Seriously. We took a 33% profit in just seven months, and the result collapsed the annualized return of my trading portfolio from over 500% to less than 400%.<\/p>\n
That killed me. But it was the right thing to do.<\/p>\n
The stock was one I had recommended earlier this year when it was trading near support. It seemed to take forever, but the stock finally rallied off of support and started bumping into resistance. So, I told subscribers to take their gain.<\/p>\n
Heck, a 33% return in seven months is pretty darn good for any stock trader. But it was much less than the gains traders have gotten used to in the Delta Direct<\/em> portfolio. And our annualized gain took a hit.<\/p>\n You see, in my Delta Direct <\/em>blog \u2013 which is a trading service only available to subscribers of my Delta Report<\/em> \u2013 we\u2019ve made 37 trades so far in 2017. We\u2019ve closed 36 of them. Thirty of them have been profitable.<\/p>\n In other words, we\u2019ve been profitable on better than 83% of the trades. The average trade has lasted less than 18 days. And the average return was better than 19%.<\/p>\n So, if you add it all together, we have an annualized return of 397%.<\/p>\n Of course, I do have an open position in sugar \u2013 which is down 8% right now. So, that\u2019s going to bring the annualized return down a bit based on the current price.<\/p>\n But really\u2026 since the aggressive Delta Direct<\/em> trades have done so well, nobody\u2019s complaining much about my sugar trade.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve also done well on our more conservative Delta Report<\/em> trades.<\/p>\n So far in 2017, I\u2019ve made 37 recommendations. Over 78% of them have been profitable. The average gain has been better than 15%, and the average holding period has been just 38 days. That works out to an annualized gain of 146%.<\/p>\n That\u2019s on the conservative<\/em> stuff.<\/p>\n There\u2019s no doubt\u2026 It\u2019s been a great year.<\/p>\n But I know 2018 will be even better. And I want you to be on board for it.<\/p>\n You can continue to get my daily broad market insights here in the Market Minute<\/em>. I\u2019ll continue to write up where I think the market is headed and what I think are the most important trading developments.<\/p>\n I appreciate your willingness to even read what I write on a daily basis. Thank you.<\/p>\n But, if you\u2019d like some specific recommendations\u2026 if you\u2019d like some of the advice that has generated the returns I mentioned earlier\u2026 then you should take advantage of the subscription offer my publisher just recently provided.<\/p>\n
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