Letters To The Editor
November 2009 Letters To The Editor
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. Is there something you would like to know more (or less) about? Tell us about it. Without a source of new ideas and subjects coming from our readers, this magazine would not exist.
Address your correspondence to: Editor, Stocks & Commodities, 4757 California Ave. SW, Seattle, WA 98116-4499, or E-mail to editor@traders.com. All letters become the property of Technical Analysis, Inc. Letter-writers must include their full name and address for verification. Letters may be edited for length or clarity. The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily represent those of the magazine. —Editor
INTERVIEW WITH GREG MORRIS
Editor,
Thanks for the interview with Greg Morris (“The Danger Zone With Gregory Morris,” interview, September 2009 S&C). It especially hit home for me since I too was reading Zahorchak in 1974, using multicolored pens to keep track of weekly prices on a big analysis pad I kept for about 50 high-beta stocks. I too got the data from my weekly Barron’s and kept track of the Nyse A/D line. I was taking a course in stock market analysis. Fifty of us in the class had a trading contest. I came in second using Zahorchak’s methods. Since académe’s focus at the time was random walk theory, to ensure my A-, I had to “admit” I was just lucky.
—Duane Runnels
MORE ACCOLADES FOR MORRIS INTERVIEW, FOREX TRADING
Editor,
I commend you on your recent interview with Gregory Morris, an acclaimed expert on candlesticks. I particularly appreciate his candid insight on exponential moving averages and his emphasis on the discipline of following one’s own method strictly, unemotionally.
I would like to see more articles on forex trading. It would be financially salutary for your magazine. Since 2005, the interest in forex trading has been increasing, as can be seen by the increase in forex brokerages. Maybe you can even change the name of your magazine to Technical Analysis of Stocks, Forex, & Commodities! I am sure the trading community would appreciate this move.
I wish your magazine great success.
—A. Sundara-Rajan
Norman, OK
INDICATOR VALUE IN NUMERICAL FORM?
Editor,
I have been trying vigorously to find software where I can see an indicator’s value in numerical form only. I have heard this is possible with Microsoft Excel but I am not keen on it since it requires a lot of manual input. Is there any alternative available?
—Yagnesh Patel
You can get data from sources such as Yahoo Finance that lists the data in numerical format. All you would have to do is transfer the data into an Excel spreadsheet.
—Editor
GIFT SUBSCRIPTIONS
Editor,
Your website allows me to set up a new subscription, but there’s no option to set up a gift subscription. How can I best do this?
—Mark
When you fill out your order online, you can simply indicate “gift subscription” in the comment box, as well as putting the gift recipient’s address in the “send to” field while putting your own address in the “bill to” field. Alternatively, you can call our subscription department at 800-Technical (800 832-4642) to set up a gift subscription, and we’ll take care of it!
—Editor