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October 18, 2008 |

Mark Whistler, Senior Market Strategist at TradingMarkets.com and head of the Forex trading service on WallStreetRockStar.com.
His books include: Trade With Passion and Purpose, Trading Pairs, Profit from China and Profit from Uranium. Mark’s newest book, The Swing Trader’s Bible co-authored with CNBC/Fox News regular guest Matt McCall - will be on shelves in late summer, 2008.
Mark Whistler also writes regularly for TraderDaily.com and Investopedia.com. He has also contributed to Optioninvestor.com, Active Trader Magazine and Stocks & Commodities.
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September 13, 2008 |

Jake Bernstein, President of MBH Commodity Advisors Inc. and Bernstein Investments Inc.
Jake's clients include some of the world’s largest banks and brokerage firms as well as professional traders, major hedge funds and money managers. He has developed and popularized a number of innovative market indicators and concepts.
He has authored more than 35 books on trading, investing, investor psychology and economic forecasts. He has appeared on numerous radio and television business shows, including Financial News Network, Jag.FN, Web.fn, CNBC, CNN (London), WBBM Radio Chicago and Wall Street Week, as well as many others.
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August 23, 2008 |

Derek Frey, Co-founder and head trader of Odom & Frey Futures & Options.
Derek Frey has been involved in the Futures, Options, and Forex markets for almost 20 years, working at such well respected financial firms as Merrill Lynch, MetLife, and American Express Financial Advisors before starting O&F.
Derek’s approach to the markets is unique, in that he takes a scientific approach to the markets, incorporating facets of chaos theory as well as physics and fractal geometry into his trading.
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July 26, 2008 |

Jairek Robbins, Anthony Robbins Company
Tony Robbins, the godfather of mainstream, personal development, guided and trained his son, Jairek Robbins, to develop an innate ability to help others understand and overcome their self-imposed barriers. Growing up in the Robbins’ household, Jairek has firsthand knowledge and experience on what it takes to succeed. Click here to learn more...
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June 21, 2008 |
"Pip-o-Rama", Interactive, mini-conference with four outstanding speakers.
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May 17, 2008 |
John Hardy, Saxo Bank
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Stephen Bigalow
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April 5, 2008 |
Rob Booker
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February 16, 2008 |
Glenn Rosen
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PLUS

Jim Crimmins, Founder & President of Traders Accounting
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2007 |
November 4, 2007 |
Kathy Lien, Chief Currency Strategist of FXCM and DailyFX
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October 20, 2007 |
Dean Malon, Private Trader, Forex Specialist and Partner of CompassFX
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September 22, 2007 |
Ed Ponsi, President, FxEducator
An experienced professional trader and money manager, Ed Ponsi advises hedge funds, institutional traders, and individuals.
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August 11, 2007 |

John Person, Few people in the business have the gift of the golden touch like this legendary Analyst, Author, and 30-year trading veteran.
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July 14, 2007 |
Raghee Horner
Raghee Horner is a 15-year trading veteran and author of “Forex Trading for Maximum Profit” and “Thirty Days of Forex Trading.” She has taught currencies, futures and equities trading for over a decade.
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June 9, 2007 |
Todd Krueger, TradeGuider
Todd Krueger is a professional trader and a Principal of TradeGuider Systems, LLC. He has over 20 years of trading experience, and his articles have been published by SFO and Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities magazines. Click here to learn more...
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May 12, 2007 |
Scott Barkley, ProAct Traders
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2004, a group of forex traders from Austin, Texas came together and formed a trading group called ProAct Traders. Working together as a team, they developed a system that is highly profitable and consistent. They will share their story, their success and their system with you! Click here to learn more...

