I was pondering an FXE trade alert from MHFT today when my cell rang with a Berkeley, CA area code. Since I know a couple of people in that part of the world, I answered, and it was none other than John Thomas.
Had I not heard his voice on the MHFT webinars, I would have thought I was being conned. But given that I’m in the last month of a trial run, he actually called to find out how I was doing with the service and what I thought.
Here’s the short version of what I told him.
I’m a pretty experienced investor, but definitely not sophisticated when it comes to using options, or for that matter, trading currencies and commodities.
My first trade with MHFT – a (FXY) vertical call spread – literally scared the hell out of me, so I used a tiny position size. I think I made around $900 ($400 more than my trial subscription, so there’s that).
But through the process of using John’s trade ideas, I learned. Fast. Nothing will help you grasp the potential of option strategies like doing them. And as I write this, I have multiple positions on courtesy of MHFT that are on track to deliver double digit percentage gains in a matter of weeks!
I can’t quite comprehend how he knows so many well-placed people, but he’s incredibly adept at grabbing insights from them, turning these into an investment thesis, and making it incredibly clear and actionable to this reader base.
One day he’s writing about a chat with a three star general and the next you’re buying a call spread on Palo Alto Networks. He connects the dots in a ridiculously useful way.
But it’s more than just the idea, it’s the timing of the idea. The world is full of people who can say “hey, cyber-security is a big deal.” Or, “wow, the euro is getting killed.” But the actual trade execution to profit from that in the near term? He’s freaky good.
I also love the defined exit strategy. Look, if you’re the most disciplined human on the planet and never let a bad trade turn into a long term “investment,” more power to you.
I am not. I hate when I do it, but it’s happened more than once. With MHFT, the exit is well marked. You can’t miss it. Personally, I find that removes significant stress, not to mention risk.
Today, I was over at my local Schwab office – before John called – and was raving about MHFT. Not stark raving. Good raving. I’d be surprised if they aren’t signing up for a trial as I write this.
John, thanks for the call. That was a really nice surprise.
But more importantly, thanks for great work, thinking, and ideas. Enjoy your travels and I look forward to meeting you at one of your conferences.
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It's so great having John as my Personal Investment 911. Even when he was navigating the current of his excellent Summit … it took him less than 3 minutes to answer my questions & guide me on my way. I’m underway & making hay … thank you, John.
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I find your multi dimensional approach to markets are devoid of the usual Blah Blah Blah of most market analysts. It is very worthwhile, and I look forward to you using a lot of common sense and awareness.
That being said, regarding myself : I started trading gold in the late sixties and bought my first seat IMM at the CME in 1975 to trade currencies. I Mostly trade in sterling and yen. I had private tutoring on technical analysis on my day off from my regular job (which I love and still do).
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Thank you so much for that Ukraine trip and for the great webinar this morning, I couldn’t be more grateful that I stumbled across you and get all the insight that you offer.
The small cost of this newsletter pays for itself a thousand times over. My returns mimic those of your portfolio for the year and for that I am grateful.
The only suggestion I would offer is to keep doing what you are doing. It is people like you that will help return the once storied name to Wall Street.
We made a lot of money from your service this year. I don't agree with all of John Thomas' trades, but we really like his insight and timely and quick, short emails that he broadcasts, like on the ECB interest rate cut, the falling yen, etc.
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