I received an email last Thursday from one of our own sharing his experiences trading the forex last week. In it he made the following comment: "What a wacky time in the financial markets..." Right on, brother! Last Tuesday/Wednesday's trades (12) produced a staggering 4000 pips in less than 16 hours! For the newbies among us, in a standard account, that translates to $36000+ in profits. Ever hear the saying among traders that volatility is your friend? Wow, what an example to prove that. Media News of the day contained this headline: "As Economic Concerns Mount, World Markets Begin Downward Spiral. In opening trading on Wednesday, world stock markets fell following a strong two-day rally...".
I don't mean to repeat myself, but what a time in history to be a Forex trader. Life is GREAT!
Please bring your trades to the workshop (good, bad, or ugly) and we will analyze what went wrong (or right). If you are a newbie, don't worry about that, just sit back and prepare for an education.
As usual I will cover pertinent topics and take questions. We will also look at more real trades.
If you have a specific topic you would like to have covered email me beforehand.
Hope y'all can make it. Special welcome to all the new wannabe traders out there who have joined us recently. Sorry I haven't got the time to send personal greetings to all of you. Come out to the workshops or click on each individual meetup on the home page to see what past meetings had to offer. And come with the mindset that trading the forex could change your life forever.

Historic highs and lows in the stock market, comparisons to some of the worst economic times in U.S. history, banks declaring bankruptcy, Fannie and Freddy mortgage takeovers, and financial institutions failing, these are recent headlines causing near panic in the equities markets. As forex swing traders, no effect on us; just the opposite, more trading opportunities coming up! Make no mistake, I care deeply about recent events that affect every American. I served my country for 20 years and am proud to be a retired Air Force Officer. But I am one happy dude to be flat equities and making money trading the forex. Make new rules to restrict short trading? Who cares? There is no such animal in the spot forex market. There is no one or any financial institution in the world that can manipulate our trading vehicle. No pump and dump, no speculating, just free market forces. What a great time in history to be trading forex.
We will examine your real trades, so be sure to bring your trading records. We will look at my real trades. This is core to learning to trade our forex model. And of course we will talk more about our strictly rule-based entries and exits.
I am so proud of some of you; through your emails to me I can see more and more profitable people making smarter and better trades between each workshop, making more pips and leaving fewer pips on the table. GOOD JOB traders!
Good and bad news. Bad news first: Last meeting we maxed out on attendees; there were over 20 students. We are getting too big for our meeting location. So I must restrict you from bringing "guests" unless they join our meetup and are serious about learning to trade the forex. Email me Monday evening and it will be by space available for guests. Members of this meetup: I suggest you RSVP at your earliest to assure yourself of a spot in the workshop.
Now the good news: Borders is moving us to a larger space within the store (but still resticting us to 20 attendees) and one of our members, who is an audio visual professional, will bring a projector and screen for a trial run.
The word is getting out and we are becoming a victim of our success. I appreciate all of your efforts. Please email me with any of your concerns.
Trade wisely, by the Indicators,
Paul

Since the three weeks that have passed since we last met there have been very limited opportunities to trade the dollar pairs using our extreme trading system. THAT'S A GOOD THING! It showed how our system kept us safe during a very volatile couple of weeks in the forex market. Other forex traders have been getting absolutely gutted!. Not the case at all here! It's not about making lots of trades. It's all about the quality of each and every trade. For those of you who have been regular attendees of these workshops and have listened to me preach, time and time again, about following the signals and "reading the story", this was a good exercise in discipline! And should be a big boost for your confidence level in our method. It's just so reliable and simple. This workshop will again re-focus on taking only those extremes that result in successful, high probability trades time and time again. Traders, we're not here to reinvent the wheel; we want to learn to do the same thing over and over and over again until it almost becomes routine, maybe even boring. That's an oxymoron when it comes to the satisfaction of reviewing your broker's profit statement each week! Traders, be sure to bring your questions and lots of trades to analyze. Email me ahead of the meeting if you would like a specific issue addressed.
A message for all new recent visitors to our forex meetup and to those inactive members who have expressed renewed interest: Since I assumed leadership of this forex venue in May, I have completely changed the focus of these trading meetings to a workshop format, concentrating on a specific swing trade strategy that requires fewer than two hours of computer time each day. I have a policy of refunding the $15 workshop fee for anyone who feels that they did not get their money's worth from the instruction. FYI, I do not do one-on-one training or any other forex training at this time. This workshop is your only opportunity to use my system. Now would be a good time to check us out.
Hope to see you all Tuesday evening at 7:00 PM,
Paul

Anyone who wants to learn to trade the forex market (profitably) is welcome to attend. Forget stocks, options, and commodities. With up to 400 to 1 leverage this is where it's happening. In fact, this past week one of our newer members must feel like he hit the lottery! Netted 935 pips over four trading days last week. What a haul! If that were a standard account it would mean a profit of over $18,000. That translates to an APR (annual percentage rate) of more than 18250%. Unbelievable numbers. Job well done, Devi! You have been an excellent student and should be an inspiration for all of your fellow forex meetup traders.
We will be looking at some of Devi's trades and continuing on our quest to learn to read the "story" of consistent high probability swing trades. Don't miss this workshop! It could change your life.

You asked for more! So that's what you'll get! I will be covering how to spot even more trades that will make us a bundle. We want only the best trades, with the highest probability of success, that have great risk to reward ratios. I'm not talking the normal acceptable risk to rewards of 1:2, or 1:3. I'm talking mega ratios! And at nearly everyone's request, I will be covering exit strategies so that you get to keep all those pips that you just made. My objective is to teach you enough discipline and patience to let trades setup and come to you. It just ends badly for those traders who think they can find a trade when they want to. At the risk of repeating myself, this is a PARTICIPATORY class! You get so much more out of class when you participate. So bring your bad trades and horror stories. We love that! I also appreciate requests for covering specific areas that you may not fully understand (chances are, your fellow traders may share the same issues). But we also want to make the most of our time together so be sure to check out sites like www.babypips.com for general, basic info. Do your best to attend this next meeting or risk missing out. Oh yeah, our 6 trades for last week (June 9-13) netted 1109 pips. LIFE IS GOOD. Happy pippin' till next meeting!
Please take note that I am unable to meet this Tuesday, June 17, so this next meeting will happen on the following Tuesday, June 24th at the normal time at the regular place..
(P.S. In order to cover the costs of our meetings, I am again asking for a donation of $5 per person. If, for any reason, you are disappointed with the meeting or its content I will gladly refund that amount).