Article Archive For JUL2019

  • Exponential Deviation Bands

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Trading bands (also called price envelopes or channels) can help you read the trend on a chart. Here's a version that is well-suited for trend following...

  • Stop-Loss Realities

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Long hours reading multipart fantasy fiction or binge-watching "Game Of Thrones" episodes can eventually get you. Yes, mythical dragons can enter a trader's life and show up unexpectedly--when you want to place stop-losses. This leads you to exit trades too early and end up with zero profits. Here's how to keep the dragons at b...

  • The V-Trade Part 12 : Expert Automatic Trading

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...In part 11 of this series, tools for manual and semi-automatic trading with trendlines using an expert system were presented. In this part, which is the third on using an expert system, we look at technical analysis techniques that can be used with automated trading...

  • Low-Volatility ETFs Outperform

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Are you looking for a less-risky approach to ETF investing that still captures the return of the S&P 500 index or better? Then consider low-volatility ETFs, which have performed better than expected. A number of high-quality, low-volatility ETFs have been available for at least eight years. Here, we'll review the top ETFs in this small slice of the ETF market...

  • Interview: The Way Of Trading With Ian Murphy

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Ian Murphy trades his own account using trend-following, swing trading, and daytrading strategies. He studied under experienced traders such as Alexander Elder and Kerry Lovvorn. Working in metal recycling early in his career led him to precious metals and then to becoming an independent trader, not just of commodities but stocks and other financial instruments. He brought together the lessons learned in trading over the years in a book, Way of the Trader. In it, written to help other traders find their own way to success, he shares both the highs and lows of his trading experiences and identi...

  • Analysis Of Price Change & Trend Direction

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Did you ever think that price change or movement within a trend can be described by the laws of mechanics of rigid body motion? It can, and here's a method that looks at it from that perspective...

  • How To Turn A Painful Experience Into A Positive One

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Any missed opportunity can feel painful, and in trading and investing it's something we all experience. Here's one way to take such a situation and creatively transform it into a way forward...

  • ETF Arbitrage Daytrading

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...There are few guarantees in the stock market, but here is one you may be able to start using...

  • 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: Trading On A Simulator...

  • 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: Hedging With Micro Eminis...

  • 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...

  • 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: Reverse Calendar Spreads...

  • Traders' Tips

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is Vitali Apirine's article in this issue, "Exponential Deviation Bands." Here, we present the July 2019 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various softwa...

  • 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...