It was amazing, but the truth is there were only two trends for the past year. We received the  short signal in January and we got the long signal confirmed in early April.  The short signal was very profitable and the last long signal gave the Wizard some very profitable calls. The calendar below shows the calls that the Wizard made.  It was sure a lesson in how staying with the trend can be  profitable for your portfolio.  It is unusual to have only two trends in a year, but it happened in 2009.

An asset manager using the Wizard, and managing a few hundred million dollars, is up about 43% for the year trading the Dow 30 some ETFs and OEX 100 stocks. As you get to the end of a trend you will not normally see the large gains that you have in the beginning, but we have gotten good gains after consolidations in this last trend. And the trend is still alive going into 2010.

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There were many winners for the year. Here are the top ones for 2009.

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TheWizardNetwork.com

It has been an great year for the Wizard.   I have been deeply involved in restructuring the Wizard for theWizardNetwork.com.  The new Wizard will have less choices and be much user friendly for those who are looking for higher probability signals.

We are very close to releasing the new Wizard and all of the new features,including the new money management feature that is integrated into the system. The new marketing plan for expanding the Wizard will also be released in January. The Wizard Pro will be the existing system plus the charts with the signals on the charts.  We are working on the Wizard University and the Wizard Distributor University that will show you how to use the Wizard more efficiently and how to share the Wizard with others. Lots of exciting products are about to be released.

Here are a few sneak peeks of the new Wizard.

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Here are a few sneak peeks of the new WizardPro charts.

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If you haven’t signed up to be a part of the Wizard Network click here: TheWizardNetwork.com,

I wish all of you, God’s blessings for the New Year, and a successful year investing.

Gene Stunkel

Creator of the Wizard

Market will not quit……..A new buy signal

This retracement was short lived. The market has still got momentum pushing it higher.  With all that is going on in the national and international arena, I am surprised that we are moving higher. With all of the money on the sidelines, it must be burning a hole in the pockets of the funds.  Nevertheless,  we are moving higher on lower volume.  If you are still in the market, make sure you are locking in most of your profits.  It is imperative that you at least follow the targets on the conservative scans and take the profits when you hit the target prices.

I said a couple of weeks ago, before we got the dark green signal on the S&P, that we should go to 1150 on the S&P. I thought we would get there this coming week.  Lets see what happens.  I am taking some long signals with double greens,  and I will watch them with a close eye.  Remember that we are looking at most of the laggards where we are getting the double greens signals . The stronger stocks always emerge with a breakout normally first. There have been a lot of indications from the charts that we are topping out.  If we do not get filled on these entries we know we are probably there.

With all my best and wishing you Successful Trading,

God Bless You All

Gene Stunkel

Creator of the Wizard

Dark Green means caution or get out of your trades

We have had a tremendous run since our April signal to buy the market. This is a time to be cautious and stand aside even though the stops have not been hit.  There is no signal to take any more trades to the long side.  We will wait until we get the bright green or bright red signal to enter a trade.  If you are long with trades take your profits and get out of the market.

Another action would be to hedge your trades with either put options or offset with the index ETFs.  We could still head up farther, but it is tenuous at best. I was looking for 1150 on the S&P and the turn of the market next week. We may have gotten the turn a little early.  What ever happens we will let the market tell us and react to  the signals we get from the Wizard.

Remember patience is a virtue especially when trading or investing.  Also remember that Buy and Hold does not work. We know that the Wizard never misses the change of trends. Now we relax and wait for the confirmation of direction.

Multi-Level Marketing

Multi-Level marketing is right around the corner for the Wizard.  We are excited with all that is happening with the Wizard.  We will be announcing the schedule and how you participate soon.  For all of you that have sent inquiries to us, we will make sure you get the information for becoming a distributor. Won’t it be wonderful to make money with the Wizard and also share it with your friends for a profit.

