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Technical Trading Mastery Book Has A Person Disappointed

It sure has been an exciting few days to see my book do so well and to see my first 1000 copies of the paperback with the special offer in the book at Amazon be almost sold out. It looks like only 73 books left and I expect them to be gone today or tomorrow once all 25,000 readers and followers get this email and to good to refuse offer.

 

If you have already purchased my book I would like to Thank You for your support and congratulate you on getting the free lifetime membership to my new investing newsletter as the free bonus gift which expires Jan 1st or when the book on Amazon sells out. Which ever comes first. To order the book go here.

 

Anyway, the main point of this email is to update you with some information and feedback from the book to be sure you and I are on the same page.

 

One person is upset about the book and I want to share it with you along with my response as you may be feeling the same way or have the same question.

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They sent me this email:

“Hi Chris,

I read through your book quickly, and about to read through it again… It was a good read… but I was a little disappointed on lack of examples of putting your teaching into practice – and hope that you can point me to some more information on your website.

Can you point me toward more training videos or other information for a beginner? I have a bit saved up, and need to start investing… previous attempts really have been glorified gambling… a point you made well in your book… that hit home. “

Thanks,

Lark

 

My email to them:

Lark,

“Thank you for your support on the book and recent subscription. Let me clarify things for you.

The free lifetime membership to my new investing newsletter is going to do everything I talked about in the book for you based on the SP500 so your big money (retirement nest egg) can be on the right side of the market more times than not and make money during bear markets. 

It will be educational and the real-life examples I think is what you are saying you would have liked to see more of. So you will get this information each month once the first issue is published in a week or two, and you will continue to get it every month.

On a side note, we are just working on a solution for everyone to have access to the custom indicators and tools available online so you will not be required to use any specific trading platform. This is going to be a month or two still but it will be awesome!

Thank you for your feedback it is greatly appreciated and I hope this helps?”

Chris

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I’m still running my special book promotion. If you buy my new book Technical Trading Mastery in the next 24 hours then you’ll get my INNER-Investor Monthly Newsletter free forever as a bonus. To order the book go here.

 

BOOK REVIEW: STAN TAMULEVICH

Stan recently bought and read my book and during this process he sent me a few emails. If you do not know Stan, he is a well respected stock, etf and futures trader with a solid following of his own so I am very please that he purchased my book and had such great feedback!

 

Here are the email comments I received from Stan during the days he read the book:

Email #1

“You will find yourself in this book. Everyone will find something that adds insight to their trading skills. This plucks the heartstrings of everyone who has ever traded.”

Stan Tamulevich

 

Email #2

“It’s a book that you scan the first time, and dig into on the re-read.

It’s much deeper and thought provoking than a how to book. 

Requires sitting down and taking some time to let it all sink in. Not a jump up and take action thing, but an evolving experience. Sort of a “go to” book that one should reference again and again…..”

Stan Tamulevich

 

Email #3

“The more I think about it, the more I realize that it’s all the essential stuff that one has to formulate and put together early in the game as well as review periodically.

I don’t know of any successful trader that is not well organized with a defined plan with notes. Always looking inward to define what constitutes their winning edge and game plan.”

Stan Tamulevich – Marketline Advisory Services

 

How to Get Your Free Lifetime Subscription

My new book “Technical Trading Mastery – 7 Steps To Win With Logic” is now available for you on my website Order Digital Version Here. In two months the paperback will be on Amazon.com Pre-Order on Amazon.

 

I am going to tell you about something really special. But first let me tell you about the book itself.

 

I have been planning to writing an investment/trading book for you for years and believe you will be really happy with it once you get it. Unlike most trading books that are like big encyclopedias full of the same concepts explained in a different way, my book is going to show you a new way to analyze the markets to find low risk trading and investing opportunities. My new style of analysis I call INNER-Market Analysis along with what has actually worked for me over the years are covered in detail.

 

You will find my process of knowing what to trade, my specific indicators and strategies in the book to be simple, unique, and exciting. Its everything I have used to manage my money and navigate big swings in the market with great success.

 

This is really logical way of trading not only makes sense but you can implement some of it to your trading literally overnight.

 

I wrote the book for you to be able to read it in two or three sittings and I share with you my story of becoming a trader which I’ve never shared before. I think that you will enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it for you. 

To order the book go here.

7 Steps To Win With Logic

Chris Vermeulen

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Part III – The Four Biggest Mistakes by Traders: Failing to Control Risk

This is part three of a five part series of the four biggest mistakes traders and investors make which costs them time, money and usually self-confidence when trading stocks, ETF’s or futures trading strategies.

