Markets can only do three things. They can go up. They can go down. Or they can go side-to-side. It's simple, right?

The problem is that most trading or investing methodologies or strategies only work in one market environment. Equity mutual funds do great in a raging bull market, but in bear markets like 2002 and 2008 they lose 40-50% of their value. That's not consistent performance.

So what's the solution?

The solution is to build a portfolio that contains strategies that perform in all three market environments. The Machine has strategies for every type of market. By combining strategies and building a balanced portfolio you can achieve consistent returns.

Strategies that work in all 3 market environments are built into The Machine. By combining these strategies you don't have to guess where the market is going.

Buy and hold has failed. Classical asset diversification failed in 2008. So how do you manage your money? The Journal of Portfolio Management offered a solution in the Winter 2010 edition: time horizon diversification*. And The Machine makes time horizon diversification within a trading portfolio easy. The Machine Pro has momentum strategies which hold positions for many months. There are also swing trading strategies that hold positions for days. (And a day trading option even allows you to diversify to the intraday timeframe) The Machine Pro allows you to easily combine these different time horizon strategies into a portfolio. Time horizon diversification can greatly reduce your portfolios volatility and enable you to grow your wealth even in bear market years.

Have you ever had a position in a stock or ETF and couldn't decide when or if to take your profits off the table? And then have the position reverse and become a loser? Do you remember how bad that made you feel? With The Machine the entries and exits for the strategies you choose are provided for you every day. There are no decisions to make. You simply put in your orders before the open and get on with your life. And because every strategy is fully quantified and backtested with 10 years of simulated trades, you know what to expect. Of course everyone knows that historical performance doesn't guarantee future results. But wouldn't it help you to sleep better knowing how your portfolio would have weathered the crises of 2008 or the tragedy of 9/11?

The thought of trading multiple strategies within a portfolio can seem daunting, but with The Machine it's easy. The Machine provides your easy-to-follow trading signals each day. And there are even trade execution automation capabilities available.

Minutes a day are all you need.

Individual investors and traders are falling in love with the simplicity of this technology. It's so easy to use that you can successfully manage your money even if your job allows you very limited time.

Steven Gabriel a full time physician in Irving, California had this to say:

I am a board certified, practicing, Emergency Medicine Physician. It can be a challenge to balance time commitments from both work and managing my own money. I have no doubt spent long hours on both endeavors.

I have been trading using strategies developed by the The Connors Group for the past 6 years. During that time, I have consistently made money every year including the 2008 crash. I have beaten the market by double digit percentage points each year. Now with The Machine, I can trade the same profitable way that I have been in a fraction of the time that I used to spend.

I highly recommend The Machine without reservation to anyone in the medical community who wants to trade stocks in an evidence based manner and take control of their financial future.

And weekly training classes and monthly user's group meetings can bring even those of us who grew up in the pre-computer era up to speed in no time.

The Machine Pro has 38,000 different quantified trading and investing strategies. Your options are endless, but the Strategy Selector in The Machine makes it simple to choose the right strategies for your portfolio.

The Machine has the unique capability to combine diversified strategies into a portfolio.

Mike Carr of the Market Technicians association had this to say about this innovative new product in a recent review:

This may be the only commercially available software that allows for portfolio level testing. This function is critical to how money is managed in the real world, yet is a capability that usually requires custom programming. The Machine is a turnkey solution for money managers, or individual investors...

The Machine is truly a "turnkey" solution to allow traders, investors, and advisors to trade better than most hedge funds.

With The Machine Pro you can build portfolios of stocks and ETFs that perform as well as top tier professional money managers. And it's simple. You can create simple portfolios or advanced portfolios and manage them in only a few minutes each day.

Here is a sample of the type of performance that is possible with portfolios built with The Machine Pro.

The Machine Pro is an institutional grade product and is not for everybody. But if you have a trading account and/or IRA larger than $250k - and, if you would like to manage your own money - you owe it to yourself to learn more.

And for those of you with smaller accounts, take a look at The Machine Lite to see how a streamlined version of The Machine Pro can help you to grow your wealth.