I know its a catchy title but the truth is that my stock market system and the way I view the market and trade it has been very profitable. This stock market system consists of many thing dealing with technical analysis and the watchlist being built of fundamental watchlists. This system will reap you reward after reward but the deal is that you have to learn to follow the rules.
On Friday I traded CCME with my system on the market and saw a 2% or $500 gain for the afternoon.
That morning with my system I purchased LIWA at 9.16 for 2500 shares and it closed at 9.37 do the math my system brought in 20 cents times 2500 shares another $500!!
This is great way to produce income on the side while working a regular job, or even if this is it for you. Take a look at SCOK and see how it ran from $3.50 to $53 in 3 weeks! This stock is out of control and may be a great short from here right back down to the 20’s…
Enjoy your weekend and if you have any questions about my stock market system please let me know! ben4trials@gmail.com
Regards!
Ben Brinneman
It’s always interesting to see penny stock CEOs respond to me on message boards & with blog posts…it’s happened with Imaging3, Inc. (IMGG) (60% off its pumped up highs) and EMERGENT HEALTH CORP (EMGE) (right before the stock got halted…and the stock dropped 90%…the CEO’s blog post about me got deleted, but not before I wrote this post highlighting some it)
Do the idiots even understand that posting on message boards raises even more red flags? I have no position (actually it’s a potential buy for me based on the possibility of news later today), but it astounds me how ignorant these people can be and that’s why I would trust the word of a homeless guy asking me for $5 for liquor more than any penny stock CEO.
Take the latest message posted on IHub apparently from Americas Energy Compnay (AENY) co-CEO Chris Headrick…it was in reply to my blog post about their stock rising based on a paid promotional mailer and the fact that Canada issued them a cease trading order.
I’ve already written about the lengthy online advertisement that got the stock up and you can see the $700,000 hardcopy promotional mailer (used to “pump”):
aeny 150×150 Did This Penny Stock CEO Really Respond To Me On A Message Board?
But it’s interesting to note that this apparent CEO posting alluded to the fact that they’d have news later today about the Cease Trading order…more red flags, you can’t disclose upcoming news in a message board post!!
Let’s see what you think, is this message really from the CEO (it was posted several times on IHUB and Yahoo boards):
I thought it might be of benefit for all of you spouting off about our company to recognize a couple of facts:
1. If you post false or misleading statements that cause our company and it’s investors harm, we will pursue all available legal remedies to stop you!
2. Should you doubt our ability to pursue you please check the following links;
http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/006…
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-215292.ht…
We are NOT a PUMP and DUMP company, we are producing coal and oil, purchasing the facilities and property we need to continue to grow value in our company. NONE of our Executive team has sold as much as one share of stock in this company, we are ALL in for the long run.
If you disagree with something we as a company might do, or have suggestions on improving our operations, we encourage you to participate in these boards… if you are here only to disparage our company and cause us financial harm, be prepared for the consequences.
As to the BCSC Cease Trade order please visit our website tomorrow afternoon for updated news!
www.americasenergycompany.com
Regards,
Chris Headrick
President & Co-CEO of Americas Energy Company
See my followup, which has yet to be responded to:
Interesting, what are your dealings with Bistro Ltd. who paid six figures to blast out advertisements about your company? You understand that there are multiple email advertisements being sent out about AENY and even a harcopy mailer…only the most nefarious companies partake in such promotion…in order words, these ads serve to promote, or “pump” up the stock price (which has happened) and dumping is not necessarily executives, but when a company raises funds at such pumped up prices…I can rattle off a hundred tickers to educate you as they all have the same kind of chart and situation as you.
I’d love an answer to my question, but I’m guessing you’re just gonna play dumb…I remember KYUS even put out a press release saying they had become aware that there was suspicious promotion on their stock….LOL, they too hard a hardcopy mailer but paid more than Bistro Ltd.
I’m excited for your answer!
