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• Removing Moving Average Lag

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The lag effect in a moving average is its tradeoff. Reducing lag improves the timeliness of trading signals. Here, we present a new simple but elegant solution that all traders will appreciate...

AUTHOR: John F. EhlersDATE: MAR2025SUBJECT: Digital Signal Processing

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• Improving Stock Hedging With Industry Beta

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Industry-specific news affects stock prices. Therefore, adding the industry beta to the classical hedging model based on the market beta can considerably improve the efficiency of stock hedging. We'll explain how...

AUTHOR: Anatoly B. Schmidt, PhDDATE: MAR2025SUBJECT: Analysis Techniques

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• Revisiting The 3-Day Trade

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here's a favorite trading strategy. Can we boost performance results by updating its parameters...

AUTHOR: Perry J. KaufmanDATE: MAR2025SUBJECT: Trading Strategies

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• Benefits Of The "Poor Man's Covered Call"

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here's an option trading strategy that can be useful for the retail investor with a modest-sized account who would like to be able to benefit from gains in an underlying stock's price appreciation without actually owning the stock...

AUTHOR: John DevcicDATE: MAR2025SUBJECT: Options Trading

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• Anatomy Of Moving Average Trading Part 1: Black Swan Events

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Can technical analysis save investors from a prolonged down period in the market? In this first part of a look at trading with moving average systems, we'll present the results of a study testing a variety of moving average-based trading rules on six U.S. broad market ETFs...

AUTHOR: Massoud Metghalchi, PhDDATE: MAR2025SUBJECT: Trading Strategies

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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: Commodity ETFs...

AUTHOR: Carley GarnerDATE: MAR2025SUBJECT: Futures Trading

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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: Trading Short-Term Price Movements With Out-Of-The-Money Butterfly Spreads...

AUTHOR: Jay KaeppelDATE: MAR2025SUBJECT: Options Trading

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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: Slippery Slope...

AUTHOR: Kevin J. DaveyDATE: MAR2025SUBJECT: Algo Trading

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• The Savvy Technician

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Investing In Artificial Intelligence And Robotics Stocks...

AUTHOR: Stella Osoba, CMTDATE: MAR2025SUBJECT: Chart Patterns

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• Market Rap

  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: Trendlines: The Steeper They Are, The More Effective They Are...

AUTHOR: Emilio TomasiniDATE: MAR2025SUBJECT: Trading

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• Strategy Corner

  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 Best Way To Improve Your Trading...

AUTHOR: Dave MabeDATE: MAR2025SUBJECT: Trading Strategies

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• Traders' Tips

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is John F. Ehlers' article in this issue, "Removing Moving Average Lag". Here, we present the March 2025 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various softwa...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: MAR2025SUBJECT: Traders' Tips code

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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...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: MAR2025SUBJECT: Futures