How to profit from the pain at the pump

Posted on by The INO.com Team

I have a question for you, when did you last gas up your car?

If you experienced the pain at the pump, plus sticker shock, you're not alone.

The pain at the pump is real, it's painful, and it's also affecting the daily pocketbook of millions of Americans who rely on the pump to get them to work. Now the bad news, there's no magic wand that any politician can wave to make all of this go away.

Here's the bottom line, the world runs on crude oil, and demand is likely to remain high in the foreseeable future.

It's not any one event that's causing oil prices to rise, it's a combination of several things. You only have to look at the value of the ever shrinking dollar, plus world wide demand for raw commodities, to understand why prices are moving higher.

Forget the pain at the pump, here's a way for you to profit from the pump.

Take a look at the latest video to come out of the MarketClub digital studios, to see how you can benefit. This 6 minute video focuses on Crude Oil. See if it makes sense to you. I know this approach makes sense, because everyday we get calls and emails from traders like Milt in Virginia who tells us our approach works.

Here's what Milt had to say about our market proven strategy.
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"When I started using the MarketClub, I checked out your signals versus the signals I generate for a few weeks. I used mine to verify yours… now I use yours to verify mine and the profits have been astounding!"

Milt Fall
Virginia
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Remember, we are not brokers, so we are not going to be asking you to open an account with us. We are trading educators, that's what we do best right after trading.

Now more than ever you need a plan to survive financially in what is turning out to be a very tough year for housing and the stock market.

Now more than ever you need a market proven, risk adverse formula for the future.

Now more than ever you need to be diligent, disciplined and follow a proven financial strategy.

Enjoy and learn from this educational trading video on crude oil. There's no registration required.

The rest is up to you!

Adam Hewison
President, INO.com

Oil Futures Add Gains On Supply Anxiety & Warning Consumption Fears (Oil Prices)

Posted on by lindsay


February 8th, 2008 (10:52 AM - MST)


New York - Oil futures surged back above US $90 a barrel Friday, adding to the previous session's gains on renewed concerns about soppy disruptions and waning fears that a U.S. economic recession would seriously curb demand.

Light sweet crude for March delivery jumped $3.03 to $91.14 a barrel late int he New York Mercantile Exchange session.

Crude gained on word that oil exports from Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil produces and a major U.S. supplier, could fall by as much as a million barrels a day due to a deteriorating security situation and planned maintenance.

Prices also rose on news that North Sea oil production has been cut by 280,000 barrels a day due to technical problems at a Total SA field, and that Russian crude output could fall this year due to depletion, JBC Energy GmbH, an energy research firm in Vienna, said in a research report.

Concerns that Venezuela might retaliate after ExxonMobil Corp. won court orders freezing the assets of its state oil company also pushed prices higher. ExxonMobil is seeking compensation for assets appropriated last year as part of President Hugo Chavez's nationalization of several large oil products.

Meanwhile, energy investors found reason to hope that the American economy will dodge a serious downturn.

"Crude traders also responded positively to the news that Congress has passed an economic stimulus package aimed a boosting consumption and staving off a recession," commented Addison Armstrong, director of exchange traded markets at TFS Energy Futures LLC in Stamford, Conn.

There also were worries that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries would cut production to support prices which have pulled back from a record $100.09 a barrel reached early last month.

Analysts said technical factors also lifted oil futures. Twice in recent weeks, oil prices have dipped to nearly $86, only to bounce back.

That price is seen as a psychologically important support level that may keep prices trading in a range around $90 for the foreseeable future.

"If we break below that, I think we're going to see further weakness," said Adam Hewison, president of INO.com, a website that specializes in futures trading.

At the pump, meanwhile, U.S. gasoline prices fell 0.6 cents overnight to a national average of $2.966 a gallon, according to AAA and the Oil Price Information Service.

Retail gas prices have retreated from above $3 a gallon in recent weeks, but remained about 77 cents higher than a year ago, and the Energy Department predicts they will rise to new records near $3.50 a gallon this spring.

Sneak peak at '08 trading returns ... WOW

Posted on by The INO.com Team

Many people thought our Q3 and Q4 results were a fluke ... when we gave them a sneak peek for '08 at our gold trading results they were stunned.

I mean here it is, the world is coming to an end, right? The sky is falling in, and Humpty Dumpty has fallen off the wall. So what else can possibly happen to the economy, the markets and life as we know it?

No one knows for sure, but that's not the question.

The question is, how can you keep your boat afloat when everyone else's seems to be sinking fast?

Well making money in a stormy economy doesn't just happen by chance or luck. To make money, you must be prepared, and with preparation comes a game plan. This game plan has to be able to win in any market conditions.

Now don't get me wrong, there's a risk every time you buy or sell a stock or futures contract. If you are willing to accept a certain amount of calculated risk, in return for double or triple digit returns, read on, as that's our area of expertise.

To better understand this, take a quick view of our results in '08 in my new 4 minute video here

Afterwards check out our Q3 results. No registration required. This video will show you step by step how we approach the markets.

Q3 results Video. Part 1

Q3 results Video. Part 2

In Q4 and early '08 we used the same market proven approach and game plan, that we used in Q3. Why change something that works? All the buy and sell signals were generated using MarketClub's "Trade Triangle" technology. The results for each market show just how well you can do when you follow MarketClub's easy to use, market driven "Trade Triangle" approach.

In times like these it pays to have a market proven, experience driven approach that gives you a professional traders edge over other investors.

Compare our Q4 results against Q3 (90 second video) and see how you can benefit from the proven MarketClub approach. Watch with our compliments. No registration required.

Q4 results Video here

Join the club ... MarketClub.

Let's put MarketClub to work for you today.

Adam Hewison
President, INO.com

We've seen it all before ... have you?

Posted on by The INO.com Team
"The past is the teacher of the future"
Old Hungarian Proverb

There is nothing new in the markets as financial history always repeats itself. The subject of todays blog posting is something you need more than ever in these volatile markets and that is money management.

In my previous blog postings we discussed diversification and stops. These two disciplines are all part of your money management suite of tools. But there are two other elements that make up a successful money management strategy in my opinion.

The two missing elements I am talking about are and the importance of using FOCUS and DISCIPLINE.. You must have these two elements in your money management toolbox if you are going to succeed and make the kind of money that allows you to enjoy the good life.

Just imagine not having to worry about Fed actions, or stressing out about if some companies earnings is going to miss expectations.

Well, all that is possible with good money management. The tools we have discussed in our previous posts stops and diversification allow you the luxury of not worrying and stressing out over things you cannot control.

THE NUMBER ONE SECRET TO MONEY MANAGEMENT

All credit goes to the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett for this secret. Mr Buffett who at 77 is a legend in the investment world. Here are Mr. Buffett two most important rules to investing.

Rule Number One: Never lose money.
Rule Number Two: Never forget Rule Number One.

If you follow this advice you will be very successful, perhaps like Mr. Buffett?

We were lucky enough to recently share some TV time with Mr. Buffett. You can watch it here.

Let's go back to our two topics today … FOCUS and DISCIPLINE.

Here's an example of FOCUS.

Say you are bullish on a certain stock or futures market. You need to FOCUS on three key components. 1. Entry price. 2. Trade risk. 3. Profit potential.

Here's an example of DISCIPLINE.

This is what I believe is the difference between winners and losers in the market.

It can be all summed up in one word DISCIPLINE!!!

Without DISCIPLINE the odds of being successful in the market are against you.

Here's a simple recap of the four basic components that make up your money management game plan.

1. DIVERSIFICATION
2. STOPS
3. FOCUS
4. DISCIPLINE

Once you have mastered these four elements there is no doubt that you will be successful.

Have a super profitable trading week.

Adam Hewison

Decline In Service Sector Sent DOW Tumbling

Posted on by lindsay

The DOW dropped 370 points (2.9%) after a report from the Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) index of the service business sector announced a fall from 54.4 to 41.9. This is the first decline in the retail, travel, banking, construction, and restaurant industries in about 5 years. A reading below 50 indicates contraction; it was the first service-sector contraction in more than four and a half years. Economists had been expecting another month of growth for the service sector that accounts for 2/3's of the economy. The overall indication in January is that non-manufacturing has come to the end of a long-term period of growth," said Anthony Nieves, chairman of the Institute for Supply Management's non-manufacturing business survey committee.


This disappointing news coupled with a report highlighting the first decline in employment since August of 2003 has rocked the market this week. However Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) bid for Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) took the spotlight leaving the unemployment report in the shadows. The report indicated the loss of 17,000 jobs in January, the greatest decline since 2003, despite an expected growth of 70,000 jobs.


How will the wake of these two reports affect the market in the year to come? Will the decrease in employed American citizens have a dramatic impact on US consumer spending? Will the fear of the “R-word” fuel a tailspin? For me, there is more questions than there are answers.


Will we see strength in the economy anytime soon? Will the FED come to the rescue? Cary Leahy, and economist at Decision Economics says, "We do have considerable stimulus from both the Federal Reserve and from a major cut in taxes in the middle of the year so the economy could experience a decent second half.”


As more reports are released and regardless of major moves we must remember to follow basic trading rules to curb our losses and protect our portfolio:

Diversify Your Portfolio (multiple sectors/ various position directions)
Listen To The Markets
Have A Strategy For Every Trade & Stick With It!
Be In The Know