I have some serious questions for you but let me outline a little about my perceptions before I go into them.  First and foremost I consider honor and integrity of any organization to be paramount.  I do not mind losing money.  If someone doesn’t like it then they need to stay out of the markets because it happens.  Secondly when I look at services such as this one I also look for a “warrior” that is not afraid to fight as long as they maintain their honor and moral code.  Risks are risks and some are worth taking even when you may lose yet I refuse to follow fools.  I believe reputation and trust can only be built through honorable leadership despite the gains or losses involved.

With many services the “top picks” listed tend to be biased in that losers are removed from the “top picks”.  In essence this gives a false sense of security to passerby Joe who may know nothing about the markets whatsoever and thinks he hit the goldmine.  What he finds out later is that while they maintain the good picks he loses more money than he makes and the company makes their money off of his subscription.  What is your stance on how you handle your “top pick” practices?

Once picks are made is there an analysis for your readers to view of how the conclusion was made for the pick?  As anyone should know there are many ways to read a stocks chart or profile and for many the optimistic outlook can cause one to read into things leaving open ends unaccounted for.  Often enough these open ends may not even be within a chart at all.  

What are your fundamental guidelines for your trading practices?  To be more definitive do you seek to make money within any market condition and within any sector of the market or are you more tailored and specialized to certain sectors?  Are your practices analysis only or does your practices consider other outside influences that could affect the geometry of the market just as one would consider the “geometry of warfare” not simply the greek involved within the specified stock.

I may have further questions but at the present time this will suffice and I will wait for a response.  There are very few groups out there I trust yet a few that allow for me to appreciate their perception of the market.  I personally believe that no single individual can maintain a 360 degree view of the world in perfect focus so I do appreciate some of the select groups works that I have found.

Hey Javelin,

Let me get you a response a bit later...just want to put some thought into it.

Javelin,

For the Big Wave Trading service, for Gold members we post buys, sells, shorts, and covers.  The Gold service is a full trading service where MauiTrader explains where to buy/sell, short/cover stocks.  However, if for the silver service Maui does tell you where to cut your losses short.  We follow CAN SLIM, so we cut our losses at 8% or less.  No questions asked...if a stock falls 8% from its purchase price it gets sold.  So, when you see the big winners posted, losers aren't included but they are hardly more than 5-8% losses.

Does this help?

MS

Your methodology does make sense using the system that your group utilizes.  Although as always targeted exit or entry price can at times be elusive lol.  I believe many questions that I have may only be really answered by spending time within your group.  I may consider joining in the near future to get the feel of the climate.  Fifty to 100 USD is not a lot to ask for per month.  Let’s face it my portfolio can alter itself by 100 USD in the blink of an eye just as many others out here yet it does bring up one other question that perhaps you can answer for me.

Some of your competitors in this market offer a much lower price point for their services while offering very similar results.  A few of these competitors I can personally attest to their effectiveness and a select few men have proven to be truly impressive.  Oddly enough (from my experience with online services) the most successful I have seen have been the less expensive  services that may at times even email select picks to unpaid subscribers.  What is there about Investors Paradise that offers that competitive edge to ask for requested subscription price?

Our main competitor is RevShark, http://www.sharkinvesting.com...you can check out his pricing, far more than Big Wave Trading.

Our "Edge" is not having an opinion on the market, it is trading a set of rules and not allowing emotions taking over our decision making abilities.  You'll find most trading services making bets on so called "macro" & "micro" calls, even earnings plays...we do not.  It is foolish to gamble or guess outcomes of particular events.  We position ourselves on how the overall general market is acting.  

Gold package gives you one on one access to MauiTrader via chat...a private message board; detailing stocks maui is watching and what stocks he is selling.  

Let me know if you have further questions.

The more I read, the more I like.  Found a few comments from the founders with a Christianity tone to it, I like that as well.  I consider myself an amateur in the market.  Since I have learned a great deal about some of the people here I will say that my former job expertise was within Military Intelligence and served with the USMC.  These guys seem young, but they also seem to know what they are doing.  I like the combination and the go getter mindset.  I may have more questions later.

Thank you for your timely responses and for your consideration.  I may be around very soon as a Gold member yet I will do a bit more homework.

Not a problem, we are young per se...but we use it to our advantage.

Look forward to seeing you as a gold member!