Ilian Yotov
Ilian Yotov, a veteran of GlobalTec Solutions, taught thousands of Wizetrade and 4X Made Easy users how to successfully trade the markets. Click here to learn more...
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April 21, 2007 |
Interbank FX
Nathan Muirbrook, Market Analyst for Interbank FX, and Adam Evans , author of “Advanced Tips and Tricks” for the MetaTrader4 trading platform, will be sharing two FREE programs that will enhance your trading!
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March 11, 2007 |

Larry Pesavento, Godfather of Fibonacci
Larry Pesavento is a forty year veteran trader. He managed Drexel Burnham Lambert's Commodity department and is a former member of the C.M.E.
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2006 |
November 11, 2006 |

Andy Stapleton, Co-Founder of www.Forexmgr.com
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October 21, 2006 |

Boris Schlossberg, FXCM Senior Currency Strategist
Boris is a veteran trader, having traded equities, options, stock index futures and forex.
Click here to learn more... Willie Guevara, Full Time Trader
As a very special treat, Willie G. will be doing a mini preview of his 3-day seminar that will be held Oct 29-31. Click here to learn more...
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September 30, 2006 |
Jimmy Young
Jimmy Young is a professional forex trader who has been in the forex market since the late 1970s - pretty much since the beginning of floating exchange rates.
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August 12, 2006 |

Dean Malone, CompassFX Partner and Co
-Founder of Forex Signal Service
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July 22, 2006 |

Adrienne Toghraie, Traders Coach "Conquering the market is difficult enough, but often conquering yourself is even more difficult."
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June 17, 2006 |

John L. Person, Few people in the business have the gift of the golden touch like this legendary Analyst, Author, and 25-year trading veteran.
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May 27, 2006 |

Blake Morrow, President of 4X Made Easy
**This will NOT be a re-hash of the 4XME one-day intro!
**This will NOT be how to place a trade!
**This will NOT be a sales pitch!
This WILL be a SUPER advanced class!!!
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April 30, 2006 |

Mark McDonnell, Founder of Forex Early Warning
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March 11, 2006 |

Jake Bernstein, World Renowned Analyst, Author, Trader and Financial Consultant
Mr. Bernstein is a consultant to investors, professional traders, money managers, financial institutions, short-term traders, brokerage firms and commercial firms.
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Feb 11, 2006 |

Jim Crimmins, Founder & President of Traders Accounting
It's that time of year again! Do you know how to treat your forex trading income and expenses on your income tax return? Jim Crimmins does! Click here to learn more...

Dana Greenwalt, Forex Fund Manager and Trainer
Dana Greenwalt, a Forex Fund Manager, has spent the past 10 years not just trading, but teaching and mentoring others to become successful traders as well. Click here to learn more...
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Jan 21, 2006 |
Rob Booker, International Trainer and Mentor "The Currency Trader's Handbook: 5 Strategies for Forex Success"
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2005 |
Dec 4, 2005 |
FREE session on MetaStock's newest plug-in --- FX Traders Advantage (FXTA). FXTA is an analysis tool that gives buy and sell signals on the screen.
Glenn Rosen will also be present at this meeting---sharing his personal trading experience with FXTA.
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Nov 12, 2005 |
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Oct 15, 2005 |
Robin Dayne, Professional Trader's Coach
Robin Dayne has studied the psychological challenges of 1,000's of individuals and coached them to reach their maximum potential over the past 12 years, earning her the reputation as "The Trader's Coach".
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Sep 18, 2005 |
Kathy Lien of FXCM
Kathy Lien, the Chief Strategist of FXCM, has vast experience within the interbank market using both technical and fundamental analysis to trade the Forex.
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Roy Flores (TA Trader)
Roy Flores, a native Houstonian, started his trading career in 1971 with trading stocks, mutual funds and commodities. He began options trading in 1980 and Forex trading in 1999.
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Aug 21, 2005 |
Glenn Rosen
A year ago, many of us met an extraordinary trader and person--- Glenn Rosen. On Sunday, August 21, Glenn will be returning to Texas to share his revised & improved trading strategy!
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July 9, 2005 |
John L. Person
**Learn how to take advantage of high probability, short-term signals.
**Learn three amazing steps to turn your trading results around.
**Learn what to look for to train your eyes to see what triggers trading signals.
**Learn how to stay with a trend.
**Learn amazing forecasting tools that help you forecast a potential market turn.
**Learn when to apply the right investment tool and trading strategy.
**Learn several market strategies that you will be able to apply immediately!
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June 11, 2005 |