Tim
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Zagg has gone from 70 cents to 7 dollars in 2009 and is now at 3.80ish. ZAGG is a stock that I am adding heavily to my portfolio heavily because of their great value, and their potential future growth. The first thing that I look at is their revenue and the fact that they have been growing at a rapid rate. Their margins are super high near the 50% level and they will continue to keep up this growth as their name brand gets out there. They are currently earning about .20c per share and are forecasting that they will earn .40c per share next year. At that rate the stock could be in the 10’s by summer of next year. The cell phone industry is in need of a company as phones become more and more like computers they will need more protection. The one with the most protection will win, and ZAGG has that cutting edge material. See in the video the body builder trying to rip the cover.
They have very little or 0 debt and they are a growing company that is being very aggressive in their industry as far as getting their name out there. Their shareholder equity divided by their shares outstanding minus any tangibles puts the stock in a safe place (no risk of bankruptcy or huge need for capital) with their balance sheet being in the clear. On any major dip I will load and load thousands of shares into my account. This stock will potentially double from here and I will be in for the ride. Should be a good time. Enjoy the video below that I found on YouTube.
We will all be very wealthy from this company and the other number of companies that I will be analyzing on here in the very near future. I also have a few gems that I will be posting soon, so that we can get into some monumental investments/trades that we will talk about for years to come!
When you are driving your car through traffic and you see a red light you have to wait. When you have a green light you get excited and you get to go. The point is there are two lights, as well as the yellow light, but we wont focus on that today. I compare my trading account to Red Lights and Green Lights. When you are down on a position its in the Red and when you are up you are in the Green. These two colors happen in your account all the time. The point is that when its red you don’t run the light, in other words add to the position, and when its green you can continue forward through the light add to the position and keep up the momentum.
On a Christmas tree you have green lights and red lights, same deal. Just remember that is how it works, you will always have good days and bad days and if you work the trading just right, you will be able to accumulate massive amounts of cash in a short time. Add to your growing positions and wait on your losers, as well as have stop losses in place for your losers. You also need to have target prices for your winners and when it hits, take half the position off the table and let the rest ride.
A friend of mine held SRS (double short) for several months as the volatility disappeared from that ETF and the market continued to be bullish, however it was offset by a massive gain in a stock he went long in (GGP). If he had cut his losses and let his winner ride he would have been up around $40,000 instead of break even or $0000000!
Here is a good example of our buy strategy on a chart done by one of our subscribers. Number 3 and 4 are where you enter the stock because you notice the ema flattening out, where as at 1 and 2 it was still pointing down.
GS strategy buy.
Just remember as time goes on you will want to ingrain these ideas and have them on the forefront of your mind as you invest and trade. This principle could probably be applied to many areas in life, just look around and see where it fits.
Market Summary:
Stocks spent almost the entire session trading with moderate losses until some late support helped the major indices improve their position and settle at afternoon highs near the neutral line. Like most of the session’s moves, the late lift came on light volume and without leadership… Moderate weakness in the broader market led stocks to open the session in negative territory. They did make an early run up to the neutral line in the minutes ahead of the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index, which came in at 60.0 to top expectations and hit its best level since 2006. However, stocks were met with resistance at the neutral line and spent the rest of the session without clear direction… There wasn’t much else in terms of news flow this session. The lack of cues left many to focus on the dollar, which had extended its rebound from the previous session to a gain of 0.5% against a basket of foreign currencies before it pulled back to settle with a gain of just 0.1%… The greenback’s reversal caused commodity prices to improve, thereby helping drive the materials sector higher. Materials stocks settled with a gain of just 0.1%, though… The energy sector settled with a fractional gain even though oil prices closed pit trade with a 0.5% gain at $79.30 per barrel. The advance by oil came even though weekly oil inventories showed a smaller-than-expected draw of 1.54 million barrels… Tech was this session’s best performing sector. It booked a 0.5% gain with help from semiconductor stocks, which advanced 1.5%. With just one session left in this calendar year, semiconductor stocks are on track for a 70% annual gain, which is more than double the near 25% gain that the broader market is headed for… Though the tech sector is the largest in the S&P 500 by market weight, the broader market refused to rally behind its strength… Treasuries have had a quiet session, even in the wake of a $32 billion auction of seven-year Notes. The auction was met with a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.7, which is slightly below the previous auction’s ratio, but above this year’s average ratio of 2.6… Trading volume was paltry for the second straight session as fewer than 650 million shares traded hands on the NYSE during the latest round of action. The average for the past 50 sessions stands close to 1.2 billion shares. Dow unch, Nasdaq +0.1%, S&P 500 unch., Nasdaq 100 +0.4%, Russell 2000 unch., S&P 400 -0.2%
Enjoy your new years eve tomorrow!
