2018-11-23 18:51
All market timers, traders and investors, in every kind of market, feel fear at some level. Turn on the news one day and hear that a steep unexpected sell-off is taking place, and most of us… Read More
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Market timing signals, stock & ETF chart analysis, timing commentary, from a market timing professional with over 24 years of timing experience.
2018-10-26 18:24
Questions we are commonly asked are: Have the markets changed? Is it different this time? Have advances in technology made it so the average trader does not have a chance anymore?
These ques… Read More
2018-07-20 20:51
Profitable market timers are disciplined.
They control their impulses and feelings, and this allows them to execute a timing strategy by never failing to make every buy and sell signal the s… Read More
2018-06-22 19:18
While aggressive timing strategies can achieve large profits over time, not every trader is emotionally able to handle them.
The good news is, you don't have to be an aggressive market timer… Read More
2018-05-04 18:03
Fibtimer's success depends on "your" success. We want you to be successful. To achieve this requires not only successful market timing strategies, which we provide, but subscribers must also… Read More
2017-10-06 16:56
When it comes to making decisions, our minds tend to perceive and react to the information available to us, each in its own particular way. This is not something we think much about. It is a… Read More
2017-07-14 19:34
The fact is, all traders, investors, and yes market timers, feel fear at times, at some level.
What is important is how we address it. Knowing the definition and reasons for fear can actuall… Read More
2017-07-07 20:44
There is a great deal of "hype" regarding aggressive market timing, with timing services often advertising overinflated gains attained by trading both bullish (long) positions and bearish (s… Read More
2017-06-09 20:52
While the desire to succeed in market timing is perfectly fine, the desire for immediate profits and winning trades is not.
The desires that motivate your trading could mean the difference b… Read More
2017-06-03 02:00
Last week we began to answer the question asked us by many of our subscribers, "have the markets changed?"
Our answer... was no.
The markets have been unchanged for hundreds of years, and th… Read More
2017-05-19 21:07
While the investing world has always been subject to innumerable uncertainties, it seems that in recent years this is even more the case. On any given day there are so many potential news ev… Read More
2017-05-05 16:45
A butterfly flaps its wings... a hurricane strikes miles away.
According to Chaos Theory, a seemingly irrelevant action can precipitate, and contribute to, a major event. The right set of fa… Read More
2017-04-28 20:48
Winning market timers have learned to control their impulses. They can follow buy and sell market timing signals effortlessly. They show extreme self-control.
Rather than give into their urg… Read More
2017-04-21 20:25
When a person decides to enter the financial markets, he or she brings years of personal experiences with them. Those experiences are usually a detriment to profiting as they are based on on… Read More
2017-04-07 17:27
If you're not careful, you could be your own worst enemy.
There are many different ways to sabotage your efforts as a market timer. Some of them are at the forefront of your mind, such as no… Read More
2017-03-24 19:33
It is not enough to have a successful market timing strategy if that strategy is not traded with discipline. It is also not enough to trade with discipline if you are overly aggressive with… Read More
2017-03-10 22:39
The Stereotype
We are all familiar with the stereotype of the compulsive trader. Traders who are compulsively looking for trading thrills, while telling themselves they are doing it to make… Read More
2017-02-24 20:21
As described in "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator" by Edwin Lefevre, "The speculator's deadly enemies are: Ignorance, Greed, Fear and Hope."
Each of us has a desire for success. It is why w… Read More
2017-02-17 19:23
The Stereotype
We are all familiar with the stereotype of the impulsive trader. Traders who are impulsively looking for trading thrills, while telling themselves they are doing it to make a… Read More
2017-02-11 03:14
The majority of investors see volatility as not only dangerous, but something to be avoided at all costs. They equate volatility with risk. But volatility and risk are two entirely different… Read More
2017-01-27 19:36
As market timers who trade trends, we are always on the lookout for a new indicator or strategy that might give us a better edge and improve results. Education and research never end.
Many h… Read More
2017-01-20 19:06
"Fear" - is defined in the dictionary as:
"...an unpleasant, often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger...implies anxiety and usually the loss of courage."
The fact i… Read More
2017-01-06 20:13
FibTimer's success depends on "your" success. We want you to be successful. To achieve this requires not only a successful market timing strategy, which we provide, but subscribers must also… Read More
2016-12-30 18:49
What good is a plan, if you can not, or do not, execute it?
Fear and Trading
How do you make decisions when those decisions affect something you hold dearly?
Meaning, your money!
First, fear… Read More
2016-12-16 17:25
The current markets are as volatile as any seen since the 2008 bear market chopped more than 50% off the major indexes. We may not have a bear market in our immediate future, but knowing tha… Read More
2016-12-09 17:50
Trading, just because we are itching to do something, can be dangerous to our financial health. Very dangerous.
Our eyes should be focused on the future, and that is what market timing is al… Read More
2016-12-02 23:39
We have all seen the various headlines, ads and marketing hype.
