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There's no sugarcoating it: The S&P 500 is down close to 7% for the month, and markets have been sinking like a stone this week – the first week of earnings season, too.
The markets have politics to contend with, prospects of drawn-out trade wars, geopolitical uncertainty, rising rates – name it.
This could be the market taking a needed breather… or the start of an overdue bear run. I’m not sure.
But then again, I don’t have to be… neither do you. Because the market, even this one, is packed with juicy moneymaking opportunities.
I’ve got a full plate of them right here…
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The thing is, we could very well be in the beginnings of a new bear market. We are certainly overdue for one after recently setting the record for the longest bull market in history.
That means if you own stocks, if you’re “long,” you could have a bit of a rough ride ahead. Whether that’ll be a rough week, a rough month, or a rough year and a half is anyone’s guess.
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But if you’re trading stocks, as opposed to owning them, you stand to make a heck of a lot of money, whether the market slides another 1,000 points and rebounds to new highs… or if it ultimately sheds 25% of its current value.
In other words, this is a great time to trade lousy stocks…
In fact, my paid-up subscribers have had the chance to rake in extra cash on stocks that are plummeting all the time… like the 100% picked up on IYR, 132.04% on GLD… and even 100.58% on NUE.
Even better, with the way I do things, turning these “flaming car wrecks” into cold, hard cash can happen in a matter of seconds.
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Detour Around All Those Falling Knives
Attempting to find the handful of stocks that will move up in correction or bear market is like catching a falling knife. Sure, you can do it… but it’s more likely you’ll just get cut.
Turns out there's a far better way with much lower risk, and a higher probability of success.
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The basic idea is to find the weakest stocks in a weak market.
We’re down around 7% and counting. Obviously, the bulk of the stocks in the market went down, and some went down a lot.
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About the Author
Tom Gentile, options trading specialist for Money Map Press, is widely known as America's No. 1 Pattern Trader thanks to his nearly 30 years of experience spotting lucrative patterns in options trading. Tom has taught over 300,000 traders his option trading secrets in a variety of settings, including seminars and workshops. He's also a bestselling author of eight books and training courses.