The Four Biggest Mistakes

1. Lack Of A Trading Plan – Part I

2. Using To Much Leverage – Part II

3. Failure to Control Risk

4. Lack Of Self-Discipline

 

Mistake #3 – Failing to Control Risk

If you were to engage in something risky like skydiving, you or a team would check your parachute to be sure its packed properly, strapped on to your body correctly before you jumped out of the plane. If for some reason you were not told how to use the gear, like when to pull the ripcord etc… I guarantee you would ask them before you threw your body out of the plane.  There is a real fear of dying so you naturally make sure you are in control of what you are about to do so your risk is managed and live another day.

But when it comes to trading this is not the case and you and I both know a good part of why. We all know people who have said rude things, quit jobs or broken up with a girlfriend or boy friend over the internet (email/text message). Let’s face it, it’s easy to be brave online and do things we would never really do in person. Heck, some of the emails I get from readers of my free weekly articles I post are so rude and some are threatening that all I can do is laugh. Because I know these people would likely never say the things they did to someone they have never met, and do it to their face all because they think my FREE short term market prediction does not fit their bias. I think you get the point here…

So when it comes to trading individuals get this what I call “Online Courage” and this is why so many fail to protect their capital when trading. They simply don’t see their money so it does not feel at risk (out of sight is out of mind). This lack of fear is what leads to loss of risk control.

I talk a lot about controlling risk in my new book “Technical Trading Mastery – 7 Steps To Win With Logic” Special Offer & Free Lifetime Subscription Expires Jan 1st!

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How to Avoid Mistake #3

There area few things that can and should be done to control your overall risk when trading. The first one is diversification. Not having all your trading capital in one investment allows you to spread your risk between other investments with low correlation, meaning if one of your positions move down, another one should be moving up in your favor.

The second is diversification between time-frames. Having multiple positions based on different time frames can provide an overall lower volatility in your portfolio. For example you could be long the daily chart for a swing trade that should last a couple weeks, and you may be short the 60 minute chart because you expect a shot term pullback. Time diversification is overlooked by many traders.

Third is through position sizing. It’s better to have a few smaller positions spread captial over various investments than it is to have one position in only one investment (eggs all in one basket).

And finally the last and one of the most important is the stop loss. They are commonly referred to as money management stops. They are not used to increase your positions performance. Instead they are there to protect you from unnecessary loss if the market moves against your position. Keep in mind when I say protective stop, I dont mean a mental stop (one floating around in your head) I mean a read stop loss order that is live in the market. Risk control should never be an option, it’s a MUST!

In short, risk control will not single handily allow you to beat and profit from the market. But without managing your risk you have no hope of winning in this industry. The key is to stay in the game long enough to start seeing gains and allowing your money to compound over time for above average returns.

Controlling risk is in each trade that is taken with my subscribers at TheGoldAndOilGuy.com ETF Trading Strategies are something I always provide. Consider joining the newsletter today and start trading with confidence.

Also stay tuned for the next part in this series Lack Of Self-Discipline!

Chris Vermeulen
www.TheGoldAndOilGuy.com

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The Stock Market Holiday Bulge – Prepare for Selling

I would like to start by wishing you a Happy Holidays & New Year!

So far this year (2013) has been a great year for trading and my 2014 forecast looks to be as good if not even better. I do have something exciting to share with you that is going to make 2014 really amazing, but first let me talk about the stock market and what is likely to unfold in the next week or two so you can protect your investments.

As many of you know, I follow and post frequently on StockTwits.com. I like to see what traders and investors are thinking/feeling about the broad market using extreme sentiment readings as a contrarian signal for trade ideas or to protect open positions more by tightening my protective stops and locking partial profits.

Below I have posted a two charts on sentiment courtesy of StockTwits to show these extreme readings of where the US stock market is trading at. The first chart is of the symbol $STUDY and this sentiment shows us that 98% of trading material is bullish on the stock market right now. My theory is, if everyone is moving in one direction, you better be ready for them to change direction any time. The masses move like a school of fish and one they get spooked they change direction and start selling everything they just bought.

The second sentiment chart is of the SPY exchange traded fund. This mimics the SP500 index and is also a gauge for broad market sentiment. If we think back to the 80/20 rule, we know that 20% of the crowd/clients are correct while 80% tend to be incorrect. With sentiment reaching the highest level in a couple months and with the index making new highs, coupled with the holiday price bulge (holiday rally) logic says a pullback in the near term is very likely an that it could be sharp and it almost like  automated trading.

Market Sentiment – Broad Market Contrarians Indicator

sentiment

The stock market has wave like patterns that form on a monthly basis that provide us with a steady stream of trading opportunities. One of the best swing trading tools for timing these waves is through the use of this chart below provided by Barchart.com.

The chart below is self explanatory, but let me quickly explain how it works. This chart rises as more and more stocks trade above the 20 day simple moving average. And when the majority of stocks are in a strong uptrend, it’s a lot like humans all trading in the same direction (a school of fish) and the odds favour a change in direction temporarily. These waves are great intermediate trends for swing trading and typically last multiple weeks at a time. This is one of my strategies which I trade with my members at TheGoldAndOilGuy.com alert newsletter. Keep in mind, its not as easy as it looks, because there are more moving parts to this equation but you can see these extreme waves clearly in this chart.

