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November, 2006
Vol. 5, No. 11

Dean Kamen Segways to Clean Water Feature Interview with the Inventor of the Segway Human Transporter & CEO of DEKA Research & Development
by: Russell Wasendorf, Sr.

For Dean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway, “slingshots” are the answer — small, focused technologies that can eliminate giant problems.

  

Dean Kamen Segways to Clean Water Feature Interview with the Inventor of the Segway Human Transporter & CEO of DEKA Research & Development

Technical Analysis: Plain and Simple Charting the Markets in Your Language 2nd edition

Getting to Know Technicals
Because traders are human beings, they tend to behave somewhat predictably. Technical analysts study the price patterns on charts to spot points where traders might react the same way they did in the past.

News or Noise: Charts Tell the Real Story
Stop listening to the journalists, and let the markets be your guide!

Technical Analysis: Well Suited for All Occasions
Technical analysis (TA) is particularly suited to the foreign exchange markets. It helps to understand the reasons for this, whether you’re a TA trader just getting started in forex or a forex trader contemplating using TA.

It's Like Spreading Peanut Butter & Jelly: Developing an Idea Into an Indicator
Relative strength analysis is a common technical strategy, but it is too imprecise. The author shares his own more finely tuned proprietary indicator and gives clues to developing one’s own technical trading tools.

Searching for Patterns in a Random Market Lately?
Is the market really completely unpredictable, as A Random Walk Down Wall Street would have it? Or can technical analysis help you determine where a trend is really headed?

Cloudy Investment Weather Seen for U.S. Equities
A look back at 1994…what can we learn from this year and how does it relate to 2006? An in-depth look at where we are going wrong.

The Credentials: What Does CMT Mean Anyway?
Everything you wanted to know about the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation.

The MTA's Charles H. Dow Award
A newer award given out by the Market Technician’s Association (MTA) based on contributions to the field of technical analysis. See how you could someday be a winner.

Find the Slam Dunks: Combine VSA with Technical Analysis
Combining volume spread analysis with technical analysis can help you trade like the “smart money.”

Options Strategies: Using Volatility Percentile Rankings to Enhance E-mini Options Trading
The popularity of options on the S&P 500 futures means traders are using more sophisticated strategies. But they shouldn’t forget to focus on implementing their strategy in the right volatility environment.

Betting On Volatility
Have an urge to predict the unpredictable? Try trading volatility with futures and options on the Chicago Board Options Exchange’s VIX.

Editor's Note
Even if you’re a fundamentalist watching the Fed and how the soy bean crops are doing, it’s best to at least look at a chart.

Your Letters
Readers' Thoughts and Questions

Ask Slim
In this column, I will answer your questions on the technical and psychological aspects of trading and trading methodologies.

Book Review
Technical Analysis: Plain and Simple Charting the Markets in Your Language 2nd edition

Exercise Your Options
Selling Puts: Risky or Conservative?

Tech Take
The Long-term view

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