WED 8/20: SELLING: VIAV (ALL) P/L: -$203.94 -2.0%

9:52 AM – Selling my VIAV here. Reducing my margin exposure.

ULTRA Trader’s Tip: What Margin Really Means

  • Trading on margin means you’re borrowing money from your broker to buy more shares than you could with cash alone.

  • It’s like leverage: bigger gains if you’re right, bigger losses if you’re wrong.

  • Margin should only be used with discipline — because a small move against you can quickly wipe out profits or force a sale.

👉 Think of margin as a tool, not a strategy. Use it carefully, and never let it manage you.

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James had served as Editor-in-Chief of the first independently licensed website to offer stock reports and services based on the CAN SLIM® investment system.

Since the late 1990s, he has been analyzing growth stocks and providing investor-focused research rooted in time-tested technical strategies. Over the years, James developed a strong ability to quickly and accurately identify high-ranked trading candidates using this proven approach.

He has worked with a wide range of investors — from professional money managers to individual traders — helping them apply this disciplined system in real-world markets.

James has delivered weekly market commentary as part of the “Your Money Matters” radio program, broadcast on both ABC and CBS radio networks, and for a time was a daily guest on the Investor’s Edge radio program.

Today, he is the developer and founder of U L T R A — a robust yet easy-to-use trading system built to identify and manage high-probability stock trades based on strict technical rules and real-time alerts.