FEATURE ARTICLES

Options: The Missing Link
by Martha Stokes, CMT
What's the link between an option and a stock?

The Quest For Reliable Crossovers
by Sylvain Vervoort
Moving average crossovers should be reliable and they need to have minimal lag. Here's a technique to achieve it.

Parallel Listings And True Price Value
by Daryl Guppy and Chen Jing
In the second part of this series, we continue to look at the differences in traders' perceptions by analyzing stocks listed in the Shanghai market and their counterpart listing in the Hong Kong market.

Beware The Greeks
by Ron Ianieri
Confused about option greeks? Find out what each means and how they affect price movement.

Explore Your Options - May 2008
by Tom Gentile
Got a question about options?

Allied Currencies
by Alexander Sabodin
When trading, who or what can be your ally?

Futures For You - May 2008
by Carley Garner
Here's how the futures market really works.

Reducing Risk With Delta-Vega Hedging
by Seongjin Cho and Ingyu Koh
Predicting market movements with options can be profitable but risky -- here's how to make it safer.

Q&A - May 2008
by Don Bright
This professional trader answers a few of your questions.

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Advisory Services
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PREVIOUSLY FEATURED ARTICLES

Futures For You - January 2008
by Dan O'Neil
Here's how the futures market really works.

Explore Your Options - June 2007
by Tom Gentile
Got a question about options?

What It Takes To Survive
by Adrienne Toghraie
As a trader, you need to be a winner and you also need to be a survivor. Here's why.

Backtesting And Edgetesting
by Damir Wallener
Anybody with a computer and an Internet connection can evaluate trading strategies. But how do you judge the validity and significance of the results?

Fine-Tuning Your Money Management System
by Bennett A. McDowell
Acknowledge the risks in trading by making sure your money management system is sound.

Detecting Breakouts In Intraday Charts
by Markos Katsanos
Here's an enhancement to the finite volume elements indicator that's useful with intraday minute charts.

If At First You Don't Succeed
by John Clayburg
Systems you create don't always work quite right at first. When you revise them, your "improvements" don't necessarily help. What to do?

Gopalakrishnan Range Index
by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
Should you be trading pork bellies or AT&T? How can you tell what you should be trading, besides painful experience? This might help you.

Volume-Weighted Average Pricing
by Michael Tanksley, Ph.D.
What price should you aim to beat in your trades? Here's what the pros use.

The Endpoint Fast Fourier Transform System
by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
Last issue, we explored the Fourier transform, a mathematical technique for analyzing data to determine cyclical component. This time, we use the fast Fourier transform as a trend determinant for a model for trading the Standard & Poor's 500.

Measuring Risk
by Dick Stoken
There are two common ways to measure performance: the standard deviation of returns and the Sharpe ratio. Here's a third way.

The Systematic Trader: Richard Saidenburg
by Thom Hartle
This month's interview subject discovered that the steps to successful trading are based on a systematic approach to trading. We talked to him about system design, the pitfalls to avoid while developing a system and other topics.

Statistically Analyzing Volume
by William M. Goodman, Ph.D.
Is an increase in the activity of a stock a meaningful indication of the direction of price? You can analyze the relationship between price and volume to answer the question.