20dma

 

The Holiday Bulge & Amazing Information Conclusion

With the stock market still firmly in an uptrend and firing on all cylinders short term analysis is pointing to a pause or pullback in the next week or two.  I did forecast this exact price action several weeks ago and how it could lead to the start of a major market top. If a major top does form early in 2014 then we could make some big money once the down trend starts.

Remember, stocks fall 3-7 times faster than they rise, so once we get short massive gains can be made quickly and while the masses (school of fish) are losing money, we should be on the other side watching our trading account sky rocket!

 

NOW FOR THE GOOD NEWS!

A few days ago my new book “Technical Trading Mastery – 7 Steps To Win With Logic” became available to my followers and readers with an offer you would cannot refuse. If you buy my book before Jan 1st you get a Lifetime Membership to my new Monthly INNER-Investor Newsletter so you can keep your long term investment capital on the right side of the market forever.

Get the Full Details at: http://www.thegoldandoilguy.com/new-technical-trading-mastery-book-success-surges-amazon/

Chris Vermeulen

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New Technical Trading Mastery Book Is Big Success & Surges On Amazon

Have you ever had something really good happen and you feel like you need to pinch yourself to be sure its true? Well two days ago (Sunday) I sent out an email announcing about my new book “Technical Trading Mastery – 7 Steps To Win With Logic” which is now available on my website and Amazon.com.

By the end of the day yesterday my book went from bring the last ranked #4,600,000+  and its now at #2,735. This may not sound like anything special but if you knew the details, most of the books that have sold have been the digital version on my website and not pre-orders on amazon. The 1000 books available at amazon that have the free bonus offer on the back page are almost sold out. So if you like to read your books the old fashion way (The Way I Do), then order yours now.

I’m sure sales will slow once I close my unbeatable special bonus you get with the purchase of my book before Jan 1st., but it sure is exciting to see. Everyone is getting the book and if you have not done so you need a copy to kick start your 2014 trading and investing. 

Order the book: Click this link

SEE SUNDAY’S SPECIAL BOOK OFFER BELOW:

Technical Trading Mastery Book Now Available

My new book “Technical Trading Mastery – 7 Steps To Win With Logic” is now available for you on my website Order Digital Version Here. In two months the paperback will be on Amazon.com Pre-Order on Amazon.

I am going to tell you about something really special. But first let me tell you about the book itself.

I have been planning to writing an investment/trading book for you for years and believe you will be really happy with it once you get it. Unlike most trading books that are like big encyclopedias full of the same concepts explained in a different way, my book is going to show you a new way to analyze the markets to find low risk trading and investing opportunities. My new style of analysis I call INNER-Market Analysis along with what has actually worked for me over the years are covered in detail.

You will find my process of knowing what to trade, my specific indicators and strategies in the book to be simple, unique, and exciting. Its everything I have used to manage my money and navigate big swings in the market with great success.

This is really logical way of trading not only makes sense but you can implement some of it to your trading literally overnight.

I wrote the book for you to be able to read it in two or three sittings and I share with you my story of becoming a trader which I’ve never shared before. I think that you will enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it for you.

To order the book go here.

Special Bonus for Buying the Book

Starting in January I will be starting a monthly newsletter for investors. As you probably know monthly investment newsletters are the standard product in the investment advisory business and most of them range from $97 to $500 a year.

But, because this is my first book jam packed with the best of everything I know and use today, and the fact that I am extremely happy with how it turned out I’m just going to let you have a lifetime membership to my investment newsletter for free as a special bonus if you buy the book before Jan 1st.

In this monthly investing newsletter you will receive my big picture market analysis using all the indicators, tools, tips and techniques explained in the book. The only thing better than learning new trading techniques through a book is by seeing them done live in the market for you to follow.

I do run a business and will be selling this newsletter in a couple weeks, but I would rather use it as an incentive to get you to buy my book right now. We all know that building long-term relationships with clients/new trading buddies is all about providing the best value for the best price.

I can tell you that a few of my competitors heard what I am doing here and it’s creating some controversy with other investment writers and advisory services.

What they do not know that I like to offer people real value they can’t refuse – not through tricks – but by offering things that have so much value that at the price I offer them one would have to be a fool not to go for it.

Over the next 9 days I expect to sell a few thousand copies of my book to my 25,000+ followers. Here’s the catch and why I am offering this special to buy the digital version. I was only able to get 1000 books printed and shipped to Amazon with my publisher. It’s a long story, and the good news is there will be more books printed and shipped to the warehouse shortly after, but without the free lifetime newsletter membership offer. So with the paperback book being limited I wanted to extend my book in a digital version on my website at 50% off the retail price + plus the lifetime membership to my new investing newsletter.

