• Smoothing The Data

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Of the various smoothing methods commonly available to traders and technical analysts, which are best at finding the trend in price data?...

BY: Perry J. KaufmanSUBJECT: Technical Analysis

• The Reversion Index

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The reversion index can provide timely buy and sell signals for reversion-to-the-mean strategies. Find out how to calculate and plot it...

BY: John F. EhlersSUBJECT: Digital Signal Processing

• A Tale Of Three Metals

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Is it possible to develop a strategy for trading metal futures that beats buy-and-hold yet is almost as uncomplicated? Here's a study and the results...

BY: Sifat Singh and Eugene Pinsky, PhDSUBJECT: Trading Strategy Development

• Pivot Points Reimagined: A Systematic Approach Across Futures Markets

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here is a nontraditional approach to using pivot points. Can the method be applied successfully to a wide variety of futures markets? These results provide an intriguing start to a solid trading strategy...

BY: Andrea UngerSUBJECT: Trading Strategy Development

• Strategic Crypto Portfolio Management: Balancing Risk And Reward

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Managing trade risk and position sizing are important for portfolio management. This example trend-following strategy designed for crypto assets serves to demonstrate how you can incorporate stops and position management into your trading for better risk control...

BY: Azeez MustaphaSUBJECT: Cryptocurrency Trading

• Accessing And Using Free Data From FRED

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Institutional and professional traders and analysts use data from this important source. Shouldn't you be using it too? After all, it's free. Here's how to access it...

BY: Gregory AharonianSUBJECT: Macroeconomic Data

• Lunar Cycles Vs. Calendar Effects

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Does the stock market really behave any differently during different phases of the moon? Here, two trading strategy frameworks are tested and compared: one based on moon phase and one based on fixed calendar rules. How did they fare?...

BY: Hanlei ChenSUBJECT: Trading Strategies

• 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: Pricing Extremes And Volatility...

BY: Carley GarnerSUBJECT: Futures Trading

• 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 Out-Of-The-Money Butterfly Spread...

BY: Jay KaeppelSUBJECT: Options Trading

• 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: Two Strategy Backtests, Two Different Results. Why?...

BY: Kevin J. DaveySUBJECT: Algo Trading

• The Savvy Technician

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Why Consumer Discretionary Stocks Matter...

BY: Stella Osoba, CMTSUBJECT: Chart Patterns

• Machine Learning Corner

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Want to better understand complex concepts like pattern recognition, forecasting, and classification, in plain English without complex formulas? Domenico D'Errico explains how the core concepts of machine learning for pattern recognition often have more in common with traditional trading techniques than you might expect. This month: Using An AI Chatbot To Develop And Test A Trading Strategy...

BY: Domenico D'ErricoSUBJECT: Machine Learning

• Traders' Tips

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is John F. Ehlers' article in this issue, "The Reversion Index." Here, we present the January 2026 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various softwa...

BY: Technical Analysis, Inc.SUBJECT: Traders' Tips code

• 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...

BY: Technical Analysis, Inc.SUBJECT: Futures