{"title":"Volume 18 (2000)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse Volume articles by issue:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:12px;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/volume182000\/issue-01?sort_by=title-ascending#ProductGridContainer\" style=\"margin-right:16px;\"\u003eChapter 1 January\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/volume182000\/issue-02?sort_by=title-ascending#ProductGridContainer\" style=\"margin-right:16px;\"\u003eChapter 2 February\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/volume182000\/issue-03?sort_by=title-ascending#ProductGridContainer\" style=\"margin-right:16px;\"\u003eChapter 3 March\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/volume182000\/issue-04?sort_by=title-ascending#ProductGridContainer\" style=\"margin-right:16px;\"\u003eChapter 4 April\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/volume182000\/issue-05?sort_by=title-ascending#ProductGridContainer\" style=\"margin-right:16px;\"\u003eChapter 5 May\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/volume182000\/issue-06?sort_by=title-ascending#ProductGridContainer\" style=\"margin-right:16px;\"\u003eChapter 6 June\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/volume182000\/issue-07?sort_by=title-ascending#ProductGridContainer\" style=\"margin-right:16px;\"\u003eChapter 7 July\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/volume182000\/issue-08?sort_by=title-ascending#ProductGridContainer\" style=\"margin-right:16px;\"\u003eChapter 8 August\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/volume182000\/issue-09?sort_by=title-ascending#ProductGridContainer\" style=\"margin-right:16px;\"\u003eChapter 9 September\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/volume182000\/issue-10?sort_by=title-ascending#ProductGridContainer\" style=\"margin-right:16px;\"\u003eChapter 10 October\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/volume182000\/issue-11?sort_by=title-ascending#ProductGridContainer\" style=\"margin-right:16px;\"\u003eChapter 11 November\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/volume182000\/issue-12?sort_by=title-ascending#ProductGridContainer\" style=\"margin-right:16px;\"\u003eChapter 12 December\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/volume182000\/issue-13?sort_by=title-ascending#ProductGridContainer\" style=\"margin-right:16px;\"\u003eChapter 13 Quickscans\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/volume182000\/issue-14?sort_by=title-ascending#ProductGridContainer\" style=\"margin-right:16px;\"\u003eChapter 14 Product Reviews\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/volume182000\/issue-15?sort_by=title-ascending#ProductGridContainer\" style=\"margin-right:16px;\"\u003eChapter 15 Books for Traders\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/volume182000\/issue-16?sort_by=title-ascending#ProductGridContainer\" style=\"margin-right:16px;\"\u003eChapter 16 Websites\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"v14249risman","title":"V.18:6 (42-49):Risk Management In The Real World by Ajay Jani","description":"Risk Management In The Real World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Ajay Jani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn experienced trader takes his lumps in the market, but still comes out ahead. How? Prudent risk management.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn order to generate long-term investment success, traders must adhere to several time-honored trading principles. Bruce Babcock summed up these principles concisely in his Four Cardinal Principles Of Trading:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Trade with the trend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 Cut losses short.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 Let profits run.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 Manage risk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNo trading methodology is 100% accurate. Thus, it is important not to place all of your capital at risk on any given idea. When an idea is correct, you must let it work as long as possible to generate the large returns necessary in order to offset the inevitable losing trades. Here are some real-life examples of both winning and losing trades, and how my risk management of these trades resulted in overall profitable trading, even though 50% of the trades resulted in losses.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133906088305,"sku":"\\V18\\C06\\052RISK.PDF","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_32ff6272-6051-4db6-808b-a6ed7742f42f.jpg?v=1739656368"},{"product_id":"v15457prodre","title":"V.18:11 (54-57):Product Review:The On-Site Trader","description":"The On-Site Trader\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby John Sweeney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eON-SITE TRADING, INC.\n98 Cutter Mill Road\nGreat Neck, NY 11021\nPhone: 888 402-0533\nFax: 516 482 9388\nE-mail: sales@onsitetrading.com\nInternet: http:\/\/www.onsitetrading.com\nProduct: Fully integrated, direct-access, real-time stock trading station.\nEquipment requirements: Pentium\n350 with 128 MB RAM, Windows 95\/\n98\/NT\/2000. Connection via point-to-point, 56K dialup modem, VPN, or\nbroadband Internet service provider.\nPrice: $19.95 a trade or less. Beginners package: $0.01 to $0.02 per share\nplus free Level II with $15,000 account\n($9.95 minimum, $19.95 maximum).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDirect-access trading is the\nhot venue in brokerages\nthese days as traders increasingly try to cut out the\nbottlenecks in hitting the\nbid or smacking the ask. Convenience,\nspeed (direct routing), price improvement, and cheap commissions are the\nbig issues, though minimum account\nsize rears its head occasionally. On-Site\nTrading comes out well in most of these\nthings, save the last: minimum account\nsize is $25,000.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133906121073,"sku":"\\V18\\C14\\169PR.PDF","price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_58d3eee5-2e9e-433b-93f7-0cd14fb66c5e.jpg?v=1739656370"},{"product_id":"v13036peakan","title":"V.18:5 (30-36):Peaks And Troughs by Martin J.Pring","description":"Peaks And Troughs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Martin J.Pring\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe oldest ways of chart analysis had to work in the days before computers (B.C.).There s no reason they shouldnt work now. Heres a look at peaks and troughs, a classic form of chart analysis that worked B.C. and work now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI have always thought that, in general, the simplest techniques work the best. High up in this category, and perhaps the most underrated, is the concept of peak and trough analysis, a technique first brought to\nour attention as a tenet of Dow theory. While the theory itself has lost much of its luster in recent years, the peak and trough part of it has not. It is arguably the most important building block of technical analysis.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133907956081,"sku":"\\V18\\C05\\040PEAK.PDF","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_dc5b9a27-d370-4d9d-9382-e200d9f60cfb.jpg?v=1739656494"},{"product_id":"v15663aputra","title":"V.18:8 (56-63):A Put\/Call Ratio Oscillator To Pinpoint Market Conditions by John Summa","description":"A Put\/Call Ratio Oscillator To Pinpoint Market Conditions\nby John Summa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho says the put\/call ratio doesn't work anymore? Here's an oscillator that's great for pinpointing intermediate market tops and bottoms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat's the ideal time to write an\noption? The ideal time to write\na deep out-of-the-money \n(DOTM) put or call options\ncredit spread? While charts\nmay tell you when to exit such\na position, the correct use of\nput\/call ratios offer an excellent\nway of determining just when to\nenter your trade. Here's one approach to interpreting equity-only put\/call ratios, combined with my own volume-weighted,\nput\/call ratio oscillator for finding just when to write your\nDOTM spreads for maximum probability of success.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring any intermediate bull or bear trend, investor moods\ntend to remain slanted in one direction or the other - hopeful\nor worried, driven by greed on one hand and fear on the other.\nWhen either sentiment becomes too prevalent, contrarian\nanalysis suggests that the trend is ready for a change. This is\nbased on the view long held by technicians that the majority\nof the investing public is usually wrong just when everything\nseems right. Historical data confirms that it is indeed possible\nto construct parameters that indicate when the crowd has\ngone too far toward one extreme or the other,where condi-\ntions are thus ripe for a reversal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarket professionals and insiders, therefore, often attempt\nto trade crowd psychology in the opposite direction, often\nreferred to as contrarian technical analysis. Indeed, put\/call\nratios have been, and remain, very effective contrarian sen-\ntiment tools, particularly since the public's speculative use of\noptions has exploded with the online investing revolution.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133908021617,"sku":"\\V18\\C08\\073PUT.PDF","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_5dfb3d32-f075-4b99-8718-14c83107fe57.jpg?v=1739656499"},{"product_id":"v1939599trad","title":"V.18:12 (93, 95, 99): Traders' Tips","description":"Traders Tips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis month's selection of Traders' Tips, contributed by various developers of technical analysis software, include MetaStock and C++ code for \"Refining The Hilbert Indicator\" by John Ehlers and \"Optimizing With Hilbert Indicators\" by Roger Darley; Byte Into The Market's system for \"Chaikin's Money Flow\"; and an example of neural networks using NeuroShell Daytrader Professional software.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133908185457,"sku":"\\V18\\C12\\121TIPS.pdf","price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_2b0116c7-314f-43ed-9aab-3af4223c9b54.jpg?v=1739656505"},{"product_id":"v16268picout","title":"V.18:4 (62-68):Picking Out Your Trading Trend by Martin J.Pring","description":"Pick Out Your\nTrading Trend by Martin J.Pring\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are three kinds of trends: short, intermediate, and long\nterm. This veteran trader and analyst explains how you can\nspot them and use them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTechnical analysis assumes that all\nthe knowledge, hopes, and fears of\nboth active and inactive market\nparticipants are reflected in one\nthing: the price. Even if I am in a\ncash position, I am still influencing the price because it would be\nhigher if my cash were invested.\nThus, prices are determined by\npsychology. This would just be an interesting observation,\nexcept that psychology moves in trends,and so do prices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost of the technical tools we use are aimed at identifying\ntrend reversals at an early stage. We ride on trends until the\nweight of the evidence shows or proves that the trend has\nreversed in this case, the number of reliable technical\nindicators all pointing in\nthe same direction.\nHence, the greater the\nnumber of indicators signaling a reversal, the\ngreater the probability\nthat a reversal will take\nplace. It is important to\nremember that technical\nanalysis only deals in\nprobabilities, never certainties. Unfortunately,\nthere is no known method\nof forecasting the duration and magnitude of a\ntrend with any degree of\nconsistency. Identifying\nreversals is hard enough.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133909594481,"sku":"\\V18\\C04\\034PICK.PDF","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_d2a67c04-cd70-41b3-8f42-398e22067eaa.jpg?v=1739656577"},{"product_id":"stoccomv1424","title":"V.18:9 (42-46): Squelch Those Whipsaws by John F.Ehlers","description":"Squelch Those Whipsaws by John F.Ehlers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhats real price movement and whats just noise? Figuring out the difference is vital, and heres an objective measure to help you out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHey, good buddy! Ever operate a citizens' band (CB) radio? If you haven't, most CBs are relatively simple devices, usually with three controls: a channel selector, a volume control, and a squelch control. Squelch control is important to the operation of the radio because without it, there would be no way for the radio to distinguish between static noise and a real signal from a transmitter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuch a distinction can also be important to your trading. If you could avoid periods when the market had no clear trend, youd avoid whipsaws and get cleaner trades. If you could identify periods that were filled with noise and no clear data, you could also switch trading tactics to suit the situation. At the very least, youd know what situation you faced.