Hello Pinky,
My first post ! - only joined yesterday - recent Newbie like you.
I recently purchased the S&P 500 Evening trading system from Markets Mastered and have found Nick to be quite helpful. I understand that he recently suffered a stroke and so has been unable to provide the level of service that he would like - maybe that's why you've not had many replies from him ?
Nevertheless I have received regular emails of his screen shots and he has provided lots of other useful support guides (e.g. Candlesticks).
I did trade his system and lost a lot of my (relatively small) starting bank - basically I didn't read the manual properly or the emails and was too keen to get started - inexperience and greed saw my balance steadily reduce.
I am now paper trading his system with a live screen (as recommended by Nick) and have thoroughly read the manual to understand how the trade setup works. Whilst not 100% successful (what is ???), I find that I can usually spot the potential trades and then watch them unfold - however I do need to improve my candlestick awareness.
Sitting here today for example (finished work early !) I keep flicking back to the live screen and I paper traded to the target recommended by Nick of +20 pips profit at around 16.25 UK time. Admittedly, Nick's system is meant to be traded after 17.00 UK time - but I find that some of the divergence setups use price action from any time after the market has opened at 14.30 UK time.
One thing I've found is that there is no mention in the manual of pivot lines and support/resistance (I'm sure Nick's more than aware of this) but I plot the pivots and use them and keep my eye on recent price action for S and R during the current session.
I've found that if I always wait for a full 20 pips in the bag then maybe I'll get say 12 or 15 but then find that my bag is empty 5 mins later. Sometimes I think it's better to get your daily 20 pips in 2 trades - but maybe my inexperience or emotions are kicking in and I should let the trade run it's course.
Using Nick's system has given me some confidence that I can actually have some success with trading and it has given me the motivation to educate myself further - hence registering with this site.
I intend to start trading Nick's evening system again with real money (once the wife authorises the funds !
) and at the same time improve my knowledge of the candlestick charts which are a key part of understanding the trade setup.
I've purchased other trading systems in the past and this one seems to have some potential - but I'll let you know how I get on in due course !
Sorry you had a bad experience with this one mate - but I think it's worth a go !
P.S. Been paper trading whilst writing this and almost got another 20 pips in the bag using Nick's system (had many opportunities to close out at +15 pips) - so there must be some merit in this system ???