Anatomy of the VRA Investing System. Crushing the Market. A Case Study From the Recent Market Correction.

Anatomy of the VRA Investing System. Crushing the Market. A Case Study From the Recent Market Correction.

The VRA System was built to remove emotion from my investing. It was built to have us out of the markets in times of turmoil (or short) and in the market when the bull wants to run. We used the VRA System to book 150%+ in net gains from last September through January/February of this year,

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Market Melt Up is Here. My Top Stock Picks of all Time. Nothing Beats Fundamental Research.

Market Melt Up is Here. My Top Stock Picks of all Time. Nothing Beats Fundamental Research.

It appears that the shorts have been trapped. They’re on the wrong side of the market and must now cover their shorts and go long. This is usually a process that plays out over weeks, but the process should provide a strong underpinning for US stock prices going forward.

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VRA Update: Trump Bull Market, Phase 2. Q1 Earnings, Buybacks, M&A Take Center Stage

VRA Update: Trump Bull Market, Phase 2. Q1 Earnings, Buybacks, M&A Take Center Stage

Good Friday (the 13th) all. Other than avoiding black cats, I have no superstitions for today. Instead, following yesterdays sharp move higher, DJ futures are ramping higher again this am, following dynamite earnings from JP Morgan and Citi, kicking off what should be the best quarter for US earnings in more than a decade. Possibly two.

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VRA Update: The Lows are in Place. Mueller Raids Trumps Attorney. China Blinks in Trade War.

VRA Update: The Lows are in Place. Mueller Raids Trumps Attorney. China Blinks in Trade War.

By mid-afternoon yesterday, the DJ was +440. Excellent trading day, all around. 3–1 positive market internals across the board. Then the slide began…the DJ lost 400 points of those gains, finishing higher by just 50. The culprit? Special Counsel Mueller.

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VRA Update: Rally Caps Engaged. Double Bottom, 800 point DJ Surge.

VRA Update: Rally Caps Engaged. Double Bottom, 800 point DJ Surge.

Fear and greed moves the markets, most certainly at extremes, and have we ever seen plenty of fear and greed over just the last few days. The MSM flipped from wall to wall coverage of “Russia Russia Russia” to “China China China”,

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VRA System Flashing Strong Buy Signals

VRA System Flashing Strong Buy Signals

Good Thursday morning all. VRA Market Update. VRA System Shows 11/12 Screens Bullish As you’ve seen/experienced with me over the last week or so, my life can be a tortured existence. I live and breath the markets….and for those that do as well, life ain’t always easy.

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VRA Update: China Trade War — Bring it On! VRA Market, VRA System Update

VRA Update: China Trade War — Bring it On! VRA Market, VRA System Update

Good Friday morning all. Yesterdays 700+ point drop in the Dow Jones (-2.9%) and 2.5% decline in the S&P 500 caused both the Dow and S&P 500 to break through the “higher lows” that we have been discussing in our daily updates…a bullish technical pattern…

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VRA Update: Record Equity Inflows. Supply and Demand Highly Bullish. Investor Sentiment, Still A Major Positive.

VRA Update: Record Equity Inflows. Supply and Demand Highly Bullish. Investor Sentiment, Still A Major Positive.

Good Friday morning all. Another mixed day in US markets yesterday, but this time it was the Dow Jones that rose more than 100 points while the rest of the market was mixed. Still, the markets did not decline into the close…and thats a positive…breaking the 2 day streak of weak closes.

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VRA Update: Social Media Bears Out in Full Force. The Correction is Over. MAGA Bull Market.

VRA Update: Social Media Bears Out in Full Force. The Correction is Over. MAGA Bull Market.

We look to have timed this market correction well. Yesterdays 336 point move higher in the Dow has taken it out of the “trouble” zone….but, the best looking moves higher have taken place in the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Russell 2000.

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VRA Update: VRA Performance. Still Crushing our Benchmarks. VRA Market Update. Welcome to March and April, HIGHLY BULLISH.

VRA Update: VRA Performance. Still Crushing our Benchmarks. VRA Market Update. Welcome to March and April, HIGHLY BULLISH.

