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2011-2012
Schedule
Meeting # 1:
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Speaker:
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Dave
Landry
www.DaveLandry.com
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Date: |
September 20, 2011 |
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Time: |
7:00
p.m. (Registration 6:30) |
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Duration: |
2
hours
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Location: |
Crowne
Plaza |
| Topic: |
A Simple Approach to Trading
Trends for Both Short-term and Longer-term Gains |
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Dave Landry has been actively trading the markets since the early 90s. In 1995 he founded Sentive Trading, LLC, (d/b/a www.davelandry.com)--a trading and consulting firm. He is author of "Dave Landry on Swing Trading" (2000), "Dave Landry’s 10 Best Swing Trading Patterns & Strategies" (2003), and "The Layman’s Guide to Trading Stocks" (2010).
His books have been translated into Russian, Italian, French, Japanese, and Chinese. He has made several television appearances, has written articles for several publications including Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, Active Trader, and Traders Journal-Singapore.
He has been publishing daily web based commentary on technical trading since 1997. He has spoken at trading conferences both nationally and internationally.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and has an MBA. He was registered as a Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) from 1995 to 2009.
He is a member of the American Association of Professional Technical Analysts.
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Meeting # 2:
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Speaker: |
Dean Malone
www.compassfx.com
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Date: |
Oct 18, 2011 |
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Time: |
7:00
p.m. (Registration 6:30) |
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Duration: |
2
hours
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Location: |
Crowne
Plaza |
| Topic: |
Trading the Potential collapse of the Euro |
As a recognized authority in the Forex market, Dean Malone has been interviewed and quoted by CNBC, Reuters, CNN, Wall Street Journal, and others about the Foreign Currency market, its effect on the economy, and how investors and traders can trade the currency markets.
Dean began trading stocks and commodities online in the early 1990s as a hobby. With an entrepreneurial spirit, a background in public speaking and a remarkable talent for teaching, Dean worked his way from a sales representative to a national trainer for a Fortune 500 company. Building on his experience and turning his hobby of trading into profession, Dean was selected to be a national trainer for one of the first retail Forex trading platforms in the U.S.
Since 2002, Dean has taught tens of thousands how to trade stocks, options, and foreign currency while at the same time sharing his vast knowledge of trading. He is a registered NFA member and CTA. He serves as a Forex strategist and currency director for CompassFX, a retail brokerage firm in Richardson, TX.
Dean developed and released the Synergy trading method thru CompassFX in 2005. Over the next few months, the Synergy method gained immediate acceptance and was sought after by hundreds of Forex traders and various Forex trading groups throughout the United States and Canada. Synergy is an effective Forex trading method developed to simplify trading decisions by combining the market forces of Price Action and Market Sentiment to produce higher probability trades. It is now used by traders globally with thousands of traders.
Dean hosts a daily online Active Trading Room for Forex traders during the U.S. session. As he trades the Synergy method, members of the room actively trade along and get the opportunity to learn some of the best kept trade techniques used by professional traders.
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Meeting # 3:
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Speaker:
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James Dalton
www.jamesdaltontrading.com |
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Date: |
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Time: |
7:00
p.m. (Registration 6:30) |
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Duration: |
2
hours
+/- |
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Location: |
Crowne
Plaza |
| Topic: |
"Trading with the Market Profile vs. Trading the Market Profile" |
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Have you ever wondered how some traders
can read the market and have a good idea of where it is
headed, while you have no idea? Successful traders
employ a methodology that encompasses many observations
to build their market understanding and execute their
trading ideas. You can compete by having a broader
understanding that you carry into your shorter-term
trading plan.
Jim will discuss his approach to
formulating his market perspective and how he trades
each day. Some topics of discussion:
- The two-way auction process
- Balance and excess -- the two most important
concepts we deal with -- how to interpret and trade
them
- Long term, intermediate term, short term, and day
timeframe trends
- How overnight inventory affects the next pit
session trading
- References -- important price levels
Jim is not a Profile trader. However, he
will share how he employs the concepts of the Market
Profile -- time, price and volume -- for both longer
term and shorter term trading. He will also show how you
can implement these observations into your own trading
regimen.
