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1989	The year to which we backtested our Model. For earlier years not all data we require to run our Model were available.
2001	The year in which the TimingCube signal went live (June 18, 2001), and when subscriptions to the service were first offered on-line (September 2001).
401 (k)	A qualified retirement plans established by the employer to provide individual taxpayers a tax-advantaged way to save and invest for the future. Contributions to 401(k) plans can be tax-deductible and/or tax-deferred depending on the taxpayer's circumstances (income, tax status, etc.) and the employer can elect to make matching contributions. The long term Trend Timing approach to investing is well suited for qualified retirement accounts.	December 5, 2003 TTS
4 quadrants of Trend Timing	See Quadrants.
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Accumulation	A technical analysis indicator of positive momentum. An accumulation occurs when the price of a security or index increases on higher volume than on the previous trading day.	February 13, 2004 TTS
All-weather investing	An investment system designed to protect the investor's assets, or even benefit, during major corrections and bear markets. Trend Timing is such an investment system.
Amex	American Stock Exchange.
Annualized return	A measure of the return on an investment over a period of time. It is the one annual return number (expressed in %) which, if used as the return each year during the time period, would have resulted in the total cumulative return over that period. Annualized return is identical to the Compound Annual Growth Rate.	Also see Compound Annual Growth Rate
Asset	Something of value owned by an individual or a company.
Asset allocation	The percentage split between diverse asset classes.
Asset diversification	The action of distributing one's financial assets amongst diverse asset classes to reduce risk by limiting exposure to any one asset class.	January 23, 2004 TTS
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Backtesting	A method of testing for hypothetical results over past history. Our Model has been backtested to the beginning of 1989. All results since June 18, 2001 are live.	Results page
Bear market	A prolonged period of time during which the stock market is in a down trend. We define bear markets as a decline of 20% or more from a recent top. Another bear market indicator we use is the 10-day and 200-day EMA cross-over.	October 31, 2003 TTS
Broad market	The stock market at large as opposed to a narrow market segment or sector.
Bubble	A period of extreme overvaluation of a particular asset class. History has seen numerous bubbles such as tulip bubbles, real state bubbles, and of course stock market bubbles. Bubbles are inevitably followed by a crash which ultimately brings valuations back to historical norms.	October 24, 2003 TTS
Bull market	A prolonged period of time during which the stock market is in an up trend. A bull market indicator we frequently use is the 10-day and 200-day EMA cross-over.	October 31, 2003 TTS
Buy and Hold	An investment philosophy consisting of buying equities and holding on to them for the long term. Based on the premise that in the long term the stock market always goes up. Trend Timers are fundamentally opposed to buy and hold because of the large losses experienced during severe corrections and bear markets.	October 24, 2003 TTS
Buy and Hold investing	See Buy and Hold.
Buy signal	The actionable indication that our Model has detected a change in the broad market trend to the upside, signifying it is time to go long, i.e. buy the market.	Our Service page
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CAC 40	A stock market index representing the French stock market. Its components are 40 of the largest companies on the Paris exchange.	October 24, 2003 TTS
CAGR	See Compound Annual Growth Rate.
Cancel	The action of discontinuing your subscription to the TimingCube service. All it takes to cancel is to send an e-mail request to that effect, with your name and User ID, to support@timingcube.com.
Cancellation	See Cancel.
Cash signal	A signal designed to protect our investments when the market moves against our signal. It is defined as a 9% move against our signal from the point of entry. After an advance of 7% or more from entry, the Cash signal acts as a 15% trailing stop.	November 14, 2003 FAQ
CEF	See Closed-End Fund.
Close	Short for closing price. The last value a security or an index reaches when the corresponding stock exchange closes for trading.
Closed-End Fund	A special type of Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) which has a fixed number of shares that causes their price to be influenced by the demand for the fund itself, and can therefore deviate substantially from the price of the underlying assets. These funds are not applicable to Trend Timing. Acronym: CEF.
Compound Annual Growth Rate	A measure of the return on an investment over a period of time, usually more than one year. It is the one annual return number (expressed in %) which, if used as the return each year during the time period, would have resulted in the total cumulative return over that period. Acronym: CAGR.	Also see Annualized return
Compounding	The exponential growth effect of an investment held over time with reinvested gains and interest. Frequently defined as the ability to generate returns on both the principal and on the accrued returns. Compounding is a cornerstone of the long term Trend Timing investment system.	December 5, 2003 TTS
Correlation	A connection between two or more items (stocks, market indexes) in which a mutual influence causes them to move together.	October 17, 2003 TTS January 16, 2004 TTS
Cumulative return	The total return of an investment over a period of time, with gains, distributions and dividends reinvested. It is calculated by compounding the gains from each successive trade during the entire time period.
