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Up to the Challenge? BOUNCE BACK in Investagrams’ Trading Cup 2020!

Vision 2020. 

We imagined this year to be our best — achieving our goals, having our breakthroughs, and becoming the best that we can be. 

But the opposite happened. Almost every month, something majorly daunting happened. Taal Volcano erupted in which its ash fall covered several regions in Luzon. Because of the pandemic, it seems that we are perpetually in home quarantine. Consequently, the financial markets fell after their almost a decade of bull run. 

Our clear vision for the year suddenly became bleak. 

But 2020 is not yet over. We can still get up and BOUNCE BACK!

We can still redeem this year and make the best out of it. That’s why Investagrams still pushed and continued its annual tradition of holding the largest Trading Competition in the Philippines. 

Despite everything that happened, Investagrams braved the current market condition and put in more effort to make this year’s Trading Cup the best yet. With the base pot money of PHP 300,000 (for Double Up Pass) plus the re-opening of Shorting or Short-position trading in this year’s competition, all the contestants have more chances to grow their portfolio amidst any market condition. And the most exciting part is that the Bonus Pot money grows as more contestants join in!

Aside from the cash prize, the Top 3 winners will get LIFETIME Access to InvestaPrime Elite worth PHP 100,000 each and the coveted Trading Cup Trophy and Champion’s Badge.

“In the midst of this pandemic, every person we know is going through something radically different than anything we have ever experienced and this crisis is actually asking us how fast and how well we can endure and adapt to changes. 

Through the Investagrams Trading Cup 2020 competition, we want every investor and trader to see 2020 as a year of new beginning and to prove themselves that they can make their own paths forward. It’s time to prove that all your hard work, perseverance, patience, and dedication to the craft is finally going to pay off,” Joanne Marquez, this year’s Trading Cup project lead, challenges and inspires everyone to keep going and keep conquering despite the hardships brought by this year’s events. 

“To everyone who’s joining the competition, I wish you all good luck and may the best trader win,” Marquez added. 

It’s time to ask yourself. Are you ready to BOUNCE BACK? Are you ready to conquer 2020? Join the Investagrams Trading Cup. The competition will start on September 28.

To know more about the Investagrams Trading Cup 2020, visit www.investagrams.com/tradingcup.

For the InvestaCup’s Rules and Mechanics, READ HERE.

Good news, InvestaUniversity students! Get PHP50 off when you register to Trading Cup 2020.  Just use the Exclusive Promo Code: TCUPUNIV50.  

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Investagrams’ Featured Trader of the Week: Jun Pasion

For our featured trader of the week, we have chosen Jun Pasion (@junpasion) for his efforts in engaging within the Investagrams community!

It is common for Investagrams users to see what other people from the community think of a certain stock. And it is uplifting to see people in the platform who share their principles and methods when it comes to trading in the markets.

Mr. Jun Pasion is one of those individuals who share both their insights about a certain stock and share their wisdom in the trading landscape.

In one of his posts, he stated the importance of accumulating experience to build one’s foundation into becoming a seasoned trader. Indeed, nothing beats experience. No book, mentor, or any form of learning material would teach you this. One must accept the long road ahead and continue to improve oneself in this endeavor.

As Larry Hite exclaims, “if you don’t bet, you can’t win, if you lose all your chips, you can’t bet.” An aspiring trader must not give up despite the challenges ahead. Unquestionably, the key to surviving in this field is to cut your losers short and let your winners run.

Lastly, he also shared his insights about trading analytics. With the help of InvestaJournal, he was able to determine his trading analytics to identify his edge. As seen in this post, he shared what he needs to improve on to become a consistent trader.

It is fulfilling to see fellow Filipinos sharing their knowledge with the public. Undeniably, pursuing this type of field may spark your love for the country in a sense that you would realize how important it is to educate our fellow countrymen towards financial freedom.

Kudos to you, Mr. Jun Pasion, for being our featured trader of the week by being a role model towards the community. You will receive FREE 1-Month access to InvestaPRO!

Do not let 2020 defeat you. BOUNCE BACK in #InvestaCup2020 and win over PHP 300,000 in PRIZES!
Join now! The competition starts on September 28. 

To know more about Investagrams Trading Cup, click on the photo below. 

 

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Virtual Stock Trading: The Game and The Reality

The beauty of Virtual Reality games is to know the promising power it can bring in both the simulated environment and the real world itself. Virtual Reality is defined to be a near reality we experience as human beings. Even the what-ifs can be answered when we are immersed into different perspectives on game actions. 

Just like any other games, the Virtual Stock Market Trading is also created for almost the same purpose. You get to be a billionaire and buy all of the things you never had, just like Travie McCoy!

With just a few clicks, you can have your own 7-figure cash on your virtual trading account. Yes, that’s right. Remember, everything is virtual and temporary, just like your money in the game. You can also play with your own money and apply several strategies on how to buy and sell stocks. You can both gain and lose. However, whatever you gain, stays in the game. Everything is unreal.

