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TABLE OF CONTENTS ========================================================== 1. INTRODUCTION 2. YOUR BALANCED SIMPLIFIED PORTFOLIO 3. FOUR COMMODITY GROWTH RISK GROUPS Slow Growth Commodities Aggressive Growth Commodities Ultra-Aggressive Growth Commodities Hard Core Speculative Growth Commodities 4. COMMODITY SECTORS CURRENCIES SECTOR INTEREST RATES SECTOR GRAINS SECTOR INDEXES SECTOR MEATS SECTOR SOFTS SECTOR METALS SECTOR ENERGIES SECTOR 5. HOW MUCH SHOULD I INVEST? 6. ESTABLISH DIVERSIFICATION WITHIN YOUR GROWTH RISK CATEGORY Interdiversification Intradiversification 7. REALLOCATING YOUR PORTFOLIO 8. CHART TRADERS PREFERRED EQUITY ALLOCATION STRATEGY 9. MARKET MENTOR -1-> LEVEL ONE (Bronze Trader) -2-> LEVEL TWO (Silver Trader) -3-> LEVEL THREE (Gold Trader) 10. DAILY HABITS OF PROFITABLE AND TENACIOUS CHART TRADERS 11. A QUICK THOUGHT ON EXITING THE MARKETS 12. TACTICAL RULES OF ENGAGEMENT 13. THE CHART TRADERS 43 14. BECOMING AN IMMORTAL TRADER 15. EFFORT GET'S THINGS DONE 16. INCLINATIONS OF A WEALTHY MIND 17. POPULAR CONTRACT SYMBOLS 18. MONTH SYMBOLS 19. RESOURCES FOR BETTER TRADING RESULTS!


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========================================================== INTRODUCTION ========================================================== We are so grateful to have you here with us as a Chart Trader. In the days, weeks, and months to come we believe you will have one of the most incredible experiences of your entire lifetime. Being a Chart Trader is more than about winning in the markets... it's about winning in life! It's more than about insights into the markets... it is about insights to self! It's more than about making money from the markets it's about making love to the markets. You will be introduced to one of the finest of all entities to ever breathe... she is the Market. Willing to grant you your every wish only if you will follow her proven and often difficult to discover plan. She's alive, breathing and fully aware of both you and I and what we desire of her. All of those things like moving averages, candlesticks, chart formations, etc. are all but clothing to adorn the finest of this fine lady we call the Market. Those things are nothing more than clothes we wear, jewelry we wear and the way we comb, brush and fix up our hair. Underneath all of this is who we really are... beyond the flesh... we are spirit. It is even so with Her. Beyond the charts, beyond the pits, beyond the reports, beyond all the traders, beyond the contracts, beyond the noise... sitting in silence is the spirit of this fine lady we call the Market. It's only once one gets in touch with Her spirit do they then understand the love letters sent to us by Her. These love letters are the instructions of Her heart and will direct each and every one of us to a consistent and profitable relationship with the markets. As a Chart Trader, you will move from trading the markets, to communicating with Her. From wanting to flowing, from desire to inspire, from emotion to emotionless, from attachment to unattachment, from fear to faith, from greed to satisfaction. The road ahead for you is truly one less traveled. Perhaps never known by you. Yet, with many of the less traveled roads comes the reason why it's less traveled. The inconvenience, the pain and the unknown.


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It is because of this, that despite our success record, despite how many Chart Traders are succeeding beyond their wildest dreams... not everyone will make it. Not everyone can be a Chart Trader or better put, the Chart Traders is not for everyone. The 97% of traders who lose their equity consistently to the top 3% will continue to do so... the reason being is that the path from the 97% to the top 3% is not only less traveled, it often times grinds right up against everything you were told about trading, your beliefs you hold about trading... what your brokers are telling you, what you read in the mass media, what the last guru said and so on. One must think! With the mass production of books, magazines, videos, cassettes, websites, seminars, advisory services, and software that make millions of dollars a year selling to the weary and hungry trader looking to take hold of the carrot that has been forever hanging before them on the stick... again, one must think... if that was the way... if success was through that medium... why is it the 97% losers stay just that way. Could it be that the 3% winners rarely, if ever, share what they know about success in the markets? YES! In a marketplace where having such a huge edge in being the unknown minority means massive wealth... many choose not to share the insights and the wisdom. Even those who dared to share, certainly had to be scorned and scoffed at for such seemingly unassociated insights, wisdom and task. Think about the movie the Karate Kid. The young boy wants to learn how to fight. Better yet, he wants to learn how to defend himself. So, the teacher accepts the young boy as his student and then sends him about doing what appeared to be nothing more than house chores the old man had no time to do for himself. The youngster didn't know at the time that the seemingly unassociated tasks were directly associated with his future as a fighter and a defender of himself. So it is with the Chart Traders. Many things covered will seem unassociated. Don't be fooled. We have no time for childish games, empty words and foolish runnings. Every word means something. Every sentence means something. Every task is important.


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Even with the Market Mentor, the request to keep your daily journal. How unfortunate for the trader who thinks this to be a useless task of creating a paper trail. My friend, it is that trader's equity that you will capture and enjoy as your own. We are an elite group of traders. By elite we don't mean better than any other human. Think of the Navy Seals and the Army Rangers. They are an elite group of soldiers. As people they are equal to all. However, as soldiers... they are considered a special group... with enhanced abilities and have shown and proven themselves in the most dire circumstances to be unusual in determination, the ability to endure pain, to have focus, to persevere, to stretch themselves, to move from their comfort zones, to learn, unlearn, and relearn. This my friend is the Chart Traders. An elite group of traders. As people we are equal to all, however as traders... we are a special group. We experience extraordinary trading results and endure what most are willing to walk away from. We are one with the markets and she is one with us. We live daily in Her bosom, in Her chamber of love. We walk about her storehouse of treasures as if they were our own. That is because she makes them our own; from the love and intimacy we share. As a Chart Trader, you will learn to die to self and live unselfishly, and love unconditionally. Life will no longer be about you. It will be about him, her, this, that, them, those, these, it and anything and everything that presents an opportunity for you to justly show you are no longer entrapped in this worlds ways of selfishness, self-righteousness, self-centeredness, and being self-serving. You will not only begin to see your equity increase, you will see your level of unconditional love for the markets, for your family, for your friends and for life itself begin to increase. As your unconditional love for the markets increases so does your equity. By unconditional love for the markets, we mean you celebrate each trade for the opportunity it presents. Not the outcomes and end results. Win, lose or draw... celebrate Her and she will reward you massively. Disrespect her and she will scorn you and have your equity wiped away like a straw house in the path of a tornado.


