Download
Article

• When The Smart Money Fails

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Commitments Of Traders aggregated report is a handy tool for watching the moves of the most significant players in the markets. But what happens when the "smart money" fails? You may be able to gain some insights from the reports. Find out ho...

AUTHOR: Giorgos E. Siligardos, Ph.D.DATE: NOV2014SUBJECT: Indicators

Download
Article

• Price Projections, Part 5

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here in part 5 of Sylvain Vervoort's "Exploring Charting Techniques" series, he looks at techniques such as measured moves, Fibonacci projections & retracements, and daily pivots to estimate future price levels...

AUTHOR: Sylvain VervoortDATE: NOV2014SUBJECT: Charting

Download
Article

• Battling The Futures With Larry Levin

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Larry Levin is president and founder of Trading Advantage, a firm specializing in trading education. Trading Advantage has made it its mission to teach students to trade online. We spoke with him about what it takes to start trading futures....

AUTHOR: Jayanthi GopalakrishnanDATE: NOV2014SUBJECT: Interview

Download
Article

• Trading Forex: Understanding The Basics, Part 1

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...In this first part of a new series on foreign exchange trading, you'll get an overview of the basics of trading currencies....

AUTHOR: Imran MukatiDATE: NOV2014SUBJECT: Forex focus

Download
Article

• Swing Trading With Momentum On Your Side

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Seeing a simple breakout may convince you to place a trade, but how do you know if a breakout is really a breakout? Here's one way you can jump into a trade and not get caught off-guard....

AUTHOR: Ken CalhounDATE: NOV2014SUBJECT: Trading techniques

Download
Article

• Slow Down: Equity Curve Ahead

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The equity curve judges the success or failure of your system. What makes an equity curve good or bad? What does it take to achieve a good equity curve? We'll take a look....

AUTHOR: Robert CocchiolaDATE: NOV2014SUBJECT: Trading techniques

Download
Article

• Product review: thinkorswim Sharing

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Social media sharing tools and online community for thinkorswim users...

AUTHOR: Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.DATE: NOV2014SUBJECT: Product review

Download
Article

• 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 http://Message-Boards.Traders.com. Answers will be posted there, and selected questions will appear in a future issue of S&C. This month: A case study for options on coffee....

AUTHOR: Tom GentileDATE: NOV2014SUBJECT: Options trading

Download
Article

• 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: Part 2 of her discussion on choosing a futures broker....

AUTHOR: Carley GarnerDATE: NOV2014SUBJECT: Futures trading

Download
Article

• Q&A

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...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. This month: Setting up your computer screen(s) for trading....

AUTHOR: Don BrightDATE: NOV2014SUBJECT: Stock trading

Download
Article

• Traders' Tips

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is mainly Sylvain VervoortÕs article in this issue issue, "Price Projections" which is part 5 of his Exploring Charting Techniques series. Here we present the November 2014 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various software...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: NOV2014SUBJECT: Traders' Tips

Download
Article

• Books For Traders

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...A sampling of recent book releases in the investing field. This month: Integrating Technical Analysis For The Investor; Tramline Trading; Statistically Sound Machine Learning For Algorithmic Trading Of Financial Instruments; Non Random Profits; and Decoding The Hidden Market Rhythm, second edition....

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: NOV2014SUBJECT: Books

Download
Article

• 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 the Technical Securities Analysts Association San Francisco (TSAA-SF) & StockCharts.com; BBands.com; FXStreet; Shift Theory; Ward Systems & FXCM; and Barchart.com....

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: NOV2014SUBJECT: News

Download
Article

• Opening Position

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Even though traders may convince themselves otherwise, most enter and exit positions based on intuition or emotions. Rarely do they make their trading decisions based purely on objective reasoning....

AUTHOR: Jayanthi GopalakrishnanDATE: NOV2014SUBJECT: Opening Position

Download
Article

• 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....

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: NOV2014SUBJECT: Letters to the Editor

Download
Article

• 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: NOV2014SUBJECT: Futures