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CHART your way to PROFITS

Physicians have x-rays and clinical tests. Sailors have their maps and compasses. Us traders have our charts. Especially for short-term traders, charts are essential as they will be present from planning to execution. As part of our mission to aid everyone in their financial journey, our InvestaCharts have always been a core part of our offerings. Our charts offer everything that a beginner, or even an expert, would need to map their way to profits. However, we don’t want to stop at just helping our users to be profitable. We want to provide users with charts that will help them become phenomenal traders. This is why we came up with a premium version of the InvestaCharts that can be used by our InvestaPrime members.

Want to take a glimpse into what new features you can use to chart out your trades? Scroll down below to see the features and examples of how they can be used

  • Delay-free experience

Having delayed data can be a hassle, especially for traders who need to execute quickly. Even a few seconds can become crucial when executing trades during an explosive breakout, what more 15 minutes? Unless you avail of the level 1 PSE data plan or an InvestaPrime subscription, you would be subject to delayed market data by up to 15 minutes.

For example, on the day PSE:EMP rallied, prices quickly soared within a matter of minutes. For Prime users and those who availed of a PSE data package, they wouldn’t have had a problem. However, users with a 15-minute delay, they would see a stock price of 14.04 whereas the price had already risen up to 16.50. 

  • Premium indicators that automate charting for you

As traders grow and gain more experience, simple charting becomes easier. However, who wouldn’t want to have someone else do repetitive tasks for them? As an InvestaPrime member, you will be able to unlock premium features on InvestaCharts that help you automate your charting process.

As a premium user of the InvestaCharts, you will have access to Auto 52-Week Highs and Lows as well as an Auto Support and Resistance that will help you plot important price levels faster.

There is even an Auto Fibonacci feature that will help you save time when plotting your Fibonacci Retracement levels. 

  • Premium indicators that give you a strong edge

Saving the best for last, we have developed premium InvestaChart features that will greatly help your trading decisions. Support and resistances are foundational concepts for every trader. Even as we get better, determining which levels hold the most importance will always be the challenge that we will face. Let’s look at how our features can help you with that challenge.

With the Bull-Bear Meter, we can help you determine if the Bid and Ask board is showing signs of demand and supply. A good example of how this can help would be for buy-on support strategies. In essence, buying on support is done because you expect that support area to be an area of demand. It would then make sense that when prices reach near that level, the bids and asks should show more eager buyers. Even if a level looks like a solid support, it wouldn’t mean anything if buyers don’t show up. With the Bull-Bear Meter, you wouldn’t need to check the board manually as the meter will weigh in all the bids and asks for you, telling you if buyers have shown up or not.

Another very useful premium tool that will help traders is the Volume Profile Visible Range. Basically, this tool plots out how much volume was traded per price point. A deeper understanding of supports and resistances would tell you that more volume on a support level signifies that the market deems that area a very cheap place to buy, whereas more volume on a resistance level would signify that there are participants there who have lost money and would most likely want to break even at the least. Thus, you can use the Volume Profile Visible Range to better understand what price levels hold the most psychological impact on the market and its participants. 

They say that the only indicators needed for a trader to be great are price and volume. By being an InvestaPrime subscriber, the premium features of InvestaCharts will no doubt make it easier for you to study price action and will help you take a deeper look into the volume traded behind the prices. 

Want to know more about what we offer? Head on over to the InvestaPrime landing page to look at all the features that we provide to our subscribers!

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Your new trading teammate: INVESTAPRIME+ RESEARCH

Traders are often compared to athletes. In performance sports like Basketball and Football, competitors need to hone their skills. Intentional practice is needed, and to reach the highest levels, attaining 10,000 hours becomes a necessity. Trading is no different. Being one of the greats entails putting in hard work and dedication to honing one’s craft. Often, an underrated habit in getting better at performance sports is picking the brain of others. It is a necessity in competitive endeavors to learn from others; to study techniques, strategies, habits, and even dialogue on the peculiarities of the game. For athletes, it’s as simple as watching recordings to study and take notes. It’s as simple as walking up to teammates to talk about plays. For traders, research is abundant, but rarely can you see articles that really encapsulate the mindset of a trader – from ideation to the execution details.

We want you to be the BEST trader that you can possibly be, which is why we want to be the best trading teammate you’ll ever have! To make it easier for traders to look into the minds of how successful traders and fund managers work, we came up with InvestaPrime+ Research. More than just providing information on the markets, our InvestaPrime+ Research write ups will provide you with in-depth details on what our in-house traders really think and feel regarding the current state of the markets, along with what they plan to do and why they are making those decisions.

Let’s see examples of how InvestaPrime+ Research will assist you in your development as a trader!

