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TOPS Presents Jake & Elliott Bernstein

6/17/2015

Hey Fellow Traders and Investors, here's an event that you won't want to miss! See you there, Trader_Joe

HERE'S THE INFORMATION FROM PJ SCARDINO:

TOPS Meeting Announcement:

Saturday, June 27, 2015 from: 9 AM to 4 PM

Elks Lodge
375 North Pastoria Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94085

Cover Charge $30 if Prepaid or $40 at the door.

A Special Presentation by:

Jake and Elliott Bernstein

RSVP To: [email protected]

Trading Options for ProfitS (TOPS) is very pleased to have Jake Bernstein back to our group. Joining Jake will be one of his best students, his son Elliott, who has over 15 years of market experience with a strong focus on emerging sectors. With his two books and dozens of articles on related topics under his belt, Elliott has gained a great deal of respect with his own group of followers. Jake Bernstein himself has authored 44 books on trading and investing since his start in 1968. He has appeared at over 700 seminars and webinars worldwide. His innovative market research is followed by some of the largest and well-known professional traders as well as top hedge funds managers and several top market advisory services. Jake is a respected educator and market analyst with methods that are fully objective and trading-model based. Jake’s talk is NOT theoretical. He is a real full-time trader of stocks and futures!

AGENDA:

Registration: 9:00 AM (early arrivals will find some pastries and coffee)

Morning Session: 9:30 AM to noon (see topics listed below)

Lunch: 12:00 to 1:00 PM (sandwich, chips and a drink included)

Afternoon Session: 1:00 to 3:30 PM (see topics listed below)

Topics to be covered in this seminar --

* The Case for Inflation

* 2 new High Odds Price Patterns and their Track Records

* Swing Trading for day trade and intermediate term moves

* How we pick our Best Stock Trades

* Trading with 100% Rule-Based Methods

* High Odds Seasonals for the rest of 2015

* Using the Detrended Oscillator for Divergence Triggers

Jake will be showing some updated material that you won’t want to miss.
I (PJ) will email you with prepay instructions after I receive your RSVP.

If you wish to attend this meeting, please RSVP to: [email protected]

Best regards,
PJ Scardino

TOPS is a self-funded group of "traders helping traders," and a $30 prepaid contribution is required to pay expenses for the meeting.

Disclaimer: Trading is highly speculative and risky. By registering for this event, you agree to receive future updates of educational events from TOPS (Trading Options for ProfitS). If you do not wish to receive meeting notices, please reply to: [email protected] with “remove” as the subject.

TOPS is NOT an investment advisory service, nor a registered investment advisor and does not purport to tell or suggest which securities you should buy or sell. Speakers may present trading ideas that have worked for them; but, the TOPS group does not endorse any specific trades or methodologies. There is a very high degree of risk involved in trading. You may lose some or all of your money. Before using information obtained at our meetings you should carefully consider the risks and suitability for your own trading.

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Which Strategies Are Worth The Effort To Learn Them?

6/9/2015

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Yesterday I received an email from one of our subscribers at InvestorsHELP.net who asked this question:

"Hi Joe, Are you willing to share your thoughts on which of the various and many strategies that are out there are worth the effort necessary to learn them? I ask because I'm beginning to feel awash in information and would like some input from a person with a wide perspective like yourself.
Thanks for considering this request,
Vance R."

Since I am frequently asked questions of this nature, I thought that it would be helpful to many of our newer traders and investors to provide my thoughts in response to Vance's question here on my blog. You may or may not agree with my comments and also may have additional helpful comments to offer here at this blog for our consideration. So feel free to comment, but let's keep it helpful and informative so that we can all learn together.

Vance, thank you for your question. Unfortunately, there is no easy answer since there are so many variables that must be considered in order to find what is right for you. I believe that in order to answer this broad question, you must focus first on yourself to give you clues regarding what is best for you and what specific must be considered when selecting the right strategy (ies) for you. You will also discover during you trading and investing career, that you will change your strategies as circumstances in your life changes. More about that later.

What do I mean: "Focus first on yourself?" In 1983 when I first started studying technical analysis, I had to ask myself some questions to help me decide on what are the best strategies for me to implement at that time. Unfortunately, since I was new to trading and investing, I had no idea as to which questions I should ask myself! Perhaps you too are in the same boat at this time? Unfortunately, when you are new, you really don't know what questions to ask yourself so that you can generate profits in the markets. [Does this remind you of "unknown-unknowns?"]

