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2005-2006 Schedule

Meeting # 1:
Speaker: |
Ralph Acampora |
Date: |
Tuesday September 20, 2005 |
Time: |
7:00
p.m. (Registration 6:30) |
Duration: |
2 hours
+/- |
Location: |
Crowne Plaza |

Ralph J. Acampora, CMT, Managing
Director, Global Equity Research, serves
as Prudential Equity Group, LLC Director of Technical
Analysis. He is a widely recognized industry leader in
the field of Technical Market Analysis. Mr. Acampora is
a regular panelist on the popular weekly TV show, Wall $treet
Week with Louis Rukeyser. He is regularly consulted for
his opinion about the market by major national
newspapers throughout the country including The Wall
Street Journal, Barron's, Business Week, USA Today, and
hundreds of local papers. Mr. Acampora has appeared on
the NBC Nightly News, CNBC, CNN-FN and other business
news stations. With nearly 30 years of technical
experience, Mr. Acampora has been instrumental in the
development of modern-day technical analysis. He
co-founded the Market Technicians' Association in 1970,
and is a past president of that group; founded and was
the first chairman of the International Federation of
Technical Analysts, comprising 4,000 colleagues around
the world; and helped create the Chartered Market
Technician (CMT) examination that now leads to the
technicians' version of the CFA. |

Meeting # 2:
Speaker: |
Joe Krutsinger, CTA |
Date: |
Tuesday October 18, 2005 |
Time: |
7:00
p.m. (Registration 6:30) |
Duration: |
2 hours
+/- |
Location: |
Crowne Plaza |
Files: |
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Date: |
Tuesday October 18, 2005 |
Time: |
7:00
p.m. (Registration 6:30) |
Duration: |
2 hours
+/- |
Location: |
Crowne Plaza |
Files: |
Tom Sprunger
ADX Trading Plan (.pdf file) |
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 Joe Krutsinger began his
futures and options career over twenty-six years
ago with ContiCommodity. He has worked in every
facet of the industry and continues to be a
prolific developer of trading systems. He has
developed proprietary trading programs for
numerous clients and brokerage firms and
currently works directly with clients and
brokerage firms designing custom systems. Joe
has been a trading system design consultant
since 1989 and teaches traders how to develop
systems using state of the art system automation
software.
A featured speaker and teacher
at seminars and meetings worldwide, Joe
co-authored The Commodity Cookbook: Recipes for
Success and was a contributing author to High
Performance Futures Trading, Lessons from the
Master. (This was the 1990 book of the year, the
1990 Supertrader's Almanac-Calendar edition).
Joe has also been featured in the Future's
Learning Center's three video courses, Trading
Systems 101, 102 and 103. Joe Holds
License Block Number 0001 for Tradestation, as the
first licensed user for that product.
Mr. Krutsinger's book, The
Trading Systems ToolKit was Fortune Book Club
Selection and his book Trading Systems, The
Secrets from the Master published by McGraw-Hill
in 1997 has been highly rated. His newest book,
Trading Systems Secrets, Selecting a Winning
System, is in paperback. |
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Meeting # 3:
Speaker: |
Stephen W. Bigalow |
Date: |
Tuesday November 15, 2005 |
Time: |
7:00
p.m. (Registration 6:30) |
Duration: |
2 hours
+/- |
Location: |
Crowne Plaza |
Stephen
W. Bigalow possesses over twenty-five
years of investment experience,
including eight years as a stockbroker
with major Wall Street firms: Kidder
Peabody & Company, Cowen & Company and
Oppenheimer & Company. This was followed
by fifteen years of commodity trading,
overlapped with twelve years of real
estate investing. He holds a business
and economics degree from Cornell
University, and has lectured at Cornell
and at many private educational
investment functions over the past
twenty years.
Mr. Bigalow has advised professional
traders, money managers, mutual funds
and hedge funds, and is recognized by
many in the trading community as the
"professional's professional."