  1. Out of ideas? We got you.

Trading involves a lot of creativity. Especially when times are tough, traders have to be creative and see where is the money flowing into. However, let’s face it – sometimes it’s hard for us to look for which market or sector the smart money is going into when all we see in the usual markets we trade in are downtrends with setup opportunities nowhere near in sight. Even if we already have a solid trading foundation and are able to stand on our own, it’s always helpful to get a hint as to where to look for trades every now and then. 

Let’s say you already checked the PH and U.S. stock markets along with the crypto market, it might still be hard for you to look for trades if you purely trade uptrend continuations and momentum patterns. With InvestaPrime+ Research, you will be able to see posts frequently about the different opportunities available across a variety of markets should you run out of ideas.

  1. Want to validate your opinions and look for better ways of analyzing events?

As we develop as traders, we start to learn more and more about what is happening with the general market and how it affects our trading. When we gain more experience, we are able to discern events with a better eye, and it always pays to have better insights as this allows us to adjust our trading plans to the possibilities that have a higher chance of happening. 

For example, every trader who has had some bit of experience in the markets would probably already know that the US markets are in a tough spot right now. By being a prime subscriber and having access to InvestaPrime+ Research, you would have access to deeper insights coming from traders who not only have a lot of experience, but also walk the talk. More than just knowing that the market is in a downtrend, you will see actionable takes that can be taken and even dissected for your benefit. 

  1. Want to know the other side of your trade?

As traders, there will always come a time where opinions differ. Rather than shying away from contrasting opinions and arguments, we should look at them as opportunities to see things from a different perspective. Whether or not someone is right or wrong, we are all students of the markets. It doesn’t matter if you already have 10 years of experience or if you just completed your first year, everyone can always learn something new from another trader.

For instance, our take on the mining industry. It might not have been a popular opinion and some people did not see the potential. However, we believed that there was a lot of potential in the industry and the rally manifested. Of course, we could have been also wrong; we will never claim to know how the future will unfold. However, we will aim to give you our BEST analysis so that you can take trades that we believe have potential, compare and contrast the differing opinions to hone your own analytical skills, or even do both. 

The snippets shown here are just samples of the multitude of insights that we provide to our Prime+ subscribers through ​​InvestaPrime+ Research. Again, the goal here is to be the best trading teammate you’ve ever had as we aim to provide you with extensive research and analysis.

Want to know more about what we offer? Head on over to the InvestaPrime landing page to look at all the features that we provide to our subscribers!

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OFFICIAL: Investa partners with PhilEquity Management Inc.

IT’S OFFICIAL: Investa partners with one of the Top-Performing fund management companies in the Philippines — PhilEquity Management Inc. 

Last Nov 15, Investa held the last episode of its 3-part series called The Feeling is Mutual: Finding your Perfect Mutual Fund Match. And for the final installment of the investment learning series, Investa was joined by the Independent fund management company — PhilEquity Management. 

Joanne Marquez, Marketing Lead at Investa, kicked off the live event by giving an overview about how Mutual Funds work. She also added that different mutual funds serve different kinds of investors. She further discussed the diverse PhilEquity funds and their performances over time. 

Investa CEO, JC Bisnar, continued the livestream by giving some extreme scenarios relating to investing. He discussed how people lost so much during market crashes like the Great Depression. However, looking at the big picture, long-term investments like Mutual Funds still can grow over time. 


“Kahit na nakuha natin ang greatest depression… over time, nag-uptrend pa rin [the markets]. Because there is value creation. As long as di nagsara ang bansa… then that value creation becomes revenues and earnings. Then those earnings make companies’ valuations bigger. Ang tanong na lang… what did you do during the market crashes?”

The event moved forward with the special participation of @marksenpai26, a financial content creator from Tiktok. He discussed how saving alone could not free Filipinos from financial burdens. Investing is the way, he implied. 

Finally, the main segment of the learning session has begun with the appearance of one of Investa’s partners — PhilEquity Management. Darlene Sy gave a brief introduction about PhilEquity’s fund management journey. She mentioned that the company started way before the term Mutual Funds were familiar to many Filipinos. It has become one of the pillars of fund management in the country. And over the years, PhilEquity has proven to be one of the best and top performing fund management companies in the Philippines. 

The learning episode was also graced with the presence of PhilEquity Vice President, Miguel Agarao. He discussed different funds for different risk appetites. He also boasted about their funds’ performances over the years all because of the heavy commitment of their fund managers.

“You will never find a mutual fund where the fund managers are heavily invested in their own mutual fund,” Agarao confidently stated. 

The two parties were gathered once again to seal the partnership through a virtual signing, as seen below.

Investa is now officially partnered with the three biggest fund management companies in the Philippines — PhilEquity Management Inc (PEMI), BPI Investment Management Inc (BIMI), and Sun Life Asset Management Inc. (SLAMCI) just to bring financial inclusion and affordable investing to millions of Filipinos. 