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As a Chart Trader, it's our goal for you to reach heights that you hadn't even imagined yet. Accomplishing the goals that have laid in your heart and mind for years. We are here to see to it that you succeed. Against all odds... SUCCEED! Success comes from discovering the undiscovered in both yourself and in the markets. Once you understand that INTIMACY with the markets is more important than anything else. You will find yourself showered with blessings of prosperity from trading. You will have losing trades while you are here, you will feel some pain, you will have some doubts, you will get uncomfortable... and guess what? That's all a part of shedding that old skin... the old ways... those losing ways. It gets more uncomfortable before it gets comfortable. Make no mistake about it... we have fun... a whole lot of fun and we are blessed to bank thousands of dollars each week in net winning profits from the markets. However it doesn't come without a price. A price that you yourself will have to pay. A cross that you yourself will have to carry. As a team member and player with the Chart Traders, the weight can often times seem lighter than it actually is. We are a family. A happy one at that. We welcome you to our family and will delight in you calling us YOUR family. It's time for you to relax now. Oh, please don't rush this process. It's okay to be excited about the possibilities and to rejoice at the winnings you see happening here everyday. Just don't rush it. Regardless of your past. Let it go. If you feel you are already a good trader, please don't come in here cocky thinking you know it all, as you will surely find that you don't. If you feel you have been a losing trader--let it all go. Don't let the past prevent you from pulling the trigger on new trades. As you surely will find no success in that.


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It was once said that..."yesterday is a cancelled check, tomorrow's a promissory note... TODAY IS CASH ON HAND!" Today, here and now... this is all we have. There's no need to cry or celebrate over yesterdays gains or losses. There's no need to hope or fear for tomorrows gains and losses. We are to respectfully show an attitude of gratitude for today’s opportunities and with focused concentration, liberated by the unconditional love that flows in our veins, feel the beat of the markets and pressed heart to heart with Her, let Her lead us in the dancing of dollars that flow from Her belly. We have a long life of ahead of us that we plan to live in plenty with a sound mind, great health and above all - God's grace. We again welcome you to the Chart Traders, an experience that will be one of the most adventurous times of your life. You will learn not just about trading, how to trade and what to trade. We go beyond the buy and sell aspects of trading. You will earn about Chi-Trading, which is focused concentration in this art form. Not straining, but a relaxed, focused concentration that has you in the zone where winning seems automatic. You will discover the need for intimacy and communications with the markets to achieve your desired financial goals. You will be introduced to Her in many subtle and some direct ways... she IS alive you know. Very much alive and FULLY aware of you and what you desire of her. Let us now begin with some of the basics to ensure that you are able to stay around long enough to meet and greet Her and to build the kind of relationship with Her that brings a life showered with your greatest desires and your storehouse filled with treasures. In an effort to see ALL of our Chart Traders experience success, we have put together this quick guide for you. This should help to eliminate any confusion over which trades you should select to be in, and to properly diversify a small account.


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We also explain in here the portfolio building concept we want you to adopt, and how to grow your equity on a consistent basis. It's a very important part of our investing together. ☺ So, let us begin... God Bless YOU and YOURS,

Stephen A. Pierce, CTA


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========================================================== YOUR BALANCED SIMPLIFIED PORTFOLIO ========================================================== The basic idea is this: we want you to run your portfolio the way a professional private fund manager does. With the exception of being a loser. We want you to win. ☺ A. Whether you're a Chart Trader starting with $5,000.00 or less, or you're a L2 or L3 Trader with over $50,000.00 first thing to do is allocate your capital according to your appetite for market and business risk and the overall growth rate you are trying to achieve. By allocate, we mean to decide what amount of your investment dollars you want to be invested in certain commodities on a buy and sell basis based on the level of risk incurred in those commodities versus what level of risk you are willing to take. B. Establish your favored sectors and commodities within those sectors and call this your "Select List"; A Sector and Commodities list is provided at the end of this quick guide for reference purposes in building your Portfolio. C. You buy and sell commodities opportunistically from your Select List - these become your portfolio positions. So let's organize your portfolio like a Chart Traders investment pro. We will assume you are a Level One Trader with starting equity of $5,000.00. First thing you need to do is define how much money you want working in the market at one time. Let's place that at 50%. That means whatever your accumulated positions are in the market, the margin should equal 50% of your available equity and no more. This leaves room for the market to breathe and move allowing for the draw downs that can arise. Being able to withstand draw downs in volatile markets is the second most important key. The first key is being able to enter into the right direction of the market's trend, be it short term or long term.

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========================================================== FOUR COMMODITY GROWTH RISK GROUPS ========================================================== Now let's take a look at the four risk groups of commodities available to us Chart Traders: -1-> Slow Growth Commodities: These are the commodities that trade with the lowest volatility most of the time and offer the steadiest long term equity growth through buy and sell combinations while remaining in the markets. We look to double the initial margin required in these commodities on each trade. The commodities include: Eurodollars T-Bills Oats Corn Bean Oil Soy Meal Rough Rice Cocoa Sugar As with all commodity markets these can experience extreme times of volatility, which make for faster equity growth. However, for the most part they trend slowly for longer extended periods of time. -2-> Aggressive Growth Commodities: These commodities offer great short term and long term equity growth potential. These are very fundamentally sensitive commodities and swing from extremes of very quiet trades to limit moves. During the moments of the highest sensitivity and volatility limit moves in both directions can been seen in one trading session. With the great volatility within these commodities, they offer fast equity growth rates, at a much greater risk. We are looking to triple the initial margin required in these commodities. The commodities include: Soybeans Wheat Feeder Cattle Live Cattle Lean Hogs Cotton


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Lumber CRB Index Copper Platinum Palladium Silver Gold -3-> Ultra-Aggressive Growth Commodities: These commodities move at a 200%-1,000% faster rate than the Slow Growth and Aggressive Growth Commodities, with high volumes, no limit moves, 24 hour international trading and great sensitivity to international news and rumors. These commodities not only offer incredible equity growth opportunities, they also are commensurately more volatile, which means extreme risk of loss and a need for the equity to allow for draw downs. We look to double the initial margin in very short periods of time and ultimately look to more than quadruple the initial margin over the longer term of trends we enter. These commodities include: Swiss Franc Japanese Yen British Pound Canadian Dollar Australian Dollar Eurocurrency Mexican Peso US Dollar Nikkei Stock Index Crude Oil Heating Oil Unleaded Gas Natural Gas T-Bonds Muni Bonds 2-Yr Notes 5-Yr Notes 10-Yr Notes


