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Jeff Clark
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Jeff Clark’s options trading alert and tutorial service. Part of the Legacy Research Group, which is under the Agora Publishing umbrella.
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Do not subscribe .Tutorials were not in depth. The worst thing when I tried to cancel the 30 day free subscription they kept me on the phone 45 mins trying to sell me. 7500.00 upgrade.
Thank you Connie. Was seriously considering it but called the phone service number and ended up, after a 45 minute wait, speaking to a Tanzanian who could barely speak English and was trying to up sale me from the word go. So the 6% slog yearly goes on………… pitty not one of these internet hucksters are honest.
Jeff uses technical analysis for trading in options. He utilizes some special metrics, coupled with basic fundamental analysis in finding investment entry points. Usually his picks generate high volume in a particular option, and you either have to wait, or trade around his recommendations.
I find the analysis to be well thought out and when correct returns are good, but haven’t yet gotten an exceptional returns for me personally. It part it may be my fault for being an average trader. Exit timing can be tricky especially if you are offline for part of a trading day. Can’t blame Jeff for that, but a follower has to be ready for a loss on one of Jeff’s winning trades.
I find that his bullish positions turn out better than his bearish positions for me. I have made 5 separate purchases of spy puts and have lost money on all of these trades and lost my entire investment in a few of these.
I think that it takes a while for Jeff’s analysis to transform into money as some trades can be short term. I like his blog as it is great analysis of market conditions, but sometimes these picks are quite risky.
I usually trade a subset of his recommendations, so my results are skewed and probably to the downside.
Someone asks about Delta Report actual results. Here the results from my trade spreadsheet for 2018 and 2019 so far. 2019 1/7 were profitable 2018. 13/25 were profitable.
Loss amounts outweighed profit amounts.
In general, Jeff does a great job of analyzing market conditions, but I have been unable to incorporate his analysis profitability into my trading style. Thus I have lost money overall(not Jeff’s fault entirely), never had a big winner, and have had more losing trades than winners.
Note: By the way of counting a options trade, a rollout, and a stock purchase are 3 trades not one–this happened in 2018 and into 2019 on pilgrims pride( a big loss). Also a call to buy SMH puts for Mar(loss), roll into apr(looks like a loss). I usually roll and add to positions with Jeff, and only use half sized investments as an initial positioning. I also will add to position at a different level/expiration if I am late into the trade, as often the option has somewhat locked in a investment amount that the brokers won’t deviate from.
I wrote this because I was offput by a sales hustle with claims of 90% gains in 2018, and not listening to my actual results taken and tracked with some deliberation beyond delta recommendation.
I also entered several trades in better situations(better strike, longer maturity for same investment) than those recommended in the report and delta direct, but it still didn’t get me to breakeven.
I had requested an extension of service as done based on my results, but the salesman seemed focused on his commission rather than my experience, and willing to offer only an upgrade to a lifetime membership(lets put more money into a losing investment–I could buy another yacht to do this and have more fun).
I think that I might be able to breakeven for 2019, now that I have a better understanding of the Delta reports strengths and weaknesses and adjust portfolio sizes accordingly.
Take this as one somewhat experienced trader/investor’s experience was in a year long effort to incorporate Delta recommendations into my portfolio.
I like the Najarian bros UOA as a better selector of investment choices. Seems to be stronger for me personally.
My experience is exactly the same as yours kerryp95129 . I subscribed in march 2018 and have lost 40% of the capital I placed in my Options IBKR account. I am able to act virtually instantly to Jeffs recommendations to buy and sell recommendations but even then I find his close for a xx% win to be very high and you usually cannot close a win or a loss within 10-15% of Jeffs close price. I set a limit order for a Option that never got met at Jeffs entry price , their customer service said it must be a broker issue but the entry price was never met except for a couple of hours before Jeff released the buy signal. I was assigned shares on Pilgrims pride, Newell brands and SCCO the latter being a disaster that forced sale of other equities in my account , both a broker and a Delta report issue in my view. 7/10 are losses and still are , I am sat on AAOI, CTL and Macy’s losses right now, based on sensible sizing of no greater than 500$ options trades Im down over $1K. I noticed a sales email from Delta report last week that suggested Jeff had made great gains on Maceys and AAOI, yet on the same day I received an update from Jeff saying it was a lost cause lets wait it out until option expiry to try and gain something back !! I like the awareness of the daily Delta direct briefings but Market minute is always a Fear index selling newsletter – last wee Jeff said sell BTC. Jeff may be a millionaire but I fail to see how he started at a small amount and grown his fortune my guess is he either got very lucky in 2008 or had plenty of cash from his investment banking career. Jeff in my 18 months experience will reduce your wealth not increase it. Customer support is not interested in anything other than more selling , does not listen to feedback.
