This Might be our Most Important Post EVER!

This has been a big week around here. Our trading partner John Carter has been sharing some game changing videos that have culminated into his wildly popular webinars, "Being the Architect of the Big Trade".

If you haven't seen the videos or the webinar please do that asap after finishing reading this entire article.

Here is John's video from two weeks ago.

And Here is the Replay of John's Webinar, which will only be up until midnight Friday evening February 28th

John sent us this message this morning and I want you to read it, because it could be our most important post ever.

John Carter here......

This may be the most important email I’ve ever sent to you. (Print Now)

In 1984 I read a book about Arnold Schwarzenegger and ever since then he has been one of my idols. Arnold’s dream was to come to America to become rich and famous. He had no idea how he would do this.

Arnold said, “I was a 15 year old farm kid growing up in Austria when I was first inspired by a bodybuilding magazine with a picture of Reg Park on the cover from one of his Hercules movies. My life was never the same. Reg Park became my idol and I could not have picked a better hero to inspire me. Reg went from bodybuilding to the movies. He became a smart and successful businessman, and he was the first person who gave me a glimpse of what my life could someday become if I dreamed big and worked hard.”

The biggest thing he said that stuck with me is, “I read this magazine and there was the whole plan laid out. I had my blueprint to accomplish my dreams.”

When I was 18 and decided that I wanted to become a trader I knew I only needed to find a blueprint for success. Since then I’ve developed and implemented several blueprints for successful trading.

My most important blueprint is for building wealth

Every trader would love to start with a million dollar trading account, but this rarely happens. Today I trade a few seven figure accounts, but 25 years ago I funded my first account with $1,000 (equivalent to about $5,000 today). What I needed and I what I discovered was a blueprint for building wealth.

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Did you know most trading strategies taught out there are designed for accounts larger than $25,000 yet they are taught to traders with a $5,000 account as if they will have the same edge as someone with a larger account? This is simply not true.

Most traders start with under $25,000 in their account and those accounts need to utilize specific strategies to build wealth.

How does a trader go about building wealth?

1) You have to start with a goal. I think a reasonable goal with the strategies I’m going to share is to double an account and do it in a year.

2) You need to develop the right money management and trading mindset

3) You have to control your risk through appropriate position sizing

4) You need to have a written trading plan with the strategies you’re going to use and when

5) You need to know where your targets are so you don’t leave money on the table

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For the first (and last) time I’m going to share my exact blueprint for wealth building.

The blueprint will include:

1) Step by step, A and B happens you do C blueprint. There will be nothing left to interpretation.

2) How to manage your risk – when to go big, and when not to “piss away your chips.”

3) How to structure your wealth building trades so that even when they don’t work out you still make money

4) The 3 “how to crush it” strategies that were most profitable in 2013

5) Identify the exact levels when a stock will “rip the market makers heads off”

And much more…

My goal with this course is to leave with you the exact blueprint for building wealth like Reg Park gave to Arnold.

Here is what you'll get when you join the Ultimate Options Trading Blueprint and 3 day mentorship:

1) Access to the Saturday course and 3 full days of live trading, analysis, and follow up sessions

2) You Get to Keep Everything - All audio and video will be recorded and you will get the on demand links and DVD. You will be able to download all my notes, the action plan, and PDFs I share with you during the course.

3) Fast Answers to Your Relevant Questions Answered by Henry, Darrell, Brian, Jeff, and myself throughout the course.

4) Homework: Special Bonus - Beginners Guide to Option on demand link

5) Homework: Options 101 Class on demand link

6) How to prepare your mind for the class and success

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Here are the answers to some of the biggest questions we've been getting:

Q: I’m new to options should I go to this class?

A: Every journey starts with a single step. As part of the class we have included a few homework assignments that will quickly get you up to speed. I can teach anyone options in 1 hour and that exactly what I do in your options 101 homework assignment.

Q: When is this class?

