Meet John Lansing

John Lansing is a longtime professional technical analyst, trader, and founder of Trending123. After John decided in the mid-1990s that the hotel and restaurant industry wasn't for him, his penchant for numbers led him to his true calling: technical analysis.

John's first major victory came shortly after he started his service in 1999 under the name 123 Trends. Despite what many pundits were saying, John's analysis showed that the Nasdaq was about to collapse, and he wanted to warn investors before it was too late. He quickly gained a following ranging from individual investors to professional brokers, and sure enough, John's advice saved them from losing millions in the market crash of 2000.

John then changed the name of his service to Trending123 and expanded it to include a wide variety of technical analysis tools, educational materials, and advice, including a sector scan of his own creation, technical analysis tutorials, and specific trading recommendations. One of the most notable was when John called the top of oil during summer 2006, enabling Trending123 members to take profits and get out before a hedge fund collapse brought the oil sector down in flames.

Now John works tirelessly of behalf of Trending123 members, using a proprietary system of technical analysis covering over 4 million chart patterns, to find the best trading opportunities among 16,000 investment instruments and 238 sectors and subsectors. He maintains a careful balance between risk and reward by targeting stocks with the potential for "sudden profits"—that is, quick gains of between 10% and 30%.

John currently lives with his four dogs in Oklahoma, where he keeps constant watch over the charts and records daily audio and video presentations of his technical analysis and recommendations, broadcast via email and the members' website to Trending123 subscribers.

About Trending123

Trending123 is an online service created by founder John Lansing to help traders and investors profit in any market environment by means of technical analysis. It is called Trending123 because there are three things that everyone wants to know about the market trend for any tradable security: 1) direction, 2) speed, and 3) distance.

1) Direction - There are two directions stock prices price can go: up or down. When price is heading up, the trend is described as "bullish," and when it's heading down, the trend is described as "bearish." Direction is determined by looking at technical analysis indicators.

2) Speed - Speed is how quickly a stock will move—fast, or slow. It is determined by looking at Elliott Wave structures.

3) Distance - Distance is simply how far a stock's price will go, regardless of whether the trend is bullish or bearish. It can be measured in percentages, points, or dollars. It is determined by looking at geometric shapes in chart patterns.

Trending123 determines the distance, speed, and direction of stocks, sectors, and indices by scanning the chart patterns of over 16,000 financial instruments every day and analyzing the results. First, computer-automated scans identify possible trends. Then, John Lansing uses his longstanding technical analysis expertise to hand-pick the strongest trends and provide timely and actionable recommendations, alerts, and updates on individual stocks and the market. Finally, John strives to educate subscribers so that they can refine their own trading and analysis skills and make profits in any market.