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Hi Michael,

I am trying to learn to day trade Amazon stock. My greatest challenge is to get on the right trend and get off it if it does not prove good.

Merwan

That sounds like a plan to go broke. Another view.

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Hey Michael,

I am reading your book, in Chapter 5 about the rules.

I am ignorant when it comes to trading and I want to learn. I am a software developer/entrepreneur and want to merge the two. Technology and a scientific approach to trading.

Thanks,
Tom S.

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Hi Michael

I just want to reach out to you and say thanks for both your books which I own: Turtle trader and of course Trend Following.

As a result of your books (I manage both my boy’s education stock accounts and our own), I was completely out of the market in January. I am sitting in cash watching this blood bath right now. When the trend turns I will buy back in thanks again and I love your podcast and also discovered Ed Seykota through you and I love his website

Regards

Jason

Thanks.

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Hi Michael,

I have found certain strengths and weaknesses at one level as I keep trading. When I say one level, I mean there are different layers of truth as we deep dive into anything. I am sure over the years there’s bound to be some more revelations.

Let’s say I take a position in futures or options, based on my assessment of market weaknesses (or strengths) and which phase of the main trend or corrective trend the market has been in. The biggest challenge so far has been the ‘when’ factor. I expect a reversal and take a position, but the reversal doesn’t happen at our whims and fancies but says it happens later. They say the markets can be irrational longer than one can remain solvent. In hindsight, you could say that I took the position based on expectations before the market ‘confirmed’ it. More often than not have been good at predicting the phase and direction but the when the factor has been tough to master.

I hope I made myself clear.

Regards

Y.

You need a system. Too much guessing in your write-up.

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Dear Michael,

I am a 76-year-old physician still working part-time. I was unable to download the basics of trend following video from your website that I very much wanted to see. It partially downloaded but, would not fully download.

I am a subscriber to several Stansberry products. I saw a video of your presentation of trend following from Stansberry’s last Las Vegas conference and was impressed by what you had to share. I have read most of your recent Trend Following 5th edition. There was a great deal of interesting information, but I am hopeful that your basics video will give me the practical information that I need.

If ever we’ve had a Black Swan, we sure have one now. We certainly have a downtrend that I don’t think will go away as soon as many people would hope. After getting stopped out from almost all of my uptrending investments, I’m trying to stop the bleeding & profit from this downtrend using inverse ETFs. I truly don’t understand how a person can think he is a brilliant investor when, in fact, he’s only been riding the trend of a bull market. I hope your basic video will help me learn to better ride the current downtrend in a fruitful and profitable way.

Thanks in advance for your help. Best wishes & stay well,

Paul

You stay well too!

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Good evening,

My short answer is that I do not use a specific, objective trading system and so I consistently have inconsistent results… an understatement.

I have always had an interest in the markets, but coming from a St. Louis blue-collar family, I felt that the markets were only for the rich. However, since college in the early ’90s, I have played some in the markets over the years, at times spending hours and hours of reading and researching due to my never-ending interest. My current career is in the medical arena and I am beginning to plan my desired 2nd career. I found your podcasts this weekend (I’m on #5) because I again read one of the first trading books I ever purchased, Market Wizards. The story of Richard Dennis and the Turtles led me to you. Given today’s market, it will be fascinating to get caught up on your podcasts. I also purchased The Complete TurtleTrader today.

David

You are off to a good start!

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How can you move forward immediately to Trend Following profits? My books and my Flagship Course and Systems are trusted options by clients in 70+ countries.

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• Trend Following Podcast Guests
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• Performance
• Research
• Markets to Trade
• Crisis Times
• Trading Technology
• About Us

Trend Following is for beginners, students and pros in all countries. This is not day trading 5-minute bars, prediction or analyzing fundamentals–it’s Trend Following.