Visit
Steve's website, get his books and
Candlestick Flash Cards here:
http://www.candlestickforum.com/
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Meeting # 4:
* Second Tuesday
Meeting due to Holidays
Speaker: |
James H. Jones |
Date: |
Tuesday December 13, 2005 |
Time: |
7:00
p.m. (Registration 6:30) |
Duration: |
2 hours
+/- |
Location: |
Crowne Plaza |
James H. Jones has
been involved in the Futures industry since 1972. During
this time Mr. Jones has focused his efforts on the
development of technical research, pattern recognition
and computerized models to help predict price movement.
His research efforts have produced the HAL Blue Book,
advancements in the HAL Method of Cyclical Analysis,
Time and Price Windows, Cyclic Pattern Fitting (CPF),
Equity Net, the HAL Oscillator and over 2,000 individual
signals for trading the markets. An early leader in the
use of computer analysis, Mr. Jones co-founded CompuTrac
(a company that developed analytical software that set
the standard for the futures industry, now a Telerate
company). He has been the publisher of HALCO Trading
Strategies since 1985 and has been quoted in Futures
Magazine, Investors Daily, Barron’s, FWN and Cycles
Magazine.
Mr. Jones graduated from the University of Texas at
Austin in 1972 with a BBA degree in Finance. He is
currently employed as Senior Vice President of
Investment and an Associated Person with Southwest
Securities, Inc. in Dallas, TX. Mr. Jones was first
registered as a CTA in 1980 and currently manages
several trading programs. The seasonal program has been
ranked in the top five by Barclay’s Top Twenty CTA
Performers based on it’s three year performance history.
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Meeting #
5:
Speaker: |
Don Bright |
Date: |
Tuesday January 17, 2006 |
Time: |
7:00
p.m. (Registration 6:30) |
Duration: |
2 hours
+/- |
Location: |
Crowne Plaza |
A
Market Maker and Floor Broker on the Pacific Stock
Exchange from 1979 to 1989, and Trader and Director of
Education for Bright Trading (one of the largest
professional trading firms). Don brings “reality” to
trading. Bright Trading has hundreds of professional
traders, both he and his brother Bob actively trade on a
daily basis. Don writes a monthly column in
Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities
magazine, and hosts “Stocktrading with the Bright
Brothers” radio show (which can be heard every
Saturday at Noon Pacific Time on the Web at
www.stocktrading.com). Don brings some of the world's
best traders to help teach his 3 Day Training
Course and his 4 week "Boot Camps." Don also
tours the Country and abroad with his "Beyond the
Snake Oil" workshops.
After graduating College in 1971, Don went directly into
Public Accounting for a few years. After getting tired
of "counting other people's money" - he started American
Marine, a ski boat dealership in Southern California,
with a long time friend. He sold that business in 1976
and went to Washington State to build Racquetball Courts
and took over the Controller duties for a friend's
Electrical Contracting firm. In 1979, his brother Bob
invited him down to San Francisco and persuaded him to
join him on the Pacific Stock Exchange. Don became an
Options market maker in April, 1979. He expanded his
role by becoming a dually registered trader, and traded
options and ran the Bright professional brokerage
operation, providing stock trading services to exchange
traders.
When asked to address those who want to become career
professional traders, he is quick to make this
distinction: “There are only around 7,000 professional,
proprietary traders in the entire country, including the
NY Specialists and the NASDAQ Market Makers. There are
over 14 Million “online investors” which slants the odds
way in our favor.”
Don will talk about techniques and tactics that are
being used Today, not old re-hashed trading
models being sold by the uninformed to the uninitiated.
Opening only orders based on fair value calculations,
market on close imbalances, order routing, specialist
vs. market maker, current arbitrage opportunities, etc.
“All the things you must know cold before ever
clicking your mouse.”
You will learn about things that you never knew existed!
