1.3 - Acknowledgments
Unfortunately I never found one person to act as a mentor. I consider myself to be self-taught,
having developed my trading approach through trial and error.
That being said, I expect there is nothing new in my approach to trading that hasn’t been
discovered before by others. This is just my unique interpretation of a blend of information,
which has been gained from exposure to many others throughout my trading journey.
Numerous traders and educators have had significant influence in my own trader development.
There are too many to mention in full, however I would like to offer a special thanks to the
following people:
From my earlier days; Dr Alexander Elder, Dr Van Tharp, Mark Douglas, Linda Raschke.
And those who currently provide inspiration and new insight: Mike Reed, Denise Shull, Davin
Clarke, Don Miller, Sam Seiden, Toni Hansen and Dr Brett Steenbarger.
Study everything you can find that was written by these people.
Charting
Charts throughout the book have been produced using Ninja Trader (www.ninjatrader.com) and
Think or Swim (www.thinkorswim.com).
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1.4 - Prerequisites
This book is not written for a complete novice. It will not explain the basics of charting and
technical analysis, which should be considered prerequisite knowledge.
If you are new to this game and are not familiar with charts, the creation of price bars or candles,
or the use of common charting patterns and technical analysis indicators, then you need to delay
reading this book until you’ve established this base-level of knowledge.
The following webpage will provide you with some recommended sources of this prerequisite
knowledge, some low-cost and some free: