The most significant sell signals often take place following market advances that appear significant and favorable at first, but that rapidly fail. In this regard, you may want to recall that every major market decline originates from a market peak and that every bull market originates from a significant market low point. Here is a sequence of events that frequently takes place as the stock market reverses from a bullish to a bearish trend:
1. The stock market enters into a trading range.
2. A breakout takes place from within the boundaries of the trading range to a level above the trading range. It appears that a market advance is getting underway
3. The advance ends almost immediately, indicating that the upside breakout was falsely deceptive. Prices fall to back within and tlien to below the lower boundary of the trading range in question.
4. The penetration of the lower boundary of the trading range when such a sequence takes place is generally followed by a sharp and extended market decline.
This type of pattern exists on intraday charts as well; day traders are advised to look for it.
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A Significant Sell Signal
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Quick Resale For Profit
The installment contract approach may also be used to quickly buy and resell a bargain property, with little or no cash from the prospective intermediary.
At the same closing, the buyer can purchase the property from the owner and immediately sell it to another buyer. For example, Fiona finds a home on sale for $75,000.
1. She knows that she can resell the home for $110,000 with good marketing—for a delightful profit. Unfortunately, Fiona doesn’t have the down payment, credit or resources necessary to buy the property.
2. So Fiona approaches the sellers and negotiates an installment contract for $75,000.
3. As soon as the installment contract is signed, Fiona immediately signs an agreement to sell the property to another buyer—for $110,000.
4. It is a complicated closing because it is essentially two settlements happening at once: Original Sellers completing the purchase to Fiona; and Fiona selling to the New Buyers. However, her real estate attorney is able to help her through the whole procedure. This is a perfectly legal transaction, at the end of which the seller gets their $75,000, the buyer gets the property and Fiona walks away with a tidy
profit.
The new buyers will provide the $110,000 sales price. From these proceeds, Fiona pays off the $75,000 (or less) balance of the agreement with the original sellers. Upon that payment, the original sellers will immediately transfer the title to Fiona, who then gives the title to the new buyers. Once the transaction is fully concluded, Fiona walks away with a $35,000 ($110,000 – $75,000) profit, less closing costs:
$75,000 Sale price for home, per lease-purchase agreement
$110,000 Appraisal value for home, and price at which Fiona re-sells home
$35,000 Profit from resale of home, or even of just the purchase option.