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CA Strategy of the Week Q & A 1:00 p.m. EDT - Jan 26, 2015 Stan Heller Presenter Please make sure your computer speakers are turned on to hear the audio portions of this webcast.

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CA Strategy of the Week Q & A1:00 p.m. EDT - Jan 26, 2015

Stan Heller Presenter

• Please make sure your computer speakers are turned on to hear the audio portions of this webcast.

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To Submit A Question

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The Midas Touch Challenge

Key Rules for the Midas Touch Challenge (Check all the rules in the VIEWS – 1/23/2015)

1. Develop a trading system that delivers a higher score than the VectorVest

BackTest shown in the special presentation Jan 16, 2015.

DEADLINE: By Midnight, Friday, February 13.

2. Grand Prize - $2,500 Cash

3. Second Place - $1,500 Cash

4. Third Place - $750 Cash

5. One entry per participant only! Active subscribers only.

6. Account Settings: $100,000 initial investment. $9.95 Commission. Don’t use margin. Do not

account for interest. Execute Buys/Sells at next day’s open.

7. SEARCH. Your search must return stocks from the VectorVest Midas Touch WatchList. Price

(Actual) >= $1.00. AvgVol – (50 day MA Vol) >= 100,000. You may create and use your own

custom searches as long as they DO NOT use a non-VectorVest created WatchList.

8. BackTest Settings: Odd lots. Invest Average Value. Maintain a minimum of 10 positions

(legging in allowed, for example, you can buy 1, 2, or 3 stocks per day).

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1.The contest is open to any subscriber who has an active U.S. Database subscription. That includes all Canadian subscribers.

2.You must use the U.S. Database to create your contest entry.

3.If you own the ProTrader plug-in module, you can use or modify any ProTrader technical search. You can use any custom fields that you have created such as moving averages.

4.You must ‘maintain at least 10 positions’ in your BackTest settings. However, you can ‘leg in’ with no limits on how few or how many positions you open each day.

5.You can go long and/or short, however, the search must use the Midas Touch Stocks WatchList.

Clarifications

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The Challenge – Beat VectorVest’s Score

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The Challenge – Beat VectorVest’s Score

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Contest Basic Rules

The Midas Touch Stocks

WatchList Filter must be

included in whatever search

you use:

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Brian’s 10-Step Checklist

Step #1 – Get the AutoTimer - www.vectorvest.com/autotimertrial (free two week trial)

Step #2 – Create a new BackTest (BackTester tab)

Step # 3 – Name Your Backtest (SRH – Contest Entry) Example of naming convention.

Step #4 – Select an Existing Trading System (once you have Autotimer added to your account)

Step #5 – Select a Midas Touch Challenge template.

Step #6 – Modify the Trading Plan System Template.(Choose: Customize Trading System tab)

Step #7 – Change the Test Period

Step #8 – Check the Score vs VV Challenge Score – www.vectorvest.com/tradingsystemscore

Step #9 – Do More Testing (Modify: Stop Criteria/Market Timing/Search)

Step #10 – Email: [email protected]

Fill in the Blanks on Bottom Row

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Send In Your Winning Results!

Brian D’Amico (Your name as it is on your VectorVest Account)

555-555-5555 (Include your Phone Number)

BPD – Contest Entry (Name of your official Backtest entry)

BPD – Long (Custom Search Name. Use Long, Short or Neutral)

Did You Beat VectorVest’s 63.51 Score?

Send in your results CORRECTLY for a

chance to win $2,500, $1,500 or $750!

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Fort McMurray – Thursday, Jan 29 at 6:00 p.m.

MacDonald Island Library, 151 MacDonald Dr

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Co-op Store, 8818 Macleod Trail SE

Investment BLOG: www.vectorvest.ca/cablog

NEW BLOG POSTS:

• Star Search Graph –Options

• Enbridge is on Don’s WatchList

• Markham User Group’s Business Plan for a Retired Couple

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FREE Workshop – 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

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1-800-231-0110 to Register

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Questions: [email protected]