Willie Guevara (4XME)
Willie Guevara is a full-time trader, using only 4X Made Easy to trade the Forex market. Willie will give us an in-depth presentation of exactly how he trades!
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May 21, 2005 |

MARK DOUGLAS
author of "Trading In The Zone" and "The Disciplined Trader"
Mark Douglas is a widely respected trading coach who has devoted the last 20+ years to helping traders develop the confidence, discipline, and winning attitude that it takes to master the markets.
“Trading in the Zone” is not only the #1 recommended book by experts, but is a must read for ALL traders who want to succeed, regardless of the market you trade or the method you use.
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April 22, 2005 |

Blake Morrow, President of 4X Made Easy (4XME)
Blake has put together a phenomenal presentation--just for the Houston group! The knowledge and expertise he will share is something no other group in the country has yet had the privilege of benefiting from. With Blake's guidance, countless every-day folks are now VERY successful traders. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from Blake's extensive trading experience, and become one of those traders!
Wait, there’s more..
We will also have a special surprise guest who will blow you away! This will be a rare opportunity to hear from the one person who has more knowledge and a better understanding of trading than anyone else out there. This very special guest is traveling to Houston, something never done before, to not only answer all of your questions but to give you the inside scoop on how to consistently trade profitably.
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Feb 26, 2005 |
Visiting from London, Alex Benjamin, President of ALT Capital Management LLC and http://www.tradingclinic.com , will introduce Market Profile® and speak about how to take control of your emotions while trading.
Market Profile organizes price, time, and volume into powerful trading structures based on the bell curve. These structures provide trading references totally unique to this approach. Market Profile identifies in real-time market assessment of value, reveals market acceptance and rejection of price, provides the long-term overview of the balance and imbalance of buying and selling pressure, and displays the distribution of volume at each specific price level. Alex will show how Market Profile can be used to establish how both the short term and the longer term players are positioned, with forecasts for the coming week!
Mr. Alex Benjamin began his career in trading in 1975, when he traded multi-currency Eurobonds for Grieveson, Grant & co. Mr. Benjamin was employed in 1978 by Euroseas Securities of Qatar as a Eurobond market maker. Moving on in 1979 to PrivatBanken of Denmark as an Assistant Mutual Fund trader. In 1981 Mr. Benjamin joined Arab International Finance, a Luxembourg based investment bank as head of fixed income trading. Mr. Benjamin was asked in 1984 by Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) to run a Government Bond arbitrage division. In 1990 Chemical Bank, Frankfurt requested Mr. Benjamin to run the Futures Trading division.
In 1991 Mr. Benjamin developed a proprietary trading module trading futures interest contracts globally based in Chicago. Cantor Fitzgerald Inc requested in 1992 Mr. Benjamin to return to London and subsequently move to Paris to organize its role in French Government Bond trading. In 1995 Cargill Inc requested Mr. Benjamin to run its futures execution broking desk in London until September 2001 when Tradition Securities & Futures asked Mr. Benjamin to join its global futures execution division.
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Feb
8, 2005 |

After turning successful trades into handsome profits, a savvy trader would be wise to mull over the tax repercussions. Fred Sims will answer all your tax questions as they relate to the Forex market. Fred will also explain what tools and resources are available to Forex traders seeking to minimize their tax burden.
Fred Sims is both a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Financial Planner. Formerly an Examination Section Chief with IRS, Fred established Sims & Sims, CPAs in 1986. Fred’s insider experience and his keen interest in the unique issues of traders and investors has led him to acquire an extensive working knowledge in this complex and specialized area of taxation. Fred is a featured guest lecturer at the SMU Cox School of Business. He is also a regular contributor to the GlobalTec™ Talk e-magazine and other publications, and his tax tips can frequently be found on the 4XME Yahoo message board.
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Jan 30, 2005 |

