S&C CONTENTS PAGE January 2011, Volume 29 Number 1


Cover art: Roy Weimann

Bloomberg For The iPad
Review: iPad app for Bloomberg News
Pristine Pattern Method Scan
Review: Plugin for MetaStock

Beating Emotion
by Brandon VanLandingham
So what can be done to help minimize emotion within our trading? The answer is in our trading process.


Looking Forward With Yesterday’s Action
by Anthony Trongone
Can you determine how prices will move after looking at yesterday’s price action?

 Combining RSI With RSI
by Peter Konner
Optimization and stop-losses can help you minimize risks and give you better returns.

Breakway Gaps
by Kenneth Gilliland
There are many different types of gaps, but this one provides the best risk–reward ratio.

Making A Good System Great
by Donald W. Pendergast Jr.
Once you have a trading system, you still need to evaluate it.

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

 Follow The Market Herd With Elliott Wave
by Ryan Henry
If we can figure out what happened in the past, we can figure out what could happen in the future.

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

Chart Analog Scenarios
by Sam Whitehill
Technical analysis is based on history repeating itself, not just over a few months but over a few decades.

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

Curtis Faith And Trading From Your Gut
by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan and Bruce Faber
One of the original Turtles, Curtis Faith earned more than $30 million in his early 20s. Since then, he’s founded successful technical startups and developed a “whole mind” approach to trading.
 The US Dollar And Precious Metals
by Donald W. Pendergast Jr.
Playing the US dollar versus the precious metals market dynamic is one of the highest-probability trading games around. This is especially significant at major trend reversals. Will the significant support area near 76.00 even hold, much less act as a reversal point?
Trading Systems
Trading systems take the subjectivity out of trading. Here’s a sampling of trading systems.

  These articles — and articles like them — can be found
online at www.traders.com

 This article is the basis for Traders’ Tips this month.