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-4-> Hard Core Speculative Growth Commodities: These are the commodities that when entered can either build your equity at the fastest rate or will make it crash and burn. You should be willing to experience 50-70% equity fluctuations from both an intraday and daily equity basis. These commodities can bring about the daily and weekly trading homes runs to juice up your equity growth. These should not make up your core portfolio and should only really be entered from a Level Three equity stance, and with that on a mini contract basis where available. While most of these are index futures, others are in this group not based on margin but based on their history of volatility. When trading these or any commodities for that matter, you should be sure the equity you risk, if totally wiped out, would not change your lifestyle one bit. These commodities include: Coffee Orange Juice NYSE Composite S&P Index Value Line Nasdaq 100 Russell 2000 DJIA


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========================================================== COMMODITY SECTORS ========================================================== Following are the Commodity Sectors and individual Commodities with their Point Value and Initial Margin Requirements. Be mindful that you are responsible to know the current margin requirements for each contract as they can change without notice. CURRENCIES SECTOR Swiss Franc 1 Pt.=$12.50 2,160 Mid-Am Swiss Franc 1 Pt.=$6.25 1,080 Deutschemark 1 Pt.=$12.50 1,620 Mid-Am Deutschemark 1 Pt.=$6.25 810 Japanese Yen 1 Pt.=$12.50 4,212 Mid-Am Japanese Yen 1 Pt.=$6.25 2,106 Emini Japanese Yen 1 Pt.=$6.25 2,106 British Pound 1 Pt.=$6.25 1,823 Mid-Am British Pound 1 Pt.=$2.50 900


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Canadian Dollar* 1 Pt.=$10.00 608 Mid-Am Canadian Dollar 1 Pt.=$5.00 351 Australian Dollar 1 Pt.=$10.00 1,316 Euro Currency 1 Pt.=$12.50 4,050 Emini Euro Currency $6.25 1,515 Mexican Peso 1 Pt.=$5.00 5,000 US Dollar Index 1 Pt.=$10.00 1,330 INTEREST RATES SECTOR Eurodollar 1 Pt.=$25.00 675 Treasury Bills 1 Pt.=$25.00 236 Mid-Am T-Bill 1 Pt. =$12.50 149 Treasury Bonds 1/32 = $31.25 2,025 Mid-Am Treasury Bonds 1 Pt.=$500.00


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1/32 = $15.62 1,013 10 Yr T. Notes 1/32 = $31.25 1,350 Mid-Am Ten Year 1/32 = $15.62 675 GRAINS SECTOR Corn 1/4 Cent = $12.50 675 Oats 1/4 Cent = $12.50 270 Soybeans 1/4 Cent = $12.50 1,215 Mid-Am Soybeans 1/4 Cent = $2.50 243 Soy Meal 10 Cents = $10.00 810 Soybean Oil 1 Pt. = $6.00 608 Wheat 1/4 Cent = $12.50 743 Kansas City Wheat 1/4 Cent = $12.50 500


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Rough Rice 1/2 Cent = $10.00 675 INDEXES SECTOR NYSE Composite 1 Pt.=$5.00 15,000 S&P 500 1 Pt.=$2.50 29,298 E-mini S&P 1 Pt.=$0.50 5,855 Value Line 1 Pt.=$5.00 13,125 Mini Value Line 1 Pt.=$1.00 3,500 CRB Index 1 Pt.=$5.00 1,625 Nikkei Stock Index 1 Pt.=$5.00 6,750 Goldman Index 1 Pt.=$2.50 2,250 Nasdaq 100 1 Pt.=$1.00 43,125 E-mini Nasdaq 100 1 Pt.=$0.20 10,781


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Russell 2000 1 Pt.=$5.00 22,950 Dow Jones 1 Pt. = $10.00 8,485 MEATS SECTOR Feeder Cattle 1 Pt. = $5.00 675 Live Cattle 1 Pt. = $4.00 473 Lean Hogs 1 Pt. = $4.00 1,080 Mid-Am Hogs 1 Pt. = $2.00 540 Pork Bellies 1 Pt. = $4.00 1,620 SOFTS SECTOR Cocoa 1 Pt. = $10.00 840 Coffee 1 Pt. = $3.75 3,150 Cotton 1 Pt. = $5.00 998


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Orange Juice 1 Pt. = $1.50 700 Sugar #11 1 Pt. = $11.20 700 Lumber 1 Pt. = $1.10 1,350 METALS SECTOR Copper 1 Pt. = $2.50 1,350 Gold 10 Cents. = $10.00 1,350 Platinum 1 Doll. = $50.00 2,160 Palladium 5 Cents. = $5.00 20,250 Silver/5000 OZ 1/2 Ct. = $25.00 1,350 ENERGIES SECTOR Crude Oil 1 Cent = $10.00 3,375 Unleaded Gas 1 Pt. = $4.20 3,375 Heating Oil 1 Pt. = $4.20 3,375


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Natural Gas 1 Pt. = $10.00 4,725 All margins and contract specifications are subject to change without notice. Please contact your broker for current information.


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========================================================== HOW MUCH SHOULD I INVEST? ========================================================== How much of your available liquid cash should you allocate for trading? Well, that depends on your appetite for market volatility, how much money you can lose without changing your lifestyle, and how much time you are going to spend on your portfolio (slow growth least time, speculative growth most time). The biggest mistake we see investors making is getting too heavily allocated in risk categories that are not in sync with what they are trying to achieve with the funds allocated. That means if you have $5,000.00 to risk you should NOT be 100% margined and trading speculative growth commodities. Also, if you have 80% of your capital in speculative growth commodities and are 70 years old and not willing to risk losing it all, your portfolio is screwed up. Ditto for the 30-year-old who is 80% in slow growth commodities when he/she is trying to grow money at a faster rate. So, after deciding how much equity you can start with, let's say $5,000.00, and allocate 50% for initial margin, which will be $2,500.00. Now, make up your mind how much of your commodities portfolio you want in each risk category:

1. Slow Growth Commodities 2. Aggressive Growth Commodities 3. Ultra-Aggressive Growth Commodities 4. Hard Core Speculative Growth Commodities

We know at this point you are not able to take trades from the Speculative Growth Commodities. Also, if you want to be able to diversify properly, you are not able to take more than one large contract trade from the Aggressive Growth Commodities.

