S&C CONTENTS PAGE February 2000, Vol. 18 No. 2

Triangles And Trends
by Thom Hartle
Building positions is an essential exploitation of a successful trade, and triangle formations can be key. 

Isolated highs and lows

This Brave New World: Thomas Donovan And Patrick Catania
by John Sweeney
Fresh from wrapping up a major alliance with Europe's premier exchange, Thomas Donovan, the Chicago Board of Trade's president, and Patrick Catania, the CBOT's executive vice president for business development, spoke with S&C to make sense of all the changes in store for traders. 

Pivot Points
by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
Classic techniques still work on charts at all time levels, and the most basic charting technique is the identification and development of pivot points. 

Seasonal Trades And The Channel Breakout System
by John L. Momsen
Many seasonal trades are consistently profitable, but using them can be tricky because you never know if this will be the year that events won't follow the established patterns. You can gauge whether patterns are breaking as expected by using the channel breakout system. 

Soybean seasonal trade

Forcing Optimization
by Vincenzo Schiarretta
Sometimes, traders backtest a mechanical system and get a positive result -- and then have it perform poorly in real-life situations. Here's how to limit this common occurrence. 

Transformations

Market Phase And Chart Formation
by Chuck Dukas
Some market behaviors are more common during one market phase than they are during others. 

Traders' Resource: Trading Systems
Looking for a trading system to help you automate your buy and sell decisions? To aid in your research this month in Traders' Resource, we present a list of publicly available trading systems, one of which may be right for you.


Cover Art: Charlie Rendiero




 
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