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.

Read more >

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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).

Stocks

As stocks have pushed off their recent lows, one question prevails: Will Santa leave something nice under the market’s tree? Or will Wall Street’s stockings be full of coal?

Historically, we’ve had similar setups. This may be a Christmas rally – or it may not be. There are a couple of puzzling signals that tell me something might be missing. While the Dow and S&P have bounced enough to both register short-term Very Bullish trend signals, the Nasdaq and Russell 2000 are both lagging, as each still exhibits bearish trend signals.

In recent history, the techs and small caps have led the way in such bounces, so their relative weakness gives me pause. Yes, we are getting some long entries but until we get a confirmation from both of these markets of a bullish trend, we must at least remain cautious. Call me a skeptic, but I’ve seen this movie before.

Due to these divergences, I do not see a signal to buy this market. If a Christmas rally materializes, we will see follow through in all the indexes. At this point, the strength in the Dow and S&P appears to represent a flight to safety, as buyers cautiously return to the market.

On the bullish side, The Wizard is registering more long entries (Pre-Buys) than short entries (Pre-Sells). If this continues, we should get our Christmas Rally. Additionally, the S&P just registered its biggest weekly gain in over 30 years – all in the face of bad news and worse earnings.

On the bearish side, earnings are terrible and forecasts are worse. Every economic category conceivable seems to be showing significant weakness. And last week’s rallies were on light volume (not unexpected during Thanksgiving week.)

So where does the market go from here? Only the market knows that. If the rally does materialize, we will see changes to bullish trend signals in all of the indexes. if the rally fizzles, we’ll see that as well. But whether the market is naughty or nice, the Wizard has plenty of gifts for all of us.

Christmas 2007

Last year provides a good reference. As the calendars below show, the 2007 Christmas Rally boomed and fizzled, as the expected bounce quickly failed. From there the markets traded lower for the rest of their before falling sharply in January of this year.

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Short until I get a signal.

Using the Conservative Scan, most of The Wizard’s existing short positions have already taken profits twice, leaving only 25% of their initial positions on the table. However, if you’re holding positions that make you nervous, just go to cash and wait for a strong buy or sell signal. Remember, you don’t always have to be in the market. Staying out until you get a strong signal is a perfectly valid – and very intelligent – strategy.

ETF’s

For those of you who haven’t been following the ETF’s, they have done just as well as stocks these past several months. In other words, they’ve been exceptional. The market has been demolished across all sectors, and the Wizard has been short all of them.

Well, not all of them. We have been long the Inverse ETF’s. If you’re not familiar with these, Inverse ETF’s profit when the market or sector goes down. They’re ideal for IRA’s – which don’t allow short-selling – because all you have to do is buy Inverse ETF’s to profit from market selloffs. So while the Wizard was short most ETF’s, it was long the Inverse ETF’s. We made money playing both sides of the market.

Both traditional and inverse ETF’s are ideal for trading sectors without taking the risk of individual stocks. If you want diversified exposure in the simplest way, ETF’s are an ideal choice.

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SEMINAR

There are a couple seats left for the seminar in Carlsbad.  If you want to learn how to use the Wizard inside and out while trading without fear, sign up today.

Have a good trading week, and I hope everyone had a terrific Thanksgiving.  We all have a lot to be thankful for.

Gene Stunkel

Founder and Creator of the Wizard

We don’t often talk about our longer-term strategies here, but they are often the most profitable. As you can see from the performance snapshots below, the Wizard has reaped enormous gains in both the Futures and Forex markets, both using the Weekly timeframe. Sometimes patience really does pay.

FUTURES: 100% winners. Again.

The proof is in the pudding. 34 open positions: 34 winners, zero losers. With an average hold time of 106 days (only about 3 1/2 months) our cumulative futures positions have reaped a profit of over $630,000.

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FOREX: 21 winners, 1 loser

The Wizard’s forex trades are just as impressive. 21 winners and 1 loser over the course of 122 days – 4 months. Total profit? How about $443,000?

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STOCKS

The Wizard is still short the stock market, as a very bearish trend signal still prevails for all of the stock indexes. The trend is still very much down.

