I do hear ya (all of your points are valid) and perhaps some day in the near future I will be able to accomplish the knowledge level you are indicating, PSS Actually in my KCCCF at C2 I found it beneficial to with some positions use covered call and with others (near-strike) bullish stock spreads. So I would do both with this type of fund - along with selling WOTM index spreads. The spreads were less impact wrt margin and I could get the gains I desire during favorable market periods. So yeah I got the benefit of this down thanks to your and others' urging - also with the corrective phases (bearish stock spreads, WOTM index spreads). This thread is simply a reflection of my website which I have been doing for almost 10 years. Nothing is going to change with this, so I am simply copying and pasting my work/transactions from there. Right now it is ALL about the translation of my timing methods to the use of ES/NQ futures. MY (7) NEW FUTURES-TRADED FUNDS AT C2 HAVE GROWN 30-100% IN THE LAST 4-10 WEEKS!! So you can see that this is my real focus and the market shifts I have accurately stated here on this thread (and C2 and my website) should get me to continually ramp gains with each market evolution. So far so good and I see A FEW more legs to this rally and then once again (like 26-Jul-2007 and 04-Jan-2008) going into Stop Losses (STO) with these same powerful instruments to not only retain a HUGE ramp of ~150% but the opportunity to add even more with the next correction or Bear Market. My futures-traded methods are now demonstrating how I am able to make about <b>3-4 fold</b> the [AVERAGE ANNUAL] gains in my CC fund (which at 50%+ per annum were high enuf!) with the same confidence level and an entirely reduced workload!! P$
Chart Update: This is a rolling 52-week "bar"chart that depicts the progress of my simple, fully developed covered call system. We use high-yielding covered call picks that will only progress during favorable bullish market trends. All others need a strict stop-loss methodology in place, since high growth stock pull back before and harder than all the rest - so targeting key trends is absolutely necessary (and from my previous posts and charts we make very accurate calls) and we can only "ramp up" gains when the market allows for us to do so. But this is the safest surest way (up until now) that I've seen can actually allow one to manage 50% AVERAGE annual gains throughout the life of the market. This is what we typically experience EACH YEAR - a stark separation from the averages within that very short time-frame. Lastly this chart enables the hopeful constituent to actually determine is our evolving fund is actually on track. What is the market giving us and what are we getting? What did (1998) the market give us and what did we get. One can clearly see we are on track. Take that a bit further and a simple historical market study will show that the market on average gives us such and such in early-, mid- and late- stage bull market periods and during Bear Markets to see what $$$ you are gong to actually get in the coming say 5-10 years. A couple hours a day can outperform over time (more than 1 year and more like 5-10 yrs) just about ANY investment fund EVER? Seems more and more like it, huh? Pay$ense
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Week in Review: Market Analysis Stocks erased early losses Monday, ending with mixed results and a stealth rally for market leaders. If you took a quick glance at the day's broad results, you probably wouldn't be too impressed one way or another. It's hard to get enthused or disturbed by gains or losses of 0.2% or less. But dig a little deeper and you'll find a number of positive signs for the market. First, there's the positive reversal. Anytime stocks start a session significantly lower, only to bounce back and either trim most of their losses or close on the upside, that's a sign of strength. Second, top-rated stocks outperformed the broad market by a substantial margin. The IBD 100, which acts as a proxy for the action of leading stocks, jumped 1.2%. When leaders farewell, that's a plus for growth investors seeking the best stocks - those with superior fundamentals, and price and volume action. Finally, powerful breakouts continued to emerge. Stocks dropped in higher volume Tuesday, giving back some of the market's recently earned gains while leaving leaders mostly unaffected. The Nasdaq slid 1.3%. The S&P 500 and NYSE composite both lost 0.9%. The Dow industrials gave up 0.8%. Small caps fell hardest, as the S&P 600 skidded 1.7%. Volume picked up across the board. It climbed 19% on the Nasdaq and 20% on the NYSE compared with Monday's totals. The session marked a distribution day for the major indexes, their second in recent weeks. You never like to see stocks post significant losses in higher volume than the previous session. That's a sign that big-money institutions are selling shares, at least on that day. But occasional distribution days are also a necessary evil for a market rally. Pick just about any major bull run in Wall Street history and you'll find a day or two here or there where the market suddenly pulled back in brisk trade. It's instructive to see how the market responds to a negative day. Additional bouts of distribution would be a sign of weakness. If the market quickly resumes its uptrend, though, you can chalk up the distribution day to a blip on the screen. Nasdaq stocks led a rebound in higher volume Wednesday, but disappointing forecasts from several big-name companies after the close put a damper on the day's gains. The tech-laden Nasdaq composite jumped 1.2%. The Nasdaq's surge was a solid