Seconds count. For me, I can say “finally!” As I reported here last week, the project I’ve spent 6 years on, but has been in the making since about 1980 (when I learned to chart stocks), is live, and accessible to my entire audience. I say “entire audience” because at least for a while, it’s free to try out. And use all the features.
I’m talking about ROAR.PiTrade.com
That’s the site I built alongside the copy-trading site run by my friends at PiTrade. We realized that the platform where some of my investment models reside, for investors to access for free through a PiTrade/Interactive Brokers account, would be a great complement to my ROAR Score system of analyzing stocks and ETFs, from a risk management angle.
So in what seemed like record time, we built it. And it’s free, at least for a while. Just sign up HERE and you can explore the site all you wish.
We will be announcing some live sessions specifically devoted to my showing you how I use this new research portal, which is anchored in the same ROAR Score methodology I’ve used in summary form (S&P 500) since we started this Substack site in 2022.
But as you will see below, the whole process of learning and analyzing markets, ETFs, and stocks, and even building portfolios by yourself, is now as simple as using your phone, mobile device or desktop PC. With my “intellectual property” now centralized, that means subscribers to ETFYourself’s paid levels will experience the risk management approach I developed in a way that will be incredibly time efficient. For you, for me, and for our money.
Naturally, from this issue forward, ETFYourself.com’s weekly edition will be very focused on my taking what I analyzing at ROAR.PiTrade.com and distilling it into actionable, insightful content. Just like before, just more bang for your buck.
In this issue:
Indexes: this stock market is testing a lot of people’s patience. And SPY’s ROAR Score reflects that. I explain below.
ETFs: I track a main watchlist of 75 of them. They range from parts of the stock market, to bonds, commodities, currencies and crypto. When I want to “bottom-line” my view of how much risk my invested capital is subject to at any point in time, I breeze through those charts. Though admittedly, I’ll do that because I’m a chart wonk. For many, they can replicate a lot of the data processing through the new site we built.
This pair of ETFs shows up at the top of the list today. I’m not surprised, as I discuss below. There’s a signal here.
Stocks: The Dow 30 are as “diverse” from a risk standpoint as I’ve seen in a while. That is, rather than ROAR Scores in a tight range for the 30 stocks, they are all over the map. I think I know what that means, and how long it will last before it again becomes a “stock market.” For now, a rare, but welcome “market of stocks” as the old expression goes.
Other timely stuff: You can pull up all of this, learn how to use it, and start building your own 2-ETF portfolios. It’s all in the Beta version of ROAR.PiTrade.com.
PiTrade’s investing site (they are an RIA with custody through Interactive Brokers) has 2 of my ETF portfolios that can be copied by investors for a very low minimum account size.
As a new company in a busy space, in order to get lots of user feedback, PiTrade announced this week that to encourage “early adopters” to the new site, they have waived subscription fees for their first 1,000 users.
Suffice it to say, DIY investing just became a lot easier.
Now, here’s the Weekly ROAR.