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========================================================== ESTABLISH DIVERSIFICATION WITHIN YOUR GROWTH RISK CATEGORY ========================================================== This portfolio management idea is simple but powerful. Since under-diversification can slaughter your equity growth potential, the idea here is to diversify your holdings within your growth risk categories as mentioned above. There are two forms of diversification. --> "Interdiversification" - This means you are diversified across more than one Sector. Let's say for example you are in Cocoa, which is from the Softs Sector, and you are in Soybeans, which is from the Grains Sector. This is an example of "Interdiversifcation" and represents that BEST form of diversification, especially for smaller equity accounts. --> "Intradiversification" - This means you are diversified within one Sector. For example let's say you are in the Japanese Yen and the Swiss Franc. Both of these are from the Currency Sector. This is a form of "Intradiversification". Lastly, when it comes to diversifying, not only do you want to diversify from across the different Sectors, you ESPECIALLY want to make sure you are diversified across the Growth Risk Commodity Groups as mentioned above. By combining this type of portfolio diversification, you allow your equity the greatest opportunity for growth. Here's an example with the 50% of $5,000.00 allocated. That means available equity to margin is $2,500.00. Now, let's see what a nice balanced portfolio would look like as it is diversified across three different Sectors and Growth Risk Commodity Groups: Portfolio Example: Long Corn ($657 initial margin) Short Feeder Cattle ($675 initial margin) Long Midam Canadian Dollar ($351 initial margin) In the above Portfolio the account is only margined at $1,683.00 of the available $2,500.00 from the $5,000.00 starting equity. This portfolio really looks good for nice equity gains because it's diversified across three Sectors and Growth Commodity Risk Groups.


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It has a Corn from the Slow Growth/Grains Sector, a Feeder Cattle from the Aggressive Growth/Meats Sector and to benefit from the Ultra-Aggressive Growth Group/Currencies Sector it has a Canadian Dollar. However, to stay with the allotted $2,500.00 and cut the exposed risk in half it holds a Midam Canadian Dollar instead of the large contract. Since entries are based on signals from your Chart Traders Trend Monitor. We assume the signals are good and strong, thus this portfolio now has the makings of some nice consistent gains and with enough equity in reserve to allow for any draw downs that may occur prior to becoming profitable, and to take whatever loss if one occurs, and still be able to enter another market.

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========================================================== REALLOCATING YOUR PORTFOLIO ========================================================== When one of your commodities takes off and becomes 25% or more of your entire account value, it's time to trim some profits off the top and add them to your out-of-balance investment categories. This is a good thing. This is how you get richer and richer without getting a riskier and riskier portfolio. So, when we begin scaling out of profitable positions it means that we have made some nice gains on those and while wanting to stay established to make even more gains, we do want to scale back because sudden crashes or turns in the market can deplete accumulated equity. Using trailing stops doesn't always work because if the stop is blown through you still lose that equity build up to slippage. The only way to ensure you bank this accumulated equity ... well, is to bank the accumulated equity. In the case of holding only one contract. You may want to exit and wait for new opportunities on your Trend Monitor. By doing so you will be consistently realizing actual profits from the markets, building your equity and setting yourself up for the next level of trading that will allow for you to hold multiple positions. The key to getting wealthy from trading, once you know HOW to trade, WHY to trade, WHAT to trade and WHEN to trade ... becoming wealthy becomes only a thing of having more than one contract. As well, by consistently reallocating your portfolio and staying within your trading plan parameters, you have the greatest equity growth and cash flow opportunities. What we mean by "it's time to trim some profits off the top and add them to your out-of-balance investment categories" is this. Once you exit the positions as mentioned above and the equity gains have been added to your account. Have a check sent to you for that amount. Give 10% to your church or favorite charity and place the remaining in your high interest savings account or in your stock trading account for long term stock holdings.


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By doing this you are paying yourself, building your wealth and not keeping at risk your equity gains as long as you continue to stick with the proper trading plan as mentioned in here. Many questions are also asked about the $1,000.00 weekly profit target as mentioned in the Market Mentor. Well, for the Chart Traders that have been here for a while, we are way ahead of those gains on a weekly basis. The $1,000.00 mark is a rule of thumb. If you are new at trading and position management is hard for you, or you have great fears of losing your gains, then you can close out all positions once you reach the $1,000.00 net profit mark during the week - be it a Monday or a Friday. However, while past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results, history has shown and proven that here with the Chart Traders, gains of $5,000.00 a week are highly possible when you stick with the Trend Monitor, be patient and not over trade. For traders looking to maximize each trading opportunity, you can hold your positions until we give our final exit on an intraday basis or via your Trend Monitor. Under these circumstances the market can come back to a zero gain trade, a loss, or massive gains. More often than not the trades, after oscillating a bit, turn into massive gains. However it does come with risk and you must once again decide what are you willing to risk for the gains you desire.


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========================================================== CHART TRADERS PREFERRED EQUITY ALLOCATION STRATEGY ========================================================== Here's our preferred allocation: Use only 50% of total equity as available trade equity then allocate as follows: LEVEL 1: 50% - Slow Growth Commodities 40% - Aggressive Growth Commodities 10% - Ultra-Aggressive Growth Commodities LEVEL 2: 50% - Slow Growth Commodities 25% - Aggressive Growth Commodities 25% - Ultra-Aggressive Growth Commodities LEVEL 3: 20% - Slow Growth Commodities 35% - Aggressive Growth Commodities 35% - Ultra-Aggressive Growth Commodities 10% - Hard-Core Speculative Growth Comm. If you are trading for short-term capital gains. There are two important points that should be in your trading plan. RULE #1: Since you are investing short term, do not plan to hold positions for longer than 1 month with 2 months tops. RULE #2: Use both swing targets for faster profits exits and use stringent protective stops to protect your immediate equity. Rule #2 above will get you stopped out more often than not. However this keeps you in a rapid-fire position where you can quickly and continually use your equity to seize fast opportunities. If you are trading for the LONG TERM capital gains. Which is the best thing for larger gains to smoke out volatility. What we mean by "smoke out volatility" is simple.


