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Trader's World article, fall 2008
The Three Types
of Traders
Why They Win & Why They Lose
For the past 12 years, the Sacred
Science Institute has been dedicated to providing our clients with
an exclusive collection of rare financial market analysis and forecasting
publications from a highly secretive tradition of thought, which we call Cosmological
Economics. This tradition stems
from the work of the famous market master W. D. Gann, and extended through the
work of Dr. Jerome Baumring of the
Throughout the years, we have
continued to seek out and make available further correlating material to support and develop this thesis, adding to
our collections important lost works and new material on these subjects,
ranging from market analysis, to astroeconomics, to scientific and esoteric
treatises, which provide an elucidation of the basis of such universal
theories. As a major part of this
process, we continually search for and discover new resources and experts
within these fields, and encourage and work with them to develop new
presentations and advancements of these concepts, such as we did with the work
of Daniel T. Ferrera, whose books and courses have significantly advanced the
understanding of Gann analysis, cycle research, wave mechanic market structure,
long term forecasting, including a 100 year forecast of the Dow Jones Averages,
out to 2108 (which accurately predicted the Oct 07 top and current market
declines), automated trading systems,
and a number of other key topics. As a
continuation of this process, we are very happy to announce the unveiling of a
new level and aspect of this work, one which many would consider to be the most
valuable and important aspect, the application of the theoretical work to the
most difficult and applied field of successfully trading the financial
markets. We are convinced that the
course we present to you here is represents one of the very best applied
trading courses ever made available to the public, and certainly the best that
we have ever seen in our 25 years of experience.
Over the many years that we have been
closely involved in this field, we have had the opportunity to meet 1000’s of
analysts and traders, and we have found that those individuals who have
immersed themselves into this tradition generally fall into 3 categories.
First, there are those who have invested a considerable amount of time and
money into their research, but who have never taken the step of actually
applying it to trading, remaining primarily theoretical researchers. Second are those who have invested the same
cost and energy into the work, but who have also spent years attempting to
become successful traders without ever finding the necessary Key to produce the
trading results they desire. Third are
the successful professional traders who have developed working applications
which provide them with moderate to extreme success in the markets, enough to
make trading their only or primary profession.
This third category represents our primary and most serious clientele,
those most anxious for each new piece of material we uncover, because each
added insight contributes to their overall understanding and improves their
success in the markets.
In our ongoing search for new material,
one of the key elements we most painstakingly seek are methods and insights
which will help turn these first two categories of analysts into the third
category of successful traders. However,
as most of you reading this well know, this is the most difficult category of
teaching material to find. The reason
for this is twofold. First, is that
those professional traders who understand the true methods of successful
trading are reticent in giving up their hard-won secrets that are the source of
their income and sustenance, in part because they are afraid that public
knowledge of such principles will lessen the effectiveness of the techniques in
their own trading, and partly because many of them feel that success in trading
is something only earned by an individual’s own effort and intelligence. When such traders do write books, many of the
best of which are the books to be found in our catalog, such as the work of W.
D. Gann, they present the work in such a way as to make it exceedingly
difficult to penetrate into the true methodologies they are actually using to
successfully make money in the markets.
It is evident in reading such works that there are profound insights
contained therein, and with much hard labor, some analysts are able to
penetrate the veils and connect the missing links to understand the hidden
applications, these generally being the third category mentioned above. The others scratch their heads and continue
their search for the missing Key that will provide them with the success they have
so long sought.
The second reason that it is
difficult to discover working trading applications is often dismissed as being
the result of there being only a particular type of person, with the proper
intellectual faculties, emotional balance, and an engineering type of mind that
is necessary for trading the markets, and that this type of person is quite
rare and special. Some have come to the
conclusion that there are theorists and there are traders, and that never the
twain shall meet. If you don’t already
have “it,” you won’t get “it,” and will forever remain in a circular quest for
the unattainable. While it is certainly
true that some people simply do not have the emotional stamina for the art of
trading, which requires the strength to be able to make hard decisions and
initiate upon them at the opportune time, and then to ride the emotional roller
coaster of watching the market move with, or worse, against you, we feel that
the actual truth stems from the simple fact that 95% of those who attempt to
trade the markets are lacking the fundamental principles, insights, strategy,
and knowledge required to be a successful trader.
Once one understands, however, that
it is not some magic wand that will make one a successful trader, but a
collection of knowledge and applied tools which have actually been time tested
and proven to work in the markets that is the missing link, one is able to set
out on the quest to discover those needed tools. Most aspiring traders fall short at this
point, because they lack the dedication and determination to spend the time and
money it takes to discover these tools.
