Article Archive For JAN2019
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Moon Rocket
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...First it was to the stratospheres. Now we're off to the moon, and maybe even further...
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Volatility: What They Don't Teach You In Grad School
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...You're most likely not going to engage in a conversation about "lognormal volatility" at a cocktail party. But you may have come across the term in financial texts. This may or may not surprise you: When it comes to the stock market, what you read may not be completely accurate. Here's something that may turn out to be important to y...
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Double Bottom Patterns: Increasing The Odds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Any trading strategy can be improved. Here's a look at how trading double bottom patterns can be modified to give you better trading results...
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Stock It To Me: Income-Based Investing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Putting some of your investment dollars to work in securities that offer payouts can be a good tradeoff between risk and reward. Here's how to go about it...
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Profiting From Inverse ETFs In Bear Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...When the market heads down, there are still ways to profit that don't require taking an outright short position. Here's a look at some of the inverse ETFs available, how they have performed, and what risks are involved...
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Interview: David Stendahl On Seasonal Patterns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...With over 25 years of experience in trading and designing pattern and momentum-style trading systems, David Stendahl understands risk management. Stendahl is founder and president of Signal Trading Group (SignalTradingGroup.com) and focuses on trading the global futures markets. He follows a systematic, low-leveraged, highly diversified trading regimen. He co-created various financial software that centers on evaluating trading systems, position sizing application, and portfolio construction. You can follow him on Twitter at @David_Stendahl. We spoke with David in November 2018 about his compa...
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Product review: StockCharts.com
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...StockCharts.com is a comprehensive, easy-to-navigate and highly subscribed-to technical analysis and charting website designed for self-directed investors and traders...
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How Does Impulsivity Affect Your Trading Results?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Just knowing if you are trading based on impulse can, at the very least, make a difference in your approach to trading. And that can make a difference in your bottom line...
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Daytrading VWMA Breakouts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Adding in a volume component to your moving average calculation can help you know when momentum may be slowing, which may improve your trade timing. Here's how...
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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: Leveraged ETFs Vs. Futures: A Good Substitute?...
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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: How To Position A Trade Using A Calendar Spread (Part 2)...
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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: Discretionary Vs. Algorithmic Trading...
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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...
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Traders' Tips
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is Sylvain Vervoort's article in the July 2018 issue, "The V-Trade, Part 5: Technical Analysis--Moving Average Support & Resistance And Volatility Bands." Here, we present the January 2019 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various softwa...
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Letters To S&C
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: The Stiffness Indicator...
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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...