 |  | My son Leo is 14 months old. He’s been walking for two months now … and, to our surprise, is now also able to run.
It’s crazy — this time last year, our 2-month-old was just able to hold his head up!
Back then, I shared how I saw Leo as a “long-dated call option” because, as a newborn, he possessed unlimited potential. And I don’t mean that in a financial sense, but in a “the world is your oyster” type of way.
After spending a full year watching Leo grow and develop new abilities, I’ve been reflecting on what he’s taught me about being a father.
I keep circling on what I believe is a fundamental truth: “Change is the only constant.”
I swear that every two or three weeks, Leo is like a totally different little human. He looks different … his sleeping and feeding schedules are different … his needs and abilities are different.
He is constantly changing … evolving.
And I quickly learned how critical it is that I change and evolve with him. That I “meet him where he is.”
I learned how important it is that I’m in tune with his present reality … and, more than anything, that I stay flexible and adapt to that ever-evolving reality.
Of course, being adaptive is a skill I’m still learning as it relates to being a father.
But as an investment strategist, it’s a skill set … even a mindset … that I’m comfortable with. In fact, I credit the adaptive nature of the strategies I run as key to their success.
Consider my options-trading service, Home Run Profits, which I’ve run since 2012…
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Overall, we closed 22 trades during the year — seven at a loss, 15 for profits.
We typically sell our winning positions in three portions — a feature of what I call my “runners” strategy — and we were able to lock in sizeable profits on several, including: - +100% on one-third of the position in a video-game maker’s stock in under a month, as well as an oil-and-gas industry fund in less than three months.
- +168% on one-third of the position of a fund that holds shares of Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) in less than three months.
- +212% on the final third of the position in an oil exploration company in five months.
- +121% and +293% on two separate exits of one-third of the position in a trucking company in under five months.
- +100%, +247% and +322% on three separate thirds of a position in a midcap regional bank in six months.
We also made gains on a pharmaceutical stock … a drugstore chain … a commodities exchange-traded fund (ETF) … a cloud-services software company … diversified baskets of utilities-, technology-, financial- and materials-sector stocks … oh, and a basket of Mexican stocks, as well as Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) … and on a “long volatility” trade.
Again I’ll say we didn’t make profits on every trade — seven positions went against us.
But overall, we had another momentous year. And again, I credit much of our success to the adaptive nature of my Home Run Profits strategy.
I don’t allow the strategy to get locked in, or “stuck,” on just one market sector or stock.
Instead, I make sure it identifies the newest and best sources of market-beating momentum opportunities … no matter where they come from in the market or how quickly they change.
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Don't Get Stuck Look back up at the types of stocks and ETFs we made plays on in 2021 … they run the gambit, from boring “old-economy” stocks in the oil-and-gas and transportation sectors to exciting “new-economy” stocks in the technology and health care sectors.
Last year brought the biggest inflation spike in memory … and my strategy was able to get us into materials and commodities sector plays that benefited.
This year also saw continued concern over the COVID-19 pandemic, in fits and starts … and my strategy got us into drugstore, vaccine maker and “face mask” stocks for market-beating gains.
And, of course, we’ll forever remember 2021 as the year of the great supply chain disruption!
Coincidentally or not, my strategy adapted to the market-beating momentum trends that economic event unleashed … allowing us to nearly triple our investment in a logistics and trucking company in less than five months.
My point is: 2021 was a crazy year … and I’m most proud of how well my strategy adapted to all the unexpected and unlikely sources of money-making opportunities.
Of course, I don’t expect the coming year to be any different. I’m sure that fundamental truth — that “change is the only constant” — will ring true in 2022 as well.
And with my Home Run Profits strategy by my side for the 10th year in a row, I say to that ever-changing market: “Bring it on!”
To good profits,
Adam O’Dell
Chief Investment Strategist P.S. I can’t wait to see what 2022 has in store for my Home Run Profits subscribers. Whatever happens, I know my system has what it takes to adapt and reveal new profit opportunities.
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