W.D. Gann's effort to establish correlations between
individual stock prices and planetary cycles.
Of course, a semantic roadblock immediately presents itself: to even suggest that planetary cycles could
have a relationship to stock prices causes an audible shudder...
AUTHOR: Robert S. KimballDATE: NOV1987
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Developing a personal trading style The Wyckoff method of trading Part 14 by Jack K. Hutson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Developing a personal trading style The Wyckoff method of trading Part 14 by Jack K. Hutson
Trading the stock market with the Wyckoff Method is as much a test of personality and personal
perseverance as it is a test of analytic education. Wyckoff was strictly a loner when it came to studying
and trading the stock market. He believed the best way, the only way, his students would become
profitable technical analysts was to rely on their own intelligence and to develop an inner fortitude
against inevitable mistakes.
To his way of thinking, mastering the technical aspects of his method was only...
AUTHOR: Jack K. HutsonDATE: NOV1987
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How to use Maximum Entropy by John F. Ehlers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...How to use Maximum Entropy by John F. Ehlers
MESA is an acronym for Maximum Entropy Spectrum Analysis, a forecasting method that filters the
""noise"" from time series data and can uncover useful cycles. The advantages of the maximum entropy
method over Fourier analysis is that high-resolution identification of cycles is possible using an
extremely short database. This is important for short-term trading because cycles can fade or change
before they are recognized by more conventional approaches. Maximum entropy also is not subject to the
windowing or end-effect distortions that Fourier trans...
AUTHOR: John F. EhlersDATE: NOV1987
In This Issue John Sweeney, Editor
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: NOV1987
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Letters to S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Letters to S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc.
FRASER OUT
Editor,
We talked today regarding the citation of Fraser Financial Publications in the August issue of Stocks &
Commodities. This firm was stated as a source of books or pamphlets on the Wykcoff Method. However,
no address or telephone number was given for Fraser Financial Publications. I would appreciate your
sending me a card with this information when you locate it.
CHARLES MARCELLUS -New York, NY...
AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: NOV1987
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SIDEBAR: Prices and Cycles by Technical Analysis, Inc.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...SIDEBAR: Prices and Cycles by Technical Analysis, Inc.
There appears to be a correlation between the magnitude of a stock price move and the strength of the
planetary cycle.
Article Figure 3 is a scatter plot on which the vertical scale denotes the number of positive points for a
given corporation at the crest of a wave. The horizontal scale indicates the percentage the stock price
increased between the predicted buy date and the predicted sell date. Each dot represents one successful
transaction and each x represents a losing transaction....
AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: NOV1987
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Spread investing - Advanced concepts Part 3 by Frank Taucher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Spread investing - Advanced concepts Part 3 by Frank Taucher
In the previous installment of this series, I discussed the two tools I use in my seasonal spread
investment program to locate trades that are profitable, reliable and consistent. The objective of the
program is to develop a diversified portfolio of many energized spread trades that can be used throughout
the year for investment purposes.
Now we will discuss some more advanced concepts. We will review money management concepts, the
purpose and use of trading filters, ""legging"" techniques and stop payment. Again, it will help if w...
AUTHOR: Frank TaucherDATE: NOV1987
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The loss trap by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The loss trap by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.
Do you remember playing with a toy called the Chinese Finger Trap when you were a child? This toy
is a woven straw cylinder with an opening at each end just large enough for a finger. Once you insert a
finger in each end, you are in the trap. You pull to get out and the trap closes around your fingers. The
harder you pull to get out, the tighter the cylinder compresses around your fingers. The more you struggle
with the trap, the more ensnared you become. Only when you let go and relax does the trap let go of you.
Investment losses form a similar trap for...
AUTHOR: Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.DATE: NOV1987
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Understanding Randomness Exercises For Statisticians by Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Understanding Randomness Exercises For Statisticians by Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D.
Author: David Salsburg
Publisher: Marcel Dekker, NY, 1983
If you are an investor, whether you believe in the efficient market hypothesis or not, it important for you
to understand how a random process works. This book consists of a series of exercises that are designed
to help the reader distinguish between patterns that occur in a series of numbers (stock prices, etc.) as a
result of random noise and those that occur because of some underlying structure.
Some understanding of elementary statistics (chi-squar...
AUTHOR: Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D.DATE: NOV1987