Millionaire TradersThat period of unemployment was a very difficult period of my life.
There were some things that occurred back then which sometimes
when I think about it, it gives me the creeps, the hair on my arms
just starts standing up. So I promised myself that it was something
I would not wish on my worst enemy. Yet the funny thing is that I
stuck it out, I hung in there and today, in my opinion, I am quite
successful. So I felt that it was time to give something back because
I am a firm believer that the more you give, the more you will re-
ceive, not necessarily in monetary terms, but it could be in all sorts
of other ways and I felt one of the motivating things was that if I
can do it, anybody else can. Originally, I was going to write a book,
but I found it too difficult to put my thoughts onto paper. Also,
through my own personal experiences, I realized that in order for
the average person to succeed, they are going to need guidance.
They are going to need somebody to speak to and that is when I
came up with the idea of offering the classes. I basically started
with three or four guys who were friends of mine, and when they
went live, they started doing fine, and they told their friends about
the classes. From there, it’s basically taken off.
Q: Do you feel that having a mentor was really that much of an
advantage?
A: I think you need a mentor. Somebody who you can speak to
because whenever I got stuck and I wasn’t sure what was happen-
ing, I would be very nervous that night, and I would pick up the
phone and call Steve. He would verbally explain to me what he was
trying to say through e-mail and that made a big difference.
Q: How long are your classes, how many days a week?
A: The classes are in the evening, Monday through Thursday.
That’s four evenings and it’s three hours per session. What I do
is give them an introduction to the trading platform. I use my
own indicators that I’ve developed and basically I show them how
those indicators work for different timeframes and how to use
them properly. By Thursday, they are generally pretty good with