bounceback after Tuesday's distribution day, falling in higher volume on earnings jitters and new highs for energy prices. It would have been more encouraging if the NYSE indexes' gains had also come in higher volume. Leading stocks struggled, despite the broad market's gains. Terra Nitrogen, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Agrium and other top-rated agricultural stocks declined in brisk trading. Most of those declining ag stocks, as well as oil and gas drilling equipment maker Weatherford, were extended from recent buy points, giving them some cushion for a pullback. Those leaders and other top-rated stocks dragged down the IBD 100 by 0.8%, a negative divergence. Don't get complacent if you own a stock that's been trending higher. A rally in chip stocks accounted for much of the Nasdaq's overall advance as the Philadelphia semiconductor index vaulted 4.1%. Financial stocks lagged, though, weighed down by bad news from Ambac Financial. The bond insurer's stock plunged 43% after reporting a steep quarterly loss due to turmoil in the bond market. The good news? Ambac had little effect on the broad market, which seems to be over the liquidity crisis. After Wednesday's close, a number of megacap stocks released quarterly earnings results and forecasts for future quarters. The results raised concerns about how the market would react on Thursday. Apple reported a 33% year-over-year earnings gain, to $1.16 a share. The result topped analysts' consensus estimate. But that earnings number made it four straight quarters of decelerating growth for Apple, facing tough comparisons against a huge 2006 and early 2007. A bigger concern was Apple's fiscal third-quarter estimate. The maker of iPod digital music players and a wide range of computers said it expects earnings of $1 a share, below expectations. Fellow tech bellwether Amazon.com also disappointed. After the close, the online retail giant said Q2 earnings would come in below existing estimates. Amazon cited a weak consumer environment for the projected shortfall. Apple was down about 3% in early after-hours trading. Amazon was trading 4% lower. Nicked by those results, Nasdaq 100 futures were down 0.9% after hours. Meanwhile, Starbucks took a bigger hit. The coffee megachain warned of weaker-than-expected earnings for the second quarter and full year due to weak U.S. consumer spending, as same-store sales struggled. Starbucks' stock dived 13% in early after-hours trading. The major market indexes bounced higher in rapid volume Thursday, but sharp drops by ag and other leaders put a damper took some of the shine off the broad market's gains. The Nasdaq started the day lower, following several weak earnings forecasts late Wednesday. The tech-rich composite was down 0.9% less than an hour after the opening bell. The broad market then found its footing. The Nasdaq rallied for a 1% gain. The S&P 500 climbed 0.6%, the Dow industrials 0.7%. The NYSE edged up 0.1%. Volume picked up across the board. It rose 10% on the Nasdaq and 11% on the NYSE compared with Wednesday's levels. Thursday made it two consecutive days of gains for the major indexes in higher volume. That's an encouraging sign after Tuesday's action, when the market flashed a distribution day. But a second straight poor showing by leading stocks made for a mixed session on Wall Street. The IBD 100 tumbled 2.3%, lagging the broad market's results by a wide margin. That made it three sessions in a row that IBD's gauge of top-rated stocks has underperformed relative to the major indexes. Many of the biggest losers of the past few days have been agriculture and machinery stocks. Those two sectors ranked among the market's biggest winners earlier this year, as well as in the first couple of weeks since the Dow's March 20 follow-through. Highly-rated stocks from several other industries have joined the rally recently, breaking out and pushing to new highs. It's possible, then, that some of the weakness seen among agriculture and machinery stocks is the result of sector rotation. No stock or industry can keep rocketing higher forever. Eventually big investors will turn their attention elsewhere. As we wait to see how leading stocks fare from here, it's imperative that you follow sound trading rules. That means avoiding stocks that break out under iffy circumstances. Moreover, it means following proper sell rules. If a stock falls to your stop-loss target point, sell it right away. If you buy a stock and it stalls for several weeks afterwards, you might consider trimming some shares then, too. The best stocks tend to show more strength, especially in a solid market uptrend. Hold onto a laggard too long and you could be missing out on a potential big winner. By following such trading rules, you take the guesswork out of trying to predict the market's action. If stocks fare well, you'll find strong buy opportunities. If they don't, cutting losses quickly will keep you safe from significant harm. The market notched a positive reversal for the second straight day, this time with leading stocks supporting the rally. Volume eased. Still, Nasdaq stocks as a whole lagged their NYSE counterparts. Microsoft's quarterly report and the 6% drop in the software giant's stock caused some of that shortfall. A jump in oil and gas prices also fueled big gains for energy stocks, most of them NYSE traded. The major indexes salvaged moderate gains for the week. When top-rated stocks mark solid gains on an otherwise quiet or even negative day for the broad market, that often signals a stealth rally. The action seen on Wednesday and Thursday had the opposite effect, giving the feel of a stealth retreat.