A: The strategies class will be held Saturday March 1st from 2:00PM – 6:00PM New York time or 1-5 central. The 3 day live trading mentorship is Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday March 4th, 6th, and 7th during market hours with a lunch break midday.

Q: Will the course be RECORDED?

A: YES. Every single second of the 4 day course will be recorded. You will have online access to the recording PLUS you will get a DVD of the entire course in the mail.

Q: I am in the live trading room and I’ve taken most of your other courses will I learn anything new in this course?

A: Yes this course will be chock full of brand-spanking-new, never-before-revealed strategies and setups. If you’re in the live trading room and participated in every course there may be a few things in the class that will overlap, for example, you will already know what a squeeze is. However, the overwhelming majority of this course is material I have never presented on before.

Q: Do I need to be there live to get the most out of the course?

A: No, the course will be recorded and you will get all the information regardless if you attend live or not. The strategies I will teach can be universally applied at any time. As I go through live trading examples, although you will not be able to follow along live, I will be describing in detail what I am looking for in these live trades so when you watch the recording you will have the exact blue print I used determine which trades I got into and why.

Q: What if I have a full time job and I can’t trade intraday?

A: All of the strategies will work on any time frame. This means if you can only do end of day trading you can use daily and weekly charts. I find that people who are able to watch the markets all day end up over trading which is a death sentence for your trading account.

Q: Is there a Members Discount?

A: For a limited time we are making this class available for everyone at the member price because this class is so crucial. After the class is over the price will be raised for non-members.

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I believe this will be the best course I've ever done and I’m really excited about presenting this material to you and hearing about your success.

Good Trading,

John

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J.W. Jones: What's Next For The VIX, XLF, SP 500, Gold, Silver & Crude Oil

So did Crude Oil Trader contributor J.W. Jones get whacked by the sell off.......

The following article is an update on the current technical position of the marketplace as I see it. Obviously the price action this week has been ugly as the situation in Europe has become front and center in the minds of traders and market prognosticators. The information below is an adaptation of what members of my service at Options Trading Signals.com received earlier today.

The S&P 500 sold off sharply earlier this morning and has since bounced higher. Price is drifting lower as I write this but on the shorter term time frame we may see a short / intermediate term bottom traced out during intraday trade today. It would make sense that prices would rebound after being so extremely oversold.

The 10 minute chart of the S&P 500 E-Mini futures chart below illustrates the intraday price action:

If the S&P 500 does carve out an intraday bottom, the daily chart of the S&P 500 below illustrates the key price levels that will come into play on a potential reflex rally:

The VIX is trading lower after popping higher this morning. The data coming out tomorrow and Friday may give traders an opportunity to get involved with a short side try on the VIX. However, I am going to wait patiently for the setup to present itself. Clearly any trade would be a shorter term type of trade as the VIX can behave wildly.

The usual suspects (IYT, XLF, EEM, IWM) are all trading to the downside again today. The financials (XLF) are showing relative weakness at this point in time. The rest of the usual suspects are all rolling over quite similarly to the S&P 500.

The daily chart of the XLF is shown below:

The U.S. Dollar Index futures are trading lower today and continue to base right at a key support level. If price breaks down we could see risk assets like the S&P 500 and oil push higher. For right now, the Dollar is trading well above key support.

Gold futures sold off sharply this morning but have since regained most of the intraday losses and are trading strongly to the upside from Tuesday’s close. Gold is starting to get a bit stretched to the upside and I am stalking a potential short trade on gold for the service. It would only be a short term trade, but I think a pullback is likely.

Silver futures have broken out and intraday price action has pushed silver above recent resistance levels. I’m not going to chase silver here as it could be the beginning of a failed breakout. However, if prices continue higher in coming days or price consolidates at this breakout level I will become interested in taking silver long.

For now, the precious metals are intriguing, but I like the price action in silver better than gold as we have more crisply defined risk levels as gold has runaway to all time highs.

