15 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.
22 Using Normal Distribution For Writing Options
by Mark Vakkur, MD
How can you go about selecting the best strike price for writing an option?
31 The Yen, Recursed
by Dennis Meyers, PhD
Combine the exponential moving average with a trend estimate to identify changes in the direction of the market.
35 Mathematical discussion
38 The recursive moving trendline system
48 Plotting Trendlines
by Stuart Evens
Drawing trendlines may seem simple, but there is a right way and a wrong way to plotting trendlines.
56 The Volatility Edge
by John Sweeney
Designing a profitable trading system is key, but the way that profits and losses vary can have an impact on your long-term success. |
62 The Global Trend: Mark Boucher
by Thom Hartle
When S&C first spoke to hedge fund manager Mark Boucher in 1996, he shared some of his techniques for analyzing the economy, picking stocks, and money management. See what he says this time.
78 Trends And Moving Averages
by Robert Nikifork
How do you choose which length and type of moving average to use for chart analysis? Take a look.
82 The MACD Profit Alert
by Barbara Star, PhD
The moving average convergence/divergence (MACD) is a momentum indicator, and here, it's combined with pattern recognition to help you identify exit points for your system.
85 Moving average convergence/ divergence and MACD histogram
86 The bar count
- MetaStock Professional For Signal And BMI, page 91
- Bollinger Group Power, page 94
- Four Biggest Mistakes In Option Trading, page 102
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