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133911331185,"sku":"\\V18\\C09\\082SQU.pdf","price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_976e5780-0cf1-4511-aca4-cb9efde716be.jpg?v=1739656685"},{"product_id":"v18587prodre","title":"V.18:7 (85-87):Product Review:Byte Into The Market","description":"Is it time to introduce a new charting, analysis, and system development package with no built-in data sponsor?\nTarn Software thinks so. Besides all the usual charting\nand analytical tools, with Byte Into The Market (BITM) they've created what is (to my knowledge) the first effective graphic programming formulary for trading system developers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBITM's absolutely unique feature is its graphic construction of trading systems and indicators (Figure 1). All you do to replicate your logic is to drag your elements\nfrom the toolbox over to the editing window and drop them into the proper place in your expression. Eliminating typing saves countless hours of debugging, and\nthe simplicity of the graphic expression helps you understand the rules you've created. 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Here is my interpretation.\nThe pattern conforms to the following rules:\n\u003cli\u003eIt uses daily prices,not intraday or weekly prices.\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe middle day of the three-day pattern has the lowest\nlow of the three days,with no ties allowed.\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe last day must have a close above the prior day's high,with no ties allowed.\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eEach day must have a nonzero trading range.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI limited my selection and\ntesting to daily prices,not\nweekly or monthly prices.I\ndidn t use intraday pricing because the pattern description\nmentions closing prices.Although the paragraph describing the pattern says that a\nswing change occurs once\nprices close above the prior\nhigh,I interpreted that to mean the very next day,not several\ndays in the future.It is,after all,a three-bar pattern,not a\nfive-or six-bar pattern.\nHere s a sample three-bar pattern.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133912838513,"sku":"\\V18\\C01\\002BAR.PDF","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_5bd4b82b-379f-4ccb-8eb8-c67923915c74.jpg?v=1739656796"},{"product_id":"v18992tradti","title":"V.18:3 (89-92):Traders' Tips","description":"Here is this months selection of TradersTips, contributed\nby various developers of technical analysis software to help\nreaders more easily implement some of the strategies presented. Internet users will also find these and some previous\nTraders Tips on our home page at http:\/\/www.Traders.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOMEGA RESEARCH EASYLANGUAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this months EasyLanguage tip, Ill focus on the article\n\"Pivot Points\" by Jayanthi Gopalakrishan, which was\npublished in the February 2000 STOCKS \u0026amp;COMMODITIES.\nHere, Ill present an EasyLanguage function and two\nEasyLanguage indicators to calculate and plot the variations\nof the pivot point values. First, I have written a user function,\nwhich allows you to calculate the pivot point value using any\nof the three methods described in the article. Next, I have\ncreated two indicators for plotting the related pivot point\nvalues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe name of the user function is PivotPoint. This user\nfunction will calculate the pivot point values. It will also\nallow the user to easily specify the method that will be used\nto calculate the pivot points. The \"method\" input is used to\ndetermine how the pivot points will be calculated (1=\ntraditional;2 =variation 1;3 =variation 2). The EasyLanguage\nfor the user function is thus:","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133912904049,"sku":"\\V18\\C03\\027TIP.PDF","price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_f41a40ee-54e9-486c-9284-76e6089c4bcd.jpg?v=1739656801"},{"product_id":"v16265itswha","title":"V.18:1 (62-65): It 's What You Keep That Counts by Ted Tesser, CPA","description":"Its What\nYou Keep\nThat Counts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Ted Tesser,CPA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrader status, which has always been one of the hottest but\nleast understood topics whenever taxes are discussed, has\nalways left market participants confused. Heres a certified\npublic accountant who also trades to explain it all to you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrader status has always been\none of the most hotly discussed\ntopics whenever taxes are discussed amid those in the industry. Until recently, the Internal\nRevenue Service (IRS) code left\nus in the dark,and all we had to\ngo on were the divergent opinions of certified public accountants (CPAs), tax lawyers, and\nother tax professionals. With\nthe passage of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and subsequent Congressional interpretations of the law, trader status\nhas finally been addressed, and in fact, taken on greater\nsignificance because of certain benefits extended to traders.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133914968433,"sku":"\\V18\\C01\\006ITS.PDF","price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_6ca6e88f-f708-4be6-9ae9-9b071b0985ec.jpg?v=1739656950"},{"product_id":"v18083prodre","title":"V.18:5 (80-83):Product Review:Pattern Forecaster Plus","description":"In late 1997, Brad Matheny formed Matheny Enterprises and began the development of his new software package, Pattern\nForecaster Plus (PFP). PFP was adapted from another popular trading system program called The Candlestick Forecaster, of which Matheny was codeveloper (and which has won numerous Readers' Choice Awards from STOCKS \u0026amp;COMMODITIES over the\nyears). Since its release in January 1998, Pattern Forecaster Plus has been through five or six upgrades. The software is directed toward individual and\nprofessional end-of-day traders who\nare interested in candlestick charting\nand trading.