Thanks to Jim Ditworth!
Rehash + Notes of the Great Streaming Video from C2 Trading/Ben Brinneman:
Video/conference was conducted on 12/26/2009 by Ben Brinneman (C2).
With added commentary and analysis by Jim Ditsworth in BLUE
Use limit orders, never market orders.
A Limit Order is a (Buy or Sell) order at the best price.
Market orders can be filled at unusual prices since they are handled by market makers. In other words, you can get screwed. Limit orders will always be filled at the best fill price. The market maker cannot hold onto the order and manipulate the spread for a profit.
Example: Stock is trading at 7.40 and you want to BUY. You can send a BUY limit order using any price above 7.40. This avoids chasing the price with consecutive limit orders that don’t fill.
Example: Stock is trading at 7.40 and you want to SELL. If you enter a limit order at 7.40 it may not fill. But you can type in any price below 7.40 and the order will execute immediately at the best fill price. By law, the market makers are required to fill your order at the best price.
So !! IMPORTANT !! If a stock is trading at $12.42 and you want to BUY the stock, you will place a BUY limit order above the current trading price so that it will almost certainly fill.
Commentary/analysis (using a little internet research):
Limit orders get better treatment on the New York Stock Exchange than on Nasdaq. Specialists on the NYSE floor are required to give limit orders priority over their own trades at the same price. In Nasdaq, where several dealers make a market in the same stock, market makers must honor only their own customers’ limit orders. That’s an improvement from the early 1990s, when Nasdaq dealers routinely ignored less-profitable limit orders. Now, when a Nasdaq dealer receives a limit order better than his own bid or ask price, he must either fill the order or route it to one of nine electronic markets, such as Instinet, Island, or Archipelago, for display to other dealers and investors.
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Understand what will happen when you place a limit order. It can only be executed at the specified price or better.
For a buy limit order, “better” will mean at or lower than the price you set; for a sell limit order, it means at or higher than the price you set.
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(RESTATEMENT OF THE IMPORTANT CONCEPT HERE)
If you’re concerned that the market may move away from your price before your order is executed, consider placing a buy-limit order that’s slightly higher than the quoted market price, or a sell-limit order that’s slightly lower. This allows for a small amount of price movement, while still protecting you from an unexpected execution price.
Market makers are not allowed to fill orders at a price worse than the market price, even if your limit order allows for it. Building in a little extra room to ensure your order is filled will not cause you to overpay—you should still be filled at the prevailing market price when your order comes to the front of the line.
C2 talked about the DJIA from the 1930s and compared it to now. There could be some weakness in the DOW that could manifest itself in the next few months. Be careful going long… Follow the charts. Don’t try to predict the future.
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(Here’s the Skype Chat during the video. Commentary is interspersed with the chat.)
anybody watching the video http://www.ustream.tv/channel/learning-how-to-daytrade
[12/26/2009 10:56:29 AM] rich.blinds: I can hear and see you fine
[12/26/2009 11:01:49 AM] alaska1004: How do you come up with the stocks you are scanning for the day?
Example: BIDU Stock is sitting at the lower vwap/bb on the 6month/daily chart
On a daily chart, look for stocks that are bottom/or upper bb
First of all, look for a stock on a long term chart that is either sitting at the upper BB and upper vwaps; or the lower BB and lower vwaps. If on the long term chart the stock is hovering over the lower BB and is encountering resistance, then you can consider going LONG on short term charts when you are bumping up against the lower BB and/or vwap bands.
