S&C CONTENTS PAGE April 2012, Volume 30 Number 5

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Cover art: Aya Kakeda

PRODUCT REVIEWS

Hursttradingsignals.com
Review: Online software application to identify and measure tradable price cycles
Harmonic Trader
Review: Website with analytical charting program
Commodity Trader’s Almanac 2012
Quick-Scan: Spiral-bound book

DEPARTMENTS

Opening Position
Letters to S&C
Traders’ Glossary
Trade News & Products
Traders’ Tips
Futures Liquidity
Books For Traders
Classified Advertising

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FIGURE 1: WEEKLY CHART OF S&P 500 (JULY 2010 TO MAY 2011).

Setting Strategies With SwamiCharts Tips Logo
by John F. Ehlers and Ric Way
This indicator can tell you the best time to use a swing wave as an effective trading signal.

FEATURE ARTICLE

Engineered Look At Trends In Cycles
by Arthur Zernov
It’s easier to gain from trending markets than choppy or cyclical market movements. But you can detect trends from a cyclical perspective.

Cycles In The Dow Emini Futures
by Alex Wasilewski
In the world of trading, risk, and reward, cycles are natural — and so are the cycles of greed. How do you overcome these cycles or at least prosper from them?

The Engulfing Pattern For Swing Traders
by Omar Ait Hellal and Gerald Meyers
This swing trading strategy can be applied to currency markets, stocks, and ETFs that track commodities and track indexes.

Defeating Slippage
by Zoltan Csesznik
Slippage is one of the biggest problems for traders to overcome. While there are no ways to defeat slippage entirely, here are four ways to decrease it significantly.

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

INTERVIEW

Market Kinematics With Stan Harley
by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan and Bruce Faber
The markets move in cycles, and market veteran Stan Harley tells us how.

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

Interdependent Economic Factors And Forex WM Logo
by Rudy Teseo
Business cycles, asset allocation, economic indicators, and forex are intertwined in ways you can only begin to imagine.

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

RTN En Route To A Multimonth High? TCA Logo
by Donald W. Pendergast Jr.
Raytheon has rebounded from a recent cycle low. Is this yet another surge on the way to a new high?

AT THE CLOSE

Pair Trading With Spreadsheets
by Ronald McEwan
Build a spreadsheet to reveal profitable opportunities in pair trades.

TRADERS’ RESOURCE

Mutual Funds
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Originally published in the April 2012 issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities magazine. All rights reserved. © Copyright 2012, Technical Analysis, Inc.