The New Wizard will be up tonight after 12:00 AM EST.

We’re very excited to announce the New Version of The Wizard. We’ve added many new features, streamlined others and, overall, have vastly improved our system. Our new version is now live at TheWizard.com, so visit the site and see it for yourself.

So what have we done? Here’s the list:

1. Vastly expanded coverage of all markets:

Stocks: Over 8,700 stocks are now covered by the Wizard (an increase of 6,200 stocks)

ETF’s: Over 700 ETF’s

Futures: Over 780 individual futures contracts, including the back months for all futures. (Our previous version covered 39 futures contracts)

2. Improved scanning:

Filter by Price (for Stocks & ETF’s only): The Wizard now lets you filter by price. Simply enter a minimum and maximum price.

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Hide Flat Signals: Don’t want to see trades with no signals? With just the click of a button, you no longer have to.

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Expanded Stock Indexes: In addition to the major indexes, you can now filter your scans by the Dow Transports, the Dow Utilities, the Russell 1000 & 3000, the S&P 100, the S&P MidCap 400 and the S&P Large Cap 600.

ETF Categories: The Wizard now includes categories for all of our ETF’s. It’s now easy to find exactly what you’re looking for. For those look for exposure to the short-side of the market, you can also browse Inverse ETF’s only.

Expanded Futures Categories: We’ve also added some additional futures categories.

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3. Price and Volume Details:

Open, High, Low and Close: Click on any price in our “Last Price” column and you’ll see the full details for that trade, including the open, high, low and close price.

Volume Details: For stocks and ETF’s, you’ll also be able to see the day’s volume and its percentage of its 50-day average volume. If the “V” in the last price column is green, you immediately know that volume was above its 50-day average. A red “V” indicates below average volume.

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4. Trade Signals for all Markets:

It’s now even easier to see exactly what a trade is doing. Click anywhere in either the “Entry Price” or “Trade Signal” column to see the full trade details. We’ll show you the trade status, any profit targets and the stop.

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5. Vastly Expanded Sector Tools:

More Sectors & Industries: With over 8,700 stocks, the Wizard has greater sector and industry coverage. More sectors and more industries mean more precision for you.

Time Sector Rotations: The Wizard now displays the last 10-weeks of trend signals for every sector and industry, right in our “Browse Sectors” section. Now you quickly and easily see which sectors are strengthening, which are rotating and which are holding firm, giving you a huge advantage in your market timing and trading.

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6. Overhauled MarketTrends:

Trend Histories for Everything: Click on any trend arrow in any of our scans and you can view trend histories for everything in our system. Stocks, ETF’s, Futures, Forex, Sectors & Industries and, of course, indexes – you can see how the Wizard called them all.

First-Day Trend Changes: Seeing when a trend changes direction couldn’t be easier, because we show you, for every stock, ETF, futures, forex, sector or industry. When a trend changes direction that day, an “F” will appear above the corresponding trend arrow. A red “F” indicates a change to a bearish trend and a green “F” indicates a change to a bullish trend.

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Long-Term, Short-Term & 10-Day Trend Histories: View the long- and short-term trend histories in our familiar calendar format or in our new, 10-day Trend History table.

Sectors, Industries & Stocks: You can also view the 10-day Trend History for a stock, side-by-side with its sector and industry, making it even easier to buy and sell only those stocks whose sectors and industries are moving in the same direction.

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For industries, you can view their 10-day Trend Histories alongside their parent sector.

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7. Streamlined PowerScans:

Color Coding: Buy and sell scans are now easy to identify. Buy scans are colored green, and sell scans are red.

Best Buys & Best Sells: We’ve also added a “Best Buys” and “Best Sells” PowerScan for stocks. Best Buy PowerScans look for stocks in which the market, sector, industry and stock trend are all Very Bullish and volume is greater than its 50-day average.

Best Sell PowerScans look for stocks in which the market, industry, sector and stock are all Very Bearish and volume is greater than its 50-day average.

Scan Breakdowns: You can now view a breakdown of both daily and weekly signals for each PowerScan.

