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<title>The Ultimate Indicator</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:14:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The world has emergencies just waiting to boil over all the time. How can we as trend traders stay one step ahead of the financial markets? ]]></description>
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<title>New Year's Resolutions!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:30:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Most everyone makes some sort of New Year's resolution. And, most everyone fails at following them for very long. ]]></description>
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<title>Fear And Greed</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:02:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Never mistake genius for profits derived from your trading strategy. Genius loses money. Trading plans make money.]]></description>
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<title>Don't Make It Personal</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:21:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Veteran, successful market timers and traders stay detached. They know that the markets are impersonal and they trade they strategies methodically. But novice market timers often have trouble achieving this rational mind set.]]></description>
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<title>Market Timing, Do You Have What It Takes?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/744089</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:37:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
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<title>Have The Markets Changed?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/721733</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:42:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The only thing you can absolutely count on is change. Markets will advance. Markets will decline.]]></description>
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<title>Maintaining Discipline - Easier Said Than Done</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:16:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The winning market timer is the disciplined market timer. Basically, it just means following a specific trading strategy and not deviating from it. But people differ in terms of their ability to maintain self-control and discipline. ]]></description>
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<title>Job Search - &quot;Market Timer Needed&quot;</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/653804</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:00:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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? ]]></description>
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<title>A Butterfly Flaps Its Wings, Chaos Theory And The Financial Markets</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/644297</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:52:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[According to Chaos Theory, a seemingly irrelevant action can precipitate, and contribute to, a major event. The right set of factors comes together and a major event takes place. ]]></description>
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<title>Making Sense Of The Stock Market</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/635103</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:45:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When a person decides to enter the financial markets and learn to trade, they bring years of personal experiences with them. Those experiences are usually a detriment to profiting as they are based on one's life experiences.]]></description>
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<title>Quick Profits vs. The Virtue Of Patience</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/617831</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:45:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Winning market timers are patient. They know how to control their impulses and to act decisively when a timing signal is issued. ]]></description>
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<title>Pulling The Trigger</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:42:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The trade you do not take, will likely be the trade that makes most of the profits for the entire year.]]></description>
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<title>Rules For Market Timing Success</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 15:15:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Money does not accumulate in your account without some work on your part. In fact, market timing means pitting your emotional skills against those of the tens of thousands of other traders.]]></description>
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<title>The Forever Strategy</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 11:36:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Market trends are much more pervasive than most would think. In fact, trends could have been traded just as profitably 200 years ago, as they are today.]]></description>
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<title>Discretionary vs Mechanical Market Timing Strategies</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/552123</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 14:50:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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 traders who try to use the ups and downs inherent in free markets to profit. ]]></description>
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<title>The Compulsive Impulsive Trader</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 16:04:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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 a profit.]]></description>
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<title>Discipline Equals Profits For Market Timers</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:21:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
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<title>The Psychology Of Market Timing</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:23:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The biggest enemy, when market timing the stock market via mutual funds, ETF's, even individual stocks (or in any trading for that matter), is within ourselves. Success is possible only when we learn to control our emotions. ]]></description>
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<title>Controlling Impulses, Key To Market Timing Profitability</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:27:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Winning market timers have learned to control their impulses. They can follow buy and sell market timing signals effortlessly. They show extreme self-control.]]></description>
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<title>Instincts Vs. A Market Timing Strategy</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:32:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The reason for following any timing strategy is to "remove" yourself from making emotional trades. To remove yourself from the herd, which is often headed in the "wrong" direction. Towards the nearest cliff. 
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<title>Trading Fears - We All Have Them - It's How We Handle Them That Counts</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/483085</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:31:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As the importance of an individual trade increases in the trader's mind, the fear level tends to increase as well. A trader becomes more hesitant and cautious, seeking to avoid a mistake. ]]></description>
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<title>Is Volatility A Four Letter Word?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/474464</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2007 09:32:17 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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 things. 