The silver futures daily chart illustrates the key levels in silver:

Oil futures are trading sharply lower today and are coming into a key support level going back to late June. If those prices do not hold up, we could see oil trade down below the key $90/barrel price level. At this point in time, I am not interested in trading oil, but if price works down into the $85/barrel price level I will be interested in oil as a longer term trade for the service.

Lastly, Treasuries are really pushing higher recently. I am patiently stalking a long term entry on TBT for the service similar to the oil trade discussed above. For right now, I’m going to remain in cash and see how price action plays out. Members of my service have been sitting in cash for the past few weeks and we have sidestepped this entire selloff. While I’m sitting in cash for now, I have a growing list of names I am stalking for trades in the future.

Get J.W.'s calls directly to your inbox by signing up at Options Trading Signals.com 

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Long Term Trends in Gold, Silver, Crude Oil

If you are trading with multiple time frames it's a good idea to be open minded and every now and then look at some different time frames to be sure you have a solid understanding for the longer term trends in play. I will admit that it’s easy to get caught up in trading the shorter time frames like the 1, 10, and 60 minute charts especially when there are large intraday movements. But every night you must reset your thinking by looking at the bigger picture.

Here are the weekly and daily charts which I think provide a big picture view of things.....Read "Important Article on Long Term Trends in Gold, Silver, Crude Oil"


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New Video: Let The Carnival Begin!

Here is a market that we like a lot more than the US market. We really like the way its acting and it looks set to take out the highs that were seen in December of 2009. If that is the case, then we could see this market make all time highs pretty quickly. You definitely want to have
this one on your radar screen.

In this new short video, I show you what I'm looking at and how we showcased this market last week when we did our last webinar. This webinar is set to be rebroadcast on Friday, September 24th at 5pm EST/9pm GMT.

This market is still looking good and looking strong. Pay very close to it this Friday because if it closes well, it should bode well for the following week.

As always our videos are free to watch and there is no need for registration.

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New Video: Has the Price of Gold Reached its Zenith?

Today we are going to be looking at gold and analyze the recent run up that has created a great deal of excitement and fear for many investors and traders.

We're also going to be looking at some upside measurements that we have for this market. Conversely, we are also looking at an area that should provide support should the gold market pull back from its current levels.

In this new video we are going to be focusing on our "Trade Triangle" technology and what it means for traders. We will explore short term, intermediate term, and long term trading in this precious metal. This will all be done using our "Trade Triangles."

As always our videos are free to watch and there is no need for registration. We hope that you enjoy the video and that you share your comments.

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Diversification Doesn't Work Anymore

Find out how Wall Street has sold the myth of safety in diversification for years to unsuspecting investors everywhere.

Now you can learn from this timely 10 page report that exposes the myth of diversification and how it can cripple your financial future if you do it the Wall Street way.

This Is Not About Derivatives
Before I go any further, we are not talking about exotic derivatives, the kind that tanked the economy and sent a financial tsunami through Wall Street. No, we’re talking about the major markets, mainstream shares, the kind of shares you hear and read about every day.

We Have A Solution
In this in depth report on diversification, you will learn how one simple adjustment can easily open up the money spigots and turn the tables on Wall Street. This one simple adjustment can put your account in the black faster than you can go to our website. This new solution, which we fully reveal, can turn your retirement account into the financial powerhouse that it deserves to be.

A Non Wall Street Portfolio
Also included in the report is a model portfolio that proves that diversification can work when it's done the right way. Using the Wall Street method of diversification you would have lost close to 30% of your money! In the “Global Strategy Portfolio” included in the report, you would have made a 23% return on your money during the exact same timeframe. That’s an over 50% swing in just 30 short months. In the report we show you not only how to achieve these results, but we also share the rules that you need to follow in order to get the exact same results in half the time, with less risk.

What Is The Cost?
If you do nothing and don’t download this special report, it could cost you thousands of dollars in losses in your portfolio over the next few months. However, if you call or click on the link below, the report is free of charge along with our “Global Strategy Portfolio.”