Mutual Funds

For all of you that have IRA’s and 401K’s,  we will be calling over 20,000 mutual funds soon.  You will be able to see the calls exactly like you see the stocks.  The Wizard will be another way for you to monitor your long term investments. The results are amazing.

Charts

This is a sneek peek of how we have it designed at the present.

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The calendar colors are on the bars and the signals are on the right side. Volume is next to the bottom and the scan of the stock is on the bottom. For you chartists, you will like this.

Have a good week and as always I wish you the best.

Creator of the Wizard

Gene Stunkel

Gene’s Commentary

The winners from this trend have been spectacular.   I have listed them below.

This has been a longer than expected trend.  It looks like the S&P will go to 1150 if the trend continues. That is my target. I am looking for the turn to take place some where between October the 9th and 12th.  If it goes beyond the number or date, other factors, probably international or national are involved. As you know targets are not always hit, but it is good to have one.  The low volume on the way up fooled everyone, including me.  That is why we have to take the emotions and too many indicators out of the mix of trading.   If you look at the 2009 calendar for the S&P you will find that the Wizard stayed with the move all the way up.  We had larger gains in the beginning of the move, and now the gains momentum have fallen off a bit. I am posting the 2009 S&P calendar below.

For all of you who are  wondering how TheWizardPicks have been doing, The Wizard has been Picking Winners quite well.  We are up 8 out of 9 weeks, and the losing week is less than 1%. If the market keeps going up as expected we will be positive on that week as well.

I have been very busy with the new marketing program that we will be announcing very soon. We will be launching a Multi-Level Marketing Program within a couple of months. If you have an interest in being your own boss and creating you own future drop me a note to sales@thewizard.com. You are going to be able to participate and grow with the Wizard over the coming years.

The S&P Long Term History

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EVERY SECTOR WAS A WINNER AND THE WIZARD PICKED THEM…..

Conglomerates                29.62%

Basic Materials                 60.58%

Aerospace                        41.11%

Oils-Energy                      39.45%

Consumer Discretionary   60.39

Computer and Tech          58.76%

Industrial Products           37.40%

Consumer Staples            48.62%

Construction                    98.12%

Utilities                            22.60%

Transportation                 35.83%

Business Services             77.73%

Medical                            53.77%

Finance                            28.62%

Auto-Tires-Trucks         101.66%

For all of you trading the Penny Stocks look at these returns

I like to look for penny stock scans with these settings:

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These are the results with this type of scan.

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The Wizard Picked some Great Winners From the ETFs.

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The Wizard did not leave the Futures out either

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The Wizard did not forget the Forex either.

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As always, I wish you the best, and great trading.

Gene Stunkel

Creator of the Wizard.

NEWS FROM THE WIZARD

WIZARDPICKS

We are hoping to have the WizardPicks out very shortly.  The WizardPicks is an annual subscription that will pick the best of the best as the Wizard sees them every week.  There will be some stocks and ETFs.  We are excited about the product and we are sure you will be also.

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We are working on the first iphone application that will have the Dow Jones 30  available.  We will be announcing the release soon.

CHARTS

We will be introducing our own charts with our signals on them very shortly.  You will really like these.
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STOCKS

The rally is continuing and with some significant strength.  The Nasdaq has fallen off a little and may be an indications of things to come.  The S&P has strong resistance at 933.  If it exceeds that resistance we are going to see higher numbers.  As I have said before, we trade only what the market gives us.  We sure have been receiving some nice profits since the 20th of March.  I indicated that we should take the daily signals at that time, and I still believe that is the best decision for now.  I know many of you have followed that advice and are doing very well.  I have taken a snapshot of some of those trades and you can see the nice profits it produced when we took pre-buy signals with double greens that first week.

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ETFs are great also.

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Futures with great results

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Forex is no exception.  Yes the Wizard call them all.

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Keep the testimonials coming.  I like to see people have success and hear the stories of you getting there.  We will continue taking the buys but watch that SPY (etf) for the close above 933.

