Ken's Authenticity Rant (or, "The Trading Industry's Dirty Little Secret — Exposed"):
Does any other trading trainer show their actual Schedule Ds, trading confirmations and blotters like I do? INSIST on only learning from authentic, proven actual traders — not the bs marketers you see out there. I'm about to literally, firmly turn the trading industry on its ear.

The "Proof" test (I call this my "Show Me The Money" test)...
Simply ASK any trading system vendor you're considering spending money on to please show you a recent record of their Schedule Ds from one of their trading accounts. Not papertrading/hypothetical crap — demand the REAL thing, like you see above. If they hem and haw or refuse to show it to you, or come up with some excuse (virtually all will, because unfortunately most trading vendors don't trade, or haven't worked in the industry), then they are probably not even real traders. Much less people you should waste money on.

The problem is there's no "authenticity" or certification in the trading industry - any bs-er can claim to have a trading system that works... but virtually NONE prove it with their trade blotters or actual real recent trade confirmations like I do. Insist on authenticity — learn from people who really trade, not the "shovel sellers" out there. It counts.

Does that mean their training is completely worthless? No, as you could learn from failed, has-been or outright incompetent non-traders (like learning how to do surgery from a quack who's gotten their license revoked. But why bother?) Learn from a real trader. Not a wannabe or a marketer who can't prove their mettle.

Now of course the question comes up "Ken if you're such a good trader then why do you still train traders?" and the answer is one of nerves. Frankly I don't feel comfortable trading the 2000-5000+ share size trades it takes to 'leverage up' to make really big money. It's what I call "traders' block" (kind of like writer's block). So I both trade my small 50-1000 share size trades AND train traders as a business. It works for me. I'm relatively conservative and risk-averse.

Hopefully you'll be able to take what you learn from me and leverage up with bigger share size and do even better than my 43% return (12K in 7 weeks) yourself. Though I can't make any promises... it takes skill, and knowing the right patterns.  That's why I'm excited to be able to invite you to Trade Mastery 2009.

The point is, I'm someone who actually trades And shows proof of success, not just a vendor like 99.9% of everyone else out there. Demand authenticity. I'll be doing a lot of advertising and posting on forums and raising awareness during 2009-2010 to start the "Show Me The Money" movement, to hold vendors accountable and prove they're actually traders, because I dislike all the duplicity and focus solely on affiliate marketing without authenticity I've seen in the industry. Slick salesletters don't make for REAL trading success — caveat emptor (buyer beware).

People who are authentic, like myself, Steve Nison, Peter Bain, Tony Oz, and a very few precious others, are the ones I'd recommend you study — because we have real-world experience and credentials.

So start asking your trading vendors to provide PROOF that they are at least capable of making RECENT real winning trades — because that's what you need, to learn how to trade successfully in today's markets. Not floor traders from eons ago (not as relevant anymore — what have you done "lately" should be the buzzword, because that's relevant) or the bs you see from people who don't trade.

Background: Born 1964 in Long Beach, California (I'm 45 already, how the heck did that happen?!), UCLA grad, two degrees, became a consultant in Hawaii for nearly a decade to dozens of Fortune 500 clients, then moved to Colorado Springs; I like Sinatra, jazz, tactical shooting (glock/sig), 1960s TV shows like "Wild Wild West" and "I Dream of Jeannie" (plus recent ones like Battlestar Galactica and "Vegas"), Quentin Tarantino's movies like "Kill Bill", Sean Connery 007 movies ("Goldfinger" is my #1 favorite movie) and living a great lifestyle.

I'm mostly Irish (from the "Colquohoun" family of days gone by — that must explain my penchant for Guinness Stout and Drambuie). I've been faithfully married for over 10 years now to a great woman from Japan, who's been honest, quality-oriented and supportive, which is important to me (and has family values). I like women from Japan because they're quiet, clean and honest (plus she even weighs less than when I married her, she does aerobics daily and feeds me healthy food — Plus she almost never argues, so life is peaceful... that counts, and is why I've been with her so long. Honesty + no arguing = happy life).

Also, I believe that authenticity and being candid counts. I respect straight-shooters. Live life the right way. Hence my rant. Thanks for listening. I'll see you in Las Vegas at Trade Mastery!

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