Jeff Clark is marketing a service that trades just 3 āstocksā – today the three are AAOI, M, GDX.
He suggests trading options on these three positions. Checking the charts, they all have sold off in recent weeks (months) and could be prime for an oversold bounce OR Clark May be planning to do a put spread or even bet these stocks will continue to tank! One would need to subscribe to find out! Anyone?
Anything costing $19.00 is probably nowhere as good as you could likely do on your own such as run a few scans, look up insider buying and selling on the ones you like, look for unusual options volume on the ones you like, set your stops give it a shot. You will probably do better than most of the “Guru’s” out there.
If you want an options service that works, check out Michael Shulman’s Option Income Blue Print. He advises on selling options: mostly puts, some calls. I have been a subscriber for at least 4 years, maybe longer. I was paying around $697 for 2-3 recommendations/week for a year. Just recently he offered me lifetime for $997 – so I grabbed it. Selling options is like being the house in Las Vegas. You win by making a lot of singles and doubles instead of trying for the infrequent home runs.
Google Michael Shulman for more info. He is marketed by Traders Reserve. BTW, if you want the best broker to use as far as value goes, check out Interactive Brokers – by far the cheapest commissions out there.
Don’t you have to keep a large amount of capital liquid in case your puts are assigned shares?
yes
You start small but probably need $25000 in your portfolio. I suggest checking out Michael Shulmanās option income blueprint program and see what he recommends.
Best wishes
Allan
Except for when the market is in free-fall, if you are assigned, you can sell the stock right away. You might get unwanted attention from your broker with a margin call but it’s not the end of the world. Why not buy another put lower and create a put credit spread? Then you will know exactly what your max loss will be. Spread trading is a lot safer than selling naked options and the margin is much lower.
So, you did not mention returns on investment?
After 4 years you should have a good idea about average annual returns based on your activity.
What is your annual % gain based on the work you put in?
i.e. 50,000 invested – 500% annual return.
Let us know
Thanks
You need a lot of money to sell options. I’ve tried several times to get approved and my broker won’t do it.
I know this is a dated post but Firstrade will let you trade options with a small investment. Don’t expect them to let you do spreads or naked puts without a substantial bankroll.
Do you need to join a brokerage? For doing this ?
Why would one want to go into AAOI ? It’s Quarterly Revenues have been falling , PLUS it’s LOSING MONEY AT ITS EBITDA LEVEL !!
If you lose money at that level your company is not doing well because any company has the COMPULSORY EXPENSES of CoS, SG&A and sometimes R&D. You MUST be showing a profit at that stage in the financials.
So, what does that do for its’ options?
The service is about options trading. You donāt care if the stock is trading up or down. If the company is losing money, you just buy puts.
The three now are GDX, XLF (financial ETF) and XLK (Tech ETF), so far, in the last few months he has been pretty accurate, however I recommend you don’t bet a lot, and be sure to put a stop under them.
A lot of these Options players are similar to “Gamblers” in a casino. You find quality companies that will make you profits, over the medium to longer term, by interrogating the financial fundamentals of a company. Learn how Warren Buffett does it by reading “Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements” by Mary Buffett and David Clark (ISBN 978-1-84737-437-0). You don’t need to be an accountant to follow it.
In September 2012 I bought the following stocks at prices in brackets :- CL($51.50), DIS($52), GLW($12.80), UNP($63.00), MCO purchased in August 2014($93.57).
Current prices :- CL($71.52), DIS($138.52), GLW($28.28), UNP($168.01), MCO(214.130).
CAPITAL GAIN :- 133.50% which is equivalent to AN ANNUAL COMPOUNDED INTEREST RATE OF 13.31%.
Not many banks or other financial institutions, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, will give you that COMPOUNDED RETURN.
I have kept to these 5 stocks since then. I did hold JOY for a short period but sold it soon after for a 5.6% profit.
Confirm what I say by going to :- https://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=56822 …. and click on “TO VIEW THE LATEST UPDATES FOR THE PORTFOLIOS, visit :-”
There are NO SHORTCUTS TO MAKING A PROFIT IN THE STOCK MARKET !!
