The Crash of 1987 - The Crash of 2008

Nothing...not the news, nor earnings, nor dividends, nor rumors, or anything else... controls as much stock on the NYSE and NASDAQ as Program Trading.

Back in the old days of the early 80's, program trading only accounted for about 8 to 10 percent of the total volume.   Although program trading strategies were extremely profitable, most traders back then cared less, choosing instead to spend their time swapping rumors in the coffee shops during the morning break, instead of focusing on the PREM and our execution levels to help with their trades.  After all, with program trading only running at 8 percent of total volume,  what guarantee did they have that learning our execution levels and other program trading strategies would be successful.  And since most traders are lazy by nature, very few chose to learn anything new, relying instead on the same trading techniques from the 60's and 70's.

During the late 80's as more and more traders caught on to program trading and our PREM execution levels, program trading volume increased up to 15 and 18 percent of total volume.  And with The Crash of 1987, a hell of a lot of traders and investors instantly knew about portfolio insurance and other program trading strategies.  The pros learned then that program trading and PREM execution levels were the keys to trading success.  The retail customers chose to just blame the crash on "those damn program traders", took their losses (at the bottom) and left the markets.  

During the 90's, as program trading hit 20 to 25 per cent of total volume,  more and more traders and firms learned that program trading was no longer in the "nice to know about" category, but was absolutely mandatory for success.  If you didn't know about our PREM execution levels and know in advance when program trades were coming, you were screwed.   Of course the retail customers were still bitching about "those damn program traders" until early 2000 when they jumped back into the markets (at the top).  Had those retail investors been aware of the PREM at that time, they would have saved themselves from the dot com bubble.  Just like the pros did who were shorting out every NASDAQ stock in site based on not only what the SP PREM was doing, but on what the ND PREM was doing too.

Now we are into a new year.  And a new crash.  The Crash of 2008.  Program trading now runs 60 to 70 per cent of total volume most weeks and averages over 60% of the total volume for last year.  In some of the stocks that you are trading every day, it runs even higher.  That is more than 700 shares out of 1000 that is trading not on the news, nor earnings, nor dividends, nor rumors, or any thing else.  Those shares are trading based on one thing and one thing alone...our program trading PREM execution levels.  Sure there are other program trading strategies too, and some trading firms use slightly different levels than ours.  But if you do not know about PREM execution levels and program trading, and when the next program trades are coming right in your face, then you are setting yourself up for disaster.

Right now is the time for you to set aside the money and make your reservations for travel to Palm Beach to study program trading, PREM execution levels, the TIKI, and our other program trading strategies, and study them well.  Program trading is no longer a nice to know about phenomenon.  It is absolutely required, if you are going to stay as a professional trader, trading your own account, for your living in 2008 and beyond.   If that is you, then why not take the simple steps to learn a lot more about program trading and how to use it effectively with your own trading now.

There are no books on program trading.  No tapes, no CD's, nor videos you can buy.  There are are no articles at the library either.   Program trading is an extremely secretive business.  There is only one place in the world where you can study program trading and all of the things that you need to know about, like how program buying and program selling effects your individual trading every day and how you can benefit from it.  And even more importantly, how you can learn to tell in advance when program trades are coming right at you.

Now is the time, to email us at info@programtrading.com or call our office in Palm Beach at 561-622-6600 and talk with us about attending our next seminars on program trading.  

Attending our program trading seminars is the single best trading decision that you will make this year.