ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Trading strategies usually involve adjustable parameters, and trading strategy development involves optimizing those parameters to find the best inputs and variables for the most profitable results. Here is an overview of some available optimizer types, along with some insights into using current-generation software to help with this very important task...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...In this article, we analyze the effects of an indecision pattern on trend-following models and try to answer the long-standing question: Are the results of this model repeatable or the result of chance...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Are market breadth measurements an underused tool for gaining the best picture of the stock market? Here's a study to demonstrate why you should be using this tool...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...A few charting tools can help put price in context when classifying highs and lows. And having context for when price is relatively high or relatively low can help the trader to successfully trade pullbacks. Here's an example strategy using the concept of pullback trading...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Don't wait for drawdowns to hit before you make the effort to examine your profitability. Successful traders will routinely and systematically do this. Here's how you can embrace this mindset and adopt these important concepts for improving your profitability...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The first ETF, SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, was born on January 22, 1993 and has grown to $358.4 billion in AUM as of September 2, 2022. Its popularity is unrivaled. Join us here for a retrospective of the ETF industry, which has changed the investment landscape for millions of investors, while the mutual fund industry fortunes have begun to slow...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Gregory Morris has a 50-year investment career as a technical analyst, a prolific developer of indicators and trading systems, educational speaker, and an accomplished author of books on trend analysis, breadth, and candlesticks. Leslie Masonson interviewed Gregory Morris to discuss his indicator and systems development using technical analysis, his rules-based money management methodology, and his blog at StockCharts.com titled "Dancing With The Tren...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here's an approach you can use to daytrade major economic news or report releases using 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: What Is The Appropriate Account Size For A Beginning Commodity Trader...
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: Evaluating Backtest Results...
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 Double Calendar Spread...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Cultivate The Art Of Perception...
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: A Killer Of Trading Success...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is John Ehlers' article in the October 2022 issue, "Recurring Phase Of Cycle Analysis". Here, we present the November 2022 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various softwa...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The editors of S&C invite readers to submit their opinions and information on subjects relating to technical analysis and this magazine. This column is our means of communication with our readers. This month: Drawing Ehlers Loops Using Visual Basic; Errata: Trading Natural Gas Using UNG...
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...