Before we get to this weeks sell-off, and the panic level sentiment that has come flooding back into stocks, here are our performance numbers for 2018: The VRA Portfolio has a net gain for 2018 (on all trades and current holdings) of +4.6%. Annualized, this gain equate to +27.6% for the full year.

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VRA Market Update: Inflation Fears & Bullish Outlook

Good Thursday Afternoon All, DJ futures dropped and rebounded on fears of inflation this week. Look, we’ve long known that inflation was NEVER sub 2%. What a scam. Rapidly rising prices on the products/goods/services most important to actual people prove that inflation has been 8–10% at minimum.

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VRA Saturday Alert: What. A. Week. VRA Market Update

VRA Saturday Alert: What. A. Week. VRA Market Update

Good Saturday morning all. What. A. Week. I’ve run all VRA System Scans and screens this morning and have a number of important points for us to cover. If you’re reading this, you are likely anxious about the markets. If not, you have more ice water in your veins that me…nerve wracking might be an understatement.

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VRA Market Update. January Barometer. Higher Rates Causing Concern. Investor Sentiment. Perspective.

VRA Market Update. January Barometer. Higher Rates Causing Concern. Investor Sentiment. Perspective.

At the beginning of 2018 I made the comment (to anyone that would listen pretty much) that I believed this year would our best year…possibly ever…for the VRA Portfolio and our bottom line results. If that sounded like marketing rhetoric,

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VRA Update: The Next Catalyst for stocks, DOW 40K and the Trump Infrastructure Plan

VRA Update: The Next Catalyst for stocks, DOW 40K and the Trump Infrastructure Plan

One of the advantages this week of waking at 3am has been watching the events at the annual Davos World Economic Forum (Switzerland), where the global warming/global cooling/climate change establishment billionaire elites take their fuel guzzling private jets to meet each year to remind us peons that “they got this”.

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VRA Update: PLEASE Shut the Government Down. VRA Market and Investor Sentiment Bullish.

VRA Update: PLEASE Shut the Government Down. VRA Market and Investor Sentiment Bullish.

The VRA nailed the birth of the "global reflation trade" in January 2016. My system caught the early reversals in base/precious metals, oil and global economies, along with the explosive volume movements that are hallmarks of a signifiant reversal. Frankly,

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VRA Update: 360% Gains in Just 11 Days. Next Up.

VRA Update: 360% Gains in Just 11 Days. Next Up.

VRA Update: 360% Gains in Just 11 Days. Next Up. Since the beginning of 2018 the VRA Portfolio ( stocks and options) has produced gains of 360%. I’ve been saying this will be my best year ever. This bull market is just getting started, and I fully intend to crush it again this year.

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VRA New Year Update: 2018 is Here! Trump Bull Market. My Forecasts and Predictions. VRA System and Sector Analysis. Extreme Options Program

VRA New Year Update: 2018 is Here! Trump Bull Market. My Forecasts and Predictions. VRA System and Sector Analysis. Extreme Options Program

Good Tuesday morning all. Happy New Year! Are you ready for an off the charts incredible 2018? Because….I AM! I honestly cannot remember being this positive to start a new year. Not in my 33 years in the business. At this time last year we had a new president that got elected because he said BIG things on the campaign trail…

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VRA Weekly Update 12/29/17: Happy New Year! The January Effect. VRA 2018 Game Plan.

VRA Weekly Update 12/29/17: Happy New Year! The January Effect. VRA 2018 Game Plan.

Good Friday Morning All, In March of this year I predicted DJ 25,000. We’re almost there. Today, I could not be more bullish. Not on the economy, not on the markets and not on the future of our great country. How weird was it that everyone was proudly saying “Merry Christmas” again this year …

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VRA Weekly Update 12/22/17: Merry Christmas! 2017 in Review. Big Happenings in Mining Stocks and Bitcoin.

VRA Weekly Update 12/22/17: Merry Christmas! 2017 in Review. Big Happenings in Mining Stocks and Bitcoin.

If you had a chance to listen in last night, you know that Wayne and I covered a lot of territory. 2017 has been nothing short of remarkable…alternate universe kind of stuff. The gurus and pundits, once again, got just about everything wrong:

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