Current signal	The present Buy, Cash, or Sell direction as indicated by our Model.
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Distribution	A technical analysis indicator of negative momentum. A distribution occurs when the price of a security or index declines on higher volume than on the previous trading day.	February 13, 2004 TTS
Diversification	The action of distributing financial assets between different classes of assets, strategies, sectors, and/or securities to reduce risk by limiting exposure to any one of them.	January 23, 2004 TTS
Dollar cost averaging	A technique consisting of buying a fixed dollar amount of a security over at equal time intervals to reduce the risk when entering a new position. The premise is that the fixed dollar amount will buy more shares when the price is lower and fewer when the price is higher.	March 5, 2004 TTS
Double	The daily objective of a bull mutual fund that seeks to achieve 200% of the daily performance of the tracked index. Buying such a fund is equivalent to being long (buying) the index on full margin. On a day the index moves up 1%, such a fund will seek to increase by 2%. On a day the index moves down 1%, such a fund will seek to decrease by 2% (all before fees and expenses).
Double inverse	The daily objective of a bear mutual fund that seeks the daily performance of increasing in value twice as much as the tracked index declines, and decreasing in value twice as much as the index rises. Buying such a fund is equivalent to being short on full margin (selling short on margin) the index. On a day the index moves up 1%, such a fund should decrease by 2%. On a day the index moves down 1%, such a fund should increase by 2% (all before fees and expenses).
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E-mail notification	There are two types of e-mail notification messages we send to both the primary and alternate (if any) e-mail addresses of all active subscribers: The new signal notification (Buy, Cash, or Sell) sent when our Model triggers a new signal The Weekly Update notification sent every Friday evening after the new Weekly Update has been posted. This type of message is optional and can be turned-off in the "My Profile" page	January 2, 2004
Emotion	The emotional side of investing is widely recognized as a source of poor investor performance. More often than not, an investor that follows his/her emotions will take counterproductive actions such as buying at a top or selling at a bottom. Trend Timing places a high priority on managing the investor's emotions.
EPS	See Earnings Per Share.
Earnings Per Share	A measure of a company's profitability calculated as income divided by the number of outstanding shares of stock. Acronym EPS.
Equity	The ownership interest in stocks or any security.
ETF	See Exchange Traded Fund.
Exchange Traded Fund	A security that is listed on a stock exchange, trades intra-day like any stock, and whose price fluctuates during the day as a result of offer and demand for the underlying securities. Exchange Traded Funds are one of the key investment vehicles used by Trend Timers. Acronym: ETF.
Exponential Moving Average	A technical analysis indicator which averages data such as price over a certain time period. By giving more weight to recent data elements the exponential moving average reduces the lag exhibited by simple moving averages. Acronym: EMA.	October 31, 2003 TTS also see Moving Average
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FAQ	Frequently Asked Question.	FAQ page
FAQ of the Week	The section of our Friday Weekly Update providing the answer to a frequently asked question.
FED	See Federal Reserve.
FED call	See Margin call.
Federal Reserve	The central bank of the United States established to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system. Since the Federal Reserve's duties include setting and conducting the nation's monetary policy, it frequently has an impact on interest rates and in turn on the stock market. Acronym: FED.
Forecast	See Prediction.
FTSE 100	A stock market index comprised of the 100 largest companies on the London Stock Exchange (UK).	October 17, 2003 TTS Results page
Fundamental analysis	A method of evaluating securities and/or markets based solely on company fundamentals and/or economic indicators.	October 10, 2003 TTS
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Hang Seng	A stock market index comprised of about 30 of the largest companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (China).	October 24, 2003 TTS Results page
Hanging Loose	The Trend Timer's ability to relax, take it easy, or chill-out in the face of the market's endless ups and downs. A state of mind derived from having one's investment house in order, and at all times knowing exactly what to do.	June 4, 2004 TTS
HOLDRS	A family of Exchange Traded Funds offered by Merrill Lynch. Specialized in sector and industry funds.	October 24, 2003 TTS
Hulbert Financial Digest	A completely independent, impartial and authoritative investment newsletter rating service. The Hulbert Financial Digest started tracking TimingCube on April 30, 2003 and has reported on our signals and results since then. Acronym: HFD.	"Ranked #1 over 1 year by TimerTrac" on the Home page Hulbert Financial Digest URL
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Independently-verified	What is TimingCube's track record which has been monitored by independent, impartial and authoritative investment newsletter rating services	"Ranked #1 over 1 year by TimerTrac" on the Home page
Index	A stock market index is a hypothetical portfolio of securities representing a particular grouping of companies. An index can be broad or narrow and can correspond to an entire stock market exchange, country or region, or focus on a particular segment of the market. In general and index is transparent and its components are publicly disclosed.
