Frequently Asked Questions
There are other stock selection newsletters to choose from. What makes CycleShares any better?
Better is a relative term. Every investor should consider their own investment objectives before acting on any given strategy. There are other high return/income newsletters out there, and we ask you to consider the following:
1) How often do you want to lose? Our track record and style shows that we choose very high probability trades. It would be hard to generate income if you have losing months that often.
2) Is sleep important to you? It is to us- another reason we recommend high probability trades.
3) By auto-trading members benefit from our ability to trade at any time of the trading day. Many newsletters give you their recommendation prior to the upcoming trading day. Taking advantage of our exact timing is beneficial, but highly unusual with these kind of newsletters. It's the only way we trade, so you should expect nothing less.
What brokerage firm should I use?
To access the list of our preferred brokers, click here.
Auto-trading is a service provided by our brokers to you that will allow us to automatically send them our recommended entry and exit orders. Before signing up for auto-trading you must first have an active CycleShares account. We have a full section within our members section which completely explains how to set auto-trading up. Members that use auto-trading will have their trade placed at approximately the same time as all other members. This frees you up from having to monitor your email for new trades alerts.
Note: At no point do we see, handle, or manage your money for you.
Do I need to auto-trade?
We strongly recommend you auto-trade our recommendations as we may make a pick at any time of the trading day. Also, our signals for trades are sent to our auto-trading brokers before our users, and this may result in you missing a trade. If you want to try to get the results you see on our performance page, you really should auto-trade.
A golden rule of thumb with any investment- only invest capital that you can afford to lose. No service, including our own, can make guarantees regarding your profitability with our service. Past performance does not guarantee future performance. Our service has a great track record, but it may not continue to do so in the future. Please review our disclaimer and risk warning in order to understand all of the risks involved.
What is the maximum amount of trades that will be open at any one point in time?
Currently we will only have 5 trades open at any one point in time.
How long do you hold these stocks for?
We hold them long enough to attain a decent capital appreciation and possibly a dividend- typically a period of weeks to months. We do not take tax consequences into account at all with regard to the dividend distribution aspect.
There are various funds that ‘buy’ dividends as you’re doing. Why should I use a newsletter to do this when I could just buy one of those funds?
Most of these funds use longer time horizons when it comes to their holdings. We use our own proprietary cycles analysis that hopefully keeps you on the right side of the market in downturns. When we perceive a stock sector or the market as a whole is in a down cycle, we increase recommendations for non-correlated (to stocks) products.
Why would I use your newsletter in a 'down cycle' if it's just in a money market fund?
First, there are typically still buying opportunities even in down cycles. Secondly, we use products like bond or short ETFs even when we aren't recommending common stocks.
If you have any additional questions, please email us at info@cyclespreads.com
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