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About the charts

The charts we are using to illustrate TradeWHEN's performance on this website have been generated using backtesting (simulated trading.) How accurate are they? How well do they represent the results you might get from real trading using TradeWHEN's systems?

In our opinion, the process we use to test trading results should be considered very accurate. Our computer program is presented with market data, one day at a time, just the way you would be if you were trading the stock market. The computer then must decide, on a day-to-day basis, whether or not it is time to make a trade.

Of course, we do have to benefit of hindsight in considering which investments to use as examples. TradeWHEN works on a wide variety of funds, ETFs, and stocks, but the results will vary depending on the individual investment. In this way, TradeWHEN can be considered a useful adjunct to any other investment strategy which helps you to pick investments. It is still up to you to decide what to invest in - our strength is in telling you when.

You can see how this works for yourself. Below is an interactive backtesting tool you can use to test tradeWHEN's systems on a variety of ticker symbols.

• TradeWHEN's Simulated Trading Tool

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TradeWhen's plans

Three subscription plans are offered:

TradeWHEN FREE: This is an easy to use and follow system (our system TW001) for trading mutual funds like those from Fidelity, Rydex, ProFunds, and Direxion, or with exchange-traded-funds like QQQQ. Buy, sell, and sell short signals are made available every weekend for execution the following Monday. Generally, only one to two roundtrip signals per year are generated. Update emails wil be sent out every weekend, and users can also check our website for the latest trading signals. You will also have access to the TradeWHEN Index, a market sentiment indicator.

TradeWHEN PRO: Our reasonably-priced professional service consists of four of TradeWHEN's best systems, as well as the TradeWHEN Index. Plus, all trading signals are made available immediately on weekday evenings, as soon the TradeWHEN system generates them. Includes email notifications, and member website access.

TradeWHEN PRO PLUS: In addition to the systems and features above, all of the rest of TradeWHEN's systems are made availible - over 20 trading signals in total, which can be used to trade additional ETFs or mutual funds in many popular fund families like Fidelity, ProFunds, Rydex and Direxion.

You can use these signal sets to find good matches to funds you may be presently holding in your 401K or other retirement plan.

How TradeWHEN tames the stock market

Here's one of the example charts you will see on this website:

How can trading be as smooth and easy as this chart makes it seem? Averaging is the answer.

The chart you see here represents the average of twelve TradeWHEN systems combined with twelve different investments.

Below you will find charts of each of the individual investments. For each chart, note that the red line shows the performance obtained by simply buying-and-holding the fund or ETF for the entire nine-year period. The Magenta lines show the performance of the same investment if the indicated TradeWHEN buy and sell signals are acted upon - approximately 1 to 2 roundtrip trades per year. No short selling is assumed. Instead, money is parked in a 3% interest money market fund while not invested in the target fund/ETF.

Note that, while the trading signals are not perfect (they can't be), each of the investments above traded with TradeWHEN did better over the nine-year period than they would have with simple buy-and-hold - in most cases, significantly better. While the charts - even using TradeWHEN - are still "bumpy", most of the unevenness is smoothed out - diluted - when the twelve charts above are all averaged together (see chart below).

This is the key to making the best use of TradeWHEN.