If Jeff Clark was so successful at what he does and what he proposes, HE WOULDN’T BE SELLING HIS “ADVICE” FOR $19 ….. HE’D BE CATCHING A TAN ON THE FRONT VERANDA OF HIS VILLA IN HAWAII !!!
Thank you all for saving me time and money!
Thank you Connie. Was seriously considering it but called the phone service number and ended up, after a 45 minute wait, speaking to a Tanzanian who could barely speak English and was trying to up sale me from the word go. So the 6% slog yearly goes on………… pitty not one of these internet hucksters are honest.
Here are current returns on his portfolio listed on his site:
Investment
Open Date
Open Price
Recent Price
Returns
Notes
Great Panther Mining (GPL)
12/20/17
$1.23
$0.48
-60.9%
Buy up to $1.30
SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY191115P00293000)
10/17/19
$1.95
$0.01
-99.5%
Buy, to open, for about $1.95, and up to $2.05
VelocityShares Daily 2X VIX Short Term ETN (TVIX)
11/01/19
$8.50
$7.14
-16.0%
Buy, to open, for about $8.50, and up to $8.70
Duluth Holdings (DLTH)
11/07/19
$9.68
$9.20
-5.0%
Buy, to open, for about $9.33 and up to $9.70
I joined Delta Direct for $250 a quarter and lost thousands on Jeff Clark’s recommendations.
He tries to short the market using TVIX – a very dangerous, money losing ETN if held for more than a day or two.
Subscription isn’t worth the risk.
Why, if Jeff is so GD rich, does he offer his services in one plan, then another, and another, and another??? That is just a mechanism for making him richer by bleeding his subscribers!!!
and, why if he is so great, is his rating so low?
I signed up for the Jeff Clark Trader and somehow ? Delta Direct. The first one was for a $19.95 trial; the second ….(don’t ask me how they conned me into that ? They had my credit card no. is all I can figure.)
When I saw the $256 charge for Delta Direct I called to tell them I no longer wanted the service and they said “NO Money back”.
” OK, gotcha” (What do you expect ? Hmmm??)
Then I found out they also cancelled the service to boot ! I called them and asked what about the rest of the term of the service ?
“Oh, you cancelled !” OK, what about a prorate of my subscription price ?” “NO REFUNDS!” (with Attitude deluxe !)
So, they took my money and canceled the service too!
Great ! So much for Agora, Jeff Clark and their BS services !
But for the New Year 2020 I am looking on the bright side. At least I won’t be losing any money on their BOGUS Recommendations.
If they had continued the services it might have been helpful. All you would have to do is SELL all of the Options that they said to buy
and you could make out like a bandit !!!!
Thanks for nothing Agora and Jeff Clark.
Exactly same case here, they are scammers!
I joined Jeff Clark Trader and Jeff Clark’s Delta Report for about 6 months and most of the trades he recommended end up losing money. which including ARLO, M, GDXJ, JCP, HAL, GLD, AAOI and more…
He projected there was a big market crash on 21 Oct 2019 but of course, it never happens. I paid $1,750 to subscript Jeff Clark’s Delta Report and hopefully, he would teach me how to avoid this market crash but he never answers my email.
My overall experience is really bad about the service they provided.
THIS IS A FRAUD. I TRIED TO CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION 3 TIMES BEFORE THE END OF THE TRIAL, AND THEY DID NOT CANCEL AND CHARGED ME 249$ FOR A SHITTY SERVICE I DID NOT WANT. DONT SUBSCRIBE.
Scumbags. Canceled the service and yet to receive refund nor credit. Very deceptive in their practices.
Trades sucked too as others have pointed out.
No guarantees.
If you are looking for another option for trading and tired of Get Rich Schemes, and scams, I may have something
you might want to check out, or you can keep doing it the same way you have been doing.
I trade options spreads to reduce my cost, reduce my risk, increase my potential rewards.
I also do covered calls with stocks.
My goal is to make 5%/week and I can do that most weeks.
I am looking for trading partners. I offer a lot for a lifetime, if you want.
I made over 1,ooo today, real money, mostly on my aapl and msft trades.
I am a full time option trader. I have been trading for over 30 years.
YTD I am up over 26.8%.
How much are you up YTD. I will show you my actual account. Will anybody else do that.
Will you show me your actual account?
I post my trades, WIN, LOSE, or DRAW.
Most of these impressive numbers, on these services, are not actual or real, they are paper.
