Replies to post #327 on A.I.M. "In Depth" Q&A (AIMQ&A)

[Toofuzzy]

Hi Ktaylor966

Aim monthly. You want there to be time for securities to move. As it is some things will not trade for months anyway because you need a 30% move to go from selling to buying or buying to selling. But only 5% in the same direction. It takes a few market cycles to really see Aim work, dont think it is not doing anything.

Start an account with a minimum of $20,000. $10,000 in stock, otherwise the trades get too small to bother with.

Decide what you want to own the rest of your life before you start. You dont have to invest in them all at once. That might be LARGE, SMALL, FOREIGN, REIT, BOND ( Wait for interest rate spike) Just those 5 could suck up your $100,000. The large caps can later be broken up into sectors.

Yes ETFs are funds.

Funds are MUCH safer than individual stocks, they cant go to zero.

Practice with paper and pencil for awhile to see it work but look for the QUICK AIM CALCULATOR which will figure out your HOLD ZONE so you only need to do the calculations when you know you are going fo have a trade. It is even possible to copy it to your computer.

Toofuzzy

Feel free to message me privately.

[OldAIMGuy]

Hi KT, RE: Frequency of AIM activity.........

Some people only do their calcs once a month. Some more frequently.

Another method that TooFuzzy mentions is to "pre-calculate" the next buy and sell prices and jot those down. Then you can set alarms for those prices and know when AIM needs some activity.

When your price target hits, make your trade and record the trade info in your AIM spreadsheet. Then you calculate your new "next" target prices for buying and selling. Repeat.

That way if a price target hits before a month goes by you don't miss that trade. Several of us delay sequential buys by thirty days. In other words, if you update your AIM engines at the end of each month, but you bought on the 15th, you would ignore any further buy signals until at least the 15th of the next month. That helps to keep from burning through your cash reserve too quickly.

Personally I sell pretty much every time AIM suggests no matter how often the signals come. (I do limit selling if I feel the cash is getting too fat) Buying generally I limit to once in 30 days.