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• Trading The Channel

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...It's a classic, well-respected method among chartists. Here's a test to find the best calculation period and best rules for buying and selling using a trading channel...

AUTHOR: Perry J. KaufmanDATE: MAY2025SUBJECT: Trading Methods

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• Overnight Trading Strategy: Extending Analysis To SPY, SMH, And IWM

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Prices during overnight trading have patterns and characteristics that differ from daytime trading. How can traders capitalize on this? Here's a study to test the hypothetical profitability of an algorithmic momentum-based trading strategy on the overnight session in several equities markets...

AUTHOR: Peter (Haoting) DingDATE: MAY2025SUBJECT: Trading Strategies

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• Key Signs Of A Stock Market Top

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Do you know both the general and technical signs of a market topping process?...

AUTHOR: Jon Wolfenbarger, CFADATE: MAY2025SUBJECT: Stock Market Analysis

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• How To Develop And Refine An Intraday Bias Trading System For Gold Futures

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Starting from a recurring market movement (a market bias), you can develop and test a trading strategy. Here's a demonstration of developing a strategy for trading gold futures, including open-source code so you can conduct your own tests...

AUTHOR: Andrea UngerDATE: MAY2025SUBJECT: Trading System Development

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• Buffer ETFs

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Investors know that protecting against significant market drops is crucial for safeguarding their principal. A type of ETF known as buffer ETFs were introduced to offer investors a vehicle structured to limit losses. But are they really a risk-free approach to investing? Let's look at this category of ETF offering to see what the tradeoffs may be...

AUTHOR: Leslie N. MasonsonDATE: MAY2025SUBJECT: Why Trade ETFs?

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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: Gold Has Sharply Outperformed Silver; Does That Mean Silver Will Rally To Catch Up?...

AUTHOR: Carley GarnerDATE: MAY2025SUBJECT: 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: Selecting Trade Candidates To Help Put The Odds On Your Side...

AUTHOR: Jay KaeppelDATE: MAY2025SUBJECT: 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: Artificial Intelligence Advancements...

AUTHOR: Kevin J. DaveyDATE: MAY2025SUBJECT: Algo Trading

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• The Savvy Technician

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Why We Overreact To Fear...

AUTHOR: Stella Osoba, CMTDATE: MAY2025SUBJECT: Chart Patterns

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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: Have Limited Time For Trading? Good...

AUTHOR: Dave MabeDATE: MAY2025SUBJECT: Trading Strategies

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• Traders' Tips

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is Perry Kaufman's article in this issue, "Trading The Channel." Here, we present the May 2025 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various softwa...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: MAY2025SUBJECT: 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: MAY2025SUBJECT: Futures