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• Looking At Cycles

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...We live in a world of cycles and many believe there is a correlation between cyclical movements and our emotional ups and downs. Here's a look at some of the different types of cycles as they relate to the financial markets....

AUTHOR: Koos van der MerweDATE: SEP2014SUBJECT: Cycles

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• Exploring Charting Techniques: Creating A Trading Strategy, Part 3

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Creating our own indicators and turning them into a trading strategy is something all technical analysts strive to do. Unfortunately, a lack of programming skills can often discourage us from accomplishing this. But there are ways to get around it. Here's one way to create and backtest an indicator without writing any code....

AUTHOR: Sylvain VervoortDATE: SEP2014SUBJECT: Charting

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• Jeffrey Hirsch on Seasons, Cycles, and Super Booms

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Jeffrey A. Hirsch is editor-in-chief of Stock Trader's Almanac and the author of several books. A 25-year Wall Street veteran and president of the Hirsch Organization since 2001, he appears regularly in the financial media. We spoke with him about using cycles as a guide when trading....

AUTHOR: Jayanthi GopalakrishnanDATE: SEP2014SUBJECT: Interview

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• Finding The Golden Triangle

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Do you find yourself frequently missing profitable setups? Here's one way to capture most, if not all, of them....

AUTHOR: Charlotte HudginDATE: SEP2014SUBJECT: Trading Strategy

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• Binary Options: Scam Or Trading Methodology?

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...They're gaining attention among traders, but how do you trade them? Here's one way to get started....

AUTHOR: Gail MercerDATE: SEP2014SUBJECT: Options

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• Acquiring Trading Discipline Quantitatively

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...To trust your trading system you need confidence, which in turn leads to discipline. Here's a simple yet powerful process that can help you to trust your system....

AUTHOR: Sebastien GarciaDATE: SEP2014SUBJECT: Trading Discipline

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• The Roots Of Periodicity

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...It may seem ancient, it may seem complex; but it works and it's simple. Here's a look at how to analyze the markets using an insight gleaned from thinking about W.D. Gann's squaring of price and time technique....

AUTHOR: Richard JohnsonDATE: SEP2014SUBJECT: At The Close

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• 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 will appear in a future issue of S&C.. This month: Hedge-fund basics....

AUTHOR: Don BrightDATE: SEP2014SUBJECT: Stock 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: VIX futures, part 2....

AUTHOR: Carley GarnerDATE: SEP2014SUBJECT: Futures trading

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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 http://Message-Boards.Traders.com. Answers will be posted there, and selected questions will appear in a future issue of S&C. This month: call options and Apple's September product launch....

AUTHOR: Tom GentileDATE: SEP2014SUBJECT: Options trading

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• Traders' Tips

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is Charlotte Hudgins' article in this issue, "Finding The Golden Triangle." Here we present the September 2014 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various software...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: SEP2014SUBJECT: Traders' Tips

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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 NinjaTrader Group LLC, Trading Central, Ward Systems Group, Zaner Group, McMillan Analysis Corp., and Stage 5 Trading....

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: SEP2014SUBJECT: News

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• Opening Position

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Why buy stocks when the markets continue to move higher? The answer is simple: You want to make higher returns, and for as long as stocks keep moving higher, it's only natural to keep buying more....

AUTHOR: Jayanthi GopalakrishnanDATE: SEP2014SUBJECT: Opening Position

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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....

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: SEP2014SUBJECT: Letters to the Editor

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• Product review: Advanced GET by eSignal

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...A set of trading strategies that runs on the eSignal platform....

AUTHOR: S&C StaffDATE: SEP2014SUBJECT: Product review

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• Quick-Scan: ChartLabPRO

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...A quantitative analysis site for actionable advice....

AUTHOR: Jayanthi GopalakrishnanDATE: SEP2014SUBJECT: Quick-Scan

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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: Derivatives: A Guide To Alternative Investments, Option Strategy Risk/Return Ratios: A Revolutionary New Approach To Optimizing, Adjusting, And Trading Any Option Income Strategy, and Technical Trading Mastery: 7 Steps To Win With Logic....

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: SEP2014SUBJECT: Books

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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: SEP2014SUBJECT: Futures