Good Trading to all,

Gene Stunkel

Creator of the Wizard

We now have a S&P confirmation, but not the DOW.

It is very interesting to see how this rally has come about.  As it usually happens, the Tech stocks have led this rally from the start.  With all of the government participation with financial stimulus and bailouts, and promises of more, the markets may be acting a bit irrationally. I have not bought into a huge rally yet because of the absence of a test of the bottom, that I will talk about later.

As you can see from the trend calendars, (that are a basic trend signal of  the Wizard) we have received the first buy signal.

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Although the trend calendar has given the buy signal, the SPY, which is the index ETF, is still showing that we are in a down trend.  It is very close to changing, but has not so at this time.  This gives me pause as to whether this strong resistance area will hold or we will breakout to the 900 range in the S&P. The next slide shows the scans of the ETFs for the Nasdaq, (QQQQ), S&P (SPY), and  the Dow (DIA). We are still in the short position on the Weekly DIA and SPY.

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Any trade that you take now, you should make sure it is on a daily chart. I would also take the conservative scan. Once you reach your first target, (disregard the moving stop once you reach the first target) and move your stop to your entry price to protect any profits. I would not normally tell you to do this, but with the uncertainty of the government manipulations, make sure you follow these instructions.  We want to make money and if we protect our profits, we will.

I am anticipating that we are going to get a retracement soon to the recent lows or close to them. In the following image, we can see when the bubble burst in 2000, we got the retracement or test of the low. When we were at the highs in 2007, it happened again, we got the test of the high.  The image also shows the buy and hold model that has clearly ruined many portfolios that you have held for your retirement. If you had been using the Wizard, you would have different results.

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Since I showed you the buy and hold paradigm,  I will show you the alternative way to trade and manage your portfolio.

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The Nasdaq has been leading this rally.  Let me show you how to get into some of these early moves.  The next image shows the Browse sectors scan.  The scan shows where the Computers and Technology sector started to change. Had you taken some of the double greens in this area you would have seen some great results.

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You could have taken any of these stocks.

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You could have taken the signals on any of these ETFs.

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Here are a couple of images to show how we have handled some of these major market declines in the past. Notice how long the markets traded sideways at different periods.  It looks the same on any chart, whether it is a 5 minute chart or a weekly chart. There are bull markets, bear markets, and sideways markets.  Take a look at what happened in 1929.  It took until 1954 to get back to even.

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Well we have our work cut out for us.  But we will stay with the Wizard and end up well in the end.

I wish all of you a Happy Easter and Passover and Happy Trading.

Gene Stunkel

The Creator of the Wizard

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.

Sign up here >

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SIGN UP FOR THE WIZARD TODAY >

Nobody called the market and profited off the crash like the Wizard did in 2008, certainly not the broker who told you not to sell, or the mutual fund who rode their losses all the way down.

When the likes of AIG, GM and Lehman Brothers all collapsed, traditional investors were wiped out. But investors using the Wizard.com made over 80% in a matter of months. And we can prove it.

Can you really trust the same people who lost your life savings? Or the Wizard, who can help you make it back? No matter who you are or what you invest or trade, with the Wizard, you can make money no matter what the market is doing.

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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 >

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.

Want the road map to mastery? Then sign up for our WizardLive seminars. A few spots remain for our New York seminar, this Saturday, January 24th, or you can register for our Chicago seminar on March 1. Sign up now and get a sneak peek at our newest features >

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:

UltraShort Style:

UltraShort Sector:

Short & UltraShort International:

As we close the books on 2008, there is only one question that matters: Are you better off today than you were one year ago?

It truly is sad to hear many of the stories from this past year. Many have lost a major portion of their retirement funds in what seemed like a blink of an eye. Still others have lost jobs, pensions, investment funds. And many more have lost faith in those they trusted and relied upon the most – the advisors, funds and companies managing their investments. And why not? As of Nov. 1, 2008, out of over 11,000 U.S. stock mutual funds, only one posted a gain for the year.