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FREE Webinar: Explore the Newest Version of the Wizard

When: Wednesday, February 4, 7:00-8:00 pm EST.

Thursday, February 5, 7:00-8:00 pm PST

More dates available at the Wizard.com

Take a tour with Gene Stunkel, creator of the Wizard, of all of our new features. Access is free, so you have nothing to lose.

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After a few months of choppy markets, we have finally received a Very Bearish sell signal on all of the stock market indexes. How do we know this? Because both the long- and short-term trend arrows have turned bright red, or Very Bearish.

It pays to be patient

Over the past couple of months, we talked about how the market would eventually pick a direction, either up or down. This Friday, it looks like the market may have done just that. While we don’t know how long or far the market may drop, we must follow our rules. When the Wizard’s MarketTrends give us a direction, we must follow our strategies and take new trades – always in the direction of the trend, of course.

I believe the market will likely take out the lows it made back in November. But given the current environment, it’s possible that the market could fall as low as 5,000 or 6,000 on the Dow. Will this actually happen? Nobody knows, which is why it’s important to follow our MarketTrends signals -so that you’re positioned on the right side of the market, no matter what it does.

So what now?

Now is the time to do one of two things. We’ll explain both options in detail:

1. Look for short trades

2. Go to 100% cash.

Looking for short trades

Many of you may still be holding short positions that were initiated last fall. Because MarketTrends has now issued a Very Bearish signal, it is advisable to stay in those positions.

This is also a good opportunity to look for new short positions, and there are a number of ways to do this.

1. Sell stocks short in the weakest sectors

Remember, The Wizard ranks all stock sectors from strongest to weakest. Simply go to our “Browse Sectors” section and find the weakest sectors by looking at the bottom of the list. It’s also important to remember that you do not want to short any sectors that are exhibiting strength, which means that any sector with a Bullish green trend arrow (either long- or short-term) isn’t a good trade right now. Instead, stick to the sectors that have Very Bearish trends. There are currently 7 of 9 sectors showing these double red trend arrows, with Conglomerates and Financials being the two weakest. (Even though 7 sectors all have Very Bearish trend signals, The Wizard ranks all of them by trend. Those sectors at the bottom of the list are the weakest.)

From here, you can filter for the weakest industries within those sectors, using the method we just described. Once you’ve located those industries, simply find the weakest stocks (again, those with Very Bearish trend signals). Finally, filter your scans for Pre-Sells only. This will give you a list of stocks that currently have Wizard Sell signals on them. Remember, you never want to sell short a stock if there is no Pre-Sell signal on it.

2. What if I’m not comfortable shorting stocks? Use ETF’s.

No problem. If you’re an ETF subscriber, there are a number of ETF’s known as inverse ETF’s. These ETF’s profit when the market goes down. But you don’t sell them short. You buy them, just like you would buy anything else. For example, the symbol “SH” is the Proshares Short S&P 500. When the S&P 500 goes down, this ETF goes up. You can see a list of our inverse ETF’s here >

(Please note that UltraShort ETF’s have double the profit potential and risk, so please familiarize yourself with them before you trade them.)

3. Use our PowerScans to find short trades.

The Wizard’s PowerScans do all the work for you. Given our Very Bearish market signal, use either the Power TrendChange Sell or Power TrendRetrace Sell scans for either stocks or ETF’s. Just remember to only trade the stocks or ETF’s that have Very Bearish trends (double red arrows).

Go to 100% cash

I realize that some of you may be skeptical about this option, but let us emphasize that this is a perfectly viable and very intelligent option. There are a number of very smart and successful investors who did not short the market this past year. Instead, they stayed in cash and, unlike the overwhelming majority who lost their shirts, these investors lost nothing.

