The Encyclopedia of Trading Strategies

Jeffrey Owen Katz

ReviewTechnical Analysis of Stocks&&Commodities Magazine : This book gives futures and options traders hundreds of innovative ways to take profits out of the market and gain an edge on every trade. Product DescriptionThe Encyclopedia of Trading Strategies is for traders who want to take the next step to consistently profitable trading. The authors--themselves seasoned veterans of the futures trading arena--pinpoint the trading methods and strategies that have been shown to produce market-beating returns. Their rigorous and systematic backtesting of each method, using the same sets of markets and analytic techniques, provides a scientific, system-based approach to system development...to help you assemble the trading system that will put you on the road to becoming a more consistently profitable trader. Book InfoProvides futures and options traders hundreds of innovative ways to take profits out of the market and gain an edge in every trade. DLC: Commodity futures. From the AuthorCOMPANION SOFTWARE AVAILABLE To arm our readers with the tools they need to develop and test trading systems, we have produced a CD that contains all the software (including source code) used to do the research that is summarized in our book, The Encyclopedia of Trading Strategies. In the past, this software has sold for thousands of dollars but it is now available to our readers for only $59.00 (plus s&&h). The software includes: Complete source code for every method tested in the book Commodities data from Pinnacle Spreadsheets with all optimization data, market-by-market analyses, equity curves, figures, and tables The C-Trader Toolkit, which includes our C++ Trading Simulator (a powerful tool to simulate trading accounts, systems, and portfolios), OptEvolve (for evolving trading systems using genetic algorithms), our Portfolio Simulation Shell, and related materials.Readers who want to take advantage of this opportunity should contact me by email (katz@scientific-consultants.com). I want everyone to trade safely and successfully. That s why I wrote The Encyclopedia of Trading Strategies, Getting Started Day Trading Futures, Options, and Indices (due out by October 2000), and am teaching at the New York Institute of Finance. In our research, we uncover what works and what doesn t. We pass this knowledge on to our readers and students so that they, too, can become better informed, smarter traders. No longer is there any excuse for blindly trusting popular methods that just waste time and money. All readers are invited to contact me (katz@scientific-consultants.com) to share their thoughts about the book and the results of any personal research it stimulated or snags along the way. In the meantime, I wish you all great success in your trading endeavors! Best regards, Jeffrey Owen Katz, Ph.D.From the Back Cover The authors extract some sobering trading edicts the good old-fashioned way--analysis by the scientific method. Here we see the fruits of detailed and methodical research, both the long and short of it.... These results will certainly affect my own trading designs! --Mark Jurik Editor, Computerized Trading If you re the type of trader who wants to build his or her own systems, this book is for you! --Murray Ruggiero, Jr. Contribuitng Editor, Futures magazine I have known Jeff Katz for years. He has worked on a number of my projects, always exhibiting a high degree of professionalism, attention to detail, and thoroughness. The same craftsmanship is apparent throughout this book. --Robert Pardo President, Pardo Capital Limited