Dear Stansberry Research Subscriber,

Most subscribers pay a standard price for investment research...

But others pay double the typical rates – and for good reason...

They are assured of making thousands of dollars more money than you... every single week. In fact, they've seen 13 different 100%+ gainers this year alone.

I know... It doesn't seem fair that our best-performing investment plays are only sent to folks who are willing to pay double the standard price.

But the fact is, if you'd paid double the price over the last 2 years, you could have doubled your money 43 TIMES. With $50,450 gains the last 3 months alone...

So the question is... how does this work, exactly?

Why are a small group of our subscribers paying double the standard rates... and getting plays that return up to 10 times more than our usual investment picks?

Let me give you the full story...

 "It's like having a cash register"
- Tim Jacobs, Dallas, Texas

3 years ago, we came across a financial secret out West that was making people more money than anything we'd ever heard of...

Even more amazing... fewer than 100 people had access to it – wealthy folks in California, such as CEOs... venture capitalists... and entrepreneurs.

One person's account was $40 million. Another, $25 million. The very smallest account of anyone even using this secret was $250,000.

So we flew to San Francisco... struck a deal... and in June 2005 – we launched a monthly newsletter based exclusively on what we had found.

Little did we know at the time... it was a decision that would lead to the #1 most successful advisory we've since published at S&A Investment Research...

Even more incredible were the letters we got...

"Unbelievable!" said Andy Irving in Kansas, "I made a 300% gain in just 2 days." "I made 5 times my money in 12 days," wrote subscriber Larry Tripper. And Rick Yaeger in Santa Fe told us, "I made $20,000 overnight."

You see, we'd hired one of the most sought-after analysts in the business to come work for us – a professional stock and options trader named Jeff Clark.

Jeff is unlike any trader in the business I know...

While many traders in the business make a living "writing" about trading – Jeff has made a very good living... well... actually trading.

At 42, he's already made himself and his brokerage clients so many millions that he shut down his brokerage firm recently and retired.

You see, for 25 years, Jeff managed the personal fortunes of a list of California's wealthiest people – a "who's who" of the Silicon Valley circle.

Initially, we had no idea what to charge for Jeff's work. The truth is, we weren't sure if his track record would equal his past performance.

As you know... in the investment world, traders sometimes hit a lucky hot streak, which can last a year or two. We knew Jeff's trading service was potentially worth a lot of money to readers... but only if Jeff could replicate the success he'd had in his own trading firm over a 20-year period.

So at first... we charged $1,000 a year – which is about the standard price for an options advisory – and kept a close watch on Jeff.

We were amazed by what we saw...

So in September 2006 – we expanded Jeff's Short Report advisory to include one new options play per week, giving readers even more opportunities to profit.

And to cover the extra overhead – as well as limit the number of folks who would be getting in on these trades (ensuring every reader got a good chance to profit) – we DOUBLED the price to $2,000 for one full year.

What happened next surprised even us...

$2.3 million profit... overnight

In short – Jeff's popularity became so overwhelming... we had to start thinking about controlling the number of people who receive Jeff's trades every week.

The easiest way to do that was to simply DOUBLE the price – AGAIN.

You see, when Jeff first began his advisory 3 years ago... we promised him that if he could prove to us that it was the best options advisory in the industry, then we would significantly raise the price. We probably should have done it sooner.

But on May 15, 2008, Jeff sent an e-mail to Porter Stansberry, reminding him of that promise...

Porter,

This is the best performing service at S&A. If you want to get a piece of the action, you ought to be willing to pay for it.

We should raise the price on the Short Report immediately. Even at 3-times the current rate, it's still a ridiculous bargain. Do you know what I used to charge people in my business for the same type of winning recommendations? A heck of a lot more, I can tell you that.

Now I hope you understand... I'm not being cocky. But I am probably a better trader now than I have ever been in my career, and if the whipsaw market stays the way it's been (as I expect it will for quite some time), my readers should do very, very well in the next several months and beyond.

He was right. In fact, it sounds unbelievable... but if you'd put $5,000 into Jeff's plays this last summer – June to August alone, you could have made $50,450 total profit. Including one play that returned 490% in just 25 days.

Even more incredible, one of Jeff's recent plays created an estimated total profit of $2.3 million in the markets overnight. Another generated $2 million.

So on June 10, 2008, we doubled the price again – this time to $4,000. As Jeff explained to Porter by e-mail:

Serious traders with money to trade will connect with my analysis and be willing to pay premium prices for it. Anyone who follows my recommended advice to the letter will profit.