Week in Review: Market Analysis (cont.) Friday's results sent a clearer message. The major indexes shook off early losses, typical behavior in a healthy market - but this time, leading stocks also made their mark. The IBD 100 vaulted 2.6%, crushing the broad market's results and pointing to strength among top stocks. Friday's market action is stuffed with leading stocks rising in brisk volume. That's a 180-degree turn from Thursdays' action, which showed many leaders falling in heavy trade. Over the past few days, we've discussed how the market's leadership has expanded lately, with highly rated equities from a number of industries joining the early-moving energy, agriculture and machinery stocks that first grabbed the baton a few weeks ago. That trend continued on Friday. Sohu.com jumped 3.83 to 61.84 on 2 1/2 times its typical turnover. Citigroup upgraded shares to buy from hold and upped its price target on the China-based Internet portal provider. Sohu will report earnings on Monday. Analysts see profit surging 106% to 37 cents a share. Fellow Chinese dot-com Sina gained 3.30 to 47.05, surging above its 200-day moving average. The stock's Accumulation/Distribution Rating has climbed to B from a D rating last month. Both stocks have had a roller coaster ride since going public in 2000. Plagued by a tech market already in the early stages of a huge nose dive, both stocks fell hard for the first few months of their existence. Both staged rocket rides off the 2002 bottom and into late 2003, then spent the next few years consolidating. They have since regained much of their lost luster ââ¬â especially Sohu, which now sits just 4% off its all-time high. Chinese Internet content provider Baidu.com, a big winner in its own right after a successful 2005 IPO, has also been rebounding from a sharp correction. The stock bounced 6% in rapid volume Friday. It's building the right side of a deep base started in late 2007. There's a reason XxxxxxxCapital.com pays such close attention to a stock's price action and its volume - one rarely goes far without the other. And when prices make big moves without supporting volume, or volume spikes without price gains coming along, that's often a sign of trouble. It is imperative that you cut your losses short. Never let a stock fall much beyond your stop-loss target. At XxxxxxxCapital.com, our members are given a well-thought out, proven method for minimizing losses after ramping up heady gains. Selling quickly lets you preserve your capital for new buys. It also helps you maintain your confidence by avoiding crushing losses. With routine precision by side-stepping the heavy losses incurred by most, once again we have preserved most all of our sizeable compounded annual gains. Where would your net worth be had you grown your funds with exponential returns, year-after-year? Meanwhile, no market rally has ever started without a follow-through. Trade alongside with us when the Stock Market stages itââ¬â¢s next follow-through - as big-money institutional investors jump in to buy shares! Meanwhile, DON'T IGNORE YOUR WATCHLIST. Keep your watchlist fresh to find the best opportunities for your cash. With each market follow-through to a new rally, new leaders typically emerge from consolidated bases. Delete companies that have broken down. Look for stocks with superior fundamentals that are making calmer corrections. Also remember that the next wave of market leadership may not resemble the last rally's. Rather than guess, wait for the leadership to develop on its own. 2006 ended with double digit gains for the major indexes, WHILE 2007 ENDED IN SINGLE DIGITS. Growth investors need extreme discipline to pocket gains in both '06 and '07. In good markets and bad, smooth markets and choppy ones, following a strict set of buy and sell rules is the best way to maximize gains and limit losses. 