TRENDadvisorAssisting Traders and Investors to Generate Positive Performance

© TRENDadvisor ▪ 13009 Fenceline Dr. Charlotte, NC. 28278▪ info@trendadvisor.com ▪ (704) 385-7000

Since 1998

Dear Trader & Investor:

We congratulate you on the investment in the acuTRADE Trading System Software by TRENDadvi-sor. This proven technology has been providing positive impact on portfolios for over a decade.Technical analysis has been my passion and for over 15 years have had trained and coached hun-dreds of traders.

Before moving to Charlotte several years ago, I served as Group leader of the Boston technicalanalysis group and chairperson for the New England MTA (Market Technicians Association). I washonored to be named to “The Best and Brightest of Technical Analysis” by the prestigious magazineof our trade, Stocks & Commodities. In order to reach a greater market, I authored “The TRENDad-visor Guide to Breakthrough Profits, A Proven System for Building Wealth in the Financial Markets.”This was successfully released by Wiley and Sons and has been reprinted in Japanese.

The acuTRADE Trading System Software by TRENDadvisor provides the trader and investor asound methodology and trading plan components for high probability trading and money manage-ment. This manual guides you through the timing phase analysis associated with market unpredicta-bility.

Historical analysis suggest financially instruments (price) moves in a bell curve style. TRENDadvisor Diamond Analysis takes the bell curve into a phase analysis (detailed in The

TRENDadvisor's Guide to Profitable Trading) acuTRADE Trading System Software identifies the six phases of trend - 3 buy sides and 3 sell

sides as part of our indicator suite. Breakthrough weight values identify the quality and strength of the up and down trends.

This game changing component identifying the weight values scaled from 0 to 100 for financial in-struments in trend. For example if we are in the Bullish Phase of a trend and the weight value is 100which provides the trader/investor a benchmark for the quality and strength of the current trend.

When price retreats in a major up trend, traders begin to take profits and the position trader holds fora longer term. acuTRADE’s algorithm isolates these pull backs and the model assigns a minus val-ue to the weight. The trader can quickly identify both the pull back of the uptrend and pull up of thedown trend.

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TRENDadvisorAssisting Traders and Investors to Generate Positive Performance

©TRENDadvisor ▪ 13009 Fenceline Dr. Charlotte, NC. 28278▪ info@trendadvisor.com ▪ (704) 385-7000

Since 1998

The acuTRADE’s Trading System provides critical buy and sell timing for the 3 types of traders -Day Trader, Swing Trader or Position Trader, allowing you to then formulate your trading plan andaccess your risk and reward. acuTRADE mitigates the sideways movement associated with trendfailures improving the traders performance.

The manual highlights the indicators making up the acuTRADE Trading System suite. All indicatorsare supported by various conditions of trend analysis. The result is a sound methodology planwhen we combine these suite of indicators all filtering numerous points of the trend

The manual will provide you a guide to outline the intra day, swing and position trend trade condi-tions and weight values. Since all traders are not alike, nor do they trade alike, we have organized amatrix of various setup bar ideas for both long and short sellers.

The critical last component to profitable trading is the exit strategy provided at he end of the manualas well as acuTRADE’s suite of indicators and definitions.

We trust our clear instructional guidance and proven trading methodology with acuTRADE’sweighted algorithm will yield you years of profitable trading.

Regards,

CD

Chuck Dukas

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TRENDadvisorAssisting Traders and Investors to Generate Positive Performance

©TRENDadvisor ▪ 13009 Fenceline Dr. Charlotte, NC. 28278▪ support@trendadvisor.com ▪ (704) 385-7000

Since 1998

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INTRODUCTION………………………………………………...………..…………..……………..

Types of Traders …………………………………………………………………………………...

Trading With The Trend …………………………………………………………………………...

acuTRADE Trading System SoftwareacuTRADE Studies & Sub-Graphs………………..…………………………………….….acuTRADE System & Indicators…………...……………………………………………….50 & 200 PMAs - Period Moving Average ……………………………….……………...acuTRADE_I - acuTRADE Indicator ………………………………………...…………...acuTRADE_Osc - acuTRADE Oscillator………………………………………………….acuTRADE_PB - acuTRADE Paint Bar ………………………………………………….acuTRADE_SM - acuTRADE ShowMe…………………………………………………..

Sub-Graph 2Market Phase…..……………………………………………………………………………..Trend Weight…………………………. ……………………………………………………..

Sub-Graph 3acuTRADE_Osc - acuTRADE Oscillator………………………………………………….

Sub-Graph 4VolumeOsc — Volume Oscillator ………………………..………………………………..

Charts Intervals : Ticks - Seconds - Minutes - Daily - WeeklyFuture - E-mini S&P 500 10 second …………………………………….…………….…Future - Gold 25 second …………………………………………………………...….…Future - German DAX 60 second ………………………………………….………….…Future - Crude Oil 56 tick …………………………..……………………………….….…Index - S&P 500 65 minute Oct. 2008 Financial Crisis melt down…………...…….…Forex - Euro Yen EURJPY 610 tick …………………………………..……………….…Forex - Euro Dollar EURUSD 1 minute ……………………………………………….…Forex - Pound Yen GBPJPY 180 second …………………………………………….…Forex - Pound Dollar GBPUSD 90 second …………………….…………………….…Forex - Dollar Canadian Dollar USDCAD 240 second…...………………………….…Stock - Netflix NFLX 65 minute ……………………………..………………………….…Stock - Sprint S 65 minute …………………….……………………………………….…Future - Gold daily ………………………………...…………………………………….…Index - Dow Jones Industrial Average Weekly Largest Bull Market In History ……...

Failure TradesStock - Apple AAPL 10 minute……………………...…..………………………………..Stock - Micron Technology MU 39 minute…………………………….………………..