Jim will analyze several current markets to show you how
to put his concepts into practice. He will specifically
discuss what he will be considering for the next trading
day and why. He will be happy to analyze other markets,
ETFs, and stocks upon your request.
Join us for a thought-provoking and hands-on discussion
about what is required to trade successfully over the
long term.
James F. Dalton has been involved in the stock and futures markets for more than 40 years. He has been a member of the Chicago Board of Trade as well as a member of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Senior Executive Vice President of the CBOE during it formative years.
At Paine Webber - which merged into UBS Financial Services - Jim managed an institutional trading desk, then served as Manger, Hedge Fund Research, and finally became Director of Research for Managed Accounts. His experience is fully realized in two books: "Mind Over Markets: Power Trading with Market Generated Information" (1993) and "Markets in Profile: Profiting from the Auction Process" (2007) and his latest work, the "Field of Vision" video.
Currently a full-time trader, Jim advises two hedge funds and several trading firms. Jim is a discretionary trader and long-time proponent of employing the Market Profile to facilitate trading.
The ways in which the behavior of markets and traders affects each other serves as a common thread through Jim's writing, trading, and mentoring. He believes that ultimately self understanding is as important as market understanding; only when the two are equally well comprehended can the whole trader emerge and compete with greater odds of success. |
Meeting # 4:
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Speaker: Web: |
L.A. Little
www.TAToday.com
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Date: |
December 13, 2011 |
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Time: |
7:00
p.m. (Registration 6:30) |
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Duration: |
2
hours
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Location: |
Crowne
Plaza |
| Topic: |
TBD |
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L.A. Little, author, professional trader, money manager and founder and frequent contributor to Technical Analysis Today
(TAToday.com), an educational site that features tools to implement the concepts of qualified trends and anchored support and resistance. Little's background includes degrees in Philosophy, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems and Telecommunications. With a trading philosophy centered on capital protection first and the accumulation of consistent gains over time, Little espouses a simple technical approach to trading the markets that is a throwback to the days of past. With a focus on swing points, trend qualification and anchored support and resistance zones, he provides a breath of fresh air to an otherwise crowded room of derivative indicators with an emphasis on technical minutiae.
L.A. writes daily trading articles for the paid
subscription site RealMoney.com and weekly articles and video presentations for the free site,
TheStreet.com. Additionally he blogs to Technical Analysis Today each day about what are the
primary drivers and qualified trends for the market. He has appeared numerous times in other venues and has been interviewed as well. He is the author of two books and is currently working on his third.
L.A. has authored two books,
"Trend Qualification and Trading, Techniques to Identify the Best Trends to Trade", and "Trade Like the Little Guy, How a Small Trader can Consistently Profit in the Markets"
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Meeting # 5:
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Speaker: |
Panel Discussion
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Date: |
January 17, 2012
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Time: |
7:00
p.m. (Registration 6:30) |
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Duration: |
2
hours
+/- |
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Location: |
Crowne
Plaza |
| Topic: |
"What To Expect From The Markets in
2012" |
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Meeting # 6:
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Speaker: Web: |
Al Brooks
www.brookspriceaction.com |
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Date: |
February 21, 2012 |
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Time: |
7:00
p.m. (Registration 6:30) |
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Duration: |
2
hours
+/- |
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Location: |
Crowne
Plaza |
| Topic: |
Creating Binary Choices For An Edge In The
Market
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Institutions control both sides of every
major market, and to trade profitably, you have to able to
take money from their accounts and put it into yours. This is
very difficult to do because they are consistently profitable.