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133915001201,"sku":"\\V18\\C14\\151PR.PDF","price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_742e2cfe-2016-42a7-92b9-423c569a6953.jpg?v=1739656955"},{"product_id":"v18892prodre","title":"V.18:1 (88-92):Product Review:Trader's Powerkit","description":"The volatility breakout system is a powerful trading\nmethod that can provide you with great trading\nopportunities.Traders Powerkit, which was developed by\nsometime STOCKS \u0026amp;COMMODITIES contributor Steve Notis, is a program that focuses on this specific trading\nmethodology and brings you a system that can be utilized effectively.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraders Powerkit comes on a single\nCD-ROM along with a developers manual that contains general information about the breakout system. Most\nof the operational instructions are found\nin the programs context-sensitive help\nfile. Powerkit also contains the code for\nthe trading logic behind the product. To\nshorten the learning curve and supplement the instruction manual, new users get a personal walkthrough service. Having utilized this service, I can say\nthat it is an efficient way to become\nfamiliar with the system.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133915033969,"sku":"\\V18\\C14\\141PF.PDF","price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_d54b845c-1be8-4b83-a376-c0db9cf1b8ae.jpg?v=1739656958"},{"product_id":"v15057detbal","title":"V.18:6 (50-57):Determining Balance Points In Crowd Psychology by Carl Gyllenram","description":"Determining Balance Points In Crowd Psychology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Carl Gyllenram\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBalance points, the pivotal points between the swings of the bulls and the bears, turn out to be excellent ways to determine market moods and to spot breakouts from a trading range.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeople have banded together in groups since prehistoric times. Originally, it was necessary for\nthe survival of the individual to belong to a group, tribe, or herd. If you as a solitary hunter had tried to bring down a mammoth with a wooden spear, your chances of success or even survival would have been very slim. But if you had joined with others and cooperated toward that common goal, your chances of bringing down\nlarge animals and thus securing the survival of the tribe would have been greatly enhanced.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe desire among humans to belong to a group of likeminded individuals is as old as our existence.\nTo feel accepted in some sort of community contributes to a sense of security and well-being.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133918146929,"sku":"\\V18\\C06\\053DET.PDF","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_d1b768b1-6219-4463-b8ef-514833f97f6d.jpg?v=1739657192"},{"product_id":"v15455quicsc","title":"V.18:3 (54-55):Quick Scan:TeachMeToTrade.com","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Maverick Trading began its\u003cbr\u003e\ndaytrading operations about three years\u003cbr\u003e\nago,it became readily apparent that the\u003cbr\u003e\nfirst several months of trading were the\u003cbr\u003e\nmost difficult for its clients. 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To meet the needs of\nboth types of traders, CyBerCorp, Inc.,\nhas introduced a couple of packages:\nOne is CyBerTrader 2.1 for the active\ntrader, and the other is CyBerX for the\nless-active trader.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133918245233,"sku":"\\V18\\C14\\164PR.PDF","price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_23f84df8-0fbb-475d-a821-c5bdba2609b3.jpg?v=1739657201"},{"product_id":"v15660morres","title":"V.18:1 (56-60): More Responsive Moving Averages by Joe Sharp,Ph.D.","description":"More Responsive\nMoving Averages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Joe Sharp,Ph.D.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraders are resigned to moving averages being behind the\nprice action,but that neednt always be the case. Heres an\nalgebraic technique to make your averages more responsive\nto price movement - and a better aid in decision--making.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving averages serve two main\npurposes: to show the underlying\nsecurity value after noise has\nbeen filtered out and, implicitly,\nto delay decisions to reduce\nwhipsaws. However, that delay\nfrustrates traders who must make\ndecisions based on what is\nhappening right then and there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou can fix that. Ill show you a corrected moving average\nthat can follow trends accurately. Youll have to endure a\nlittle math to get the idea,or you can use the spreadsheet Ive\nprovided in Sidebar 1.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE OLD WAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst,I want to show you a simple example of a problem thats\neasy to calculate by hand. 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Take a look.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCertain chart formations are often\nassociated with certain market phases.\nEach chart has a personality of its\nown,no two being alike, just as you\nand I have our own personalities. I\nassess the movement of stocks in four phases\n(accumulation,markup,distribution, and mark-\ndown), and the crossing of the 50-period simple\nmoving average (SMA) indicating an intermediate\nbullish or bearish trend exists. I use two periods of\nclosing price above or below the 50-period SMA to\nconfirm the move.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the markup and distribution phases, prices\nmust be above the 50-period SMA, whereas during\nthe distribution and markdown phases, prices must\nbe below. I associate buying with the accumulation\nand markup phases and selling with the distribution\nand markdown phases.