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As a longtime member of The PPT and 12631 (first member who signed up), Marc David has proven himself to be as disciplined and hardworking as any trader out there. He uses and fully analyzes all of the features of The PPT algorithm, which is quite impressive given how complex and substantive it is.

In addition, Marc is a fitness expert and is extremely knowledgable about bodybuilding, nutrition, and all aspects of health and wellness. He has earned the respect of everyone in the iBankCoin community, and it would be foolish to not try out his website. As traders, we spend tons of time sitting and possibly neglecting our health. Marc has a great track record of specializing in fitness and health consulting for the trading community. You can see his ad off the right of your screen, or you can CLICK HERE to go to Marc’s site.

As someone who has talked to Marc extensively over the past few years, I give you my word that you will not be disappointed in his service. Marc is a proud sponsor of iBankCoin, and iBC is proud to have Marc as a prominent member of our community.

Follow Marc on twitter: @marc_david

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It is hard to believe that it has been one full year since my inaugural post under the “chessNwine” tab here on iBankCoin. Over the past year, I have written close to 900 posts, working as hard as I possibly can to deliver a steady stream of quality content to you. I have been extraordinarily lucky in quickly amassing both a broad and loyal reader base. That large readership has translated breathtakingly well into The 12631 Trading Service, which has blown away any reasonable expectations in terms of subscribers and sense of community.

I also feel fortunate to work with a talented group of traders and writers, who happen to be great guys. We all know that The Fly is the heart and soul of iBC. Having met him in person and having spoken to him on the phone many times really drives home the point that iBC is a special place. We might be the “bad boys” of finance, but when it comes down to putting forth a consistent effort and quality work product, we are the good guys.

My 12631 business partner and good friend, RaginCajun, not only has the best pure instincts of any trader that I have ever known, but he is also a trustworthy man with tremendous character. He clearly deserves the best compliment that a trader can receive: Great trader, great guy.

Since late 2008, the precious metals and miners have been on a fierce bull run. Within the entire world of finance, including television, famous periodicals, bloggers, pundits, hedge fund managers, etc., there are very few, if any, who can hold a candle to the precise calls that our own JakeGint has made. Simply put, if you are not reading Jake, then it is literally your loss.

Woodshedder continues to deliver exceptional results with his Power Dip System. His work is professional, thought-provoking, and almost always dead-on. He is old school iBC, and I am honored to work alongside him.

Scott Bleier has years of legitimate “street cred” and experience under his belt. His morning radio show is mandatory listening for market observers and participants, as it is far superior to anything else that you can find in the financial media.

Our two most recent additions, Mr. Cain Thaler and Analyst Bomber, are great writers with talent who are really putting out some provocative material. It is only a matter of time before their traffic starts to ramp up. I also want to give a huge shout to Jeremy, our awesome workhorse of an IT guy, who is the closest thing there is in the techie world to a one-man gang. Last, but certainly not least, Cronkite has been tearing up the iBC news section. Make sure you follow our news alerts on Twitter: @ibc_fn.

In case you did not know, roughly fifteen months ago I came out of nowhere and decided to try my hand at writing about the markets. I knew the odds of me garnering any kind of readership or attention at first were slim to none, but I was willing to accept whatever the marketplace of readers thought about my work over time. If they liked it, I would keep at it. If, after a reasonable amount of time, the feedback was bad or nonexistent, all I would have lost was some time and energy. I started a Typepad blog and used social media, putting out daily recaps (called “The Post Market Courier” back then), and as many trading ideas and videos as I could.

Eventually, I realized that I should try my hand in The Peanut Gallery here on iBankCoin, given the large amount of traffic the site gets and possibility, however slight, for a full-time position. The competition in the Peanut Gallery was heated, and the readers were a tough bunch in rating my posts. I kept at it, though, to the point where I was respected, at the very least, for my work ethic. By early May of last year, a spot opened up for a full-time tab on iBC and you, the readers, voted me in.

The bottom line is that without the readers, there would be no “chessNwine,” let alone iBankCoin, The PPT, or 12631. I would like to sincerely thank all of you. In particular, I want to thank those loyal folks who cheered me on in the Peanut Gallery back on those cold, dark winter nights in early 2010, when I felt like I was carrying on a soliloquy with no audience in the middle of the forest.

