S&C CONTENTS PAGE October 2012, Volume 30 Number 11

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Cover art: Victor Marchand Kerlow

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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: POWERSHARES DB COMMODITY INDEX TRACKING (DBC) VS. THE PROSHARES ULTRA DOW30 (DDM)

SwamiCharts Convolution
by John F. Ehlers and Ric Way
One of the major objectives of technical analysis is to identify a major reversal so we can trade the market in the direction of the ensuing trade.

FEATURE ARTICLE

A Seasonal Strategy With Leveraged ETFs Tips Logo
by Gerald Gardner
Use this seasonal strategy with a twist using leveraged exchange traded funds.

Buy & Sell Signals Using Stochastics
by Chris Pratsch
Identify trading opportunities in stocks and ETFs by combining moving averages with stochastics.

The Calendar King
by John A. Sarkett
In options, consistency wins. Here’s how one option trader fared using this concept.

A 30-Year Lookback
by Karen E. Wasserman
We share some perspectives on where this industry has taken us over the past three decades.

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

INTERVIEW

The Markets Through Time With Marc Chaikin
by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
This well-known stock market expert has been a trader, broker, and analyst during his 40-year Wall Street career, and he’s seen more ups and downs than a roller coaster.

TRADING TICKET

Commodity Leveraged ETFs
by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

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

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

How We Began
by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan and Karen E. Wasserman
Before this magazine came together in the 1980s, technical analysis was in a very different place than it is today.

Individual Traders Manage Risk Better WM Logo
by Mike Carr, CMT, & Amber Hestla-Barnhart
How can individual traders manage risk?

TRADERS’ RESOURCE

Courses & Seminars
Looking for courses or seminars to improve your trading skills? This may give you a place to start.

AT THE CLOSE

Making A Sacrificial Trade
by John Chapman
It’s startling how such a concept can help you overcome the most destructive emotional impulses of trading.

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