Traders Bulletin positioning for new release…

Mark Rose over at Traders Bulletin has got me a little frustrated. I first came across Mark some while ago when he was marketing a system based on spread betting the markets. The performance to be honest wasn’t stellar although to Mark’s credit he acknowledged this and promised to keep trying to improve it.

In the meantime he’s been sending out weekly emails that provide useful advice, especially for new traders. In his most recent issue he’s written a very good piece about what people mean when they talk about risk and reward. I thought this deserved some publicity so headed over to his website to see if it was available there.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear to be published as yet but even so there are still some good pieces worth taking a look at. Hopefully he will be able to upload this latest one in the not too distant future.

One thing Mark has been quietly promoting in his newsletter each week is a new service that is due to be launched on Wednesday 29 September at 11am (BST I guess). He has given little snippets of what this new service is and that beta testers are very pleased with it.

It’s still not clear what this will entail or really how profitable it may be but Mark does appear to be a stand up guy so you might want to head over to his website and sign up for the weekly newsletter to see what emerges.

The Master Plan for long term profits…

I know everyone that visits this blog is looking for ways to create additional income or, in some cases, provide an income as they’ve lost a job perhaps.

What I try to do is provide some recommendations where you can then do your own research to see if it is suitable for your circumstances.

The latest offering I’m recommending is The Master Plan. This is a service for people who are able to open and fund a Betfair account. For those who don’t know what Betfair is it is a website where individuals can wager against each other rather than using a bookmaker. In some countries such as the USA it is not possible to become a member so please bear this in mind when reading the remainder of this post.

The Master Plan is a UK horse racing service that uses an automatic trading bot to do all the hard work. The ethos behind the service is one of steady growth and maximum use of compounding. They recommend a minimum starting bank of £500. Currently you can get a nine day trial of the service for £1, after this it will be £99 every 30 days (they seem to favour Paypal for payments).

So, not something that either will appeal to all or be affordable to all. In a way I think this is deliberate as the owners are passionate about providing an excellent service.

Another way they will achieve this is by limiting the number of members to 200 and from the information I’ve seen they have every intention of sticking to this number.

If The Master Plan sounds of interest you’ll be delighted to know that it requires a very small amount of time each day to operate. Every evening you’ll receive an email with the next days selections contained in a zip file. All you need to do is upload the file, check the settings are correct and click start. You can then leave the bot to run on your behalf.

One thing that is clear is that members get very clear instructions on how to set things up and from my own experience it is well worth watching them as some of the default settings on the bot did need to be changed.

Note that this is a long term service and some losses are to be expected but the aim is to provide profits that will easily dwarf potential losses.

As far as I can tell there is no affiliate offering so I’m not recommending this service because I’ll make money out of it. I’m a new user myself and am looking forward to seeing how well this works.

The search for individual freedom…

I’m taking a slightly different tack today from my normal posts. In the UK we are continually being told that drastic cuts in services are the only way we as a nation can emerge from the financial meltdown.

It now seems that the nation’s conciousness has accepted that ‘we’, the public will have to put our hands in our pocket and stump up for the financial hole we find ourselves in.

I have to ask myself whether we’ve all been subliminally brainwashed into this belief. I always thought the financial world got us into this mess and they should be the ones to pay the biggest price. Looks as though I am wrong (at least in the minds of the powers that be) and the banks et al can make a token gesture of contrition and all will be right.

Well I don’t agree and I intend to do something about it for my own personal situation. How about yourself? Do you feel that you’ve been asked to suffer from the mistakes of others? If you do then I’d recommend learning more about what you can do about it.

The first thing you have to realise is that you have the right to protect what is yours. Many people believe that opening an offshore bank account is illegal. This is not true. You are perfectly entitled to do this and given the turmoil that hit the financial markets recently would be something that I’d heartily recommend.

The term offshore bank has become tainted but in its simplest form is a bank in any jurisdiction where you are not resident. So, for example, as I am UK resident I could have a bank in the US and that would be termed an offshore bank account for my circumstances. Now I’m pretty sure no-one would consider US banks in any way illegal.

This is just one way in which you can learn to become more independent and help to safeguard what is yours. If this is of interest I’d encourage you to subscribe to a series of emails that provide more detail and advice about the benefits of individual freedom and how to obtain it.

Start Options give better odds and broaden their offering…

As trading develops the companies involved are constantly looking for ways to attract new clients. One way to do this is to make the process as quick and as simple as possible. This can be achieved with Binary Trading. The idea is simple, rather than trying to predict the movement of a market over an extended period why not predict over a fixed time frame as short as 0ne hour. This satisfies our need for instant gratification and assuming we get it right there’s a financial reward at the end of it.

Several companies have recently started, one of which StartOptions has continued to develop not only the percentage payout but also the type of trades as well.

If you are just starting out or want to learn more about what binary trading is then you’ll be interested to see that the payment percentage has now increased in some cases to an 81% premium. This is not only good news in having an increased amount of money but also improves the risk/reward ratio. Trading is really very simple at StartOptions:

1. Pick an instrument to trade e.g. a currency pair or a market index
2. Decide if it will end up higher or lower in the next hour
3. Place the amount you wish to trade
4. Wait for the trade to expire
5. Pick up the profit (there is of course a chance you could lose so bear this in mind)
6. Repeat

So you see you have a simple no-fuss way to trade and profit.

For those who are more serious investors StartOptions have recently introduced Barrier Range trading where the potential profit can be 300% of your investment. You will need to wager at least $250 per trade so this will not appeal to everyone.

The range of investments is continuing to expand in this area so if you think you can predict how the markets will move then why not take a look. Don’t forget there is a risk of loss so make sure you have a robust trading plan set up to cope with the peaks and troughs you’ll encounter (hopefully more peaks than troughs).

World Pension Plus ask members to check…

There is a new update from World Pension Plus (WPP) that is asking members to ensure they have updated their details at the Yardas site.

WPP is another Reverse Pension Plan (RPP). This is a scheme where an insurance company will payout on a pension policy ahead of time. So, let’s say you are 40 years of age. You purchase an RPP and once the required number of members have been signed up the funding company will pay you a lump sum. As an example WPP will pay out $80,000 per policy. The policy itself is worth more than that so once it matures the financing company will take the full value. As the number of policy holders will span a wide age range the funding company can predict what level of funding they will receive each year. In the example I’ve quoted above the funding company would have to wait 25 years for the payout whilst you receive part of it now.

The investment per policy does vary between providers but for WPP it is $55. They are also running a special offer where for every policy above 5 you purchase you’ll get 1 free. There is no limit to the number of policies an individual can purchase although there is an age limit for being eligible. Anyone over 66 years old is not able to profit from the RPP but they can still earn referral commissions.

Whilst no-one can predict how long it will take WPP to close they have a significant number of members already.

Sportarbs in a real pickle…

The Sportarbs platform is a great concept as ordinary investors can profit from the world of sports arbitrage trading. And when I joined everything worked pretty smoothly. There were a few ups and downs with regard to payment processors but all in all the process seemed to work.

That was then…this is now. For whatever reason Sportarbs seem to have got themselves into all sorts of difficulties and payments seem to have dried up completely. Way back in March they announced that members would be able to purchase a Mastercard and that would allow payments to be made. I’ve not seen any reports of the cards being issued or anyone using them.

Their Perfect Money account seems to be frozen and they have funds locked in their. In an effort to attract more funds they have added Liberty Reserve as a payment processor (after previously removing them). It all seems very bizarre and as ever communication is sparse and not that easy to understand.

Having said all that they still seem to be trading as those, like me presumably, who have funds locked inside Sportarbs are still re-investing and returns still seem to be being made.

The fact that we can’t actually enjoy the returns is frustrating to say the least. If we had some knowledge of what the likely options might be it could help to reduce the negative feelings that abound.

I don’t believe anyone should make an investment at the moment until the company front up and tell investors what the options are likely to be. I removed their affiliate banner some considerable time ago and will not be re-instating it in the forseeable future.

WBwso closes door to new sign ups…

A recent announcement from WBwso means that they are no longer actively seeking new members. Their announcement says that they have grown to a size where they believe they can manage member numbers efficiently.

Over the last few days they report that support responses have been slowing down due to holidays and the like. This has spurred them into making the decision to shut up shop to new sign ups.

For those who joined but have yet to make a deposit then it looks as though you are still able to as no restrictions have been announced.

Hopefully this move will allow the owners to really focus on providing the level of service members deserve.

Even though the site still has a sign up page changes have been made and you are informed that no new members are being sought.

This means that I will be removing the WBwso banner that has recently been shown on the right hand side. I’d like to thank all of the readers who have signed up under my referral link and would just remind those who are yet to invest that this is still possible.

All you need to do is login to your backoffice and review the packages that are available for investment.