I sacrifice a lot to give my readers the best trade I can find. My commitment is ALWAYS to the subscribers. I will give them my very best trade every week. They should be willing to pay for it. 

The point is – doubling the price allows us to keep total enrollment low... scaring off beginners and novices. But for folks who are willing to pay that premium price – Jeff has delivered some of the best-performing plays we've ever published...

But bear in mind: If you're new to trading options or unsure of whether you think this is something you're interested in... please don't bother with Jeff's advice.

We're only looking for folks who understand the value of this research – and are willing to pay
double the standard price for it. You see, it costs twice as much as most other options advisories
because it performs 2 times better, if not more.

As subscriber Matt Zimmer tells us, "You should charge $10,000 a year for Jeff's service to keep the riffraff out. I made enough on his last recommendation, 4 days ago, to pay for the next 4 years of service!!"

Again, charging a premium price allows us to keep total enrollment low. And as I mentioned: Our new price of $4,000 is now effective.

What's interesting is that even $4,000 is probably too low a price for Jeff's work. Elite hedge funds who make only a fraction of Jeff's returns often charge as much $10,000 per year or even more... and on top of that, take a cut of all your profits.

With Short Report, you pay a fraction of that... and the profits are yours to keep.

And it's probably an even bigger discount to what others will pay in the future. The truth is, I imagine that in the next year or so, Jeff Clark's Short Report will become the most expensive service we publish. We might be forced to double the price yet again, simply to keep the enrollment at a level that allows everyone who wants to to profit from his trades.

The best part is, you can lock in the current rate now – then try the Short Report for the next 90 days with no obligation... and a Full Money-Back Guarantee... But I seriously doubt you'll ask for a refund. Take a look at this:

"I am a brand-new subscriber to the Short Report. I signed up just in time to get your trade last week. A bit nervous, I went ahead. The gain just paid for my subscription for the year. To say that I am pleased would be an understatement. Keep 'em coming!"

- Jim Schott, Dallas, TX

What it comes down to is this: If you follow Jeff Clark's advice, week after week... you could easily make more money in the next year than you've ever made before, with any style of investing.

In the pages below... I'll explain exactly how Jeff's strategy works... how he used it to make his clients millions for over 20 years... and how a single upcoming play in Jeff's Short Report could make you 8 times your money or more.

1st Secret Key to Spotting the Perfect Trade:
Use Options for Bigger and Faster Gains

What's great about Jeff is that he only looks for plays that have a shot at doubling your money. If he doesn't believe the trade will return at least 100%... then he will discard the idea and keep looking until he finds the perfect play.

That means he has to search over 500 companies... apply 3 technical indicators to each one... and carefully evaluate for hidden details in the options market...

But the effort is worth it – because when Jeff spots a perfect trade, every Tuesday, the gains are often unbelievably fast...

So how does Jeff's approach help you rack up big returns so quickly?

Jeff has spent the past 25 years perfecting a strategy that pinpoints PATTERNs – highly predictable movements in the market.

At the core of this strategy, he has THREE secret keys for identifying and cashing in on recommended trades and options plays.

Why does Jeff specialize in options? Put simply – because options are better than stocks. With options – you have a chance to make 5 to 10 TIMES the return you'd normally see in a stock. Sometimes even more...

Take a pattern Jeff spotted on January 22, 2008, in the New York-based banking firm Citigroup (C), for example.

You could have made money on this pattern in 2 ways.

One was by simply buying the stock. The other was through an options play.

Sure enough – the stock rose 3 points... giving shareholders a 12% return. But the options play Jeff found rose 211%... in just 3 DAYS, over 15 TIMES higher, in the exact same time span. Take a look...

The point is: Options can make you MORE money... much FASTER than regular stock movement.

I know what you're thinking... "But aren't options risky?"

Most people think so. That's why they get suckered into buying stocks, bonds and mutual funds. Hedge funds and big banks WANT YOU to think options are risky.

But the truth is, after over 25 years Jeff has mastered how to lower risk to almost nothing, by pinpointing the perfect option. Remember: Jeff's former clients were investing literally millions at a time – and couldn't afford any mistakes.

That brings me to Jeff's second secret key...

2nd Secret Key to Spotting the Perfect Trade:
Make Money NO MATTER WHAT
Happens to the Stock Market

If you examine the different American stock markets... you'll find roughly 2,848 publicly traded stocks.

Each and every one of these stocks will experience potentially hundreds of "price swings" – both up and down – over the next 12 months.

Most people ignore these swings... But the fact is – you can make money on each one of them, by spotting the PATTERNs they form.

And that's exactly what Jeff does. Here's an example...

Consider this chart for Strayer Education (STRA), an online classroom business...

