Additional HYIP Tips
Tip #1: Don't let large amounts accumulate; take smaller profits often and you'll see REAL money. Even from the most stable programs; take funds back often. Taking small amounts of profit along the way, versus letting a larger amount accumulate before a program goes sour will allow you to see real money instead of missing out on what you thought you had.
Tip #2: Don't jump into new programs right away. We know; "ground floor opportunity, first in gets the worm". Wrong! Truth is, MANY programs never make it through launch. The facts?? If it's good this week, it will be good next week or a month or three months from now. Let the program establish a payout history with good customer service before putting money into them. With some exceptions, we don't really join new programs right off the bat. If they're still around in another month and everyone who's in them is happy with the program, then it's time to take another look at it. One way to check is to read each program's member forums.
Tip #3: Don't put large amounts of money into newbie programs no matter how good they look or how well they come recommended. Time is of the essence. We can name many programs last year who paid out for three or four months and then POOF!... vanished within thin air into cyberspace.
Just as everyone got comfortable with them and started putting some real money into them; they disappeared. Continue using the same strategy of recouping seed money ASAP and building your portfolio with half the profits each time the program pays out; and putting half the profits into your pocket each payout. Small profits in lots of programs beats a big loss in a single program or two.
Tip #4: Anticipate some rough water ahead and weather it out while the administrative end of some programs catches up with the trading and sign-ups as enrollments escalate. Most programs with small Admin Staff have no concept of how many people can enter a program off the net in a short period of time. It doesn't take long to get in a real pickle admin-wise. And remember, only fund programs that have real contact people; like real email, phone and fax numbers to communicate with, real snail mail addresses and places of business. DON'T do business when the program gives you only an e-gold account number to do a spend to and a ziplip, hushmail, hotmail, or yahoo address as the only means of communicating with them.
The Internet Arena works at producing income for those willing to apply the rules above, but it's a vicious minefield for the uneducated and the "I'll do it my way-ers".
A good philosophy to apply in this arena is best described by Alexander Graham Bell 1847-1922, Inventor and Teacher of the Deaf: "When one door closes another one opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us." This is very true in this arena.
Tips For Those Intermediate In HYIP (For those of you who have been active in HYIPs for over 2 months)
If you're one of those people who've been active in HYIPs for over 2 months, you've probably already gotten a sense of what kind of returns you're capable of making. However, even experts need a strategy. Here's a strategy that we feel works well for the novice in HYIP's:
Remember, the key to long term success is "diversity". Without diversity, that $1000 that you've spent in only 3 programs could easily evaporate in minutes. Even though a lot of program admins don't admit it, a lot of programs really use their funds to spend into other HYIP's.
If you're only in 3 programs - Programs A, B, & C - your risk of having a domino loss of your funds is more likely. For example, Program A is a huge successful program that's been running for 2 years. They've gotten everyone's confidence, including the confidence of program B. Program B spends 1/2 of all their funds into program A, expecting the returns to continue. Program C's admin, on the other hand, is great friends with the admin of Program B. He has 100% confidence that Program B's admin won't run off with the money, and spends 60% of their funds into Program B.
Everyone thinks they're secure, until Program A loses all its money by hiring a bad Forex Trader. In turn, Program A can no longer afford to pay, so they close up. Program B then loses 1/2 of its weekly revenue, since this money was in Program A, and decide that they no longer can afford to payout. Program C, then loses 60% of its revenue, and also closes up. All this can happen in less then one week. Your $1000 into 3 programs, that seemed very stable, has vanished into thin air.
This is exactly why diversification is so very important. When you're spending large amounts (by large amounts, we usually mean over $1000), you should spread this money across at least 8-10 stable programs. This will prevent you from suffering a domino collapse of massive proportions. Those 8-10 Programs you pick should be a mixture of daily, weekly, and monthly payers. What typically works well is that you distribute your funds like this:
Daily Payers - 25%
Weekly Payers - 45%
Monthly Payers - 30%
How to pick a stable HYIP - Daily, Weekly, or Monthly payers?
HYIP's are usually set up to pay a percentage of your deposit back in Daily, Weekly, or Monthly payouts. Are any of these payment structures more secure and reliable then the others?
We have found that different payment structures lead to different states of security and longevity of an HYIP. As a general rule, the least secure of these structures are the daily paying programs, although some have been around for almost 2 years and going strong. These programs usually claim to offer anywhere from 0.5%-7% per day (Gold games often offer much more then this per day. Stay away from all gold games unless you're a gambler).
We have found that Weekly paying programs, followed closely by Monthly payers, have been much, much more reliable in the long run. Sure you'll find scams in weekly and monthly programs; however, the risk is slightly less then that of daily paying programs.
It's hard to say exactly why Weekly and Monthly programs tend to last longer and be more secure then Daily paying programs. Perhaps it's because Daily paying programs don't have the ability to spend their funds into long term less risky places, while weekly and monthly payers can spend their funds into more stable longer term places. This also allows them to compound their funds. A program will only last as long as it's funds payoff a greater percentage then they have to pay to their members. This is why you're probably better off by placing your funds into a variable weekly paying program.
Tips For Those Advanced In HYIP.
In reality, we shouldn't be giving strategy to those experienced in HYIP, since they've probably already made profits and know what works best for them. By being experienced, we mean you've gone through the ups and downs with HYIPs and learned what works and what doesn't.
Diversification was the key for the beginners and the novice . Diversification is also the key for the experienced , but it's a little more manipulative. All active in HYIP no matter how experienced you are and no matter what you're involved in,should diversify.
However for those experienced in HYIP , diversification means spending in more then 4-5 programs rather then 8-10. As one becomes experienced in the field, they learn what types of programs pay, and what ones turn out to be scams. Usually at any time, there are at least 5 top HYIPs out there that have been paying for a while and don't show signs of failure. Being experienced, you would diversify your funds among these 5 programs.
Should you spend more in one than the other?
That's really up to you. However, keeping the spends in each program within 20% of each other. For example, if you have $10,000 to start with, your breakdown would look something like this:
Program #1 - $2,000
Program #2 - $2,400
Program #3 - $1,600
Program #4 - $1,800
Program #5 - $2,200
As you can see, all the programs are within 20% of the average spend ($2,000). This might be hard to do sometimes, but we have found that keeping the spends within 20% of the mean spend provides stability for your funds. Other than this, you have to see what works best for you.[TAS]