In having known 1000’s of traders, one absolute fact that is consistent
amongst all of those who are truly successful, is that they have generally
spent 10’s of thousands of dollars, if not $100’s of thousands on their
education and research. Most have
extensive libraries, and have attended dozens of seminars and trading courses,
and most agree that very few of them were worth the money, and yet they
continue to search until they find something that works. One of the most common facts about
unsuccessful traders is that they are continuously hesitant to spend enough
time and money to acquire a real education in the markets. W. D. Gann said that in order to make
“Speculation a Profitable Profession” (the title of one of his courses) one
must become a true professional about it, and acquire a professional level
education. Dr. Baumring used to say that
you don’t become a brain surgeon in a day, but only through long, hard study,
7-10 years of study, yet millions of people think that for some strange reason
they can become a trader overnight, and that it is easy.
What’s particularly amazing is that most people will spend $100,000 to $200,000 on a college education, the tuition at most private schools these days being $40k a year!, yet they balk at spending $5-10,000 obtaining an education in the markets. They hardly realize that there is very little taught at a university that is not publicly available for FREE in any public library or on the Internet. And yet they spend this money without any thought of whether they are receiving an education that will provide sustenance for them and their families for the rest of their lives. Certainly, there are some professions which require specific academic standards, credentials, and specialized training in order to work in those fields, but the majority of students at college are not developing such specialized training. And again, what we are discussing here is trading, and anyone who has looked at any academic curricula or been to college, can tell you that there is absolutely NO education available at universities that teaches anyone how to trade! And yet in the modern world, every individual who has any savings or a simple 401K will find themselves confronted with the necessity to make financial decisions for which they are totally unqualified and unprepared.
People can obtain an MBA and get a
job on Wall Street, but the disastrous state of our current economy, the
dangerous jeopardy of the banking system, and the recent collapse of almost all
of the great old Wall Street financial firms, should be enough to demonstrate
that these sophisticated educations provide even the experts with very little
true knowledge about the markets. These professionals and institutions, and
even such revered figures as Alan Greenspan, all profess surprise over the
current market and economic collapse, while most of our clients have been
expecting this for some time, and were well prepared to take advantage of it.
The current crisis state of the economy is unlikely to resolve itself for many
years to come, with some of our projections, like Dan Ferrera's cycle models
presented in his book, Wheels Within Wheels, even projecting this bear market
to last as long as 14 years, into the 2020's, leaving long term buy and hold
investors with very little opportunity to regain their recent losses, let alone
to successfully invest for the future. However, the incredible volatility of
the markets at this time, with uncommon 500+ point daily swings, provide those
with the ability to call turning points, and the knowledge of how to trade such
swings, with incredible opportunities to make exponential profits unlike any
other time in the history of the financial markets. This is truly a trader's
market, and will be for many years to come, and without these kinds of skills,
the average investor will be hard pressed to make even minimal profits in their
portfolio.
So, in the face of these
considerations, where is the aspiring investor or trader to turn to receive an
adequate education in the markets, whether it be simply to manage his 401K or
retirement portfolio, or whether it be to become a successful stock or
commodity trader? It's one thing to have a general cyclic indication
of market expectations, but an entirely different thing to know how to
take advantage of and trade those insights in real time.
If Ferrera's S&P Forecast is even close to being correct, we are in a
Bear Market for the next 10-15 years, or best case scenario, we'll see a
sideways trading range for most of that period, like we saw in the 1960’s
-80’s. In this kind of market, the "buy and hold" strategy taught to
most investors will be worse than useless, so people need to find a new way to
make money in these volatile and uncertain times. The ONLY way to do this is to learn to
project, in advance, turning points and to trade them! With people losing their
jobs everywhere, it’s comforting to know that a trader works for himself, so
has no fear of losing his job and joining the ranks of the unemployed, if he
can trade!
For the trader, these highly volatile
markets offer one of the greatest opportunities in history to generate
unimagined returns. With the kind of volatility we have seen in the last
two years, with intraday swings of 100’s of points on the Dow, and some stocks
jumping and collapsing by 50% almost overnight, those who know how to forecast
and trade such swings have the regular opportunity to generate returns that
would have taken decades in times past. Such trading requires the ability
to pinpoint exact turning points on a daily and even intraday level. Or for a
more intermediate term investor, projecting the turns on a daily and weekly time
frame is all that is needed to catch the general trend of the market as it
bounces from its high to low within a trading range. This is not as complicated
as one may think, for with the right tools, foreseeing and trading the
intermediate trends of a trading range is almost obvious. Many professional
traders do this all the time, but generally the process is not taught to the
common investor or beginning trader.
