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<strong>Liquid</strong> <strong>Millionaire</strong><br />

For example, if the trend of the stock market is up, it takes a lot of selling<br />

to change the trend from up to down. By measuring how much selling<br />

is going on over certain time periods, you can determine when the trend<br />

is about to change or has changed and you can then act accordingly ie;<br />

switching some of your holding into a cash based fund or completely<br />

switching out onto the sidelines.<br />

How to Get on the Inside<br />

Reading the market’s health gives you inside knowledge of future market<br />

direction and if the market’s health has become sickly, it tells you that if<br />

you stay invested, your investments have a high probability of dropping<br />

in value.<br />

It is helpful to be aware that it’s impossible to time getting out at<br />

the very top of the market or getting in right at the very bottom.<br />

But what you can do, when you know what you are doing, is get in at<br />

the first or second floor of the elevator instead of the ground floor.<br />

And you can get out not at the very top floor but one or two below<br />

it. You therefore only get in or out when a new trend has clearly<br />

been established.<br />

Why can’t you get out right at the top or in right at the bottom?<br />

Th e answer is that you only get out of a market after you have seen clear<br />

evidence that the professionals have been selling excessive amounts over<br />

a short period of time. And when that happens, the market’s trend<br />

changes and starts to head south. In this example, it is only when the<br />

trend change has been confi rmed from up to down that you would then<br />

make the decision to get out.<br />

Wait for the Confi rmation before Committing<br />

At market bottoms, you don’t blindly rush in and buy when the market<br />

hits a brand new low just because it feels right. You see, the market<br />

could go even lower. Again you have to wait for a confi rmation that the

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