About Us ……………………………………………………………..……………………………...

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acuTRADE Studies & Sub-Graphs

Price Chart

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Market Phase - Weight

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The acuTRADE Trading System Software is a trend following algorithm system with a clearly defined rule setfor entry, 1st objectives and protective stops. Below are the components in your analysis group and wherethe indicators reside on your chart. Once the indicators are populated on your chart we recommend savingthe analysis group for recall on any new chart. The following pages will describe how we use the indicatorsand how the Buy / Sell setups are generated. The next page will display the complete system with annota-tions while the pages following will describe the indicators.

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acuTRADE System & IndicatorsThe key to the acuTRADE system is the setup & execution bars noted below at Point A. Since no twotraders trade alike we will show a number of alternative ways to trade our software. Once price crossesabove/below acuTRADE_I the software produces a setup bar. When that bar closes a price is populated sug-gesting a buy/sell signal. High probability trades often develop when a set of indicators are displaying likevalues. ON Sept. 6th Point A - a setup displayed in yellow was printed. This suggests our acuTRADE_Oscwas not in agreement with the acuTRADE_I indicator. What we look for is the bars following the setup barcalled the execution bar where the trade is entered. The execution bar should be in the color of; green forentering a long position and red for entering a short. Below the execution bar turned green confirmingacuTRADE_Osc moving into plus territory. We also had up slope 50 & 200 PMAs, MarketPhase was in Bull-ishPhase with advancing volume. These all confirm a high probability trade.

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acuTRADE_OscThe acuTRADE_Osc indicator is a great compliment to the acuTRADE_I and some traders use it as astand alone signal generator. The indicator identifies price trend transitions while mitigating sidewaysmovements. The scale is made up of the oscillator value and 2 variable inputs (9 & -9). The oscillator dis-plays the quality of trend over time. Strong expansion trends are seen when 9 & -9 zones are achieved.The 9 & -9 values are points of directional expansion (these could be changed if the financial has a highvolatility). Often, these areas identify OverBought and OverSold zones. OverBought and OverSold condi-tions can last for an extended period of time. For OverBought we first have the cross above 9 then we waitfor the cross below 9 for the near term expansion. This allows for the condition of being OverBought tomature. The reverse conditions are for OverSold. Our yellow warning bars provide the trader an addedfilter of price. Alerts can be turned on for Oscillator moving above and below zero.

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acuTRADE_SMacuTRADE_SM - The acuTRADE_SM - ShowMe study evaluates the price data on your chart to determinewhether or not certain conditions have been met. The acuTRADE_SM allows the user to change input valuesbased on their trading style as well as how they want to evaluate and view the chart. Alerts and pop ups canbe enabled by choosing the alert tab. The alert for the acuTRADE_SM will tell the trader whenacuTRADE_Osc_OB or acuTRADE_Osc_OS has met their criteria.

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DISCLAIMER:THE CHART RESULTS IN THIS MANUAL ARE BASED ON SIMULATED OR HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS THAT HAVE CERTAININHERENT LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE THE RESULTS SHOWN IN AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, THESE RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENTACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, BECAUSE THESE TRADES HAVE NOT ACTUALLY BEEN EXECUTED, THESE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER-OROVER-COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED OR HYPO-THETICAL TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OFHINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILARTO THESE BEING SHOWN.

Future - German DAX 60 second chart

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DISCLAIMER:THE CHART RESULTS IN THIS MANUAL ARE BASED ON SIMULATED OR HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS THAT HAVE CERTAININHERENT LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE THE RESULTS SHOWN IN AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, THESE RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENTACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, BECAUSE THESE TRADES HAVE NOT ACTUALLY BEEN EXECUTED, THESE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER-OROVER-COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED OR HYPO-THETICAL TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OFHINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILARTO THESE BEING SHOWN.

Stock - NFLX 65 minute chart

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DISCLAIMER:THE CHART RESULTS IN THIS MANUAL ARE BASED ON SIMULATED OR HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS THAT HAVE CERTAININHERENT LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE THE RESULTS SHOWN IN AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, THESE RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENTACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, BECAUSE THESE TRADES HAVE NOT ACTUALLY BEEN EXECUTED, THESE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER-OROVER-COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED OR HYPO-THETICAL TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OFHINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILARTO THESE BEING SHOWN.

Index - Dow Jones Industrial Average weekly chart

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There is a risk of loss in trading financial instruments

Standard Leasing Rates: Annual Semi-Annual Quarterly Monthly

The information contained herein is subject to change without notice and has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, butis not guaranteed as to its accuracy or completeness. Those using the information herein for trading purposes are responsible fortheir own action. This manual is not to be constructed as an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any financial instrument referred toherein. No claim is made that recommendations will be profitable or that they will not result in losses. It should not be assumed thatfuture performance will equal or exceed past results. Fees are not refundable. Reproduction of this material by any means is prohib-ited without written permission of TRENDadvisor.

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About Us:TRENDadvisor was founded by award winning educator& trader Chuck Dukas in 1997. Over the last 16 yearsthe Company has established a loyal following of traderson both the institutional and individual side. Named -One of the Best & Brightest” by Stocks & CommoditiesMagazine, TRENDadvisor's leading position is the resultof consistently and cost effectively delivering results.

Experience:With over 25 years of experience, TRENDadvisor iscommitted to assisting individual investors and institu-tions and helping them profit from the market. A leader inthe development of algorithms for profiting in the market,TRENDadvisor's clients include individual investors,hedge-funds and institutions.

In addition to publishing his own book, Dukas is a fea-tured contributor to Bloomberg, Investor's Business Dailyand Stocks & Commodities Magazine radio and TV.

Solutions:For clear answers to trading team up with us, call us to-day 704 385-7000.

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