As you can see, in just 4 months, STRA experienced 34 different price swings.

To most options traders, each swing offers a ripe trading opportunity. You'd only have to guess where the stock will swing next to make a decent chunk of money.

But when Jeff applies his strategy, you see that in fact each swing is a tiny part of a MUCH BIGGER PATTERN that can make you a fortune.

Take a look: Here's the same chart, analyzed using Jeff's strategy...

As you can see, Jeff pinpoints a swift and vicious DOWN pattern on May 1st.

In 2 days, the stock tanks 20 points, netting 1,285% gains for the put option (an option that makes money when stocks fall). 

You could have turned $5,000 into $64,250 in 2 DAYS on that pattern.

Jeff spots patterns on the upswing too. That's what's great about options. You can make money on the stock no matter which direction it's headed – up or down...

In fact, you can make a killing. Here's a recent example...

Take a look at this chart for Palomar Technologies (PMTI). To the naked eye – it looks to be in pretty bad shape, nose-diving for 12 straight months...

But on July 21st, Jeff spotted a break-out pattern... an "UP" trend.

He immediately sent out an email alert – recommending the call options (an option that makes money when the stock rises), writing:

"We're looking at a truly explosive situation here. We could make 300% gains in a month."

Sure enough – look what happened just 2 days later...

The stock popped 6 points... and folks who followed his trading play saw a 490% GAIN in just 25 days, enough to more than QUADRUPLE your money.

It doesn't get much better than this in the financial world. He called a 300% gain on a no-name stock... then delivered a 490% gain within a month.

That's the power of options. That's why most traders pursue option trading in the first place. And that's why for 25 years California's wealthiest investors entrusted Jeff Clark with their fortunes.

As I mentioned earlier, Jeff has been successfully trading stocks and options for the past two decades. His track record is unbelievable:

In the past 3 years, you could have DOUBLED YOUR MONEY 43 TIMES by following Jeff's trade recommendations.

How does he generate such incredible gains? After 25 years, Jeff has the ability to apply his strategy with consistent precision...

Let me show you in more detail...

122% Gain in 5 Days!

Consider this chart for PowerShares (QQQQ).

Do you see a pattern here? Most people don't. But look again...

See the 3 spikes at the top?

That's a classic "head-and-shoulders" pattern, a sure signal the stock is getting ready to TANK.

In this case, the pattern's distorted, making it difficult to spot...

But Jeff picks it off at the very top of the head...

"It's just a matter of time... Be prepared to take profits at a moment's notice," he wrote.

He was right. Look what happened...

A "DOWN" PATTERN appears on October 31st...

Jeff pulls the trigger. The stock tanks. And his recommended option play saw a 122% gain in 5 days – enough to double your money in less than a week!

The pattern in this example is a "head-and-shoulders" pattern. There are other patterns, like a "wedge" pattern, "triangle" pattern, and "flag" pattern.

You don't have to worry about knowing which pattern is which. The point is, Jeff's strategy breaks down stock charts according to pattern – and if you spot a classic pattern early enough, you can make a fortune.

Let me show you another recent example, where the gains were even FASTER...

$5,000 becomes $10,000
in a single afternoon

What were you doing on April 15, 2008?

For most people, it was just another Tuesday. Maybe you'd stayed up late the night before to finish your taxes.

But around 10 a.m., Jeff sent an email alert...

"Semiconductor stocks are ready to make a major move... I'm betting on an upside surprise."

Coming from Jeff, this alone was intriguing. Then he showed the chart...

In short, he'd found an unbelievable triangle pattern, developing over 4 months. The stock was about to take off... FAST... and Jeff knew it.

"Get ready for some excitement," he wrote. "Buy the Semiconductor HOLDRs May 30 calls up to $0.80."

It happened fast. In mid-morning, he pulled the trigger...

And WITHIN 8 HOURS, Jeff's recommended options play saw a 110% GAIN... more than doubling in a single afternoon.

"Brilliant!!!" wrote Ryan Pindell, from Texas. "Jeff is a wizard!" said Jill Lerner in Georgia. "I just closed out for a little under $11,000!" said Sid Boland in Iowa.

As you can guess, a play that goes up 110% in just 8 hours is not your typical buy-and-hold play. You can't just turn off your computer for a week and expect to take advantage of these kinds of gains.

Options trading, especially with Jeff's strategy, requires an aggressive mentality. The more prepared you are for Jeff's alerts... the better you'll keep up.

If you'd waited even just a few hours after Jeff issued this play, you would have missed out on this huge 1-day winner.

But those who did get in could have turned $5,000 into $10,000 in 8 hours.

