Never Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth–Here’s An Example

An 8% profit in just two days!
Here at the

TradingMarkets Professional Swing Trading College
, we actually trade the
signals our systems generate…with real money! Let’s review. Prior to the opening
on Wednesday, July 20, EK reported their 2nd Quarter earnings – a loss of 0.51.
Profits excluding some items were 0.53 vs. 0.81 expectations. The company also
announced it was cutting as many as 10,000 more jobs. The stock gapped down over
9% on the news. The amazing thing about this scenario is that the Swing Trading
College live account was already short the stock, without any previous knowledge
of the earnings or job cuts. You see, as systematic traders we pay no attention
to outside influences.

To reiterate, the company didn’t call us up the day before earnings were to be
announced with any advanced warning. Rather, on Thursday, July 14, our
proprietary R4 Method issued a Sell Short signal in EK, prompting us to go short
the stock the next day. On the opening of July 15, the Swing Trading College
live account went short EK at 28.43. On Wednesday, July 20, EK had a gap down
opening of -2.29 points. Though an exit signal had not yet been produced, we
always tell our students never to look an 8% profit “gift horse” in the mouth.
Still trading with a systematic mindset, it would have been perfectly admissible
to cover part of your position and take some profits off the table.

Yet for those of us who stuck to the rules, an exit signal was issued on the
close of Thursday, July 21, prompting us to cover our short position on the
opening of the next day. We exited the trade on Friday, July 21 at 27.42,
leaving us with a gain of +1.01 points in just 4 days. As a reminder, we had
real capital on the line.

As systematic traders, our confidence lies in the fact of knowing that all of
our methods have been quantified through years of extensive back testing and
research. Therefore, all that is required of us is to simply follow the clear
and concise entry and exit rules. This is just one of the many systems we
provide and teach you in the

TradingMarkets Professional Swing Trading College
. What we teach at the
College are solid, concise methods backed by institutional quality research. We
empower you with this knowledge in order to protect your trading from being
influenced by nothing more than guesswork. Good luck and good trading.

Steve Primo