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133927453041,"sku":"\\V18\\C02\\015MKT.PDF","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_6737f7a0-2771-4ae0-9e05-141314b40345.jpg?v=1739657776"},{"product_id":"v180tradtip","title":"V.18:1 (80-82,94): Traders' Tips","description":"Here is this months selection of Traders Tips, contributed\nby various developers of technical analysis software to help\nreaders more easily implement some of the strategies presented. Internet users will also find these and some previous\nTraders Tips on our Website at http::\/\/www.Traders .com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRADESTATION\/SUPERCHARTS\nIn the November 1999 STOCKS \u0026amp; COMMODITIES, my article\n\"Coding Candlesticks\" presented a quantitative approach to\ninterpreting candlesticks with code provided in MetaStock\nformat. After the issue came out, many STOCKS \u0026amp; COMMODITIES readers asked about a version of the code in EasyLanguage\nfor TradeStation and SuperCharts, so Vladivostok trader\nValeriy Lazarenko developed the EasyLanguage code for the\nindicators discussed in the article. 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It is this hallowed ground in Harlem, not the sacred turf of financial markets Wall Street that comes closest to describing what floor trading in Chicago has been about for more than 150 years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree major futures and options trading floors can be\nfound in Chicago at present, but the real trading courts are the old, time-worn North and South trading rooms at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), located at the picturesque end of the LaSalle Street financial canyon. You can trace almost the entire history of modern agricultural and financial markets to these two rooms, proving that the Chicago pits are truly the equivalent of Rucker Park in terms of capitalism.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133928632689,"sku":"\\V18\\C10\\093RUCK","price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_552b1265-51c9-4abe-b467-ec82a7162f56.jpg?v=1739657870"},{"product_id":"v183815letters","title":"V.18:3 (8-15):Letters","description":"The editors of S\u0026amp;C invite readers to submit their opinions and information on subjects\nrelating to technical analysis and this magazine. This column is our means of communication\nwith our readers. Is there something you would like to know more (or less) about? Tell us\nabout it. Without a source of new ideas and subjects coming from our readers, this magazine\nwould not exist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAddress your correspondence to: Editor, STOCKS \u0026amp; COMMODITIES, 4757 California Ave. SW, Seattle, WA 98116-4499, or E-mail to editor@traders.com. Letter-writers must\ninclude their full name and address for verification. Letters may be edited for length or\nclarity. All letters become the property of Technical Analysis of STOCKS \u0026amp; COMMODITIES,\nThe Traders Magazine. The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily represent\nthose of the magazine. Editor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLATILITY IS KEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditor,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the joys of having created an\nanalytical approach such as Bollinger\nBands is seeing what others do with it.\nThus, it was with pleasure that I read\nStphane Reverres \"Are Two Channels Better Than One?\" in the January\n2000 issue of Technical Analysis of\nSTOCKS \u0026amp; COMMODITIES, The Traders\nMagazine. Reverre, using relatively\nshort and narrow Bollinger Bands,\nlooked at what is essentially a volatility\nbreakout system. This reminds me of\nthe late Bruce Babcock, publisher of\nCommodity Consumer Traders Report, who, after exhaustive research into trading systems, concluded that his favorite\napproach was the volatility breakout.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is interesting how the same ideas\nresurface again and again. I remain convinced that volatility is the central issue\nin investing.Recent academic research\nsuggests that while price is neither cyclical nor forecastable, volatility is both.\nMaybe they are on to something!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJOHN BOLLINGER, via E-mail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewww.BollingerBands.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThanks for writing, John. Editor","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133929025905,"sku":"\\V18\\C03\\028LET.PDF","price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_bbdbb019-8efa-4afd-bccb-d6ec86ce64e5.jpg?v=1739657886"},{"product_id":"stoccomv164t","title":"V.18:9 (64-69): Trend-Following With The ADX by Martin Boot","description":"Trend-Following With The ADX by Martin Boot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHave you ever been interested in a system, but werent quite sure how it worked? Heres a simple and robust trend-following system using the ADX, with only one entry condition and one exit condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo design and develop a sound trading system, we need a clear and logical basic idea. From this, we must derive proposed entry and exit points. A sound trading system must be robust; for the system to be as robust as possible, the idea must be as simple as possible. A robust system is one that behaves consistently in different markets; a robust system should not need constant adjustments for any new market to which it is applied. I kept these criteria in mind when I decided to develop a trend-following system.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133932695921,"sku":"\\V18\\C09\\084ADX.pdf","price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_bec02d9b-8219-4cb0-937c-7fce462eb67d.jpg?v=1739657975"},{"product_id":"v14250kagcha","title":"V.18:4 (42-50):Kagi Charts by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan","description":"Kagi Charts by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf youve ever seen a reference to this particular form of\ncandlestick charting and wondered what they were, you can\nfind out here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe financial markets exist because of the complementary\nrelationship between bulls and\nbears -- one cannot exist without the other. The key is to\nrecognize which has control\nof the markets and identify\nwhen that control changes.