Trading Futures Is Like Shopping At WalMart

March 30, 2010 By

More and more people want to get into day trading. We hear them say, “I am interested in day trading but I don’t have the funds necessary to open the account and meet the minimum requirements. Since 9/11, day trading stocks requires at least $25,000 in your brokerage account. With the economy as tough as it is for everyone, with highest ever unemployment, $25,000 can be a barrier.

Here is a way you can be day trading and not have $25,000 in your account. Get another form of trading education… learn to trade Emini Futures. Emini Futures trading allows you to open a brokerage account with just $2,500, a fraction of what it costs for day trading stocks. And Emini trading can be done with only $500. Several highly volatile Futures contracts require just $500 / contract. Is there a stock that you could be trading for $500 that has volatility and liquidity?

Here is one contract you can use for day trading, the Emini S&P 500. On margin, it costs only $500/contract to trade, and some brokerages require even less.

The Emini S&P 500 is a Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Futures Contract. The “E” symbolizes that the S&P 500 day trades “electronically” over the internet. The “Mini” symbolizes that the S&P 500 is a smaller version of the S&P 500 contract traded by the larger hedge funds and professional institutions. Just as a note, Futures trade in “Contracts” not shares. The symbol for the Emini S&P 500 contract is “ES”. Remember, trading this Emini compares with trading each of the top 500 stocks that make up the S&P 500 Index, all at the same time. The Emini S&P 500 Futures Contract appreciates and depreciates in step with the S&P 500 Index on the New York Stock Exchange. The CME created this Futures contract because you cannot trade an Index.

Think of day trading Emini Futures as the same thing as day trading stocks. Your technical analysis charts that you use with stocks work the same, with MACD, stochastics, moving averages, etc. You can use the same trading strategies and same trading software that you would when you are day trading stocks. You can setup up trading alerts, the same alerts that work with your stock trades. Best of all, you are trading the S&P 500 Emini, a contract that represents all the top 500 stocks on the NYSE. You’ll only need 1 technical analysis chart to represent all 500 stocks, not 4 or 5 charts.

To be daytrading 1 Emini S&P 500, you’ll need about $500 / contract. Of course, that depends upon your broker. Emini S&P 500 Futures contracts trade on margin. Your brokerage decides the margin rate he can offer to each customer. Having said that, most Futures brokerages will allow you to trade the S&P 500 Emini with 1 contract for $500. As a note…you really ought to open an account with an actual Futures broker, not a multi task brokerage that primarily trades stocks and by the way also trades Futures. The reason for this is that futures brokerages offer lower margins and discount commissions.

Day trading Emini S&P 500 is in “ticks” and 1 tick earns you $12.50 profit. 1 tick equals 1 price movement. Think of it as a 1 penny increase on your stock.

Example: Lets compare day trading a stock that costs $25/share and day trading 1 S&P 500 Emini Futures contract. You’ll need to trade a 100 share lot, so right away you need $2500 to trade that stock. With the S&P 500 Emini you can be daytrading with $500 for 1 contract. To earn $12.50, the 100 shares of stock need to move up about 13 cents, 13 price movements. The S&P 500 Emini only has to move 1 tick — 1 price movement. If you matched investments, you could be trading 5 S&P 500 Emini contracts for the same $2500. Then 1 tick = $60. Now 100 shares of stock needs to move up $6.00, 600 price movements to match the profit from trading the S&P 500 Emini’s 1 price movement.

You’re only moving up 1 price movement with S&P 500 Emini Futures, and 1 price movement could well be under 4 minutes of live trading time. Mind you, it could be that your elapsed time trading in front of the computer is longer than 4 minutes. But we’re talking actual day trading live in the Futures Market, less than 4 minutes.

If you are interested in this kind of day trading, you should attend a Monday night http://Shadowtraders.com Webinar and see for yourself what Emini S&P 500 Futures trading is all about. Shadowtraders offers an online trading course, a 4-Day intensive online trading seminar, trading software, trading strategies and trading alerts using technical analysis charts.