If the long term chart of a stock shows the price hovering near the upper BB and/or vwap lines, and is beginning to encounter some resistance, then you can consider going SHORT on short term charts when you are bumping up against the upper BB and/or vwap bands.
Use FINVIZ.com with corresponding tables. See example.
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Look for stocks that have a big move on significant volume. Then go and check the news to see what, if anything, is driving the stock. Look for pullbacks to the opposite vwap (or just the middle vwap if the stock isn’t trading from band to band). Do a little internet research on the stock. Is the move warranted by the news?
You may be able to “catch the move” on news…
Commentary: Open up a new watchlist and put in ALL of the VINWIZ stocks, gainers, new highs, overbought, unusual vol, earnings before, insider buying, etc. Examine ALL of these on a 1 year-Daily. Do any of them meet the above requirements? I.e., are they sitting near an upper BB? Lower BB? Even better, near both upper VWAP and UPPER BB?
Hopefully you will find a few possibles for additional research.
[12/26/2009 11:02:34 AM] rich.blinds: You talked about the EMA flattening out when watching for a stocks movement. Is that when it is running up off the middle bollinger band or the middle VWAP?
Look at RIMM as an example. This is a daily chart. See the gap? This was a short in 71-72 price range.
See the following two charts but there are better ones below when this question is addressed again…
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Look at the EMA on the 1m and 5m charts and watch to see it leveling off. (Example RIMM).
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Here’s the 1 min chart from RIMM’s open on the GAP day. EMA (cyan line) is definitely flat or headed downward.
[What and when do you buy? ]
Look for stocks with big moves on DAILY charts that have been taken to an extreme. You are looking for a pullback. Find a stock that meets the TWS or VWAP parameters. Then switch to the minute chart and find a good buy point in the direction that you want to trade. “Trade with the trend.” This means on longer term charts, if the stock is generally headed higher, you will want to lean towards long trades instead of short trades. On stocks that are generally declining, lean towards short trades vs long trades.
Example: BIDU Options Play that C2 made. Waited for the price to settle down before making the buy. Used 3 day 5 minute chart at the start. Then switched to the 3 day 1 minute chart for the actual buy decision. When you sell, just watch the 1 min chart…
“And when it hits the upper vwap, sell and get out…”
[12/26/2009 11:11:58 AM] rich.blinds: So you bounce back between the 1 min amd 5 min?
[12/26/2009 11:13:29 AM] vnp1688: your entry is base on 1 min or 5 min ?
C2 uses lots of charts, including: 1 year daily, 5 month daily, 3 day 5 minute, then finally when it’s time to buy, he uses the 3-day 1 min.
The bigger time frames allow you to see the overall trend of the stock. Is it generally bullish or bearish?
Decision to purchase the stock is made on the 5 minute chart… Entry is based on the 1 min chart.
“On a 5 minute chart, the candles will sit right on top of the ema”
Jim’s note: EMA leveling off is still not entirely clear to me but I’ll take a look at the 5 min charts in addition to the 1 min charts from now on.
[12/26/2009 11:15:26 AM] rich.blinds: Would you mind discussing stop limits, when you use them and what distance you place between entry and exit
This is personal preference. You can use hard stops or mental stops. Good trading using our TWS and VWAP strategies should lead to very few stops actually happening. And our entry prices should be very good.
For buy trades: stop is 2 or 3 cents below the low of the day; or a “significant distance” below the lower vwap, or at a $300 stop loss. This occurs after the buy, after everything has lined up, after the 5-day ema has leveled out,
[12/26/2009 11:18:57 AM] C Squared Trading: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/learning-how-to-daytrade
[12/26/2009 11:19:03 AM] rich.blinds: So you use the upper VWAP to use to grab profits when its moving up along with the other indicators moving in the same direction.