Index ETF	An Exchange Traded Fund which tracks a stock market index.
Index investing	An investment technique which consists of buying the market as a whole instead of individual stocks, in which index funds are the preferred investment vehicles.
Index-beating performance	The results achieved with an investment system which historically outperforms stock market indexes. TimingCube is one such system.
indexes	Plural of index. Same as indexes.	See Index
Individual Retirement Account	A retirement plan providing individual taxpayers a tax-advantaged way to save and invest for the future. Contributions to the various types of IRAs (SEP, SIMPLE, Roth, and Traditional) can be tax-deductible and/or tax-deferred depending on the type and the taxpayer's circumstances (income, tax status, etc.). The long term Trend Timing approach to investing is well suited for qualified retirement accounts. Acronym: IRA.	December 5, 2003 FAQ
Inverse	The daily objective of a bear mutual fund that seeks the daily performance of increasing in value when the tracked index declines, and decreasing in value when the index rises. Buying such a fund is equivalent to being short (selling short) the index. On a day the index moves up 1%, such a fund should decrease by 1%. On a day the index moves down 1%, such a fund should increase by 1% (all before fees and expenses).
Inverse correlation	A connection between two or more things (stocks, market indexes) in which a mutual influence causes them to move in opposite directions.
Investor	An individual who seeks long term gains by investing in the stock market. Trend Timers are long term investors.	October 3, 2003 TTS
IRA	See Individual Retirement Account.
IVV	iShares S&P 500 Index. An Exchange Traded Fund tracking the S&P 500 index. An alternative to SPY.
IWM	iShares Russell 2000 Index. An Exchange Traded Fund tracking the Russell 2000 index.	October 24, 2003 TTS
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Leverage	The use of borrowed money or other financial instruments to potentially increase the returns of an investment.	Also see Margin
Leveraged fund	A mutual fund which employ various financial instruments to achieve leverage in order to increase performance. Leveraged index funds generally seek to achieve a daily objective of double or double the inverse of the index they track. ProFunds and Rydex are two fund families offering such funds.	November 28, 2003 FAQ
Long and Short	An investment strategy which consists of buying stocks during up trends, and selling stocks short during down trends. This is Trend Timing's bread and butter strategy which provides an excellent risk/reward tradeoff.	Our Service page
Long and Short with Margin	A leveraged investment strategy which consists of buying stocks on margin during up trends, and selling stocks short on margin during down trends. This is the Trend Timing strategy which has historically achieved the highest returns but which carries the highest risk and volatility.	Our Service page
Long Only	An investment strategy which consists of buying stocks during up trends, and staying in cash or money market funds during down trends. This is Trend Timing's most conservative strategy.	Our Service page
Long Only with Margin	A leveraged investment strategy which consists of buying stocks on margin during up trends, and staying in cash or money market funds during down trends.	Our Service page
Long or "being long"	The opposite of "short". Equivalent to owning stock.
Long term investing	A type of stock market investing which focuses on periods of years instead of days, weeks, or months. Trend Timers are long term investors.
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MA	See Moving Average.
Maintenance margin	The minimum ratio of investor owned assets to total margin account value. The SEC requires a minimum of 25% but individual brokers can be more restrictive and require a higher margin. Failure to keep an account at the maintenance margin or above can cause the broker to issue a margin call.	November 14, 2003 TTS
Margin	The ratio of borrowed funds in a margin trade. Full margin, also called 50% margin, is the maximum leverage allowed and signifies that out of every dollar invested 50 cents are borrowed money.	Also see Margin trading
Margin call	A demand by the broker that an investor either add more funds or liquidate some assets to bring a margin account to the minimum maintenance margin required. Synonym: FED call.	November 14, 2003 TTS
Margin trading	A trading method applying leverage to an investment by investing borrowed money in addition to your own. Margin can be used for both long and short trades. Margin lets you double the size of your investment and results in a doubling of the returns, gains or losses. Margin trading is an important tool of Trend Timing offering the potential of achieving higher returns.	November 14, 2003 TTS
Market Capitalization	Market Cap for short, represents the value of a company or fund expressed as the total number of outstanding shares multiplied by the price or Net Asset Value (NAV).