Whether it be to the delight of our supporters or to the chagrin of our enemies, iBankCoin is going places. There is simply no other website out there, in any industry, that can compete with us in terms of how well we are able to constantly deliver a stream of content that informs, educates, inspires, entertains, and keeps you coming back for more.

Year one is in the books. Bring it on, year two.

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You have to love Mr. Market’s sense of humor.

In the face of last week’s big “risk off” trade, some of the absurdly overpriced home furnishing stores, like Williams-Sonoma, not only held up remarkably well, but look poised to outperform should the market recover next week. Understand that with WSM, you are talking about a business that routinely charges over $1,000 for shiny pots and pans (lol). Ironically, those “silver” and “gold” pots did not sell off in sympathy with this precious metals last week, at least not at a store like WSM. Beyond that, The PPT algorithm detected a huge uptick in the hybrid scores for home furnishing businesses last week.

Below, you will find some annotated charts of interest in this sector.

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As the internet takes the next step forward with social media, your business will need to focus on growing through specific, targeted interactions with present and future clients. Here at iBankCoin, we have a large and growing audience, averaging over one million page views and four to five hundred thousand unique visitors per month. Our growth rate is in the high double-digits, including our wildly successful premium services with thousands of lifetime subscribers since they were launched. Moreover, our audience is fiercely loyal, as exemplified by the fact that the number of readers who bookmark our site is exceptionally high compared to other sites who simply try to game Google search keywords through their content. Unlike other financial sites who solely cater to educated males over 50 years old (we cover that demographic as well) we have strong female readership, as well as many readers in the 18-34 age range.

Today, we are officially launching a beta program, opening up our ad space to businesses that have the acumen to seize upon iBankCoin’s success and tightly knit community.

You can advertise your business via our top banner exclusively for $5,000 per month, while our sidebar ad can be exclusively had for $2,500 per month. Given our highly favorable demographics, these rates are more than fair. If, however, you do not want exclusivity and are on a tight budget, we can offer you non-market hour pricing at $1,250 for the top banner, and $500 for the sidebar. For non-exclusive ads during market hours, we offer $2,500 for the top banner and $1,250 for the sidebar.

Please note that rates can be negotiated, depending on longevity and ad placement.

For more information, please contact me by emailing: chessNwine at gmail dot com. Please include your name and business.

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Just a few short days ago, SINA was on my watchlist for a continued breakout higher after a prior steep run. Well, guess what happened? The breakout price never triggered, I took a pass on the trade, and the work I did in charting it for you became a moot point, right? Not necessarily. SINA has been sold hard over the past few sessions on heavy volume, presumably seeing both aggressive profit-taking by institutions and hot money latecomers getting their clocks spring cleaned.

Now, however, The PPT algorithm is flashing SINA‘s hybrid score (combination of fundamental and technical scores) as OVERSOLD. In previous instances where SINA has flashed Hybrid OVERSOLD by The PPT, the stock was higher both seven and ten trading sessions later 100% of the time (six out of six instances), with an average return of 12.46% and 19.03%. Perhaps these staggering numbers can largely be attributed to the fact that SINA has been in a steep uptrend since last summer.

Either way, this is the type of knowledge that we in The 12631 Trading Service are armed with on a daily basis. What we do in 12631 is take The PPT algorithm one step further. In light of SINA‘s daily chart below, combined with The PPT OVERSOLD historical statistics, we could easily see buyers come in to stabilize the stock just above the 50 day moving average in the next day or two. If that happens, the setup for a seven to ten day hold would appear intact, with a sensible stop-loss of around 7% to mitigate downside risk. Note also that earnings appear to be scheduled for May 16.

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When I wrote this post last month about MDVN‘s wildly bullish April seasonality statistics, courtesy of The PPT, haters and doubters crawled out from underneath crevices of all sizes. Said haters went on to cast doubt upon this feature of The PPT by declaring “survivorship bias,” “confirmation bias,” etc..  Well, you sir, have hater bias.

Let us take a look at how MDVN fared for the month of April, shall we?

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When you diss The PPT, you diss yourself.

This time around for May, we are looking at OVTI as a primetime seasonal play. The chart is looking extremely well set up, and the seasonality statistics are of the finest quality.

If you want to know more, you’ll have to sign up for The PPT. Sorry, guys. This time it’s for closers only. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ABOUT The PPT.

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