Yes, when it hits the upper vwap, I’m out.
Mike’s rule: 3 tick rule. If it hits the upper vwap and doesn’t move higher in 3 ticks, he’s out.
This is a good rule that will allow the stock to run.
C2 sometimes sells ½ position on the run up to the upper vwap. Seems like a good idea cuz the stocks don’t always go to the upper vwap!
[12/26/2009 11:22:09 AM] vnp1688: why short MIC now
MIC is riding the upper vwap on the weekly and daily charts and is pretty high on the minute charts. It also has a high beta so if there is a bad day for the market, MIC tracks and follows the market but is more volatile so it should go down plenty.
[12/26/2009 11:25:31 AM] vnp1688: can u take a look on ATI weekly chart for me , yhx
Looks like a short.
[12/26/2009 11:25:57 AM] rich.blinds: Which stocks do you think will have some movement this week?
AAPL may go to 230. It’s broken out to a new trading range. Rumors of new tablet reader. But the volume has been key.
[12/26/2009 11:27:47 AM] rich.blinds: Will you buy options or the stock?
[12/26/2009 11:28:24 AM] rich.blinds: AAPL
[12/26/2009 11:29:28 AM] rich.blinds: Jan expiration
Like to buy the options on stocks that are up in the $200, $300 range. For AAPL, would need for the stock to pull back to the $199, $200 area. Options are tricky. Buying out of the money stocks can give you better pct return than in the money stocks.
[12/26/2009 11:33:40 AM] alaska1004: Had a good xmas. I am still in PUDA in my ira it has had a good run up. do you think I shud sell a portion or let it ride
Not recommending, but would sell at this time. Looks like a stock offering is in the works.
What will Jan 2010 bring?
Usually don’t care what the market is doing. Look at individual stocks and don’t try to predict the future. Look for triple whammies, setups, and vwaps. Don’t focus on overall stock market. But look for individual stocks that are moving.
Discussion of Level II stock screens and manipulation:
Level II screens show the buyers and sellers who are currently in the market. BID = buyers. ASK = sellers. You can get an idea of the strength of buying or selling from the level II screen. Another tool that you can use, but you have to learn how to use it.
Discussion of 2 monitor setup:
On left screen, has 3 level II screens, watchlist, charts in top left, main monitor, news, account…
[12/26/2009 11:39:12 AM] vnp1688: could u please repeat Rich’s question: You talked about the EMA flattening out when watching for a stock’s movement. Is that when it is running up off the middle bollinger band or the middle VWAP?
Timeframes are important. Wanted to buy RIMM and it was tanking from the 70s to 68 or so. On 5 min chart, the EMA was pointing down. On the 1 min chart, the EMA was pointing down. Playing off the bottom vwap. Watched as the 5 min EMA leveled off… Then switched to the 1 min EMA to look for buy point.
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This looks like the time in question. This EMA line (5 day 5 min chart though, not 3 day 5 min which C2 used) is still going down until the 9th candlestick past the last violation of the vwap. That was 9:45 when it finally leveled off. The decision to buy RIMM was made from this screen, as long as everything else pans out on the 1 min screen to follow.
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On the 1 min chart, the EMA line has leveled off at 8:59 or 9:00.
Watch the EMA on the 3 day 5 min and also the 1 day 1 min chart and stay out of the position until the 1 day 1 min EMA is level. Don’t try to catch a falling knife! Look for the candlestick confirmation above the ema. 9:00 candlestock has closed above the cyan ema here.
This is riskier, but C2 also likes to “buy in” when the stock plunges down deep below the vwap lines to hopefully get the lowest price, but then he still looks for ema confirmation (or a quick exit if the stock decides to tank!). This is the difference between scientific chart buying and art. Recognize the risk that is being taken. Or play it safe and don’t buy until the confirmation occurs.
Overview of next week:
Light volume. Stay out of stocks that are < 100,000 daily volume. Focus on the runners and oversold/overbought. Use charting. Let’s look for the runners though cuz you can make a bunch of $ on them if you can find one.