Market index	See Index.
Market Update	The section of our Friday Weekly Update providing our commentary on the week just past in the stock market, summarizing what the market is doing and what it means to our current signal and position.
Match	The daily objective of a bull mutual fund that seeks to achieve 100% of the performance of the tracked index. Buying such a fund is equivalent to being long (buying) the index. On a day the index moves up 1%, such a fund will seek to increase by 1%. On a day the index moves down 1%, such a fund will seek to decrease by 1% (all before fees and expenses).
Mechanical investing	A mechanical investing model is entirely based on hard and widely accessible information, and which applies a set formula to determine the buy and sell actions. Mechanical is superior because there is no emotion involved, no educated opinions, or interpretation of qualitative information. Also, the mechanical model is by definition repeatable.
Model	TimingCube's 100% mechanical, unemotional market timing formula which detects changes in the broad market trend. The Model issues simple, definitive Buy, Cash, or Sell signals in function of the trend.	Our Service page
Momentum Investing	An investment strategy consisting of buying investments that are currently performing the best. Unlike Trend Timing, the premise of momentum investing is that investments that have already outperformed the market in the past are likely to continue their winning ways.	November 28, 2003 TTS
Moving Average	A technical analysis indicator which averages data such as price over a certain time period. Moving averages always lag the market. A simple moving average uses the same weight to each data element. Acronym: MA.	October 31, 2003 TTS also see Exponential Moving Average
Mutual funds	An investment vehicle allowing investors to purchase an entire portfolio of securities. Mutual fund portfolios can consist of equities, bonds or other securities. Funds can be actively managed or track an index. The fund share price (NAV) fluctuates in function of the demand for the underlying securities and the fund itself, and is typically determined once a day.
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Nasdaq	National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System. Nasdaq is now the largest U.S. electronic stock exchange. Approximately 3,500 U.S. and international companies are listed on the Nasdaq exchange.	http://www.nasdaq.com/
Nasdaq 100	A stock market index that includes 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. This is the index tracked by QQQ, one of the favorite investment vehicles of Trend Timers.
Nasdaq Composite Index	One of the broadest, most widely followed and quoted market indexes. It includes all domestic and international based common type stocks listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (approximately 3,500 companies, more than most other stock market indexes).	Our Service page October 17, 2003 TTS
Nasdaq Stock Market	See Nasdaq.
NAV	See Net Asset Value.
Net Asset Value	The price of a mutual fund share, usually calculated at the end of the trading day. Acronym: NAV.
Nikkei	A stock market index representing to Tokyo (Japan) Stock Exchange.	October 24, 2003 FAQ
NYSE	New York Stock Exchange.
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ONEQ	An Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company and is listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market. It seeks to provide investment returns that closely match the price performance of the entire Nasdaq Composite Index.	October 24, 2003 FAQ also see Nasdaq Composite Index
Open	Short for opening price. The first value a security or an index obtains when the corresponding stock exchange opens for trading.
Opinion	oword2 definition A subjective belief or conclusion held but not substantiated by facts or proof. Opinions have no part in the TimingCube Model.
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P/E ratio	See Price/Earnings ratio.
PDA	Personal Digital Assistant. A pocket sized device featuring many of the capabilities of a desktop computer.
Portfolio	The ensemble of assets held by an investor or a fund.	January 23, 2004 TTS
Portfolio diversification	The action of distributing one's financial assets amongst diverse assets and securities to reduce risk by limiting exposure to any one of them.	January 23, 2004 TTS
Prediction	A forecast, guess, or prophecy about the future direction of the stock market. No one can accurately and consistently predict the market. Instead, Trend Timing is a trend following system.	January 2, 2004 TTS
Price/Earnings ratio	A measure of a company's valuation calculated as the stock price divided by the Earnings Per Share (EPS). Acronym: P/E.
ProFunds	A mutual fund family offering many bull and bear funds appropriate for the Trend Timing investment philosophy.	November 28, 2003 FAQ Profunds URL
Prophecy	See Prediction.
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QQQ	The Nasdaq 100 index tracking stock listed on the Nasdaq. This is one of the largest and most popular Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) and a favorite of Trend Timers. It works like a fund but trades like a stock.