Apart from enjoying your gains, you get the educational benefit from the game itself! Here’s the reality of how Virtual Stock Market Trading can help you become a better trader.

Reading while training

Every experienced and well-skilled investor started as a beginner. And one thing to learn about Virtual Stock Market trading is that you can start to learn on two sides, while reading and being involved with a practical training on the virtual platform. It is not necessary to start off with a real portfolio unless your heart is ready for the risks you are willing to take. With this way, it will also let you assess the areas in learning on which you need to learn more.

Strategic application

Aside from attending webinars, watching educational videos on Investagrams’ Youtube Channel, or even reading the financial journey of Warren Buffett, you can apply every strategy you have learned in Virtual Trading. 

Where’s the fun in this? You can buy any and every stock you want to try and play with. While you’re at it, you can slowly understand the movement and the dynamics of the market. Apply both your knowledge in strategies and analysis, get to meet and understand every possible challenge you may encounter.

Identifying your risks and improving your risk management

Most of all, in the Virtual Trading Game, you can identify the risk and possibly avoid them once you trade in the real market. Remember that when you lose, you lose nothing. While carefully exploring the world of risks, you can build up and create a better and healthy psychological environment for your emotions. In handling money, you do not only think of the risks and rewards, you must strengthen yourself to be able to fight without being dependent on your emotions.

Preparing for the real world

Post-Evaluation is always important in your trading. Just like how you track your income and expenses, you should always treat both your gains and losses as a ground for your educational growth. Keep in mind that everything is a simulation which serves as a preparation for you, but always expect beyond your immersive experiences. Always remember to journalize and track down the reasons why you gain and you lose. 

The best part of Virtual Trading is that you have no costs at all, even your mistakes and losses. Think of this as playing in the real game! Are you ready for this, player one?

Join the Philippines’ Biggest Virtual Trading Competition —
The Investa Trading Cup 2020: Bounce Back Challenge!

Get the chance to win over PHP 300,000 in PRIZES and the coveted Trading Cup Trophy and Champion’s Badge. Competition starts on September 28. 

Click on the photo to know more about Trading Cup 2020.


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Investagrams’ Featured Trader of the Week: Marvin The Martian

When the local index found support at the 5700 levels in confluence with the 100-day moving average, several names emerged along with the rise of the $PSEi. One of those names is $AXLM. It is a low-profile stock that showed promise once it hit its structural support.

For our featured trader for the week, we will be showing how he was able identify the potential of $AXLM. Marvin TheMartian a.k.a. @kmaa, is an active member of the Investa Community who continuously spreads his insights regarding stocks revolving around the Philippine market. He used a modest yet powerful way to trade, merely using lines to determine critical Support and Resistance Levels.

Based on the price structure of $AXLM, a double bottom pattern was formed at around the 1.85-1.9 price levels. It is a low-risk, high-reward trade, as the downside could be a cut below 1.8 (-3% to -4%) and potential take profit areas near the 2.5 peso resistance levels (30% to 35%).

Moreover, it is seen that the RSI (14) broke out of the channel in confluence with the 2 peso levels, which further strengthens the up move.  

In the long-term perspective, it is a must for $AXLM to break above and find support above the channel line to further solidify its dominance. 

It is difficult for some to execute trades like this. The key is to not be fueled by emotions. An individual must trust their system. Risk management comes to play, most especially when the trade idea goes against our bias. As Bernard Baruch exclaims, in trading the financial markets, it is not about how much money you make, but rather how much money you do not lose. 

Congratulations to those who were able to maximize the up move of $AXLM. Lastly, kudos again to Marvin TheMartian for sharing his execution. Your FREE 1-month InvestaPRO is on its way!

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How to Deal with Missed Trading Opportunities

You could say that you have been in the financial markets for as long as you could remember when you think about the missed opportunities that could have made a difference in your trading account. Indeed, it is common to miss such opportunities given that the financial markets are awake 24/7. 

As traders, we are in an environment where an endless stream of opportunities displays itself. There may be various reasons for not taking the said leading name. 

1.)   The price structure seems unattractive. 

2.)   Failure to screen such names. 

3.)   The trader is busy with other activities. 

4.)   Mentally unprepared to take the trade. 

Missed opportunities happen all the time. The best way to move on from such is to prepare a buyback criteria if the opportunity represents itself. 

It is conventional wisdom that doing things right leads to the correct outcomes. No doubt, it’s natural for us to think that way. However, that is not always the case for us market participants. There would be times that you have analyzed the stock through fundamentals or technicals and it could still move against your bias. The best way to conquer this is to accept the fact that anything can happen (we cannot control the movement of these assets). 

While the financial markets are an arena of endless opportunities, potential prospects expose the trader with inimical psychological conditions. It takes a lot of hard work and perseverance for a trader to indicate when such opportunities exist. However, learning how to pinpoint a potential leader does not mean that you have learned to think like a professional trader. Without possessing the right state of mind, a trader would not be able to produce consistent results. Indeed, consistency is a mindset that has at its core certain fundamental thinking strategies that are unique to trading (Douglas, 2000).

