April 1998, Vol.16 No.4
 
17 Zero Cost Averaging
by Terrence M. Quinn and 
Kristin A. Quinn
Here is what to do after you have determined which securities to purchase and when to open the position. 

22 The German Mark Noise Channel Breakout System
by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
Here is a simple and effective method to take advantage of currency markets' tendency to trend, along with the rules and stops to develop a trend-following method.

36 Identifying Market Trends 
by Jack Karczewski
The trend is key to most technical approaches, but the market doesn't always trend. Here's how to determine if the market is in a trend.

48 Applying Moving Averages
by John Sweeney
The moving average, one of the first technical methods that novice traders study, can be applied to your favorite markets. 

52 What Is Risk?
by Gary Anderson
There are many ways to view risk. Compare how a stock performs during up movements relative to a benchmark and then measuring performance.

 

 

 

65 Technical Analysis as a Statistical Process: Asoka Selvarajah of Rabobank International
by Thom Hartle
According to Asoka Selvarajah, markets do make sense ultimately, but not in a way that you may imagine.
 

86 Using Trailing Stops 
in Exit Strategies
by Jeffrey Owen Katz, Ph.D., and Donna L. McCormick
Here's how to measure the impact of exiting the market by using trailing-stop techniques.

89 C++ code
 



-Martin Pring's Introduction to Technical Analysis on CD-ROM, page 61
-Option Tutor, version 2.0, page 62
-SpecTrader+, page 93
-John Murphy Explains 
Market Analysis, page 94
-The Ultimate Book on 
Stock Market Timing, page 95
-Hit and Run Trading, page 96


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Cover Art: Patrick Fitzgerald
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