QQQ	The Nasdaq 100 index tracking stock listed on the AMEX until December 1, 2004. This ETF then moved to the Nasdaq and underwent a symbol change to QQQ. It was often referred to as "Qubes" or "triple-Q".
Quadrants	Four different market states representing bull/bear and Buy/Sell combinations. The quadrants are not actionable information; instead they help Trend Timers to understand the then prevailing market psychology.	December 19, 2003 TTS
Qubes	See QQQ
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Resources	Sources of valuable information for the investor such as information such as closing prices and volume, historical prices, charts, or investing answers in general.	January 30, 2004 FAQ
Retirement	The act of retiring or the discontinuation of one's professional occupation. The Trend Timing wealth building system helps investors prepare for their retirement and to continue growing wealth during retirement.	December 5, 2003 FAQ
Right side of the market	An investor's position when in tune with the broad market trends, long during an up trend and short during a down trend.
Risk	The probabilities of losing money in an investment.
Risk tolerance	An investor's ability to take volatility and losses without excessive discomfort or distress.
Russell 2000	A U.S. stock market index composed of 2,000 small-cap companies.	Our Service page October 17, 2003 TTS
Rydex	A mutual fund family offering many bull and bear funds appropriate for the Trend Timing investment philosophy.	November 28, 2003 FAQ Rydex URL
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S&P 500	A stock market index which embodies 500 of the largest companies on the U.S. stock market.	Our Service page October 17, 2003 TTS
SEC	See Securities Exchange Commission.
Securities Exchange Commission	The U.S. government agency whose primary mission is to protect investors and maintain the integrity of the securities markets by issuing and enforcing regulations. Acronym: SEC.	http://www.sec.gov/
Security	A trading instrument representing ownership or debt.
Sell	The action of disposing of a security in exchange for cash.
Sell short	See Short selling.
Share	The smallest stock equity division representing ownership in a corporation.
Sell signal	The actionable indication that our Model has detected a change in the broad market trend to the down side, signifying it is time to go to cash, or to short the market, depending on the selected strategy.
Shareholder	An investor with an ownership interest in a publicly traded company. This extends to individuals or other entities holding shares of stock or any security.
Short	The opposite of "being long" or owning a stock. When an investor is short a stock, he owes his broker the stock that was borrowed and sold as part of a short sale.	Also see Short selling
Short covering	The closing of a short position. In this transaction an investor buys a stock and returns it to his broker.	Also see Short selling
Short selling	The opposite of "going long" or buying a stock. A transaction that consists of selling a borrowed stock in the hope the price of that stock will go down so that the shares owed the broker can be replaced at a lower cost, thus resulting in a gain. Short selling is an important tool of Trend Timing which makes it possible to benefit from falling markets.	November 7, 2003 TTS
Signal	The actionable indication that our Model has detected a change in the broad market trend. Signal can be of the Buy, Cash, or Sell type.	Our Service page
Signal by phone	The service allowing a subscriber to obtain the current signal status via telephone from anywhere in the world.	February 27, 2004 FAQ
Signal update	The section of our Friday Weekly Update bringing up to date our current signal position and performance since issued and since our first live signal.
Smartphone	A SmartPhone is a mobile device combining the capabilities of a wireless phone with PDA-type functionality. Can be used to securely access the TimingCube Current Signal.
SPDRs	The acronym for Standard and Poor's Depositary Receipts. Known as "Spiders," a SPDR is an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). The largest and best known SPDR is SPY a fund which holds shares of all of the companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Stock Price Index (S&P 500). There are also SPDRs that represent other indexes or particular industry groups.	October 24, 2003 FAQ
Speculation	The act of engaging in a risky investment transaction with the hope of quick and/or large gains. Trend Timers are not speculators.
Speculator	An individual who seeks large gains by investing in high risk, unproven assets, betting that they will appreciate over time. Trend Timers are not speculators.	October 24, 2003 TTS
SPY	The S&P 500 index tracking stock and first of the SPDRs. This is one of the largest and most popular Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) and a favorite of Trend Timers. It works like a fund but trades like a stock.	October 24, 2003 FAQ
Stock	A type of equity security representing ownership in a corporation. It imparts the holder a claim on the corporation's assets and future earnings as well as voting rights. Stock can be privately held or publicly traded and can be of different types such as common and preferred.
