Over the past few weeks, I have shown you the four steps to becoming a successful trader.

We talked about 1) visioning, 2) rules-based trading, 3) healthy trading mindsets, and 4) trading as a business.

It’s one thing to know how to trade – but it’s another to actually do it. It’s time to put everything you have learned into action…

We’ve talked before about the transformation the retail sector has undergone in recent years…

Consumers are bypassing traditional retailers, going straight to their favorite brands for products. They’re buying products online from the comfort of their own home, waiting sometimes just a few hours to see purchases arrive on their front stoop.

And brick-and-mortar stores are feeling the heat.

In the coming months, over 100 Sears and Kmart stores will close. Popular teen clothing store Forever 21 just filed for bankruptcy. In Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.’s (NASDAQ: BBBY) most recent earnings call, it announced the closure of 20 more stores – adding to its already long list of 40.

But there is one retailer that refuses to be forgotten. And the department store chain is making big changes that have the potential to turn the upcoming holiday season into a major moneymaker.

You don’t want to let this potential cash cow pass you by – click here to learn how to cash in before the holidays hit…

The evolution of the cell phone is like nothing I’ve ever seen.

It feels like a million years ago, but I still remember when people first started using them. They were massive, clunky things that rarely even worked.

Now, they fit in your pocket. And they can tell you everything you’d ever need to know, from the weather to the quickest route home. You can even use them to trade!

The cell phone of the early 90s is a whole lot different than the one you’re probably using today. And the new technology is still on a fast-track to the future.

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT)‘s newest smartphone proves that. It looks completely different than the pocket-sized rectangles we’ve grown used to, and it could shoot MSFT into an entirely new world of profit opportunity.

Here’s how you can cash in…

Back when I was a kid, having some fun meant heading out on my bike and promising my parents I’d be back before dinner.

I’d play a pick-up game of basketball or maybe even wrangle up enough neighbors for kick-the-can. And the most high-tech I could get was bringing a pocketful of quarters to the arcade.

If you told my ten-year-old self that one day, people could put on a pair of goggles and be transported to an alternate universe, I’d never have believed you. In fact, the 54-year-old version of me wouldn’t believe you either – if I didn’t have the proof of it at my fingertips, that is.

It’s called virtual or augmented reality, and it’s completely transforming the world of entertainment. Really, we’ve never seen anything like this. The possibilities that this technology hands us has been one of Silicon Valley’s best kept secrets.

But not anymore. One of the biggest technology companies in the world just stepped into the new space, and it’s opening the door to this untapped industry.

They aren’t just constructing a new type of entertainment – this company is creating a place where your bank account can truly thrive as well.

Here’s how to cash in on the up-and-coming industry of augmented reality…