\nOne way to do this is through\nkagi charts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKagi charts, which have\nalso been known as key charts,price range charts, hook\ncharts, delta charts, and string charts, originated in Japan in\nthe 1870s about the same time as the more popular candlestick charts. The only variable that is considered in kagi\ncharts is the closing price, and the indication of bullish\/bearish markets is determined by the thickness of the lines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInitially, when I first began\nto work with it, I found the\nkagi charts unfamiliar display confusing. I found it difficult to determine what the\nclosing prices were and\nwhether the specific security\nwas trending or in a trading\nrange. But the ambiguity intrigued me, encouraging me\nto explore this type of chart\nfurther. That led me to discover that kagi charts were an\ninteresting method by which\nto identify trends, support\/resistance levels, and reversals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough there are software\npackages that will automatically display kagi charts, I will\nexplain the process of creating these charts so that it is\neasier to understand them and\nto make trading decisions using them. One thing to keep in\nmind is that kagi charts are\neffective in trending markets;\nthis is because they do not\nidentify peaks and troughs.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133932794225,"sku":"\\V18\\C04\\032KAGI.PDF","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_4813ec1f-0f33-4d02-b243-093d481c812a.jpg?v=1739657983"},{"product_id":"v17879prodre","title":"V.18:5 (78-79):Product Review:Forex Trader","description":"\u003cp\u003eInterested in foreign exchange trading? 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Academic studies rigorously defined anecdotal\nphenomena that technicians had tried to capture using empirical tools, with\nvarying success. In addition, it helped that the behavioralists challenged the\nefficient markets hypothesis anathema to technicians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHersh Shefrin was in the field of behaviorial finance from the beginning\nwhen he and economist Richard Thaler first applied behavioral ideas to\neconomics while both were teaching at the University of Rochester in the late\n1970s. Later, Shefrin and Meir Statman took the same ideas to the field of\nfinance at Santa Clara University in the early 1980s. Amplifying and confirming work by many other researchers has brought behavioral finance to the\npoint where it is now the main contender to modify the efficient markets hypothesis. Summarizing for practitioners such results with examples and research, Shefrin\nexplains, was the purpose of writing Beyond Greed And Fear, his latest book, available from Harvard Business School Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHersh Shefrin is the Mario Belotti Professor of Finance at the Leavey School of\nBusiness, Santa Clara University. His research is in the application of behavioral\ndecision making to finance and economics, an area in which he has worked since\n1975. STOCKS \u0026amp;COMMODITIES spoke with Shefrin on January 3, 2000, to find out\nfirsthand how the fields work affects technical analysts in their day-to-day work.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133934891377,"sku":"\\V18\\C03\\024INT.PDF","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_8d55c646-6ac5-4864-bdc8-f09c3fc7e20d.jpg?v=1739658110"},{"product_id":"v135qabydonb","title":"V.18:11 (35): Q\u0026A by Don Bright","description":"Q\u0026amp;A by Don Bright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDon Bright answers questions on how to create a Gann fan line, commodity options, and Smith indicator market timing.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133936562545,"sku":"\\V18\\C11\\102QA.pdf","price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_8740baae-5ca3-41b5-b67d-418d69c3c613.jpg?v=1739658240"},{"product_id":"v14246chaikm1","title":"Stocks \u0026 Commodities V. 18:8 (42-46): Catching DJIA Breakouts by Mark Vakkur, M.D.","description":"Stocks \u0026amp; Commodities V. 18:8 (42-46): Catching DJIA Breakouts by Mark Vakkur, M.D.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuying breakouts in the Dow Jones Industrial Average works well but there are caveats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf the trend is your friend, the simplest way to use\nthat idea is to buy only those markets that are\nbreaking out to new highs. But is this really a good strategy? As it turns out, at least for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), breakouts are very useful in identifying periods of increased profitability. I studied breakouts on the DJIA from February 1988 to November 1998. If breakouts truly are useful, buying a breakout over this 11-year span should have led to a greater than average subsequent four-week and eight-week\nprofitability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObviously, the DJIA has been in an extraordinary secular bull market since 1982; it may behave differently in a downtrend or a trading range. Many\nmarket players are now used to buying high and selling higher. I leave it to you to apply the concepts presented\nhere to your tradable of choice. That said, heres how the DJIA performed following breakouts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSOME DEFINITIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing EasyLanguage, I created a function that tests to see:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. 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Frustrated, you wonder what went wrong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe idea of daytrading tempts us all, considering how easy access is to high-speed Internet connections and direct-access brokers. However, there are substantial risks involved, and to protect yourself, you need to understand what is going on in the market. After trying various methods, I have discovered a simple one\nthat works with a fairly high degree of profitability. It is based on candlestick chart formations and volume. Understanding the relationship between price and\nvolume allowed me to understand the degree to which buyers and sellers control the market at any given time.