If one asks professional traders what the most fundamental necessities
required to make consistent profits in the markets are, they will generally all
boil their expertise down to a few key fundamentals. These fundamentals turn out to be, first and
foremost, good risk management! Second,
effective tools that clearly identify future turning points, specifically,
highly tradable points after which a significant market movement
transpires. And finally, techniques
which identify price level entry points, exit target points, and techniques for
trend determination. It is somewhat
universally agreed upon by successful traders that if you know WHEN to take
your positions, WHERE to enter and exit your trades to maximize profits, as
well as where to place your stops so as to limit your risk without getting
knocked out of your positions, and HOW to determine the nature of the ensuing
trend, that you will be successful in your trading endeavors.
Many people spend a lifetime studying numerous trading books and
courses without ever finding a consistent means to achieve their desired results,
though really with the right direction and proper material they could probably
surmount this obstacle without great cost or difficulty. The first step is in learning to favorably
bias the risk/reward equation. One must
develop a “statistical advantage” before even beginning to trade, through
applying both account management skills, followed by consciously biasing the
risk/reward ratio of one’s trading strategy.
This is really the only way to make a living in the trading
business. Everyone always talks about
the upside of trading, believing that with unlimited potential for gain and
limited losses, that it’s inevitable that given enough time and resources you
will eventually hit it big. However, in
reality, success in this endeavor is very low, because nobody truly understands
how to properly apply these principles of risk management when they first begin
trading. Even many long time traders
have never mastered these most fundamental ideas, and that is what separates
the successful traders from the unsuccessful.
Again, it is Dan Ferrera who has clearly realized that this problem
lies at the core of most failed trading attempts, and with this in mind he
developed a specialized trading course, The Keys To Successful Speculation,
which directly addresses these issues, clearly laying out the principles of
risk management in direct and simple terms that any beginning trader can
quickly master and apply to their trading.
Most people just don’t realize that it is this side of trading that is
blocking them from success. Ferrera’s
Keys provides the “statistical advantage” through risk management that will
allow a trader to skew the risk/reward equation in their favor all the
time.
Once this is achieved, there are many tools which will become much
more effective in producing consistent profits.
However, as mentioned above, the most effective way to produce better
returns in one’s trading will come from an ability to forecast important
turning points in advance, so as to be able to identify and trade profitable
trends. Many teachers and tools attempt
to produce these results, but most end up being hit and miss, or are simply too
complicated for the average analyst to comprehend and effectively apply. However, the new trading course by Dr.
Alexander Goulden, Behind The Veil, presents some of the most effective and
powerful techniques to accomplish this goal.
Dr. Goulden uses a unique combination of geometric price and price/time
projection tools, combined with some extremely powerful timing techniques which
clearly identify future turning points from which tradable trends ensue. His techniques are developed from a similar
tradition and theoretical basis as those used by the great W. D. Gann, but
unlike Gann, are much easier to comprehend and apply by the average
trader. They involve the use of
geometrical manifestation templates derived from ancient systems of metaphysics
and cosmology, as well as timing tools developed from celestial mechanics,
Pythagorean harmonics and vector cycles.
His techniques have been shown to work in all markets, stocks,
commodities, indices and Forex, and on all time frames from minute to monthly,
with incredible accuracy and effectiveness, which when combined with the proper
risk management techniques should help many traders discover the trading
success they have long desired.
These two courses alone
will provide the tools necessary to allow most analysts to trade the markets
with an accuracy only the best traders possess, and to take advantage of the
incredible opportunity the volatility of today's markets presents. Whether you are a conservative investor or
speculative trader, these tools will allow you to call turns and trade the
short or long term trends of the market, whether it is going up or down, while
allowing you to limit your risk and while maximizing your returns. This kind of trading may be the only way for
the individual investor or trader to make money over the coming decade of
unstable markets and crumbling economies.
FOR DETAILS ON DR. ALEXANDER GOULDEN’S TRADING COURSE – BEHIND
THE VEIL:
http://www.sacredscience.com/Goulden/BehindTheVeil.htm
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DANIEL T. FERRERA’S OUTLOOKS & COURSES:
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FOR FERRERA’S TRADING COURSE – KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL SPECULATION:
http://www.sacredscience.com/ferrera/Keys.htm
FOR FERRERA’S WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS WITH HIS 100 YEAR DOW FORECAST:
http://www.sacredscience.com/ferrera/WheelsCourse.htm
FOR FERRERA’S YEARLY OUTLOOKS:
http://www.sacredscience.com/ferrera/Outlook2010.htm
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