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Market Direction Portfolio Ends 2014 With A Gain of 104% – What Has Been Learned For 2015

Jan 4, 2015 | Stock Market Outlook

When I started the market direction portfolio trades in 2013 I was not sure how well the portfolio would perform. I certainly can see now that it can indeed do well. Up 104% with the final trade on December 30, the portfolio basically doubled in value. This shows the strength of the Ultra Pro ETF products when they are timed properly for entry and exit positions. Exiting is based on stop-losses that are adjusted throughout the trade. Whereas some investors prefer trailing stops, I prefer adjusting my stop manually. Once a trade is well underway and my position is already profitable, I adjust the stop-loss after the close each day as I try to insure I get as much of the movement, up or down, as possible without getting stopped out early.

With 2014 now behind us, I have learned a great deal about using the Ultra Pro ETFs in the market direction portfolio. Here are some of the more important elements I have learned.

The rest of this article is for FullyInformed USA Members.

Market Direction Portfolio Trades Update – End of 2014

FullyInformed USA Members can read the final market direction strategy trades update for 2014 directly through this link or they can sign in to the full USA site here. Non-members can join here.

Members can review the latest trades in the new format through this link.

Members can review the archived trades from Jan 2 to Sept 26 2014 through this link.

All trades for 2014 have been completed.


 

Disclaimer: There are risks involved in all investment strategies and investors can and do lose capital. Trade at your own risk. Stocks, options and investing are risky and can result in considerable losses. None of the strategies, stocks or information discussed and presented are financial or trading advice or recommendations. Everything presented and discussed are the author’s own trade ideas and opinions which the author may or may not enter into. The author assumes no liability for topics, ideas, errors, omissions, content and external links and trades done or not done. The author may or may not enter the trades mentioned. Some positions in mentioned stocks may already be held or are being adjusted.

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