S&C CONTENTS PAGE August 1999, Vol. 17 No. 8

IBM, Cubed
by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
Here's how to develop a trend-following indicator for trading IBM.

A Guide To Conquering The Trading Markets: Kevin Haggerty
by Thom Hartle 
Wall Street veteran Kevin Haggerty has teamed up with some noted names in the industry to cofound a Website for traders called TRADEHARD.com.

What Market Timing Is -- And Isn't
by Paul A. Merriman
Market timing is supposed to be great at reducing your risk while letting you profit in the bull moves, but is it?

The Night/Daymares Of Traders
by Adrienne Laris Toghraie
Sometimes, the trading from the daytime can stay with you into the dreamtime. Here are ways to cope.

The System Optimization And Money Management
by Leo J. Zamansky, Ph.D., and Markus Stolz
Here's why you should test both trading system rules and money management rules simultaneously.

What is optimal f?

What is secure f?

Pseudo Securities For Technical Analysis, Part 3
by Charles E. Miller
Here's a look at the frequency domain of the market using sinusoidal pseudo securities.

Sinusoidal pseudo securities using MetaStock & Excel

Value At Risk And Technical Analysis
by Luis Ballesca-Loyo
This method uses market volatility and the concept of value at risk to help determine stop-loss prices and position limits for trading securities.

Momentum And Relative Strength Index
by Stuart Evens
Here's a look at two popular indicators based on price momentum, and how they can be used to enter and exit a market.

RSI calculation


- DTN.IQ, page 47
- OptionOracle, version 2.0 for Windows 95/NT, page 56
- VSA5 Professional, page 83
- www.BigCharts.com, page 87


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Letters to S&C
Futures Liquidity
Traders' Glossary
Websites for Traders
Trade News & Products
Advertisers' Index 
Editorial Resource Index
Resources Online
Classified Advertising
Books for Traders
Novice Traders' Notebook


Cover Art: Brad Walker
Cover Concept: Christine Morrison