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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hi RTers,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>One of the trading strategies sold by Hume & Associates is
called the S/A Cereal Trade. Is anyone else following this
strategy?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Pete Hallock</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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At 01:41 AM 7/16/98 -0700, Paul Brittian wrote:
> THERE ARE some great trading methods out there, Scale Trading is one of
>them. However, very few traders have the discipline or wearwithall to
>stick with it. Another one I respect is Customer Service Inc out of
>California. They work with their customers indefinately, teaching them
>different trading techniques based on technical disciplines that have
>proved to be successful over time. I have over thirty of their students
>as clients and am very impressed by the professionalism and results they
>show in their trading.
I may be coming across as a stupid clod, but maybe this is just the dues
most of us have to pay to get successful in this risky business. After
falling for the Bill Williams crap I fell for the "Customer Service" crap.
Another good learning experience of similar value, although not personally
negative as the BW thing was. My experience with that group was that there
were alot of promises, but no delivery. All I ever got from them was
packages of stuff - much of it just cheap xeroxes of someone or other's
trading manual; then there were books, videos, software, none of it fitting
together into a consistent course, method or anything of that nature. And,
the most consistent aspect of this experience was constant sales pitches to
buy something else. They seemed to have "featured" products which their
"teachers" (read, salespersons) pitched - and you could tell they were
reading from scripts. I didn't encounter anyone in that organization who
demonstrated to me that they knew anything at all about trading. It was
another worthless experience. I wouldn't recommend anyone use them any more
than I would recommend Bill Williams' course.
Learning to trade Futures is one of the most strange endeavors a person
can embark upon. There does not seem to be ANY clear path to learn how to
do it, there is not only no guarantee of success, there are more obstacles,
distractions, delusions, cons, frauds, etc. than in any other area of life
that I can think of. There is nowhere you can go to learn it, most who
teach it are frauds or worse, most of what you will try out will turn out
to be worthless, every area of the field is full of sharks, you can't know
what's what except by trial and error (often very expensively), everyone
seems to be promoting something or someone (or themselves), often
sureptitiously. It's just a big barrel of monkeys now isn't it?
Frankly, I can't imagine anyone promoting Customer Service (SIC!) unless
they had some kind of "arrangement" with them. Forgive me if I am wrong
about you, but you won't convince me there is anything legit about this
group. Again, buyer beware big time! If you are thinking about getting
involved ask some probing specific questions, then think twice, and once or
twice more. My experience with them: got nothing out of it except a bunch
of books, videos and software from various and sundry sources. Could have
gotten all than from Trader's Press.
I haved since found some things that are worthwhile, but this was
definitely not one of them!
David Cicia
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