That's a $5,000 profit on a single play. Jeff's readers who put $10,000 into the play could have cashed out with as much as $20,000.

The truth is – Jeff spots hundreds of plays like this every single week.

How do you know which ones to execute... and how do you know the perfect time to pull the trigger?

For Jeff, it all boils down to one key factor...

3rd Secret Key to Spotting the Perfect Trade

Jeff's 3-step strategy is remarkably accurate at targeting plays... when to enter them... and the best way to maximize your profits.

I don't want to dedicate too much time to it in this letter... because Jeff already wrote a Research Report that explains his strategy in full detail.

It's called: How to Make a Fortune Spotting the Perfect Trade

Inside, you'll learn everything you need to know to follow Jeff's trading system...

I'd like to send you a copy of this report, free of charge.

How can I do this?

Because we signed an exclusive contract with Jeff that gives you complete, weekly access to his best picks.

Jeff has shut down his brokerage business. He's retired. He wants to spend more time with his wife and two kids.

But he wants to keep finding winning plays. Jeff's passion is making folks rich in the markets with his options research. He still wakes at 4 a.m. most days to study profitable chart patterns and look for the best plays of the week. That's why, back  in 2004, he approached S&A Research about publishing his trading picks.

His contract guarantees you'll have his expertise on staff. That means you can get trading recommendations from one of the world's top options specialists at just a fifth of the price his lowest net-worth client would have had to pay.

Besides... as you'll soon find out for yourself, you could easily make 100 times the cost of Jeff's research back in just your first two weeks...

In fact, it could happen sooner than you realize.

Jeff has just identified a pattern that should amount to one of the biggest, fastest, most profitable plays he's made in the last four years.

According to Jeff, you could make EIGHT TIMES your money on one play as this pattern plays out...

But you have to be ready. The email alert could trigger any day now.

Let me show you what I mean...

800% Upside in Natural Gas

Jeff believes that the natural gas sector is about to make a huge move. It'll happen too quickly for most people to even see it... and his pattern research indicates that a single options play on this move could make you 8 times your money or more.

Take a look for yourself. Here's a chart of the Natural Gas Index (NATGAS)...

See the "Head-and-Shoulder" pattern?

This pattern develops over and over again in the natural gas sector. In fact – Jeff has been successfully trading it every year for the past 6 years.

Back in 2006, for example, natural gas hit $15... then took an incredible nosedive down to $4. On just a single play, Jeff saw a huge gain as the Head and Shoulder shot the price back up again.

More recently – on July 1 of this year – Jeff spotted the pattern again... and knew an immediate move would take place.

Sure enough, the Natural Gas Index took a 50% nosedive...

But Jeff DID NOT issue an options play.

Why?

Because according to Jeff, this recent Head-and-Shoulders pattern is only a prelude to another, much BIGGER pattern that should amount to the single biggest move in the natural gas sector in the last 2 years.

As he explained in a recent email:

"It's the best trade I see for the rest of the year. You could make 800% on a single move."

Let me show you what I mean...

Take another look at the same chart (the Natural Gas Index).

See the "Head" that just re-surfaced in 2008?

According to Jeff, the sector's already beginning to move again. It's only a matter of time before the "Shoulder" forms – causing a jump as high as anything seen in this sector since 2006...

When it does, Jeff will pick it off and issue an immediate trigger point. He'll send out an email alert. It'll happen very quickly.

Those who are familiar with Jeff's track record when it comes to forecasting big moves are understandably very excited about this Next Big Move. As you'll see... predicting moves in the market is Jeff's specialty.

Look at semiconductors. On October 14 last year – Jeff predicted the whole sector would make a major move. The next day... the index began a 160-POINT slide.

And if you'd gotten in on his recommended play, you'd have seen 110% gains in 1 day... 104% gains in 7 days... and 94% in 3 days.

The same thing happened with gold. Back in October 2006 – Jeff predicted the Gold Bugs Index (HUI) would rise... which it did, climbing 55 points.

His recommended gold plays went on to make those who followed him a killing... 100% in 1 day and 105% in 3 days on Glamis Gold (GLG). And the surprising thing is – that was based on only a small 8% increase in the price of the stock...

So consider this: If an 8% move can double your money... what do you think will happen when the natural gas sector EXPLODES???

Make 8 Times Your Money
on a Single Play

Jeff has been writing about and tracking this move all year ... and is watching the available plays closely – one of which he believes could easily return 8-times your money or more, in as little as 24 hours.

The pattern's already taking shape...

Jeff's just waiting for his proprietary timing trigger to snap into place before he'll alert his readers to execute the trade. 

