ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Unless your technical analysis indicator can adapt to shifts in the dominant cycle of the data, the indicator is doomed to failure. How can you adaptively tune your indicators and strategy algorithms to changing market conditions, making them much more effective and reliable? How can you know when the market is in a state of high predictability? We'll find out...
BY: John F. EhlersSUBJECT: Digital Signal Processing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Elevate your trading strategy through enhanced signal optimization using Bollinger Bands and RSI along with a moving average. Here's how...
BY: Azeez MustaphaSUBJECT: Trading Techniques
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Buff Pelz Dormeier is a financial advisor with expertise in volume analysis. He is chief technical analyst for Kingsview Partners. As a portfolio manager for Kingsview Partners as well, he designs customized portfolio strategies for advisors and their clientele using portfolio analytics to create goals-based investment strategies. Dormeier is also an index specialist with Monarch Funds...
BY: S&C StaffSUBJECT: Interview
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Gold had a stellar year. Could this asset be the place to be for the next few years? Here, we present a survey of gold-based ETFs and review some statistics and comparative return data to help you decide whether an allocation to one or some of these ETFs may be suitable for your portfolio and for your diversification purposes...
BY: Leslie N. MasonsonSUBJECT: Why Trade ETFs?
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: Trading For A Living...
BY: Carley GarnerSUBJECT: Futures Trading
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: The Best Strike Price When Buying A Call Option...
BY: Jay KaeppelSUBJECT: Options Trading
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: A Critical Look At A Strategy...
BY: Kevin J. DaveySUBJECT: Algo Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Is The Presidential Cycle Still Relevant Today For Stock Market Analysis...
BY: Stella Osoba, CMTSUBJECT: Chart Patterns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Unserious thoughts on serious topics in finance, from Emilio Tomasini, a professional trader and former adjunct professor of corporate finance at the University of Bologna in Italy. This month: Trading Contests (Part 2 Of 2)...
BY: Emilio TomasiniSUBJECT: Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Got a question about using trading strategies? Dave Mabe has 25 years of experience in trading strategy development. With a background as a computer engineer and chief technology officer for Trade-Ideas, he is interested in the design of innovative algorithms for rules-based trading systems as well as the intersection of artificial intelligence and finance. This month: The Smart Way To Scale Up A Strategy...
BY: Dave MabeSUBJECT: Trading Strategies
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is John Ehlers' article in this issue, "Linear Predictive Filters And Instantaneous Frequency." Here, we present the January 2025 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various softwa...
BY: Technical Analysis, Inc.SUBJECT: Traders' Tips code
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...
BY: Technical Analysis, Inc.SUBJECT: Futures