Article Archive For MAY2026

  • The AutoTune Filter

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here is a consequential development for market analysis that not only proves the existence of the noisy dominant cycle in market data, but also, it allows a trading strategy to be tuned to market conditions in real time. In this article, we explain the concept and introduce the AutoTune indicator for your mean-reversion trading...

  • When To Use A Frequency Distribution Or A Standard Deviation

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Understand both methods so you can apply them where they do the most good...

  • Technical Analysis For Portfolio Management

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Can the principles of technical analysis be used to guide portfolio management and capital allocation rather just guiding individual trades? Here's a way to go about it...

  • Market Regime Identification Using Trend, Volatility, And Credit Conditions

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here's a framework for dynamically adjusting your equity exposure based on a market risk assessment made up of three components...

  • An Investor's Guide To High-Yield Stock ETFs

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Looking for diversification, convenience, and consistent income? Here, we delve into this category of ETFs to find out if they might be the solution...

  • Intraday Breakout Trading On Nikkei Futures: Strategy Development And Optimization

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here is a demonstration of developing a simple and effective intraday breakout strategy, including a look at analyzing an instrument's behavior, applying operational filters to the baseline strategy, and coding the strategy for hands-on implementation...

  • Breakout Trading With Volume Profile

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Volume profile is a charting study that uses volume to help identify key zones. Here's an example of using it to help find entries in forex trading...

  • 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 3 Of 3)...

  • 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: The "Collar" Options Strate...

  • 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: AI For Algo Traders (Part 1)...

  • The Savvy Technician

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Have We Seen A Signal From The So-Called "Shoeshine Boy" Indicato...

  • Traders' Tips

    ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is John F. Ehlers' article in this issue, "The AutoTune Filter." Here, we present the May 2026 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...

  • 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: Interview With Timothy Slater; In Remembrance Of John J. Murphy...