Secrets to trading:
Minimize the trades. Do 1-2 a week. And/or stick to rules. Don’t shoot in the dark like a midnight cowboy. Be consistent. Don’t try to make a big buck in one trade.
Be patient and add to your winners:
Remember to cut your losses. Don’t hold onto your dogs and/or your losses.
[12/26/2009 11:50:55 AM] rich.blinds: When you talk about adding to your position as a price rises, how much of your available trading dollars do you typically use, to use in long positions that you might hold for a few months versus a few days?
Allocate accordingly. How many shares? 10,000. First lot will be 3,000. As stock rises, another 3,000 (on a pullback). Finally, on another pullback, another 3,000. Keep adding 1/3 of a position at a time.
Price target or % target. And then scale out of the position.
Have an overall position in mind before initiating first trade.
[12/26/2009 11:52:58 AM] rich.blinds: It does thanks
[12/26/2009 11:54:25 AM] vnp1688: thx
[12/26/2009 11:54:48 AM] rich.blinds: This has been excellent, thanks for taking your saturday and time to continue to help out! Later.:)
[12/26/2009 11:55:15 AM] C Squared Trading: no worries! Thanks Ill be on next week. 
(dance)
[12/26/2009 11:55:34 AM] alaska1004: thx ben.
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Wake Up; Get Some Coffee, And Start Trading!
PART I
1. Turn on the computer and watch this video on how to setup your computer.
2. Next are the websites that you are going to want to use
1. www.finance.yahoo.com for research/data/articles
2. www.briefing.com for news service $30/month
3. www.tdameritrade.com this is the broker service we use combined with strategy desk, which needs to be downloaded from Ameritrade and setup on your computer to utilize their charts and different tools. Very powerful platform.
4. www.bigcharts.com Great charts to use along with ameritrade charts that you will be currently using/Free
5. www.stocktwits.com for daily info on what other traders are doing with certain stocks that you are currently watching/Free
6. www.bullsonwallstreet.com is a twitter application for seeing some of the best traders on the market and their picks, eliminates some of the research stress but research is still required!!
7. http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/futures.html what the futures are doing in the morning and at night. You will want to check this to see what the market will likely do…
3. Routine: You will want to wake up early (7am) and start reading the news (briefing) to get a feel for what the market will do. You also want to look for economic reports coming out (http://biz.yahoo.com/c/e.html) that are important, or big companies reporting earnings (http://biz.yahoo.com/research/earncal/today.html) that could move the entire market that day or week (ie: when AAPL and INTC beat earnings it moves the tech sector, otherwise known to be part of the Nasdaq, which in turn can move the entire market up or down)
4. When the futures are up in a big way 50 plus points approximately, then you should look for a rally or at least a strong start with no real pull back on stocks.
1. When the futures are up any less than that, then you will find a gap fill after the open. In other words the market will open higher up ie: 30-40 points and then pull back to the closing price from the day before or even lower, and this is where you will look for buying opportunities if in an up trending market! (The opposite goes for the upside of things)
2. The opposite goes for if the futures are down. You will want to get used to seeing opportunities to make money as the market goes up and down. You will also start to notice these patterns as you get used to observing the market everyday. Remember once you think you have it figured out, you will then lose, because the market changes everyday. Learn to be market neutral.
3. In the first hour of trading unless you are quick on your feet and disciplined, you shouldn’t trade until about 10:30 because from 9:30-10:30 this is known as amateur hour. After 10:30 the market establishes its patterns for the day. These patterns are the ones you will want to follow the rest of the day. The market opens with pre-market trading starting at 7am with some brokers, and 8am with most brokers. You can make trades in these hours (we usually don’t) with an extended hours buy order on your broker account. Most time you just use a limit order for normal hours (9:30-4) but then there are afterhours trading which you would also use an extended hours trading order to purchase an equity.
