UPDATE! New dates for the Trade-Ideas 2nd Annual Learning Curve Seminar! Now June 21 – 22! Read the full update HERE.

The plans are set for the 2nd Annual Trade-Ideas Learning Curve Seminar this summer. It takes place (Ed. Note: NOW June 21-22) June 19-20th 2006 in San Diego, CA. This learning experience allows attendees (i.e., current and potential subscribers) to achieve 3 objectives:

1. Flatten the learning curve associated with using Trade-Ideas and quickly master the ability to model trading plans and preferences
2. Maximize trading and risk management results
3. Network with others excelling at the use of our tools

Last year’s experience recapped here.

Details so far:

Place: Gaslight District of San Diego, TBD – will not be far from the San Diego Traders Expo taking place June 20 – 23rd

Cost: TBD – Discounts will be offered to Advantage Player and Annual subscribers to Trade-Ideas as well as Odds Maker customers (new and existing)

Reservations: To make sure we give everyone the attention that is needed to make this event a success we are limiting attendance to the first 100 people who RSVP. If you are interested in attending and want to influence the current agenda with your own suggestions, please leave us a comment. To reserve your spot at this event please reply to events@trade-ideas.com – attention Heather.

The mantra this year explores the follow through involved in trading: managing the in and out of the trade. You know by now the ability of Trade-Ideas to generate ideas based on a trader’s preferences. Our latest innovation, The Odds Maker (released late last year and previewed at our 1st Annual LCS), statistically tests whether those trade ideas and risk management rules are currently being rewarded in the market using statistically relevant backtesting methods. The Odds Maker is to your trading what the probability of winning the hand numbers are to ESPN’s Poker coverage – only you can use our tools legally and fully to your advantage.

Many pundits tell their audience that emotions in trading adversely affect performance and their P&L. Put a lid on them and remove them entirely they say. Others like Dr. Brett Steenbarger convincingly argue that they are essential to long term, consistent success of a trader. However you decide, we think the real weak link in the Apprentice’s Boardroom is a trader’s opinions. Opinions get a trader in trouble – facts, probabilities, and statistics do not.

Here’s my example: Think of the Oscars that are upon us this weekend. Will Scorcese win his FIRST Oscar for The Departed?! Should he have won for Casino? Goodfellas? Your answer, no matter how researched, rational or logical, is your opinion. What you think should happen is irrelevant. Keep those kind of opinions to the movies – not your trading. You’ll be richer for it. The kind of tools and thinking to bring to your trading is what the LCS will be all about.

What else do you want to see in a seminar from Trade-Ideas? As blog readers and subscribers to Trade-Ideas your comments will shape the event. Please contribute. More details on how to register are forthcoming. The dates are set. Be sure to make room on your calendars and make the seminar a good excuse for a vacation in sunny, Southern California.