"Use Japanese Candlesticks to spot reversals!" "Learn the secrets of the Pros." "Learn when to take profits." "Learn how to fo… Read More
2016-11-25 18:05
The winning market timer is the disciplined market timer. That very simply means he or she chooses a specific, dependable, market timing strategy and follows it.
How Easily Discipline Can Fa… Read More
2016-11-18 21:58
Fibtimer's success depends on "your" success. We want you to be successful. To achieve this requires not only successful market timing strategies, which we provide, but subscribers must also… Read More
2016-11-11 20:44
There is an old saying, "It's not whether you win or lose but how you play the game."
Few realize just how relevant that saying is, to achieving profitability in the financial markets.
The O… Read More
2016-11-04 19:51
Barraged With News
Market timers following trends generate great returns over time because their buy and sell decisions are based on the one piece of information that counts the most. That i… Read More
2016-10-28 20:30
Successful market timers, meaning profitable market timers, have several common beliefs that help them achieve consistent profits.
On the flip side of this, those who are unsuccessful also h… Read More
2016-10-22 16:28
Humans are born with basic instincts for survival. They need to protect themselves at all costs.
Certain critical instincts are inborn, such as hunger, self-survival, etc. But humans are com… Read More
2016-10-14 16:33
Many novice market timers (traders and investors) have difficulty facing a cold, hard fact about the stock market: You can't get rich overnight.
Experienced timers know this. They expect to… Read More
2016-10-07 17:34
This report takes a look at the basics of using Fibonacci ratios and Elliott Wave theory. Fibonacci ratios and Elliott Waves help us look ahead and be prepared for what the financial markets… Read More
2016-09-30 19:15
Veteran, successful market timers and stock traders stay detached. They know that the markets are impersonal and they trade their strategies methodically. But novice market timers (and novic… Read More
2016-09-23 22:20
Investors Or Traders?
Those who use the stock market to grow their assets have two choices. They can either be investors, which means they are "buy-and-hold" for the long term. Or they are… Read More
2016-09-16 19:56
Short term market volatility is powerfully influenced by fear and greed.
But fear and greed aren't the only emotions that influence market decisions.
Other emotions, such as "disappointment"… Read More
2016-09-09 20:06
At Fibtimer we time the financial markets by identifying and trading trends. Over many years of research, we have found that no one can accurately predict the future of the markets consisten… Read More
2016-09-02 19:19
In the financial markets, a trend is generally understood to be the current market direction. Markets can be trending higher, trending lower, or trending sideways.
But defining a trend so th… Read More
2016-08-26 17:20
Most investors believe they can predict the future. Or at least, that someone else can. At Fibtimer, we rely on the fact that most investors are convinced they can predict the future. This i… Read More
2016-08-19 18:01
The phrase "market timing" has been terribly misused, and misunderstood, by market commentators, analysts, traders and investors.
A stock, ETF, mutual fund, commodity, is purchased with the… Read More
2016-08-12 23:58
Market timing discipline means controlling impulses and controlling emotions. When emotions rule our trading, loses are usually the result.
This is why successful market timers follow a thor… Read More
2016-08-05 20:01
In the book "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator," Edwin Lefevre writes:
"The speculator's deadly enemies are: Ignorance, Greed, Fear and Hope."
In today's commentary we will take a look at "H… Read More
2016-07-29 18:21
Last week we looked at trading fears that can keep you from making the profits that experienced market timers consistently realize.
It is not the timing strategies that keep timers from bein… Read More
2016-07-22 21:25
All market timers, traders and investors, in every kind of market, feel fear at some level. Turn on the news one day and hear that a steep unexpected sell-off is taking place, and most of us… Read More
2016-07-15 16:12
Most market participants consider themselves to be "investors." But if you look at a list of the really big winners on Wall Street, you will see that most of those who make big profits, list… Read More
2016-07-08 17:36
Markets go up and markets go down. It shouldn't matter much, but many new market timers find that their own personal mood fluctuates with the markets, moving from extreme euphoria as the mar… Read More
2016-07-01 16:03
Profitable market timers are disciplined.
They control their impulses and feelings, and this allows them to execute a timing strategy by never failing to make every buy and sell signal the s… Read More
2016-06-17 21:10
Winning market timers have learned to control their impulses. They can follow buy and sell market timing signals effortlessly. They show extreme self-control.
Rather than give into their urg… Read More
2016-06-10 21:25
As a market timer, the one thing we must always remember is that the markets can, and most definitely will, throw every possible hardball, curve ball, fast ball, knuckle ball, etc. at us.
Th… Read More
2016-06-03 17:55
Market timing works, and it works well for people who actually practice it as a discipline. In theory, every investor is capable of following the disciplines of timing. But not everybody has… Read More
2016-05-27 16:41
Predictable vs. Unpredictable?
Many traders and investors set goals. Typically, a goal might be to achieve a 12% gain every year.
