NOV 2004 STOCKS & COMMODITIES Magazine

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At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:11 (130, 116): At The Close by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan Just when I think I have a system in place and have it all figured out, the market pulls a fast one on me. Just when everything is moving along in one direction, something will happen to cause everyone to reverse direction, and very quickly. Whenever I see this happening, I can't help but remember a phrase I once came across that I still consider to be a perfect description of the financial markets: "Market participants are like a school of fish that all change direction at the same time." To give you an idea o...

AUTHOR: Jayanthi GopalakrishnanDATE: NOV2004SUBJECT: At The Close

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Candlestick Trading Principles by Steve Nison, CMT

AUTHOR: Steve Nison, CMTDATE: NOV2004SUBJECT: Charting Techniques

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Explore Your Options by Tom Gentile

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:11 (101): Explore Your Options by Tom Gentile Got a question about options? Tom Gentile is the chief options strategist at Optionetics (www.optionetics.com), an education and publishing firm dedicated to teaching investors how to minimize their risk while maximizing profits using options. To submit a question, post it to our website at http://Message-Boards.Traders.com. Answers will be posted there, and selected questions will appear in a future issue of S&C. OPTIONS THAT EXPIRE WORTHLESS Q: What percentage of calls that are sold on underlying stocks expire worthl...

AUTHOR: Tom GentileDATE: NOV2004SUBJECT: Explore Your Options

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Interview: Jeffrey Hirsch, The Chronicler Of Change by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:11 (66-72): Interview: Jeffrey Hirsch, The Chronicler Of Change by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan Like father, like son -- eventually. Jeffrey Hirsch is now the president of the Hirsch Organization, and editor-in-chief of The Stock Trader's Almanac and Almanac Investor newsletter. But he started out not wanting to do anything like his dad, Yale Hirsch, who is best known as the founder of The Stock Trader's Almanac. Now in its 38th edition, the Almanac documents years of historical stock market behavior and analysis (www.stocktradersalmanac.com). But Jeffrey Hirsch eventuall...

AUTHOR: Jayanthi GopalakrishnanDATE: NOV2004SUBJECT: Interview

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Letters To S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc.

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:11 (10-13): Letters To S&C by Technical Analysis, Inc. 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. Is there something you would like to know more (or less) about? Tell us about it. Without a source of new ideas and subjects coming from our readers, this magazine would not exist. READERS' CHOICE AWARDS Editor, I heard that you published the results of a study comparing different training courses for options tradin...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: NOV2004SUBJECT: Letters To S&C

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Noise And Time Series by Clem Chambers

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:11 (78-81): Noise And Time Series by Clem Chambers Does signal processing help in determining future price movements? After reading this, you may be tempted to explore further. I t's an unhappy fact that thousands of people comb over market time series every single day. Whether they are drawing lines on paper, crunching numbers in Excel, or programming backtesters, they are all looking for the same thing: a way to make money trading using the historical record to predict the future. According to the efficient market hypothesis, this of course is impossible. Fortu...

AUTHOR: Clem ChambersDATE: NOV2004SUBJECT: New Technique

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Opening Position by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

AUTHOR: Jayanthi GopalakrishnanDATE: NOV2004SUBJECT: Opening Position

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Q&A by Don Bright

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:11 (87): Q&A by Don Bright SINCE YOU ASKED Confused about some aspect of trading? Professional trader Don Bright of Bright Trading (www.stocktrading.com), an equity trading corporation, answers a few of your questions. To submit a question, post your question to our website at http:// Message-Boards.Traders.com. Answers will be posted there, and selected questions will appear in a future issue of S&C. ENTERING ORDERS Q: If one wishes to enter orders (buying or selling) market-on-open and/or market-on-close, what is the best way to achieve this on the various US s...

AUTHOR: Don BrightDATE: NOV2004SUBJECT: Q&A

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Rotten Apples? Spotting Adam And Eve Double Tops by Thomas N. Bulkowski

AUTHOR: Thomas BulkowskiDATE: NOV2004SUBJECT: Charting

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Selecting Top Performers by Jongseon Kim

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:11 (14-20): Selecting Top Performers by Jongseon Kim Too often we enter a trade only to find that the stock price just isn't going anywhere. Here's how you can avoid falling into this trap. When should you trade and when should you not? I answered that question in my article, "Trading In Tempo With TRIX." The next hurdle before entering a trade is to select stocks that will give you the best rate of return. If you choose a stock that is slow moving, you are bound to be disappointed, because even in a strong market these stocks will give you a low rate of return. Yo...

AUTHOR: Jongseon KimDATE: NOV2004SUBJECT: Trading Techniques

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The Market's Second Chance by Donald Jones

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:11 (28-34): The Market's Second Chance by Donald Jones In my STOCKS & COMMODITIES articles on auction market analysis (see suggested reading), I gave examples of making trades with value-based information. Implicitly, these were all "first-chance," breakout trades. You do the analysis, the market meets the entry criteria and, boom! you initiate the trade. In the real world, we all sometimes miss that first chance. Most of us know better than to chase a trade. But on occasion, the market offers a second chance. Recognizing a valid second-chance opportunity is more d...

AUTHOR: Donald L. JonesDATE: NOV2004SUBJECT: Trading Techniques

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Traders' Resource: Data Services by Technical Analysis, Inc.

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: NOV2004SUBJECT: Traders' Resource

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Traders' Tips by Technical Analysis, Inc.

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:11 (102-114): Traders' Tips by Technical Analysis, Inc. This month's code is for Vadim Gimelfarb's article, "Using Volume To Detect Shifts In Power," which proposes the TRsV (true range specified volume) indicator. The TRsV indicator is used in the article in conjunction with the bull and bear power indicator described in the October 2003 issue of STOCKS & COMMODITIES. Finally, the two indicators are combined to form a strategy. Code is provided for the following programs: TradeStation, MetaStock, Wealth-Lab, Trading Solutions, AmiBroker, eSignal, AIQ, NeoTicker, P...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: NOV2004SUBJECT: Traders' Tips

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Trading Currencies Using Multiple Time Frames by Kathy Lien and Patrick Dyess

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:11 (60-65): Trading Currencies Using Multiple Time Frames by Kathy Lien and Patrick Dyess When trading currencies, it's best to get the big picture first and then use a shorter time frame to select entries and exits. With $1.5 trillion in daily turnover, the foreign exchange market is the largest market in the world. Previously, access to this market was restricted to hedge funds, large commodity trading advisors (CTAs), and institutional investors due to regulation, capital requirements, and technology. The big players have always wanted access to the market becau...

AUTHOR: Kathy Lien and Patrick DyessDATE: NOV2004SUBJECT: Basic Techniques

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Using Volume To Detect Shifts In Power by Vadim Gimelfarb

AUTHOR: Vadim GimelfarbDATE: NOV2004SUBJECT: Indicators

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Websites For Traders: FuturesBuzz.com by David Penn

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:11 (92-93): Websites For Traders: FuturesBuzz.com by David Penn FUTURESBUZZ.COM Perhaps there will never come a day when mainstream information and news about the futures and commodities markets will rival the information and news available about the equity markets. Until then, futures and commodities traders -- current and aspiring -- will have to rely on websites like FuturesBuzz.com to keep abreast of the diverse set of information and datapoints they need to get and stay ahead of the game. FuturesBuzz.com was founded back in 2000. According to its founders, the...

AUTHOR: David PennDATE: NOV2004SUBJECT: Websites For Traders

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