ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Should you sell in May, or later in the summer, or never? Is October the best reentry month? Which are the best and worst months for the stock market? And are there statistically significant seasonal patterns in the equity markets? Can we improve on a seasonal system using other technical conditions? Read on to find out...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...You can improve your investment returns over time dramatically if you can make profits during a bear market period instead of just suffering losses...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...On the road toward profitability as a trader, both the frequency and size of your winning trades are important. But to what extent? You can use the "expected value" calculation for the trades in your account as a way of examining profitability. Find out h...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Is it possible to beat the market indexes and generate alpha returns by using fundamental analysis and company reports? Here's a look...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Candlestick signals and patterns are as effective on a one-minute chart as on a monthly chart. Here's a look at using candlestick signals to locate high-probability daytrade setups...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Ric Edelman founded the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals (DACFP) in 2018 to help financial advisors learn about the digital asset revolution encompassing blockchain, digital assets, and digital currencies. DACFP provides education, training, advice, and consulting to financial advisors and executives in the financial and crypto communities...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The strongest short setups occur when price action loses the prior day's low...
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: Fed Stimulus And Asset Prices...
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: Walkforward Testing...
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: Out-Of-The-Money Butterfly Spreads...
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. This month: Thematic Trading for Baskets & Pairs...
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: Some Philosophical Thoughts On Optimization And Its Roles...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is Markos Katsanos' article in this issue, "Stock Market Seasonality." Here, we present the April 2022 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various softwa...
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...