Systems Trading 

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To achieve true success in trading, you must learn to control two emotions – fear and greed. Emotional decision making is often a trader’s worst enemy. The easiest way to remove this element of emotion from your trading is to use a trading system. System trading provides a consistent, automatic response to technical indicators and market signals. Each order placed is governed by a predetermined set of rules that does not deviate based on anything other than market action. A trading system eliminates gut feelings, second-guessing, whims, and uninformed decision making. Trading systems are unable to feel emotions or deviate from a plan; they simply follow orders! Trading computers don’t listen to CNN and they don’t read Money Magazine; therefore, they don’t get swept up in the hysteria that often governs the market. 
An added benefit of trading a system is that it eliminates the anxiety, time, and effort involved in formulating your own trades. We believe that a good trading system does not give you any choices – it should tell you exactly what, when, where, and how to enter a trade. Additionally, it should tell you clearly, in an easy to understand manner, exactly when to exit your trade. Finally, a system will include specific money management parameters, and the mechanical placement of these orders will ensure that those rules are being followed.
There are many trading systems to choose from. On a continual basis, Compass Financial evaluates trading systems, and we select for our clients only the few systems that can withstand our rigorous analysis and stringent criteria.

Using a Broker

Many systems demand constant monitoring, which would require a trader to essentially be “glued” to a trading terminal. Using a broker virtually eliminates all of the work associated with trading a system. At Compass, all of our systems are traded via Letter of Direction; you simply sign a form that authorizes your Compass broker to trade the signals of your chosen system(s) in your trading account. This not only takes the pressure out of your trading, but also eliminates the temptation to deviate from the system. Ask your Compass broker to help you choose the trading system that is right for you.

Some of the systems available through Compass Financial:

DISCLOSURES

Hypothetical performance results have many inherent limitation, some of which are described below.  No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown.  In fact, there are frequently sharp differences between hypothetical performance results and the actual results subsequently achieved by any particular trading program.  One of the limitations of hypothetical performance results is that they are generally prepared with the benefit of hindsight.  In addition, hypothetical trading does not involve financial risk, and no hypothetical trading record can completely account for the impact of the financial risk in actual trading results.  There are numerous other factors related to the markets in general or to the implementation of any specific trading program which cannot be fully accounted for in the preparation of the hypothetical performance results and all of which can adversely affect actual trading results. 

Losses from commodity investments may be greater than the initial investment(s).  Commodity trading may not be appropriate for all investors and commodity investments must be evaluated in light of the potential risk of loss as well as the possibility of profit.  Past performance results of a particular trading strategy or program are not necessarily indicative of future results.