I first started trading when I was 15. I was fond of the stockmarket, but due to my limited capital I could only buy one share. When I eventually choose the stock I wanted, It didn’t go up or down. It just kept bouncing around. In the end, I sold the stock with a 5% loss. I was still following the stockmarket, but I decided for myself I needed something more volatile with more leverage. I discovered options, futures an CfD’s. But they still were to unpredictable. Eventually, I found my holy grail: Forex. I read all what I could read about it and made some first profits. I discovered the power of something as simple as the BGX system or Vegas. I started studying these methods more closely and realized that these simple models could make you very profitable in the long run. Over time, I started to adapt the systems with my onw rules. The biggest advantage of the Sidus Method is that it is not necessary for adding extra filters. Whipsaws will occor, but less frequent. This system made my trading very profitable as it easy to understand, easy to implement and easy to find the right entry-points.

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Here we go again. Jittery financial market participants have extrapolated a case of indigestion, and some heartburn, into the “big one.” But, recent market action looks much more like a panic attack than a heart attack.

Yesterday’s market sell-off (small cap stocks fell 3%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 226 points), has convinced many that problems in the sub-prime market are spreading.

Significantly worse than expected Q2 earnings at Countrywide Financial, and problems in financing a few large leveraged business deals, have caused pessimistic market participants to fear an economy-wide credit crunch.

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