Now let’s talk about all the red we’ve been seeing this week.
What you’re witnessing in the market right now is a combination of three things…
- The market was priced for perfection. That means there was no room for “error” or a virus.
- The market fears a lack of continuity of government with the elections coming this fall. Like him or hate him, President Trump is a known quantity. His potential opponent is unknown at this point.
- The machines that account for 80% of the trading on Wall Street and the fund managers who must sell to mimic the market cause the type of massive short-term movement in stock prices, whether up or down.
To counter this, you must be nimble. And that is where The War Room excels. Our short-term plays get you in and out of positions in a matter of minutes or hours. And the correction in stocks allows us to pick and choose longer-term plays using unique strategies that protect our capital or reduce the amount at risk.
For example, just this week in The War Room, Bryan’s quick-hit strategies have resulted in back-to-back winners, shorting the market using a specific options strategy on a market ETF. So even in a down market, War Room members are winning!
With exposure to gold in our longer-term recommendations, members are hedging their long positions as the yellow metal has soared since the market tanked.
Action Plan: In times like these, The War Room is the place to be.
With access to so many pro traders in one place, you’ll never be alone at your desk wondering what’s going on or what you should or shouldn’t be doing!
About Karim Rahemtulla
Karim began his trading career early… very early. While attending boarding school in England, he recognized the value of the homemade snacks his mom sent him every semester and sold them for a profit to his fellow classmates, who were trying to avoid the horrendous British food they were served.
He then graduated to stocks and options, becoming one of the youngest chief financial officers of a brokerage and trading firm that cleared through Bear Stearns in the late 1980s. There, he learned trading skills from veterans of the business. They had already made their mistakes, and he recognized the value of the strategies they were using late in their careers.
As co-founder and chief options strategist for the groundbreaking publication Wall Street Daily, Karim turned to long-term equity anticipation securities (LEAPS) and put-selling strategies to help members capture gains. After that, he honed his strategies for readers of Automatic Trading Millionaire, where he didn’t record a single realized loss on 37 recommendations over an 18-month period.
While even he admits that record is not the norm, it showcases the effectiveness of a sound trading strategy.
His focus is on “smart” trading. Using volatility and proprietary probability modeling as his guideposts, he makes investments where risk and reward are defined ahead of time.
Today, Karim is all about lowering risk while enhancing returns using strategies such as LEAPS trading, spread trading, put selling and, of course, small cap investing. His background as the head of The Supper Club gives him unique insight into low-market-cap companies, and he brings that experience into the daily chats of The War Room.
Karim has more than 30 years of experience in options trading and international markets, and he is the author of the bestselling book Where in the World Should I Invest?
