Jon Markman

Jon Markman

Editor, Trader's Advantage and CounterPoint Options

Jon Markman is the editor of Trader’s Advantage, a daily trading service that leverages his unique swing trading principles and aims to capture profits of 7% to 15% — and often much more with his options trades — in less than 90 days. By combining technical analysis with underlying fundamentals, Jon recommends beaten down stocks on the brink of reversal and powerful momentum stocks breaking out to new highs.

In CounterPoint Options Jon helps options traders lock in consistent profits from the volatility that rocks the market. At its heart is a proprietary trading system, Magnitude, that pinpoints indexes or sectors that have reached a critical inflection point — then translates that signal into profitable trades.

CounterPoint Options keeps volatility options trading very simple, focusing on the most popular, highly traded exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that are headed for a key reversal. Magnitude scans the market and allows subscribers to take advantage of these very liquid trading opportunities.

When CounterPoint Options first launched, it was focused solely on trading the VIX, commonly known as the “fear index.” When traders start buying up put options as “portfolio insurance,” the VIX spikes — a phenomenon that we’ll either trade directly, or use to inform our ETF trades on specific slices of the market. Our agile (and highly lucrative) strategy lets us turn volatility into profits… just like professional traders and hedge funds have been doing for years.

CounterPoint Options helps individual traders make steady, consistent profits from a very methodical approach to growing your portfolio in the midst of a turbulent market.

A pioneer in the development of stock-rating systems and screening software, Jon Markman is co-inventor on two Microsoft patents and author of the best-selling books Swing Trading and Online Investing. He was portfolio manager and senior investment strategist at a multi-strategy hedge fund from 2002 to 2005; managing editor and columnist at CNBC on MSN Money from 1997 to 2002; and an editor, investment columnist and investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times from 1984 to 1997.

Jon won a Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Financial Journalism for his columns explaining market chicanery in 2002; Society of Professional Journalists awards for his 2001 reporting on Enron and the post-Sept. 11-investment environment; and was a news editor on the Los Angeles Times staff that won Pulitzer Prizes for spot-news reporting in 1992 and 1994.

A graduate of Duke University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Jon speaks frequently on investment topics at conferences nationwide, as well as on TV and radio.

Recent Articles

Investing Strategy for June – Global Positives and Negatives

By Jon Markman, Editor, Trader's Advantage and CounterPoint Options

Investing in stocks is never easy, but picking the right investment strategy after a volatile May seems pretty impossible. But never fear -- if investors do their homework, they will see plenty of investment opportunities in June. Let's do a quick five-minute drill on positives and negatives for the U.S. and global economy, courtesy of our friends at ISI Group in New York.

Del Monte Foods (DLM) Stock is Growing Big Profits

By Jon Markman, Editor, Trader's Advantage and CounterPoint Options

Talk about the fruit of your labors. Consider a company that provides products to eight out of every ten American households. A company with an exceptional supply chain and industry-leading market share in three of its core products. No, it's not Apple. But close, in a strange way. It's Del Monte Foods (DLM), a company that sells premium brand fruits and vegetables as well as pet food and treats under the brands Kibbles 'n Bits and Milk-bone.

Goodrich Taking Flight as Airline Production Lifts Off (GR, ITA, BA, LUV, DAL)

By Jon Markman, Editor, Trader's Advantage and CounterPoint Options

The aircraft production cycle is in full swing as Boeing and Airbus build out their fleets of new planes. The major companies involved in this high-revenue effort are in the fund iShares Aerospace/Defense (ITA), but it's useful to own a few individual companies as well. Today let's take a look at Goodrich (GR), a leading supplier of components, systems, and services to the commercial aviation and aerospace defense industries. The company is underappreciated and undervalued, so you should learn more about it.

Unemployment Fading as Hires are On Fire

By Jon Markman, Editor, Trader's Advantage and CounterPoint Options

Jack A. Ablin, chief investment officer over at Harris Private Bank in Chicago, is one of my favorite thinkers in the portfolio manager community. He put a good note out this week on employment that I would like to share with you because I think it's accurate and helps explain my view on why U.S. stocks have an opportunity to work well this year unless they're sidetracked by other problems.

3 Reasons Global Markets are Looking Up

By Jon Markman, Editor, Trader's Advantage and CounterPoint Options

Events of the past week could leave you with the impression that a new bear market is kicking off. To be sure, the Eurozone financial system is heavily exposed to soured Greek sovereign and private debt. Much of it needs to be refinanced over the next six months, probably at higher rates. All this is a drag on Eurozone growth, which had a poor outlook to start with. But look on the bright side:

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