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• Roll Your Own Futures Using Python

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...If you want to backtest a strategy for trading futures, you'll need historical data that has been back-adjusted to synthesize it into continuous contracts. Here's a way to do that yourself...

AUTHOR: Anthony GarnerDATE: SEP2019SUBJECT: Futures

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• High-Dividend-Paying ETFs Offer Concentrated Returns

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Are you looking to capture higher-than-normal dividends while still enjoying a solid total return? If so, then here are six ETFs to consider that focus on high dividend payments, and they all have billions of dollars in assets...

AUTHOR: Leslie N. MasonsonDATE: SEP2019SUBJECT: Why Trade ETFs?

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• A Simple Way To Trade Seasonality

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...You can locate patterns to perform seasonal trades--although they won't necessarily be where you expect. Here's a way to uncover consistent patterns you can use to trade, not just on futures but also on some seasonal stocks...

AUTHOR: Perry J. KaufmanDATE: SEP2019SUBJECT: Trading Strategies

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• The Limited-Risk Reversal Spread Trade

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here's a trade the big hitters of Wall Street might use to control shares without making their activity obvious to the market. It's similar to creating a synthetic long position, but it has a couple of major differences. Find out how you can construct this trade...

AUTHOR: Robert J. SeifertDATE: SEP2019SUBJECT: Options

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• Interview: Market Data Insights With John Ehlers

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...John F. Ehlers is a market technician with a specialty in the study of market data and cycles, as well as using that data more effectively to develop trading strategies. In the early 1980s, around the same time this magazine was launched, he was pioneering new ways to accurately measure market cycles using engineering techniques discovered during his time as a Senior Engineering Fellow with Raytheon and during his work on various special projects including SkyLab...

AUTHOR: Karl MontevirgenDATE: SEP2019SUBJECT: Interview

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• Spotting Imbalances In Novel Markets

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Trading opportunities are created when bitcoin and altcoins are traded against the US dollar. And when some of the more popular altcoins are traded against bitcoin, unusual yet predictable trading opportunities may arise. Here's a strategy for one such possible trade...

AUTHOR: Azeez MustaphaDATE: SEP2019SUBJECT: Crypto Currencies

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• An Updated Market Outlook

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...In today's world, it may seem as though computer-generated trading should have removed most of the human emotion from the market, which could mean that classic wave patterns no longer apply. But that may not be the case. Here's why...

AUTHOR: Richard JohnsonDATE: SEP2019SUBJECT: Elliott Wave

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• Understanding An Annual Report

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Long considered drudgery to read, annual reports do contain some important information if you know what to look for. Here's a look inside them...

AUTHOR: Peter SmolensDATE: SEP2019SUBJECT: At The Close

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• ETF Arbitrage Swing Trading

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...In the July 2019 issue in this column, ETF arbitrage for daytrading was presented. This month, the same concept is applied to swing trading. Find out how...

AUTHOR: Ken CalhounDATE: SEP2019SUBJECT: Trading On Momentum

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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: Finding The Best Parameters For Your Strategy...

AUTHOR: Kevin J. DaveyDATE: SEP2019SUBJECT: Algo Trading

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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: Can Micro Futures Replace Option Trading On Futures?...

AUTHOR: Carley GarnerDATE: SEP2019SUBJECT: 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: An Inexpensive Directional Strategy For Leverage...

AUTHOR: Jay KaeppelDATE: SEP2019SUBJECT: Options Trading

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• Traders' Tips

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is Perry Kaufman's article in this issue, "A Simple Way To Trade Seasonality." Here, we present the September 2019 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various softwa...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: SEP2019SUBJECT: Traders' Tips code

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• Trading Perspectives

  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...

AUTHOR: Rob FriesenDATE: SEP2019SUBJECT: Stock Trading

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• Books For Traders

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The following selection of book descriptions represents a sampling of recent book releases in the investing field. This month: The Laws Of Trading: A Trader's Guide To Better Decision-Making For Everyone; The Art Of Currency Trading: A Professional's Guide To The Foreign Exchange Market; Equity Smart Beta And Factor Investing For Practitioners; Plant Your Money Tree: A Guide To Growing Your Wealth; 7 Financial Models For Analysts, Investors And Finance Professionals: Theory And Practical Tools To Help Investors Analyse Businesses Using Excel...

AUTHOR: Technical Analysis, Inc.DATE: SEP2019SUBJECT: Books

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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: SEP2019SUBJECT: Futures