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Back by popular demand, Mark McDonnell will present an in-depth, 3 hour advanced session on the Big Lights Strategy.
Mark McDonnell was GlobalTec Solutions™ very first customer, buying the software before the packaging had even been completed. Mark is a familiar feature on company training videos and has extensive experience in trading with 4XMadeEasy™, WizeTrade™, and WizeFinder™ software. Mark broadcasts the advanced 4X Talk™ Live sessions and has also developed the much talked about "Big Lights Strategy". He maintains a library of over eighty archived training sessions and is moderator of the WizeTrade™ and 4XME Yahoo message board. |
Jan
11, 2005 |

"TRADE STATION" by Jan Martinez
Jan Martinez has been trading the forex for over 18 months, with a specific focus on technical analysis using TradeStation. Jan's presentation will concentrate on an overview of the TradeStation charting platform and how she specifically takes advantage of strategic testing and analytics tools to optimize her indicators based on market performance. |
2004 |
Nov
9, 2004 |

Candlestick Trading by Stephen Bigalow
Stephen Bigalow is the Director and Editor of The Candlestick Trading Forum. Mr. Bigalow possesses twenty-five years of investment experience, including eight years as a stockbroker with major Wall Street firms: Kidder Peabody & Company, Cowen & Company and Oppenheimer & Company. This was followed by fifteen years of commodity trading, overlapped with twelve years of real estate investing. He holds a business and economics degree from Cornell University, and has lectured at Cornell and at many private educational investment functions over the past twenty years. |
Oct
14, 2004 |

"Development of a True Trading Plan" by Lindsay Hall
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"No Time to Trade? Automated Trading / Trade Robots for the Forex" by Stephen Miles Jr.
Stephen Miles, Jr., is successfully trading the forex market using trade robots. Trade robots use strict rules to get into and out of the market, and they place trades for you while you are away from the computer. Stephen has a thorough understanding of 4XME and technical analysis and will explain how they both tied together in what he is doing now. Stephen has been trading the forex for 2 years; with a specific focus on developing automated trading robot strategies, guided by technical analysis and 4XME.
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Aug
2004 |
Trading with Byron Porter (TA)
Byron is a soil and foundation engineer by training. He use to look at graphs of soil properties and now he looks at graphs of currency and stock.
He purchased 4XME at Wisefest 2002 and has been trading the Forex for about 1.5 years.
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Jul
2004 |

"Personal 4XME Trading Strategies" by Glenn Rosen
Glenn trades full time for a living, relying solely on the Forex market for his income. He was exposed to the Forex market over fifteen months ago, via a sales presentation for 4XMadeEasy, and has not looked back since. Glenn prides himself on keeping his trading simple. He believes almost anyone can be successful utilizing 4XMadeEasy if they are patient and disciplined and utilize a simple and duplicateable method of trading.
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Jun
2004 |

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"ADVANCED TRADING with Mark McDonnell" (4XME)
Mark McDonnell was GlobalTec Solutions™ very first customer, buying the software before the packaging had even been completed. Mark is a familiar feature on company training videos and has extensive experience in trading with 4XMadeEasy™, WizeTrade™, and WizeFinder™ software. Mark broadcasts the advanced 4X Talk™ Live sessions and has also developed the much talked about "Big Lights Strategy". He maintains a library of over eighty archived training sessions and is moderator of the WizeTrade™ Yahoo message board.
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May
2004 |

"ADVANCED TRADING with Dean Malone"
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Apr
2004 |

"Mona Khan's Trading Style" |
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