• Strategy 1: Long and Short
  This strategy is designed to make you profit whether the market is going up or down. We believe this strategy offers the best risk/reward ratio for most investors. It keeps you invested whether our timing Model tells us that the predominant market trend is up or down:
  
  
  • When our Classic Model issues a Buy signal, you liquidate your current short positions (if any), and then buy the market through shares of your selected investment, therefore establishing a long position. Practically, if you follow the World approach, you invest equally in the World ETF Ranking's Top 5 ETFs and rebalance every 4 weeks while the Buy signal remains in effect. If you trade a specific index such as the S&P 500, you just buy the corresponding ETF (SPY in this case).
    
    
  • When our Classic Model issues a Sell signal, you liquidate your current long positions (if any) and then sell the market short by actually shorting shares of your selected investment or buying the corresponding inverse fund, therefore establishing a short position. Practically, If you follow the World approach, you sell your 5 ETF positions and go short QQQ shares or instead buy the corresponding inverse ETF (ticker symbol PSQ). If you trade a specific index such as the S&P 500, you just short the corresponding ETF (SPY in this case) or instead buy the corresponding inverse ETF (ticker symbol SH).
    
    
  • When our Classic Model issues a Cash signal, you liquidate your current positions, long or short, and keep the proceeds in cash or in a money market fund.
    
    
  Note: Since selling short requires a margin account, qualified retirement accounts such as an IRA or a 401(k) are not eligible for shorting stocks. However, the same effect can be achieved by buying inverse ETFs or mutual funds, as these investment vehicles are authorized in retirement accounts.
  
  

• Strategy 2: Long Only
  This is the most conservative fund investment strategy we follow. It keeps you invested only when our timing Model tells us that the predominant market trend is up, and lets you step aside during downtrends:
  
  
  • When our Classic Model issues a Buy signal, you buy the market through shares of your selected investment, therefore establishing a long position. Practically, if you follow the World approach, you invest equally in the World ETF Ranking's Top 5 ETFs and rebalance every 4 weeks while the Buy signal remains in effect. If you trade a specific index such as the S&P 500, you just buy the corresponding ETF (SPY in this case).
    
    
  • When our Classic Model issues a Sell or Cash signal, you liquidate your long positions and keep the proceeds in cash or in a money market fund.

Trend Timing Signals
TimingCube's proprietary stock market Trend Timing Classic Model is based primarily on price and volume action of the Nasdaq Composite Index . Developed in the first half of 2001 using years of market data and experience and, having been backtested to 1989, it issued its first "live" signal on June 18, 2001, with the primary intent of timing the QQQ . We then founded our Company and launched the TimingCube Web site in the fall of 2001. As our stock market analysis and investment research established the high correlation between our Nasdaq Composite Index driven Model and other major market indexes, U.S. and international, we extended our reach from strictly QQQ timing to other indexes such as the Russell 2000 and the S&P 500 , as well as numerous other world stock markets. Investing according to our Classic Model has proven extremely profitable, as shown on our "Trades History" page. For complete accountability, our trades and returns are independently verified and tracked by the Hulbert Financial Digest and TimerTrac.com. Results and backtesting for the current Classic Model which went into effect on July 14, 2006 can be found on the "Results" page.

Based purely on changes in market conditions, TimingCube's Trend Timing Classic Model will generate a Buy, a Sell or a Cash signal. Once a signal has been issued, it remains in effect until a new signal invalidates it.

A particular type of Cash signal, similar to a stop loss, is automatically issued by our Classic Model if the Nasdaq Composite Index moves against our current position by more than 9% from our Buy or Sell entry point. This is designed to keep any losses to a reasonable minimum from the entry point when we are most vulnerable, as no timing Model will always be 100% right. Once the Nasdaq Composite Index has advanced 7% or more from our entry point, the maximum drawdown limit is ratcheted up to 15% and the Cash signal becomes a trailing stop. This means that from then on, if the Composite declines 15% from its most recent closing high on an active Buy signal, or moves up 15% or more from its recent closing low on an active Sell signal, a Cash signal will be issued and you will be notified. When a Cash signal is generated, you should liquidate your current long or short investments and keep the proceeds in cash or in a money market fund until a new Buy or Sell signal is issued.

World ETF Ranking
TimingCube's World ETF Ranking Model compares the momentum of various broad world market ETFs over a multi-month period to identify the ones most likely to outperform. The algorithm's specific ingredients and recipe are proprietary and therefore are not disclosed.

There are many stock markets around the world but we automatically narrowed the field with some of our requirements, such as a minimum of 3 years of publicly accessible index ETF data. We currently rank 35 domestic and country Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) divided as follows:

United States (7 ETFs representing different market segments)
North/Latin America (3 country ETFs)	Asia/Pacific (12 country ETFs)
Europe (12 country ETFs)	Africa (1 country ETF)

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