Diverse funds for diverse financial goals, FOR ALL FILIPINOS, can be enjoyed in #TheNewInvestaApp very soon. For more information about Investa, visit www.investagrams.com/investa. 

 

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OFFICIAL: Investa Partners with SunLife Asset Management

IT’S OFFICIAL: Investa partners with SunLife Asset Management to help Filipinos lead more and prosperous lives. 

Last November 4, 2021, Investa held the first episode of the 3-part investment learning series called THE FEELING IS MUTUAL: Finding the Perfect Mutual Fund Match. JC Bisnar, Investa’s CEO kicked off the event by sharing how Investa has worked hard making an impact in the Filipinos’ investing journey. He emphasized that the company started developing education & trading tools to make investing less intimidating.

“Ang pinaniniwalaan namin sa Investa, ang mga Pilipino, masisipag yan. But the opportunities aren’t provided everywhere. Kayang yumaman ng Pinoy,” Bisnar added that Investa is now moving forward and helping more Filipinos by becoming a legitimate investment platform, easily accessible for everyone.

Teasing the audience, Bisnar gave a sneak peek into the UI of the New Investa App. 

He pointed out that Filipinos can now invest in the Top Funds in the country. And the best part is that the App will help the investors find the perfect fund match for their own risk appetite.

The live event then continued with the special participation of Lovely Charmaine Gomez, well-known as MissInvest on Tiktok. She generously shared how she started her investing journey. She pointed out that before she makes any investment, she checks these things: Transparency, Diversification, Leverage, Safety, & Legitimacy. She further urged the viewers to start small and start now in their investments. MissInvest lastly expressed her gratitude that Investa has finally made investing affordable & friendly for all Filipinos.

 

Finally, SunLife Asset Management (SLAMCI) was represented by its very own CEO, Gerald Bautista, and Banks & Alternative Distribution Channel Manager, Angeline Cruz. Bautista was proud of how SLAMCI has been helping around 200,000 investors with Php 168+ Billion Assets Under Management. Furthermore, Baustista boasted about SLAMCI being awarded as the Best Asset Management Company in the Philippines by Euromoney, implying that investors’ money are safe in SLAMCI’s hands.

Angeline Cruz continued SLAMCI’s presentation by giving an overview of different SunLife’s prosperity funds. She shared the different fund performances to help investors make the best decision for their investments.

Eventually, the two parties gathered together for the live question and answer portion, adding Investa’s representation by its Operations Manager, Erwin Angeles. Angeles noted that the two parties worked hard for 2 years. And that this the start and the first time that Mutual Funds will reach the masses, being true to both parties’ advocacy of Financial Inclusion. 

“We welcome the partnership with Investa. The next step really is education, education to our investors, to our public, and providing it to the right platform such as Investa. And we are really happy that Investa is in front and in the trenches of making this happen. To the team of Investa, JC, and Erwin, maraming salamat sa inyo of allowing this opportunity to educate more Filipinos,” Bautista said.

Finally, the partnership was made official and sealed with a virtual signing of the Memorandum of Agreement as seen below. 

This is just the first of the many Top Fund Company partnerships with Investa. On November 10, 7PM, BPI Asset Management will be sharing their mutual fund offerings. And on November 15, 7PM, PhilEquity will also be live to discuss more investment opportunities.

The New Investa App will be available for the public very soon. To get an early access, visit www.investagrams.com/investa.

 

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The New Investa App is Here. Experience it First.

This is our first step into becoming a legitimate investment platform. With the new Investa app, you will be able to invest in the top companies in the Philippines and abroad through our partner Mutual Funds. 

WHY MUTUAL FUNDS

In Investa, we take things step-by-step. 

We have educated the Filipino people about investments and the stock market. 

We have provided them charts and tools to guide them in their decision making.

We have provided a community where investors can help one another.

We understand that not everyone has the time to manage their investments actively which is why Mutual Funds are a good starting point for a lot of Filipinos to enter the world of investing. 

Mutual Funds allow us to invest in the top companies for as low as 100 to 1000 pesos. We have partnered with BPI Investment Management, Inc., Sun Life Asset Management Inc., and Phil Equity Management, Inc, to professionally manage our hard-earned money. They do the “investment decisions” and “risk management” for us, while we focus on maximizing our daily lives. 

Our mission has always been to enable more than 10,000,000 Filipinos to invest. The new Investa app will be the doorway that will allow more Filipinos to start their investing journey. 

EXPERIENCE IT FIRST

With the help of the Investa community who has been so supportive throughout the years, we have finally reached another milestone — The New Investa App. And this is a good opportunity to become one of the PIONEER USERS of the Investa App. Get early access by following these simple steps:

  1. Go to www.investagrams.com/investa. Sign up your email. 
  2. We will send a confirmation email that you are officially one of the pioneer users of the Investa App. 
  3. Wait for our follow up email containing your exclusive access to the Investa App. 

