Article Archive For
OCT1999
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Gann Swings And Intraday Trading by Thom Hartle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Gann Swings And Intraday Trading
Swing trading is one of the oldest technical methods in
technical trading literature. Even though it's little used these
days, this classic technique is hardly outmoded and can be
useful in trading today's volatile stock market.
To some, today's overheated
stock market must seem like
the land o' opportunity: just
step right up and jump on board
the train to make a profit. Unfortunately,
some days the
market looks more like a train
wreck than a weekend trip to
your favorite resort. In fact,
the volatility in some stocks
would make a seasoned soy-bean
trader th...
AUTHOR: Thom HartleDATE: OCT1999SUBJECT: Basic Technique
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Getting Started With Options by Joe Demkovich and Eugene Theriot
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Getting Started With Options
Rather than shying away from the complexity of options, stick
with some simple basics in exploiting them.
You can start paper-trading options
despite their daunting
reputation for complexity. If you
succeed on paper, you'll have
taken the first step to extracting
profits from the real market. It's
true that there are many kinds of
options, and options terminology
is like a foreign language,
but professional traders use options
for a good reason. We'll
tell you why.
But first, yes, you can lose 100% of your investment. Of
course, it is theoretically possible to do...
AUTHOR: Joe Demkovich and Eugene TheriotDATE: OCT1999SUBJECT: Novice Traders' Notebook
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How The Pros Use Average Directional Index by Barbara Star, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...How The Pros Use Average
Directional Index
Here's how technicians Charles LeBeau, Paul Rabbitt, and
Linda Bradford Raschke integrate the average directional
index into their trading plans.
How would you like to look over the shoulders of
professional traders using one of your favorite
indicators? Here's your chance. I spoke with
three well-known traders who put their own
money at risk daily. I asked them to show me
what they do with the average directional index
(ADX), one of the longest-lived and most popular
trend indicators around.
I asked Charles LeBeau, Paul Rabbitt, and
Linda Raschke h...
AUTHOR: Barbara Star, Ph.D.DATE: OCT1999SUBJECT: Classic Technique
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Interview: David Vomund Of AIQ by John Sweeney
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...On The Opening Bell - David Vomund Of AIQ
David Vomund of AIQ Systems wears a few hats, chief of which is his positions
as chief analyst of artificial intelligence?based charting software developer
AIQ Systems and the editor of AIQ's newsletter, The Opening Bell. Not only
that, Vomund is also president of Legarza Vomund Investment Management,
a registered investment advisory firm where he manages aggressive blue-chip
portfolios. Under this money management program, Vomund utilizes his
growth investing strategy while concentrating on a limited number of well-known
companies; for the first half...
AUTHOR: John SweeneyDATE: OCT1999SUBJECT: Interview
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TRADER'S TIPS
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...?TRADESTATION/SUPERCHARTS
This month in Traders' Tips we look at the MACD of the
relative strength (MACD RS) between two instruments. This
indicator is fairly easy to recreate in TradeStation's
PowerEditor using the built-in MACD function.
In the EasyLanguage for this indicator, relative strength is
calculated first. Once the relative strength value has been
obtained, then the MACD function is used to calculate the
differential line for Plot1. Both the XAverage and the MACD
functions are used in Plot2 for the calculation of the signal
line. The suggested format for this indicator is specifie...
AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: OCT1999SUBJECT: Traders' Tips
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The Volatility Stop System by Mark Vakkur, M.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Volatility Stop System
Here's a step-by-step through the development of a
robust trading system for capturing major market
moves.
Volatility systems have a long
and honored history in technical
trading. Here, I'll show you
a simple, robust version you
can use on a weekly basis. I
include code in a sidebar and
show the results of optimizing
the system for the Dow Jones Industrial Average
(DJIA), some stocks, and some mutual funds. The
results are good across the board.
The most robust systems adapt themselves to the
market or security being traded. One indicator particularly
well suited t...
AUTHOR: Mark Vakkur, M.D.DATE: OCT1999SUBJECT: System Design
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Trading the MACD by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Trading The MACD
You can trade Gerald Appel's moving average convergence/
divergence profitably in relatively flat markets. Here's how.
The moving average convergence/
divergence (MACD) is a
momentum oscillator developed
by Gerald Appel in the
early 1970s. For this oscillator,
momentum implies that
fluctuations in prices are reflected
in the MACD; if there is
a sudden increase in price, the
MACD will move upward. It
fluctuates above and below a
zero line -- which is why it is known as an oscillator. The zero
line is the horizontal equilibrium line and if the indicator is
above the zero line, ...
AUTHOR: Jayanthi GopalakrishnanDATE: OCT1999SUBJECT: Basic Techniques
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V.17:10:LETTERS
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...IDENTIFYING SUPPORT
& RESISTANCE LEVELS
Editor,
Bravo! I found Ned Gandevani's article
in the July 1999 STOCKS & COMMODITIES,
"Identifying Crucial Support And
Resistance Levels," the true remedy for
my quest. As an S&P day trader, I've
been in search of a solid method to
identify support and resistance levels in
the S&P market. I couldn't agree more
with Gandevani's statement that none
of the old and linear techniques work in
the S&P market. The author's simple
and creative concept offers a great practical
tool in locating crucial support/
resistance levels or common numbers.
Great choice and...
AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: OCT1999SUBJECT: Letters To S&C
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Website For Traders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...QUOTE.COM'S FAST QUOTE AND LIVE! CHARTS - http://fast.quote.com
Quote.com offers a range of free and paid
charting services at its site. In the March 1999
STOCKS & COMMODITIES, we reviewed
QCharts, the Internet-delivered real-time quote
and charting service from Quote.com. But
Quote.com offers packages for every level of
trader, from free to $99.95 a month for the real-time
QCharts service. In the free area, you can
plot quick charts or live, streaming charts....
AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: OCT1999SUBJECT: Websites