Look for a structural edge

World stock markets	36 Trillion
Overall US Stock market	18 Trillion
Mutual funds US	13 Trillion
Pension funds US	15 Trillion
Hedge funds US	1-2 Trillion

The strategies of the big players influence the market. Understanding what strategies they use and why is the key to finding a structural edge in the market for small speculators like us.

What strategies hedge funds use:

Dedicated Short Bias
Emerging Markets
Equity Market Neutral
Event Driven
Distressed
Arbitrage
Global Macro
Long/Short Equity
Managed Futures
High Frequency Trading

What strategies mutual funds use

Value
Growth

More money is allocated to value than growth. If you study mutual fund industry, most start out as growth funds but once size of assets increases they become value funds.

What Strategies pension funds use:

value
growth
fixed income
commodities

One should look for a structural edge in the market and not ephemeral edge. There are many traders who spend considerable time developing ephemeral edge. Structural edges are enduring and rooted in the behavior of the market and large players in the market.

Best site to learn to trade

If you are serious about your trading and want to build an enduring edge, the Stockbee Member site might help you.

Members tell me they have tried a lot of things before coming to my site, and it has offered them the most extensive and detailed methods to swing and position trade. Members range from very experienced traders to novices.

No advertising, no hard marketing, no promotions, no free offers, no affiliate marketing, no incentive to other bloggers to promote the site, no constant tweets self-promoting the site, and no tall claims. Every member comes through word-of-mouth recommendations from existing members.

As a member, you will learn the basics of swing trading, momentum investing, growth investing, and risk management. You will learn about Stockbee Momentum Burst breakouts, Stockbee Trend Intensity Breakouts, Stockbee Episodic Pivots Breakouts, Stockbee Lemonade Strategy for 401k, and many other member-shared methods.

You will learn how to set up your own scans, how to select the right kind of stocks, how to set up stops, when to enter, when to exit, how much to risk, how to track your trades, and all other details about trading.

You will learn about developing your own methods and not relying on others for trade ideas. Develop your own edge. Once you develop your own method, you will have a lifelong profitable method.

The site gives you an opportunity to interact with some of the most successful traders and learn from them about their trading methods. It is a vibrant community with members from different backgrounds and experiences willing to help each other. Members have shared their methods, scans, software, backtests, and market insights.

Every day, the emphasis is on continuous learning and upgrading of market knowledge and setup knowledge. The members range from hedge fund employees, financial advisers, active swing traders, investors, and new traders.

You will see that many trading bloggers have been using my market timing methods, scans, and chart templates. They have developed their own methods based on my methods.

Almost every member comes through a recommendation of some of the leading trading bloggers and trading sites. 80% or more members continue to be members for more than 3 years. Most tell me that they stay on because every day they learn so much from the members' site.

If you are looking to develop your own trading strategy, the membership site might be for you. You have to be willing to put in the effort to build your own method. There are no silver bullets offered on the members' site. Every method, every scan, every nuance is detailed, and all possible help is offered to design your own method.

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