We are going to move beyond discussing a single options strategy and take a look at a fully integrated trading plan.  What am I talking about?

Well, have you ever traded credit spreads?  Sometimes, maybe most of the time, they work out great.  Sell the spread.  Watch it expire.  Keep the credit.

But what happens when that spread winds up in-the-money?  If you do not have a good answer for that question, then you owe it to yourself to attend our next live webinar event.

Thursday, March 11, 2010
9:00 p.m. EST (6:OO p.m. PST)

This presentation is going to be a bit different…

It’s focus is a method that uses different options strategies to respond to changing market conditions.  So, if you put on a trade expecting the market to do “X” but instead it does “Y”, you have a response that will move you into a hedged position ready to turn the change of market condition to your advantage.

I think you will find that you already know most of the parts, but that you will be impressed with the manner in which they are being assembled to create an intelligent approach to using options to limit market risk and to take advantage of changed market conditions.

Be Sure To Download The Complimentary E-book

First of all, you will want to download a copy of a 100+ page book  that is being made available to you.  It covers some basics, but also gets into some fairly advanced subjects.  Just a word of caution, you may not be able to ready the entire book before Thursday’s presentation.

Download The E-book & Register For The Webinar

Use the link above to download the complimentary e-book.  When you do, you will also be able to register for the live presentation.  There is no cost for either the book or the presentation.

Also, I spoke with my friends at MarketTamer and they have agreed to host the video replay of the event on their server.  That eliminates the storage and bandwidth issues I have when I put these on my server.  They’re taking care of everything!

So, what is this training session going to do for you?

For starters, it is going to demonstrate a risk averse method for getting into the market and then follow-up with an intelligently thought out trading plan.  It should be truly “eye opening” for many who attend.

Get yourself registered and download the complimentary e-book.  Then make time to attend the live presentation or catch the video re-play.

Christopher Smith
TheOptionClub.com

So, we brought in a real trading professional to tackle the subject!

The truth is that calendar spreads can make and lose money in two ways.  Price movement is one.  If the underlying stock or index’s price moves outside of your spread’s break-even points you gotta do something or you’re gonna lose money.  But if it behaves, it’s literally just a matter of time and you’re bound to turn a profit.

Implied volatility is another factor working either for us or against us.  Calendar spreads are long vega trades, which means that they are exposed to changes in implied volatility.  If it rises the value of our spread will rise and if it falls it’s going to hurt us.

The upshot of this little discussion is that understanding implied volatility, its effects upon long vega trades like calendar spreads, and a plan for responding to changes in implied volatility are good things to know about.  That’s what went down on Wednesday.

Hopefully you were on-line with us.  If not, you can still watch the video re-play which is now available on our website.

Dan Sheridan and Managing Calendar Spreads When Implied Volatility Drops

By the way, if you are a member of my Trading Room you can download the full resolution version of the video from the download section.

Christopher Smith
TheOptionClub.com

Christopher Smith, B.B.A., J.D.

I spent this weekend in Burbank, CA, with John Summa, Ph.D., learning and teaching about options.  The center piece of the weekend was a set of adjustments that Dr. Summa had worked out for the purpose of adjusting an iron condor spread.  A lot of people, myself included, have learned to adjust iron condor spreads using various techniques and I have found that those techniques have a great deal of similarity from one iron condor trader to the next…

What I found interesting about Dr. Summa’s adjustments presentation were the case studies that followed…

From the first case study on we saw actual adjustments made by Dr. Summa to iron condor positions that were actually traded by him, last year.  Last year was not an easy year for iron condor traders, so there were quite a few examples of adjustments actually being applied.

The interesting thing was that the adjustments actually used were often modifications of the techniques that were taught.  Dr. Summa explained that income trading is not a mechanical process and that there is an art to this craft.  What that means is that while we do have rules and we do need to follow them, we also need to think critically and exercise our skills as traders.

If we could boil income trading down to a static rule set we could then program that into a computer system and turn that computer system loose on the market.  Our job would be done as the computer would dutifully apply the rules mechanically, without fail.  This system does not exist, however.  Why not?

The reason our automated income trading system does not exist is for the same reason we have not yet heard of an electronic system producing great art.  Something organic is required.

We do need to build the box with its right angles and straight lines because that is what provides us with structure.  Those straight lines and right angles are the rules by which we are guided in each and every trade we execute.  We then need to learn how to think outside of that box.  Not to violate our own rules, but to adapt them to the situation before us.

The guiding principle is that which was laid down by Warren Buffet for his own application.  “Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.“  All of the various option strategies you hear about, the adjustment techniques, all those fancy and often confusing names will do you absolutely no good as an options trader unless you absorb this commandment.

John Summa understands this rule of rules and has learned to bend those other rules that follow to serve the first.  Do not lose money on your trades.  As options premium sellers we tend to settle for small profits while risking much larger potential losses.  Novice traders are often pushed to the sidelines with busted accounts because they had not yet appreciated this commandment for successful traders or, at least, they did not know how to apply it.

It’s all about not losing money on your trades.  When the market moves against you, action is mandatory.  To respond to those unsettling market moves you will need a toolbox with several defensive tactics.  Dr. Summa provided those tactics over the weekend.  He then demonstrated that a bit of creativity doesn’t hurt either.

The reward for mastering this discipline is a stabilization of your equity curve.  Eliminate the breath taking drops in account value and replace them with a steady upward ascent.  It makes for a much smoother ride.

We had several members from TheOptionClub.com community in attendance.  I always find it rewarding to meet people face-to-face after corresponding on our message boards for several months, or even years.  Thanks for coming out!

Christopher Smith
TheOptionClub.com

Last night during our live group trading session in the Trading Room, that question was raised.  Of course, no one really knows what the market will do on any given day, but it is possible to get a sense of where it is likely to open.

Futures contracts on the major indexes are traded prior to the U.S. markets opening.  You can get live futures quotes from your broker or even by tuning into CNBC, Bloomberg, or the Fox Business Channel.  For example, the ticker symbol “/ES” is the E-mini S&P 500 and “/YM”  is the e-mini DJIA.  If you have access to quotes from other world exchanges you may also get a glimpse into the market activity elsewhere in the world.  Some of our members have found the DAX to be fairly reliable in predicting opening activity on U.S. exchanges.

It is sometimes nice to have an idea of what you might expect once that opening bells sounds.  As I type this, the futures are pointing toward a higher open which may provide a bit of welcome relief for some traders.  This may provide an opportunity to exit a troubled position.

Just bear in mind that a higher open does not necessarily mean that we will also have a higher close.  The market is an uncertain creature and if you ever find yourself thinking that you know what it is going to do next, that’s when it will do the unexpected.

Stay hedged.  Trade well.

Christopher Smith
TheOptionClub.com

As traders we can pay attention to the macro-economic issues that confront us as a country and that impact upon our economy, but our real job is to pay attention to the market and manage risk.  The image is a daily price chart of the S&P 500 following Friday’s market close.  You will notice that Thursday’s price action took the S&P 500 directly to the 50-day moving average, which was then decisively breached on Friday.  Our first Fib level is at 1,038, which is also a prior support level.  If we breach this level the 200-day moving average will not be far away and will likely be the next bear target.

There is little doubt that the market is now correcting after a near 10-month market rally.  The more difficult question is whether this will be a “normal” correction with a resumption of the upward trend or whether it is a harbinger of something more troubling.

Of course, no one knows the answer to this question although many will offer their opinion.  Traders need to be more pragmatic, however.  The trend is changing and whenever a change in trend takes place there is an opportunity to make and to lose money.  If you have managed to maintain profitability during the past ten months, you do not necessarily need to make money during this corrective phase.  The real objective is to maintain disciplined risk management and to minimize losses.  In other words, let’s not give back the profits we have earned.  That is the focus we have in the Trading Room.

For those of us who like to follow trends, it may be time to begin raising cash and adopt a “wait and see” posture.  Maybe we move lower from here.  Perhaps we simply consolidate for awhile before returning to the prior bullish trend.  Maybe we will be range bound.  I don’t know what direction the market will take, but I do know that if I am able to preserve capital during these transitional periods that I will be well situated to take advantage of the new trend once it emerges.

Christopher Smith
TheOptionClub.com

Yes, I am a Swimer…

What got me blogging this evening was a short article found on page 40 of the Winter 2010 edition of thinkMoney.  The article, written by Tony Battista, tackles the idea that the options market is a “zero sum game.”  What is a zero sum game, you ask?

A zero sum game is one where for every winner you must also have a loser.  In the context of trading it means that for every person who turns a profit someone else must suffer a corresponding loss.  By way of example, if I sold a call option to you and the market rallied wildly higher, you would have made a tidy profit and I would have suffered a demoralizing loss.

True?  Well, let’s consider what Mr. Battista has to add to the discussion…

Tony Battista presents three myth busting scenarios.  The first is a situation similar to the one I just offered, and Mr. Battista suggests that perhaps I would not suffer a demoralizing loss despite having sold that call option.  If I was a market maker I would immediately buy stock to hedge the risk I took on when selling the option and would have suffered no loss as a result of the market rally.  As a retail investor I may have sold that call option as part of a covered call trade; i.e., I bought stock, too.  If this were the case we both could make money, no?

What if the market falls?  You would certainly lose money on your long call, while I make money on the opposite side of that position.  But, I also bought the stock and the losses on the stock may quickly exceed the premium I received from the call sale.  In that case, you and I would both be holding our hand in the shape of an “L” on our foreheads…

We could also both be winners if I owned I profitable long call, sold that call to you to close the position and lock in my profit, and then you enjoyed a profit from a continued market rally.  But, what of the fella who sold the call to me?  Well, if that fella was a market maker she, or he, would likely have immediately hedged that short call position to offset their risk.  From market maker, to me, on to you…  Who lost money?

Well, that’s not the entire picture and true to his floor trader roots, Tony Battista does hedge his thesis a bit.  But, it was an interesting quick read that I thought I would share with my readers.  If you would like to read the original story, it is on page 40 of the current thinkMoney magazine and is available in electronic form on ThinkOrSwim’s website.

Christopher Smith
TheOptionClub.com

Writing covered calls may seem to involve a lot of complex analysis and decision making.  This is sometimes the case, but this options strategy can be rewarding and successful at any level of complexity.  It’s really up to you.

Many people enjoy playing golf.  Some aspire to achieve professional standing and play along side the likes of Tiger Woods.  Just because you cannot see yourself in such company does not mean that you should give up on the idea of learning to play golf altogether.  You just have to lower your threshold of accomplishment a little.  Perhaps you just try to consistently break 100 at your favorite course.

Adopt the same mindset for your covered call writing.  The selection of the underlying stock and the particular call option to write can tailor the strategy many differing risk tolerance levels, changing market conditions, as well as numerous goals and time frames.

I am also going to challenge you to think of the covered call in a new way.  When you sell a call option against stock you own, you have created a covered write position in your account.  Now consider stepping beyond this single position and adopt a new way of thinking, so as to continually be looking for covered call opportunities and making option writing an ongoing activity that affects both the makeup and performance of your portfolio.

When you adopt this new mindset and put it into action you will have adopted a new investment strategy. Such a strategy will not only alter the risk-reward parameters of your stock portfolio, but it will also change your investment/trade selection process, your expectations of overall portfolio returns, and your position management.

This new strategy will require a bit more effort on your part than the traditional “buy and hold” approach, but it also holds the potential of significant benefits if you learn to implement the strategy in an appropriate risk averse manner.  Developing the necessary skills can be treacherous in today’s financial education marketplace, however  So many people are promising so many things, it is difficult to know what can realistically be achieved with the covered call.

We have had presentations on the covered call strategy in the past and we have talked about differing approaches that included covered call campaigning on broad based index products as well as modulated covered writing.  I wanted to expand beyond these concepts to something a bit more sophisticated and capable of generating meaningful annualized returns.

When it comes to trading covered calls I have come to rely upon the insight and experience of John Brasher.  He has been a dedicated covered call trader for many years, has lived through difficult markets with this strategy, and has learned how to survive and thrive with it.

John Brasher has agreed to join us on Tuesday, February 9, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. PST.  During this presentation we will watch as John walks us through the process he uses to find and plan covered call trade.  This goes beyond those scans on your broker’s website that find the most expensive call options out there.

After all, there is a reason the premiums on some stocks are so fat and introducing that kind of risk to your portfolio may be one of the dumber notions out there.  You must know how to separate the good covered call trades from the junk.  It’s the difference between making a prudent investment versus a reckless gamble.

Not only will he show us how to do that, but we will also learn how to protect our account from the inevitable losing covered call trade.  We are all human.  It is not reasonable to think you will never have a losing trade.  So, you had best learn how to deal with one.

Register For Our Covered Call Webcast Featuring John Brasher
“Not Your Daddy’s Covered Calls”
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST

If you would like to learn a responsible approach to covered call trading, then I would like to invite you to attend the February 9th presentation as my guest.

I’ll see you there.

Christopher Smith
TheOptionClub.com

Christopher Smith, B.B.A., J.D.

I hope you were able to attend yesterday’s live presentation with Dr. Summa. Iron Condors are notorious for devastating a trader’s account when the market changes direction or starts moving unrelentingly.

What Dr. Summa did for us yesterday is introduce the concept of dynamic delta hedging. This all goes back to the concept of “trading by the numbers” and is something we spend a lot of time talking about in the Trading Room.

By controlling delta risk it is possible no only to stay in an iron condor trade, but to also stabilize your account equity.  What this stabilization does is allow you a graceful exit from the position should it ultimately prove to be untenable.

Where many iron condor traders find themselves in trouble is when the market creeps ever closer to the strike price of one or the other short option. They stay in the trade hoping that the market takes a pause or reverses.  While they hope for relief, an unrealized loss builds in their account.  As the market continues its encroachment upon that short strike they now hesitate to close the position because that would mean converting what is now a large unrealized loss into an actual loss.

We have all been there.  No one likes taking a loss, but it is sometimes necessary.  Our focus is on making sure that loss is as small possible.  Dynamic delta hedging is one tool we can use when the market moves against us to keep account equity stable, to keep losses in check, and very often to pull a tidy little profit out of what would have otherwise been a costly loss of capital.

I know what you are thinking…

Was this presentation recorded?  I will not keep you in suspense any further.  Yes, we did record the presentation and it is now available for viewing.

Options Pro Strategies and Defense Tactics
with John Summa

On the video re-play page you will also find links to the PDF download that contains Dr. Summa’s slides from his presentation.  The video has been reduced in size to serve the demands of our growing audience while reducing bandwidth and storage consumption.  This produces a degradation in the quality of the video re-play.  Downloading the PDF should allow you to follow along more easily.

I have also posted a link to Dr. Summa’s website where you can get more information about his upcoming presentation here in Burbank, CA.  On Saturday, January 30th, and Sunday January 31st, Dr. Summa will host small group training sessions.  The Saturday session is geared for beginning to intermediate options traders and will prepare you for what’s coming the next day.  On Sunday, Dr. Summa will lead the group into an exploration of very effective adjustment and defensive tactics.

My plan is to attend both sessions and to be on-hand to assist anyone attending as much as I can.  I will also clear my schedule for Saturday evening.  Dr. Summa and I will be inviting anyone in attendance to meet us for dinner.  We’ll probably be going “Dutch,” but we will share stories and talk trading right on through the dessert course.

Space is limited for this event, but if you decide to attend I look forward to meeting you and please be sure to let me know you’re a member of our community!

Enjoy the video!

Christopher Smith
TheOptionClub.com

The graphic above is a screen shot from when the trade was originally opened.  You will notice that we used the February options and closed today (just 15 days later) for a profit yielding inclusive of commissions more than 5%.

This particular trade worked out very well since the market has essentially been an income trader’s playground the last few months.  No big directional moves.  Stable to declining volatility.  It’s not always like that, though.

Where we really earn our keep is when the market is less than cooperative, breaking out of previously defined ranges.  This plays havoc with trades like the iron condor that depend upon the market to stay within certain boundaries.

In the Trading Room we spend a lot of time talking about risk management and position adjustments.  This is critical to our success because while we can make an enviable annualized return by generating 5% each month, one big loss could wipe most or all of those profits away.

We have survived some of those difficult times, though.  Later today John Summa, Ph.D., will be giving a free presentation addressing exactly these issues of risk management and position adjustment for iron condors.  I hope you join us.

Christopher Smith
TheOptionClub.com

I love trading iron condors!  High volatility.  Low volatility.  Consolidating markets.  Trending markets.  The iron condor is one of my staple trades.

It was not always that way though…

When I first began trading options several years back, these trades made me nervous.  I would lay in bed at 4:00 a.m., staring at the ceiling, just thinking about some iron condor position and how the market was within several points of my short option.

That experience taught me that if you’re going to trade, you must learn how to manage risk and if you are going to trade options you must learn how to adjust positions.

Back then learning advanced adjustment and risk management techniques was no easy feat.  There were very limited educational resources around.  Luckily, I had access to some pretty smart people with a great deal of market experience and they were willing to share it with me.

With their help I learned to control risks.  I learned how and when to apply adjustments to move the risk graph.  These skills not only the way I traded but also changed the way I slept!  My stomach wasn’t tied in knots anymore.

Today there are many more quality sources from which you can gain a solid education.  Even advanced topics like position adjustments are readily accessible.

In fact, we are hosting a free web-cast this Wednesday, January 13th, at 12:00 p.m. PST, featuring John Summa, Ph.D.  Dr. Summa is an economist and avid options trader.  One of his particular areas of expertise is in adjusting and managing iron condors.

On Wednesday afternoon he will be walking us through a case study of past trades.  Something of a “good, the bad, and the ugly” of iron condor trading.  What Dr. Summa will be doing is demonstrating how you can learn the skill of adjusting to effectively manage iron condors in some of the most difficult market environments.

John Summa, Ph.D.’s Iron Condor Adjustment Clinic
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
12:00 p.m. PST / 3:00 p.m. EST

Register For Dr. Summa’s Iron Condor Adjustment Clinic

Once I learned how to keep myself out of trouble and how I could confidently manage a trade even when the market seemed determined to drive my account equity into the ground, much of my anxiety dissipated.  I no longer worried about what I would do if the market moved against me.  I didn’t worry because I knew exactly what I would do and I knew it would work…

It’s been said many times before.  There is no “holy grail” of trading.  The battle over profits and losses is won and loss with your risk management skills.  Learn to manage risk.  Learn to effectively adjust position.

I hope you join us on Wednesday for the event!

Christopher Smith
TheOptionClub.com

Disclaimer

So, here it is…

Christopher Smith
TheOptionClub.com

To Members of TheOptionClub.com

Did you know that what you see in the financial media every day – the rise and fall of the major indices like the Dow, NASDAQ and S&P 500 – has very little to do with what’s REALLY going on in the market?

The big-money traders like banks, pension funds, hedge fund managers – i.e. the “institutions” – couldn’t care less what the Dow does on a given day.

Why?

Because they already knew what was going to happen. They knew because they pay attention to something called “Market Internals,” which actually lead the indices.

Seems like a small detail, but in fact it’s the name of the game. It’s how the institutions are able to generate enormous wealth – and it comes at the expense of regular investors like you.

And it’s a big part of the system that I’ve used in my trading for more than 14 years, a system that has given me profits on nearly 80 percent of my trades in just my first few years alone.

My trading service members know firsthand how reliable the system is for generating profits.

And now, after more than two years of work, I’ve taken my entire trading process and laid it out for anybody who wants to enjoy the spoils that – until now – only institutions and professionals like me have enjoyed.

For the first time ever, I’m sharing everything, the sum of all my experience boiled down into four easy-to-learn steps that I promise has the power to have you trading exactly like a professional investor.

What Exactly is Chris Rowe’s Internal Strength System?

I should probably start with what it is NOT.

C.R.I.S.S. is NOT a trading service.

C.R.I.S.S. is NOT a proprietary bundle of trading software.

C.R.I.S.S. is NOT an impossibly complex set of trading guidelines.

My Internal Strength System IS …

The fulfillment of my long-time goal to empower individual investors.

The best educational product ever created, according to the people who’ve already enjoyed its results.

A 4-step SYSTEM that will teach you to trade just like an institutional investor. A system that I guarantee – once you finish – will give you all the tools you’ll need to achieve profits in any market … just like me, for the rest of your life.

How to Make Sure You’ll Have a Fair Chance to Get Involved:

I didn’t make the final decision to release my Internal Strength System until I knew I could present my entire system in a way that was easy to understand and easy to act on.

What’s the point of creating a product that’s full of information like a dictionary, but that you can’t apply to your everyday life???

Well, I got lucky BIG TIME when a subscriber of mine named Rene Besson, who is a film producer out in Hollywood, offered his services in creating the video portion of C.R.I.S.S.

I’ll be telling you much more about Rene – and a whole lot more about C.R.I.S.S. – in the coming days before the limited release on August 20th.

As a matter of fact, the best way to stay informed and learn more is to sign up for what we’re calling, in honor of Rene and his Hollywood pedigree, the C.R.I.S.S. “Backstage Pass.”

There’s no cost to sign up. Simply go to this page.

The C.R.I.S.S. Backstage Pass

Signing up will give you …

* Behind-the-scenes updates leading up to the launch of C.R.I.S.S

* First crack at one of the limited number of copies

* Bonus Video: the actual introduction to my system, ripped straight off the first DVD, to give you a sneak preview of what to expect

* A hefty discount (you can thank Chris Smith at TheOptionClub.com for that) when it’s available on Thursday, August 20th.

And this is very important: this is an exclusive release of my Internal Strength System for select investors only. I will not be offering it to the general public. In fact, when August 20th rolls around, I will not offer it to all of you.

The only way to guarantee that you will receive an invitation on August 20th is to sign up for your Backstage Pass. It doesn’t obligate you in any way, of course, but it does ensure that you’ll have the opportunity to get involved.

C.R.I.S.S. Backstage Pass

Look, it took me more than 14 years of trading, countless mistakes, endless study, and constant refining to develop the system that gives me winners in any market, bull or bear.

What I’m offering you with my Internal Strength System is, plain and simple, the opportunity to get to where I am today … without spending years getting there.

This is going to be your ticket to financial independence, and I’m as proud of it as anything I’ve ever done in my life.

I hope you’ll join me when I send out my invitation e-mail for the Internal Strength System.

But remember: The only way to ensure you receive an invitation on Thursday, August 20th is to sign up for your “Backstage Pass.”

Click Here to Get Your Backstage Pass >>

C.R.I.S.S. Backstage Pass

To Your Financial Independence,

Christopher Rowe
Creator, Chris Rowe’s Internal Strength System (C.R.I.S.S.)

P.S. – Maybe it’s not immediately obvious what this system can mean for you and your future. And maybe that’s my fault for being so modest, but I just have a hard time blowing my own horn. Instead, I’d rather let some of my students tell you what they think about C.R.I.S.S. in their own words:

These Members Wrote to Say “Thanks” for Giving Them the Key to Financial Freedom!

“It’s a good thing that I bought those TIE puts back in January. My investment in CRISS was worth it just for this one trade and I expect that it will keep paying dividends well into my investing future.” – Mike K., New Jersey

“Can’t say enough. Signing up to ISS is one of the smartest things I’ve done perhaps. Chris, mate you are a natural teacher.” – Martyn R., New Zealand

“Chris, Just a note to thank you for your efforts. Keep it up. You are my only mentor and I feel the repetition of sharing your thinking openly with us is an excellent teaching method.” – Terry M., Florida

“Dear Chris, Thought i would drop you a line and thank you for your great service. I have not used options before your service and have enjoyed the ride so far. It has only been a few months however things have gone extremely well considering the difficult trading conditions. I especially like the concept of hedging the portfolio, being long and short is great. I also greatly appreciate the updates you send through.” – Mike H., Australia

“I have really enjoyed the CRISS training! I have a degree in Economics and Political Science and tended to only look at fundamentals until taking ETF Master and CRISS training. I manage my own IRA account and have done very well in this bear market by using some of what I’ve learned.” – Terry L., Washington

“I’m like a kid in a candy store! I am SO thankful for this opportunity. So far, it’s changed how I look at investing. I might as well have thrown darts to find the winners before.

I didn’t realize how many factors I had neglected to take into account, like watching the internal market for one. I feel like I just got a bird’s eye view of the maze. No more wandering for me.” – D. B., Canada

“I am quite astounded. My expectations were very high but this is far beyond them. Chris, you make me feel humbled by the effort you are putting in to educate us and privileged to be part of all this. You’re right. People’s lives will be changed. Thank you does not seem adequate.” – M.R., Japan

“I’m a “do-it-yourselfer” who always wanted to know all there was to know all about “the market”. I subscribed to all the highly recommended investment services and learned a little at a time about different companies and investment styles, but never what I really wanted. I am so elated to say that Chris’s training material has done it. It is amazing the level of clarity and understanding Chris conveys when he analyzes the market and all its sectors. I can’t thank him enough for having the courage and concern for us neophytes in putting together such a valuable investment course. The section on the BPI alone is worth the money. I hope everyone can benefit from it as much as I have.” – Javier, IT Consultant, NYC

“I haven’t had much money to invest on your recommendations, but LTD, I am up $1,200 already.” – Patrick P., Minnesota

In the coming days, I’d like to introduce you to even more CRISS Members. Because just like with all my members, what I’m going to offer you on August 20th is the chance to enjoy trades, one after the other, on your own, without anybody’s help…including mine.

And if you’re a member of my trading service, you probably won’t need to keep your subscription once you master my Internal Strength System.

That’s how sure I am that I’m going to change your life on August 20th. But you won’t even get my invitation unless you sign up for your free Backstage Pass here and let me know that you’re ready to take your investing to a new level.

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Who is Christopher Rowe?  Well, for starters he became famous in trading circles when he went almost a full year with a perfect record … on options trades.

That was in 2005, and it’s simply unheard of!

That success led to Chris becoming Chief Investment Officer of his own options trading service. In just his first few years, he averaged an 80% overall success rate.

Because of his success, Chris has a reputation for being an “options guy.”  That reputation is very misleading, though…

Chris Rowe’s real genius lies in his ability to pick the right stocks, at the right times.

That’s the secret to his success as an options trader. Chris has a proven system – one that he’s developed over many years of trial and error – that tells him when the odds heavily in his favor and he’s got the best chance of earning a profit.

Chris put his entire system for picking stocks down on paper and on video, a project that took him the better part of two years to complete. He designed his system into a course that you can easily complete at home. He called it Chris Rowe’s Internal Strength System (CRISS).

He released the course with great success to his own subscribers, it sold out, and it hasn’t been on the market since.

Rarely has someone outside of his circle of subscribers had the opportunity to get a copy of CRISS.

Until now…

Chris has agreed to allow me to offer a limited number of his courses to members of TheOptionClub.com community.  We even worked out a really terrific discount on the price.

So we covered the background, now here are the specifics:

When Chris made his course available to his circle of readers and subscribers, he put a limit of 1,000 copies on the market, and those copies sold out within days.

For us and a few other trading groups, he’s allowing no more than 500 new students on board.

Everyone who buys his Internal Strength System – on top of the 500+ page book and the 10 hours of training videos – gets constant updates on the member’s only website, a series of on-line presentations to make sure nothing that he teaches goes over anybody’s head, and near constant personalized support. And it isn’t some flunky doing all this … it’s Chris himself.

He’s not happy unless everyone who takes his course – from the greenest newbie investor to the professional traders – masters his system and is able to generate profits on trades for the rest of their lives.

There’s no way he could make good on this commitment if too many new students came on board too quickly. Hence, the 500 person limit for this limited release.

Free Internal Strength System Video

CRISS won’t be available to you until Thursday, August 20th, but you can register now and be alerted by e-mail when the course is released.

I also asked Chris if he could provide me with an overview of the Internal Strength System that I could share with TheOptionClub.com readers.

He actually gave me his personal introduction to the course, straight off the first DVD.

When you sign up for the waiting list, he will give you access to that video right away. Not only will you see exactly how robust and in-depth his system is, but you’ll also get to “meet” Chris face to face.

So, for instant access to Chris Rowe’s Internal Strength System introduction just use the link below…

CRISS Video Free Access

It’s all about giving yourself that “edge” we need to be successful as traders.  Chris’ success has been due to his ability to identify the right stocks, at the right time, when the probabilities are squarely on his side.

Opportunities like this do not come along often. So, take the minute or two needed get access to Chris Rowe’s video, and take a look at what he’s doing to give himself, and his students, and edge int he market.

Christopher Smith
TheOptionClub.com

I am sure you are now aware that Options University is giving away 1,000 copies of their flagship home-study course.  At least I hope that you are, because I’ve been telling everyone who will listen that they should do all in their power to take advantage of the opportunity, and grab a copy of it.

There’s an additional surprise, though.

When I met up with Brett Fogel in Los Angeles a couple weeks ago, over dinner he told me about the new Options University Gold Membership site.  He even set me up with a test account so I could have a look.

What I saw wasn’t finished, but I could see that they were putting together a set of tools for spotting trading opportunities and evaluating how best to take advantage of them with options.  Brett explained that this was over a year’s worth of high-end programming to build the back-end of what he thinks will be one of the most powerful set of proprietary trading analytics and tools available at the retail level.

That’s quite a boast…

The surprise is that in addition to giving away the Options Mastery home-study course, it will also come with a complimentary trial subscription to the OU Gold Membership Site.

So, tomorrow Options University is hosting an on-line presentation to show you exactly what’s included with this Gold Membership site.

Register For Tomorrow’s On-Line Presentation

Use the above link to get more information and register yourself for the presentation.  Based on past turn outs, Brett said he is thinking that they will host two live sessions to accommodate everyone.

So, why all of this give-away ruckus?

Brett has a generous heart, but he is also a pretty sharp guy.  Options are being traded on more exchanges today than ever before.  Despite all of the negative press concerning the role that derivatives played in this latest economic melt down, more retail traders are flocking to options than ever before.

It’s a trend that has been in place for several years, now…

Options are complex product, however.  If you do not understand how they really work, you can get yourself into a lot of financial ‘hot water’ real quick.

Routinely, on our discussion board, we have message threads with traders getting confused about one options position or another.  They have misconceptions about how an options strategy will behave, which can be frustrating and disastrous if you’re actually trading it.

We all want to see you avoid that and would really like to see you succeed.  To succeed, all options traders must have a solid education and a good set of tools.

So, Brett Fogel wants to help 1,000 retail options traders by giving them a copy of OU’s flagship course with his compliments and invite you to preview their new site.  It’s a chance for him to “give back” and foster some good will.

So, tomorrow is an opportunity to see what OU’s new site is all about and learn how they can help you succeed.

Discover Options University’s Gold Membership Service

The space is limited, but as I mentioned they are considering doing two presentations.  Once registered, I’m sure they will inform you about the details.

Christopher Smith
TheOptionClub.com

“Greatest Crisis Since the Great Depression“

June: 10 for 10, Avg. Gains of 42.9%

July: 19 for 20, Avg. Profits of 37.9%

Aug: 6 for 6, Avg. Profits of 19.3%

Sept: 66 for 68, Avg. Profits of 15.5%

Oct: 306 for 329, Avg. Gains of 16.6%

Nov: 194 for 198, Avg. Gains of 25.6%

Jan: 18 for 19, Avg. Profits of 23.1%

Feb: 17 for 17, Avg. Profits of 42.4%

Mar: 107 for 108, Avg. Gains of 41.1%

Apr: 4 for 10, Avg. Gains of 4.1%

May: 35 for 36, Avg. Gains of 4.6%

Based on these returns, we could make ANOTHER $732,000 in the next 6 months!

You should also know that these winners aren’t just cherry-picked from the best performers. These are ALL Sector Hunter recommendations made since the beta debuted in June, 2008!

Making money on 95.25% of trades in this market?

As unbelievable as it sounds, a small handful of privileged investors have been living this money-making fantasy.

Now, I’m getting ready to open the doors to the general public – but only for the first 500 people who qualify for membership in what has proven to be the most powerful investing system on earth.

Dear Fellow Investor,

Teeka Tiwari from Sector Hunter

Teeka Tiwari here. It’s no secret that “gurus” can make millions of dollars investing in the markets, right? In fact, I’ll bet you’re sick of hearing stories about how another mega-wealthy investor made millions of dollars in just one year of investing.

That’s why I want to toss aside all the million-dollar hype and bring those numbers back to Earth and talk about how the “regular guy” (and gal) investors – people like you and me – are using Sector Hunter to finally make the kind of money they deserve to make.

These are the stories that really get me excited: the ones that are changing lives and creating fortunes. These are the stories of regular folks who have started to make $1,600 or $8,200, $34,000 or maybe even $140,000 in any given month.

When I asked our Sector Hunter beta members for their help getting the word out about the service, they jumped at the chance.

As one member put it to me, “To be perfectly honest with you Teeka, I doubt anyone will believe how successful this service is, especially in this environment. I find it hard myself to believe that of the 821 trades Sector Hunter has recommended, we’ve had 782 winners. That’s just crazy.”

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Choose to Make June 30th the First Day of YOUR New Life.
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Most Sector Hunter members start out like a lot of investors with what I call “hope investing” – they hope a trade they made goes in the direction they want it to. The only problem with “hope investing” is that it almost never works.

But by joining my Sector Hunter Inner Circle List, you’ll discover how Sector Hunter will change the way you invest forever, making hope investing a thing of the distant past.

http://www.options4investors.com/sector-hunter

If you want to discover how other members are using Sector Hunting to replace their incomes, generate immediate cash and help with their retirement … you must join my “Inner Circle.”

The good news is that all you need to do is tell us you’re interested. You don’t need to buy anything or commit yourself to buy anything.

When you join the Inner Circle, you’ll receive a ton of really valuable educational material that I’ve put together to open your eyes to the power of Sector Hunting.

But that’s not all you’ll get when you join the Inner Circle. You’ll also be invited to take part in …

http://www.options4investors.com/sector-hunter

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My Evil Plan
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Look, whenever I’ve taken part in the release of a new product, there are always some people who have trouble seeing past the marketing. If I say that my product is going to truly improve their life, they’ll say “you just want to sell me something.”

Well, OK, you got me there. My real agenda – my “Evil Plan” if you will – obviously isn’t just to give you a bunch of free information out of some inner need to share with people.

Of course I’d like for you to become a Sector Hunter member. You see … what I want, more than anything, is your success story.

So if I’m really lucky – and I pull off my evil plan to perfection – you’ll be one of the 500 people who, on April 7th, enroll in my Sector Hunter service.

Then, I can ask you to send your success story to me, so that other people can see how well this system works.

Will you help me pull it off? I hope you will, because I’d like to see you star in the next Sector Hunter success story.

Join My “Inner Circle” Here >>

http://www.options4investors.com/sector-hunter

Best,

Teeka Tiwari

http://www.options4investors.com/sector-hunter

Dear Investor,

Let me begin by saying that what you’re about to read is not hyperbole. I say this realizing full well that it might sound
incredible or hard to believe …

Between June of 2008 – when I launched the beta version of my new service, Sector Hunter – and the end of February of
2009, the DOW lost more than 43% of its value. The Nasdaq lost more than 45%. The broad S&P 500 index lost a hopping
47.5%.

But during that same period, as the total value of the stock market was literally cut nearly in half, subscribers to Sector
Hunter’s beta version received 637 individual trade recommendations … and 600 of them were profitable.

Like I said, hard to believe. But true. And I’m telling you about this today because I’m making Sector Hunter available
to a small number of investors on Tuesday, June 30th.

But before I get into the details behind my Sector Hunter service, and what you can do to qualify for a spot, I want
to take a moment and introduce myself to those of you who may not know me.

My primary focus today is educating people on how to trade successfully in the stock market.

I write weekly columns in The Tycoon Report, I run a premium trading service called Point & Profit, I’ve authored one of
the top trading courses on the market, ETF Master Trader, and I appear regularly on the new Fox Business Channel.

I also run an international hedge fund (which is currently closed to new clients), and have just released the live version of
my new Sector Hunter service, which I’ll tell you more about in a moment.

You could say that I’ve got a lot to keep me busy … and that I’ve enjoyed a great deal of professional success … but it
wasn’t always this way.

I first came to the U.S. as a teenager from England, where I had bounced around the foster care system. I arrived in New
York at 15 years of age, alone, with literally $150 in my pocket and the clothes on my back.

I started out bussing tables in a restaurant at nights, and working on the docks by day.

How I got involved in the world of Wall Street is too long a story to get into here, but I’ll give you the highlights:

• At 18, someone at Lehman Brothers gave me a shot (but only after I offered to work for free)
• Two years later, I became the youngest Vice President in the company’s history
• By the age of 23, I had made my first million
• I then proceeded to lose everything, declare bankruptcy, and essentially start all over again
• By 27 I was a millionaire many times over, and I haven’t looked back

In 2006 I started to focus my talents and experiences toward helping average, everyday investors get a leg up in the
stock market.

Once I got a taste of how rewarding it was to help people – rather than simply working to help make rich people even
richer – I was hooked.

And that’s a very abbreviated version of how I came to be here today, telling you about Sector Hunter, a service that has
already changed many lives, and one that I hope you’ll get to enjoy yourself.

What Exactly is Sector Hunter?

Over the years, as a result of many successes and an equal number of failures, I’ve developed a system for trading that
I follow religiously as a trader.

I teach this system in my ETF Master Trader course, but I realize that not everybody has the time or interest in spending
the time it takes to study and master it.

So in 2008 I launched the beta version of Sector Hunter, a service that automates my system and spits out
recommendations for those who want an easier way to make money.

The basic premise behind Sector Hunter – and the reason for its name – is that fully 80% of the reason a stock or ETF gains
or loses is due to the sector it is in.

Stocks move in packs, and that’s why it’s critical that you have a means for determining which sectors are going to
outperform the market and which are going to lag, if you hope to be profitable. Otherwise, you’re just guessing every
time you buy or sell a stock.

When Sector Hunter determines that a sector is about to experience a strong move to the upside, members receive an
Alert in their inbox to let them know. The same is true when Sector Hunter sees that a sector is about to experience a big
drop.

Each Sector Hunter Alert gives members an average of 3 stocks and 3 ETFs that they can buy to take advantage of the
coming move. These stocks and ETFs are investments that Sector Hunter has identified as those with the very highest
probability of success.

“I’m Sorry, but Did You Say 600
Profitable Trades Out of 637?”

Two things stand out when I tell people about Sector Hunter for the first time.

The first is that it’s one of the easiest ways to make money that you’ll find. You get an email, read through the list of
recommended stocks and ETFs, and decide which ones you’d like to invest in. Simple. Quick. Convenient.

The second thing that stands out is the track record.

During the best of markets, 600 out of 637 – a touch above a 94% accuracy rate – would be remarkable.

But since that track record was compiled during what many experts are calling the “worst recession since the Great
Depression” … it’s simply stunning.

In fact, Sector Hunter’s success was so unbelievably good that, when we launched the official version of the service
to our own Tycoon Report customers earlier this month, we decided on a rather unique marketing strategy:

Instead of standing before people and telling them how great my service was and how profitable it had proven to be, I
decided to let my existing members – those who had used Sector Hunter throughout its beta phase – tell the story for
me:

There was Roger, a truck driver from St. Louis who, while recovering from treatment from a serious illness and out of
work was able to use Sector Hunter to earn more than $11,000 for his family in just a few weeks.

There was Jim from Texas who earned $10,000 a month in his first four months with Sector Hunter.

There was Barry from Long Island, who had lost nearly $100,000 following some of those investing gurus on the internet,
and then made it all back in less than six months with Sector Hunter.

In fact, there were hundreds of success stories, and simply letting my members share their experiences with the service
was by far the best way we knew to convince others to give Sector Hunter a shot.

And boy did it work.

We launched the new and improved Sector Hunter to our own Tycoon Report readers on Friday, March 6th. We told them
that only 1,000 spots would be released during the launch period … and all 1,000 were sold out in a few days.

Join My Inner Circle to Learn More …

Now that everything has settled down from our own in-house launch of Sector Hunter, I’ve decided to release a small
number of additional memberships to investors outside of our own Tycoon Report family.

Several people came to us, asking if they could share Sector Hunter with their clients, and we whittled down the
list to what I hope is a manageable number.

One of those people was Chris Smith from TheOptionClub.com and as a result of his persistence I’m thrilled to be able to
offer you a chance today to get involved.

On Tuesday, June 30, I will be releasing 500 additional memberships to Sector Hunter.

But the only way to get an invitation on that day is to let me know you’re interested by joining what I’m calling my
Inner Circle waiting list.

Sector Hunter Interest List Sign-Up

Adding your name to my Inner Circle is not a commitment to buy Sector Hunter on the 30th, but simply a way of
letting me know where to send invitations.

When you join, you’ll also ensure that you receive all the details behind Sector Hunter, its track record, and the
way it works, between now and our June 30 release.

Get The Details On Sector Hunter

You’ll also hear my members’ success stories, from their lips, in the form of videos and recorded phone calls that I had
with them.

In short, joining the Inner Circle will guarantee you receive an invitation, and will guarantee that all your questions about
the service are answered between now and then.

Join My VIP Inner Circle Here…

Please understand that this is a private, personal invitation.  It is exclusively for readers of TheOptionClub.com and
should not be shared with anybody else.

I’m only going to release 500 spots on June 30th, and if too many people got wind of this, you’d only be hurting your own
chances of securing one for yourself.

I can’t tell you if this service will be right for you.  That’s a decision you have to make. But I wouldn’t be writing to you
today if I didn’t think it would be worth your time to find out.

After all, a service with a track record for being right more than 90% of the time, in this market, should be used by people
who appreciate the unique power of making money virtually every single time they invest.

One thing is for certain:

On Tuesday, June 30, you can be one of 500 people to take back control of your financial future. But when I hit “Send” on
that email, the only way you can get it in your inbox is if you’re on my Inner Circle VIP notification list.

Add yourself to the list now…

“Let the Game Come to You.”

Teeka Tiwari
Creator, Sector Hunter