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• Applying The IRSTS Swing Trading Rules

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...This seven-part series has thus far provided the components of the indicator rules for a swing trading strategy (IRSTS), from color-coding candlesticks to smoothing oscillators to creating an expert system. Now that all of the components have been detailed, here's how you can put this swing trading strategy to use in your trading ...

AUTHOR: Sylvain VervoortDATE: NOV2013SUBJECT: Charting

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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: Keene On The Market; Way Of The Trade: Tactical Applications Of Underground Trading Methods For Traders And Investors; The MEJT System: A New Tool For Day Trading The S&P 500 Index; Soldier Of Finance; When: The Art Of Perfect Timing ...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis Inc.DATE: NOV2013SUBJECT: Books

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• Catch That Trend

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Is instinct all it takes to succeed in the markets? Do you really need to use indicators, chart patterns, and trading systems? Find out how this trader's approach is just a little different from the way most traders approach the market ...

AUTHOR: Ryan HenryDATE: NOV2013SUBJECT: Charting

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• Explore Your Options

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Got a question about options? Tom Gentile is the chief option 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 for our Explore Your Options column, post it to our website at https://Message-Boards.Traders.com. Answers will be posted there, and selected questions will appear in a future issue of S&C. This month: ""Last In, First Out"" - Want to trade options just one day a mon...

AUTHOR: Tom GentileDATE: NOV2013SUBJECT: Options 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: So Many Choices - Which futures markets should I focus on, and which should I avoid? ...

AUTHOR: Carley GarnerDATE: NOV2013SUBJECT: Futures trading

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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: NOV2013SUBJECT: Futures

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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: Smiles and Frowns, beating the currency markets, NinjaScript for swing trading, the 1-2-3 wave count, swing trading with Excel, and Hall of Fame award ...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis Inc.DATE: NOV2013SUBJECT: Letters to the Editor

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• Opening Position

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...LinkedIn, Facebook, and now Twitter - we've had one social media IPO after another. Is this the making of dotcom II? Is this why the equity markets are so hyped?...

AUTHOR: Jayanthi GopalakrishnanDATE: NOV2013SUBJECT: Opening Position

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• Product Review: Dr. Stoxx Trend Trading Toolkit

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Thomas Carr, or 'Dr. Stoxx' as he is known, is the brains behind the Dr. Stoxx Trend Trading Toolkit, a MetaStock add-on. Carr's website, www.drstoxx.com, offers daily stock and exchange traded fund (ETF) picks by subscription ...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis Inc.DATE: NOV2013SUBJECT: Product Review

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• Quick-Scan: Cracking The Money Code

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Anyone who has been trading the markets for a while is probably familiar with Larry Williams, the innovator and developer of numerous trading concepts and custom, proprietary indicators during a trading career spanning nearly a half century. As his website, www.ireallytrade.com, implies, he still really trades ...

AUTHOR: Darrell JobmanDATE: NOV2013SUBJECT: Quick Scan

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• Reversing MACD: The Sequel

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here's a look at a function that calculates what the price of the next bar would need to be for the MACD line and signal line to cross ...

AUTHOR: Johnny DoughDATE: NOV2013SUBJECT: Indicators

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• The Repeated Median Velocity Strategy, Part 1

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...It sounds complicated, but it's actually simple. In this first part of a two-part series, find out how to use this strategy to place buy & sell orders as well as the best way to test the strategy ...

AUTHOR: Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.DATE: NOV2013SUBJECT: Trading Systems

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• Trade News & Products

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Trade News & Products section each month presents announcements of new or updated products related to the trading industry. This month, we present announcements from AbleSys, BollingerOnBollingerBands, Stricknet, and PlumSquare Software ...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis Inc.DATE: NOV2013SUBJECT: News

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• Traders' Resource: Courses And Seminars

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Self-directed traders, as Stocks & Commodities readers usually are, have more choices than ever in their search for speed, pricing efficiency, and good accounting when it comes to brokerages ...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis Inc.DATE: NOV2013SUBJECT: Traders' Resource

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• Traders' Tips

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is Johnny Dough's article in this issue, ""Reversing MACD: The Sequel."" Here we present the November 2013 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various softwa...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis Inc.DATE: NOV2013SUBJECT: Traders' Tips

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• Trading Futures With Scott Slutsky

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Scott Slutsky has more than 30 years' experience in the futures industry. For 20 years he was a currency trader and broker at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. In addition to trading for his own account, he managed and filled orders in various trading pits for firms such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Lehman Brothers. Long active in industry affairs, he is a former director of the CME and is a current director of the CME Group Political Action Committee. In 2012, he formed BRICS Global Markets, where he is president and CEO ...

AUTHOR: Jayanthi GopalakrishnanDATE: NOV2013SUBJECT: Interview

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• Understanding The Yield Curve, Part 1

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...In this two-part series, you'll get a comprehensive review of yield curve analysis and how it can be applied to making decisions in the stock market. In this first part, we'll look at basic theory as well as some guidelines for how discretionary investors can use it to gauge the investing landscape ...

AUTHOR: Giorgos E. Siligardos, Ph.D.DATE: NOV2013SUBJECT: Intermarket Analysis