Jim Cramer, Pickpocket

I love Jim Cramer.

Here is a man who knows his business and how to use the tools of his trade. He made his fortune (and my guess he has been smart enough to keep it) using those tools. He is not alone as all the good hedge fund managers know (or should know) them and are using them today. Don’t blame him because he is better than the others.

If anyone is a stay-at-home day trader they do not have the ability to do any of the things that the powerful money managers can. They are at the mercy of market manipulation. The day trader walks up to the plate with 2 ½ strikes on him and the ball is already half way there. It is strike three before he has had a chance to swing.

In a recent interview on YouTube Jim let loose with a few of the inside tricks he used when he was a fund manager. It is a hard ball game. All the pros use technical analysis such as volume, chart formations, MACDs, stochastics, etc. because fundamentals mean nothing. Those are standard.

Manipulation comes in false-feeding the media with information that can short term move the market in any direction either up or down. When a fund has millions of dollars to buy or sell options it can influence a stock’s price is one of many tricks.

Fund managers like Jim, and there are hundreds of them, are moving stock and option prices every day. They are literally picking each others pockets. The most skillful win. The little guy at home with his less-than-$100,000 account hasn’t a chance. He is what is known as a mushroom.

Mushroom? Yes, something grown in the dark and fed horse manure.

It is unfortunate that most of the regulators at the SEC, CFTC and NFA also fall into this category because they have never been traders. I attest to this because I was an exchange member and floor trader.

For years I have been criticizing the regulators for not protecting the little guy. I don’t care about hedge fund investors. They have enough money and should know better. They can afford to buy good advice, but greed usually blinds them. There are good hedge funds and there are good mutual funds, but unfortunately there are more poor ones in both categories than good ones.

The regulators should be doing more to help the “little guy”. About 80% of the 401Ks have less than $50,000 deposited in standard mutual funds. As a bench mark they compare themselves with the S&P500 and most can’t beat this average. During a bear market the regulators will not allow the funds to hold large cash or bond positions to keep from losing customers’ money. Fund managers are paid on how much money is in the fund and not on how much they make for the investor. Terrible.

Jim proves by his statements that it is foolish to be a day trader. The long term facts prove it is foolish to be Buy and Holder.

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Stock Trading Secrets?

Author: Frank Soler

How often have you come across an advertisement or e-mail proclaiming to “teach” you the stock trading secrets that Wall Street Insiders don’t want you to know? Usually included are claims such as “Make 10K monthly in minutes per day”, etc. So what are these “secrets” that they are SELLING?

Usually included in the descriptions of these trading products are claims such as “Make 10K monthly in minutes per day”, or “Learn the secrets of Professional Stock Brokers”, etc. etc. So what are these “secrets” that they are SELLING?

And if the Wall Street Insiders and the Professional Stock Brokers didn’t want to reveal these trading secrets with you, then how come the companies or individuals selling you these products are so quick to give up these “Never before revealed” techniques?

Is it because they don’t work, or are their products just the basic rules of trading rewritten (once again) in a new and thought provoking way? Or, if you believe everything you read, is it really some highly classified and secret method for trading stocks that is being SOLD here?

Stock Trading Secrets Revealed

In its most simplified form, the real trading secrets of the institutions and professional traders fit into at least one of the areas below…

1) A well developed trading system that has proven itself to profitably work over and over again in real-life trading

2) Knowing which trading strategies work best in which markets

3) The role of the Market Makers and how they use their influence to control the market and how you can use this to your advantage

4) What trading indicators are actually reliable

5) Which trading patterns are worth using, and when

6) Proper Money Management techniques, Money Management, and Money Management (note the emphasis here)

7) How to take advantage of margin

So, contrary to what they want you to believe, this is what they are selling you. I’m not saying that all of these trading products out there promoting unknown trading secrets are not worth the money, but quite the opposite. If they can provide you with truthful advice about any of the above areas, AND this advice is not easily accessible or publicized, then their product may greatly benefit your trading results.

But, if they are simply selling you generalized trading information that you can learn from any basic trading book, perhaps your money is better spent elsewhere. Buyer beware.
About Author
Frank Soler is a successful trader and Registered Investment Advisor. His company, Soler Investments, provides real-time stock picks, trading advisory services, and a free online trading education center. Visit http://www.SolerInvestments.com today to find out how they can help you to become a successful trader.