7 Steps To Win With LogicI believe that those who benefit the most in life and business are those that truly help as many people as they can. And for me that comes from providing people with great information for the price they pay and also by giving people high quality usable free information too.

I’ve been online since 2001 and have a big following due to this philosophy.

Also I truly believe that this book will help everyone who reads it in some way, shape, or form. I cover a lot of key areas of trading we all must focus on improving including myself.

How to Get Your Special Bonus Free

All you have to do is go to my website Here To Buy The Book and I will have your email for sending you the monthly investing newsletter.

You can also pre-order the paperback from Amazon.com to get one of the first 1000 books with the free investing newsletter information on the back page. Pre-Order At Amazon.com

Now I’m only going to offer this bonus to you for the next few days, because I do plan on selling this newsletter so I have to stop just giving it away at some point.

So go ahead and order the book today.

Chris Vermeulen
AlgoTrades.com
TheGoldAndOilGuy.com
TheTechnicalTraders.com
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Technical Trading Mastery Book Now Available

My new book “Technical Trading Mastery – 7 Steps To Win With Logic” is now available for you on my website Order Digital Version Here. In two months the paperback will be on Amazon.com Pre-Order on Amazon.

I am going to tell you about something really special. But first let me tell you about the book itself.

I have been planning to writing an investment/trading book for you for years and believe you will be really happy with it once you get it. Unlike most trading books that are like big encyclopedias full of the same concepts explained in a different way, my book is going to show you a new way to analyze the markets to find low risk trading and investing opportunities. My new style of analysis I call INNER-Market Analysis along with what has actually worked for me over the years are covered in detail.

You will find my process of knowing what to trade, my specific indicators and strategies in the book to be simple, unique, and exciting. Its everything I have used to manage my money and navigate big swings in the market with great success.

This is really logical way of trading not only makes sense but you can implement some of it to your trading literally overnight.

I wrote the book for you to be able to read it in two or three sittings and I share with you my story of becoming a trader which I’ve never shared before. I think that you will enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it for you.

To order the book go here.

Special Bonus for Buying the Book

7 Steps To Win With LogicStarting in January I will be starting a monthly newsletter for investors. As you probably know monthly investment newsletters are the standard product in the investment advisory business and most of them range from $97 to $500 a year.

But, because this is my first book jam packed with the best of everything I know and use today, and the fact that I am extremely happy with how it turned out I’m just going to let you have a lifetime membership to my investment newsletter for free as a special bonus if you buy the book before Jan 1st.

In this monthly investing newsletter you will receive my big picture market analysis using all the indicators, tools, tips and techniques explained in the book. The only thing better than learning new trading techniques through a book is by seeing them done live in the market for you to follow.

I do run a business and will be selling this newsletter in a couple weeks, but I would rather use it as an incentive to get you to buy my book right now. We all know that building long-term relationships with clients/new trading buddies is all about providing the best value for the best price.

I can tell you that a few of my competitors heard what I am doing here and it’s creating some controversy with other investment writers and advisory services.

What they do not know that I like to offer people real value they can’t refuse – not through tricks – but by offering things that have so much value that at the price I offer them one would have to be a fool not to go for it.

Over the next 9 days I expect to sell a few thousand copies of my book to my 25,000+ followers. Here’s the catch and why I am offering this special to buy the digital version. I was only able to get 1000 books printed and shipped to Amazon with my publisher. It’s a long story, and the good news is there will be more books printed and shipped to the warehouse shortly after, but without the free lifetime newsletter membership offer. So with the paperback book being limited I wanted to extend my book in a digital version on my website at 50% off the retail price + plus the lifetime membership to my new investing newsletter.

I believe that those who benefit the most in life and business are those that truly help as many people as they can. And for me that comes from providing people with great information for the price they pay and also by giving people high quality usable free information too.

I’ve been online since 2001 and have a big following due to this philosophy.

Also I truly believe that this book will help everyone who reads it in some way, shape, or form. I cover a lot of key areas of trading we all must focus on improving including myself.

How to Get Your Special Bonus Free

All you have to do is go to my website Here To Buy The Book and I will have your email for sending you the monthly investing newsletter.

You can also pre-order the paperback from Amazon.com to get one of the first 1000 books with the free investing newsletter information on the back page. Pre-Order At Amazon.com

Now I’m only going to offer this bonus to you for the next few days, because I do plan on selling this newsletter so I have to stop just giving it away at some point.

So go ahead and order the book today.

Chris Vermeulen
AlgoTrades.com
TheGoldAndOilGuy.com
TheTechnicalTraders.com
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The Four Biggest Mistakes by Stock & Futures Traders – Part II

This part two of a five part series of the four biggest mistakes traders and investors make which costs them time, money and usually self-confidence when trading stocks, ETF’s or futures trading strategies.