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133937873265,"sku":"\\V18\\C11\\101CAN.pdf","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_f5c49c0a-75ca-4427-997b-c0e006b59025.jpg?v=1739658341"},{"product_id":"v13334quicsc","title":"V.18:6 (33-34):Quick Scan:The Margin Account Calculator","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1996,Ian Brant was looking for a\u003cbr\u003e\nprogram that would allow him to track his\u003cbr\u003e\ntrades in the futures market.The few\u003cbr\u003e\nprograms he found available were either\u003cbr\u003e\nexpensive or incapable of all the functions\u003cbr\u003e\nhe thought such a program should exhibit.\u003cbr\u003e\nBecause he couldnt find one,he created\u003cbr\u003e\none,and the result is the Margin Account\u003cbr\u003e\nCalculator (MAC).His previous experience with Microsoft Excel,combined with\u003cbr\u003e\nhis personal preference for the popular\u003cbr\u003e\nMicrosoft spreadsheet, made it the logical\u003cbr\u003e\nchoice for the platform.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133937906033,"sku":"\\V18\\C13\\130QS.PDF","price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_443ee86b-40ce-4b34-a438-251f0880c775.jpg?v=1739658344"},{"product_id":"v14246catdji","title":"V.18:8 (42-46):Catching DJIA Breakouts by Mark Vakkur, M.D.","description":"Catching DJIA Breakouts\nby Mark Vakkur, M.D.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuying breakouts in the Dow Jones Industrial Average works well - but there are caveats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf the trend is your friend, the simplest way to use\nthat idea is to buy only those markets that are\nbreaking out to new highs. But is this really a good\nstrategy? As it turns out, at least for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), breakouts are very useful in identifying periods of increased profitability. I\nstudied breakouts on the DJIA from February 1988 to November 1998. If breakouts truly are useful, buying a\nbreakout over this 11-year span should have led to a greater than average\nsubsequent four-week and eight-week\nprofitability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObviously, the DJIA has been in an\nextraordinary secular bull market since\n1982; it may behave differently in a\ndowntrend or a trading range. Many\nmarket players are now used to buying\nhigh and selling higher. I leave it to\nyou to apply the concepts presented\nhere to your tradable of choice. That\nsaid, here's how the DJIA performed\nfollowing breakouts.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133937971569,"sku":"\\V18\\C08\\073DJIA.PDF","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_99f4d178-519d-4ef0-8fbb-8f1435f68c5d.jpg?v=1739658349"},{"product_id":"v119opwithil","title":"V.18:11 (19-26): Optimizing With Hilbert Indicators by Roger Darley","description":"Optimizing With Hilbert Indicators by Roger Darley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdjusting your trading signals to account for whats actually happening in the market can mean a nice profit for you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf I knew what the optimum moving average length (or any other filter s length) was on a daily basis, then my indicators and trading strategies could be optimized for what is actually happening in the market. 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This is especially true with the Standard \u0026amp; Poors 500 and the Nasdaq Composite, since both are weighted by market capitalization. Market breadth indicators that can picture the entire market help traders and investors identify market momentum. The three measures typically used to characterize the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Nasdaq, and the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) are advances declines, up\/down volume, and new highs ew lows. Since many older textbooks do not mention the Nasdaq, lets see what historical measures of breadth can do to help us understand Nasdaq momentum. One measure that has been used for a long time is the running total of advances minus declines. Figure 1 shows that for July 1999 through July 2000, there was a slow but steady erosion of breadth. Some flattening of the curve occurred with the small rally during June and July 2000, indicating that the Nasdaq rose on the backs of the equities with large market capitalization. This fit with analysts view that only the strongest companies would survive, pointing out that many Internet companies were struggling. The flattening indicated that breadth improved; that is, advances were equaling declines.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133942428017,"sku":"\\V18\\C11\\103NASD.pdf","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_c33d49a3-d104-414f-a02e-e9d9a2daabbd.jpg?v=1739658679"},{"product_id":"v17376tradti","title":"V.18:2 (73-76):Traders ' Tips","description":"METASTOCK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the November 1999 issue of STOCKS \u0026amp; COMMODITIES,\nBenjamin Cotton introduced the target price indicator in\nTriggering Your Trading Signal. 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Instead of\nreversing, however, the stock keeps going\nand momentum continues to rise. \"Stochastic pop\" is actually a misnomer, since\nthe pop is in the price, not the stochastic.\nThe stochastic itself stays above 70 or 80,\nheld there by the price moving up and\nstaying high in its daily ranges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSETUP CONDITIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI identify a stochastic pop setup when the\nfollowing conditions occur:","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133962875249,"sku":"\\V18\\C08\\071POP.PDF","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_5f16e183-d7a6-4180-9af2-bb84de7d4eed.jpg?v=1739658992"},{"product_id":"v19497100pri","title":"V.18:8 (94-97,100):Price Patterns, Part I by Martin J. 