4. Around noontime trading slows down because Wall Street go to lunch. Around 1pm the trend will pick up it’s pace whichever way it may be going, up or down. By 3-4 we stop trading and watch the news again which has slowed down significantly. By far the busiest time on the markets are the first hours and mid afternoon hours of the day. You will start to notice these patterns as you continue to observe the market movements.
5. Tuesdays are usually known as “Turnaround Tuesdays” this is where the contrarians live. Most action happens on these Tuesdays and Thursdays, Fridays are generally slow, sometimes this changes.
6. These are just daily/weekly patterns for market observation. We can now look at longer time frames such as months and years for true context of trading within different time frames.
5. Watch lists are a list of stocks that you will watch to trade with. It would behoove you to have stocks on their that move and are fundamentally sound, we are going to give you a list of stocks to watch so that you don’t have to be confused as how to find the ones that match our criteria. This list should be split into different sectors so that you can spot which sectors are outperforming or underperforming each other. This list is critical to your benefit. You want to have this setup so that those stocks are only stocks you trade and not and not stocks that you invest. That will be a whole new watch list for investing. Out of this list of trading stocks, each and everyday you are going to want to select a few of them to trade depending on news. For example when Ford announced earnings and GM announced that they were going out of business, Ford went up, because there is less competition when GM is out of the picture and Ford is the profitable name brand. In this example I purchased Ford at 1.87 and sold at 5.45 a month later.
6. So… Once you have woken up determined the market movement, picked your few stocks to watch, did your research to see if there is any news on the companies that you are watching/trading, then you will want to know how to read the charts and where to buy and sell for the minute, hour, day, week, or month. Technical Analysis is next and we will want to start by looking at a long-term chart of a year to determine the trend of the stock. Up, down, or flat. We will also keep in mind where the market levels (DIA, QQQQ’s SPY, SMH, XLF) is for the day, week, month, and year. Keeping all these things in mind, you trade with the trend and you WILL profit. Please see our rules that we have already written out before each day as well. The 13 rules of trading!
7. Technical Analysis is the section that you will want to read up on the most, this is the trader’s most profitable tool, mixed with research. In this section please refer to our technical analysis and start reading other authors that are far better than anything we have written Prechtor and Pring, two different technical analysts.
1. This is the end of the morning/day routine that you will want to review over and over each day in order to have a feel for what/how the market will act.
There is so much more of this sort of material in the course that you would be foolish to miss out on it! The course is going for $299 and is a smoking deal considering that it will navigate you through the markets in a profitable way.
We netted a gain on BEST today selling at the top this morning.
Until next time;
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Many of you may be asking a question how does learning to ride bike trials have anything to do with the stock market. Learning how to make money in the stock market to be specific. Well, I will explain!! When I was younger I watched a video of a guy riding his bike on cars and I was immediately enthralled with riding a bike the way this German guy was. His name is Hans Rey. I watched him over and over and finally started to practice on my own. Everyday for almost 6 years I rode my bike over and over, hours a day! Rain, snow, summer, it didn’t matter when or where I was completely obsessed and passionate about the sport. As the years passed I got really good and placed 5th in the states as an expert biketrials rider. I continued to practice and refine my skills. No matter how many times I fell down I got back up and tried again, until one day riding didn’t seem that hard.
The comparison is this the more you practice trading, whether with real or fake money you will become better and better at it and you will start to become an expert in what you do. In the same way you have to follow somebody that has previous experience in order to see what the proper techniques are. We here at C-Squared Trading have that experience and if you follow us you will do well!! We promise that. We will wake up early do the research for hours so that you lazy americans don’t have to. However if you feel that you have some good input please email us on your trades at support@csquaredtrading.com. We also have two courses available that we are selling here on the site. Learning to day-trade from home can be very profitable and we want to be there for you learning and earning.
Below is a video of my riding my bike when i was younger and had gotten fairly good at what I did!
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a lawsuit by protesters arrested during demonstrations nine years ago.