But keep this in mind...

To take full advantage of Jeff's research, you MUST be alert, fully prepared that you may only have a couple days notice from Jeff.

Jeff's email alerts will arrive in your inbox each Tuesday afternoon. So if you go an entire week without checking your email... you might completely miss out on Jeff's natural gas play.

If you can't handle that kind of aggressive trading... then I recommend you stay away from Jeff's work completely. Go buy yourself a Treasury bond.

As soon as you sign up for Jeff's research service – The S&A Short Report – you'll immediately be in a position to receive Jeff's email alert for this pick...

Jeff Clark Can Turn $5,000 into
$50,450... in 3 months

By becoming a new member of S&A Short Report, you'll be among a group of people with exclusive access to Jeff's research... to the kind of picks that bagged:

And get this: Over the past summer – from June to August, 2008 alone – if you'd put $5,000 into each of Jeff's plays, you'd have made $50,450 total profit.

Could you use an extra $50,000+ in the next 3 months? How much would you pay
to secure that kind of profit?  

The fact is, you're simply not going to find a research service that performs as
consistently well as the S&A Short Report...

And you certainly won't find a trading system that performs with better accuracy
than Jeff's.

That's because Jeff Clark is a financial pro.

He's used this system for the past 25 years for his wealthy California clients.

He's run a $100 million brokerage firm. He's taught advanced MBA courses in options trading, behavioral finance, and securities pricing. He's even developed an
entire course outline for MBA programs.

In other words, he's done all there is to do. He's arguably one of the best options specialists in the world.

But keep this in mind...

For the past 20 years, only 100 of the wealthiest people in the country have been allowed to profit from Jeff's research.

To be one of Jeff's clients, your account minimum had to be $250,000. And you had to pay a minimum of $5,000 for his research.

So the S&A Short Report does not come cheap...

One full year of the S&A Short Report costs $4,000. If you think that's too much money, don't bother subscribing.

You see, it costs twice as much as most other options advisories out there because it performs 2-times better, if not more. In fact, Jeff's research has outperformed every other research advisory at S&A Research for the past 2 years... and is the #1 trading advisory in the industry. Put simply: If you want a piece of the action, you ought to be willing
to pay for it.

As I said before, while most people have been losing money recently – you could have made $50,450 profit with Jeff's picks
in the last 3 months alone.

Jeff Clark is, without a doubt, the best trader I know. To have access to his Short Report research for $4,000 a year is a bargain. But don't just take my word for it...

As subscriber Matt Zimmer from Iowa says:

"You should charge $10,000 a year for Jeff's service to keep the riffraff out. I made enough on his last recommendation, 4 days ago, to pay for the next 4 years of service!!"

What You'll Get as a New Member

By becoming a new member of the S&A Short Report, you'll receive an email alert each Tuesday afternoon, directly from Jeff. He'll give you the full details on his weekly trade recommendation... what to buy... and when to pull the trigger.

At that point, it's up to you to take action.

But you won't be on your own. Throughout the week, Jeff will monitor the pick and stay in constant touch with you...

You'll receive email updates as necessary, letting you know exactly when to lock-in your profit... when to add to your position... and when to sell.

The best part is, you'll receive Jeff's alerts EVERY WEEK for an ENTIRE YEAR...

In other words: You'll have dozens of chances to make a killing trading options...

In the next few hours – you'll also  get your password to the S&A Short Report website... and access to Jeff's exclusive report I told you about in this letter:

Read this report carefully right away. It'll take you just a few minutes.

Bottom-line: If you consistently follow Jeff's advice... week after week... I believe you'll make more money in the next year than you've ever made in any market – with any style of investing.

Just take another look at Jeff's track record to the right.

And one more thing...

Our guarantee: If you're not happy with Jeff's research for any reason... if you're not making huge returns following his advice... let us know within the first 90 days of your subscription... and you can get a full refund.

Every last penny. No questions asked.

Please keep in mind: The S&A Short Report is a trading research service. Jeff will typically deliver these picks every Tuesday. He will be recommending fast-moving options. You should be able to execute the trade within 1 day of receiving it.

To secure your spot, Subscribe Now

Sincerely,



George Rayburn
Publisher, Stansberry & Associates Investment Research
October 2008

P.S. What amazes me about Jeff Clark is how even in the choppiest markets, he continues to find hugely successful plays. This year alone – while most folks are  getting crushed – his readers have seen gains like 490% in 25 days... 233% in 13 days... 211% in 3 days... 140% in 2 days... 130% in 9 days... 110% in 8 HOURS... 104% in 7 days... and 7 other 100%+ gains.

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