But there is a better way. Because while over 99.9% of mutual funds were losing money, the Wizard was profiting from the decline. We shorted the financial stocks, the materials stocks, the technology stocks, oil, the Euro and many, many more. Yes, you can make money when the market goes down. You can time the market, knowing when to be in and when to be out. While everyone else is wondering what to do, who to trust and how they can possibly grow their investments in this market, you can be one of the few who actually does. When you look back a year from today, you can feel great knowing that you are much better off than you were the year before – because the Wizard got you there. Just imagine what that will feel like.

If you’re tired of getting beat up by the markets and want a new beginning, YOU NEED THE WIZARD NOW.

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

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We realize that many of you may be skeptical. After all, the list of professionals who have lost significant amounts of money in 2008 could fill a library. But that’s OK. We want you to be skeptical. We want you to question the advice you’re given. And we’re perfectly comfortable with you questioning our record, because the Wizard hides nothing. We are totally transparent. Our trades speak for themselves. Every minute of every day, you can login to our site and see how each and every one of our trades our doing. You can create your own portfolios and track the performance of your own trades. We’ll show you stock trades, ETFs, futures and forex. Whatever market you invest in, we will show you our performance. No exceptions. Ever.

And more than that, we’ll show you how we’ve called the market, every day for the past 15 years. When we say we’ve never missed a trending move, we mean it. Want to see how we did during the bear market of 2000-2002? Check out our Market Trends histories and see for yourself. How about the bull markets of the the late 1990’s and 2003-2007? And, of course, you will certainly want to see that the Wizard called the market short on June 13, 2008 and again on September 5, 2008.

Never be on the wrong side of the market again. Sign up for the Wizard today >

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Even the pros have turned to the Wizard

It’s not just people like you who have been using the Wizard. Professional hedge fund and money managers use the Wizard. Some experienced turmoil in their own funds in 2008. Others simply wanted a better way. All were were astounded with the Wizard’s amazing performance throughout the year. One fund manager even told us that, in 22 years of trading, the Wizard was the best system he’d ever seen. And now these professionals are relying on us to keep them on the right side of the market and in the right trades.

As of Nov, 1, 2008, of the more than 11,000 U.S. stock mutual funds worldwide, only 1 – one! – posted a gain for the year. Folks, that’s more than a 99.9% rate of failure. During the 2000-2002, the majority of mutual funds also lost money.

Turn to who the pros are turning to: The Wizard. Sign up today >

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Our Greatest Hits

During this past year, the Wizard has been nothing short of legendary. As we say goodbye to 2008, we present some of our greatest hits.

June: The Wizard rings up 98% winners in the financial stocks!

When the Wizard called the market short on June 13th, our strategy changed and we can began looking for shorts. But we didn’t want just any shorts. We wanted the worst stocks in the worst sectors. After all, we’re all here to make money, right?

Out of 296 possible trades in the financial sector, we found 291 shorts with 286 winners! Let me say that again: 286 winners out of 291! That’s a 98% clip, folks, and you can’t beat that anywhere.

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July: Jim Cramer gets whipped by the Wizard

Cramer says to buy; the Wizard says to sell. The results – and this video – speak for themselves.

On June 13, 2008, Jim Cramer went on CNBC and recommended buying stocks of banks, brokers, homebuilders, financials, retailers, technology and defense. Saying the market was “oversold”, he claimed it was ripe for a bounce. However, the Wizard’s MarketTrends indicated that the market had turned Very Bearish on that very same day. Our sector rankings signalled that it was time to short these very same stocks.

Unfortunately for Jim, it wasn’t much of a fair fight. Our short picks racked up well over 95% winners, as the market began a very steep selloff. Jim relied on the conventional wisdom of buying stocks after they’ve gone down. The Wizard relies on the true wisdom of simply trading with the trend.

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October: The market crashes. The Wizard cashes (in).