Market Timing the S&P 500: Up More than 30% Year to Date

Year-to-date, the S&P 500 is up just under 4%. Not great, by any stretch of the imagination.

But those who have been using our S&P 500 Market Timing System don't need to dream of better returns. They've already got them - in the form of being ahead 30.93% year-to-date.

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This represents beating a buy and hold S&P 500 strategy more than seven times over.

Started in February of this year, our S&P 500 Market Timing System is an excellent way for traders to beat the market using market timing systems derived from a number of common technical indicators such as the RSI, directional movement, the VIX and others. A total of 36 different technical indicators are used in order to generate often outstanding trading opportunities.

As an S&P 500-based method, traders can use a variety of instruments to follow the system - from the e-mini S&P 500 futures contract, to the exchange-traded tracking fund for the S&P 500, the SPY, to options. The system is based on exploiting short-term moves, and produces trades with holding periods tending to last between one and five days on average.

Although the system - and, importantly, the training course offered by TradingMarkets that teaches traders exactly how to use the system - has only been available to traders since February of this year, our consistent approach to trading the markets means that the S&P 500 Market Timing System has been subjected to vigorous backtesting. It was in those backtests that we discovered a trading system that produced 470.25 e-mini S&P 500 points from September 1997 through November 2006.

The S&P 500 Market Timing System, as of this writing, is flat and has no open position. But rest assured that this is a system that we at TradingMarkets are trading with real money in real time. And if the returns traders following our S&P 500 Market Timing System are the kind of returns you would like to see in your own trading - whether you prefer to use the e-mini S&P 500, the SPY or options - then we encourage you to click the link below for a free 45-minute presentation on market timing by TradingMarkets founder and CEO Larry Connors.

Click here to watch Larry Connors explain why Market Timing signals give you an edge.

Market timing isn't easy, and being successful at market timing requires having a quantified edge, a system for protecting against severe losses, and the confidence to stick to your method regardless of what the talking heads on CNBC are telling you. Our S&P 500 Market Timing System has that edge, provides that protection and can give you the confidence to step up and buy when panic and fear dominate the market, as well as to sell when complacency has blinded others to the growing risks of holding a position for too long. Give our 45-minute presentation on market timing a good listen. Then give us a call and tell us you want a piece of the action, and want to learn more about TradingMarkets S&P 500 Market Timing Course.

David Penn is Senior Editor at TradingMarkets.com

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