Article Archive For MAR2026
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One Percent A Week: A High-Probability Weekly Trading Strategy For TQQQ, Part 1
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here's a look at developing a mean-reversion trading strategy with a minimal number of rules, low time commitment, and a consistent weekly profit target. It could be used by systematic traders and discretionary traders alike. Find out how the strategy fares...
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The RSI(5): A Modification Of The Relative Strength Index
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here's a version of the RSI indicator that can find trend early and reduce drawdown...
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Interview: The Beginnings Of Charting Software With Timothy Slater
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...One of the very first software products for financial charting and technical analysis was CompuTrac. Tim Slater, who dreamt up the idea for the product and then co-founded CompuTrac, Inc., offers some of his remembrances of how the groundbreaking software came to be. He also offers a few words about what he'd tell traders today. Following is some background and an encapsulation of a recent conversation with Slater...
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An Aggressive Money Management Method: Evidence From SPY
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here's a study exploring the use of leverage. The test will compare Ralph Vince's "optimal f" position-sizing approach against several other investment approaches. Which approach produced the best results in the tes...
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Simplifying The Wyckoff Method: A Practical Approach To Trading Market Psychology
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Wyckoff method, developed nearly a century ago, was a novel approach to examining the markets and can offer beneficial insights into the market even today. However, it can be difficult to implement. Cut through the complexity by focusing on these core aspects...
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The Savitzky-Golay Filter
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...It's always worth the search for helpful tools and techniques that can be applied to trading. Does the Savitzky-Golay filter offer traders value? Take a look...
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A Spectrum For Financial Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...If you can identify the condition of the market, you can better select the methods to apply. Here are some indications that could help you to decide...
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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: Why Did The Precious Metals Markets Go Parabolic? (Part 1 Of 2)...
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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: Buying Straddles For A Volatility Play...
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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: Overnight Algo Trading...
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The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Are Stock Splits A Good Thing?...
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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: Is AI Making Price Charts Ineffective?...
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Traders' Tips
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is Dion Kurczek's article in this issue, "One Percent A Week: A High-Probability Weekly Trading Strategy For TQQQ, Part 1." Here, we present the March 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...