One way to give yourself an edge is to learn how to read the
price action on the charts. Another is to simplify your
decision making by structuring binary choices, like should I
take this trade, should I buy rallies or sell pullbacks, is
the market risk on or risk off, is the always in direction up
or down, should I swing or scalp, or there more buyers or
sellers above and below the prior bar? Al Brooks will discuss
how to create and use binary choices to give yourself a
trading edge.
Al Brooks received his BS in mathematics from Trinity College in Connecticut, and then graduated from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 1978. He changed careers from ophthalmology to day trading 25 years ago, and specializes in price action analysis.
Although he considers himself to be a trading hermit, he enjoys sharing his ideas as a technical analysis contributor to Futures magazine and in his live market commentary and daily chart analysis updates on
brookspriceaction.com. His book, Reading Price Charts Bar By Bar, was a best seller for Wiley in 2009, and in November, 2011, Wiley published his comprehensive, 540,000 word, three volume set:
Price Action Trading TRENDS
Price Action Trading TRADING RANGES
Price Action Trading REVERSALS
With his three daughters now on their own, he has had the time necessary to undertake such a large project, and the books have given him something fulfilling to do with his now much more open schedule. These new books provide a very detailed analysis of how markets work and how to trade them. Every tick on every chart is important and sometimes even the smallest movements portend large swings. There are buyers and sellers above and below every bar, and the key to successful trading is knowing when one side is likely stronger. The edge is always going to be small in trading because there are smart people who believe the exact opposite of you. However, by understanding price action, traders can find many examples on every chart, whether it is an intraday or daily chart, where there is a mathematical advantage to buying or selling.
Al enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience, and hopes that others might find it helpful.
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Meeting # 7:
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Speaker: Web: |
Larry Connors
CEO, The Connors Group
www.tradingmarkets.com
www.connorsresearch.com
www.powerratings.net
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Date: |
March
20, 2012 |
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Time: |
7:00
p.m. (Registration 6:30) |
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Duration: |
2
hours
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Location: |
Crowne Plaza |
| Topic: |
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Mr. Connors is Founder and CEO of TradingMarkets.com and
the Connors Group. Mr. Connors has over 28 years
experience working in the financial markets industry. He
started his career in 1982 at Merrill Lynch and later
moved on to become a Vice President with Donaldson,
Lufkin, Jenrette (DLJ).
Mr. Connors has built two multi-million dollar financial
market companies since 1995 including The Connors Group.
In 2009 The Connors Group was twice awarded as the 10
fastest growing private companies by the Entrex Private
Company Index.
Mr. Connors has authored top-selling books on market
strategies and volatility trading, including How Markets
Really Work and Street Smarts (with Linda Raschke).
Street Smarts was selected by Technical Analysis of
Stocks and Commodities magazine as one of "The
Classics" for trading books written in the 20th
century. His latest book, High Probability ETF Trading
was selected by SFO Magazine as one of the Ten Best
Investment and Trading Books for 2009. His books have
been translated into German, Italian, Spanish, Russian,
Japanese and Chinese.
Mr. Connors' opinions and insights have been featured
and quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times,
Barron's, Bloomberg TV & Radio, Bloomberg Magazine,
Dow Jones Newswire, Yahoo Finance, E-Trade Financial
Daily, Futures Magazine, Technical Analysis of Stocks
and Commodities, and many others. Mr. Connors has also
been a featured speaker at a number of major investment
conferences over the past two decades.
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Meeting # 8:
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Speaker: Web: |
Ryan Litchfield
www.bettertrades.com
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Date: |
April 17,
2012 |
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Time: |
7:00
p.m. (Registration 6:30) |
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Duration: |
2
hours
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Location: |
Crowne
Plaza |
| Topic: |
TBD |
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Ryan Litchfield is a professional trader, nationally known public speaker and trading coach. He is also well known for his technical analysis and candlestick charting expertise and is co-author of the definitive book "Candlestick Charting Explained.". He is a faculty
instructor and coach at www.bettertrades.com.
