VantagePoint Is User-Friendly

Once you order VantagePoint, you’ll have it up and running quickly! Knowledge of intermarket analysis or neural networks is not required – VantagePoint takes care of all of this for you. Of course, basic knowledge of the markets will help you get upto speed much quicker, but each evening you simply need to download end-of-day data from one of the data vendors compatible with VantagePoint (less than a minute or two on high-speed internet) and select a market you want to analyze. Intuitively, you know that other markets influence the market you want to trade.

VantagePoint uses neural network technology to analyze the data to find the twenty-five related markets that most affect prices of your target market, quantifies the degree of influence these related markets have on your market and then uses that information to forecast trend direction, market strength and daily trading ranges in a simple-to-read chart and report. You have a complete forecast for the market you are trading in less than 5 minutes!

VantagePoint can be used in many different ways. Remember, VantagePoint is a powerful and highly versatile analytical trading tool but not a “trading system”. Once you learn about VantagePoint’s predictive indicators, you can determine which of the indicators (or which combination of indicators) work best for you to achieve your goals. Factors such as the markets you are trading – equities, futures, forex, exchange-traded funds – account size, risk propensity, experience in the markets will determine which indicators work best for you, whether you use VantagePoint to augment an existing strategy or as a standalone tool. Some traders simply rely on the predicted moving average crossovers, but many of the more successful VantagePoint users have developed VantagePoint trading strategies that incorporate many of the other predictive indicators. This does require some work on the part of the trader, but the time is usually well worth it!

Forecasted Moving Averages Can Give You Very Valuable Information

VantagePoint's forecasted moving averages focus on short-term periods. Just like weather forecasts, they can be highly accurate and reliable for the next few days, but it is very difficult to predict prices or the weather a month or a year in the future. When VantagePoint’s predicted moving averages are greater than today's actual moving averages, the market is expected to move higher over the next 1-3 days, depending on the time frame for the averages. Similarly, when the forecasted moving averages are less than today's actual moving average, the market is expected to move lower.

The difference between the two moving averages from day to day indicates the relative strength of the expected move over that time frame. For example, when the difference reaches a maximum negative value and starts to narrow (indicating that the downward trend is beginning to lose strength), this is an early warning that the market is likely to make a bottom and turn up soon. When the forecasted moving average does, in fact, cross from below to above the actual moving average, the difference between them goes from negative to positive, confirming that the market is expected to make a bottom and reverse direction, moving higher.

In addition to the predicted moving averages, VantagePoint also provides you with several other predictive technical indicators using intermarket data and not actual past price data that lags current market action. Once you have VantagePoint, you can determine which predictive indicators suit your trading style best. Some traders use all of them, other traders use various combinations of them. All of the indicators have value, and it's a matter of determining which ones are most valuable to you and your trading.

The Predicted Neural Index is another VERY important VantagePoint Indicator

The Predicted Neural Index, which can be plotted at the bottom of the chart, is also used to identify trend changes in markets and is the specific indicator on which VantagePoint's accuracy statistics are based. The Neural Index compares today’s actual three-day moving average with today’s predicted three-day moving average to predict whether a three-day simple moving average of the typical price – the average of the high, low and close – will be higher or lower two days in the future than it is today. The numerical value of the Neural Index is either 1.00 or 0.00 so it is either correct or not in indicating whether the trend direction is expected to be higher or lower for each target market over the next two days.

A Neural Index of 1.00 indicates that the trend direction is expected to be higher over the next two days. A Neural Index of 0.00 indicates that the trend direction is expected to be lower over the next two days. Many VantagePoint customers look at the trend direction indicated by the predicted moving averages and then see if the Neural Index confirms and agrees with the indicated direction. As customers become more familiar with using VantagePoint, they may look at other predictive indicators that VantagePoint offers to further develop their trading strategies.

VantagePoint Can Help Position Traders Determine Where To Place Stops

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VantagePoint also forecasts the high and low for the next day. This information can be used to help you determine where you should put your stops and whether to tighten up on your position or get out of the trade altogether. If you're a position trader, you can also utilize VantagePoint's predicted highs and lows to set entry points. Then you can use the predicted high/low range on subsequent days to move your stops. For example, if you are long a market and expect the trend to continue up tomorrow based on market forecasts, you might set your stop for tomorrow some number of ticks below tomorrow's predicted low, which acts as a support level. This would decrease the likelihood of being stopped out prematurely during the day as the result of intraday volatility in the market, yet protect your position in the event of an abrupt market downturn in which the predicted low is breached.

Day Trading With VantagePoint

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Predictions of the next day's high and low are particularly useful for determining entry and exit points for day trading as well. If the forecasts on the VantagePoint charts suggest that tomorrow will be an up day, you can wait for the market to trade down toward the predicted low, then enter a long position, which can be closed out intraday at or near the predicted high. The reverse would involve entering a short position at or near the predicted high on a day when the market is expected to move lower. Each trader may find ways to use this information in a manner that is most comfortable for them. Using forecasts of market trend direction in conjunction with predicted highs and lows increases the potential for successful trades. Other predictive indicators offered by VantagePoint can be used in conjunction with the predicted highs and lows to help make trading decisions.