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Meeting #
6:
Speaker: |
Jim Willis |
Date: |
Tuesday February 21, 2006 |
Time: |
7:00
p.m. (Registration 6:30) |
Duration: |
2 hours
+/- |
Location: |
Crowne Plaza |
The speaker this month
is Jim Willis, President, of Beacon Bay Advisors, a
Registered Investment Advisory that currently manages
about $25 million in business/private assets and
provides financial planning to a limited clientele.
Beacon Bay Advisors is located in Dallas, TX.
Jim will present a 90-minute discussion on why, where,
when, and how to invest in specific domestic and
international equities that are primarily engaged in the
natural resources arena. This will include (below
ground) crude oil, natural gas, iron ore, coal, copper,
uranium and special alloys. The (above ground) areas
will include cement, pipelines, oil tankers, and
refineries. He will name and identify specific companies
that are poised to benefit from the global economical
growth that is now occurring throughout the global
economy.
Jim's background spans
25 years in telecom where he held highly successful
sales and management positions with Inter-Tel, SRX,
Tigon Corporation, Octel Communications, Lucent
Technologies, Avaya, JP Systems, and MobileWay. His
business experience extended globally and has traveled
extensively worldwide.
He has been an active investor
since 1985 including mutual funds, equities, futures,
and options. He uses both fundamental and technical
analysis in his trading approach. His certifications
include (Series 7, 66, AAMS) and worked with A.G.
Edwards for several years prior to launching Beacon Bay
Advisors in May 2005. He resides in Carrollton, TX with
his wife Charlene. His presentation and speaking skills
are world class.
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Meeting # 7:
Speaker: |
Stephen W. Bigalow |
Date: |
Tuesday March 21, 2006 |
Time: |
7:00
p.m. (Registration 6:30) |
Duration: |
2 hours
+/- |
Location: |
Crowne Plaza |
Stephen
W. Bigalow possesses over twenty-five
years of investment experience,
including eight years as a stockbroker
with major Wall Street firms: Kidder
Peabody & Company, Cowen & Company and
Oppenheimer & Company. This was followed
by fifteen years of commodity trading,
overlapped with twelve years of real
estate investing. He holds a business
and economics degree from Cornell
University, and has lectured at Cornell
and at many private educational
investment functions over the past
twenty years.
Mr. Bigalow has advised professional
traders, money managers, mutual funds
and hedge funds, and is recognized by
many in the trading community as the
"professional's professional."
Visit
Steve's website, get his books and
Candlestick Flash Cards here:
http://www.candlestickforum.com/
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Meeting # 8:
Speaker: |
Hank Mulvihill & Fred
Richards |
Date: |
Tuesday April 18, 2006 |
Time: |
7:00
p.m. (Registration 6:30) |
Duration: |
2 hours
+/- |
Location: |
Crowne Plaza |

Hank Mulvihill ,
Principal at Mulvihill Asset
Management
Specialties:
1. Analysis of global, national,
regional and local economic trends.
2. Separate accounts, fully transparent,
fee-based, securities portfolio
management using individual
stocks, bonds, and exchange traded
funds. Risk
Management of portfolio positions
through technical and fundamental
analysis. Portfolio manager since 1987.
Pension and institutional
programs. 3. Cash Management for
organizations and governments, since
1989. Certified Cash Manager
permanent credential.
See us at
www.FEDFRIDAY.COM,
the economic outlook forum. Mulvihill
Asset
Management is an independent financial
firm providing investment
management and advisory services;
cash management to organizations and
governments; financial
consulting; appraisal of multi-class
investment and
insurance portfolios; financial
planning; risk management; insurance
portfolio management services in the
areas of life, health, long term
care,
disability, property and casualty,
liability, and business continuity
insurance; securities, insurance,
real estate and business brokerage;
financing services, namely, loan,
project, securitization, banking,
underwriting, syndication and
venture capital financing; trust company
services; pension services,
namely, establishment, administration,
and
termination of benefit plans, and
fiduciary advisory services. Securities
through Prospera Financial
Services. Accounts carried by NYSE
member
clearing firm First Clearing, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Wachovia Bank.
