Market Thoughts

We are excited to announce the introduction of a new tab on the Member’s Page that has been recently launched for our subscribers. It is entitled the “NEW Active Sector Trading Portfolio” and it is designed for our subscribers who prefer to engage in more active trading, with an additional level of risk, than our original portfolio provides. We have …

The following is a snap shot of our member’s page as of market closing on Friday, February, 1, 2013. If you are an active member, then you will be able to see also the different dates that we used a ladder entry strategy which is our way of entering into risk during big panic periods of the stock market. Buying …

All of our positions have performed extremely well on an absolute basis. This is mostly due to the fact that we vigilantly purchased very close to absolute lows. We did this via our ladder trading strategy during market panic days, including the fiscal cliff panic in the middle of December.

The key to consistent gains is found in designing a set of contingencies for any possibility. No one has a crystal ball to call the market bottom or the top. Laddering in a position is a new concept we have introduced to our trading and to our website. As members will have noticed, we have recently introduced the practice of …

ETF Trade Advisor has decided to trade a Short ETF called Active Bear ETF (symbol: HDGE). The launch of this fund on our Member’s page is crucial as we are of the view that HDGE will be a strong performing fund during the next few months. We have been looking hard to find a pure short equity ETF and we …

Effective, Tuesday, February 14th, 2012, ETF Trade Advisor’s Member’s Page will be revised to reflect our enhancements for 2012. We have added two new ETFs to our timing list. They are as follows: SMH: The Semiconductor ETF. We feel strongly that Semiconductors are leading indicators for the turning points in the US equity market. In addition, during bull markets, the …

We are removing our stop-loss order management from our trading. Our Member’s page will be reorganized to reflect these changes. Simply put, we cannot afford to get stopped out of some well-planned trades in this highly nervous and volatile market. We have been using stop-loss prices for almost a decade. However these days we are faced with far greater volatility …