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Call or click to receive your personal copy of this timely report and it can be in your hands in the next 3 minutes. This report is free of charge and there is no obligation. We guarantee that this report on diversification will have you laughing all the way to the bank.

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New Video: Why Weekly Charts Work

Many traders get so involved with the market on a daily or even an intraday basis, that they somehow lose out on the bigger picture. Weekly charts are enormously helpful in giving clues to the future direction of the market.

In today's video we examine one of the biggest markets in the world, the S&P 500, using a weekly chart. The video runs about two minutes in length and we think you will find it both educational and informative.

As always our videos are free to watch and there are no registration requirements. Enjoy the video and be sure to share your thoughts.

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This Year, Write Your Own Success Story

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ONLINE EDUCATION: We have hundreds of online trading videos and trading courses to show you how to trade and how the markets really work.

SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGY: "Talking Charts" and our "Trade Triangle" technology are just two winning trading tools that give you unbiased advice and a personal success formula that has produced returns in excess of *100% for each of the past three years.

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NOW IT'S YOUR TURN.....to write your very own success story

You begin by taking a 30 day risk free trial to MarketClub. You will have total freedom to try out all of the easy to use features of our service. Be sure to take in as many trading courses and videos as you can during your trial.

Make the rest of your year count.....try us out today. Just Click Here to get your 30 day risk free trial to MarketClub.

You + MarketClub = a winning combination

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New Video: What Makes a Frustrating Market?

The S&P 500 is turning out to be a conundrum for many professionals and home traders alike. The conflicting information on good earnings, high unemployment, and other factors continue to batter the market. One moment the SP500 is heading for the stars and the next, it's heading to the cellar.

So what's a trader to do?

In our new video, we share with you some steps you can use to help improve your trading in the S&P 500 and other markets. The new video is approximately 3 minutes long and it will show you several key areas and levels that we am looking at.

As always our videos are free to watch and you do not have to register. We would like to see your feedback on how you see the market, as so many traders are becoming frustrated with the lack of real follow through in either direction.


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New Video: Is it Time to Buy Gold?

It would appear that the euphoria over gold has quickly diminished and many of gold's greatest proponents, who were calling for gold to go over $2,000 an ounce, appear to be disheartened and shell shocked by the recent sharp downturn in gold.

There's an old adage in trading and it goes like this, "they slide faster than they glide." This is true of all markets and what it means is they go down faster than they go up.

In our new video on gold, we share with you some of the thoughts we have right now on this market. We could be looking at some great buying opportunities if just a few components fall into place.

As always there is no charge and no registration required to watch this video.

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The "Death Cross": What it is and How to Trade It

In today's short video, we look at two important aspects of the market, one is an intraday technique which I will show you how to use to determine where markets will turn, and the other is the infamous "death cross".

The death cross does not occur that often, in fact, in the last 2 1/2 years we've only seen this happen three times. The most recent occurred just last week and is something that every investor and trader should pay close attention to. I believe that this video will help you understand what the death cross is and how you can construct it and use it in your own trading. A lot of traders and investors watch this very closely so you should too.

As always our videos are free to watch and there's no need for registration. Please feel free to leave a comment and give us your thoughts on the direction of this market.

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New Video: A Quick Update on the S & P 500

The sharp rally we saw on Friday followed through on Monday, but appears to have run out of steam. In this new short video, we show you what you should be looking at in this market and how we think it should be played.

The video is short, less than two minutes, but you'll get a lot of good information that will help you trade these choppy, choppy markets.

As always we are interested in your views on the SP 500, so please leave us a comment and tell us what you think.


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How Candlesticks Can Turn Your Portfolio Gold

We have just finished a short video on the spot gold market using Japanese candlestick charts. In this new video we show you some important elements that you would not necessarily see using traditional Western charts.

We invite you to take a look at this new video with no registration and no charge. And whether you agree, disagree, or just want to comment on this video, please feel free to do so.


