Contents For JAN2024

  • Artificial Intelligence Applied To Technical Trading

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Artificial intelligence tools can be used to classify trading sessions into patterns. The Python programming environment can be used to carry it out. Here, we'll lay out the concept...

  • Gap Momentum

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here's a way to use opening gap data to create a momentum strategy...

  • Newton's Cradle And The Short Butterfly

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...In option trading, a "Newton's cradle" is an offsetting debit spread position. Here is a look at this type of trade and why it is us...

  • Z-Score: How To Use It In Trading

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Z-score can help to analyze sequences of trades to determine the relationship between wins and losses. You can use this statistic to refine your trading strategy to maximize profitability. We'll show you how...

  • A Pivot Point Trading Strategy

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Pivot points project where price may change course. They can be calculated with simple arithmetic. Here is a basic trading strategy based on pivot points to use in the crypto or other trending markets...

  • A Look At ARK ETFs: Are They Ready For A Resurgence?

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...ARK ETFs got crushed from their 2021 peak. Are they ready for a resurgence, or is more bad news ahead for this well-known family of ETFs? We'll examine some potentially deciding factors...

  • 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 Is A Misconception Many Have About Markets Before They Begin Speculating?...

  • Swing Trading VIX Reversals

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...This month's column will give you useful tips to confirm upward reversals in UVXY...

  • 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: Directional Calendar Spreads...

  • 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: Expectations...

  • The Savvy Technician

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Reversal Or Reaction: Which Is It...

  • Market Rap

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Unserious thoughts on serious topics in finance, from Emilio Tomasini, a professional trader and adjunct professor of corporate finance at the University of Bologna in Italy. This month: Automation In Trading: A Real Life Saver (Part 1 Of 2)...

  • Traders' Tips

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is Perry Kaufman's article in this issue, "Gap Momentum." Here, we present the January 2024 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various softwa...

  • Books For Traders

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The following selection of book descriptions represents a sampling of recent book releases in the investing field. This month: Trend Following Masters (Volume 2): Trading Psychology Conversations by Michael Cove; Stock Trader's Almanac 2024 by Jeffrey A. Hirsch; The Naked Trader's Book Of Trading Strategies by Robbie Burns...

  • 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...