Article Archive For DEC2023

  • Growth Or Value?

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Choosing between growth or value stocks presents a challenging dilemma for every investor. Here is a strategy that will help you beat the market by rotating between Vanguard's value and growth ETFs according to market conditions...

  • A Strategy For Trading Seasonal And Non-Seasonal Markets

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...If you can see a seasonal or non-seasonal pattern, you may be able to profit from it. Here is an example of how to find and exploit patterns...

  • Building A Trend-Following System

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Does filtering trade entries with a volume flow indicator improve the performance of a moving average crossover system when used in a trend-following strategy? Here's a test to find out...

  • A Directional Pattern To Ride The Wave

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here is a price pattern you can use with a trading strategy to filter trades and ride a price wave. We'll explain the logic and show step-by-step how to do it...

  • N-CAMA: Combining Artificial Intelligence With A Time-Tested Technical Analysis Indicator

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Traditional technical analysis tools can benefit from the aid of machine learning. Here, we introduce a dynamic trading model called the N-CAMA. It combines a time-tested tool, the adjustable moving average, with the power of artificial intelligence for prediction of tomorrow's prices. Find out how it works...

  • Interview: A Conversation With Teresa Lo

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Teresa Lo has enjoyed a productive and successful career in the stock market over several decades. After working at brokerage firms, she began trading for herself, first in daytrading and then swing trading before eventually becoming more of an investor with a diversified portfolio. She founded several websites including IntelligentSpeculator (1998), trendVUE (2000), and InViVo Analytics (2007). She joined forces with IQ Chart, which was absorbed by Infospace in 2001. As a TradeStation user since 1997, she developed her own suite of trading tools and made them available by subscription. We in...

  • 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: Crude Oil Options Now Expire Three Times Per Week; Should Retail Traders Consider Them For Speculation? (Part 3 Of 3)...

  • 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: Algo Override...

  • 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: Cash-Secured Puts...

  • Market Rap

    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: What Is Good Financial Information? (Part 2 Of 2)...

  • Traders' Tips

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is Markos Katsanos' article in this issue, "Growth Or Value?" Here, we present the December 2023 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various softwa...

  • 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...