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Follow Up to Trade Alert - (GM) March 11, 2014

Trade Alert

As a potentially profitable opportunity presents itself, John will send you an alert with specific trade information as to what should be bought, when to buy it, and at what price. This is your chance to ?look over? John Thomas? shoulder as he gives you unparalleled insight on major world financial trends BEFORE they happen.

Further Update to: Trade Alert -(GM) - Stop Loss

Sell the General Motors (GM) April, 2014 $34-$36 bull call spread at $1.11 or best

Closing Trade

3-11-2014

expiration date: April 18, 2014

Portfolio weighting: 10%

Number of Contracts = 57 contracts

Ouch. To get snakebit twice in two days hurts. But three times?

I thought that when the General Motors (GM) ignition recall was announced last week, it was a nice entry point on the long side. I was right for at least a whole day.

This morning news hit that there would be a congressional investigation of GM?s handling of the issue. Usually these are no big deal, go nowhere, and have little impact on the stock. But then we learned that prosecutors in New York State were planning a criminal investigation of the company, as are other states. That is a big deal.

This all happened against a backdrop of deteriorating economic news from China and endless, frightful rumors from the Ukraine. I sailed right into a perfect storm with this trade.

If you are active in the markets as I, this kind of out of the blue flock of black swans is inevitable. It is a good rule of thumb that when the wheels fall off, cut your capital loss to 3%. That way you live to fight another day, as I plan to do.

The best execution can be had by placing your bid for the entire spread in the middle market and waiting for the trade to come to you. The middle market is the halfway point between the bid and the offered prices that you see on your screen with your online broker.

The difference between the bid and the offer on these deep in-the-money spread trades can be enormous. Don?t execute the legs individually or you will end up losing much of your profit. Keep in mind that these are ballpark prices only. Spread pricing can be very volatile especially on expiration months farther out.

Here are the specific trades you need to execute this position:

Sell 57 April, 2014 (GM) $34 calls at????????$1.96

Buy to cover short 57 April, 2014 (GM) $36 calls at?...$0.85
Net Cost:????????.???????..??....$1.11

Loss: $1.63 - $1.11 = $0.52

(57 X 100 X -$0.52) = -$2,964 or -2.96% profit for the notional $100,000 portfolio.

GM 3-11-14

John ThomasSometimes They Bite

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Trade Alert - (GM) March 11, 2014

Trade Alert

As a potentially profitable opportunity presents itself, John will send you an alert with specific trade information as to what should be bought, when to buy it, and at what price. This is your chance to ?look over? John Thomas? shoulder as he gives you unparalleled insight on major world financial trends BEFORE they happen. Read more

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March 11, 2014 - MDT - Midday Missive

MDT Alert

While the Diary of a Mad Hedge Fund Trader focuses on investment over a one week to six-month time frame, Mad Day Trader, provided by Jim Parker, will exploit money-making opportunities over a brief ten minute to three day window. It is ideally suited for day traders, but can also be used by long-term investors to improve market timing for entry and exit points.

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March 11, 2014 - MDT Pro Tips A.M.

MDT Alert

While the Diary of a Mad Hedge Fund Trader focuses on investment over a one week to six-month time frame, Mad Day Trader, provided by Jim Parker, will exploit money-making opportunities over a brief ten minute to three day window. It is ideally suited for day traders, but can also be used by long-term investors to improve market timing for entry and exit points.

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March 11, 2014

Diary, Newsletter, Summary

Global Market Comments
March 11, 2014
Fiat Lux

Featured Trade:
(MAD HEDGE FUND TRADER KILLS IT WITH A 2014 12.6% RETURN),
(TLT), (SPY), (BAC), (GM), (EBAY),
(DAL), (GS), (XLV), (XLF), (GE),
(MARCH 12 GLOBAL STRATEGY WEBINAR),
(EUROPEAN STYLE HOMELAND SECURITY)

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT)
SPDR S&P 500 (SPY)
Bank of America Corporation (BAC)
General Motors Company (GM)
eBay Inc. (EBAY)
Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL)
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS)
Health Care Select Sector SPDR?? (XLV)
Financial Select Sector SPDR?? (XLF)
General Electric Company (GE)

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Mad Hedge Fund Trader Kills it with a 12.6% 2014 Return

Diary, Newsletter

The industry beating performance of the Mad Hedge Fund Trader?s Trade Alert Service has maintained its gob smacking pace from last year, picking up another 12.6% profit in the first ten trading weeks of 2014.

The Dow Average was up a feeble 1.4% during the same period, pegging my outperformance of the index at a stunning 11.2%. Since the beginning of 2013, I am up 80%, with a trailing 12-month return of 51%.? 2013 closed with a total return for followers of 67.45%.

The three-year return is now an amazing 135.1%, compared to a far more modest increase for the Dow Average during the same period of only 34%. That brings my averaged annualized return up to 41.6%. Not bad in this zero interest rate world. It?s better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

This has been the profit since my groundbreaking trade mentoring service was launched in 2010. Thousands of followers now earn a full time living solely from my Trade Alerts, 95% of which have been profitable this year.

Not a day goes by without finding grateful emails thanking me for changing their lives. Stories abound of mortgages paid off, college educations financed, and aging parents supported. Quite a few use my award winning mentoring service to finally achieve financial independence and told their bosses to go jump off a bridge.

I won?t pass on the pictures they sent me. To read the plaudits yourself, please go to my testimonials page. They are all real.

The hot streak continues.

I managed to call the double top in the Treasury bond market (TLT), and picked up some easy money on the short side. Crucially, I was one of the first to catch the leadership change in the market, out of technology and health care (XLV) and into banks (XLF), (BAC), (GS) and autos (GM).

On top of this, I bought some long exposure in classic old-line deep cyclicals, like General Electric (GE) and (Delta Airlines (DAL). Finally, I ramped up my ?RISK ON? trading book by adding a new position in eBay (EBAY), jumping on Carl Icahn?s attempt to greenmail this spectacularly well run company (come on Carl, call a spade a spade!).

My ambitious macro view is allowing me to put the pedal to the metal on the risk side. I think that the final effect of one of the cruelest winters in history will be to shift economic growth from Q1 to Q2. That gives us every excuse to ignore every piece of bad data, and only focus on the good numbers.

This paves the way for a blowout Q2 US GDP number of over 4%. That is what the stock market is telling us now by going sideways or up almost every day.

It is a real ?heads, I win, tails, you lose? market. The indexes could continue with slow, grinding sideways ?time? corrections followed by sudden, frenetic pops to the upside all the way until the summer. My current strategy cashes in on this scenario, while also providing some downside protection so you can sleep at night.

My only loss so far this year was with some S&P 500 puts that I used to hedge downside exposure for my other long positions. We can?t all be perfect.

My esteemed colleague, Mad Day Trader Jim Parker, was no small part of this success. Since the market became technically and momentum driven, I have been confirming with him before sending out every Trade Alert. Together, our success rate is 100%.

What would you expect with a combined 85 years of market experience between the two of us? Followers are laughing all the way to the bank.

Don?t forget that Jim clocked an amazing 2013 of a staggering 374%. That is just for an eight-month year!

The coming year promises to deliver a harvest of new trading opportunities. The big driver will be a global synchronized recovery that promises to drive markets into the stratosphere in 2014.

The Trade Alerts should be coming hot and heavy. Please join me on the gravy train. You will never get a better chance than this to make money for your personal account.

Global Trading Dispatch, my highly innovative and successful trade-mentoring program, earned a net return for readers of 40.17% in 2011, 14.87% in 2012, and 67.45% in 2013.

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Trade Alert

John ThomasThe Gunslinger on Your Behalf

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March 10, 2014 - MDT - QQQ Follow Up

MDT Alert

While the Diary of a Mad Hedge Fund Trader focuses on investment over a one week to six-month time frame, Mad Day Trader, provided by Jim Parker, will exploit money-making opportunities over a brief ten minute to three day window. It is ideally suited for day traders, but can also be used by long-term investors to improve market timing for entry and exit points.

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March 10, 2014 - MDT - QQQ Alert

MDT Alert

While the Diary of a Mad Hedge Fund Trader focuses on investment over a one week to six-month time frame, Mad Day Trader, provided by Jim Parker, will exploit money-making opportunities over a brief ten minute to three day window. It is ideally suited for day traders, but can also be used by long-term investors to improve market timing for entry and exit points.

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March 10, 2014 - MDT Pro Tips A.M.

MDT Alert

While the Diary of a Mad Hedge Fund Trader focuses on investment over a one week to six-month time frame, Mad Day Trader, provided by Jim Parker, will exploit money-making opportunities over a brief ten minute to three day window. It is ideally suited for day traders, but can also be used by long-term investors to improve market timing for entry and exit points.

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SOLD OUT - Friday, April 25 San Francisco Strategy Luncheon

Lunch

Come join me for lunch at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader?s Global Strategy Update, which I will be conducting in San Francisco on Friday, April 25, 2014. An excellent meal will be followed by a wide ranging discussion and an extended question and answer period.

I?ll be giving you my up to date view on stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, precious metals, and real estate. And to keep you in suspense, I?ll be throwing a few surprises out there too. Tickets are available for $179.

I?ll be arriving at 11:00 and leaving late in case anyone wants to have a one on one discussion, or just sit around and chew the fat about the financial markets.

The lunch will be held at a private club in downtown San Francisco near Union Square that will be emailed with your purchase confirmation.

I look forward to meeting you, and thank you for supporting my research.

San Francisco

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