S&C CONTENTS PAGE October 2011, Volume 29 Number 11


Magazine Cover Image

Cover art: Brian Taylor

QUICK-SCANS, REVIEWS

VantagePoint 8.6
Quick-Scan: Market forecasting software
Market Cycle Dynamics
Review: Cycles standalone software for MetaStock 11
TBO Advanced Chart Pattern Recognition
Review: Trendline, candlestick, and point & figure pattern recognition software

Feature Article Figure 1 FIGURE 1: DOMINANT TRADING ACTIVITY
  VS. DAILY CHANGES IN P, OI, AND V.

The JK HiLo Index 
by Jay Kaeppel
No single indicator will accurately forecast or coincide with every market top or bottom. Here, two indicators have been combined to form one indicator that can increase your chances of identifying buy or sell points.

FEATURE ARTICLE

Net Effective Market Activity
by Frank Suler
The desire to learn more about the relationships amid price, volume, and open interest has led to a new concept in evaluating futures contracts. Will it work for you?

Weekly And Monthly Seasonal Cycles
by Krista and Konrad Sherinian
These two short-term seasonal cycles can give traders an edge.

The Put/Call Ratio And Price Cycles
by Sylvain Vervoort
The put/call ratio and open interest can be used as a leading indicator to predict the next index move. Here’s the first part of a three-part series, in which the put/call ratio is defined as well as the cyclical phases this indicator goes through.

Q&A
by Don Bright
This professional trader answers a few of your questions.

INTERVIEW

High-Frequency Trading With Sang Lee
by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan and Bruce R. Faber
Co-author of The High Frequency Game Changer, Sang Lee has a unique view of how the markets have changed and will continue to change.

Futures For You
by Carley Garner
Here’s how the futures market really works.

Explore Your Options
by Tom Gentile
Got a question about options?

TRADERS’ RESOURCE

Brokerages
Traders have more choices than ever before.

AT THE CLOSE

When Worlds Collide…
by H. Jack Bouroudjian
…We all get smashed. Here’s how exchange traded funds caused the fallout in commodities.

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