Oil and the Canadian Dollar, Together Again

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Oil and the Canadian Dollar have a well known relationship. When Oil goes up, so does the Canadian Dollar. This correlation has been estimated to be extremely high during some time periods. The FXC shows this relationship very well, as does the USDCAD. Still, this correlation can change in strength - sometimes the Canadian Dollar does not respond as [...]

EZ ETF System UP on the Month, S&P 500 Down

The EZ ETF Beating the stock market by 1.7% in just a month, plus making money when the Stock Market is losing money

Just a quick update on April 25, 2012. The EZ ETF system is up +.37% . The S&P 500 is down -1.37%. The EZ ETF system is making money, and the stock market is losing money. The EZ ETF  outperforming the stock market by about 1.7% this month, and making money when the stock market [...]

EZ ETF System Already Beating the Stock Market After Just 2 Weeks in April

Here’s a quick middle of the month update on the performance of the EZ ETF system: EZ ETF System: -.47% SPY: -1.10% After just two weeks, the EZ ETF system is beating the stock market by .63% As we said, this system performs by beating the stock market by just a little bit every month. [...]

Losers Have Goals, Winners Have Systems

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“Losers have Goals, Winners have Systems” The title of this post is a quote – and you won’t believe who said it! It’s not a Legendary Trader or a Type-A Billionaire, or even an elite athlete. It’s someone you’d never expect to talk about losers and winners in such a way. But before we get [...]

5 Questions To Ask Before Investing

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Most would-be investors want to know where to start when when they begin to think about investing. These 5 questions can help you to make better investment decisions. 1. Can You Describe This Investment? Your financial advisor or the person pushing you towards an investment should be able to describe the investment very clearly in just [...]

Learn this Powerful Strategy in Under 5 Minutes

When people first get start trading, they think trading is about making good analysis of a trade before you enter the market. What experienced traders know is getting out is the important part. Getting out of trades is how money is made and lost in trading. The unfortunate truth is there is nothing you can [...]

2 Ways ETF’s are Different from Plain Old Stocks

The biggest change in traded products over the last 5 years has been the huge, huge boom in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).  ETFs aren’t totally new, but in the last 5 years, the number – and variety – of ETFs exploded from a handful to many hundreds and hundreds. ETF’s take active trading ideas and [...]

Trend Following 101 Signals 3-12-2012: Roll the Currencies

***Trade Alert – Buy Soybeans, Roll Currencies*** Before we get to the grains, here is something you must do on Monday. We need to roll the currencies Monday. Roll them from March to June. The currency symbol is “H” for March. You’ll need to move your positions to June, or “M”. Rolling the positions is easy. [...]

Signals 3-8-2012: Short Wheat, Exit Copper

***New Trade Alert – Sell Wheat*** The system went short Wheat today. Also, the system will probably get short Corn tomorrow morning. The bias shifted in Corn to short bias. The TF101 system will get short Corn on tomorrows opening unless Corn rallies overnight. The Copper ended up being exited today – this trade did [...]

Did a Commodity Crash Start today? TF101 Signals 3-6-2012

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I’ve warned a few times about the potential for massive sell off in commodities – and there is a chance this huge sell off started today. When I look at the supply and demand fundamentals facing individual commodities, I see very bearish signs in nearly every commodity.  I can’t tell if this potential crash is [...]