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On a short time frame like an intraday chart or daily chart. The immediate market picture is always blowing smoke of a different color. It's when you look at the longer-term picture that you see where todays smoke fits in. By holding for the longer-term gains. You are able to withstand the storms, smoke of the volatility and capture much larger profits. You do have to have a stomach that can handle watching large fluctuations in your equity. Even many times seeing very profitable positions be exited at scratch or for small give backs. However, by sticking to a longer term trading strategy you will most certainly make more money in the long run. By sticking with strict rules of holding and not always exiting at the first sign of fire. You will be developing the needed discipline that will allow you to hold without emotion. It's this holding that will allow you to capture the insane profits. Wealth is created over time, not overnight. If you develop a habit of entering and exiting based on fear and/or greed you are using an unstable emotional basis for trading which has historically been proven to be the worst trading system of all. Emotional trading may have you to capture an occasional profit. Like the saying, "even a blind chicken will grab an ear of corn once in a while" However your emotional trading is setting you up for a huge fall. You get excited when you win… even a little bit. You almost blow your eyes out of the socket if you win more than a little bit. You get sad, confused and frustrated when you lose.


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Your first two biggest mistakes are thinking in terms of WINNING and LOSING. The mass media has you thinking THAT'S what this game is all about. NOT SO! This game has absolutely NOTHING to do with winning and losing. The more you try to win... the more you will continue to lose. Also, the more you try to avoid losing. The MORE you will lose. The path to "losing" is broad, wide and the path of least resistance. The path to "winning" is kind of like the path to Heaven. It's narrow, and the path least traveled. The fact is. There is NO losing and NO winning. It's all understanding or not. The more money you give back to the markets. The more proof you have that you don't understand. The more money you gain from the markets. The more proof you have that you do understand. Understand what? Good question. Easy answer! Yourself! Life! Breath! Connecting! Love! The game of trading futures and commodities is so far different than the picture you normally get from the mass media. That it's very easy to see why over 97% of traders lose their equity to the less than 3% minority winners. Trading is like a relationship. It requires every part of your entity. That being spirit, soul and body, if you want to succeed at it.


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Most people come to the markets because of the allure of money. The possibilities of the fast cash, quick buck, mega wealth and so on. Most people lose to, don't they? Just like in marriages. Many marry for the wrong reasons. MONEY, sex or what have you. Yet, when it comes down to it. There was no solid foundation. Every wrong reason crumbled under the pressure and divorce is at an all time high in the US. The same goes for trading commodities. The pressure reveals all of your wrong reasons for trading. The market will ALWAYS purge itself. It will shine the light in your dark areas. You are not able to run or hide. You are sure to suffer losses of a great magnitude... as long as your ATTITUDE is one of greed and fear. As men, do we really like it when women only want money? As women, do you really like when men only want sex? Of course not. So, what makes you think the market likes it when all you want is money? The first thing you must believe is that the market is a real, live breathing person. We address the market as “She”. She is fully aware of you and I. She's no fool. She knows everything. She can help you. She can also hurt you. Try to rob Her and you will be quickly burned. Seek to love, adore and honor Her and you will be quickly rewarded. This is a lesson very few understand. Our most successful traders understand. These successful Chart Traders have made tens of thousands of dollars in very short periods of time starting with very little money and continue to make thousands of dollars every month today. These traders understand this. They have captured the true essence of the market.


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She's not a piece of meat. She's not your Aladdin’s lamp for you to rub and make a wish. Approaching the markets wrong is like making a made rush to the guillotine. You are setting up your own execution. It is an absolute MUST that you understand. Becoming a successful trader. An Immortal Trader as we call them, begins inside of you. You need to free yourself of the garbage and toxins that continue to weigh you down and keep you enslaved to money. The more you feel you got to have it. The more it will elude you. While wanting and desiring wealth and money, are both healthy and expected of us as people. It's the order of priority that we are talking about. Money has NEVER made any one happy, at least not long term. Coming into a lot of money is like eating candy. You get a quick sugar rush and then there's the sudden breakdown off the high. If you are not happy and don't have your priorities straight before making a ton of money. Don't expect things to change "IF" you ever did make a ton of money, from trading for example. The reason we say "IF" is because money tends to NOT flow towards the ignorant, selfish, self-serving people. A ton of money has never prevented some one from committing suicide. While the lack of it has. Fame and fortune didn't spare the life of John Belushi, Elvis Prestly and any name you can pick off the long list of the rich and famous who lives ended at their own hands. Greed has caused more deaths than contentment. Fear has taken more lives than faith.


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DO NOT let fear and greed be the rudder of your ship. There are better, proven and sound ways to reach the pinnacles of your dreams If you want... you have to give. The laws of reaping and sowing have been proven throughout the history of time. Just like the low of gravity is real... whether you believe or not. So is the law of reaping and sowing. One is a natural law. While the other is a spiritual law with physical and natural manifestations. Don't let your ignorance abort you dream. Jumping off a tall building without a parachute is going to kill you whether you know about the law of gravity or not. Your ignorance in this case has cost you your life. So it is with reaping and sowing. Don't let your ignorance to this law cost you your dreams, your visions and your goals. Everything you say is a seed being sowed. So, watch what you say! Everything you do is a seed being sowed. So, make sure you do good things. Everything you give is a seed being sowed. So, make sure you GIVE THE BEST! Therefore, the #1 Chart Traders Preferred Equity Allocation Strategy is to GIVE 100% OF THE BEST YOU HAVE IN EVERYTHING YOU DO AT ALL TIMES! ...WITH UNCONDITIONAL LOVE!


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========================================================== MARKET MENTOR ========================================================== The Market Mentor well help you to get the most of the Chart Trades while progressing through the ranks of traders and maximizing your trading potential. Specifically, it's to show you how to optimize your profits and maximize your trading potential as a Chart Trader! I will cover here the specific Trade Levels" and exactly "who" should being doing "what" so that your risk is limited and your potential for profits is unlimited. The second section will cover the "Daily Habits of Profitable and Tenacious Chart Traders" This section is very, very important. So, let's begin... Each trader in the Chart Trader service falls in one of three categories:

1. Level One (Bronze Trader) Starting equity is $5,000.00 2. Level Two (Silver Trader) Starting Equity is

$50,000.00 3. Level Three (Gold Trader) Starting Equity is

$100,000.00

• There are two other levels that traders are on. The fourth level is that of "Platinum Trader". When your available trading equity is greater the $500,000.00.

• *The fifth level is that of the "Master Trader" level, which is when you have over $1,000,000.00 available for trading.

The design of the Chart Trader Service is to deliberately and methodically help you progress through the ranks of traders and achieve your financial goals while building the necessary character to help sustain you, not just in the markets... but in life in general. So, let's look at levels One, Two and Three. Please read the details of your Trading Level so you fully understand what you should and should not being doing.


