Well after several years and a lot of writing, StockTradingToGo has reached the infamous 10,000 RSS subscriber mark. 10,010 to be exact!

Looking back at the stats, this blog had its first post on April 6th, 2006 and reached 1000 subscribers on December 14th, 2007 (1 year, 8 months, 8 days later). The 2000 subscriber mark came on January 6th, 2009 (1 year, 23 days later). 2009 was a year of triumph for the site, and not only did it set a record year of traffic but it also added thousands of new subscribers. The last 8,000 subscribers took just 1 year, 20 days to obtain.

My advice for any bloggers just getting started is to keep things as simple as possible. Target those first 100, then go from there. Never quit. If you ever hit a slump, work harder to push through it. The only competition is yourself, and as long as you keep yourself in the game you are always going to be one step closer to success. Have fun and the rest will come with it.

The last thing I want to say is that although posting has slowed down over the last year, I am still very optimistic about the future.  THANK YOU to everyone who has subscribed to this site, you’ve helped make it what it is today. I appreciate your continued support and look forward to bringing more great content your way for years to come.

Cheers !

Market is closed Monday anyway so look for posting to resume on Wednesday the 20th!

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See you next year

In fact, this post is the last communication before I unplug and pack my computers. The cable guys are coming on Monday morning so hopefully I don’t miss too much market drama.

See you then!

10/12/09 UPDATE: The Premium service has now launched! Please visit www.epicinsights.com for more information.

Since the EPIC Insights Free Sunday Newsletter launched last year amidst the market turmoil its returns have been nothing but world class. As of the close this past Friday September 25th the Newsletter’s portfolio is up 31.2% vs the S&P 500’s 5.8% over the same period. A difference of 25.3%.

$99 First Year Special

For 72 hours only we will be running an introductory offer special for a 1 year subscription of EPIC Insights for only $99. The 72 hour special starts next Monday evening October 12th at 8:00 PM EST.

Note that we will never offer the service for $99 again, ever. As soon as the 72 hour special expires the price will move to $149 per year.

Premium Service Features

The new premium subscription service will include:

• The Weekly Sunday Newsletter (example)
• One midweek Market Summary Report with Chart Analysis (NEW)
• One midweek Bonus Stock Pick with Chart Analysis (NEW)
• DIRECT access to Sean Hannon (Author) for Q & A (NEW)

If you have any questions feel free to let us know, otherwise get ready to make more money in this market with EPIC Insights Premium.

Our article, Is it Time to Get Bullish on the US Dollar? was the feature today which was a great and in depth piece written by Sean Hannon discussing the US Dollar and how utilizing technical analysis helps to argue the contrarian case that investors should become bullish on the US Dollar. Screenshot below.

For those who have not heard of wikinvest.com, they are an online investing encyclopedia editable by anyone. Think of them as Wikipedia but focused on just investing and the stock market. Wikinvest is also a provider of fantastic financial data in a very unique way. Read up on their latest Beta site launch and see just how Wikinvest is taking a stab at changing forever how we as investors conduct our research.

Their site is definitely worth a visit so make sure to check them out.

Now we have successfully passed 6,000 investor subscribers who are receiving the newsletter each week. As of this post we are at 6,049 total subscribers and I only expect this to continue to grow, especially with returns that blow away the market averages

• 2008 EPIC Insights Return was 6.3% vs the S&P 500’s losses of -38.5%.
• 2009 EPIC Insights Return is 16.4% (as of 8/10/09) vs the S&P 500’s return of 11.5%.

Feel free to browse the full archive of EPIC Insights issues. If you are not subscribed yet simply fill out the first option on here.

To learn more about Sean Hannon view our team page.

Many hours went into compiling data, emailing brokers, and digging through yearly broker reviews to put together easy to understand ratings. The comparison chart is broken into three sections: Fees, Ratings, and Tools & Extras:

• Fees - Find out what each broker charges for stock trades, options trades, options contracts, broker assisted trades, and if they have a minimum deposit to open an account.
• Ratings – We went through several years of SmartMoney and Barron’s stock broker reviews alongside spent hours testing many of the brokers platforms ourselves and emailing customer service reps to put together easy to understand 1 – 4 star ratings. Categories include Overall, Commissions, Trade Tools, Customer Service, and Research.
• Tools & Extras – Find out if a broker offers International trading, has a trader community, offers mobile trading, virtual trading, or an education center. We also tell you which brokers have inactivity fees for not using your account!

This project has been in the making since mid June and we are very excited to see it now fully finished. If you have any feedback for us on how we can improve this stock broker tool please let us know.

Our three favorite brokers?

1. Etrade
2. Scottrade

Check out the new page, Compare stock brokers now.

UPDATE: One last quick point, if you ever want to return to the brokers comparison chart at a future date simply click the new header tab “Stock Brokers” at the top of any page on our site. We will be updating the chart data each month so make sure to return often!