How Savvy Traders Unlock New Market Plays

[Trading With Larry Benedict]( How Savvy Traders Unlock New Market Plays By Larry Benedict, editor, Trading With Larry Benedict Today, I’m going to talk about one of the most volatile and profitable eras for trading I’ve ever seen… the “dot-com” bubble of 1999 and 2000. Back then, IPOs were the hot thing. And almost all of them were tech companies. But I struggle to even call them “companies.” They were making no earnings, no revenue… Some of them probably didn’t even have offices. At that time, I ran the charitable trust account for Spear, Leeds, and Kellogg. Thanks to our connections, we were able to get shares in companies before they went public on the open market. When they did go public, they opened up multiples higher than their IPO price. And there were at least 10 of them a week. Our strategy for trading this was simple. We sold our pre-IPO shares right after the initial pop higher on the day they went public and made a decent return. And we did that over and over. The market was unfair for the average investor in that time… The folks who couldn’t get their hands on pre-IPO shares wound up buying these companies for far too much. In many cases, that initial pop – when most average investors were buying – was the highest price those stocks would ever trade at. Pair that with the mania in technology companies and how much money was changing hands, and you had a bubble. It was a tough time to be an investor. But for savvy traders, it was a gold mine… Recommended Link [Revealed Tonight at 8 p.m. ET: 998% Better Than Stocks]( [image]( Tonight at 8 p.m. ET, Larry Benedict is going live to reveal a truth he’s never disclosed before in any newsletter, article, or interview. And It can produce a 998% higher yield than the average S&P 500 stock – without buying stocks, options, or cryptocurrency. This news could soon accelerate your financial goals by years—or even decades. [Click here to RSVP now!]( (By clicking the link, your email address will automatically be added to the RSVP list.) -- My Biggest “Dot-Com” Bubble Trade The best trade from that era was on a company called 3COM… 3COM owned Palm Pilot (PALM) – the old PDA maker. And because of that, everyone who owned 3COM stock back then would get stock in PALM. PALM was one of the hottest IPOs of 2000. It was so popular, the market was valuing 3COM, the parent company, for less than its stake in PALM. [Join Jeff Clark for A Private & Confidential Briefing On Beta Trade Results of a Remarkable New Trading Strategy]( That’s all thanks to the tech bubble… The PDA fad was in, and PALM seemed revolutionary. So, the big play in trader circles was to be short 3COM because of how the market was valuing it… and because you got stock in PALM for free, which helped cover potential losses. The day of the IPO, PALM opened at about $80 per share after being priced at $38 the night before. We sold on the opening. Then we shorted 3COM as part of the trade because we knew 3COM would probably go down. 3COM fell 21% on the day. This company had a 90% stake in PALM. And its market cap wound up lower than the value of that stake… We made $30 on our short and $80 on our long. It was one of the best trades we had at the time. And I’ve never seen anything like it to this day. Restricted Opportunities These were basic trades – and highly profitable ones. But the average investor just couldn’t make them. Retail investors could only pay good prices on the smallest IPOs. And they couldn’t trade like big brokerages could. Nowadays, it’s unfortunately not much different. Many of the best opportunities are restricted to hedge funds and other kinds of institutional investors… either because of high capital requirements or because most people simply don’t know these deals exist. 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