The Four Biggest Mistakes

1. Lack Of A Trading Plan – Part I

2. Using To Much Leverage

3. Failure to Control Risk

4. Lack Of Self-Discipline

 

Mistake # 2 – Using Too Much Leverage

With this section talking about leverage I am mainly going to be referring to futures trading because futures provides the most leverage. Anytime I talk about futures trading with someone, more times than not they either say they do not trade those things, or they tune out all together because in their mind its crazy and risky.

While there is no question that futures can be volatile at times, what individuals do not understand is that it’s not the volatility of the market that cause problems. It’s proven that most large cap big name stocks actually have more volatility than the majority of futures contract whether it’s the SP500, wheat, corn, gold, oil etc… The problem is the amount of leverage one used with their money.

 

Understanding Leverage

The difference between trading stocks and futures is the amount of capital required to enter a trade. While this could be a very long and detailed section with examples of leverage, I am going to keep things simple and short cause it’s really not that difficult.

Using an example of a trader which we will say his name is “Dave” who wants to trade the SP500 index with their risk capital here are two examples that show how leverage drastically changed the outcome of a position.

Dave has a $10,000 account, and wants to swing trade the SP500 index.

Option #1: He buys $5000 worth of the SP500 ETF (SPY). And if the SP500 rises in value by 3% Dave would see a $150 gain on his trade. This ETF has no leverage and follows the performance of the stock market.

Option #2: Dave decides to buy 1 ES mini futures contract which is the SP500 Index futures contract. Using the same numbers as the previous option, the SP500 rises in value just 3%. How much money did Dave make on this trade? He made a whopping $2,625 on the same move that the ETF did, how is that possible?

Let me explain, when you buy a non-leveraged ETF like the SPY with $5000, you are literally only trading with a $5000 investment. But with futures, when you buy one ES mini contract which is worth roughly $5000, you are actually controlling roughly $75,000. So think if it as 17.5x leverage on your money.

So that 3% gain in the stock market is based off a $75,000 investment which is how you get $2625 or a 52.5% return on your money.

Futures trading in my opinion is not for beginner or intermediate traders. The only way your money should be involved with futures is if you truly understand how the market move and have strict money management rules, or us a system that trades and managed positions for you. Remember, leverage is a double edge sword that can make you wealthy or broke quickly if not traded appropriately.

 

Why Do Traders Make Mistake #2?

The simple answer is mainly because of “ignorance”. I’m not saying most traders are ignorant, im just saying most individuals are unaware of the mount of leverage involved with futures trading or even the 2x and 3x leveraged ETF’s.

People who are used to putting up $10,000 of capital to buy $10,000 of stock/ETFs often assume they are doing the same with futures. Little do they know, that $10,000 position in futures is actually controlling $170,000 and in some cases up to $330,000 in capital.

Another problem is that most brokers will not tell you when you are over leveraged. Brokers make money on trade commission’s so it’s not too often they tell you to trade less and watch your leverage levels.

 

How to Avoid Mistake #2

7 Steps To Win With LogicA way in which you can try and void trading with too much risk is by having the properly account and position size. The key is to use just enough leverage on your money to generate above average returns while not exposing you to too much risk.

Of course trading with leverage come increased trading emotions. This is one of the reasons why automated futures trading systems have become so popular. Having system (mechanical trading system) can eliminate a vast majority of emotional and psychological issue us as humans struggle with.

 

Using To Much Leverage Trading Conclusion:

In short, if your trades will typically have a drawdown of say 20%, then you must be sure your account has enough money to be able to enter the same size position after lose 20% or your account. If you will not have enough money left to keep trading then either adjust your strategy or deposit more capital.

To get a solid feeling of how leverage works I suggest spending 20 minutes and play with a calculator and play with the potential gains or losses using various leveraged instruments like the 1x, 2x, 3x exchanged traded funds, and also futures contracts like the ES mini which is $12.50 per tick, or $50 per point.

I do provide trade ideas and my position sizes for all the trades I take at my ETF and futures trading newsletter www.GoldAndOilGuy.com

Stay tuned for Part III – Failure to Control Risk

Chris Vermeulen

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The Four Biggest Mistakes in Stock & Futures Trading Strategies

In this series I would like to share with you the four biggest mistakes traders and investors make which costs them time, money and usually self-confidence when trading stocks, ETF’s or futures trading strategies.

The Four Biggest Mistakes

1. Lack Of A Trading Plan

2. Using To Much Leverage

3. Failure to Control Risk

4. Lack Of Self-Discipline

Throughout this multi-part series I will cover the major mistakes, why traders make them and how you can avoid them with your stock, ETF, and futures trading strategies.