Experienced with a wide variety of trading and investment strategies, he has expanded the understanding of trading psychology and what it takes to win in the Head Games. Ryan believes that you will never take the emotion out of trading but you can learn how to control the emotional response to what the market does. He developed countermoves and power tweaks for use with spread and strangle strategies. Ryan teaches that trading as a skill is independent from strategies. That trading is a strategy; in fact it is The Strategy. If you do not have the trained discipline to face the fickle market and act appropriately under what ever pressure may show up on any given day, it does not matter how many strategies you know how to do.
Ryan put it all together so to speak, with the development of a powerful and unique training methodology called the Trader's Forge ™. The Traders Forge methodology incorporates the same elements used to train pilots, emergency and safety professionals to stay focused and follow appropriate procedures in high stress environments. The Bracket Trading ™ system forces proper planning by using "If / Then" scenarios, set in place while the market is closed and while traders can think clearly. This process trains the trading discipline by intense hands on application and repetition of the foundational skills. His central message is, "KNOWLEDGE is not power. EDUCATION is not the Key or the answer. In the end, the only thing that matters is what you can do under pressure. The strength of a great tree is the roots and the trunk, not the branches. |
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Meeting # 9: |
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Speaker:
Web: |
Frank
Ochoa
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Date: |
May 15,
2012 |
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Time: |
7:00
p.m.
(Registration
6:30) |
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Duration: |
2 hours
+/- |
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Location: |
Crowne Plaza |
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Topic: |
PivotBoss |
PivotBoss.com
is the
brainchild
of Frank
Ochoa, a
13-year
market
veteran
and author
of the
critically
acclaimed
book Secrets
of a Pivot
Boss.
He has
traded in
both
discretionary
and
fully-automated
trading
environments,
and has
played an
important
role in
trading
software
creation
and
development,
including
the
creation
of
advanced
trading
systems.
Frank
moved to
Austin, TX
in 1997 to
attend The
University
of Texas
at Austin,
where he
received
his B.S.
in
Corporate
Communication
in 2001,
including
an
emphasis
in
Business
Foundations.
He began
actively
trading
stocks in
1998 and
eventually
turned a
hobby into
a career
in 2001
when he
was hired
as a
Trading
Room
Intern for
the
Austin-based
software
company
Nirvana
Systems,
Inc. while
still a
Senior at
UT. Within
months,
Frank was
offered a
full time
position
as a
Market
Analyst
and was
eventually
promoted
to Sr.
Market
Analyst;
a title
that he
held for
the
remainder
of his
ten-year
career at
the
company.
In
2010,
Frank
published
his first
book, Secrets
of a Pivot
Boss,
Frank is a
premiere
trading
educator.
Frank has
educated
thousands
of traders
over the
last
decade and
has become
a highly
accomplished
public
speaker.
His
methods
for
educating
and
engaging
audiences
has
garnered
high
praise,
and his
services
are often
requested
for
speaking
engagements
across the
country.
Frank
is
well-versed
in trading
education
and
routinely
teaches on
a variety
of
subjects,
including
intraday
trading,
swing
trading,
position
trading,
trade
management,
trading
platform
education,
system
development
and
creation,
technical
analysis,
indicator-based
trading,
and pure
price-based
trading.
In
addition,
Frank is
one of the
foremost
trading
educators
on
pivot-based
trading
techniques
in the
world.
Frank
has given
speeches
for top
trading
organizations
and
groups,
including
the Market
Technicians
Associations
(MTA), the
Association
for
Technical
Analysis (AfTA),
and the
Austin
Association
of
Financial
Traders (AAFT),
among
others.
Frank
is also a
highly
accomplished
general
market
analyst,
and has
made
spectacular
calls over
the last
decade,
including
the market
crashes of
2001 and
2008, and
the market
rallies of
2003,
2005, and
2009.
Frank
resides in
Austin, TX
and is
happily
married to
his high
school
sweetheart
Claudia,
and is
proud
father to
daughter
Olivia.
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