Barbara Cohen is a professional day trader. She has trained hundreds of students to trade Futures with Shadowtraders trading systems. Before you purchase any trading software, make sure you attend Shadowtraders Monday Night Webinar, and hosted by Barbara Cohen

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Jusuru-A New Home Business

March 30, 2010 By

In this article we will have a look at Jusuru International, Inc. How does the company look when you apply the basic principles of choosing an MLM? Jusuru is one of the new kids on the MLM block. It made its official launch on February 16, 2010, after a promising pre-launch phase. This is an Anaheim, California based company that produces a single nutritional product.

Management: The co-founder and president of Jusuru is Asma Ishaq. She has a considerable amount of corporate experience and a background in nutritional supplement manufacturing and development. In addition she has an MBA degree from Rice University.

Jusuru Drink: Jusuru has one product. It is a drink made from fruit juices and some nutritional supplements. The fruits in Jusuru were chosen for their high nutrient and anti-oxidant content. There is a sufficient amount of scientific evidence to back up the improved health claims of the ingredients in Jusuru. The drink is intended to slow aging while improving joint and skin wellness. The retail cost of Jusuru is $50 a bottle. There is a product like Jusuru called Xango. Xango is composed of one fruit extract (mangosteen) and makes similar health claims. It sells for $40 per bottle. Both seem rather high priced to me but Xango has done well for the last few years and I would expect Jusuru to do the same. However, I doubt either of these products would survive without the Network Marketing component.

Compensation: The compensation plan seems quite good. There are nine ways in which an associate can earn with the Jusuru opportunity. The details can be seen on the Jusuru site.

Cost To Join The Business: Forty dollars will get you started with Jusuru. You can bring new people into the business opportunity and sell the product. The initial fee also includes some marketing material.

Marketing Support: Jusuru does offer some training and marketing tools to its associates but it appears to be mostly “90′s” techniques that are not very effective. Unfortunately, this is the case with most MLM companies.

I feel that Jusuru is an overall good company with a good but overpriced product. This can be a viable business for those who know how to market the business and the product effectively. I would encourage anyone choosing this business to learn additional marketing techniques.

Attraction Marketing is a system in which you attract qualified prospects who are interested in your business. This is more efficient and effective that the old methods of soliciting friends, family, and others who have no interest in your product or business. Learn this system and your rewards will be increased many fold.

Attraction Marketing includes building a list of interested leads as well as branding yourself as an expert in your field. Doing this will ensure your success with Jusuru or any company you choose. It will give you a deep sense of security to know that your success is not dependent on one company.

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Taking Your Company Public: Going Public On The OTCBB

March 29, 2010 By

Whether you’re trying to raise debt or equity capital there are still certain unwritten rules that apply that cater to the mentality of today’s investor and funding community. Certainly there are scores of private placement memorandum and business plan chop shops that wouldn’t know how to properly consult with your company or write a fundable document even if they wanted to but they will gladly take your money to throw together a template and try to pass it off as custom work.

The issue is this, it’s not necessarily the consultant, though these fly-by-nights shoulder a large portion of the blame, but the client usually doesn’t even have the proper structure in place to attract a funding source even if they had the most incredible PPM and business ever to hit the venture capital marketplace. Here is a simple (very basic) way to evaluate your company to find out if you are properly structured to attract capital. Have a corporate meeting and ask yourselves the following questions: What type of corporate structure do you have and why did you choose that particular structure? Break down your executive infrastructure, where do your individual executives stand in your industry, do the unthinkable, Google everyone’s names; are the people running your company real industry players? Are all the basic positions accounted for (president, CFO, controller etc)? Next, look at your advisory board and board of directors. If by some miraculous act of God you actually have these two groups represented in your company, how did you qualify them? Sorry but if you have an attorney on your board because he’s, um…well, an attorney, that’s not good enough.

You need an industry specific legal guru who not only spells out the intricacies of your business genre’s regulation but they must also be actively qualifying potential strategic partnerships as alliances for your company. He should be reaching into his client base and actively picking companies that could enhance your company in distribution or in any other way that will have a profitable outcome for all involved. Each of the members must be serving a similar purpose.

