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The State of ETFs – April 18, 2011 – The Week Ahead

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Michael Harris

Both ETFs that I have marked as overbought in last week’s report,  DBC and USO, corrected immediately starting last Monday and are now moving sideways short-term. As of the close of Friday, April 15, 2011, there are only 4 changes in the ETF trend … Continue reading →

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Chaos in Technical Analysis and Backtesting – Part II: More on Close vs. Adjusted Close

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Michael Harris

This is the second in a series of posts about the impact of data adjustments on technical analysis studies and backtesting, as well as, of the pitfalls of trading system development due to incompatibilities and/or conflicts between data series and analysis techniques. Use of … Continue reading →

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Chaos in Technical Analysis and Backtesting – Part I: Close vs. Adjusted Close

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Michael Harris

This is the first in a series of posts about the impact of data adjustments on technical analysis studies and backtesting, as well as, of the pitfalls of trading system development due to incompatibilities and/or conflicts between data series and analysis techniques. Use … Continue reading →

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