Fortunately at that time I found some excellent mentors by attending various investment clubs here in Northern California. Back in the 1980's, we did not yet have "Meetup groups" that are now available throughout the USA. These groups are an excellent source of information for the newer trader and investor. I especially like the "Investor Business Daily (IBD) Meetup Groups for learning the specific CAN SLIM system of investing. Check it out by going to Google and typing "IBD Meetup Groups."

Sorry for getting off on a tangent...too much information to share:-) Maybe I need to write an ebook for you guys?

Back to "Focus first on yourself." Because it is getting late and I am not sure if anyone other than Vance is interested in this subject, tonight I am going to focus on these 3 questions:

1. How much money do you have to invest (willing to lose) as you learn about investing and trading? We all pay for our education, whether it is college, a trade school, or learning to trade and invest in the markets. Even if you study for years, when you begin making live (not demo) trades, there will be a period of losses. I don't want to discourage you, but it happens. From my own experience and also from many of my friends, perhaps the most difficult is trading emini futures contracts and options on futures. I have found that it is very difficult to be consistently profitable trading futures. You are competing directly against the very best and most experienced traders in the world. Trade here at your own risk!

2. How much "screen time" do you have available during the day to be available at your computer to follow the markets? The answer to this question will once again limit the types of strategies that you can successfully follow. [To be continued...]

3. The third question that you should ask yourself is "how much effort are you willing to apply on a daily and weekly basis to learn how to trade and invest to become successful in the markets. This is a key question because it will you determine if you are going to follow a more simplified strategy that requires little or limited education, versus a complex option strategy that requires a lot more education especially when it comes to "adjusting' options, etc. [To be continued... ]

The more that I get into this subject, the more that I can see that it cannot be answered in only a few minutes. So, I am going to leave it up to you. Where do you want to go from here???

If you want more information on this subject so that you too can take action to select a trading or an investing strategy that is best for you, please leave your comments or send me an email: [[email protected]] and tell me what you think.

Time to call it a day, looking forward to hearing from you,

Joe Gruender Jr.

Trader_Joe

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The Fisherman's High-Return Low-Risk Portfolio

6/4/2015

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Wow! Thank you Scott Juds for providing the details to "A Fisherman's High-Return Low-Risk Portfolio."

Here's some of Scott's own words: "My neighbor, Ralph, spent decades as a professional fisherman in Alaska weathering the high seas ''chasing fish'' while contemplating the market storms battering his stocks. These days, he's retired, and his Fisherman's Dream Portfolio serves as an excellent instructional example for how to build a high-return low-drawdown portfolio. It's superb risk/return performance should raise an eyebrow ... but, its only math, not magic. Check it out:

-- Annual Return = 55%
-- Sharpe Ratio = 1.52
-- Sortino Ratio = 15.5
-- QR.MaxDrawdown = 8.5%
-- Ave. Trades/Yr = 11.5"

All of the details for this excellent portfolio are now available in the June SectorSurfer Perspective here at InvestorsHELP.net: [TAKE ME TO THE JUNE PERSPECTIVE.]

If you are not a SectorSurfer User and would like to get FREE access to the SectorSurfer software so that you can check it out for yourself, please click: [SectorSurfer Website] and signup for FREE access to the "sandbox."

Our next SectorSurfer Users Group meeting with Scott Juds will be here in Silicon Valley on Wed., September 16, 2015. Details will be posted here soon: [SectorSurfer Meetings.]

See you in September,
SectorSurfer Joe
[email protected]

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Applying the Power of Options to CANSLIM Stocks

6/3/2015

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Hi Fellow Traders and Investors,

Looks like there is going to be a very interesting meeting tomorrow night if you want to see how to apply options to the CANSLIM discipline of investing. Here's the full announcement from Ken Chin, leader of Fremont Investor's Business Daily Meetup Group:

"One of our newest members, Laurence, has been using options as part of his investment strategy for the past 12-18 months and is now currently applying what he knows to the CANSLIM discipline of investing. He's calling his presentation, "Options and CANSLIM Investing: A Beginner's Perspective". I'm excited to hear what Laurence has to say because this is an area in which I am unfamiliar and for the first time in December 2014, the Level IV 'Masters' program introduced weekly options as a strategy for controlling a position in a stock prior to earnings. If earnings numbers disappoint and the stock drops, you only lose what you paid for the option since you didn't actually buy shares of the stock. But if a positive earnings report causes the stock to gap up, that purchased option gives you the right - but not the obligation - to purchase shares of that stock for a price prior to the gap up and thus realize the immediate profit without having taken the risk of buying shares before earnings . Of course, built into that profit must be considered the cost of the option. Another strategy is to sell your option to another investor at a higher premium than you paid. While you won't get all the pieces of the options investing puzzle in this introductory presentation, we will certainly expand on the topic at future meetings if interest warrants. The point is to add one more dimension to your investing knowledge. I will be sitting back, listening with much interest, and enjoying a leisurely dinner, something that I am often not able to do since I'm usually the one speaking.

