Article Archive For MAR2021

  • In Search Of A Better RSI

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The relative strength index has long been a standard tool for technical analysts. Here, we introduce a new version of it, named the RSING, that offers several important improvements...

  • Rate Of Change With Bands

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here, we introduce a type of trading band you can use on your charts. These bands are based on the rate-of-change oscillator...

  • Profiting From Failure

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Trading busted chart patterns might be the way to riches. Or not...

  • Avoiding The Pitfalls Of Historical Data

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Testing a trading strategy depends on handling the data correctly. How do price shocks figure into the historical data...

  • Elliott Wave Perspective For US Stocks, 2009-2020

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...See why the 2009 to 2010 market rally may suggest an upcoming top in the stock market...

  • Mind The Gap

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Understanding gaps and their significance can be useful for getting in and staying in the trade. Here's a refresher...

  • Emerging Market ETFs

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Emerging market stocks and ETFs appear to finally be coming out of a multiyear decline. Historically, such a rise has typically been followed by a multiyear advance. Given that historical pattern, six broad-based emerging market ETFs are reviewed here to provide a basis for comparison for possible investment...

  • Quick-Scan: StockCharts ACP

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...StockCharts ACP is the latest interactive streaming enhancement of StockCharts.com...

  • Price Projection Daytrading

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here's how you can use the previous day's range to project the expected maximum range for the current trading session...

  • 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: The Holy Grail Strategy...

  • 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: What Are The Biggest Mistakes Commodity Traders Make...

  • 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: Very Short-Term Options...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Traders' Tips

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is Vitali Apirine's article in this issue, "Rate Of Change With Bands." Here, we present the March 2021 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various softwa...