The Haurlan index, which was originated by the Trade Levels, Inc., advisory
service, has received comparatively little attention unfortunate, as it has
proved to be effective in signaling tops and bottoms
By Paul E. Carroll.
Veteran technician Marc Chaikin, senior vice president of Instinet Corp.,
got started in the financial industry with most fortuitous timing: He was
issued his stockbroker’s license the very day that the bear market
of 1966 ended. Over the years, Chaikin gravitated to trading, turning to
technical research when fundamental research faltered and disappointed, and
along the way devised the indicator that bears his name, today included in
many software technical analysis packages. STOCKS & COMMODITIES interviewed
Chaikin on how he developed the Chaikin oscillator, how keeping track of
money flow is crucial and why you should avoid timing the broad market on
a short-term basis.
By Thom Hartle.
The tick index, the net difference of the number of stocks last traded on
an uptick from those last traded on a downtick, is a well-known indicator,
but it’s got a problem. The raw number result is volatile, perhaps
too volatile for some. What to do? Here, then, is a way to smooth out the
noise to identify short-term trading opportunities.
By Daniel E. Downing.
Have you ever wanted to know what the actual statistics of the month-to-month
risk in the stock market are? This article looks at the question and formulates
a possible reason.
By John Kean.
What is fractal geometry, anyway, and how do you use it? Well, you’ll
find out here. Hans Hannula of MicroMedia describes the construction and
use of an indicator derived from fractal geometry, the mathematics that describe
chaotic systems.
By Hans Hannula, PhD, CTA.
Sometimes, a takeover situation can be as absorbing as watching a professional
tennis match or reading an exciting thriller. Can you take advantage of the
situation as an observer? Well-known options expert Lawrence McMillan explains
how you can use stock options to participate in the activity of the stocks
that have become takeover candidates.
By Lawrence G. McMillan.
Have Dow theory divergences always fascinated you? Well, you’re in
luck. Here’s a primer on observing divergence between indicators and
prices to generate trading signals.
By W. Lawson McWhorter.
Has the lag time of moving averages ever irritated you? Well, there is a
way around it: a modified statistical version of exponential smoothing with
less lag time than the standard exponential moving average that is used in
securities technical analysis, a double exponential moving average.
By Patrick G. Mulloy.
MATLAB for Windows 4.0
MATLAB Neural Network Toolbox
Personal Hotline 6.6.
How does a trading model evolve? Formula Research newsletter publisher
Nelson Freeburg discusses the evolution of a trading model and explains such
concepts as out-of-sample testing, parameter sensitivity testing and the
inclusion of nonprice indicators for timing trades.
By Nelson Freeburg.
Veteran analyst Martin J. Pring explains how the commonly known four-year
stock market cycle actually contains lesser-known inflation/deflation phases,
the knowledge of which would be very advantageous for asset allocation.
By Martin J. Pring.
Relative value is a familiar buzzword when it comes to comparing bonds and
stocks. But is it accurate? There are criteria that must be specified for
comparisons, as Tim Hayes of Ned Davis Research Inc. points out; for one,
the time periods the comparisons are drawn from.
By Tim Hayes.
The lattice approach to option pricing is used to build a tree, so to speak,
of futures prices. The price tree can be recomputed intraday to update the
expected price range. These dynamic trees can be used for risk control via
price simulations and can also be used for trading. Here, we apply the various
uses of lattice (or dynamic) trees to estimate prices for the Standard & Poor’s
500.
By Tushar S. Chande, PhD.
Whether you interpret the acronym NLP as Neuro-Linguistic Programming or
natural learning process, the cognitive process of trading is what Charles
Faulkner, of Chicago-based Mental Edge Trading Associates and a certified
Neuro-Linguistic Programming trainer, studies. One aspect of Neuro-Linguistic
Programming is a technique for overcoming mental impediments to success.
