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What This Book Cannot and Will Not Do for You

Some authors are quite accomplished at telling you what their book will do for you. I would prefer to tell you not only what this book can do for you, but moreover what it cannot and will not do for you. I do this at the outset so that you will not revel in any unrealistic expectations or unwarranted fantasies about what you will read within these pages. This book, in and of itself, is not a treasure map to riches untold or a handy little instruction book to the secrets of trading success. While it does contain many of my secrets as well as extremely valuable information, secrets without action, or valuable information without direction and consistenВэcy are nothing more than lifeless exhibits at a museum.

Within these pages you will find no claims that this book alone will be a vehicle for your attainment of great wealth as a day trader. If you are looking for guarantees, you'll need to look elsewhere because you won't find them in this book. I will only guarantee you that the ideas, systems, methods, indicators, and suggestions in this book will give you the potential to achieve success, but you, and you alone are the instrument which will transform potential energy into actual energy.

If you seek to acquire the substantial knowledge which I have accrued during my more than 22 years as a futures and stock trader, then you've certainly come to the right place. This book will educate you, guide you, assist you, explain things to you, and illuminate the way for you. But it will not trade for you, put money in your pocket or in your bank account, nor will it fill your head with misleading guarantees. I can teach you how to ride the bicycle, but I cannot ride it for you.

Any individual who has had experience as a trader, albeit limited, learns very early in the game that to achieve consistent success in futures trading is possibly one of the most difficult undertakings a human being can attempt. Success comes only to a few. The reasons for this will be explained clearly and carefully in the chapters which follow. I will demonstrate that the difficulty in attaining success as a trader is primarily one of the trader as opposed to the system or method. It is my goal to facilitate success for you by teaching you techniques as well as methВэods for improving the self, in the hope that you will eventually join the ranks of those who are successful day traders.

No Exaggerated Claims

Furthermore, I do not make any exaggerated claims about what you can achieve as a day trader. Although "the sky's the limit" in futures tradВэing, it is up to the individual trader to maximize what can be achieved. I am only a guide who can teach you techniques which I've found useВэful during my years as a trader. There are no unrealistic claims in this book. If you want those, you'll have to read some of the magazines which help perpetuate such rubbish...or you'll have to read some of your junk mail. If anything, I've attempted to tone down all claims so that when you achieve success you'll be very pleasantly surprised. I'd rather have you keep your expectations low so that you will be happy with what you achieve. For too many years too many unscrupulous operators have preyed upon the public, asserting absurdly fantastic claims, pandering to the weaknesses of human greed and hope. You'll find none of that in this book.