Although it is pretty obvious that the markets cannot be dep… Read More
2016-05-13 17:42
Possibly the most difficult aspect of successful market timing is dealing with our emotions. Like oil and water, money and emotions do NOT mix.
There is nothing wrong with emotions of course… Read More
2016-05-06 20:50
As trend timers, we would not have developed our timing strategies without first researching not only the strategies, but the history of the financial markets.
What we found, was that market… Read More
2016-04-29 21:44
Outlandish Claims
We did a search for "Market Timing" on several of the most widely used search engines. Some of the market timing results posted are staggering:
Up over 1000%... we guarante… Read More
2016-04-22 17:12
If you had a million dollars, what would you do?
You wouldn't have to ever work again. You could just sit on the beach and relax. You could pay all your bills and set your family up to live… Read More
2016-04-16 19:33
Definition: "Diversification" - a portfolio strategy designed to reduce exposure to risk by combining a variety of investments which are unlikely to all move in the same direction.
Many Mark… Read More
2016-04-09 16:21
...the BUY or SELL signal has been issued. All you need to do is call your fund company or broker, or log into your online trading account and click on the "Trade" button.
But right at that… Read More
2016-04-01 17:49
The stereotype of the perfect trader (market timer) has many of the same traits as Mr. Spock on "Star Trek." Mr. Spock looks at events logically and objectively, and follows a rational plan… Read More
2016-03-24 23:53
When it comes to making decisions, our minds tend to perceive and react to the information available to us, each in its own particular way. This is not something we think much about. It is a… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Markets go up and markets go down. It shouldn't matter much, but many new market timers (and traders) find that their own personal mood fluctuates with the markets, moving from extreme eupho… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
By allowing fear and greed to influence their trading decisions, new traders tend to follow the masses, and when they go with the crowd, they soon find that market trends not only influence… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
A successful trading plan that creates unemotional buy and sell decisions will, over time, make even the most emotional person, a successful (profitable) market timer Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Stick With The Plan
This may seem like a common sense statement, but the reality of market timing is that the majority of timers "think" they can stick to a timing strategy, however when the… Read More
2016-03-19 00:44
The term "impulsive" is often used to describe people who can't wait. They can't delay; they've got to have it now. So they are willing to forgo something better that comes later in order to… Read More
2016-03-04 18:16
When it comes to making decisions, our minds tend to perceive and react to the information available to us, each in its own particular way. This is not something we think much about. It is a… Read More
2016-02-26 17:49
Historically, The Markets Are Usually In Trends
Trend traders depend on change to make their strategies work. Simply said, a market that just goes sideways can not be timed. But a market tha… Read More
2016-02-19 21:54
Perfectionism may help some people succeed in many other careers. It is often the difference between success and failure.
We have all been brought up knowing that we must strive to be all th… Read More
2016-02-12 22:28
Why do most traders lose most of the time?
Why is it so many investors will stay with a position as it loses, hoping it will bounce back, instead of cutting their losses? And why do those sa… Read More
2016-02-05 18:27
In business schools, the buy-and-hold strategy is still viewed by the majority as the most viable investing strategy for the financial markets.
It is hard to change old beliefs. I often wond… Read More
2016-01-30 00:00
The winning market timer is the disciplined market timer.
Sounds simple. And everyone should find this sentence easy to agree with.
Basically, it just means following a specific trading stra… Read More
2016-01-22 17:22
The fact is, all traders, investors, and yes market timers, feel fear at times, at some level.
What is important is how we address it. Knowing the definition and reasons for fear can actuall… Read More
2016-01-08 22:01
Humans have a natural tendency to follow the crowd, but when timing the markets, following the crowd can often result in losses.
Unless you are in the middle of a long term trend, it usually… Read More
2016-01-01 15:03
Most everyone makes some sort of New Year's resolution. And, most everyone fails at following them for very long.
The problem with such resolutions is, they are made because you already have… Read More
2015-12-24 19:54
There are several critical factors needed to be a successful market timer.
Money does not accumulate in your account without some work on your part. In fact, market timing means pitting your… Read More
2015-12-18 18:33
A few years ago I read an article that ended a long standing belief on my part. On an "Urban Legend" website, I discovered that lemmings do not herd together and commit mass suicide by jumpi… Read More
2015-12-11 20:27
A butterfly flaps its wings... a hurricane strikes miles away.
According to Chaos Theory, a seemingly irrelevant action can precipitate, and contribute to, a major event. The right set of fa… Read More
2015-11-27 18:06
Requirements For The Position
Have you ever wondered what the job requirements would be for the position of "Market Timer?" Assuming such a position existed, would you be qualified for it?
S… Read More
2015-11-20 18:14
It is not enough to have a successful market timing strategy if that strategy is not traded with discipline. It is also not enough to trade with discipline if you are overly aggressive with… Read More
2015-11-13 19:22
The winning market timer is cold, calculating, and unemotional.
Sound a bit unreal? Maybe it is, but the reality is that it is important to control your emotions, rather than let them interf… Read More
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