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Some Pointers for Traders of the QQQQ.  Professionals have dominated, controlled and - if they used the TigerSoft charts - steadily profited from the short-term swings of the QQQQ, Nasdaq-100. The QQQQ is still down more than 50% from its 2000 high, so with the DJI and SP-500 making new highs, professionals know there are a lot of public buyers of tech stocks that seem historically cheap. The QQQQ can be traded like any stock or ETF. But it also has options which are traded on teh CBOE. And there are ETFs which give traders lots of leverage if they like. Exchange-Traded Funds Related To NASDAQ-100 Index or Fund Beta Median Daily Volume -------------- -------- ---------------------- NDX -NASDAQ-100 QQQQ 1.02 109,192,650 Long NDX QLD 2xNDX 2.25 448.700 Long Two NDX PSQ -1.08 79,250 Short NDX QID 2xNDX -2.07 2,208,600 Short Two NDX Using Peerless and TigerSoft To Trade The QQQQ Peerless has been on a major Buy except for a month after May 5th, 2006 and for the eight weeks before March 5th this year. The same trading system has been our #1 system throughout this period. You can see its Buy and Sell signals from the arrows shown below. I have suggesed to subscribers and to most index traders that, unless they are very skilled, they stick to the long (Buy) side, and avoid the Short side. When the TigerSoft chart of the QQQQ gives a red Buy signal, Buy the QQQQ, or a vehicle like the QQQQ, such as its calls. When it gives a red Sell down-arrow, take profits, but do not sell short. or buy QQQQ puts, unless it is to hedge. Heed the time-tested Peerless major signals. Trading only on the long-side, Buying on a red Up-arrow from the TigerSoft chart of the QQQQ and selling the position on the next red Down-arrow, would have gained the trader, +36.9% from August 8th, 2006 to July 6th, 2007. Of course, you can easily margin or leverage these positions so that each gain or loss is 2 or 3 times greater. That is why professinals love the QQQQ. Here are the signals trades, as shown by the Tiger Soft charts. Note that we assume we start with $10,000, that each trade costs $40 in commission and slippage. And that we trade at the next day's opening. +36.9% Gain in 11 Months Using QQQQ without Shorting It. (Trading the QLD would have hgained you 73.8% in 11 months.) QQQQ Trades for the last 11 months: August 17, 2006 to July 6, 2007 Using Automatic TigerSoft Signals, as Shown at The Time and Starting with $10,000 Buy Date QQQQ Sell Date QQQQ Pct.Gained Investment ============ ============= ======= ======= 8/9/2006 36.46 8/17/2006 38.65 +6.0% 10, 601 9/7/2006 38.54 9/14/3006 40.35 +4.7% 11,099 10/3/2006 40.22 10/5/2006 41.38 +2.9% 11.419 10/19/2006 42.05 10/24/2006 42.14 +0.2% 11,443 11/2/2006 42.10 11/9/2006 42.83 +1.7% 11,641 11/28/2006 44.00 12/6/2006 44.34 +0.8% 11,731 12/26/2006 43.19 1/5/2007 43.88 +1.6% 11,919 Peerless-Sell S9 on 1/5/2007 QQQQ = 43.85 Instead of using the TigerSoft signals on the QQQQ, it would have been better to use the Peerless system. 1/19/2007 44.21 2/8/2007 44.57 +0.8% 11,216 2/13/2007 44.05 2/16/2007 44.64 +1.3% 12,177 2/28/2007 42.55 3/13/2007 42.43 -0.3% 12,143 Peerless-NASD-Buy B8 on 3/5/2007 QQQQ = 42.15 3/14/2007 42.85 3/21/2007 44.44 +3.7% 12,593 3/29/2007 43.56 4/9/2007 44.44 +2.0% 12,847 5/11/2007 46.77 5/23/2007 46.85 +0.2% 12,869 5/25/2007 46.49 6/1/2007 47.26 +1.7% 13.083 6/8/2007 46.89 6/15/2007 47.85 +2.0% 13,350 6/27/2007 47.52 7/5/2007 48.71 +2.5% 13,685 Trading all the QQQQ's Automatic Signals on the long-side would have brought a +36.9% in this 11-month period. There were 15 winning trades and 1 losing trade. The biggest paper loss - also shown in the TigerSoft display 0 would have been -0.3%. There Are Times When A Breakout Should Stop You From Using A Red Buy or Sell. I have circled breakouts in the charts back to 2003. You can see that it would be better not to trade immediately against a breakout or breakdown. Look at these charts to get a better idea. Our manuals discuss this more fully. 2006 - QQQQ Signals' Gain = +34.8% Using Buy, Sells and Short Sales.  2005 - QQQQ Signals  2004 - QQQQ Signals  2003 - QQQQ Signals  |
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Jokes Women and "Liberated Men" Will Like. #1 - A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. Suddenly, the man realized that the next day, the would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight. Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (and LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper, "Please wake me at 5:00 AM" He left it where he knew she would find it. The next morning, the man woke up, only to discover it was 9:00 AM and he had missed his flight. Furious, he was about to go and see why his wife hadn't wakened him, when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed. The paper said, "It is 5:00 AM. Wake up." #2 - A woman walks into a bar, sits down and orders a drink. Next to her sits a man wearing a cowboy hat, western shirt, cowboy boots, and jeans with a big silver rodeo buckle. The woman looks at him and asks, "Are you a real cowboy?" He replies that he's spent most of his life bustin' broncos, mending fences and rounding up cattle so, yes, you can say he is a real cowboy. He then asks her, "So what are you?" She replies, "I'm a lesbian. I spend most of my time thinking about women. When I'm rating, working, washing or sleeping, all I think about is women." She finishes her drink and leaves. Soon a young couple comes in and orders drinks. The woman notices the cowboy and asks him, "Are you a real cowboy?" He ponders the question and replies, "I used to think so but I just found out I'm a lesbian." #3 A male driver is pulled over by a cop and the following conversation takes place: Man: What's the problem officer? Cop: You were going at least 75 in a 55 zone. Man: No sir, I was going 65. Wife: Oh Harry. You were going 80. (Man gives his wife a dirty look.) Cop: I'm also going to give you a ticket for your broken tail light. Man: Broken tail light? I didn't know about a broken tail light! Wife: Oh Harry, you've known about that tail light for weeks. (Man gives his wife a dirty look.) Cop: I'm also going to give you a citation for not wearing your seat belt. Man: Oh, I just took it off when you were walking up to the car. Wife: Oh Harry, you never wear your seat belt. Man: Shut your mouth, woman! Cop: Ma'am, does your husband always talk to you this way? Wife: No, only when he's drunk. #4 One day, three men were hiking and unexpectedly came upon a large raging, violent river. They needed to get to the other side, but had no idea of how to do so. The first man prayed to God, saying, "Please God, give me the strength to cross this river." Poof! God gave him big arms and strong legs, and he was able to swim across the river in about two hours, after almost drowning a couple of times.
Seeing this, the second man prayed to God, saying, "Please God, give me the strength
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