The other half of the meeting will offer a discussion of what's been working for me during the latter part of the most-recent correction and into the new uptrend. (Hint: early entries using trend lines, watching for high-volume pops above the 10 and 50-DMA lines, and then waiting patiently). In this late bull market, an early trend line entry can give you a 3-8% advantage to the customary IBD pivot. You may then be able to sit tight during a 7-8% pullback while others who bought at higher, conventional pivots have to sell."

Unfortunately, I will be unable to attend this meeting. If any of you who do attend and are taking some notes, perhaps you would be willing to share some of Laurence's perspectives with InvestorsHELP.net? If so, please send to "[email protected]" so that we too can learn from Laurence.

Thank you Ken for leading this meetup group and sharing this information with us.
Trader_Joe Gruender Jr.l
InvestorsHELP.net

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How To Make Money Trading Stocks...

6/1/2015

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Hi Fellow Traders and Investors,

Today I was reviewing another interesting and informative video from Dennis Wilborn in which he provides his current perspectives on the financial markets and several stocks in particular.

As you may already know, Dennis Wilborn and Mike Trager publish a weekly video on "How to Make Money Trading Stocks."

Although Mike was not available for their video published on 5.29.2015, Dennis did an excellent job reviewing the major markets and also providing his perspectives on the following stocks:

Incyte Corp. (INCY)

Arris Group Inc. (ARRS)

Fleetcor Technologies (FLT)

Gray Television Inc. (GTN)

Seagate Technology (STX)

Northern Tier Energy LP (NTI)

Cameron International Corp. (CAM)

Skyworks Solutions Inc. (SWKS)

Barracuda Networks Inc. (CUDA)

Kroger Co. (KR)

Alcoa Inc. (AA)

Arista Networks Inc. (ANET)

Facebook Inc. (FB)

Whitewave Foods Co. (WWAV)

If you would like to learn by seeing and hearing what Dennis has to say about the markets and the above stocks, please go to his page here at InvestorsHELP.net by clicking: [LINK TO VIDEO FROM DENNIS] and click on his video dated: 5.29.2015. While reviewing Dennis' page, don't forget that we have negotiated discounts on his "Active Trend Trading System" when you use the links found here at InvestorsHELP.net. I think that you will really appreciate what Dennis and Mike have agreed to do for our subscribers here at InvestorsHELP.net. Check it out.

We hope you learn, profit and enjoy when you learn from Dennis and Mike.
Trader_Joe Gruender Jr.

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Want FREE Trading and Investing Magazines?

5/27/2015

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Want copies of "Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities," and "Futures, News, Analysis and Strategies for Futures, Options and Derivatives Traders," and "Active Trader," and "Success" magazines from years ago? If so, read on.....

When I first became interested in investing in the financial markets in 1983, I spent a lot of time and money investing in courses, books, financial magazines, etc. I wanted to learn as much as possible so that I could build an excellent foundation of knowledge before putting any serious money at risk.

As many of you know, I created InvestorsHELP.net over two years ago to accomplish two things in particular:

1. During 30+ years in the financial markets, I was mentored, taught, and encouraged by some wonderful people who helped me become successful in both investing and trading the financial markets. Now I feel that it is time to give back to others. This is what I have been doing here at InvestorsHELP.net where more that 90% of everything found on the website is FREE to subcribers.

2. My second purpose in creating InvestorsHELP.net was to generate some income through the use of "ads" for helping "Our Special Kids" in Cavite City, Philippines. InvestosHELP.net receives small commissions when you click on ads that are of interest to you. Unfortunately, only a small amount of income has been generated using these ads. However, I am still hopeful that as our subscriber base grows, more ad revenue will be generated for our next trip to the Philippines later this fall. However, that's up to you!

