After you become a TimingEquity Member you should first decide which of our four US market strategies or two International strategies best suites your risk/reward profile. As professional Market Timer's we strongly believe that investors should not adopt a buy and hold investment strategy. A buy and hold strategy calls for an investor to purchase a stock investment and then hold it for a predetermined time. This needlessly ensures that investors fully participate in significant market declines or in some cases serious Bear Markets. Often, the net result of a buy and hold strategy is lost profits and/or serious investment losses.
Long Only:
Our Long Only strategy is our most conservative strategy and can be used with major US and World Stock Indexes. It provides that investors purchase their stock investment whenever our system issues a "Buy" signal. This is said to be a "Long " position. Subsequently the investor would then hold this "Long" position until our system issues a "Sell" signal. At this point the investor would simply sell their stock investment and reinvest the proceeds into an interest bearing account. Importantly in this strategy the investor strictly uses his or hers own capital for the investment i.e., no capital is borrowed to enact the investment. In this strategy, the investor is said to be a "Long Only" strategy. Please refer to our Investments webpage for a list of possible Long investments.
Click on the TImerTracked logo directly below for a comparison of TimingEquity's Long Only investment strategy (blue line) vs. a buy and hold investment strategy in the S&P 500 Index (red line) beginning on Nov 18/05.
Long Only with Margin:
Our Long Only with Margin strategy is a relatively aggressive strategy and can be used with major US Stock Indexes. It should only be used by investors who can tolerate a high level of volatility and sizeable draw downs. It provides for investors to borrow money from their broker to enact their stock purchases. Borrowing in this case is referred to as borrowing on Margin. Again, investors would purchase their stock investment whenever our system issues a "Buy" signal. However, because the investor has combined his own financial resources with that of a loan from his or her broker he or she has doubled their investment returns should the investment increase in value. On the downside, the investor has also doubled his or her risk for loss should the investment decline in value. In this strategy, the investor is said to be "Long Only with Margin". Please refer to our Investments webpage for a list of possible Long investments.
Click on the TImerTracked logo directly below for a comparison of TimingEquity's Long Only with Margin investment strategy (blue line) vs. a buy and hold investment strategy in the S&P 500 Index (red line) beginning on Nov 18/05.
Long and Short:
Our Long and Short strategy, executed correctly, has the best risk to reward profile and can be used with major US and World Stock Indexes. It provides that investors purchase their stock investment whenever our system issues a "Buy" signal. This is said to be a "Long " position. Subsequently the investor would then hold this "Long" position until our system issues a "Sell" signal. At this time the investor would sell his investment and at the same time enter into a "Short" position in the investment. A short position is a transaction involving both the investor and their broker. Specifically the investor borrows the stock investment from their broker's inventory. The investor then immediately sells that investment into the open market. The goal of this strategy is for the investor to then repurchase the same stock investment at a later date and at a lower price then what he or she sold the investment for. After repurchasing the investment the investor returns the stock investment back to their broker and keeps whatever cash is left over. This excess cash represents the profit from the short sell transaction. In this strategy, the investor is said to be "Long and Short". Please refer to our Investments webpage for a list of possible Long and Short investments.
Click on the TImerTracked logo directly below for a comparison of TimingEquity's Long/Short investment strategy (blue line) vs. a buy and hold investment strategy in the S&P 500 Index (red line) beginning on Nov 18/05.
Long and Short with Margin:
Our Long and Short with Margin strategy is our most aggressive strategy and can be used with major US Stock Indexes. It should only be used by investors who can tolerate a high level of volatility and sizeable draw downs. It provides for investors to borrow money from their broker to enact their stock "Long" and "Short" positions. Borrowing in this case is referred to as borrowing on Margin. Our Long and Short with Margin strategy provides that the investor purchase their stock investment whenever our system issues a "Buy" signal. This is said to be a "Long " position. Subsequently the investor would then hold this "Long" position until our system issues a "Sell" signal. At this time the investor would sell his investment and at the same time enter into a "Short" position in the investment. A short position is a transaction involving both the investor and their broker. Specifically the investor borrows the stock investment from their broker's inventory. The investor then immediately sells that investment into the open market. The goal of this strategy is for the investor to then repurchase the same stock investment at a later date and at a lower price then what he or she sold the investment for. After repurchasing the investment the investor returns the stock investment back to their broker and keeps whatever cash is left over. This excess cash represents the profit from the short sell transaction. In this strategy, the investor is said to be "Long and Short with Margin". Please refer to our Investments webpage for a list of possible Long and Short investments.
Click on the TImerTracked logo directly below for a comparison of TimingEquity's Long/Short with Margin investment strategy (blue line) vs. a buy and hold investment strategy in the S&P 500 Index (red line) beginning on Nov 18/05.
