 FEATURE ARTICLE |
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| The British Pound, Cubed | 22 |
| by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. |
| Currency markets are popular with trend-followers because of the tendency for currency markets to follow long-term trends. Here's how to smooth out the trend and recognize the major turns | |
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| Using Excel for a cubic polynomial | 34 |
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| Mechanical Trading System and the Art of Positive Slippage | 41 |
| by Marcello Cattaneo Adorno |
| Traders following mechanical systems can see situations that may affect mechanically based signals. Here's how to include technical signals outside your basic trading signal | |
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| Reversal Formations: Predictive Power? | 48 |
| by Alex Saitta |
| Do classic chart formations such as the head-and-shoulders or the double bottom/double top hold up to close scrutiny? Here's a look | |
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| Combining Patterns with Indicators | 54 |
| by William Q. Smith |
| Combining a technical indicator with another technical method can be the start of a viable trading system. Here's how to combine a technical indicator with a chart pattern to form one | |
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| Exponential moving averages | 57 |
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| Seasonal Stock Index Trades | 64 |
| by James Greenwood |
| Here are different seasonal strategies for trading the Value Line Index compared with the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index and the Standard & Poor's 500 | |
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| Midlife Trading | 70 |
| by Adrienne Laris Toghraie |
| Perhaps you've reached a point of success in your trading when suddenly you lose interest. Why? | |
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| INTERVIEW |
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| Be Rich or Be Right? CTCR's Courtney Smith | 75 |
| by Thorn Hartle |
| Trader Courtney Smith has added publisher and editor of Commodity Traders Consumer Report to his long list of accomplishments. S&C spoke with him on why traders lose and how to change that | |
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| Enhancing the Raff Regression Channel | 90 |
| by Robert B. McKinnon | |
| A market follows its primary trend in a zigzag form. The trend direction is easy to see; the real challenge lies in identifying the minor trends | |
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| QUICK-SCANS, REVIEWS |
| Meyers Short Term Systems and Indicators, version 1.5 | 18 |
| TeleChart 2000, version 4.0 for Windows | 62 |
| OmniTrader 3.5 | 101 |
| NeuroShell Trader | 104 |
| OptionTrader 98 Professional Edition | 110 |
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| DEPARTMENTS |
| Opening Position | 6 |
| Letters to S&C | 8 |
| Futures Liquidity | 20 |
| Traders' Glossary | 100 |
| Advertisers' Index | 106 |
| Editorial Resource Index | 106 |
| Market place | 107 |
| Classified Advertising | 108 |
| Trade News & Products | 112 |
| Books for Traders | 114 |