Next, on what criteria are you basing your share price or loan amount? If you don’t have a clear cut ‘use of proceeds’ model, you need one. This and many, many other questions need to be asked before you are actually ready to raise capital and in all reality, until your corporate structure is in place you shouldn’t even attempt to write a business plan or a private placement memorandum. If you are serious about setting up your company to attract investors you need a turnaround consultant, you can’t do this on your own. There is an entire industry that centers around structuring companies for their first and ongoing capital raise.

Before you blackball your company by prematurely attempting to raise capital, the critical concepts you need to keep in mind are (precisely in this order): corporate structure, infrastructure, advisory board, board of directors, use of proceeds, business plan, private placement memorandum, investor finder, funding. Look at each aspect listed here as its own item, break it down and analyze every minute aspect of each element and look at everything objectively and eventually your company will evolve into a structure that is fundable and stabilized for years to come.

For Corporate Consulting or Investor Finder Services, call Princeton Corporate Solutions at 267-233-0183Take Your Company Public the easy way!

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Real Estate Investors: Take Your Company Public, Over The Counter Bulletin Board

March 29, 2010 By

For real estate investors, there are two things that are always in short supply regardless of the ups and downs in the economy: capital and quality inventory. Most investors that I have worked with not only need capital but strategies to go after capital that is not issued based solely on a credit score. Even if a real estate investor has good credit they still have the obstacle of too many inquires and too many open loans on their credit report and funding sources are spooked by these distractions and turn the applicant down even though all of their loans are current and they have a solid FICO.

If the above describes you or if you have limited or poor credit and you’re a serious real estate investor, here is how to get all the capital you’ll ever need. First put a solid strategy together. Start with your company infrastructure. Organize your company with a CEO, CFO, Board of Directors etc. After you’ve done this you want to set up your inter-industry strategic alliances which should be composed of other investors, bird dogs, electricians, roofers, general contractors etc. You want each of these alliances to have a purpose. They should be a portal for industry niche knowledge and consultation and also referral hubs. Let each of your alliances know exactly what type of investments you’re looking for and as they are sending you referrals, reciprocate by issuing them work in whatever specialty they are in.

Next you want to have a solid business plan written for your company (don’t write this yourself, have a professional do it for you) that spells out the intricacies of your company, your alliances, your accomplishments and goals. Paint a picture of success and strength.

Next you need a mechanism for accepting investment capital so you’ll need a Private Placement Memorandum. This document package gives a technical breakdown of your investment opportunity and spells out the risks and advantages in detail to keep you from getting sued by investors down the road. This memorandum takes advantage of SEC Regulation D Rule Exemptions 504, 505 or 506. A PPM is the minimum requirement dictated by the SEC for accepting capital from accredited and non accredited investment sources. Real investors will demand an PPM anyway so it’s good to have it done beforehand.

Now that your company is properly structured, you have a solid board of directors and alliances; your business plan is well written and to the point, you have a solid outlet for accepting capital from investors, you are now ready for capital. Your best bet is to go back to the company who wrote your business plan and private placement memorandum and use their ‘investor finder’ service. Legitimate corporate consultants who write technical documents will also stand behind their work by assisting their clients in finding investors. One solid strategy for getting access to capital quickly and easily is to have your Investor Finder forward go through their database and email individual and institutional funding sources.

When you are contacted by these investment sources, give them the option to invest in your company using the PPM (which will give you a fund in which you will be able to rehab real estate, buy at auctions etc). You will also want to give them the option of investing in a ‘per deal’ scenario. Allow them the option to also (or only) invest in particular transactions with you so when you get a deal, with a solid investor finder service, you’ll eventually have 100+ solid investors to go to for quick capital on particular transactions that go above what your PPM fund can handle.

There you have it, a strategy that works 100% of the time for real estate investors globally. Your best bet, to make sure that you do this properly, is to hire a consultant that can set up this process for you. Cheers to your success!

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