2011 Fast Money Machine Swing Trade Newsletter Results!

The Fast Money Machine Swing Trade Newsletter Results are in!  ST Newsletter +12.6% versus the S&P -0.2% for a 12.8% Out-performance!  Cumulative Out-performance of 75.4% since inception in 2007!

 

	FMM - ST		Annual Chg.	Cum. Chg.
Date:	Actual	S&P 500	To S&P	To S&P
2006	50,000	50,000	-	-
2007	53,000	51,750	1,250	1,250
2008	51,763	31,826	19,937	19,937
2009	61,236	39,687	1,612	21,549
2010	66,053	36,750	7,754	29,303
2011	74,398	36,677	8,418	37,721
Percentage
Since Inception	48.8%	-26.6%		75.4%

2011 Day Trade Newsletter Annual Results are in!

The Fast Money Machine Day Trade Newsletter Results are in!  DT Newsletter +10.0% versus the S&P -0.2% for a 10.2% Out-performance!  Cumulative Out-performance of 87.5% since inception in 2008!

 

	FMM - DT		Annual Chg.	Cum. Chg.
Date:	Actual	S&P 500	To S&P	To S&P
2007	50,000	50,000	-	-
2008	55,950	30,750	25,200	25,200
2009	68,819	37,976	5,642	30,842
2010	78,660	42,837	4,980	35,822
2011	86,526	42,752	7,952	43,774
Percentage
Since Inception	73.1%	-14.5%		87.5%

FMM Newsletter SwingTrade

Closed out our XLE short today at the open 11/29, see entry post on 11/17. This is what our newsletter is all about, finding swing trade setups based on candle stick setups. The Swing Trade Candle Portfolio is up 14.4% YTD!

FMM Newsletter Trade Setup

Chart from today's newsletter.

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

Loving our XLF short!

Classic setup that we caught. Shorted the XLF on a bearish engulfing pattern and subsequent lower day open after a nice uptrend. Have stayed short until we get a hammer pattern and a subsequent higher open. Find out more subscribe to the short term newsletter

Credit Card Code

http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/credit-card-code-01202011/

Podcast #108 - Tool in the Crib - Morning Star

This Is How a Dollar Bill Lives and Dies

http://gizmodo.com/5685356/this-is-how-a-dollar-bill-lives-and-dies?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29

Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget

Today, you’re in charge of the nation’s finances. Some of your options have more short-term savings and some have more long-term savings. When you have closed the budget gaps for both 2015 and 2030, you are done. Make your own plan, then share it online.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html

Podcast #108 - Tool in the Crib - Dark Cloud Cover

Podcast #107 - Tool in the Crib - Bullish Engulfing Pattern

Podcast #106 - Tool in the Crib - Bearish Engulfing Pattern

Listen to podcast #106 as we discuss the bearish engulfing pattern.

Podcast #105 - Tool in the Crib - Doji Pattern

4th Qtr FMM Newsletters 50% off!

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Thank you for your continued support!

Podcast #104 - Tool in the Crib - Hammer Pattern

Tool in the Crib #103 - Free TA Booklet

Download your free copy of The Ultimate Technical Analysis Handbook

http://www.elliottwave.com/club/ultimate-technical-analysis-handbook/default.aspx?code=36029

In this 50-page eBook, you will discover some of the very best technical methods used by the top professional technicians in the world. You will learn which tools are best for analyzing chart patterns, which are best for anticipating future price action, even which are best for spotting high-probability turning points.

Better still, these handpicked lessons from Elliott Wave International's most popular ebook series, Trader's Classroom, will show you how to incorporate the most powerful technical tools into your own investment decisions. You'll get lessons on:

• Elliott waves
• MACD (Moving Average Convergence/Divergence)
• Fibonacci
• Trendlines
• Time Divergence
• Setting protective stops with technical analysis
• And more!
  

Podcast #102 - Tool in the Crib

Top Dog Trading Free Video Course

Find out how to trade using the "The Rubber Band Trade." setup.

The problem with entitlement programs

This week, citizens in Poland were up in arms after it was reported the government would cut its allowance for funerals to $1,300 from $2,100. I was taken aback because I didn't realize the government in Poland paid for funerals. Then, there was the amount, a lot of money when you consider per capita purchasing power is around $17,000 a year. But, here's the rub, people were outraged with one woman who was quoted as saying "births and deaths should be celebrated."