As part of my "give-back" program, I have more that 60 magazines as mentioned above that I want to give away for FREE when you make a donation to "Our Special Kids." Although some of the information is now outdated, there are many excellent strategies and analysis that are still appropriate for your consideration. So, if you want some of these magazines, please find me at the IBD all-day event in South San Francisco on 5.30.2015 and make a donation to Our Special Kids in the Philippines for your FREE copies.

With some effort and time by you, these mags will help you build your foundation of knowledge on your road to financial success.

See you on Saturday in South San Francisco,
Trader_Joe Gruender Jr.

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Market Stock Talk -- 2 New Videos

5/25/2015

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Good News!

I have just uploaded access to 2 new videos from Dennis Wilborn and Mike Trager from activetrendtrading.com.

Each Friday these gentlemen publish a video reviewing the status of the markets and stocks of interest. Based on their extensive experience, they provide their observations and evaluations regarding the timeliness of entry into the reviewed stocks.

These new videos were published on 5.22.2015 and 5.15.2015 and are available at InvestorsHELP.net using this link: [TAKE ME TO DENNIS AND MIKE]

After reviewing these videos, if you are interested in subscribing to their service, we have negotiated discounts of 40% and 60% by using the links found here: [WE WANT DISCOUNTS.]

[You are reminded that this information is provided for informational purposes only. Please do your own research before investing your money.]

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SectorSurfer Users Group May 2015 Presentation Slides

5/21/2015

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MAY 2015 SECTORSURFER USERS GROUP MEETING

Last night, the SectorSurfer Users Group held their 16th meeting here in Silicon Valley since being founded by Joe Gruender Jr. in November 2012.

Everyone enjoyed a great meeting at one of our favorite restaurants here in San Jose.

SectorSurfer_Joe shared with the attendees the latest happenings from Scott Juds, Chief SectorSurfer, President and CEO of SumGrowth.com. You too can learn what's going on with Scott and his team by reviewing the May 2015 Perspective entitled: "Market Top? Hawaiian Shirts, and New Stuff" by clicking this link: [MAY 2015 PERSPECTIVE.]

Peter James Lingane gave a very interesting presentation entitled: "The Challenge in Choosing a SectorSurfer Composition. What Can an Investor Do?" We had quite a lot of discussion among the attendees as Peter shared his thoughts as to why it would be more beneficial to have the capability to choose 32 funds instead of the current limit of 12 funds when using the SectorSurfer software. Peter also shared his thoughts behind the creation and use of his double exponential moving average (DEMAopt) trend measuring algorithm/simulator.

Videos were not taken at this meeting based on the request of the presenter. However, Peter has agreed to make his presentation slides available at his website. My presentation slides are also available for your review and use. Please click this link to get access to the slides: [WE WANT SLIDES].

We plan to take a break from holding another SectorSurfer Users Group meeting this summer and enjoy some travel and time with our children and grandchildren. There is a possibility that Scott Juds will be returning in mid-September 2015 for our 17th SectorSurfer Users Group meeting. I will inform you of the specific date and location as soon as Scott's travel plans are finalized.

W hope that you learn, profit and enjoy using the powerful SectorSurfer software brought to us by Scott Juds and his outstanding team from Seattle, WA. We also want to thank Peter Lingane for making a long drive to Silicon Valley and sharing his excellent presentation with our group of avid SectorSurfer users.

See you on the next wave,
SectorSurfer_Joe Gruender

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Ichimoku Setups and SectorSurfer Users Group

5/13/2015

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Want the latest videos on Ichimoku Setups?

Want information of interest to SectorSurfer Users?

Please click this link and then choose the best for you: http://www.aweber.com/t/QeyRl

Join InvestorsHELP.net for FREE and get access to our vault of special videos and reports by click on my photo: http://investorshelp.net/

Hope you learn, profit and enjoy using our vault of videos and diversified resources,
Trader_Joe Gruender
InvestorsHELP.net

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Make Money Trading Stocks -- May 8, 2015

5/11/2015

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How to Make Money Trading Stocks Market Stock Talk -- Don't fall for a sucker rally!!

Here's the latest video from Dennis Wilbor, Certified Candle Stick Technician and writer of a bi-weekly market update called "The Art and Science of Active Trend Trading."

Dennis is the organizer for the Bay Area Money Maker's IBD Meet Up group that meets monthly in the San Jose, CA area.

Check out the details and Dennis' latest videos by clicking this link: [TAKE ME TO DENNIS].

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