A trader himself, Faulkner has studied successful traders extensively. By
modeling the mindsets of successful traders, Faulkner seeks to help other
traders follow those same successful patterns and help them manage their
emotional states when trading. Faulkner shares his insights on applying successful
trading skills.
By Thom Hartle.
Last time, Mulloy discussed basic moving averages, introduced a new filter
called Dema1 and demonstrated a method with which to utilize exponential
moving averages. Mulloy also explained how this new filter could be used
in the moving average convergence/divergence (MACD) indicator. Now, Mulloy
summarizes with more filtering techniques for the MACD and trading the Nasdaq.
By Patrick G. Mulloy.
Veteran analyst Martin J. Pring explains how the commonly known four-year
stock market cycle actually contains lesser-known inflation/deflation phases,
the knowledge of which would be very advantageous for asset allocation.
By Martin J. Pring.
Gambling is an ancient behavior. Humans have wagered on the outcomes of
chance events since prehistoric times. Ruth Roosevelt, director of the Wall
Street Hypnosis Center, explains how trading and gambling have certain characteristics
in common and how not to let them become examples of problem behavior.
By Ruth Roosevelt.
The moving average convergence/divergence (MACD) is one of the most popular
indicators around. Here, Barbara Star reviews and updates ways to use it.
By Barbara Star, PhD.
The Spiral Calendar
Ultra Market Advisor 2.0
Business Cycle Indicators
Fibonacci Applications and Strategies
Q-Trax 3.0
Telescan System 3.
Ever feel as though the locals on the floor of the exchange that you trade
seem to know where you place your stop-loss orders? Professional traders
know where stop-loss orders are, not because someone told them, but because
the stops are always in the same place. Learn how a floor trader views the
market, the price levels where stop orders will accumulate and how you can
avoid being caught.
By William I. Greenspan.
It never hurts to refresh your memory on the basics. Here’s a primer
on following the advance-decline line for the stock market.
By Daniel E. Downing.
Gerald Appel, a well-known name in the annals of technical analysis, not
only publishes the Systems and Forecasts newsletter, he is also
a money manager with $200 million under management. But he may be best known
for something he considers relatively secondary in his accomplishments, for
he is also the originator of the popular and enduring moving average convergence/divergence
(MACD) indicator. Ironically, however, he doesn’t understand what all
the fuss is about with the MACD. So what does he feel is worth the
fuss? STOCKS & COMMODITIES interviewed Gerald Appel to find out about
the indicators he uses including the MACD and how he uses them.
By Thom Hartle.
Trading commodities? Here are the steps to testing a trading system used
for a portfolio of commodities. This article also discusses portfolio-level
simulations, variable shift testing and money management.
By Ajay Jani.
Measure the optimal window length for a moving window spectral forecast.
By A. Denis Ridley, PhD.
Do you feel frustrated sometimes in your trading and wish you could get
a blow-by-blow of what someone else is doing? Well, here’s Linda Satterfield
to take STOCKS & COMMODITIES readers through a series of trades she executed
in the September 1994 yen futures market and how it turned out.
By Linda Satterfield.
How many times has fear blocked your way, whether in trading or otherwise?
Worse still, did you know it? Neuro-linguistic programmer Adrienne Toghraie
explains how you may be sabotaging your own trading and how you can disarm
and conquer that internal saboteur.
By Adrienne Laris Toghraie.
Blending East with West, candlesticks with Western trading techniques and
using the computer to boot: Combine candlesticks with oscillators.
By Gary S. Wagner and Bradley L. Matheny.
Funds On-Line 1.0
ProfitCenter 2.217
Proview 6.0
Fractal Market Analysis
Formula Research
Channel Analysis.
Taking a profit should be so easy, but it never seems to be. Why is that?
Veteran market analyst Perry Kaufman explains the whys and hows and also
explains how profit-taking has advantages over straight trend-following.
By Perry J. Kaufman.
Longtime readers may remember the body of written work from STOCKS & COMMODITIES
contributor Anthony W. Warren during the early days of this magazine, in
particular Fourier transform and triple exponential smoothing (Trix). More
recently, he has written about data filtering for trend channel analysis.
This time, Warren explains how to identify the cyclical component to price
data and tuning Wami, a momentum indicator that he has designed, to indicate
buy and sell points.
By Anthony W. Warren, PhD.
Preprocessing data is a popular buzzterm today, but what is it and why do
we do it? Well, here’s an explanation of data preprocessing and a tutorial
on using fast Fourier transforms (Fft). Ffts are used to measure the power
and frequency of the cycles within data. As STOCKS & COMMODITIES Editor
Thom Hartle explains, knowing the cyclical nature of your data can be very
helpful for selecting parameters for your favorite indicators.
By Thom Hartle.
Traders use indicators for generating buy and sell signals in a market.
But what indicators should you use and when? Here’s one private trader’s
technique for recognizing trends and trading ranges.
By Bruce C. Kramer.
Martin Zweig may be a familiar name to you, and that would not be surprising,
considering how many different hats he wears: one as editor of The Zweig
Forecast newsletter, one as chairman of the Zweig Fund and one as the
head of the Zweig Total Return Fund not to mention one as panelist on the
popular TV show Wall $treet Week, on which he has appeared since
1974. Zweig, who has $9 billion under management currently, has spent the
past 32 years developing his market indicators and models. STOCKS & COMMODITIES
spoke with Zweig on a variety of topics ranging from the importance of monetary
policy for the stock market to sentiment.
By Thom Hartle.
Last month, Ajay Jani covered several topics crucial to developing a comprehensive
trading plan, including the importance of portfolio level simulations and
the ability to use risk-reduction strategies to increase profitability. This
time, Jani discusses a method to logically determine the amount of capital
necessary to begin trading and provides guidelines for developing the mental
discipline for trading.
By Ajay Jani.
Options have a natural appeal due to the limited risk aspect for the options
buyer, but there is a tradeoff: Because of the time decay factor, options
lose value. However, as David Caplan, publisher of the Opportunities
in Options newsletter, points out, you can take advantage of the time
value decay characteristics. Here’s how.
By David L. Caplan.
TeleChart 2000 version 2 series
Windows on WallStreet 2.1
NeuralWare Professional II 5.0.
Author and money manager Victor Sperandeo offers details on his investment
approach in this excerpt from his latest work, Trader Vic II: Principles
of Professional Speculation. Here, Sperandeo explains the dos and don’ts
of risk-reward analysis.
By Victor Sperandeo.
When your trading’s going your way, you’re apt to think about
leveraging your trading based on your success in hindsight. However, leveraging
can be a two-edged sword when it comes to profits and drawdowns.
By John Kean.
Winning traders tend to have something in common in at least one way, and
that is the ability to make rapid trading decisions based on all the factors
that affect the market. Here, private trader Gary Smith recounts a trade
he made in November 1993 in stock futures and explains about the monthly,
weekly, daily and intraday indicators that made that day an obvious buy.
By Gary Smith.
There’s no doubt about it. Elliott wave analysis can thoroughly confuse
the uninitiated due to all the choices at potential turning points in markets.
Only the correct wave label will be verified by subsequent market action.
Can additional technical tools help identify the most likely turning points?
Newsletter publisher D.W. Davies explains his use of cyclical channel analysis
and the commodity channel index with Elliott wave analysis to identify turning
points in markets.
By D.W. Davies.
David Stendahl explains the volatility index (VIX), which measures volatility
based on the implied values of eight Standard & Poor’s 100 (OEX)
options from which the weighted volatility index is derived when combined.
By David C. Stendahl.
STOCKS & COMMODITIES readers have suggested that we interview someone
who did not start his or her career in the financial community but was successful
enough in the markets to change careers midstream to trading. Gilbert Raff
is one such individual. Raff, who was a cardiologist with a background in
physics who has also written for STOCKS & COMMODITIES, left his medical
career to manage money. S&C Editor Thom Hartle spoke with Gilbert Raff
about why he changed careers, the similarities between assisting people in
managing their health and their money and the methods he uses to identify
market opportunities.
By Thom Hartle.
Ever get the feeling you’re throwing good money after bad in your
stock transactions? Ever feel your wallet getting lighter and lighter while
it’s still in your pocket because of what your stock’s doing?
Ever feel like selling it all and getting out of the market altogether? Well,
fear not. Author and derivatives strategist Scott Fullman explains how to
keep your wallet in place by using options.
By Scott H. Fullman.
Interested in advance-decline indicators? Well, you’re in luck. Here,
Chande reviews popular versions of these indicators and explains that since
they are all derived from the same raw data, they have certain similarities.
Chande explains how to derive a stochastic oscillator from market breadth
data for market timing.
By Tushar S. Chande, PhD.
Traders may not realize they are sabotaging their own success. Here’s
how to change that behavior.
By Adrienne Laris Toghraie.
We all know that thorough testing is the only way to determine whether a
particular trading system or indicator is viable. William Eckhardt, the mathematician
whose conversation with Richard Dennis helped bring about the Turtles, points
out that before you spend time testing a method, you should first use a methodological
test for dimensional coherency called the c-test.
By William Eckhardt.
MetaStock and MetaStock Real-Time 4.0
Stock Data
The Director Series 2, MetaStock Utilities.
Well-known market analyst Martin Pring takes a look at the relationship
between the price of gold and the business cycle.
By Martin Pring.
The McClellan oscillator and the summation index are two popular technical
indicators that have been around for more than 25 years, and in fact, the
daily values are broadcast daily on Cnbc. These tools, which can be found
in most software packages, are used for identifying turning points in the
stock market, but it’s not often that you’ll find an in-depth
explanation included. So we decided to go to the source and ask the McClellans
themselves Sherman and Marian, who first devised the indicators, and son
Tom. STOCKS & COMMODITIES interviewed Sherman, Marian and Tom McClellan
about these technical tools that bear their name. All three of the McClellans
participated in the discussion.
By Thom Hartle.
Imagine receiving a warning when the market was likely to collapse or being
alerted when one of your favorite stocks was about to rally. What if these
signals came from analysis that was simple enough to do without a computer
and took only a few minutes a day to update, using just two pieces of information
found in virtually any newspaper? Is this a dream? Maybe not.
By Anthony J. Macek.
“The New Timing Device” editor Kelly Angle disputes some common
notions about trading commodities if you have a small commodity account.
What are they?
By K.D. Angle.
Here, “Wall Street Detective” editor Joe Duarte discusses using
the Hines ratio, a sentiment indicator based on options activity, on the
Treasury bond futures market as a trading tool for bonds and currencies.
By Joe Duarte.
Here’s how trader Gary Hoover uses the Market Facilitation Index for
day trading.
By Gary Hoover.
How can trading be a joy? Here are some statistical methods to compare the
performance of trading systems.
By Ben Warwick.
Since artificial intelligence made its debut within the pages of STOCKS & COMMODITIES,
various and sundry methods by which neural networks can be used in designing
trading systems have been proposed. Here, Yuret and Maza explain the development
of a genetic algorithm system with which to forecast the OEX.
By Deniz Yuret and Michael de la Maza.
How far would you go to succeed in your trading? Commitment and achievement
go hand in hand but they must be balanced.
By Adrienne Laris Toghraie.
Propagator version 1.0
Ensign 5.
This equity trader and computer consultant presents an intriguing use of
statistical analysis to measure the performance of stock groups for the purposes
of asset allocation.
By Jaime V. Behar.
Christopher Cadbury, member of the American Stock Exchange and book author,
explains a sentiment indicator generated from the equity options market that
identifies trading opportunities in the stock market.
By Christopher Cadbury.
Of all the factors in trading that technicians learn to analyze, surely
price and volume are the first two. Here, the basics behind this classic
technical tool are explained.
By Bruce R. Faber.
The search goes on for key indicators to help traders find profitable opportunities
in the market. Here, STOCKS & COMMODITIES Editor Thom Hartle provides
an example of a recent trade in a stock based on the foundations of technical
analysis, price and volume.
By Thom Hartle.
Thomas Wolfe was wrong: You can go home again. Frank Russell did it when
he returned to Tacoma, WA, after he established his well-regarded investment
firm in New York, and James Stack did it when he returned to Montana to begin
his well-regarded investing newsletters. James B. Stack, president of InvesTech
Research, publishes InvesTech Market Analyst and InvesTech Mutual
Fund Advisory newsletters. Here, Stack describes how he combines economic,
monetary and technical analysis and also shares his evaluation of the current
market.
By Thom Hartle.
Ari Kiev, who is president of the Social Psychiatry Research Institute,
discusses the role that stress plays in trading success and failure.
By Ari Kiev, M.D., J.D.
Here’s a mechanical trading system for the Standard & Poor’s
500 futures market.
By Malcolm McNutt.
3D for Windows 1.1
Options Laboratory
WindowTrader
Candlestick Forecaster, Master Edition 4.1
NeuroVe$t Journal
Geometry for Markets II
Value-Based Power Trading.
The discussion on the option premium ratio continues, with more examples
on forecasting short-term movements in the DJIA.
By Christopher Cadbury.
STOCKS & COMMODITIES Contributing Editor Tushar Chande presents guidelines
for designing a stock portfolio.
By Tushar S. Chande.
Price behavior? Can you really read it? This article points out ways to
look at price behavior to give you insight into possible consistencies, such
as how much today’s range typically overlaps yesterday’s range.
Not only that, how often does today’s range not include yesterday’s
closing price? Being armed with such knowledge could help you to make trading
decisions by knowing the characteristics of your favorite markets.
By Michael Daley.
Here’s an example of wave and indicator analysis using the money flow
index, trendlines and Elliott wave.
By Brian D. Green.
Want to know what the pros use in trading? Well, you’re in luck. William
Greenspan, the founder of the Commodity Boot Camp and a Chicago Mercantile
Exchange floor trader, explains how he uses the pivot technique in trading.
By William I. Greenspan.
Have you ever wondered about how to find real value in the markets? Well,
this may be the solution to your problem. Geraldine Weiss started the Investment
Quality Trends newsletter in 1966. Recently, IQ Trends was
included in the seven-member honor roll for performance in up and down markets
by the Forbes/Hulbert survey of investment letters. STOCKS & COMMODITIES
interviewed Weiss about how she started out, the methods she uses for selecting
stocks and her thoughts about the market.
By Thom Hartle.
A new indicator based on Barron’s Gold Mining Index is introduced
for timing bond mutual funds.
By Jay Kaeppel.
Anyone who’s traded a while can tell you that finding yourself in
a slump from time to time is inevitable. But a slump shouldn’t be a
crippling hurdle; here, Toghraie explains how to climb out of that pit of
trading despair and be on your way in the market again.
By Adrienne Laris Toghraie.
Ewt-101
Instant Investor, Spring 1994
TopVest version 1.3
Nature’s Pulse version 4.0
ChartBook System version 3.2.
Here’s a new look at an old favorite and how to modify the data to
form a brand-new indicator called the 1,000-line indicator, designed to identify
when the stock market is setting up reversals.
By Daniel E. Downing.
Here’s an indicator that can be adjusted to be a leading indicator
of market reversals based on the cycles in the price data, presented by a
longtime S&C contributor.
By John F. Ehlers.
Here’s a primer on the relative strength index, which helps identify
market reversals and trends.
By Bruce Faber.
If a diverse educational background ever lent itself to analyzing the markets,
surely that of Personal Finance and The Big Picture newsletters
editor Stephen Leeb would do so, with degrees in economics, mathematics and
psychology. With that in mind, how does he see the markets? We decided to
find out. Leeb spoke to STOCKS & COMMODITIES about what his work shows
are the important driving forces for the market, his longer-term view of
inflation and the indicators he uses.
By Thom Hartle.
Here’s a method for trading the spread between the Swiss franc and
the Deutschemark. The technique involves using the ratio of the relative
strength index (RSI) of each currency to identify trading points.
By Russell Rhoads.
At one time or another, traders may second-guess their own methods and fail
to follow their strategies to disastrous results. The founder of the Wall
Street Hypnosis Center explains how to return to consistent performance.
By Ruth Roosevelt.
Here’s a look at how candlestick technique is applied to the Malaysian
stock market, from the developers of Candlestick Forecaster and the director
of PI Capital Research in Malaysia, who teaches Malaysian traders on Western
technical analysis.
By Gary S. Wagner, Bradley L. Matheny and Fred K.H Tam.
Technical analysis and the use of indicators may lend itself to well-defined
rules for trading, but most traders develop their methods into more of an
art form. Here, a longtime STOCKS & COMMODITIES contributor explains
the use of prestored indicator designs and ways to evaluate and refine custom
trading rules.
By Anthony W. Warren, PhD.
Cash in on Chaos
Futures Pro version 2.0
AIM for Windows version 2.01.
The rate of change is an indicator that measures the pace at which price
is changing. Tracking the rate of the change of price can confirm trends
and forewarn of market reversals. Here, then, are some guidelines for using
this popular indicator.
By Bruce R. Faber.
Trading strategies have several required characteristics, ranging from the
ability to provide clear, unambiguous signals to the ability to validate
each trade against the strategy. Developing and validating trading strategies
is an absolute necessity in becoming a successful trader. Here, then, are
some suggestions for designing a trading strategy.
By Frank McGuff.
Oscillators have always been a popular tool for traders. Here are some guidelines
from a leading market analyst on various ways to apply this widely used technique.
By Martin J. Pring.
It never hurts to brush up on the basics, we always say, and so here are
the basics of options as well as an analysis of the correct option expiration
month and strike price to achieve maximum profit from each trade.
By Robert M. Peevey.
Here’s an example of the steps that one trader took to use a neural
network to trade the stock market index futures.
By Jeremy G. Konstenius.
The founder of Trading on Target explains how to identify your trading weaknesses
and turn them into strengths.
By Adrienne Laris Toghraie.
Moving averages was one of the first trading methods used by technicians.
Here are the basics to using a moving average system.
By Lars N. Kestner.
The concept of seasonality is certainly not new. “To every thing there
is a season,” Ecclesiastes and, more recently, the 1960s rock group
The Birds said. And of course, for commodity traders the commodity markets
have always offered seasonal trading opportunities. This month, STOCKS & COMMODITIES
interviews Steve Moore, a trader and market research analyst who focuses
on seasonal and statistical studies of the futures markets. Topics covered
include seasonal trades, correlation in markets, options trading and money
management.
By Thom Hartle.
This longtime STOCKS & COMMODITIES contributor and author discusses
the relationship between the money supply and the composite index of leading
economic indicators.
By Clifford J. Sherry, PhD.
Do phases of the three-month futures cycle usually coincide with periods
of greatest weakness or periods of substantial strength in the stock market?
This American Stock Exchange trader details DJIA performance in relation
to the beginning trading periods for the lead stock index futures contracts.
By Christopher Cadbury.
NeuroShell 2
Aspen Graphics version 2.27
Tsunami
TR-200 Two Way Recorder.
What is Dow theory really indicating when the industrial and transportation
averages are out of sync? Here’s a Dow theory specialist to clarify.
By Richard L. Evans.
Nowadays, computers are often used to develop rule-based trading strategies.