While most books about trading are based on success, I want to talk about the other 90% of traders and trading results – the dark side of the business. Why? Because if you can avoid the mistakes then success should naturally happen. Trading As Your Business should not be taken lightly and it’s generally the little things (negatives) that make the biggest differences.

 

Part I – Lack Of A Trading Plan

Recently to took a free online course by Steve Blank. The program was called “How to Build a Startup”. This course was really well done and if you are an entrepreneur then it’s a must do course hands down. I think it took me roughly 10-12 hours (online videos with embedded quizzes). Anyway, Steve teaches you everything you need to know and do before starting any type of business and why so many individuals fail to succeed.

The #1 mistake made by traders is because they have no trading plan to guide them through the financial market place. A surprisingly high level of traders enter the market without a clear strategy on how they will trade in and out of the market. Most traders are so excited to start trading they simply skip the process of creating, building and testing a stock, ETF of futures trading strategy before they actually start trading with real money and why there is a high rate of failure.

If you take great pride in your trading and truly want to succeed over the long run, then I am sure you find yourself as I do, constantly consumed by monitoring your trades and strategies to be sure the process is executed correctly. If this is you, then congratulations, you are rare and likely making some big money.

Why Do Trades Make Mistake #1?

The main reason individuals trade without a plan is because of the allure that making money in the market can be quick and highly profitable. Many people just do not want to “waste” time planning to trade when they can just pull the trigger to buy and sell within minutes of opening a trading account.

This mind set is understandable. We are all guilty of tossing a product manual to the side and just try to build or use a new product without learning how it works, only to realize hours or days later we are reading the manual because we made some mistakes…

Let’s face it, with so many marketing ads hitting our inbox each day, and books talking about how traders are turning $10,000 into $1,000,000 in less than a year most novice traders will get fired up and start trading before they are truly ready.

 

Stock ,ETF and Futures Trading Strategies Brutal Truth You Don’t Want

As with any business or professional to be a success a great deal of hard work is typically involved. First of all it is not easy to build a successful trading plan. And then if you can do that, then you need to follow the plan, which is actually even harder. If you want to be a successful trader then you better be prepared to pay the price in terms of time and money.

 

How to Avoid Mistake #1 – There are only two ways around making this mistake

Avoidance Method 1 – The first is to devote as much time and energy needed to develop a detailed stock, ETF or futures trading strategy that addresses all of the key elements of a successful trading plan and system and still knowing that this will BOT guarantee your success.

The Key Elements That Must Be Mapped Out

– How much money can you afford to lose/trade without affecting your lifestyle?

– What market/s will you trade?

– What trading time frames works best for you?

– Day trade, swing trade, investing, manual order entry, automated trading system?

– What will your criteria’s be for entering a trade?

– What will your criteria’s be for exiting a trade with partial profits?

– What will your criteria’s be for getting stopped out of a trade gone bad?

– What time frame chart will use base the trend of the market on for you trades to follow?

– How will to manage positions by letting your profits run and by cutting losses?

 

Avoidance Method 2 – The second and fasted growing route traders and investors are going is to buy or subscribe to ETF Trading Strategies, or Futures Trading Strategies and fast track the process to hopefully make money trading with the least amount of effort, the lowest amount of downside risk for their capital and being 100% hands free.

 

Part I  – Conclusion:

I hope this short report helps you see the light at the end of the very long tunnel of creating, building and following a trading plan. Without this first step/blueprint you are doomed from day one.

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Removing YOU from the Equation with Simple Automatic Trading

Simple automatic investing that makes you money is something we all dream about. Lets face it, who would not want to be making money without having to do anything?

The crazy thing is that this type of thing already exists and it’s the reason why algorithmic trading systems are becoming more popular with individuals. With more online algorithmic building services popping up each year they are making it easier for individuals to build their own simple automatic trading systems.

In Part I and Part II of this series of how I got started in systems trading and how I built a simple automatic trading system for trading my own capital which now going to be available to you (a select group of my followers) I want to continue this serious talking about how we as humans are the root of most of our bad trading habits and problems.

Understanding how and why a system is trading is important for you as it provides comfort in knowing the system complies with your line of thinking and marks logical sense in your head also.

Through my simple automatic trading system which is complete with order execution, you can free yourself from the painful grind of staring at a computer screen and struggling with yourself to follow system rules and execute trades according to plan. Do not get me wrong, the creator of the automatic trading system must always be monitoring the system, maintaining and updating the code when required. But end users of this simple automatic trading strategy can simply set-up their trading account, link it with the automated trading system and walk away without ever having to learn or do anything else.

How My Simple Automatic Trading System Works

Keeping things short and to the point, my system is based around the S&P 500 index. You can opt to trade either the 3x leveraged ETFs (UPRO & SPXU) or trade the original automated trading strategy using the ES mini futures contract.

