Article Archive For JAN2026
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Smoothing The Data
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Of the various smoothing methods commonly available to traders and technical analysts, which are best at finding the trend in price data?...
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The Reversion Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The reversion index can provide timely buy and sell signals for reversion-to-the-mean strategies. Find out how to calculate and plot it...
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A Tale Of Three Metals
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Is it possible to develop a strategy for trading metal futures that beats buy-and-hold yet is almost as uncomplicated? Here's a study and the results...
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Pivot Points Reimagined: A Systematic Approach Across Futures Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here is a nontraditional approach to using pivot points. Can the method be applied successfully to a wide variety of futures markets? These results provide an intriguing start to a solid trading strategy...
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Strategic Crypto Portfolio Management: Balancing Risk And Reward
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Managing trade risk and position sizing are important for portfolio management. This example trend-following strategy designed for crypto assets serves to demonstrate how you can incorporate stops and position management into your trading for better risk control...
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Accessing And Using Free Data From FRED
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Institutional and professional traders and analysts use data from this important source. Shouldn't you be using it too? After all, it's free. Here's how to access it...
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Lunar Cycles Vs. Calendar Effects
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Does the stock market really behave any differently during different phases of the moon? Here, two trading strategy frameworks are tested and compared: one based on moon phase and one based on fixed calendar rules. How did they fare?...
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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: Pricing Extremes And Volatility...
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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: Directional Out-Of-The-Money Butterfly Spread...
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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: Two Strategy Backtests, Two Different Results. Why?...
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The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Why Consumer Discretionary Stocks Matter...
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Machine Learning Corner
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Want to better understand complex concepts like pattern recognition, forecasting, and classification, in plain English without complex formulas? Domenico D'Errico explains how the core concepts of machine learning for pattern recognition often have more in common with traditional trading techniques than you might expect. This month: Using An AI Chatbot To Develop And Test A Trading Strategy...
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Traders' Tips
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is John F. Ehlers' article in this issue, "The Reversion Index." Here, we present the January 2026 Traders' Tips code with possible implementations in various softwa...
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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...