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<title>Buy-And-Hold? It Works If You Have 40 Years Or So</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/449051</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:11:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Most people invested using the buy-and-hold strategy in the 1990s, and as we all know, they lost a bundle when the dot-com bubble burst and we entered the 2000-2002 bear market with losses of 50% to 80%. ]]></description>
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<title>Following The Crowd... To Conform Or Not To Conform?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:21:46 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Humans have a natural tendency to follow the crowd, but when timing the markets, following the crowd can often result in losses. ]]></description>
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<title>When Your Money Is On The Line-Market Timing And Emotions</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/423821</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:28:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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 interfere with your trading decisions.]]></description>
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<title>Discipline and Market Timing</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:29:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many buy and sell signals are made during times of market volatility and usually contradict the majority opinion. Going against the prevailing sentiment is tough, but critical to success. ]]></description>
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<title>Letting Your Profits Ride</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/395533</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2006 06:22:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Allowing emotions to have any say in your market timing (or any trading) decisions, guarantees that you you will have even more emotions to deal with. The emotions caused by losses.]]></description>
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<title>Focus On The War - Not The Battle</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/387874</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:51:54 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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 same investors, when they have a winning position, take quick profits instead of letting the trend play out? ]]></description>
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<title>Wishing Upon a Star</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/380860</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2006 07:45:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Can you predict what the masses will do? Sometimes, but not always. Profitable market timers, however, rely on their strategy. They do not try to predict. ]]></description>
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<title>Following The Trend</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/374051</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:54:51 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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. Price. ]]></description>
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<title>Successful Market Timing DEPENDS On Change</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/369268</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2006 14:44:30 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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 that trends up and down can be. 
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<title>Money And Emotions</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/363518</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:11:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Possibly the most difficult aspect of successful market timing is dealing with our emotions. Like oil and water, money and emotions do NOT mix.]]></description>
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<title>S&amp;P 500 (SPX) &amp; Nasdaq 100 (NDX) Timing</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/356446</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:02:28 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[All market timers, at times, feel fear. But successful market timers manage their fear, while losing market timers are controlled by it. ]]></description>
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<title>It's All In How You Play The Game</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/349010</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:17:35 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Typically, those new to stock market timing work under the assumption that winning is all that matters. Obviously winning is important, but being profitable is more important. And it is a goal that the majority of traders fail to realize. ]]></description>
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<title>The Grass Is Not Greener On The Other Side</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/340357</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:36:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
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<title>Market Timing Facts vs. Market Timing Fiction</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/334088</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Oct 2006 08:48:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The phrase "market timing" has been terribly misused, and misunderstood, by market commentators, analysts, traders and investors.]]></description>
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<title>Beliefs of Successful Market Timers</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/327177</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:10:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Successful market timers, meaning profitable market timers, have several "common" beliefs that help them achieve consistent profits.]]></description>
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<title>Two Emotions That Can Influence Your Trading</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/320481</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:06:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Emotions, such as disappointment and regret, can also impact what market timers do and can have adverse effects on their timing decisions. ]]></description>
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<title>A Market Timer's Worst Enemy</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/307638</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/307638</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:45:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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 not trading the strategy, while others are deep seated; they lurk at the back of your mind and work behind the scenes. ]]></description>
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<title>The Case For Market Timing Diversification</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/300692</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:35:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many investors who understand the potential of market timing, pay little attention to the potential of diversification. Many jump right into an aggressive timing strategy with little thought about how they will handle a period of losing buy and sell signals. ]]></description>
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<title>Investor or Trader... Which Are You?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/288116</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/288116</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:23:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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 themselves as "traders." ]]></description>
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<title>Reaping Rewards Over Time</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/274181</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/274181</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:56:17 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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 get something right away. ]]></description>