Both trade virtually the same but can vary at times. Because ETF’s have the tendency to fluctuate a little more than the underlying index. It can lead to an extra trade or missed opportunity from time to time. The real difference is in the performance. The ETF’s use 3x leverage while the futures contracts are using more likes 10x leverage. You definitely get a better bang for your buck with futures, but it cuts both ways…

Why Automatic Trading and Why Trade the S&P 500 Index?

Automatic trading may sound risky and crazy and it can be depending on how active the system is, the creator, the programmers experience and what platform the system is run on (server, charting program etc..) but in reality it’s just a set of trading rules which you create, test, approve and trade via computer.

If you have common sense, a solid logical strategy, and a top notch programmer you should eventually be able to create your own profitable automatic investing system. Also if you trade more than one investment then you know how easy it is miss a trade because you were watching another chart or responding to emails or living life… Well automated trading systems make it so you do not miss another trade again.

The S&P 500 index I think carries the least amount of volatility and is diversified with the top 500 global corporations. Also it is the most liquid investing vehicle available for the stock market which keeps slippage to a minimum for optimum order fills.

Simple Automatic Trading – It Takes Money to Make Money – Ante Up!

We all know the saying “It Takes Money To Make Money” and it could not be more true. Unfortunately most traders fall victim to all the false advertising in this industry thinking they can make $87,523 in one trade with only $5,000 etc… marketing tactics…

There are several things an individual must have in place to make money in the market and a properly funded trading account with enough money to properly manage positions is one of the most important things. But again most people are trading with accounts of $500 – $10,000 in size which is not enough to make any real money. Sure it’s fun trading and dabble with a little money, but do not expect make much.

Automatic Trading Formulas

The financial markets are a numbers game in almost every way, shape and form. If you truly understand how the market moves, probabilities and percentages then you know the more money you have the more likely you are to succeed with a winning strategy. Even if one is given a winning strategy but their account is underfunded that individual will struggle to make money.

There are fixed fees with trading and just to overcome them with profits requires more capital than $10,000 in most cases.

The general rule I think is to trade with a minimum of $35,000 which is just enough for you to trade a position size that can generate gains while allowing you to scale in and out of the market at key turning points.

Knowing how much money is required to trade and manage my ETF and futures automatic trading system is important and I will show you some conservative numbers of what to expect each month on average in the another report later this month.

Make $1,000 to $2400 Each Month with a Simple Automatic Trading System

Since creation of the strategy in March 2007 when I started tracking and trading this strategy (now my automated trading system) it has posted some very exciting returns. It shows to be averaging $2400 a month and this is trading only a $35,000 account and never trading more than $15,000 per trade (3 emini contracts). The results have been truly amazing!

Automated investing system

Money buys you time – and time translates to the freedom
to pursue happiness and personal growth, the freedom to
help others, and do whatever you want.

 

Simply put, I offer a simple automatic trading solution that has your best interest in mind. To try and making as much money as possible through my algorithmic trading system while also controlling downside risk. The most exciting part is that it’s automatically traded within your brokerage account making it a true hands free trading experience.

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How Algo Trading Became My Focus, Passion & Income – Part II

My last post I talked about how “The Market You Trade Is Not Random“ which is what originally got me interested in trading. Let me continue with this series of how algo trading turned into my dream job and income stream.

In part one of “How Algo Trading became My Focus, Passion and Income” you saw how my 15+ years of trading evolved from trading only, to teaching and coaching others, and then writing financial newsletters to provide thousands of followers with video analysis, trading tips, and the occasional trade idea.

During that time it became clear that teaching and providing the masses with trading strategies that would provide a consistent stream of income year after year was much harder than I expected because of the way humans function as explained in part 1 of this report.

Seven years ago in 2006 is when I caught the algo trading bug. It was the day I saw an interview on CNBC about a trader who converted each strategy he had into algorithms and had incorporated each one into a powerful algo trading system. It was this hands free trading idea I was sold and set out to convert my trading strategies into an algo trading system of my own.

Having an algo system that trades and profits in up and down market conditions without having to look at the charts or pull the trigger on entering and exiting setups sounded so good I was determined to build my own.

Within a couple of hours of Googling the terms automatic investing, algorithmic trading, and algo trading type search results I had answers to my list of basic questions. Once I knew what trading platform I should use, some basic guidelines on what to look for in a trading programmer, and the main do’s and don’ts about algo trading I was ready to start calling my list of programmers. By the end of that day I had myself a programmer ready to start my project and I was fired up!

12 Algo Trading Strategies in One Automatic investing System for Individuals

Automatic Algo Trading System Screen ShotFast forwarding to today, hundreds of version of each of my algorithms, and 4 programmers later I now have my own automatic investing algo trading system that naturally expands and contracts with the stock market using cycle analysis, volatility, trends, price patterns, volume and sentiment to invest in the S&P 500 index.