The preliminary agreement was announced Monday. It includes a maximum payment of $18,000 to each of 680 people who were arrested at the April 2000 protests tied to meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
According to the class-action lawsuit, protesters and bystanders were trapped on all sides by police and then arrested in a calculated attempt to disrupt days of planned protests. Many people were held for hours in harsh conditions, the plaintiffs alleged.
Earlier this month, the city settled a lawsuit with eight anti-war protesters arrested in 2002, agreeing to pay $450,000.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091124/us_imf_protests_lawsuits.html?.v=1
The market could easily be a place where you as a trader or investor could make $18,000, and I guarantee you it wouldn’t take a year! All you have to do is follow our alerts, and learn to apply our strategy that bankers are using here in Charlotte NC. Below is a market update from Briefing.
There were plenty of trading catalysts this session, but participants were generally subdued and left stocks to trade with moderate losses in light volume ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday… The stock market spent virtually the entire session in negative territory after stocks had logged solid gains in the previous session. Unlike the previous session, though, the dollar bounced between moderate gains and losses before it finished flat. Overseas markets also offered little support as they were hampered with weakness; the Shanghai Composite closed 3.5% lower due, in part, to concern for a lack of market-supportive measures from the country’s officials… Upon a second look, U.S. GDP was determined to have expanded at a 2.8% rate in the third quarter. That was in step with expectations, but it marked a considerable downward revision to the 3.5% increase that was posted as part of the advance GDP estimate… Despite expectations for the downward revision, the Fed raised its GDP target for 2009 to the range -0.4% to -0.1% from the range -1.5% to -1.0%, according to the minutes from the November 4 FOMC meeting… Though there is no empirically proven corollary between consumer confidence and spending, participants showed a short-lived, positive response to news that the November Consumer Confidence Index improved to a better-than-expected reading of 49.5. Retailers showed some strength early, but settled the session flat… However, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO 15.01, +0.47) was a strong performer after it posted third quarter adjusted earnings that met expectations. Discount retailer Dollar Tree (DLTR 51.33, +2.23) brought in better-than-expected earnings and issued in-line guidance… The biggest earnings announcement came from Dow component Hewlett-Packard (HPQ 50.19, -0.83), however. The company posted in-line earnings that reflected its preannouncement and affirmed an in-line outlook, which it had recently raised. Still, the lack of positive surprises in the report left it to lag for the entire session… Financials proved to be the biggest drag on trade, though. The sector fell 0.8%. Bank stocks had been under pressure in the early going after Financial Times reported that the Federal Reserve has asked nine of the nation’s largest banks to outline how they intend to repay TARP. Though regional banks (-0.3%) and diversified banks (-0.4%) were able to limit their losses, diversified financial services institutions (-1.5%) suffered. Even Bank of America (BAC 16.10, -0.19) couldn’t be helped by news that analysts at Fitch placed the lender’s Individual Rating on Rating Watch Positive… At the other end of the performance scale was telecom. The sector finished 1.0% higher, but its lack of weight in the broader market kept it from providing any real leadership. Nonetheless, its gains extended its 2.6% advance in the previous session… Health care was also a solid performer. The sector closed with a 0.8% gain. Dow component Merck (MRK 36.22, -0.20) failed to participate in the advance, but announced to investors a new $3 billion share repurchase program… Treasuries found support after a directionless start. In turn, the benchmark 10-year Note advanced 12 ticks, which lowered its yield to 3.30%. The advance followed results from an auction of 5-year Treasuries. The auction fetched a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.81, which is the highest bid-to-cover of the year for the maturity… Trading volume on the NYSE failed to eclipse 1.0 billion shares for the second straight session. The low level of participation is expected to continue through this week, due to the observance of Thanksgiving on Thursday. Dow -0.2%, Nasdaq -0.3%, S&P 500 -0.1%, Nasdaq 100 -0.4%, S&P 400 -0.3%, Russell 2000 -0.4%
Our subscribers didnt make much today as the market was quite dead from hardly any volume traded. We pulled in a few thousand today, but Friday and the following week should be great!!
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