In an article in the FT, a maker of inexpensive coffins celebrated the news because he currently sells most of his 11,000 in annual production to neighboring Germany, where funerals are less conspicuous. His plain, old coffins just weren't opulent enough for Poles. I guess if someone else is paying for it then go full bore. That comes with the territory of entitlements. The recipient doesn't think, or care, where the money comes from but makes sure the check is there on time. The more of this kind of stuff that's given away by the government the less people will strive to get it on their own.

source: wstreet.com

Podcast #101 Available in iTunes!

Search for the Fast Money Machine in the Business / Investing Section. Here is the chart that I talked about in the podcast. It's a thing of beauty isn't it!

Podcast Episode #100 in iTunes!

Here are the charts we covered in tonights podcast. Search for the fast money machine in itunes.

Tool in the Crib - #100 Taxes and A Blog Site

For podcast #100 we have two tools in the crib for you this time:

Tracking taxes: A look back at tax rates and spending:

USA Today Tax Interactive Chart


Trading Blog site:

http://ronsen.blogspot.com/

This site provides an overview of stock market chart and market dynamics to encourage investors and traders to be all they can be. Designed to help teach financial literacy.

FMM Daily Newsletter - DT Trade

I have included the chart of a trade we made back on 7/28. The day trade daily newsletter flashed a signal to go short the next day at the open and close the position at the end of the day. Below is our results.

Date

Share$

Shares

Amount

07/28/10

110.83

360

39,849

short

Date

Share$

Shares

Amount

G/(L)

07/28/10

111.25

360

40,000

151

0.4%

2010 First Half Performance

2010 First half results are in and we are very pleased with our double digit out-performance!

FMM Daily Newsletter - ST Candle Trade

Check out our recent trade in the IYT. Went long at the open on 6/10 (75.91) after a hammer confirmation pattern the previous two days. Sold when it hit our target of (80) as we anticipated the 50 day ma providing resistance. Nice 5.4% return in 3 trading days.

Tool in the Crib #99 - Upcoming IPOs

For 20 years Renaissance Capital, as a major independent research provider, has been writing pre-IPO research reports on every U.S. initial public offering


http://www.renaissancecapital.com/IPOHome/Calendars/OnDeck.aspx

Barrons Article on Underfunded State Pensions

http://online.barrons.com/article/SB126843815871861303.html?mod=BOL_hpp_mag#articleTabs_panel_article%3D1

AIG - Half Down, $51 Billion to go

http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/08/news/companies/aig_payback/

Source: CNN

Scaling the Deficit

Awesome article and charts on the deficit

http://www.briefing.com/GeneralContent/Investor/Active/ArticlePopup/ArticlePopup.aspx?SiteName=InvestorPopUp&ArticleId=NS20100303100545AheadOfTheCurve

Oneoption Results

Excerpt from Peter Stolcers weekly email..... "The Weekly Report has been knocking the cover of the ball. Here are all of the trades from the last six months"

Really? He's lost you money so far in 2010. (closed positions in 2010) I'd hardly call that knocking the cover off of the ball............... I would say "it had knocked the cover off the ball, when the market was going straight up as well in late 2009"

Tool in the Crib #98 - Wall Street Traffic Light

http://www.wallstreettrafficlight.com/

The Wall Street Traffic Light, a new investment strategy explained in hisbook, provides specific answers to those questions. The strategy is best suited to 401(k) and IRA investors (because of their tax advantage), but other investors also may find it to be useful.

The Wall Street Traffic Light (WSTL) strategy is based on historical patterns of the S&P 500 Index—the broad-based, large-company index of U.S. stocks that serves as a widely-used barometer of the market. By looking closely at the annual returns and short-term movements of the S&P 500 over time, he found four recurring patterns that will help guide investors today. In his book you will discover this important, scientifically-tested history lesson: For every rolling decade during 1935-2009 (1935-1944, 1936-1945…2000-2009) the WSTL strategy has achieved higher returns and took lower risk compared to buying-and-holding the S&P 500. That is “sleep well” performance indeed.

15% Head Start with 529 Plans

If someone gave you a 15% head start toward saving for college, would you take it? That's the basis for Matt Krantz's recent article in USA Today regarding 529 Plans. Check it out:


http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/columnist/krantz/2010-02-05-529-college-savings-plans_N.htm?csp=

Stock Market Holiday Schedule 2010

Stock Market Holiday Schedule 2010

New Year's Day	January 1, 2010
Martin Luther King Jr. Day	January 18, 2010
President's Day	February 15, 2010
Good Friday	April 2, 2010
Memorial Day	May 31, 2010
Independence Day	July 5, 2010 (Observed)
Labor Day	September 6, 2010
Thanksgiving Day	November 25, 2010
Day after Thanksgiving	Early close 1:00 p.m.
Christmas	December 24, 2010 (Observed