Stepping away from the Wizard’s signals for a moment, the current environment indicates that there is a good possibility that the markets will head even lower. Currently there are many problems in our economy, and this is making it very difficult for the markets to establish any sort of confidence. Additionally, it doesn’t appear that the government has much of a clue as to how to solve this problems, as each of its supposed solutions have amounted to nothing more than throwing money around and seeing if it will stick.

As an investor, it is important to protect your capital. This means either staying on the sideline and in cash, or if you are already short with the Wizard, holding your positions and taking your profits according to our signals. The market will not go down forever and when a rally begins, whether it is next week or next year, you’ll always know that the Wizard will tell you.

SEMINAR 12/06/2008 in Carlsbad, CA

If you haven’t yet registered for the Seminar, seats are running out, so make sure to grab yours. In addition to teaching you everything you’ll ever need to know, we’ll also be introducing some new features.

Good trading,

Gene Stunkel

Founder and Creator of the Wizard

We have not received the signal to buy through this week.  We have received the opposite a double red, which indicates to us that at the least we are testing lows again.  With the turmoil that is in the markets and the possibility of major government money required to keep the automobile and other industries afloat, confidence  from the investment community does not exist.  

Last week I wrote that the market appeared to be a bear trap and this was not a good time to take buy signals. Well I want to show you how important it is to stay on the right side of the market.

On the following chart are the buy signals that were taken without the confirming long term concurrence and you can see what the results are.  They were almost all losses.  We give signals on all the stocks, but the ones we want to take are the double reds and the double greens unless we get a sector or industry that is showing the double reds or the double greens and is leading the change of direction.  We do not have that indication from anything at this time.

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As I said last week be patient and the buy signal will come. For the time being we are short and looking for pre-sells.  

It is a choppy market. If you are not an experienced trader you should be in cash at this time.

Gene Stunkel

Founder and Creator of the Wizard

We have seen somewhat of a bull move the last few days. It has even changed the short term trend to the bright green arrows and that indicates a start, but not a follow through. Now we need to be patient and watch to see what happens next.  We may move a little higher here, but it has the smell of a bear trap to me. We don’t even have a dark red on any of the long term arrows at this time. If we get the dark red or the bright green  on the long term arrows on any of the stock indicies, then we will be more interested in the up move.

Now saying that, we must look at the Browse sector sections. We find out that there are no double greens in any of the sectors and only 3 in all of the industries. Two of the three were in airlines that are headed up because of the decline in oil prices. The election could have a influence on this move and it would appear we will get different results with each of the candidates.

So what do we do here?

We stay on the sidelines until we get that bright green or bright red in the long term, and then we either buy or sell.

We let the market tell us what to do, we don’t act on partial signals.

We will get a signal, we just have to be patient.

Gene Stunkel

Founder and Creator of the Wizard.

It’s all over TV, in the newspapers and on the streets. Everyone is talking about the sharp declines in the markets. Maybe they should be talking about the Wizard instead. While it seems that everyone is scared to death of losing their money, the Wizard’s subscribers have been calmly booking incredible profits.

As many people are now finding out, the market does not always go up. Declines are simply part of the stock market, and while nobody wishes to see such carnage, it’s the Wizard’s job to profit no matter which way the market is going.

We don’t forecast, make predictions or talk about what the Fed should or shouldn’t do. We simply call the market and find the best trades for you. When the market is changing direction, we tell you. When it’s time to get aggressive, we tell you. When it’s time to get out, we tell you. And if there’s one thing we can tell you right now, it’s that the Wizard is making an absolute killing in the markets – all of the markets.

Yes, the train has most certainly left the station, and as always, the Wizard is firmly onboard. Our results speak for themselves. See for yourself.

THE STOCK MARKET

With the market’s trend decisively down, the Wizard is looking for short trades only.

All Stocks

2,114 winners vs. 60 losers, with an average profit of 47.17% in under 3 weeks.

S&P 500

Blue chip profits: 448 winners vs. 5 losers, with an average profit of 45.25% in 23.8 days.

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Nasdaq 100

For the second time, in a week, the Wizard bats 1.000 on the Nasdaq: 90 winners vs. 0 losers, with an average profit of 52.44% in 25.3 days.

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Dow 30

Large caps = large gains: 26 winners vs. 1 loser, with an average profit of 38.06% in 3 weeks.

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BSG Momentum

Fast movers in either direction: 196 winners vs. just 1 loser, with an incredible average profit of 63.21% in 25.37 days.

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Russell 2000

Small caps. Huge profits: 1,565 winners vs. 81 losers, with an average profit of 44.55% in 18.83 days.

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ETFs

Making money on any exchange: 571 winners vs. 9 losers, with an average profit of 44.22% in 26.97 days.

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FUTURES & FOREX

As good as the Wizard’s stock market performance has been, it has been perfect in both the futures and forex markets. Remember that both are leveraged markets with immense profit potential. A 100% success rate is simply astounding.

Futures

Huge profits in fast moving markets: 36 winners vs. 0 losers, with a total profit of $295,758.10 in 27.81 days.

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Forex

The foreign exchange market has the “experts” bewildered. Maybe they should be using the Wizard: 25 winners vs. 0 losers, with a total profit of $214,613.57 in 28.28 days.

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I’m sure you’ve seen many experts who claim to have called the markets and who cite their incredible performances. They even run ads that tell you there’s “no guesswork” and show you where they would have gotten into a particular stock. But the truth is that if you were to use their system, you would not be given an exact entry or exit price, which means, you would be “guessing” when to get in. So how do you really know that the performance they cite is  true? It’s simple: you don’t.

But the Wizard is different. We never make a performance claim that we can’t back up with cold, hard numbers. And you know we’re telling the truth because you can always check our site – anytime, day or night, weekday or weekend, whether the market is up or down. You’ll be able to see exactly how we’re doing.

And because the Wizard is also the only system that gives you exact entries and exits for every stock, ETF, futures pair and forex contract in our system, when we say “no guesswork”, we mean it.

We don’t need to tell you that many people are nervous right now. But we also don’t need to tell you that our subscribers are not amongst them. While everyone else seems to be hoping and praying, we are simply trading – and making money. We don’t care which way the market is going, because we know that whatever direction it is, the Wizard will always be there to ride it as long as it goes.

What are you waiting for?

Remember the old E.F. Hutton commercials? “When E.F. Hutton talks, people listen.”

Fast forward to today, because when the Wizard calls it, you better listen.  In all markets – Stocks, Futures and Forex – our numbers have, quite simply, been off the charts. See for yourself.

Stocks

First, The Wizard calls the market: On September 5th (see the chart below), the Wizard once again called the market aggressively short. Of the 109 stocks that also entered short trades on that date, the Wizard recorded a phenomenal 108 winners, with the lone loser registering a miniscule $.05 loss.

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To see the September 5th trades, set your scan as follows: Daily / Aggressive / All Stocks / Very Bearish trends on both long and short-term. Once you’ve run the scan, simply filter it by Date. In all, the Wizard’s short trades are incredible: 1808 winners vs. just 126 losers for a 93.49% winning percentage. And, as you’ll see many of these winners are no small potatoes, including PDGI, a 72% return in just 29 days.

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Futures

The commodities rally is long since past, as most commodities have rolled over and are now falling as quickly as they rose. The Wizard picked them on the way up and has now picked them on the way down. Our futures traders have made out very well.

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Forex

As the stock market and futures markets have turned, so have the forex, as the dollar has jumped, the Euro has dived and every other pair has moved. The Wizard called them all: 100% winners.

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Stay with the Wizard and watch your profits rise.

Gene Stunkel

Founder

TheWizard.com

“No need to step in front of this train,” says CNBC’s Pete Najarian.

“I have no confidence buying stocks in this environment,” adds his colleague, Jeff Macke.

Buy? Who said anything about buy? But Mr. Najarian is right about one thing: there is no need to step in front of this train – when all you have to do is get on it and go for the ride.

While Congress may need a bailout, the Wizard subscribers could use a wheel barrel – to cart away all of the money the Wizard has made on its recent short trades. As you know, we here at the Wizard don’t follow the mantra of the many tv “experts” who argue with the market’s trend – all in the name of “investing for the long term”. Just as a sailor wouldn’t climb into a boat without knowing which way the wind was blowing, a trader should never get into the market without knowing which direction its trend was going. Fortunately, the Wizard always knows the market’s trend. And, in this case, it’s down – just as it’s been since we called it short on June 13th.

So how are we doing? See for yourself:

(For each of the scans below, we used the following criteria: Daily / Agressive / Very Bearish / Very Bearish / Filtered for short trades only.)

1. Scanning for short trades across all stocks: the Wizard racked up 1019 winners against just 43 losers.

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2. The S&P 500: 264 winners against just 3 losers

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3. The Nasdaq 100: The 100 was down over 10% today. But the Wizard batted 1.000 – 60 winners and no losers.

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Certainly today was a unique day, and while the words “carnage”, “catastrophe” and “collapse” were being bandied about the media this afternoon, we here at the Wizard were using a different word: “ka-ching”.

As today has shown, when the trend changes, the Wizard gets you into the big moves – no matter what the direction is. Don’t have the Wizard yet? There’s no better time to find out what few people know – there’s no better way to trade the markets.

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The Stock Market: How Low Can it Go?

Even after another day’s carnage in the stock market, it’s no secret that many a television pundit has spent the last several months repeatedly calling a bottom. Fortunately for you, we don’t listen to CNBC. As the markets have been melting away, the Wizard has been short from the beginning. As the screenshot below shows, our initial short call was registered on June 13th. And while the many talking heads were faked out by the weak August rally, the Wizard never once registered a long signal for the market. On September 5th, we, once again, went aggressively short and haven’t looked back since.

How far we fall and for how long is anybody’s guess – although I suspect we have more downside to go. But one thing’s for certain. While everyone’s talking about the Fed, the next big bank to get in trouble and the next bailout, we’re focusing on one thing: the market. Who would you rather be listening to?

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Our Futures Picks? In a word: perfect.

As well as we’ve called the stock market, our futures picks are even more impressive. Once again, the tv talking heads, gold bugs and peak oil theorists have been telling everyone why oil will rise again (all the way to $300/barrel!) why gold is going to $2000, and the dollar is going to zero. Too bad they got it all wrong. But we didn’t. The only thing registering a zero is the number of losers in our futures picks. That’s right – 0 losers, against 38 winners. We caught the selloff in oil and gold, the rally in the dollar and much, much more. In fact, we caught every move there is. Did CNBC call that?

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Forex: The Death of the Dollar Has Been Greatly Exaggerated.

IF the dollar is going to zero, then every other currency paired against it must be going to the moon, right? Guess again. 25 Forex winners, 1 loser. Turns out the dollar is alive and kicking. And we saw it all the way.

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Nobody needs to tell you how much turmoil is in the markets right now.  And while, for many, it may seem like a financial hurricane, the Wizard is, quite simply, the calm in the storm. We don’t follow the pundits, the latest theories or the crowd. We simply follow the markets. Every day. With astounding success. All you have to do is follow us. Sound easy? Well that’s because it is.

Good trading to everyone,

Gene Stunkel

Founder of the Wizard

There has been a lot of prospective customers wondering how we do it.  I can tell you it works on all markets.  We locate a trend in anything when it starts, and we get you into the trade.  Now it comes down to the question that I am often asked. What are you doing that no one else seems to figure out.  We are able to tell when the security starts a trend. It is not only on stocks it  happens on the etf,s futures and forex.  I want all of  you to do a scan, a daily aggressive and all all for all of the categories. You will find that they are all about the same.  Now if you do the same scan with the only change being  very bullish and very bullish, you will see that there is only and increase of probability for profit.  Going from over 80% to over 90% winners.

Here they are in the final scans results all over 90%     WOW!!!!!!!!!!!

Tell your friends

Stocks

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ETF’S

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Futures

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Forex

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Thank you for all of your support.

Good Trading Wzards

Gene Stunkel

Founder of the Wizard