Fred Richards is the founder of
Strategic Investing and manages his own
funds. A portion of those funds he runs
in the clear to help his subscribers
learn his investment techniques and
strategies. His Conservative portfolio
has averaged over 80% compounded
annually since May 1996 using a modified
CANSLIM mechanical approach to
investing. His Precious Metals portfolio
was launched in May 2002 and is up over
1,000%. He wrote his first computer
program for investments in 1963. A
grand-fathered CFA, his investment
approach combines macro economics,
fundamental security analysis, and
technical indicators. Fred will discuss
why it takes more than TA to succeed in
today's investment world. His investment
philosophy is KISS + SF ... Keep It
Safe, Simple and Stay Focused.
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Meeting # 9:
Speaker: |
Gregory L. Morris |
Date: |
Tuesday May 16, 2006 |
Time: |
7:00
p.m. (Registration 6:30) |
Duration: |
2 hours
+/- |
Location: |
Crowne Plaza |

Since June, 2005, Gregory L. Morris has
been a portfolio manager for PMFM, Inc.,
managing their
PMFM Core Advantage Portfolio Trust
mutual fund.
From December, 2003 to May, 2005, Greg
had served as a Trustee and advisor to
the MurphyMorris ETF Fund. He also
served as
Treasurer and Chief Executive Officer of
MurphyMorris Money Management Co, the
Advisor to the Fund. Greg has written
his second book with McGraw-Hill;
“The
Complete Guide to Market Breadth
Indicators,”
a book introducing market breadth for
investors. He is also working on a
third edition to his best-selling
“Candlestick Charting Explained.” Since
October, 2002, Greg
(also President of G. Morris
Advisors, Inc.) has been working with
StockCharts.com, the leading web-based
charting service. He is providing
consulting services in marketing,
financial development, and
business alliances to
StockCharts.com. From 1996 to
2002, Greg was CEO of MurphyMorris.Inc.,
the leading provider of
web-based market analysis tools
and commentary, with his partner, John
Murphy, a former CNBC analyst. MurphyMorris,
Inc. was acquired by
StockCharts.com, Inc. in October,
2002. In 1999, Greg and three
associates started MurphyMorris Money
Management Co. to manage assets for
individuals. This focus was later
changed to address the firm
becoming the Advisor to the MurphyMorris
ETF Fund in January, 2004, and later
merged into the PMFM family of funds.
From 1994 to 1996, he was President of
G. Morris Corporation, a Dallas,
Texas
headquartered business that provided
products and services for investors and
traders. His lead product was a series
of over 450
Indicators
&Trading Systems
that supported most windows-based
technical analysis software packages.
From 1993 to 1994, Greg was part of
MarketArts, Inc. which launched the
first windows-based technical analysis
software program, “Windows on Wall
Street.” In 1992 he published a book
on Japanese candlestick analysis
called CandlePower, now available in
soft cover as Candlestick Charting
Explained (McGraw-Hill). Widely
recognized as an expert on candlesticks
and the developer of candlestick
filtering, he has lectured around the
world on the subject. In
May, 1989, he
was awarded “outstanding alumni for
1989” from Pratt County College. From
1982 until 1993, he worked in
association with N-Squared Computing,
producing over 15 technical analysis and
charting software titles, many of which
are actively used today. Greg
retired in 2004 after 26 years as
a Captain with a major airline. He
graduated from the University of Texas
at Austin in 1971, has a BS degree in
Aerospace Engineering, has authored
numerous investment-related articles,
and appeared many times on Financial
News Network (FNN). From 1971 to 1977,
he was a Navy F-4 fighter pilot aboard
USS Independence who was
selected for, and graduated from,
the Navy Fighter
Weapons School known as Top Gun.
Married with two adult children (both
engineers) and two step children, Greg
and his wife, Laura, live and office in
the mountains of North Georgia.
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