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Make Money Trading Even When the Market is Down

July 9th, 2009

One of the core questions my coaching clients have asked me over the past few months is: “Can I still make money in stocks with the market down like its been?” The answer is yes, or no, depending on the type of investments you have.

If you hold stocks, stock mutual funds, or your investment is in the standard asset allocation accounts the answer is probably no. The reason for this is that these large accounts are regulated and do not allow short stock positions. Therefore, if the market declines in the next 3-5 years, as it most likely will, your account will lose money year after year.

Short positions, however, will allow you to make money whether or not the market goes down. But you can only take advantage of short positions if you trade through an individual account.

If you trade through your individual account rather than a fund, it is possible to for you to take charge of your own investment and make money in the stock market almost every day. This is because regardless of the direction a stock is moving, you can make money, by buying if you expect it to go up, or selling short if you expect it to go down.

If it’s that easy, why isn’t everyone doing it? For one thing, it requires approximately $25,000 to set up an individual account. Some people don’t have the funds, or are reluctant to risk it in an individual account. And, it is true that stock trading for a novice can be very challenging. If you do not know what you are doing, you can lose all your money very quickly.

There are tactics to alleviate these two concerns of the novice trader.

First, find a trading program that gives you low risk trade picks. The program I use and that I recommend to my coaching clients has a 31 year average experience level for its trade pickers. This means that you can just follow their suggestions and are fairly assured that you will make a profit. And, if you also set your stops at a low risk level, your loss over time will be small.

Secondly, it’s important to find a program that walks you through every step to success. To illustrate, I teach a nine day course where my students are taught each and every step needed to successfully trade stocks on their own, no matter if the market is up or down.

Regardless of the system you choose, if you make sure that it has experienced advisors and a program that walks you through every step of the way, you can be smiling all the way to the bank while everyone around you is moaning about the poor performing stock market.

To read about other lessons I learned in my fifteen years as a day trader and coach, as well as tips and techniques for becoming successful at stock trading, even in a bad economy, read my free report “From Video Junkie to Day Trader,” and learn more about how you could be trading stocks profitably in as little as two weeks.

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