This all-in-one system has 12 of my best trade setups and strategies for the S&P500 index. No matter the market direction (up, down, or sideways) and no matter how volatile or lack of volatility it has there is an algorithm strategy taking advantage of the stock markets price fluctuations because we specialize (live and breathe) to make money from this highly liquid index..

Do not diversify. Specialize.

“Diversification is a protection against ignorance.
It makes very little sense to those who know what they are doing”.
Warren Buffet

Know that the number #1 problem investors struggle with is themselves because of the emotions, lack of focus, and lack of commitment us as humans have. And no matter how hard you try to make you’re trading rules simple to follow and execute you will always stray from what you should be doing from time to time.

Your will typically break your rules during a losing streak or highly emotional time in the market when it’s either overbought or oversold and you do not think your systems next trade will be a winner. Because you fall off the wagon at these critical points which happen to be the most important times for your system to make money in most cased you sabotage yourself and watch missed opportunities pass you by and you investing performance drop dramatically.

In the next part, you will learn about some really cook stuff and just how to take advantage of algo trading systems and how much money you can make on a monthly and yearly basis with zero investing/trading input.






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The Market You Trade Is Not Random…

The use of cycles is perhaps the most misunderstood areas of technical analysis. And is widely miss used within automated trading systems. This is because there are a wide variety of approaches ranging from magnetic, to astrology to time based cycles.

The purpose of this tutorial on cycle analysis and implementation into automated trading systems is to present a logical perspective on what cycles and how they enhance your technical analysis studies.

Originally I was attracted to cycle analysis back in 2001. Back then, there was very little information about cycle analysis and even less on how to identify them within financial instruments. Cycles can be somewhat measured using conventional indicators such as RSI, stochastics and moving averages. But, better yet is a custom cycle analyzer indicator I created to make cycle identification and implementation automatic within my trading strategies and my fully automated trading system.

Here is how the moving average can help spot cycles, but keep in mind they are lagging indicators. The lower indicator shows the long term cycle and swing trading cycle I focus on. Remember cycle lengths change over time which is why I automated the indicator and have it run within my automated trading system. But you should get the gist of how cycles look and function.

Cyclical Automated Trading System

I am going to touch quickly on a few areas of cycle analysis which I hope you find somewhat interesting.

Cycle Perspective by Market Participants

Cycles also known as waves are observed almost everywhere including nature. Ancient civilizations designed calendars and time measurements cased around cycles. This has creating the most standard measurements we all live by and track on a regular basis. The length of day, year, seasonal changes and even the phases of the moon and stars. These are just time based cycles but the same type of thing carries across noise like musical notes, light spectrum’s, and in liquids like waves in the ocean.

 

Philosophical Cycle Foundation

The financial markets are truly efficient and follow random walk principle. The fact that so many like Larry Williams and Paul Tudor Jones along with many other long term consistent traders pull money from the financial markets prove this if a more detailed analysis of the random walk theory is applied and you will see some interesting results through cycle analysis.

Understanding cycles and through tracking where they are I their current phase gives you a pretty good idea to where the financial market is headed for a short distance into the future with high level of accuracy.

 

Understanding Cycles & Automated Trading System Implementation

The stock market or any financial instrument chart is similar to an aerial photo of a river. There are times (sections) where the price movements appear random while other sections have distinctive cyclic pattern (waves or a snake like pattern).

No matter how good you are of a trader or investor you are, trading the markets requires us to take a leap of faith along with many assumptions to follow our trading system whether it is an automated trading system or not.

Understanding cycles is just a piece of the overall puzzle although I would account for it to be 1/3rd of my analysis for timing and position management of my automated investing system.

So what are the other pieces of the puzzle?

Glad you asked (subconsciously)!

According to my research the market is in a cyclical state roughly 20-35% of the time. Logic indicates that you should have a trading strategy that can identify and trade this type of price action.

The stock market trends roughly 25-35% of the time also. So another trading strategy is required for taking advantage of this price action also.

And then there is the random none tradable price action. This is when the market is giving off mixed signals and this typically happens during a change in market conditions from an uptrend to a down trend or from cyclical price action to a trending market.

Understanding and identifying what I just talked about will greatly improve your trading, investing and reduce stress and emotional trading.

 

My Automated Trading System Identifies Active Cycles and Trades

In conclusion, it took me years of studying cycles to master identification and timing of trades based around them and to be honest I am still learning and improving this process.

If this short tutorial sparked some interest then I highly recommend opting in to my free newsletter below. In a week I will be making my soon to be published book “Technical Trading Mastery – 7 Steps To Win With Logic”  which is the perfect holiday read and trading education book to kick start 2014. I will be making the book available to my followers only two months before it’s available on Amazon, Barns & Noble’s etc., which won’t be until Feb.

While I am bias towards this MUST READ BOOK, I feel it will truly improve how you think, feel and trade the markets for the rest of your life.

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