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• Tracking Relative Strength In Four Dimensions

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Relative strength has more information embedded within it than meets the eye. Here is a way to identify and compress several dimensions of relative strength into one single scalable value, the RS4r, which allows you to compare and then rank securities for robustness across timeframes and shifting market conditions...

AUTHOR: James Garofallou, PhDDATE: SEP2020SUBJECT: Relative Strength

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• Applied Technical Analysis, Part 1: The SCVolatility Band Indicator

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Traders need a foundational way to approach the markets, to know what to look for and for how to make buy and sell decisions. Here, we begin a new article series that will step you through this process, starting with applying very basic technical analysis, using only a volatility channel on a candlestick chart. Coding is provided for the channel indicator...

AUTHOR: Sylvain VervoortDATE: SEP2020SUBJECT: Trading Techniques

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• Comparing The Momentums Of Stock Market Indexes, Part 2

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Last month in part 1, we looked at using an oscillator based on momentum to compare the momentums of two markets on a chart for insights into those markets. In this part, we'll look at what centerline crossovers tell us about the state of the overall stock market when we compare the momentums of stock indexes...

AUTHOR: Vitali ApirineDATE: SEP2020SUBJECT: Indicators

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• Interview: A Conversation With Jake Bernstein

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Jake Bernstein, president of Network Press Inc., is an internationally known commodities and futures analyst, prolific author, trader and researcher. He is chief market strategist and publisher of the Jake Bernstein's Weekly Capital Markets Report, published continuously since 1972. He specializes in seasonal and cycle work and has developed numerous technical, cyclical, and seasonal methodologies for the futures and stock markets. Each year he produces annual forecasts. He is an educator and a consultant. Here, we talk with him about his extensive trading career and come away with some of his...

AUTHOR: Leslie N. MasonsonDATE: SEP2020SUBJECT: Interview

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• Fools Rush In: Investing In IPOs

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Many people rue the day that they passed up an opportunity to buy an IPO that went on to make investors millions. How often do IPOs pay off? And when they do, how long does it take? We'll take a look at what some of the data says...

AUTHOR: Perry J. KaufmanDATE: SEP2020SUBJECT: Analysis

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• Homebuilder ETFs: Building Homes To Meet Demand

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The homebuilding industry is tied to the health of the economy, employment, interest rates, and supply & demand for housing of all types. During difficult financial times, homebuilders and their stocks suffer. However, during strong parts of the economic cycle, homebuilder stocks do well. Here's a look at how this industry and some related industries have performed, as represented by the ETFs in this sector...

AUTHOR: Leslie N. MasonsonDATE: SEP2020SUBJECT: Why Trade ETFs?

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• High-Volume Golden Cross Breakouts

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...It often pays to wait for confirmation to avoid false breakouts. Here are two indications you can use as confirming signals...

AUTHOR: Ken CalhounDATE: SEP2020SUBJECT: Trading On Momentum

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• Algo Q&A

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Have a question about system or algo trading? Kevin J. Davey is a full-time trader, and has over 25 years of system trading experience. Send your questions or topic suggestions to Kevin Davey at kdavey@kjtradingsystems.com. Selected questions will appear in a future issue of S&C. This month: Is An Underlying Theory Needed For An Algo System?...

AUTHOR: Kevin J. DaveyDATE: SEP2020SUBJECT: Algo 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: Should Futures Traders Learn To Trade Options?...

AUTHOR: Carley GarnerDATE: SEP2020SUBJECT: Futures Trading

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• Explore Your Options

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Got a question about options? Jay Kaeppel has over three decades of experience in the options markets. He was a head trader for a CTA firm, an options trading software developer, and is a portfolio manager for an investment management firm. This month: Combatting Time Decay In Options...

AUTHOR: Jay KaeppelDATE: SEP2020SUBJECT: Options Trading

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• Trading Perspectives

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Rob Friesen is a professional trader and president & COO of Bright Trading (www.stocktrading.com), a proprietary trading firm hosting independent trader/members, an online trading school, and utilizing the StockOdds database (www.stockodds.net). This column shares his thoughts and outlooks on trading, locating opportunity, probabilistic outcome, and maintaining perspective throughout industry changes...

AUTHOR: Rob FriesenDATE: SEP2020SUBJECT: Stock Trading

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• Traders' Tips

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is James Garofallou's article in this issue, "Tracking Relative Strength In Four Dimensions." Here, we present the September 2020 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various softwa...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: SEP2020SUBJECT: Traders' Tips code

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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: Kaufman Constructs Trading Systems; Trading Commodity Options...With Creativity; Dating The Stock Market: 10 Key Mindsets You Need To Excel As A Trader; Benjamin Graham's Net-Net Stock Strategy: A Practical Guide To Successful Deep Value Investing In Today's Markets...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: SEP2020SUBJECT: 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: SEP2020SUBJECT: Futures