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New Training Video: Stock Market "Profit Pockets"

Did you know that on any given stock chart, there are very specific & precise low risk, high probability entry points that can lead to some potentially deep "profit pockets"?

* 4 of them were recently discovered by a 35+ year market veteran...

....and he's recording some brand new training videos that show you what they look like, how they work together, and how you can spot them on your own. The first training video is done, just click here to see his new training website.

Pay close attention to the chart that's displayed early on in the training video that outlines these 4 "profit pockets", which are identified by these custom methods designed to "pinpoint" each one:

* The Profit Pipeline Method...

* The Trend Validator Method...

* The Velocity Method...

* The Countertrend Cash Method...

I'm really excited about these 4 additional ways to pull more profit potential out of almost ANY stock chart, because they can complement any existing method you're currently using...

And that just gives you even MORE of an edge over those traders who DON'T know about these techniques.

These training videos likely will NOT be online for long, so make sure you watch & take notes here:

Good Trading,
Ray C. Parrish
President/CEO The Stock Market Club

P.S. Whenever this 35+ year market veteran releases complimentary training videos, I PAY ATTENTION because the "on the house" information he just "gives away" is often worth more than many training courses you'd have to pay for. So, don't take
this training lightly and pay close attention to what he teaches. Your portfolio will thank you for it later.

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New Video: Where to Place Your Stops in Gold?

Gold is gaining in popularity with the online trading community, and whenever we write about it, or produce a video featuring this precious metal, unsurprisingly, it also tends to generate the most passion of any market that we cover. With gold making new highs recently, we thought it would be timely to put together a video showing you where we are placing our short term stops. The video is about 90 seconds long and shows you in a very visual way, what we're looking at in this market.

As always the video is available for viewing now and there is no charge or registration requirement. Please feel free to comment on this video and let us know what you think about the direction of this gold market.

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This Week's Commodity & Index ETF Trading Strategy

As we all know, last weeks stock market blip/mini crash was very emotional for those of you watching or trading it live. A lot of money changed hands last week and you either lost a bundle or made a bundle…

I did send out some charts and a video on Thursday night about the market crash/recovery if you have not seen it. It’s called “Stock Market Micro Intraday Crash Shows Us Where The Safe Havens Are”.

Below are my ETF charts for the commodities and index I actively follow and trade.

GLD – Gold Bullion ETF – Daily Chart
GLD is a great ETF to trade as it generates 10-20 quality low risk setups each year for subscribers. The chart clearly shows the large rally in late 2009 and the correction as it formed patterns moving from a down trend – base – and back to an uptrend.



$USD – US Dollar Index – Monthly Chart
This weekly chart I think shows some serious potential for gold and silver prices. The US Dollar is now trading at a key resistance level which I think it will have a tough time moving higher. The dollar has been moving up for several months and looks ready for a pullback or at least a pause. If the dollar starts to roll over in the next few months then we should see gold and silver move substantially higher.



SLV – Silver Bullion ETF – Daily Chart
Silver like gold bounced off a key support level last week as investors started to buy silver as a safe haven. Gold moved up sharply on the day of the intraday market crash while silver traded sideways for a day before joining the party. The following day investors starting buying up silver because it was lagging its big sister “yellow Gold”.



USO – Oil Fund – Daily Chart
Several weeks back I posted this chart showing how volume was drying up as oil tested resistance on declining volume. This indicated to us that once/if the price started to roll over it would trigger a sharp sell off as short term traders who bought in anticipation of a breakout to the up side sold out of their positions once support was broken. This is what caused the heavy volume and sharp price drop.



SPY – SP500 INDEX Trading ETF – Daily Chart
It’s tougher now to read the index charts as last weeks heavy volume market crash could be seen in two very different ways…

One – We are starting a correction and had a jump start with the human error of selling billions of dollars worth of investments instead of millions prematurely pushing pulling the market down to a level where I think it should/will test again before moving up.

OR
Two – This extremely heavy sell off is just the start of what is to come....

