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Acknowledgments

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s always, a very special thank you goes to my editor David Pugh

at John Wiley & Sons. David, your publishing expertise enhances

every project you work on, and I look forward to continuing a long

and rewarding relationship. Also, thank you to Kelly O’Connor and Stacey

Fischkelta at Wiley: Your guidance and help in every step of the manuscript

process is much appreciated.

Thank you to Steve Nison, the greatest candlestick expert of our time,

for writing the Foreword. And, much thanks to Professor Nauzer Balsara

for allowing us to include one of his risk-of-ruin tables in this book. His

classicMoney Management Strategies for Futures Traders, John Wiley &

Sons, 1992, continues to contain the most extensive and thorough set of

risk-of-ruin tables in existence.

Many of my students have helped me develop effective educational ma-

terial over the years by giving their feedback on what helps them most in

their learning process. My thanks go out to each and every one. In partic-

ular, I’d like to thank Yves Pitteloud, who has been a spectacular student.

His insights and contributions in particular to the record keeping portion

of this book are terrific.

And, of course, thanks to my wife Jean McDowell, who has been there

by my side templating and editing this material every step of the way.

Thanks, sweetheart, for all you do—you are much appreciated!

BENNETTA. MCDOWELL

San Diego, California

March 2008

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