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CISCO Futures

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Internet http//www.cisco-futures.com
Email dljones@cisco-futures.com

Long Home-Study Course: Your Futures "MBA"

Futures training courses abound. A survey of the listings on the Stocks & Commodities website turned up fourteen courses. Costs ranged from $99 to $36,000 with a median of $3,000. Time required varied from 1 hour to 5 days; median was four days. The trading profession cannot be learned in 5 days! Think about it. Would you want to be operated on by a surgeon with 5 days of training?

The best, and possibly only valid methodology for trading is one based on value. The value approach got it's start in 1985 as Market Profile(c), a CBOT product, spearheaded by exchange member J.P. Steidlmayer. Since then the value concept has undergone much improvement, moving from a CBOT product to a universal methodology. Many of the advances have been made at CISCO (refer to the References page).

The goal of your year of training is to become able to develop a trading model:
Developing a Trading Model

Your training path includes the following steps:
A. Learn to recognize Market Condition (balance or non-balance).
(The balance case locates value, your most critical reference point.)

B. Learn to use intra-day balance for any day trading (entry or exit).

C. Learn to use longer term value for setting trading parameters (stops).

D. Using the Standard Model for actual market analysis.

E. The practice analysis and strategy development from it is CRITICAL to your learning. It is your apprenticeship!

Your data analysis is facilitated by the following market analysis tools:

1. CMaPS, for intra- and end-of-day profiles (1 day value)
...Pointer at Data (under the flag), then Intra-Day Data
*** For the Day trader: The current Meta-Profile ***

2. Visual Graphic, for market condition (multiple day value)
...Pointer at Data (under the flag), then End-of-Day Data
*** For the Day trader and the Swing trader ***

3. Advice Engine Report,* for a survey of all CISCO markets in balance.
For every market in balance you have the 'balance limits'.
...Pointer at Data (under the flag), then Advice Engine Data
*** For the Day trader and the Swing trader, permits Diversification ***

4. Run-Pause Congestion determination on the Advice Engine page*
Shows a market's intra-day balances as they develop.
...Pointer at Data (under the flag), then Advice Engine Data
*** For the Day trader: The current Market Condition (value) ***

5. Value Analytics:* All the information you need for your trade set-up.
The most advanced value information you can find!
Free trial on Value Analytics for six mkts: SF, UU (ES), XN, GC, S, and CL.
* Trial Basis, at the proper time.

Your job as a trader is to locate the start of a directional move (trend) and to stay with it until you detect the congestion (non-directional balancing) that signals end of trend. CISCO training courses teach you how to find market direction.

Long Course teachs you about market behavior, auction market analysis and how to put the two together. It is a correspondence course with a lesson a month and practice trading with real data daily. You get the theory from the lessons and the absolutely necessary practice from paper trading. You have access to a teacher for up to 15 minutes per week.

We cannot make you an ace trader. Only you can do that. We do get you started on the right path. Our courses give you the two things you need to learn the profession: market understanding in the lessons and daily trading practice. If you firmly believe there is a secret, easily learned method for winning you have no business taking this course.

The Long Course, primarily for the swing trader, is twelve months, with practice trading five days (evenings) a week. Cost is $1200 plus exchange fees of $84. An alternative monthly billing is $109 + $7 exchange fee. Regardless of cost, we believe that learning to trade cannot be accomplished in a few days. Learning a profession, any profession, takes time, effort and enlightened training. We offer the latter. It is up to you to put in the time and effort. Your career depends on it!

Price Schedule for Home-Study: $109 per month or $1200 pre-pay 
Includes:  12 monthly lessons 
             Lesson 1.  Getting Trading Data
             Lesson 2.  Minor Auction
             Lesson 3.  Fluctuation, Responsive Trading, Hourly LDB
             Lesson 4.  Protect Your Money
             Lesson 5.  Workbook
             Lesson 6.  Test Phase of a Market
             Lesson 7.  Major and Minor Auctions Reviewed
             Lesson 8.  Commercial Trader's Volume Analysis
             Lesson 9.  Review of Reference Points
             Lesson 10. Technical Analysis
             Lesson 11. Exiting Positions
             Lesson 12. Course Review

           Trader Control Package (end-of-day)
           Visual Graphics
           Regular Bracket Screen
           End-of-Day Tick data (5 markets)
           Daily Summary Data
           TCP Basic Strategy and Trading Results 
           Intra-Day Meta-Profile plus yesterdays Overlays
           Weekly email support
           
           About Profiles and Day Value
           Market/Meta Profiles Background
           About Overlays and Longer Term Value
           Overlay Demand Curve Background

           Overview
           Trading as a Career
           Trading Model Development

           Highlights of Long Home-Study Course
           Introduction to Home-Study Course   
           Theory and Practice of Value Based Power Trading  

        Traders who have completed either the Long HomeStudy Course or the
        Short HomeStudy Course are eligible for Advice Engine Charter
        Membership at one-half the regular rate.  Offer valid for 60
        days from completion of course.

Click to Sign-up for Home-Study Course    

The CISCO Home Study trader-training course teaches you futures as a business
  -- You will understand the trading on the exchange floor: who does what
  -- You will gain a deep insight into the market
  -- You will learn powerful, proven trading techniques and strategy development
  -- You will be trained to recognize special market situations

Click for a description of Market Generated data
Click for examples of a Breakout Trade     
                        Responsive Trade      
                        Responsive and Breakout Trade

Click for a Test on Theory and Practice of VBPT
Click for the Home-study/New Market Analysis/Value Based Power Trading Glossary
Click for CISCO Futures Commodity Symbols

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