Since the government owns the largest banks and the banks are unloading/selling massive amounts of shares calling it an error how do we know it’s not a scam for them to completely short the market in anticipation for a collapse which would make them unheard of amounts of money as the market drops… It is tough to trust anyone sitting up there in those power positions after everything they have been caught for already…

I personally think we could see lower prices in the coming month then the market will bottom and we will see new highs for 2010.



Weekend Commodity & Index ETF Trading Strategy Conclusion:
Stepping back and looking at the above charts it looks as thought we could see stocks and commodities digest the recent moves. In short, gold and silver have rallied strong and now trading near resistance. Oil dropped last week and is now trading near a key support level. I feel it the market will trade sideways and stabilize before for a while as the SP500 had that crazy drop last week and now the market is in shock. I figured it would see 3-4 weeks to reach those prices yet it happened in 1 day so now the market could do very little for 3-4 weeks…

The US dollar is something we will be watching more closely because it’s trading at key resistance level. In the past it has taken a month or two for a rally to roll over and head back down. This could play out very nicely if the dollar tops and the rest of the market trends sideways to digest the recent moves. Once the dollar starts to fall it will provide fuel for the next rally in both stocks and commodities.

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Did You Pull the Trigger on The Dow?

We have been concerned for some time that the market was in a rotational phase and that some key levels were being tested on the upside. The yesterday's action, Tuesday, can only be viewed one way, and that is negative. We do not expect this market to make a miraculous recovery to new highs and would not be surprised if we have seen the highs for the year.

In today's short video on the Dow, we look at potential downside targets that this market may be headed for. One of the key things to remember in trading, and this applies to all markets, is perception. This is why technical analysis plays such an important part in detecting shifts in market perceptions. Our "Trade Triangles" have done extraordinarily well in this environment.

Just click here to watch Did You Pull the Trigger on The Dow? and as always you can watch our videos without registration and there are no fees involved. Please take a minute to leave a comment and let us know if you pulled the trigger on the DOW.


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The S&P 500 Went South....Did You Cash in Your Chips?

For some time now we have been concerned about the lack of upside momentum and the divergences that have been building in many key oscillators. We were also concerned that we'd reached a very important Fibonacci level which we pointed out in a recent video.

It never ceases to amaze me how these levels have worked both in the past and in the present. If you're serious about the markets, you must pay attention to these key levels as many professional traders do, and perhaps you will understand why.

In today's short video, we're looking at the S&P 500 and some of the downside targets we have scoped out using a very simple tool. We had a nice run on the upside based on our "Trade Triangle" technology and we are happy to cash in our chips and watch from the sidelines for the time being.

Click here to watch The S&P 500 Went South....Did You Cash in Your Chips? and as always you can watch our videos without registration and there are no fees involved. Please feel free to leave a comment and let us and our readers know what you think is the direction the markets are headed.




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New Video: Has Crude Oil Topped Out for the Year?

There is no doubt about it, crude oil has been very choppy. There are two camps involved in the crude oil market: one is bullish and the other is bearish. In this new short video, we show you which camp we are in and what we think is going to happen to the crude oil market for the balance of the year.

You will also get to see the key areas that we have recently approached and reversed back down from, and why this area is so important for the future of crude oil.

As always, our videos are free to watch and there are no registration requirements. We welcome your thoughts and comments regarding this posting so please feel free to leave a comment.


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New Video: Could Apple Be The Hottest Stock in The World!

It would seem that investors and traders cannot get enough of this stock. Yesterday it came as no surprise that Apple announced huge earnings, over three billion dollars, just about the same as Goldman Sachs. Now who could have predicted that just a few years ago?

So is this the beginning or the end Apple's record earnings?

In this very short video, we will show you what our targets are for Apple and how our "Trade Triangle" technology absolutely nailed this move. No matter what happens to this stock, our "Trade Triangle" technology has a winning edge that you can watch in our new video.

Enjoy the video and as always please feel free to leave a comment.

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