Article Archive For OCT2019
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An Interplanetary Marriage
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The quest to continually improve and update a trading strategy is often part of a trader's mission--and can be a rewarding one at that, on many levels. Presented here is a new version of a strategy for trading two futures contracts, along with two new indicators that are at the core of the strategy...
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The V-Trade, Part 13: Expert Automatic Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...In this ongoing series on the V-Trade system, we are presenting this author's method of making manual and automatic buy & sell decisions (or a combination of both). Now that we have set up the expert system and shown how to use it for manual and semi-automated trading, we'll look at a mechanical trading technique to use with automated trading...
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Combining Bollinger Bands With Candlesticks
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...It's quintessential technical analysis. Here's a simple strategy to trade with as well as an easy model for how to backtest it, putting together these two popular components of charting...
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Value At Risk For The Small Investor
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Protecting your capital and limiting losses is fundamental to trading. But how can you estimate your possible losses for better risk management? Here's a method you can use...
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Interview: A Technical Narrative With Mark Newton
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Mark L. Newton has more than 25 years of buy-side and sell-side experience in financial services. Before moving to the New York City area in 2004, he traded equity options as a market maker and floor trader at the CBOE, and worked in risk management. He is a member of the CMT Association (formerly Market Technicians Association), and is a former member of the CBOE, CBOT, and PHLX exchanges. He obtained the CMT (Chartered Market Technician) designation in 2002. In 2016, he founded an advisory firm, Newton Advisors LLC (NewtonAdvisor.com), which offers a consulting and web subscription service t...
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Trading The Failure Of Technical Patterns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Yes, you can potentially trade patterns profitably even when they fail. Here's how to spot and take advantage of these types of opportunities...
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Product review: Market Rover Pro
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Market Rover Pro from The Steady Trader (TST) is a web-based scanner that incorporates several proprietary indicators developed by Serge Berger to detect reversals, continuations, price exhaustion, and gaps...
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Wyckoff And Livermore: The Conversations
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...We learn from those who have come before us. Richard D. Wyckoff and Jesse Livermore both lived and worked in the early part of the 20th century, applying their craft to the financial markets. Today, their insights into the art of speculation provide wisdoms that still apply...
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High-Volume Close Breakouts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...As with many trading techniques, looking for confirmation before taking action is smart. Here's one way you can do that...
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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: Determining An Appropriate Initial Account Size...
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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: Why Use Diagonal Option Spreads?...
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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: Options On Stocks, Indexes, And Futures...
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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...
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Traders' Tips
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is Pawel Kosinski's article in this issue, "Combining Bollinger Bands With Candlesticks." Here, we present the October 2019 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various softwa...
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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. This month: Turning Ehlers' Voss Predictor Into A Strategy...
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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...