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<title>Fibonacci Ratios &amp; Elliott Wave Theory</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/266061</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:49:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This report takes a look at the basics of using Fibonacci ratios and Elliott Wave theory. They are complex subjects and readers interested in additional information should use the links provided or search online. There are a great many articles on the internet covering both.]]></description>
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<title>The Irrational Investor</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/257275</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:58:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The unrealistic approach to market timing is the expectation of instant gratification. The expectation of immediate gains, and that losses are not only "not" something to be expected, but also "not" to be tolerated. ]]></description>
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<title>Emotions And Trading</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/250113</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2006 19:05:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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 when creating a solution to a problem. ]]></description>
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<title>Volatility Got You Down? Consider Sector Funds</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/244765</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 05:30:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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 to achieve large profits.]]></description>
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<title>Profit Targets... Important Or A Really Bad Idea?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/239178</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2006 11:25:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many traders and investors set goals. Typically, a goal might be to achieve a 15% gain every year. Although it is pretty obvious that the markets cannot be depended upon for a steady rate of return, the question is, is it even a good idea to set such goals?]]></description>
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<title>Aiming For The Moon</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/234897</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/234897</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2006 14:28:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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 forecast reversals before they occur!" The problem is that you cannot spot reversals or changes in trends until "after" they have occurred.]]></description>
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<title>The Search For Overnight Riches</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/228563</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/228563</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 06:09:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many novice market timers (traders and investors) have difficulty facing a cold, hard fact about the stock market: You can't get rich overnight. ]]></description>
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<title>Can You Predict The Future?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/222355</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2006 12:22:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Most investors believe they can predict the future. Or at least, that someone else can. As trend traders, we rely on the fact that most investors are convinced they can predict the future. This is where most of our profits come from. ]]></description>
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<title>Following A Market Timing Strategy</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2006 20:49:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many traders, market timers, investors have no plan at all. They are like the proverbial Gunslingers of the Old West. A news event causes the market to decline and BANG, they go short. An economic indicator comes in better than expected, the market rises, and POW they go long.]]></description>
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<title>Market Timer, Know Yourself</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/211642</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jun 2006 06:51:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Timers should use the strategies that suit them best. There are aggressive, active, and conservative timing strategies. Make sure you know what sort of timing strategy you are emotionally able to handle. ]]></description>
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<title>Market Timing vs. Conventional Wisdom</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/206310</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 07:44:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We recently did a search for "Market Timing" on several of the most widely used search engines. Some of the market timing results posted are staggering.]]></description>
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<title>Ignorance, Greed, Fear and Hope</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/201585</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 16:13:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Each of us has a desire for success. That is why we use market timing in our investing. Not only to increase our gains in both bull and bear markets, but importantly to protect our capital against loss. But that same desire for success can stand in the way of our ability to recognize reality, even if it is right before our eyes. ]]></description>
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<title>Maintaining Discipline, Key To Stock Market Profits</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/192750</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 08:20:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The winning trader is the disciplined trader. Discipline means controlling impulses and controlling emotions. As many new traders can tell you, however, maintaining discipline is often easier said than done. ]]></description>
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<title>Nasdaq Q's (NASDAQ: QQQQ) and S&amp;P SPYDRS (AMEX: SPY) Traders - Being Right, Or Making Money?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2006 19:59:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When a market timer trading the Nasdaq Q's (NASDAQ: QQQQ) and S&P SPYDRS (AMEX: SPY), or index funds such as the Rydex Nova Fund (NASDAQ: RYNVX) and Rydex OTC Fund (NASDAQ: RYOCX) makes a trading decision based on a news event, fear of losing out on a rally or of losing money in a sell off, or even the stock broker neighbor's trading tip, he or she is trading on emotions. ]]></description>
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<title>Trading Trends For Profits</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 11:17:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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 that it can be profitably traded is something else entirely.
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<title>Market Moods And Market Timers</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:31:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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 markets soar to new heights to deep despair when the markets plunge to new lows.]]></description>
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<title>Handling Stock Market Hardballs</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:45:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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. 
The reason we invest in the stock market is because we recognize the huge potential for profits. But we are not in safe money market funds]]></description>
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<title>Are We Lemmings, Or Are We Traders?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:57:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Unlike many other timing services which apparently practice voodoo in their timing signals, we are trend traders. We do not sift through tea leaves to make our buy and sell decisions. We identify trends and when a new trend is established, we trade it.]]></description>
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<title>Critical Issues For Market Timers</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:58:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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 those funds allocated to market timing, and cannot handle the resulting volatility.]]></description>
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