You can check the terms and conditions and you will
probably see a statement about this to cover the statements they make about trading.
Always ask for actual trading records. Most will refuse.
Some of them protect themselves giving you trades with the price they got, but when you try to get that price
it’s always too late, and you have to pay a much higher price.
Here is one of my actual trading accounts that shows the YTD numbers.
https://www.screencast.com/t/MKPi9tFW
I am not a licensed broker, nor am I trying to sell you anything.
I feel I have made every mistake in the book, but now what I am doing is making sense.
I am looking for one or more trading partners. Trading is a lonely business.
I have already paid for several Lifetime services, not annual, lifetime.
If anybody would like a half off sale for life, for any, or all of my many services, please contact me.
You will also get my modified trades, which I call Hanksterr twists, which in my opinion, are usually better.
I post my trade BEFORE I get filled.
I do not give advice, just show you my trades and you can decide for yourself.
Anybody interested, please email me at hanksterr@gmail.com and send me your phone number.
Thanks.
Hank aka,
Hanksterr
941-2763694
I am grateful for the honest reviews at StockGumshoe.
Jeff Clark implies interesting ideas for free and then $19 and then $99. And worse–judging by reviews and by very careful reading of his sales agreements–makes it very difficult to unsubscribe from auto-payments. This makes him worse than the average newsletter hustler.
I.e. I could make a lot of money if I promised people magical results based on my stock picks–and only ask to “pay me if only if it works.” So I risk nothing myself and I get paid when my system works. This is an old game. But–much worse than that is to con people to pay you whether it works or not. That is the mark of someone who does not even play the game with a modicum of dignity.
I was interested in the Jeff Clark plan–because I myself recently hit on the idea of using Options to make leveraged bets on a few positions a few times per year when they were extremely likely to go up. As opposed to the normal ups and downs–in which after all you only profit from those same few days.
However–in addition to the typical long-winded time-wasting sales letter about his wonderful life–here is what made me suspicious…
First he claims if you give him your email to spam–he’ll give you the top 3 stocks for free. But of course he leaves out his trading strategy so this is worthless.
Then he asks for $19.95 for a sample 1-year subscription. Which is auto-renewed for $99 per year. And which supposedly you can cancel. But–reading carefully–it seemed to say I could only cancel on ONE day just before renewal…? This was not very clear…
Then, following the link in the email, it led to a slightly different promise. That I could cancel within 60 days for a return of the $19. But… no clear mention of whether or not this would cancel the $99 auto renewal…? Obviously we are led to infer this is the case. If we ask to refund the $19–then obviously we also are asking to cancel the auto payment. But not necessarily. Now reading the reviews here–it seems that the devious interpretation is correct.
And so… as other reviews imply here… we are led to wonder whether–and if so how–Jeff Clark really has the work-free lifestyle he claims. Does he make this from trading profits? Or from selling people subscriptions for $99 and more per year–supposedly out of the kindness of his heart? And simply making it as difficult as he can to cancel those subscriptions…
Stock Gumshoe to the rescue again! Thank you for your detailed review. This huckster is advertising on Instagram now. I was almost taken in because he is claiming to give his secrets away for just $1 then you will be subscribed to his new research service called “Jeff Clark Trader” for $19. He left out the part of being autorenewed for $99! This guy has been selling option trading services for 15 years based on Stock Gumshoe reviews! Why the heck would an alleged retired millionaire be hocking option trading sales packages? He is just another huckster who makes his money selling useless trading information and did not get rich actually trading.
I lost a lot of money on all 3 of his services. The latest one is breakout alert. All his recommendations are all down. I had 1 win out of 10 losses. I called to complain and try to get a refund and they refused. Very disappointed. His advice is wrong most of the time, I lost so much.
Wow man, what an enlightening review site. Outstanding information . Honest, detailed insight from people who’ve tried & learned that nothing is free and most times you get what you pay for. i.e. if this service was as good as it claims it would cost a lot more than $19. Glad i didnt get sucked into this rabbit hole, based on this review. Well done Gumshoe!
Does anyone follow the Gilder news letter he has 4 stocks he touting pretty hard. I bought it but I can see his stock portfolio and Iām not that impressed. If he has predicted all these great stocks why mess with it at age 79??
I did give up the $19 have not engaged yet, already trade options with hit & miss success as do the fellows I follow from Banyan Hill. But overall it’s a good service, in choppy markets U get chop but there have been good winners as well