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========================================================== -1-> LEVEL ONE (Bronze Trader) ========================================================== Starting Equity: $5,000.00 Goal: To reach Level Two (Silver Trader) Status in one year, while drawing 10% of net monthly profits and placed into a high interest bearing savings account. Net Weekly Profit Target: $1,000.00 Net Avg. Daily Profit Target: $200.00 # Of Contracts Traded: One Trading Markets Allowed: Swiss Franc, Euro, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Australian Dollar, US Dollar, Euro Dollar, Mid-Am T-Bonds, Corn, Oats, Soybeans, Soy Meal, Soybean Oil, Wheat, Rough Rice, Feeder Cattle, Live Cattle, Lean Hogs, Cocoa, Cotton, Sugar, Lumber, Copper, Gold, Platinum, Silver and Crude Oil Day Trading Allowed: NO! Equity Preservation Rule: Level One Stops as issued with the Chart Trades. Trading Rules: Level One Traders, when your Chart Trade is sent place the order according to the chart (Stop, Limit, Day, GTC, etc). Once your entry is filled IMMEDIATELY place your "Level One" protective stop as issued. If the Market stops you out, IMMEDIATELY and WITHOUT HESITATION place the order again two ticks above/below the initial trade as issued, UNLESS other wise notified via email. If the market moves into profits and you have not been stopped out HOLD your position with your "Level One" stop UNLESS otherwise notified via email to exit with profits. In the case of a market moving rapidly in your direction for profits, Level One Traders at your discretion can exit when your trade hits the $1,000.00 "Net" weekly profit


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goal. When the Net Weekly Profit Goal is hit, whether is a Monday or a Friday DO NOT take any further trades unless SPECIFICALLY instructed to do so via the Chart Trades. Otherwise you are finished trading for the week and will wait until the following week to enter new trades. LEVEL ONE TRADER’S DO NOT TAKE LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL THREE TRADES! ========================================================== -2-> LEVEL TWO (Silver Trader) ========================================================== Starting Equity: $50,000.00 Goal: To reach Level Three (Gold Trader) Status in one year, while drawing 10% of net monthly profits and placed into a high interest bearing savings account. Net Weekly Profit Target: $2,500.00 Net Avg. Daily Profit Target: $500.00 # Of Contracts Traded: Two Trading Markets Allowed: Level One Markets as well as the Japanese Yen, Mexican Peso, T-Bonds, E-Mini, Value Line, Mini Value Line, Nikkei Stock Index, EuroYen, S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Dow Jones, Pork Bellies, Coffee, Unleaded Gas, Heating Oil, Natural Gas and CRB Index Day Trading Allowed: Yes! Equity Preservation Rule: Level Two Stops as issued with the Chart Trades. Trading Rules: The same rules that apply to Level One Traders apply to Level Two Traders. Except Level Two Traders will use the Level Two Protective Stops. LEVEL TWO TRADERS DO NOT TAKE LEVEL THREE TRADES!


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========================================================== -3-> LEVEL THREE (Gold Trader) ========================================================== Starting Equity: $100,000.00 Goal: To reach Platinum Trader Status of $500,000.00 in two years, while drawing 10% of net monthly profits and placed into a high interest bearing savings account. Net Weekly Profit Target: $5,000.00 Net Avg. Daily Profit Target: $1,000.00 # Of Contracts Traded: Four Trading Markets Allowed: Level One and Level Two Markets as well as Goldman Sach Index, NYSE Composite, Russell 2000, Palladium, the Brazilian Real and Russian Ruble. Day Trading Allowed: Yes! Equity Preservation Rule: Level Three Stops as issued with the Chart Trades. Trading Rules: The same rules that apply to both Level One and Two Traders apply to Level Three Traders. Except Level Three Traders will use the Level Three Protective Stops. CLICK HERE for personal assistance with the Market Mentor



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========================================================== DAILY HABITS OF PROFITABLE AND TENACIOUS CHART TRADERS ========================================================== As we progress forward in our journey. It's very important that you keep a daily record or journal if you will. I know some of you have done similar things to this. However, this is a little different. This is a REQUIREMENT for success. I cannot explain it's true significance as it relates to the universal laws of success. Perhaps the depth and essence of it goes well beyond normal comprehension. However, our Chart Traders have been transformed in a very major and profitable way when they began doing this on a daily basis. Not only did they become more profitable. They became more centered and at peace with trading, the results of trading (win-lose-draw) and with life. So, this is an all-important step and I will randomly be emailing you as a Chart Trader requesting you fax or email me a copy of a specific day. Not a current day as it's too easy to quickly write one. I will ask for a copy from a few days back. To be successful, one has to have responsibility and accountability. This is an effort to cultivate, nurture and mature BOTH of these in you as a trader. Following is the format for what you should do. It's very simple In the morning, prior to getting your day started. Sit at your desk; lay across your bed or what have you. Pull out your journal and begin.... --> AM: How great do I feel this morning? How can I make today more productive than yesterday? ***Tell two people close to you that you love them more today then you did yesterday.


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--> PM: What did I do today that was right? What did I do that was totally awesome? What's most important in my trading? What has to happen in order for me to feel like I traded well? Then: Before you go to bed, and this is an ABSOLUTE MUST! Write down THREE THINGS that you are most thankful for today. Be specific!


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========================================================== A QUICK THOUGHT ON EXITING THE MARKETS ========================================================== If there's one thing that's basic to trading commodities is the fact that whenever you enter a market, you always have to exit. Where the world of traders divide, split hairs and the line is drawn between the +90% losers and the less than 10% winners… is WHEN and HOW you exit the markets. Write this on your wall...

--------- "WINNING TRADERS DO NOT EXIT WITH THE TREND,

THEY EXIT AGAINST IT!" ---------

What do we mean? We'll explain! A stop being hit is programmed as -negative- in most traders’ minds that they can't even see the profit that comes when the right kind of stop is hit. Traders are so programmed to take profits on a down tick (when short) and take a loss on an up tick (when short) when truth of the matter is, if YOU take profits on a downtick, you are in essence picking a bottom saying the market won't go down further or you are displaying your fears or greed... when you take profits on an up tick you are allowing the market to decide when the downside is exhausted. Therefore you avoid bottom picking and allow for the market to decline as long, as far and as much as it likes. Your million dollar traders take profits on up ticks when short and on down ticks when long. Scared and confused traders tend to do the opposite and when they see they got out on a down tick (when short) and the market continues to decline, they chase the darn thing only to end up getting out on an up tick for a loss. That's what no trading plan, ignorance and having no sound system of trading will do to you. ☺


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========================================================== TACTICAL RULES OF ENGAGEMENT ========================================================== "Verily, thou art not paid for thy methods, but for thy results, by which meanest thou shalt extract profits from the market before the markets extracts equity from you... by any means available."