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In the left-hand part of the chart, the price rallies and\nthen loses upside momentum as a battle between buyers and\nsellers gets under way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOften, it is possible to construct two horizontal trendlines\nto mark the top and bottom of the range. Every time the pric\nrallies to the upper line, buyers are scared off by the higher\nprice and selling pressure increases. Then, as it falls to the\nlower line, buyers are attracted,but sellers, who naturally\nwant a higher price for their goods, withdraw their offerings,\nso the price bounces again. 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But is it the most consistent?\nHeres a technique to find the most robust set that will give you regular profits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor those who use trading systems, the most important concern should not be to find parameters that yield the greatest\nprofit; rather, it should be to\nfind the most robust parameters. Anyone can tweak a system until it shows startling results, but unless those parameters are robust, they will not\nhold up in real-world trading.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeveral testing methods can be used to increase a systems\nrobustness. The first, and simplest, is to test over long periods. This assures that the test includes a variety of market conditions. The second method is the walk-forward, or blind, data\ntest. This typically consists of optimizing trading parameters\nover a long period, but stopping short of the present. Finally, the best parameters are tested over the remaining, nonoptimized, data. This is also referred to as walk-forward, blind, virgin, out-of-sample, and it has even been\nreferred to as real-time testing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf the optimized parameters\nwork well over the blind data,\nthen it can be argued that the parameters are robust and likely to\ncontinue to work for some time\ninto the future. Since the final test\nis run without the benefit of hindsight or optimization, its as close\nto real trading as you can simulate\nwith historical data. However,\ndont assume that the most profitable parameters are the best parameters - meaning those that\nwill be the most profitable in the\nfuture.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133967430001,"sku":"\\V18\\C04\\033ARE.PDF","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_b0e072bc-27c3-4d47-9bd4-170620794b6d.jpg?v=1739659304"},{"product_id":"v1819lettosc","title":"V.18:6 (8-19):Letters To S\u0026C","description":"LETTERS TO S\u0026amp;C\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe editors of S\u0026amp;C invite readers to submit their opinions and information on subjects relating to technical analysis and this magazine. This column is our means of communication with our readers. Is there something you would like to know more (or less)about? Tell us about it. Without a source of new ideas and subjects coming from our readers, this magazine\nwould not exist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAddress your correspondence to: Editor, STOCKS \u0026amp;COMMODITIES, 4757 California Ave. SW, Seattle, WA 98116-4499, or E-mail to editor@traders.com. Letter-writers must include their full name and address for verification. Letters may be edited for length or\nclarity. The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily represent those of the magazine. Editor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFIDELITY SELECT FUNDS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditor,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLast year, I was looking around for a mutual fund trading system, being unhappy with the results I was\nreceiving. At that time, you featured an article\nby Jay Kaeppel on determining the (internal) relative strength of various Fidelity indices (A System\nFor Trading Fidelity Select Funds, STOCKS \u0026amp; COMMODITIES, July 1999).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe article intrigued me and, after corresponding with Kaeppel via E-mail, I wrote and tested a program using\nTechniFilter Plus over all the mutual funds I watch (approximately 700) and was amazed at the results. So much so that I took $10,000 and actually bought $1,000 of each fund the program suggested. By November 1999, the results of that investment persuaded me to\nrecommend the system to various clients, who are today, after two and a half short months, extremely happy with the system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdmittedly, I did alter Kaeppels original suggestion slightly based on my testing and optimization, but I feel\nthat I must still publicly thank Kaeppel and S\u0026amp;C for coming to my rescue with a solution to a problem that I was struggling to solve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn another matter, I have found a number of programs I use were not Y2K compliant, and the suppliers are charging for a Y2K update. Other companies, on the other hand, sent updates by post at no charge. 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He pointed out that, by definition, we do not know the distribution of future unusual events or even know how often they occur within the parametric distributions used by institutional financial engineers. He advocated taking positions based on available information and understanding rather than by what fell out of encoded differential equations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince that time, academics have started to explore mechanisms by which inefficient pricing and unusual events occur, and confidence in engineered measures has fallen in favor of more pragmatic, know your business rules for protecting institutions trading. 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Markets go\nthrough various stages such as\ntrending or congestion phases,\nand you cannot use the same\nindicators for all the different\nphases. As a result, you must\nidentify the different phases of\nthe markets before you can apply the indicator appropriate for\nthat stage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe vertical horizontal filter (VHF), which was introduced\nby Adam White in 1991, is one indicator you can use to\ndetermine whether a security is going through a congestion\nphase or a trending phase. The VHF is not your typical\nindicator that gives you buy and sell signals; what the VHF\ndoes is help you decide which indicators to apply. During a\ntrending phase, the vertical rise in prices is stronger than\nduring a congestion phase. 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