Article Archive For OCT2023
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Backwardation, Positioning, And Momentum: A Recipe For High-Conviction Trades
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here is a long trade setup you can use for trading futures contracts that is based on momentum, COT data, and taking advantage of backwardation situations in futures markets. We'll explain...
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Measuring The Length And Predicting The Reversal Of Trends
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Here is a unique way to follow a sequence of colors on a chart using different timeframes to identify trend changes as they occur...
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Enhancing Trading Strategies With Volatility Compressions And Explosion
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Sometimes there is a calm before the storm in the markets. You can use a popular tool in the Bollinger Band suite of tools as a trading filter to exploit the explosiveness of a market immediately after a period of price compression. Find out step-by-step how to tackle it...
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Two Simple Indicators To Identify Bull And Bear Markets
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...By identifying when major bull and bear markets begin and end, you can time your investments better to improve returns and limit downside. Here's a way to do that by combining just one fundamental indicator with one technical indicator...
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How To Trade Merger Arb
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Mergers and acquisitions present opportunities for speculation in the markets; institutional investors routinely pursue such opportunities. Can individual investors also profit from speculating on this type of corporate event? Here's a look...
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An Introduction To Options, Part 3: Putting Options To Work For You
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Thinking of getting into options trading? In this article series, we are covering the most important things to know to get started. In part 1 we introduced the components of options. In part 2 we discussed the greek values and implied volatility. Here in the third and final part of the series, we discuss uses for options...
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Confluence Trading
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Build confidence in your trades by using multiple indications to confirm your trade selections. Here is a demonstration of four that you can combine...
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Small/Large Candle Pair Sequences
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...You can look for two or more expanding-range candle pairs to find long momentum trades. Here's how (and why) it works...
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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: Crude Oil Options Now Expire Three Times Per Week; Should Retail Traders Consider Them For Speculation?...
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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: Strategy Shut-Off...
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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: The Married Put...
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The Savvy Technician
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Recognizing and applying technical chart patterns to trading. This month: Before Risk And Return...
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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. This month: What's In Store For October? What About November? Seasonality Statistics Are Persistently Robust...
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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: Not All Timeframes Are Equally Useful (Part 2 Of 2)...
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Traders' Tips
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...For this month's Traders' Tips, the focus is Alfred Francois Tagher's article in this issue, "Backwardation, Positioning, And Momentum: A Recipe For High-Conviction Trades." Here, we present the October 2023 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...