Stock exchange	A company that lists corporations and supervises the exchange of their stock. Some exchanges have a physical trading location, "the floor", where traders make trades, others are entirely operated online. Examples are Amex, Nasdaq, and NYSE.
Stock market	The ensemble of all the publicly traded equity securities and stock exchanges where they are traded.
Stock market index	See Index.
Stock market timing	An investment strategy which consists of moving in and out of the market based on predictions about future direction. This strategy is the opposite of buy and hold. Market timing has often been confused with illegal practices in the mutual fund industry. Market timing predicts the market direction but Trend Timing follows the market trend.	November 21, 2003
Stockholder	The individual or corporate owner of stock equity in a corporation.
Stop	See Stop-loss.
Stop-loss	A lower limit price at which to sell a security to prevent further losses.	June 11, 2004 FAQ
Stop order	A broker transaction implementing a stop-loss. This is a sell order which only gets executed when the price of the security declines to the set stop price.	Also see Stop-loss
Strategy	A plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal. The Trend Timing system defines 4 distinct investment strategies presenting the investor with diverse risk/reward choices.	Our Service page
Strategy diversification	The action of selecting diverse investment strategies to reduce risk by limiting the exposure to any one strategy.	January 23, 2004 TTS
Support	See Customer Service.
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Technical analysis	A method of evaluating securities and/or markets based entirely on past and present data such as price and volume to identify patterns that suggest future activity. TimingCube Model is strictly based on technical analysis.	October 10, 2003 TTS
Tick test	See Uptick rule.
Ticker symbol	The characters by which a security is identified. Examples are QQQ and SPY.
TimerTrac.com	An independent organization that monitors and tracks market timing services. They started tracking TimingCube on June 22, 2002 and have reported on our signals and results since then.	http://www.timertrac.com/
TimingCube	A popular investment subscription service offering an alternative to buy and hold investing designed to profit in both rising and falling markets. The inventors of the Trend Timing investment philosophy.
Trader	An individual seeking short or medium term gains by frequently moving in and out of the stock market. Trend Timers are generally not active traders.	October 3, 2003 TTS
Trading	The act of exchanging, buying or selling, securities.
Trailing stop	A stop that is moved up as the price of the security moves up. A stop is the lower limit price at which to sell a security to prevent further losses.	November 14, 2003 FAQ March 12, 2004 TTS
Trend	The trend is the predominant direction of the broad market. The trend is either up or down. Even during periods when the market seems trendless, the underlying trend remains until a change is detected. As Trend Timers we are trend followers and as long-term investors, the trend we are interested in is where the market is likely headed in the next 3 to 6 months, which correlates with our average of 3 to 5 trades per year, and average signal duration of 3+ months.	September 26, 2003 TTS
Trend change	The modification or reversal of a broad market trend.
Trend following	A style of stock market investing which uses observation of the broad market trend, and the detection of trend changes, to derive the timing of buy and sell signals.	Also see Trend Timing
Trend Timer	An individual applying the Trend Timing investment philosophy.
Trend Timing	A unique form of market timing consisting of following the broad market trend to profit in both rising and falling markets. An alternative to buy and hold investing. TimingCube are the inventors of the Trend Timing investment philosophy.	Our Service page
Trend Timing School	The section of our Friday Weekly Update providing short teachings on our stock market timing Model and philosophy, as well as investing in general. Acronym: TTS.	Trend Timing School page
Triple-Q	See QQQ.
TTS	See Trend Timing School.
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Unemotional model	A 100% mechanical investment model relying entirely on factual information instead of subjective beliefs or conclusions The TimingCube Model is an unemotional model.
Uptick rule	A long standing SEC regulation to protect stocks in falling markets. The rule prevents short selling of a stock if the previous trade was a downtick. Also call the Tick test.	November 7, 2003 TTS
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Volatility	The amount and frequency of price variations of an index or security.
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Walkthrough	see Site Walkthrough
Wealth	The abundance of valuable assets. The objective of every Trend Timer.
Weekly update	TimingCube's periodical subscriber communication vehicle. Is published every Friday evening after market close. Consists of the Signal Update, Market Update, Trend Timing School, and FAQ of the Week.
Wild prediction	A forecast or prediction made by an advisor, broker, or pundit about the future direction of the stock market. Since no one can reliably and consistently predict the future of the stock market, Trend Timers prefer a trend following approach.
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Yearly return	The investment return in a given calendar year. Unlike annualized returns yearly returns represent the actual performance for the year.	November 7, 2003 TTS

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