Trade-Ideas in Your Town: What Smaller Events Can Teach You

By Rodrigo | February 7, 2008

You have 2 opportunities (one in San Diego and the other in Phoenix) to get some great education and learn not only about how to use Trade-Ideas more effectively with your trading plan, but you’ll also have the opportunity to see how our latest tool, the Automated Trading Bot, automates a trading plan with OptionsXpress.…

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Trade-Ideas In Your Town: Vegas 2007

By Rodrigo | November 13, 2007

We are headed to Las Vegas this week and weekend for the Traders Expo. Here are the details: Las Vegas, NV: The Traders Expo, Mandalay Bay Resort, November 15-18, 2007 Are you planning to attend? Here’s a snapshot of some last minute fares to Las Vegas. There’s another good travel site to consider called FareCast.…

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Does Your Trading Plan Benefit from Continuing Education?

By Rodrigo | June 27, 2007

After the Traders Expo in San Diego finished this past weekend, I asked several members of our team what their impressions were and how things went. Traders are not like CPAs, but in one regard they should be One reason I think it’s important to share these thoughts is to help you judge whether or…

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Trading Events vs. Stocks: an Online Presentation

By Rodrigo | June 26, 2007

On the heels of the recent Traders Expo in San Diego last week, I am participating in a virtual online trader’s expo organized by TradersWorld, a financial magazine and conference organizer de jour. My presentation to the online attendees will cover some of what Dan Mirkin and I discussed during our Learning Curve Seminar at…

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Add Some Fizz to ‘Your Natural Thirst for Learning’

By Rodrigo | May 11, 2007

Thanks to Trader Mike for finding this excellent list of How to Fail As a Trader in 10 Easy Steps. #4 should be #1: 4 Look for the right system [the Holy Grail]. Rather than gaining an understanding, search for the killer trading system – it is out there and it will make you rich…

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Trade-Ideas in Your Town: NY and ATL

By Rodrigo | March 14, 2007

Busy rest of the week with travel. I am headed to New York for the next 2 days to meet with several trading organizations looking to use Trade-Ideas. If you are in NY, dear reader, and would like to meet up, please let me know in the comments. I’ll tell you everything we plan for…

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The Traders Expo Welcomes Trade-Ideas and the 2nd Annual LCS

By Rodrigo | March 9, 2007

We’ve changed the dates and format of the Trade-Ideas 2nd Annual Learning Curve Seminar! Yesterday I conferenced with Dan Mirkin and our superb event coordinator, Heather, to plan our annual user’s conference set for June. We expected to follow the same format that succeeded so well last year: a June conference in San Diego at…

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Trade-Ideas In Your Town: Chicagoland

By Rodrigo | February 28, 2007

Last week we announced the dates of our 2nd annual Trade-Ideas user’s conference we call the Learning Curve Seminar: June 19-20th in downtown San Diego, CA. If you can’t make it there for those dates, come and visit us during the upcoming Scottrade ELITE User’s Summit scheduled for Saturday, March 24 in Chicago, IL. The…

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