Frequently, these rules will be based on work provided By experts; such rule-based
models are generally called expert systems. Here, Mike Flanagan takes you
through the process of developing an expert system for generating medium-
(three- to six-month) and long-term (six– to 12–month) forecasts
of the US stock market.
By Mike Flanagan, PhD.
Here are ways to use Bollinger bands to judge the trending tendency of markets,
using the distance between the upper and lower bands.
By John Forman.
Modern portfolio theory (MPT) uses statistical analysis, screening and ranking
of stocks to decide what and where to invest. Louis Navellier, money manager
and publisher of The MPT Review, specializes in using this method
for selecting stocks that will outperform the market. STOCKS & COMMODITIES
asked Navellier for details on how he goes about selecting stocks and designing
portfolios.
By Thom Hartle.
This psychiatrist, who conducts seminars on the psychology of trading, discusses
the use of visual imagery to maximize trading results.
By Ari Kiev, M.D.
The Coppock formula was introduced in Barron’s in 1962, devised
by a San Antonio, TX-based technician named Edwin Sedgwick Coppock. Since
then, the Coppock oscillator has been adopted and adapted By technicians
around the world. Here’s how to use the Coppock curve to recognize
major bottoms in the stock market.
By Elliott Middleton.
Here’s an indicator to identify positive and negative trading signals
for stocks and mutual funds. The heart of the indicator involves applying
an oscillator to the relative strength line. Trading signals result from
identifying strong relative strength, which is a positive indication, while
weak relative strength is considered a negative sign. Here’s how to
lower the volatility of returns by applying the popular moving average convergence/divergence
(MACD).
By Gilbert Raff.
This former investment broker explains the relationship between declining
interest rates and the lagged effect on the stock market.
By Mark C. Snead.
That seasonal patterns exist cannot be denied. But there may be patterns
within those patterns, depending on how you look at them. The four-year Presidential
cycle is a prime example or are we only looking at half the pattern there?
Here’s a new look at the Presidential cycle.
By Adam White.
Trading Recipes, version 2.05
Trading on the Edge
Braincel, version 2.3
StreetSmart, version 1.0
MegaTech Chart System, version 2.03.
Identify the seasonal tendency of the commodity markets on a monthly basis
and then compare the commodity market performance to a commodity fund manager’s
performance index.
By K.D. Angle.
What is this indicator and how can it be used? For neophytes to learn and
seasoned traders who want to refresh their memories, check this out.
By Bruce R. Faber.
Identifying the once or twice a year that the market is ready to embark
on a very profitable move is the ultimate quest of anyone trading stocks.
But in this day and age of artificial intelligence, with neural networks
and fuzzy logic, using something as low-tech as the basic technical tools
to find such opportunities may seem, well, backward. Gaining insight into
the market’s future direction doesn’t have to be that complex.
By Gregory J. Kuhn.
Here’s a pattern for trading markets using stochastics.
By Louis M. Lupo.
This occupational psychologist and a master of martial arts compares the
disciplines that traders need in order to trade effectively with the disciplines
of the samurai.
By Richard D. McCall.
Interested in creating an indicator with a little bit of this from one kind
of indicator and a little bit of that from another? Well, this may be your
solution.
By Jim Ritter.
What goes through the mind of someone developing a neural network trading
system? What are the steps involved in putting together something that mimics
the mystery of the human mind? Here are some clues.
By James Stakelum.
Does market timing work? It depends on how you measure the results, according
to this market timer. Here are three simplistic market timing strategies
to help you understand the basics of market timing.
By Daniel J. Traub.
Money management is simply a process of identifying what to own and when.
While there are a number of ways to do so, one unique way is the work of
Core Asset Management’s Peter Mauthe. STOCKS & COMMODITIES interviewed
Mauthe about how he views the markets and what his management techniques
are based on.
By Thom Hartle.
Evolver version 2.1
GlobalView version 5.1
TickerWatcher version 7.0
Indicators & Trading Systems
The Best of RTR News Notes
Timing the Market.