-Stephen Pierce Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645) is considered by many to be the greatest swordsman of Japanese history. He penned the excellent book on strategy, The Book of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho). These principles are universal and still apply today. Do not think dishonestly The Way is in training Become acquainted with every art Know the Ways of all professions Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters Develop intuitive judgment and understanding for

everything Perceive those things that cannot be seen Pay attention even to trifles Do nothing, which is of no use

Many considerations go into the training for, planning, and taking of a trade for the tactical Chart Traders. Perhaps the most important of these considerations is range. The ranges at which a market is currently moving (daily or intraday) sets up the active risk to reward ratio for that trade. For the Chart Trader to engage our market targets we first scan the markets with our scope (Trend Monitor) looking for those targets within the tightest trading range first, then move out from there. The ranges at which a Chart Trader will engage his/her targets will be determined by the WRITTEN Trading Plan that accounts for many things including available equity. Other factors considered include skill level, conditions of the market and the market target, the target's current characteristics, trade tactical considerations, and the Chart Traders Trading Policy.


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Our control over each of these variables ranges from considerable (trading skills) to almost none (market target characteristics). It is in everyone's best interest for the tactical Chart Trader to maximize his/her control and understanding over each of these variables and not limit himself/herself by lack of training. One factor that may cause us to limit our training and thus limit our ability to engage market targets profitably is dogma. I am always leery of flat statements that include the words "never" or "always." (Perhaps I should have said I'm usually leery of such statements, as we do use some ourselves. In my opinion the Rule of the Golden Mean should read, "Moderation in most things.") Flexibility is an asset to a tactical Chart Trader, or trader of any kind, while dogmatic statements can limit thinking when it comes to solving problems in the trading arena. Most trading dogma has a real basis in fact and the Chart Trader should examine it closely before going against it. By the same token the Chart Trader should look at possible exceptions to the "rules" before he/she accepts them at face value and limits his/her trading success and profitability.


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========================================================== THE CHART TRADERS 43 ========================================================== If I can smell your scared money, so can the markets. If profits are within range, so is a loss. The markets themselves always have the right of way. What can be seen can be traded, what can be traded can be profitable. Never be taken hostage by a market. Friendly news -- isn't. Bearish reports -- aren't. Suppressive stops -- don't. The most dangerous thing in the world is a Chart Trader with a chart and a trade. There is always a way. The best way is never the easy way. The easy way is always mined. The important things are always simple; the simple things are always hard. No market ready Chart Trader has ever passed nerve inspection. No nerve ready Chart Trader has ever succeeded in chart trading. No new Chart Traders Trading Plan ever survives initial contact. There is no such thing as a perfect plan. Chart Traders motto: "Reach out and grab some profits." Chart Traders philosophy: "If you run from the markets, you'll only die tired."


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You are not Superman. Professionals are predictable; it's the amateurs that are dangerous. The profit opportunities invariably appear on two occasions: a. When you're ready for them. b. When you're not ready for them. Never draw market fire; it irritates your equity, your spouse and the Chart Traders Family Unit. The buddy system is essential to your survival -- it gives the market someone else to take money from. Never share a winning trade position with anyone braver than yourself. Don't trade conspicuously; it draws market fire. Anything you do can take your equity, including doing nothing. If you can't remember, then the market is moving against you. The market diversion you have been ignoring is the main path for profits. A sucking chest wound, short of breath and fast heartbeat is Nature's way of telling you to slow down. If your trade advances are going really well, you are walking into an equity ambush. If your fills are coming back really well, you are IN an equity ambush. If you choose a market tough enough to get in then you won't be able to get out. When you have secured your target profits, don't forget to get out.


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If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid. If at first you don't succeed, take the next trade. As soon as you are served a hot winning trade, it rains. When in doubt, take all the trades. Trading experience is something you never get until just after you need it. No matter which trade you decide to take, it's always uphill. Five-second fuses always burn in three seconds. The bursting radius of a market reversal is always greater than your current profits and faster than you can jump out of the market. The cost of a losing trade is in direct proportion to the time you take and the distance you let the market run before you decide to stop and reverse. Never forget that your trading computer was made by the lowest bidder.


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========================================================== BECOMING AN IMMORTAL TRADER ========================================================== The greatness of our yielding to the markets is illustrated by water: Nothing in the world is more yielding and softer than water, yet it penetrates the hardest. Insubstantial, it enters where no room is. It's so fine that it is impossible to grasp a handful of it; strike it, yet it does not suffer hurt; stab it and it is not wounded. If you try to remember you will lose. Empty your mind; be formless, shapeless. Like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You pour water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. You put water into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or creep or drip --or crash! Be water, my friend. Alive, a man is supple, soft, In death, unbending, rigorous. All creatures, grass and trees, alive are plastic but are pliant too. And death, are friable and dry Unbending rigor is the mate of death. Your market losses are someone else’s gains And yielding softness, company of life. Of massive profits, your equity gains. Unbending soldiers get no victories, The stiffest tree is readiest for the ax. The strong and mighty belong to the bottom. The soft and yielding rise above them all. To yield is to be preserved whole. To be bent is to become straight. To be hollow is to be filled. To be tattered is to be renewed. To be in want is to posses. To have plenty is to be confused. Become water my friend. Yielding to the markets. Then let the markets take care of your profits.


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One should be in harmony with the markets, Not in rebellion against it. Unity of mind, spirit, body and market. Discard all thoughts of rewards, All hopes of profits, praise, fears and losses. Become fully aware of the market. With developed market sensitivity, The spirit of the markets will lead you To your pots of gold.


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========================================================== EFFORT GET'S THINGS DONE ========================================================== Effort gets things done. Patience sees them through. Both are crucial to success. Without patience, the passing setbacks and disappointments would soon overwhelm even the hardiest effort. Without effort, patience would accomplish very little. You see, when you can balance effort and patience, it is a powerful combination. You can make almost anything happen with enough effort. The most effective effort is continuing effort, which patience makes possible. Though they may at first seem to contradict each other, effort and patience actually work great together. The most spectacularly successful people in any field are those who have the patience to continually apply their effort for as long as it takes to succeed. That goes for trading futures and commodities as well. Although we put forth most of the effort for you. Combined with your patience, you have an explosive formula for success. However, you must put for the consistent effort to write in your journal daily. To write out your trading plan for your portfolio and follow it with patience on a consistent basis. You must put for the consistent effort to visit the CT Family Center at least once a day. You must put forth the consistent effort to follow and track the Trend Monitor to develop your market sensitivity and awareness. You must put for the consistent effort to follow the "Fabulous 5 Formula" everyday You must put forth the consistent effort to relax and feel the flow of the market regardless of the direction.


