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The Day Hugh Dodged a Bullet
It is a somber day as I reflect on what took place 15 years ago. Every year, my memory shakes me to the core regarding what happened on that fateful night of February 12, 2009. I was in Florida, waiting for my early evening Continental Airlines flight back to Buffalo. Having arrived well in advance […]
Why They Don’t Teach This in School
“Hey Hugh, if what you’re teaching is legit, why would it not be taught in college?” This is a question I get from time to time, and it deserves an appropriate response. Colleges do not teach this material for the following reasons: They don’t know it, and because of the intense fluidity of the market […]
We Did It Again… $2-10,000 in Less Than Three Months!
It started as a fun challenge, just to prove to the naysayers that it could be done. And that we could do it without much difficulty. The first time we did it was April to July of last year, when we took $2,000 and turned it into $10,000. We didn’t even break a sweat! Through […]
Trading Through Harsh Winter Weather
Recent headlines read “Bomb Cyclone Brings Subzero Conditions”, “Arctic Blast Record-Breaking Cold Weather Forecast For Many States” and the big one… “Wild Card Matchup Between Bills and Steelers Postponed to Monday Due to Winter Storm”. Yikes! Now it’s serious! Winter weather is here, and so are threats to our technology. You can only imagine the millions […]
The Morality of Day Trading
Options trading can be a contentious issue. Some have even accused me of being involved in an immoral undertaking — stealing other peoples’ money. I am not contributing anything to society, nor building anything or furthering the advancement of mankind. Furthermore, “I am teaching others how to do it, so there is a place in […]
It’s a Matter of Time
A key component of options is time value, one the Greeks referred to as theta. An option contract is like an ice cube; time melts it away. Every day, little by little, your option contracts are worth a little less. Like an ice cube, the closer you get to expiration, the faster it melts. There […]
The Very Best of the Holidays to You and Yours!
For those one or two of you who may have missed last week’s e-letter, it talked about the Santa Rally and the perfect holiday gift, our Ultimate Training Course and a subscription to our ever-popular Trading Room. The response was quite amazing as many people saw the value of that bounty; thank you to all […]
The Santa Rally and the Perfect Holiday Gift
There is a phenomenon that seems to happen every year, although there are never any guarantees. The Santa Claus Rally was discovered in 1972 by Yale Hirsch, founder of the Hirsch Organization and the creator of the Stock Trader’s Almanac. The market has statistically predictable patterns which hold that an upward movement runs from Dec. […]
The Perfect Business
My entrepreneurial instinct kicked in long before I started trading. Many years ago, living in the Western New York area, many Americans had beach houses along the Canadian side of the border on the white sandy shores of Lake Erie. As a result of many a summers vacationing there, we made friends with the Canadian […]
Hugh Discovers Smart Pills
Walking through the woods with my older brother many years ago, this naïve young kid (me) stumbled upon a little pile of tiny black balls on the ground. “What’s this?” I asked. “Oh, those are smart pills. Eat one and you become smart real fast!” Naturally, I did… then — shocked — spit it right […]