For as low as Php 100, every Filipino has the opportunity to invest in the top PH and Global mutual funds. With our core mission to help create 10 Million Filipino investors, we made investing through the Investa App to be so affordable, easy, and for everyone.

Moving forward, we will strive to be the best and most reliable investment platform in the country. This is just day one for us. We shall continue to innovate and find ways where Filipinos can achieve their financial aspirations through the Investa app.

Become the first ones to experience the Investa App. Sign up here: www.investagrams.com/investa

 

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Investa Rebirth

Our Origins

In 2015, we created Investagrams with the mission of enabling more than 10 million Filipinos to invest. At the heart of our company is our passion to help our fellow Filipinos by empowering them in their investing journey.

Merely five years later, Investagrams has made an impact to the lives of more than 650,000 Filipino traders and investors. We have provided our community access to great equalizers — education and tools that allow them to prosper in the stock market.

Despite all of this… the reality is we are still far from our aspirations for the Filipino people.

The Dip

They say that 9/10 start-ups fail. The journey of running a company that aims to create positive and radical changes is really hard.

At times, we couldn’t execute due to lack of resources. We have been rejected countless of times. While some of our goals got delayed.

With this pandemic, just like most SMEs and companies, we also had our own set of critical challenges but we didn’t let the circumstance defeat us…

Our approach in every challenge is that each problem presents an opportunity. We use all the negatives as an opportunity to be better.

The Rebirth

Everyday we ask ourselves, how can we take it to the NEXT LEVEL? How can we further serve the Filipino people?

We believe it is now time to push the tempo and rise to the challenge.

We go beyond educating and providing you analytic tools in the stock market.

We go beyond being a virtual trading platform that is only used for practice.

We go beyond being a start-up with limited resources, that is often counted out in this industry.

We will work hard to be a formidable organization that will create more powerful innovations in the investment space.

We will always remember our roots, but we go deeper into our mission to serve our fellow Filipino investors.

You are witnessing our rebirth. We are Investa.

What’s Ahead

In the next few days, week, and months you shall see more exciting innovations from us. As always, we prefer to surprise and delight, we’ll let you know once each new feature/innovation is ready.

From Day 1 we have remained committed and sincere on our mission of enabling more than 10 million Filipinos to invest. Despite all the challenges, we will never falter or quit, because this is our LIFE’s purpose. We know that the Filipino people are worth fighting for.

We strongly believe that through the Investa platform, we can impact the financial growth of more Filipinos moving forward.

We also want to create a positive change in the cultural and educational dimension of our country. We know that if someone leads by example, our brothers and sisters will find their ways as well.

Tulungan lang tayo mga ka-investa as always. Marami pa tayong magagawang solution and innovation para sa mga kapwa Filipino natin.

You are the reason why we are here. You are our inspiration. God speed to all of us fighting for our dreams and doing our best to make an impact to the person next to us.

Together, WE are Investa.

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Investagrams Featured Trader of the Week: Mivan

For this week, we would like to congratulate our featured trader: Mivan a.k.a. @mivanl!

For our featured trader for the week, we will be showing how he was able to spot $ACEPH before it broke out. His trade idea is influenced by Mark Minervini’s ways of trading the financial markets as seen in his analysis of the said stock. 

He first determined the importance of identifying a consolidation pattern before entering the trade. It is ideal for a stock to form a base first before it moves higher. The longer it took to form the base translates to more chances for a stronger up move. Indeed, the bigger the base, the higher in space. 

Moreover, he also highlighted that the volume was relatively lower than its historical average. It is expected for a consolidation pattern to exhibit such features to signify that it is unquestionably forming a proper base.  

Also, he highlighted that there were overshoots of the initial breakdown of the support area, yet it bounced back immediately. That signifies buying pressure on the said stock in those areas.

He also mentioned that the initial breakout was supported by massive volume. Furthermore, on the day of the breakout, it closed strongly as there were no wicks present in the candlestick. 

It is a low-risk trade, as the downside for a breakout could be a cut below 2.3-2.35 (-3% to -5%) and potential take profit areas at 2.7-2.8 (conservative) (12% to 16%).

Indeed, being patient enough to wait for a trade where all the variables from your system align is the epitome of professional trading. Setups like this could last from a few weeks to several years. The key to trading the financial markets is to be very particular with your stock selection. As they say, it is up to you to decide whether you are a bored wealthy trader or a thrill-seeking gambler (Minervini, 2020). 

Congratulations to those who were able to maximize the technical swing of $ACEPH. Lastly, kudos again to Mivan for sharing his execution. Your FREE 1-month InvestaPRO is on its way!

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