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10 weeks and counting! It seems my systems continue tracking well. These compound annual %'s will come down eventually and settle to about 125% -175%. But for now contracts are being added as equity is built along with our budding new rally. These are diversified amongst e-mini futures contracts; ER2, ES, NQ, EMD (midcap 400) and YM. Various margin allocations are offered, too. One system is currently FREE and 2 are pay "only if profitable". Anyways, looking forward to seeing these grow and grow and grow with each evolving trend. My Collective2 track record will not only grow subscriptions - but more importantly establish the system as one day a real offering to large clients. <b>Again this is simply a "blog"-like journal to track my progress/evolution. When/if I attain the goals that I consider to be of very high merit - perhaps further lofty (managing larger funds) dreams/goals/desires may present themselves.</b> I am not trying to attract subscribers to my covered call web-site or to C2 systems as with any success my advertising budget will allow for this. <B>NO URL/SYSTEM NAME RE-DIRECTIONS PER ET POLICY.</B> What most people don't seem to realize is that the ONLY goal I feel is of any value - at least for me - to put a full-time effort into this game <b><i>is to consistently, and powerfully compound OVER MANY YEAR periods these results</i></b>. Anything less is simply a waste of time and I truly believe I will be able to demonstrate exactly as such.
Thank you Sniemiec: Absolutely very easy to "auto-trade". In addition these are all "market" orders which reduces slippage. Furthermore, I am not making excessive trades to achieve my desired result. Positions are held overnight for days - even weeks. Maybe 20 trades in a 6 month period (still under evaluation) which lowers commissions. For me management is discretionary, but mostly "mechanical". I let the market dictate when to be long (or short) and account size determine margin allocation (# of contracts held). A really neat feature is that with each macro shift in market trend, I anticipate the opportunity to add gains (or churn sideways) and to continue to add (compound) gains. Since margin allocation ranges from 15 - 70% amongst various e-mini instruments (7 systems to choose between contract type and desired leverage) the subscriber can perhaps allocate a small amount of account to one system that may be the underlying highest growth component for him/her - entirely with contained risks! Right now I am about to add contracts and well I am leaning toward the low end of exposure (a bit conservative) as I want gains to remain intact - while applying my preset margin schedule. In other words if in 3 accounts I can add 1, 2 and 3 contacts at this point. . .I am likely to add 0, 1 and 2 and see how things fare. I expect to still get outstanding results and do not want to let currently successful higher margin systems get into any margin problems. Furthermore (not so critical with this flexibility) I am trying to determine at what time, with consideration to subscribers, for me to make position adjustments. I am leaning toward within the first 4 hours (somewhere here: 9:30 - 12:00 pm and 1:00 -1:30 pm EST). I am just not sure if it is best between 9:30 - 9:45 or after the volatile first hour and a half. Maybe make every trade at 11:00 am. Maybe someone has some ideas on this. Either way this is a minor consideration as all decisions are made the previous evening. Regards, Gilbert aka paysense
- I should clarify wrt higher margin systems. These are using ER2 and EMD contracts and of (3) systems, only 1 or 2 may ramp up with 50% - 70% of margin allocation. This seems extremely high, but it is jeapardy of running into trouble (margin call) only because of overnight requirements. You see ER2 and EMD have $3,400 and $3,200 DAY margin requirement per contract, respectively. So my highest margin system that started with $50k using (3) EMD contracts is now at $75k. It is the OVERNIGHT margin requirement that presents an issue, since ER2 and EMD have $13,500 and $16,000 per contract. Hence the stated 70% higher margin allocation that is just 17% using day requirements. Quite a bit of difference, but margin calls are to be avoided with this higher margin system AT ALL COSTS. paYsen$e
I noticed on C2 you can use other peoples systems. Did you design your own? If so, how? Basically...where the hell do I start? haha. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks!