Couldn’t wait for Monday! Although technically I am on vacation. I had a short position I entered last Friday noticing the BHP price was near Resistance level, with some tapering off of volume. I also noted that there is little to go based on my expectation models –for this instance, the economic reports for the quarter is still a few days off — so the chance of the stock price marching on is lessened at this level so decided to get in a small position to profit on the downside. I see this weakening in price by about $1 from the 1 month High reached around 37.70. I teach this low-risk entry decision in my workshops and sizing a position based on risk.

I was also browsing when I found news affirming that valuation is back in the game — the year’s best performers so far have been sold off (Tech stocks – with NASDAQ falling heavily last week). ““There may be some nervousness going into first-quarter earnings and whether that will justify these prices we’re seeing.” (Article here) And further, Dr. Roubini (famous for predicting the Housing crash in the US causing the Global Financial Crisis) notes that the US market may correct this year. (See video below)  And that’s good news for people who want to get in again at choice stocks at a bargain 🙂  (I want it!!!) I got a good idea on when this year that will be and I share this in my workshop / bootcamp! So join here us and don’t miss out on the wildly profitable opportunities.

So indeed the markets opened weak today and leaving my put option BHPVP8 to simmer with the declines, while I will be off again wandering around in this lovely warm autumn in Port Macquarie, New South Wales 🙂

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Please email :
charmel@highheeledtraders.com
to get the free preview eBook of “High Heeled Traders”

If you are committed to your success, and ready to step up, I will be conducting live workshops in Sydney, Australia and Singapore and a bootcamp in Manila in APRIL 2014! Get the details here

and see you soon!

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Day out in Sydney

Had a lovely day out with the kids yesterday, put in a trade making sure money before lunch and went for a stroll, came back and recorded the prices. Yesterday, US Fed Janet Yellen again fed the bulls with talk of “support” over slack and jobs, Australian’s interest rate remained at historical lows and China’s poor manufacturing report made more people assured of the Chinese govt stimulus (after all, they said they would and got cash to back it up!).

So here’s to those who think they can’t time the market — just watch the Fed (or government). The Fed is supporting the economy. So let’s enjoy the bull run (Or the sights like what I am doing now in Sydney). We talk about the critical factors in knowing the market in my workshops which you can learn about here.

Does this mean we can all run off with the bulls,,, and all stocks will rise with the market. It seems not! Stocks that have been the best performers (and becoming expensive) took a down turn, and the laggards with lower valuations are picked up. Best performers being sold off is actually healthy, it brings it down to prices where people can get in at a lesser price. Key here is for investors to know their Risk-vs-Reward, and of course, to size their positions carefully in the first place. I discuss all these powerful and effective concepts in my workshops that you can join here.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-01/yellen-s-real-life-examples-of-unemployed-omit-criminal-records.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-01/brics-casualty-seen-in-etfs-new-confidence-without-china.html

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Sydney is lovely at this time of the year, not too cold or not too hot,,, at least today! Venturing out with the kids so I’ll leave you with the workshop details today and a bonus video on “long-term investing”.

Here are just a few of the juicy topics I’m planning to cover with you and my super-easy and effective ways to help you get the results you want!

◾10 requirements for profitable investing
◾Market types and how each affect the Philippine market
◾Prediction and expectation models
◾Effective entry techniques
◾3 major risk areas and how to manage them
◾Profit-taking exits
◾Ramping up

Want to profit whether the market goes up or down? The Sydney Workshop will feature an additional module for the highly profitable world of Options Trading – yes that’s right! I’m teaching Options in Australia starting with the ultra-safe strategies and low-risk high-reward ones. Join here so we can step up to the pre-event materials.

For the Singapore workshop — I will cover the US Market so that they can still enjoy the bull market (and earn in US$$$$$) even while they invest in their favored emerging markets (ie. Philippines, Indonesia). Register here so we can get started with the pre-event exercises!

Sydney, Australia

Hilton Hotel Sydney

George Street (in front of QVB)

April 21 – 9am to 5pm
Rate is AUD$500 and Early Bird Rate is $350 to April 15. This will have a buffet lunch, morning and afternoon tea and coffee / tea on arrival and throughout.

Singapore

Traders Hotel
Orchard area
Apr 23, 2014 630-11pm
Rate is SGD$320 and Early Bird rate is SGD$250 to April 15. This will have a pre-event reception with drinks and nibbles, 4 course dinner with unlimited non-alcoholic drinks.

Video on long-term investing:

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7 years, I started to invest thinking I can be financially free in 7 years. It took me 10. What is your plan? I hope you’re not into “long-term investing”…

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It’s nice to be back in Sydney, Australia. For one it has let me sleep a little longer  🙂  It’s a good thing I had a quick look at the weekend news and the US market ended the week higher which usually brings the good vibes to Asian market as well,  and stocks are indeed up.   Oh, and that Russian ‘standoff” seems to be getting a thing of the past now,  for investors to focus on the real score in the economy.

I have 2 live trades that I am monitoring – one for my retirement account and one for my income account.  I only have 1 stock for both trades – it is BHP.  I know, I know,  it’s a mining stock that is not a strong sector currently. However this is a widely-held stock that has also recently gained stimulus. It also follows global macro-economic situation (particularly oil) and it has been following the bullish sentiment of the markets. I got into my positions at different prices but both are profitable right now.

Trade 1 – is for income account, bought BHP at 35.95 and stock now at 36.60 level.  My Initial Risk is 50c.

Trade 2 – is for the retirement account, bought BHP at 35.35 and stock now at 36.60 level. My Initial Risk is .75

The second trade has a wider stop because it is a retirement account so I am giving it a wider allowance to move to my favor.

The first trade didn’t have the best start but at the time I opened it, it seemed a good entry point, with accelerating volume (meaning more and more buyers are getting in).  However, as wrong as I was, you can see it is now profitable.  It’s because I am trading it with an expectation and a time frame of 6 weeks or end of April.  This is the beauty of a comprehensive plan that considers not just technical prices, but also market sentiments. “Target Prices” are iffy — you can never be sure it can be reached and it is also strongly possible that the market will run off farther than you thought!  The sure bet is your comprehensive plan which I will walk you through in the Bootcamp.

The other “secret sauce” to trading is your Expectation Model which I teach in the “Low-Risk High-Reward Stock Investing Workshop” and we have 2 events coming up – Sydney and Singapore.

Here are just a few of the juicy topics I’m planning to cover with you and my super-easy and effective ways to help you get the results you want!

◾10 requirements for profitable investing
◾Market types and how each affect the Philippine market
◾Prediction and expectation models
◾Effective entry techniques
◾3 major risk areas and how to manage them
◾Profit-taking exits
◾Ramping up

Want to profit whether the market goes up or down? The Sydney Workshop will feature an additional module for the highly profitable world of Options Trading – yes that’s right! I’m teaching Options in Australia starting with the ultra-safe strategies and low-risk high-reward ones.

For the Singapore workshop — I will cover the US Market so that they can still enjoy the bull market (and earn in US$$$$$) even while they invest in their favored emerging markets (ie. Philippines, Indonesia)

Sydney, Australia

Hilton Hotel Sydney

George Street (in front of QVB)

April 21 – 9am to 5pm
Rate is AUD$500 and Early Bird Rate is $350 to April 15. This will have a buffet lunch, morning and afternoon tea and coffee / tea on arrival and throughout.

Singapore

Traders Hotel
Orchard area
Apr 23, 2014  630-11pm
Rate is SGD$320 and Early Bird rate is SGD$250 to April 15. This will have a pre-event reception with drinks and nibbles, 4 course dinner with unlimited non-alcoholic drinks.

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It was a fun and fulfilling workshop and happy to report that it is a fullhouse! Check out the pictures in this link (you have to be logged on to Facebook):

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=np.229643517.683344791&type=1
and also from Learning Curve (the organizers)
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152268646532597.1073741862.113391152596&type=1

What I loved about it is that the attendees were very enthusiastic about the learning experience and that they were able to enjoy my presentation and games. Thank you to all of you who attended and supported my workshop.

I also unveiled activities to step up their learning the “Investment Success Bootcamp” which will be a 2 day workshop happening on April 26-27 in Manila. This is definitely going to be an Unfair Advantge for all attendees. I will be leading this discovery workshop with the following :

How to Craft Your Business Plan
Highly Profitable Systems and Exits
Market Dynamics including investing in US Market to Earn $$$
Controlling Fear and Greed to Profit to the Max
Trading Psychology and Discovering Your Personal Edge
Critical Decision Making Strategies
Correcting Mistakes

And,,, and… and,,.. I will not just be giving a workshop, I will be giving, as a BONUS my
Business Plan sample so that you can leverage on my experience and don’t have to start from scratch! (Think of the years, money and hair you’re going to save!) …. I am so confident of this Business Plan since when I had it made, my results just went in leaps and bounds – like earning in 1 day what I used to earn in a year when I started my career! AH-MAZING,,, I, of course, expect you to DO YOUR PART, be committed and work on improving yourself. I am sure you will be amazed at what you can achieve!

I don’t do my comprehensive workshops often, as you can see, I am also an active trader and mom, so I invite all of you to attend my “Investing Success Bootcamp”, be ready for all that the market will do, get your business into high gear and get that unfair advantage!

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Can’t wait for the weekend! Will be meeting friends I’ve met in the various stocktrading groups in Facebook and leading you all to a discovery workshop on “Low-Risk High-Reward Stock Investing Workshop”. Yes – it is a “work” shop, meaning you’re not just going to be sitting on your bottoms listening to a “lecture”. The workshop will deliver the best for you with your participation and here are some of the best features:

> Cutting edge concepts while having fun with innovative games and exercises like speed dating games, > prediction games and trading games that will usher “aha!” moments for you.
> Wrong beliefs that are limiting your growth and your wealth.
> Detailed, specific and immediately actionable ideas to help you step up in mastery of this business!

Here are just a few of the juicy topics I’m planning to cover with you and my super-easy and effective ways to help you get the results you want!

◾10 requirements for profitable investing
◾Market types and how each affect the Philippine market
◾Prediction and expectation models
◾Effective entry techniques
◾3 major risk areas and how to manage them
◾Profit-taking exits
◾Ramping up
We also got a market economist from MAKETrade the online trading service of MayBank ATR Kim Eng to give a boost to investors with their award-winning research.

Join me for this one-time-only live training event on Saturday, please be there at 10am.
Register HERE Use HHT20 Discount Code to get the 20% discount.

High Heeled Traders Step Up!

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Well, well, well, there is nothing really to do but sigh. Crimeans votes to join Russia. They seem to be glad to back in Russia’s arms. After all, they say, they are ethnic Russians. Crimea was part of Russia and only given to Ukraine back in the 1950s.If there is anybody not happy about this, it’s the US. And they are thought to be “intruders” in this issue since they are geographically so far off. But not to forget that the US considers itself a world superpower and defender of democracy. They are threatening to use sanctions against Russia, and so it follows that the financial markets — and I keep repeating that they are interrelated — is on a wild ride for a while now. Last week saw the gains, and these are record gains for US stocks for 2014 – erased in a matter of days.

Fortunately, and I say this feeling very lucky — I am out of my stock for more than 1 week now. I have an exit that I use that really worked for me this time. It’s a psychological exit — since my 3 kids had exams last week and I wanted to focus on their exams, I planned to only kept one small trade, which is to gain at the downside (put option strategy). I also have a time exit because I am realigning my trading positions. I wanted to be out by mid-March, because it is end of the quarter anyway and market moving usually sideways. Realigning means I am putting less in one stock / asset class where I used to put a lot and also taking up new ones.

Anyway, back to Crimea, this is a potential bomb — because there’s economic sanctions being talked about. Russia is the number one supplier of oil and gas to Germany, the number 1 economy in the EU. Many are speculating that this time around, these sanctions (like what was done to Iran) are not going to bite. More the other way around because with higher gas / oil prices or lack of supply, it’s going to burden households, (less money for other “goodies” — and we don’t want that! ) Oil and Gold are however benefitting from this, so resource sector is good to look at right now. * Mar 18 update – both oil and gold are down, following the Crimea vote with “risk premium” reduced. I think this is going Putin’s way …. keep watching.

In any case, don’t get in on the resource sector without your own Risk-Reward scenarios planned out. Russia could still get a bit of a whack from the other powers EU / US. We have seen the market fall last week due to this, and with the Crimea vote, it would be hard to imagine that the financial markets will “reward” this. But who knows, don’t like uncertainty, and are not necessarily political. (Putin vs Obama — this is going to be interesting!) The US and EU might not like the Russians, but Crimeans – they like the Russians.

I’m entering a trade to buy — but not yet — the price is still 50c from the Support and I’m still looking to lower my risk with confirmation from the market. And we tackle these concepts at the Low-Risk, High-Reward Stock Investing Workshop workshop happening :
— March 22, 2014 SMX, SM Aura Manila, Philippines
— April 21 Sydney, Australia
— April 22 Singapore

http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/15/news/economy/russia-crimea-economy/index.html?iid=HP_LN&hpt=hp_t1

http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/04/news/economy/europe-russia-ukraine/index.html?iid=EL

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-16/wti-crude-gains-a-third-day-after-crimea-vote-brent-increases.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-16/china-plans-over-163-billion-shantytown-investment-cctv-says.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-16/putin-no-mad-man-to-russians-as-power-play-trumps-economic-risk.html

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Iman, Gisele Bundchen, Linda Evangelista … my favorite supermodels, and for good reason, they are also great business models.

Iman has a cosmetics company and is a pioneer in her field, developing flattering shades of makeup and marketing for women of color. She markets via Home TV shopping and it is a phenomenal way of reaching out to ladies to preview and shop in the comfort of their homes. In investing, it’s the sure fire way of getting very profitable — begin in the area you understand, focus rather than diversify. And if you need some heavy weight to back that up, no less than Warren Buffett says diversification is

Gisele Bundchen is known as the highest paid supermodel, and she does not waste those talent fees. Apart from being an entrepreneur with her own line of sandals / flip-flops, she made news when she changed her preference to be paid in Euros rather US Dollars when the Global Financial Crisis hit the US. (Article here) Now that’s being astute — be aware of the strength of currencies that directly affects our pocket. (Think of all that shopping money!)

Linda Evangelista is not known to be great in business, but the phrase “I will not get out of bed for less than 10,000 dollars” is attributed to her. That means being selective of the opportunities (especially if you’ve earned the right!). This is so critical in investing or trading because people tend to put their money in an investment not knowing how much they are going to get back. This is sooooooo wrong! So wrong! You must know how much you could make BEFORE entering an investment. And it’s so easy, by checking the potential reward based on your Risk. Look at the historical prices at your desired timeframe, nominate your Initial Risk or Stop (how much you can afford to lose at this particular investment). For example if the 1month High is $15 and the current price is $12, if you nominate your risk as 50cents, and there is $3 to be made from $15 less the $12, there is 6x you can make out of the 50cents of your Initial Risk. The good thing about this is you don’t just enter any opportunity, use your capital wisely on what can give you the best returns, not to mention save on transaction costs. There are also expectation models that you can refer to when you target a price movement that I teach in my workshops.
This is so important to maximize your profits and reach your goals.

So join me at my worshops
March 22 – Megatrade, SM Megamall, Manila, Philippines – Register here
April 21 – Sydney, Australia (keep posted for details)
April 23 – Singapore (keep posted for details)

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