If you are uncomfortable with shorting stocks, protect your capital and place it in the safest cash account you can find. These include cash money market funds guaranteed by the U.S. government, short-term Treasury money funds or through the direct purchase of short-term Treasury bills. Wherever you put your cash, one thing this past year has shown us is that it is critical that you perform your due diligence. We’ve simply offered some suggestions, but it is up to you to protect your money, so please do the necessary research. Being in cash simply means that you get to keep your money and play another day. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

Two more tips

1. Many of the stocks and ETF’s have already been beaten down quite a bit over the past year, so you’ll notice that many of them have Pre-Sell signals at $10.00 or less. Trading lower priced stocks is typically riskier, as these stocks tend to be more volatile. If you’re not comfortable with this level of risk, select stocks or ETF’s above $20.00. It’s important that you only trade the way you’re comfortable. The Wizard is set up for you to do just that, and if you’re ever uncomfortable or unsure about something, the best strategy is to stand aside and protect your capital.

2. If you want to get back into the market but want to keep your risk low, only take trades with tight stops – trades in which the entry price and stop price are close together.

For those of you who are new to the Wizard…

2008 was a great year for us. During the course of the year, we received 4 Very Bearish and 1 Very Bullish signal on the stock market. This gave us 5 tremendous opportunities in all. If you had simply traded the S&P 500 index, each of the Very Bearish signals would have resulted in at least a 30% gain from selling short, while the Very Bullish signal yielded a 10% gain from going long.

Here’s the record of our MarketTrend signals for 2008:

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A new start for the New Year

If you’re tired of getting beat up by the markets and want a new beginning, YOU NEED THE WIZARD NOW. As 2008 has decisively shown, we keep you where the money is – on the right side of the market and in the most profitable sectors and stocks. Mutual funds tell you they’re doing this, but the Wizard actually does it. Compare our records and decide for yourself who’s right.

Sign up today — or register for our seminar and start 2009 on the right foot.

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I wish all of you a Happy New Year of good trading.

Gene Stunkel

Creator of the Wizard

The Wizard covers all of the ProShares inverse ETF’s. Here’s the list:

Short & UltraShort MarketCap ETFs:

ETF Name	Ticker	Benchmark Index
Short QQQ	PSQ	Nasdaq-100
Short Dow 30	DOG	DJIA
Short S&P 500	SH	S&P 500
Short MidCap400	MYY	S&P MidCap 400
Short SmallCap600	SBB	S&P SmallCap 600
Short Russell2000	RWM	Russell 2000
UltraShort QQQ	QID	Nasdaq-100
UltraShort Dow 30	DXD	DJIA
UltraShort S&P 500	SDS	S&P 500
UltraShort MidCap400	MZZ	S&P MidCap 400
UltraShort SmallCap600	SDD	S&P SmallCap 600
UltraShort Russell2000	TWM	Russell 2000

UltraShort Style:

ETF Name	Ticker	Benchmark Index
UltraShort Russell1000 Value	SJF	Russell 1000 Value
UltraShort Russell1000 Growth	SFK	Russell 1000 Growth
UltraShort Russell MidCap Value	SJL	Russell MidCap Value
UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth	SDK	Russell MidCap Growth
UltraShort Russell2000 Value	SJH	Russell 2000 Value
UltraShort Russell2000 Growth	SKK	Russell 2000 Growth

UltraShort Sector:

ETF Name	Ticker	Benchmark Index
UltraShort Basic Materials	SMN	Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials
UltraShort Consumer Goods	SZK	Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods
UltraShort Consumer Services	SCC	Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Services
UltraShort Financials	SKF	Dow Jones U.S. Financials
UltraShort Health Care	RXD	Dow Jones U.S. Health Care
UltraShort Industrials	SIJ	Dow Jones U.S. Industrials
UltraShort Real Estate	SRS	Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate
UltraShort Semiconductors	SSG	Dow Jones U.S. Semiconductors
UltraShort Oil & Gas	DUG	Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas
UltraShort Technology	REW	Dow Jones U.S. Technology
UltraShort Utilities	SDP	Dow Jones U.S. Utilities

Short & UltraShort International:

ETF Name	Ticker	Benchmark Index
Short MSCI Emerging Markets	EUM	MSCI Emerging Markets Index
Short MSCI EAFE	EFZ	MSCI EAFE Index
UltraShort MSCI EAFE	EFU	MSCI EAFE Index
UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets	EEV	MSCI Emerging Markets index
UltraShort MSCI Japan	EWV	MSCI Japan Index
UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25	FXP	FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index