Do You See the Pattern?

We interrupt your Midweek Bulletin... New to the Digest? [Click here.]( [Manward Digest] Find Order in the Market's Chaos A Note From Amanda: As Shah reminded us a few weeks ago... there's a season - a cycle of predictability - for everything, including stocks. And our good friend Marc Lichtenfeld, the Chief Income Strategist over at The Oxford Club, is taking that idea one step further. In today's column, he shows us the patterns investors can easily find - and use - to increase their odds of investing success. Marc has also just released stunning research on patterns in the stock market. At the same time each month, [two consistent market forces converge](... creating a powerful phenomenon that could've turned $5,000 into [gains of $9,550 in March of this year... $4,700 in April... and $18,400 in May](. [You can learn more about it right here.]( [Marc Lichtenfeld] Marc Lichtenfeld Chief Income Strategist The Oxford Club The stock market can be messy and unpredictable. Sometimes the stocks of good companies go nowhere... and sometimes the stocks of garbage companies skyrocket. For traders and investors, it helps to have a way to make sense of it all. Early in my career, I was floundering. I read every book I could find on how to analyze companies. I read Investor's Business Daily and The Wall Street Journal every day. I thought I knew what should happen in the market and in individual stocks... but often, that wasn't what would happen. It was maddening to have all of this new knowledge but not be able to use it to my advantage. Then I caught a lucky break: I took a course on technical analysis and how to spot patterns in the stock market. And it changed everything. SPONSORED [AI SINGULARITY IS 3 MONTHS AWAY]( This is the exact moment when AI will throw off its shackles, instantly growing billions of times more intelligent than Einstein. A two-time hedge fund manager is sharing a "Singularity Investor Playbook" you can use to position yourself at the forefront of this historic moment. [TAKE THESE 3 STEPS NOW]( "I See Patterns" Like Haley Joel Osment hesitating to admit he could see dead people in The Sixth Sense, it took me a little while to acknowledge the patterns I was noticing. After all, I had spent a lot of time learning about fundamentals... like P/E ratios and operating margins. I'd been told they were the true way to make money in the market. But once I saw how effective patterns could be in helping me time my entries and exits, I embraced them quickly. There are several types of patterns. One of the most common is a formation on a stock chart, like a head and shoulders pattern. [Head & Shoulder Chart]( [View larger image]( This is a very bearish pattern. It occurs when a stock falls to the same level (the neckline) after three successive peaks, with the middle peak (the head) being higher than the first and third peaks (the shoulders). In the example above, fundamental analysis might've told you in late June that this stock was a good value, that the company was likely to grow its earnings, and that the stock would be a strong buy. But you might have changed your mind if you'd looked at the chart and spotted the head and shoulders pattern. That would've indicated that it'd be smart to wait to see if the stock was going to fall, allowing you to buy it cheaper. Perhaps your fundamental analysis would have been proven right in the long term. But by knowing this pattern, you could have saved yourself some money and heartache by not being in the stock while it was falling. There are other important patterns that can't necessarily be seen on a stock chart. SPONSORED [Is Your Portfolio at Risk Because of the Imminent $21 Trillion Meltdown?]( At this moment, a critical $21 trillion market sector is in absolute free fall. Not only will it push several big-name blue chip stocks toward oblivion, but it will also almost certainly decimate investors holding "safe income stocks." The good news is, there is a simple way to avoid this catastrophe. Even better, there's a way to play it for a shot at huge wealth. In fact, professional traders have already traded this crisis for $600 million in a single day! [Go here now for the full story. You'll be so glad you did.]( History Repeats... One common pattern is described by the adage "sell in May and go away." The saying refers to the fact that stocks tend to perform much better from the months of November to April than they do from May to October. In the 20th century, the average monthly return of the S&P 500 from November to April was 1.05%, versus just 0.27% from May to October. More recently, since 1990, stocks have returned an average of 7% from November to April but just 2% from May through October. There are lots of other patterns that have repeated over time, such as how stocks perform during the presidential cycle, how they perform based on which day of the week or month they're purchased, etc. Now, none of these patterns are crystal balls... but history does repeat itself. Stocks and markets often repeat past moves because they are pushed and pulled by human emotion, and that does not change over the years. Using these patterns will increase your odds of success. If you're not using patterns in your trading, start educating yourself. Your broker's website is a good place to start, as it likely has lots of good, free information. Learning how to recognize various patterns in the market changed the game for me. It made order out of chaos and made me a much more profitable trader and investor. Good investing, Marc P.S. As a market technician trained to uncover patterns across the financial universe, I've devoted over 20 years to finding the best ways to make income outside the norm. But I just discovered [a pattern I'd never noticed before](... An anomaly that sits at the crossroads of two market forces that occur month... after month... after month. (Hint: It all centers around [one specific number]( Today, you can learn exactly what this anomaly is... Why it occurs with stunning regularity... And most importantly... How you can exploit it to potentially bank boatloads of extra cash within a month. [Watch my video on this mysterious enigma right here.]( What Else We're Talking About [Monday Takeaways: Bank on Trouble Coming]( [Wells Fargo Bank]( Forget the back-to-back-to-back market highs. The latest bank earnings reports are a warning... [Here's why.]( [Time to Buy This Unloved Sector]( [AMC movie theater]( There are two reasons small cap stocks have underperformed. And that's all about to change... [Find out how...]( [Buy This, Not That: Are the Big Banks Big Buys?]( [B of A location]( While the big banks are touting impressive headline numbers, with record highs and substantial profit increases, there's something lurking under the surface... [Get Shah's take here.]( Want more content like this? [YES]( [NO]( Marc Lichtenfeld Marc Lichtenfeld is the Chief Income Strategist of The Oxford Club. After getting his start on the trading desk at Carlin Equities, he moved over to Avalon Research Group as a senior analyst. Over the years, Marc's commentary has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and U.S. News & World Report, among others. Prior to joining The Oxford Club, he was a senior columnist at Jim Cramer's TheStreet. Today, he is a sought-after media guest who has appeared on CNBC, Fox Business and Yahoo Finance. His book Get Rich with Dividends: A Proven System for Double-Digit Returns achieved bestseller status shortly after its release in 2012. Marc is the Senior Editor of The Oxford Income Letter, which is based on his proprietary 10-11-12 System. He is also the Editor of Technical Pattern Profits, Trigger Event Trader and Oxford Bond Advantage. Was this email forwarded to you? [Click here to sign up!]( You are receiving this email because you subscribed to Manward Digest. To unsubscribe from Manward Digest, [click here](. Need help with your account? [Click here](. Have a question or comment for the editor? [Click here](mailto:mailbag@manwardpress.com). Please do not reply to this email as it goes to an unmonitored inbox. 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