The True Value of VantagePoint

You may be wondering whether it’s worth the effort to do this kind of market analysis, but just think how profitable trading might be if you had an alert to a pending price move a day or two ahead of the trading crowd! With VantagePoint you do get clues that can get in and out of trades ahead of everyone else, and you can find better trading opportunities in the markets. By having insight into the market's future that you cannot get by simply eyeballing a chart, you will be able to make better decisions when trading. Let's face it: It is impossible for anyone to look at 25 markets simultaneously, study the data and come to a conclusion on where a target market might be headed. But VantagePoint can do this for you . . . each and every evening!

Remember, VantagePoint will first analyze the target market by doing extensive technical analysis. Then VantagePoint will analyze the market relationships that exist between the markets and the degree of influence these relationships have. Finally, VantagePoint will provide forecasted moving averages and other predictive indicators that provide reliable clues about the expected trend direction.

Imagine studying a chart on Wednesday night, looking at a moving average and seeing that a particular market you are interested is trending up or down. Upon further inspection, you find that the trend actually started on Tuesday morning and that you are already a couple of days late. That’s what happens when you look at traditional charts in hindsight.

Now, instead, just imagine how great it would be if it's Monday evening (two days earlier) and you see a VantagePoint forecast that is indicating a trend change for your market of interest. Having this information two days early, you can, in many cases, enter near the start of the trend and capitalize on a greater opportunity in the market.

VantagePoint opens the door of intermarket analysis to both novice and experienced traders, while leaving the costly and difficult R&D of technical analysis, intermarket analysis and neural networks to the experts. Becoming a VantagePoint customer is an ideal way for you to fill the gap in your technical analysis arsenal and to begin benefiting immediately from intermarket analysis, without having to reinvent the wheel or become a rocket scientist. You can use VantagePoint by itself or as an intermarket filter in conjunction with other trading approaches that you are now using. Strategies based on VantagePoint predicted indicators can be very simple or more complex – VantagePoint is a tool that can be used in many ways by different types of traders. By including VantagePoint in your trading toolbox, you can gain the added confidence and insight into the markets that you need to succeed in today's global markets.

Predicted Technical Indicators

If you like using traditional technical indicators, you will be happy to know that VantagePoint includes several popular technical indicators in addition to predicted moving averages. But the big difference with VantagePoint indicators is that they use the intermarket data provided by neural networks to make them leading and not lagging indicators. That can give you a big edge over those who use the traditional technical indicators based on past price data. Some of the predicted technical indicators include:

Predicted RSI Predicted Stochastics Predicted MACD Predicted Moving Averages (simple) Predicted Triple Moving Averages (exponential) Predicted Daily Range

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Trading is Hard; The Key is Developing a Strategy That Works For YOU

We are not going to claim that trading successfully is easy when you use VantagePoiont or that you are guaranteed to produce profits. In fact, with or without VantagePoint, trading is VERY hard! VantagePoint is not a silver bullet and is not a magical answer for every traders’ wishes. VantagePoint cannot take someone who knows nothing about trading and turn them into a SUPER SUCCESSFUL, ULTRA PROFITABLE trader. If this disappoints you, please look elsewhere. If you are desperate to make money and need to make it fast, please look elsewhere.

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If, on the other hand, you are looking for a powerful tool that can provide you with an edge over many other traders and are willing to put in the effort that successful trading requires, then you have found what you are looking for. Having VantagePoint does not mean that you don’t have to think and continue to educate yourself about the markets, money management, and strategy development. We know some people will get VantagePoint, lose money in the markets and blame the tool. The tool is not to blame as there is much more to trading successfully than any tool or any system, beginning with the ability to maintain control over your emotions (i.e. fear and greed) so you can make rational trading decisions, sound money management, and common sense. These are necessary ingredients to success as a trader.

It is not a surprise that the most successful VantagePoint users have spent time working with the various predictive indicators that VantagePoint offers. Through their involvement with the software, they have developed strategies that work for them. The very same strategies may or may not work for you as everyone is different and no two traders have the exact same circumstances. The commonality that underlies successful trading is that it takes time, effort and the right analytic tools. There will be ups and there will be downs. You will need to be learning and tweaking your strategy constantly to achieve the ultimate success that you desire.

Trading is inherently risky and these risks cannot be avoided. Having VantagePoint on your side as part of your trading arsenal, however, should help you feel more comfortable as you navigate today’s global financial markets because you are affiliated with a company that has been a driving force in the development of trading software for nearly thirty years going back to the time when personal computers were first applied to the financial markets. This is a unique track record that Market Technologies’ founder, Louis Mendelsohn, is very proud of, and we are sure you will be happy being a part of the VantagePoint trading community with all of the resources we can offer you.