What to Expect From Alpha Trading Network

Dear Member,

Welcome again to Alpha Trading Network!

Today I want to walk you through exactly how this service works so you know what to expect.

If you’re familiar with other VIP Trading Services at The Oxford Club, you’ll notice that this service is very different.

To access Alpha Trading Network on our website, go to OxfordClub.com. Click “Member Login” in the upper right corner of the page. Then enter your username and password. Once you are logged in, scroll down to the “My Trading Services” section and select Alpha Trading Network.

Or, to go directly to the chat room, go to atn.oxfordclub.com.

That chat room is where I’ll post my daily recommendations – along with all other communications. Expect to receive a new recommendation every day the market is open. I’ll provide trades between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. ET.

Why 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.?

Because the vast majority of trades occur right after the opening bell.

This spike in volume is good for short-term traders like us because it creates more opportunities to make profitable trades.

Each morning, I’ll let you know exactly what to trade and why…

I will direct you to instructions on how to make the trade if you need them. And I will send any instructions for exiting the trade during this one-hour window as well.

All buy and sell alerts will be posted in the chat room between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. ET. So everything will be done in real time. You’ll also receive trade alerts in your email inbox.

Here is a breakdown of my favorite trading strategies. You’ll see these terms come up often in my recommendations.

1. Bull Trades: These will be calls on individual companies. I find these opportunities by using a program that looks for assets that are oversold but poised for a short-term bounce.
   Average Expected Hold Time: Less than one day to seven days
2. Reverse Trades: These will be puts on individual companies. I find these opportunities by using a program that identifies shares that are overbought and poised for a near-term drop.
   Average Expected Hold Time: Less than one day to seven days
3. Repeat Profits Portfolio: I’ve been successfully using a proprietary strategy called the Prime System for two decades. This is a seasonal trading strategy that targets a company only during its best time of the year. That means we can revisit these trades every year for gains. These trades will be on both shares and options.
   Average Expected Hold Time: Three to six months
4. Rapid Earnings Profits: I’ve also developed a highly successful Vertical Earnings trading strategy, which compares how companies perform on every single quarterly report. It creates a profile of how shares react to first quarter, second quarter and third quarter earnings, giving us an average move and a potential success rate. We will also be using Rapid Earnings Profits trades on various companies that are poised to miss or beat expectations. These trades are highly speculative.
   Average Expected Hold Time: Most often overnight, but as long as a couple of days
5. IPO Code Trades: This strategy uses my proprietary IPO Code to target the best companies that have recently IPO’d. My IPO Code looks at revenue, sales growth, the reputations of the underwriters, the company’s market share in its industry and whether shares have reached their Pivot Point – the end of the lockup period. This strategy targets both shares and options.
   Average Expected Hold Time: Three to six months
   
6. VIPER Trades: I have also developed a scoring system for finding undervalued, pre-momentum growth stocks. It looks at a company’s Value, Income, Profits, Earnings and Revenue and generates a score between 1 and 100. The closer to 100, the better. This strategy targets both shares and options.
   Average Expected Hold Time: Three to six months
7. Market Hedges: Based on technical analysis and historical trends, we will also be using puts and calls on industry and index ETFs, like the Invesco QQQ Trust (Nasdaq: QQQ) or the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY).
   Average Expected Hold Time: One to seven days

Each trading strategy has its own dedicated section in the Alpha Trading Network portfolio, which you can check out here. And this diversified approach means that there will always be somewhere to put our money to work.

Now, before you start buying any active recommendations, please make sure you’ve read about the Four Pillars of Wealth, which I mentioned yesterday. If you know about the Pillars already, you know that having a smart exit strategy and a diverse portfolio is just as important as buying a stock at the right time. (Here’s the link again if you need it.)

When it comes to exit strategies, I will typically use a hard stop triggered by end-of-day prices. Protective stop recommendations are based on closing prices, not intraday prices. If a position closes below the suggested stop, I will recommend that you sell your shares at market during the next session.

This approach takes emotion out of the equation when things start to go south. As we make gains, I may tighten a stop to protect our profits (and I’ll let you know if I do so).

An important idea to note here is that when we sell a stock position, we’ll also sell the underlying option.

For frequently asked questions, hit the “Next” button below.

Here’s to high returns,

Matthew