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  The Case for Taking Control of Your Financial Future It’s Time to  Fill Your  Wealth Gap With all the turmoil involved in the financial markets and the unpredictability of any outcome, the time is right to focus our attention on the education and expertise we need to take control of our Financial Future. The less defined area between the traditional financial services industry and the professional traders of the world needs to be addressed in order to give the individual the advantage of managing their financial destiny and not leaving their well-being to the mercy of the market. My mission for The Diversified Trader is to meet that challenge and give you the right path to Independent Wealth Management .  It all starts with knowing the financial landscape and finding the Direction that best fits your goals.  I look at what we have now and where we want to go....  Continue reading about your financial future.

  TRADING WITH STOCKS A Look at What We Call “The market” -  I chose the S&P 500 Index, the most recognized representation of the U.S. Stock Market, and the first decade of the 21 st century to make a point about Investing in Stocks and your financial well-being. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) - 10 Years By Month 1/2000 to 12/2009 1-1-2000 Open 1469.25/12-31-2009 Close 1115.10 Change (354.15) - Percent (24.1%) The chart of the S&P 500 above shows the precarious nature of the “Market” and letting it determine your financial future, and, by extension, how dangerous “buy and hold” investing really is.  The odds of picking the right stocks at the right time consistently are very low, and investing for the long-term would have seen negative returns in your portfolio over the above 10-year span. Can we really afford to let that happen? Read on about Trading with Stocks to find the Silver Lining in this scenario.

  Trading With Options - The Benefits of Trading Options on Stocks, ETFs, and Indexes - In the grand scheme of things, the Option is the overall best vehicle to help wealth builders achieve their goals and manage market risk along the way.   The versatility inherent in the structure of Options makes them the perfect tool to help create wealth building scenarios that greatly enhance performance without exposing one’s wealth to any significant risk.   In fact, options were originally made to manage risk.   By the way: Managing risk is the number one way to achieve the “Holy Grail” of trading – Consistency -- which leads to Compounding , which leads to Exponential Growth . Continue reading my article " Trading With Options ". Your Options Masters

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  How to Trade Forex Foreign Exchange - A World of Opportunity – The Ultimate Alternative Vehicle –  The largest financial market in the world, Foreign Exchange historically has been the sole playground of large financial institutions, Central Banks, corporations, hedge funds, and interested wealthy individuals. Businesses traditionally have used the foreign exchange market to hedge currency risk associated with the production and sale of their products in the international marketplace. Now, with electronic trading and the Internet, anyone with some money and the inclination can trade in the Forex (FX) market by utilizing any number of online brokers.  Driven by international trade and banking, the need to exchange currencies has created this large, very liquid market that routinely sees volume in the trillions of US dollars per day. Read More About How to Trade Forex

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