Profile › Jan Ermanovics

Affiliation:

Achievements:

Trading Style:

About me

Dec. 2010 update: I was recently told that my extraordinary multi-year account performance has produced the longest list of Spy on Survivor subscribers of any WSS account (WSS currently has over 400,000 accounts). Since I have never recieved any compensation from WSS for producing so many Spy on Survivor subscribers for them, I have decided to no longer actively trade this account until further notice. ▀$$$▀ Among 2 million competing portfolios, I placed #55 in the 2008-2009 CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge, which exceeded my previous record breaking Top 1/10th -Percentile (.01%) 'Rank' in December. At #55 my new rank was "Top 0.00%, Leader Group" (the highest percentile, possible). ▀$$$▀ For anyone unfamiliar with this stock trading and investment competition, the starting balance is $100,000 (one hundred thousand dollars). In addition to my increasingly extraordinary trading performance made here, which is now exceeding 10-fold or 1000% (and which I will increase exponentially in the days-weeks-and-months ahead), you will find that my portfolio performance in all trading and investment competitions has typically ranked among the highest of all competitors, worldwide. You will also find that my active portfolio management and stock selection produce percentage returns that far exceed virtually all managed funds and portfolios in the industry (ie, hedge funds, quant funds, mutual funds, ETFs, high growth funds, commodities and precious metals funds, proprietary trading firms, subscription newsletters and magazines, online stock picking services, etc.). ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀$$$▀ Under strict money management rules, I have consistently traded and managed my portfolio to outperform all 400,000+ competing portfolios to maintain the highest percentage return in 2008, 2009, and now for 2010. I am pleased to report that my trading performance has continued to beat every professional and Top MBA School portfolio since I began in 2008. ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀$$$▀ Significantly, I won in the previous International Traders Expo/Wall Street Survivor $1 Million Equity Trading Challenge(Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay); an extremely competitive 1-month trading competition in October. I placed as high as #2 among all global competitors and would have very likely placed #1 had I been able to trade beyond the Rule's transaction limit of 500 trades for the contest. For information, go to each of the following three links or refer to my contact info below. ▀▀ Link #1: http://www.intershow.com/pdf/LVOT08/Reg_Book-LVOT08.pdf ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Link #2: http://business.highbeam.com/436155/article-1G1-189265225/stocktrak-group-announces-completion-traders-expowall ▀▀▀▀ Link #3: http://wiki.fool.com/Fool_Labs:Wall_Street_Survivor ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀$$$▀ Importantly, ALL of my Contest and Challenge results are verifiable. Each are archived and viewable by "Image Capture" for review and study, including my ongoing trading through Wall Street Survivor. If you would like to benefit from the next 100-1000% produced from my trading, and learn how I could trade exclusively for you to produce equally extraordinary returns in a brokerage account, then I encourage you to finish reading this information and contact me at my following email address: jermanovics1@yahoo.com ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀$$$▀ Below is where I placed in the 1st 2008 CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge. On November 17, 2008, the 2nd 2008 CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge began. Like the 1st CNBC 2008 Challenge, I again quickly rose to the rank of top .02-percentile. This time, however, it took me only 1 week to accomplish the extraordinary gains to earn that high rank. And it was again accomplished in spite of restrictive Challenge "Rules", which can be found through either a Google or Bing search. ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀$$$▀ For some history, it may interest you to know that for the previous or first CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge of 2008 (May 12 - July 18), I set out to prove that my time-tested, developed trading ability of replicating extraordinary returns would, without question, place me again in the Top 1-percentile. And better than I had predetermined, I placed within the top 0.2%. Like the 2nd challenge, the 1st also permitted the creation of up to (5) Portfolios with $1 million of simulated money for each portfolio. The dollar-gain and percentage that I had achieved with each of the (5) portfolios are as follows: $717,403...(+71.7%), $639,522...(+64.0%), $478,849... (+47.9%), $448,236...(+44.8%), $281,873...(+28.2%). ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀$$$▀ For last year's 2007 CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge, of the over 1 million competing portfolios, my "rank" or position from the #1 top portfolio was #274, a very high placement in the Top 1-percentile. As quoted from CNBC's site, my results were: "Total Return of 42.04%" and a "Total Portfolio Value of $1,420,405.00". Additionally, after I emailed CNBC to bring to their attention that some competitors were appearing on the contest "Leaderboard" with multiple portfolios (which originally was considered an unfair strategy to manipulate the contest and therefore was unreasonable and considered a violation of contest rules), I learned from their untimely and disappointing reply that "multiple accounts are allowed". Disappointed with their decision, but of course determined to win, I decided to then create additional portfolios to also help increase my odds like the unfairly advantaged competitors who had been benefiting from the "loophole" in the rules since the beginning of the challenge. The end-results of each of the new portfolios I created were the following: "Top 1%", "Top 1%", "Top 1%, "Top 2%", "Top 3%" and "Top 5%", respectively. This problem with the challenge is important to note as it proved yet again the consistent history of my time-tested ability to quickly generate, recover, maintain, and build upon my trading gains despite market conditions, trading dynamics, or in the case of competition: the changes or limitations of "rules" as determined or influenced by the competitors and creators of the rules. ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀$$$▀ * * * * Explanation of Rules and why they are significant and meaningful * * * * CNBC CHALLENGE "RULES": in spite of my and others' emailed suggestions to offer real-time trading of equities (as was only offered in the currency portion of their previous Challenge and 2nd Challenge, each CNBC Challenge restricts the "real-world" equivalent of buying and selling stocks during normal market hours. Because the challenge sets the time and price of each purchase and sale of stock to the 4pm closing price each day, "trading", or unrestricted buying and selling as in the "real market" is not possible or permitted. Therefore, minimizing losses and maximizing gains is much more difficult to accomplish. Consequentially, optimal risk management and profitability of trades require greater insight and foresight of next-day outcomes in the market. Whereas in real world trading market participants can buy, sell, short, and cover at any time during market hours, the CNBC Challenge made it much more difficult because of the following rules: ALL trades [are] priced and executed at the 4pm closing price only, [there are] NO limit orders, NO shorting, [and] NO margin. Furthermore, purchasing of stocks [is] limited to companies with a minimum market cap of $500 million. Also, only stocks with minimum of 10,000-share volume per a 100-day average daily volume [are] permitted. ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀$$$▀ It should be understood that in order to replicate and continually generate extraordinary returns in the stock market, (2) requirements are essential. First, is the development of a time-tested ability to identify, trade, and actively manage winning and losing trades, and routinely identify potential outcomes and emerging opportunities in the market. Secondly, and this is most unfortunate for people with limited capital, is the compliance with the minimum equity requirement for Day Trading (as defined by the FINRA NASD Rule 2520) which states that in order to "Day Trade", you must have a margin approved account with a minimum equity of $25,000 maintained at the close of each business day. This is not only very important to have, it is an absolutely necessary condition in the business of trading because it is by meeting this equity requirement that the trader can stay in business to "trade". Trading enables a trader to actively trade in and out of positions without limitation or consequence. Only by satisfying this trade condition can the trader best perform their job with frequent and unfettered trading for both minimizing losses and maximizing gains and trade opportunities. Unfortunately, if you do not meet the FINRA NASD Rule 2520 requirement, your 4th daytrade in any 5-consecutive business day period triggers the PDT (Pattern Day Trading) Rule restriction which would require you to then increase your account funds to $25,000 or be limited to selling-only whatever current positions you have in your account. Also, unless the minimum equity rule is satisfied in the account, Day Trading is restricted for a period of 90 days. Lastly, I would be remiss to not also mention the need for long term commitment and undivided attention to trading when the goal or expectation is to win or rank-continually (as I do) in the Top 1-percentile of top performing trade/investment accounts. I emphasize "long term" because of the developmental advantages and benefits that come from actively trading in both "Bull" and "Bear" market periods. In terms of trading the market of today so that you can be best prepared for the future, withstanding the test of time through both bull and bear market periods can greatly prepare a trader to nimbly and ably adapt to the ever-changing psychology and evolving dynamics of the market. Of course, the artful implementation of new and various trading strategies and methodologies (and ultimately reach intuitive intelligence) to routinely produce 3-digit percentage returns in precedent- setting periods of the market (as in the past 2 years) requires and deserves a much broader forum for discussion and understanding. ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀$$$▀ Exactly as it is with trading and investing in the stock market, Wall Street Survivor is all about trading and investing in real-time during market hours; each trade incurs a broker commission fee of $10.00 (which is subtracted from the cash balance in the portfolio), execution of all orders are done in real-time, and the use and implementation of various limit and stop orders, shorting, and margin is available. Of significant benefit, there are also strict money management parameters for trading and investing, including: limiting the share size of a position to 1/2 of the stock's current trading volume; and, limiting each position-size to a maximum of 25% of the portfolio's value. For complete rules, refer to the following link: http://education.wallstreetsurvivor.com/stock-contest-rules ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀$$$▀ IMPORTANTLY, I continually exercise and prove my time-tested ability at replicating extraordinary returns in trading through Wall Street Survivor (as now over 400,000 users are also trying to do). Many of the top Business Schools have also found WSS to be so important to use as part of the educational process that they now include it in their MBA programs. Impressively, 900 schools - including: Columbia, Yale, Cornell, Stanford, Dartmouth, Berkley, the University of Chicago, London School of Business, and others - are using the professional trading simulation platform as part of the curriculum (over 200,000 students). Even Merrill Lynch uses it. For more and complete information about WSS and all of their educational/training services and support, see website: http://www.stocktrak.com/public/about/about.aspx ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀$$$▀ Following are my results in the previous Wall Street Survivor (WSS) Challenge from 1/1/08 to 4/25/08. My best Rank was #10 among all global participants. Starting with $100,000 of WSS simulated money, I more than doubled it within the above time frame (with the highest value being: $205,700.88). I earned a Rank of #1 in the state of Georgia at that time and subsequently placed as high in other states such as New York. Quickly, my rank rose to #20 and then to #10, and then higher, among all portfolios in the US and globally. ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ With a return of over 6,500%, I also turned a $2000.00 account into $136,000.00 ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Be sure to check back for more extraordinary updates and stock-portfolio performance information. Sincerely and with my best wishes for a passionately relentless pursuit of mastering your ability to trade the markets and always win!$$! ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street:_Money_Never_Sleeps