Tag Archives: Active Trader

Recommended Reading 09-25-2014

Readers repeatedly ask me for book and article recommendations, especially new traders who are interested in learning more about trading and investing.  Here are two new magazine subscription recommendations from my personal finance library. For traders who are interested in … Continue reading

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A New Market Timing Indicator

I am always on the lookout for new trading tools, indicators, and insights.  One of my primary sources of inspiration is magazines like Active Trader and Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities. Now that I have finished my first book, … Continue reading

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The Deadly Double Divergence

Would you be interested in an indicator that has signaled ten market tops since 1966 without a single false signal?  I read about such an indicator in an article titled “Double Divergences in the Advance-Decline Line,” which appeared in the … Continue reading

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Active Trader Article: Option Strategies for Bull-Market Reversals

I have a new article in the January 2013 issue of Active Trader magazine.  I received the January issue in the mail earlier this week, so it should also be available at Barnes and Noble bookstores.  If not, it should … Continue reading

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A Relative Strength Market Timing Oscillator

I read about this indicator in an article titled “Roulette Wheels and Individual Stocks,” which appeared in the December 2012 issue of Active Trader.  The article was written by Richard J. Bauer, Jr.  In the article, Bauer used an innovative … Continue reading

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Long-Only Equity Strategy Earned 44% in 2008

I read about this strategy in an article titled “The Low-Close Edge,” which appeared in the December 2012 issue of Active Trader.  The article was written by Nat Stewart.  Stewart introduced a very simple, systematic, long-only equity strategy that generated … Continue reading

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Active Trader Article: “The Science of Selling Options”

I have a new article coming out in the September 2012 issue of Active Trader, which may already be available in bookstores.  If not, it should be on the shelves in the next week or two.  The article is titled … Continue reading

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