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You must put forth the effort to share boundless and unconditional love everyday. Know when to push and when to wait. Put forth a balance consistent aggressive effort with a deep, underlying patience and the results you achieve, as a Chart Trader will be truly amazing.


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========================================================== INCLINATIONS OF A WEALTHY MIND ========================================================== A wealthy mind?!?! What on earth is a wealthy mind??? Is it the brain of a genius that has a huge price tag? Is it the ideas of someone who has amassed great wealth? Whatever your perception of a wealthy mind is it can be expanded to include yourself. All we need do is incorporate the thoughts of wealth into our daily activities. A wealthy mind doesn't just extend to cash and it’s materialistic counterparts. Wealth pertains to abundance. We've heard the expressions: "A Wealth Of Opportunity" "Healthy, Wealthy & Wise" They aren't referring just to $$$, ¥¥¥, or £££. Unfortunately many of us confuse the term to mean just a form of monetary exchange. Sure, this is a part of wealth but it is just that, a part of it, not the entire package. Wealth pertains primarily to opportunity. Earning money can be a part of this. When you see a wealthy person you more than likely look at this person as an owner of many assets and money. Has this person always been like this? We don't know but let's assume that she hasn't. A few years earlier this person was seen strolling down the same street but wasn't jumping out of a Rolls Royce and didn't have anything visible that warranted attention. Subsequently she wasn't noticed. But now she commands attention simply by her possessions and her manor. Five years ago in central London this lady was in training. Like anyone who wants anything we need to create the situation that best will assist us in achieving what it is we truly want. She wants to be an International Banker in Europe's largest banking quarter, Moorgate, London. So she starts her apprenticeship the day she solidifies her thoughts and realizes what her lifelong dream is. This is the transition period when she moves from searching for her purpose to actually realizing her purpose.


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Now, armed with desire, strength and passion she commences her training to realize this goal. Is she not already thinking wealthy? Has she not just made one of the biggest decisions in her life by deciding her career move and possessing the dogged determination to realize this dream? You better believe she has. Wealth commences in the mind before you have those things that you want. You are spiritually wealthy as you have a dream that means the world to you that you wish to follow until its fulfillment. Sure, it may not be the steadiest and most comfortable road to travel on but as you become more experienced and remain focused and make minor adjustments where required then you have already acquired the thoughts and concepts of the wealthy. Wealth also relates to enrichment. For arguments sake lets pretend that her ambition was not financial or careers move. It was sports related or to collect rare butterflies or something similar. The fact that she has found her driving force, her most important goal, and the main purpose for her existence will bring out her best. It will bring out capabilities and ideas that she may have only ever skimmed over beforehand. Now, with purpose there's method to her madness. One of the first lessons is building self-confidence, solidifying your goals and prioritizing that which is important to you. This must be done with the view of looking at the world as an abundant provider jam packed with opportunity and choice. It is from this selection where you can make wise and educated decisions on how to pursue those things that are paramount to you. Adversely, if you see restriction, impairment, closed doors and limited possibilities then you are bypassing the most important wealth principle. For there to be wealth there must be an openness, flexibility, a giving attitude, etc. that can pave the way for you to tap into this wealth that encircles us all.


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Otherwise your closed outlook will blinker you from taking the vitally important initial step. The world provides us with an incredible number of possibilities to become wealthy. The opportunity factor alone is enough to give us an overwhelming feeling of excitement. Our interests are many. It is by the sheer number of these opportunities that we can go to depths that as recently as World War One were really just for the privileged few who had such opportunities simply by virtue of their bloodline. It's amazing how quickly this has changed. The wealth of opportunity that exists today for us to pursue our interests (and make a pretty penny too) are phenomenal. We don't need to be Kings or Queens anymore. Our future needs the spark of desire fueled by passion and commitment. As people, the element of choice in our life is colossal. We choose our career, who we mix with, how much cash we earn, our family life etc. Our lifestyle choices are incredible. We have so many paths we can take. When we incline to the wealthy we are incorporating our power of choice. Use yours wisely.


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========================================================== POPULAR CONTRACT SYMBOLS ========================================================== The following symbols are some of the most popular symbols and are the format as used by CQG. These symbols may vary from service to service and it will be a good idea to get a symbol list from your quote service provider. LC = Live Cattle FC = Feeder Cattle LH = Lean Hogs PB = Pork Bellies W = Wheat C = Corn S = Soybeans SM = Soy Meal BO = Bean Oil CT = Cotton CC = Cocoa CF = Coffee SU = Sugar CL = Crude Oil HO = Heating Oil NG = Natural Gas GC = Gold SI = Silver CP = Copper PL = Platinum OJ = Orange Juice SP = SP 500 EP = E-Mini S&P DJI = Dow Index DF = Dow Futures ND = Nasdaq 100 NC = NYSE Index US = 30yr T-Bonds MU = Muni Bonds TY = 10yr Note FV = 5yr Note TU – 2yr Note ED = Eurodollar DX = Dollar Index CR = CRB Index SF = Swiss Franc JY = Japanese Yen BP = British Pound CA = Canadian Dollar DA = Australian Dollar EU = Eurocurrency EM = Libor DM = DMark RC = Rough Rice HU = Unleaded Gas LB = Lumber PA = Palladium MX = Mexican Peso


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========================================================== MONTH SYMBOLS ========================================================== F = Jan G = Feb H = Mar J = Apr K = May M = Jun N = Jul Q = Aug U = Sep V = Oct X = Nov Z = Dec ========================================================== RESOURCES FOR BETTER TRADING RESULTS! ==========================================================

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Copyright © 2002 Stephen A. Pierce Contact Stephen Pierce at [email protected] Reproduction or translation of any part of this work by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, beyond that permitted by the Copyright Law, without the permission of Stephen A. Pierce, is unlawful.

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http://www.rapidfireswingtrading.com If anyone other than Stephen A. Pierce sold, gave or otherwise provided you with this manual, they did so illegally. Please report this to us immediately at [email protected]. We are looking to stop the illegal distribution of our copyright material. Past performance is not indicative of future results. There is a substantial risk of loss in futures trading. Commodity trading involves a high degree of leverage, which allows for large returns, but also large losses. Due to the high degree of risk you should carefully consider whether commodity trading is appropriate for you.