It is ideal to see the market from an objective perspective, wherein you must learn and accept the risks with no internal conflict. You must infuse a mentality that is unique to traders. A mentality that enables you to repudiate hesitation and to eradicate overconfidence. That is relatively the epitome of professional trading. 

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InvestaUniversity opens FREE Stock Market Classes for Everyone

Investagrams, the fastest growing social-financial platform, is opening the newest FREE Stock Market learning space named InvestaUniversity. The online university offers basic to advanced lessons about finances and investment to all. 

No matter the financial status, age, experience, and education — everyone can learn how to invest in the stock market. Everyone can improve their financial lives through wise investing.  Everyone is accepted into the InvestaUniversity. 

The mission is to create at least 10 Million investing Filipinos. And Investagrams saw that the only way to make this a reality is to help all Filipinos be educated about the unlimited opportunities in the stock market. Hence, the birth of InvestaUniversity. 

Investagrams pooled in a team of educators — JC Bisnar (CEO of Investagrams), Christian Silverio (Investagrams’ resident trader and private fund manager), and Paolo Tomacruz (Investagrams’ resident trader and private fund manager) who will break down the complex concepts of the financial markets to easy-to-learn and friendly weekly lessons. 

To further the students’ learning, InvestaUniversity has also prepared activities and homework which will be discussed in the live online discussions. 

“In InvestaUniversity, no one gets left behind. All the courses, the videos, the core curriculum, ia-upload natin ang mga lesson sa ating mga ng channels — on Youtube, Facebook, and on InvestaLearn platform — all for free. Kung gusto mag-participate, mas magkaroon ng commitment, magkaroon ng access sa mga benefits, then you can pay a tuition fee. At the end, bahala ka na literal. Dito sa InvestaUniv, we want it to make it as open and as inclusive as possible, and InvestaUniversity will make sure that no one gets left behind,” JC Bisnar, CEO of Investagrams said in their launch video. 

Your tuition, your call. 

Promoting education for all and inclusivity, Investagrams made InvestaUniversity’s core program to be free. But if you want to commit, participate in the weekly activities, and gain some perks, you can settle a tuition fee of your choice. Whatever the amount, it’s all up to you.

This program and tuition fee scheme may be the first of its kind in the Philippine Stock Market. 

To enroll in InvestaUniversity, simply follow these 3 easy steps:

1. Subscribe to Investagrams’ YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/investagramsTV).

2. Follow the official Investagrams Facebook Page (www.facebook.com/investagrams).

3. Join the exclusive InvestaGroup community (www.investagrams.com/Group332).

Curious about InvestaUniversity? Know more here: http://invs.st/InvestaUniversity 

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Investagrams Featured Trader of the Week: Magnum

Congratulations to our Featured Trader of the Week Magnum who was able to spot $ABA (AbaCore Capital Holdings, Inc.) a few days before it broke out from its 6-month high! Magnum noted that the momentum for the stock is still definitely towards the upside, while also highlighting the support levels, resistance levels, and an area where you can set your stops. Also, Magnum pointed out that if $ABA can break .83, which it did, the stock could possibly go for .89. Not only did it reach .89, it closed the week as high as 1.05 which made it as one of the top gainers last Friday, June 28!

Here’s his $ABA analysis: https://www.investagrams.com/Post/Magnum/719686

On Technicals

If you take a look at $ABA on the daily chart, you’ll notice that there were only two optimal entries given. You could have bought at .70 when the stock broke the neckline of its double bottom pattern, or when it broke its 6-month high at .90 levels. More likely than not, there were many traders who missed out on this due to the volatility along with having a difficulty in spotting good low risk entries.

Whenever that’s the case, you can look at intraday timeframe to see if there are possible entry points you can’t see on a daily timeframe. Looking at $ABA’s 30-minute chart, you’ll notice that it went up in a staircase fashion. The stock simply consolidated or formed what’s commonly known as a Darvas Box every time it broke out from a previous one. Also, every time $ABA broke out from its consolidation it was always accompanied with above average volume which makes the breakout more likely to continue rather than go back inside the box.

What’s Next for $ABA?

Is $ABA’s move over? We can’t tell for sure. After checking the InvestaJockey, many have been posting about how JP Morgan has been continuously accumulating shares of this stocks, so there may still be a bigger move that will unfold. See InvestaJockey results as of Friday, June 28:

Ideally, $ABA should create a high tight flag while retesting the one-peso levels, similar to what $GSMI has been doing. Unless it does this, $ABA may just overshoot immediately to 1.20 and possible even 1.40. If this happens, the stock would be too extended already and not advisable for entry.

Kudos again to Magnum who was able to spot $ABA a few days before it made a 6-month high breakout. As a token of our appreciation for being a notable trader for this week, you’ll receive FREE access to one-month InvestaJournal! Congrats also to everyone who was able to latch on to this market leader!

To learn more about InvestaJournal, please visit this link: www.investagrams.com/investaprime

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