| My dreams of being a young and retired 35 year old | | | | was the way to go for us. We bought the program |
| went up in flames on my 35th birthday. Having to face | | | | knowing that without action we will be in the same |
| the gloom of another 30 years working for the man | | | | place we were in right then and there. |
| was just too much to think about. It is not just turning | | | | We spent the next week diligently watching the DVDs |
| 35 (no it was no mid life crisis) it was more the fact | | | | a couple of times ... we still had to be sure. We started |
| that another one of my dreams didn't come true. | | | | paper trading to 'test the waters'. In fact, as part of the |
| I had done all the work on home businesses, and | | | | program you must paper trade to learn how to read |
| wasted a lot of money, yes they are a great learning | | | | the signals, and see the results you would get had you |
| school, but really all I was doing was replacing my job | | | | entered the trade for real. We were doing so well |
| with a business which was another job. I have had my | | | | paper trading, we thought we were doing something |
| fair share of business failures as well. Yes, you do | | | | wrong ... we were going in on any signal as we'd been |
| more hours than if you were employed, and you pay | | | | instructed. The shame of it was that it was only paper. |
| yourself a lot less while you are getting your business | | | | We were making some fantastic money on paper! |
| off the ground, but you hope that happy staff would | | | | Yes, we had some losses too, but we were being |
| come in and take over and run the business while you | | | | taught how to minimize our losses and how to let our |
| sit back and let the money roll in. | | | | winners run. Thus our losses weren't that great, |
| It doesn't always pan out that way, certainly not with | | | | especially in comparison to the huge gains we were |
| traditional business in my experience. When you realize | | | | making. |
| that the staff don't have your interests in mind, your | | | | The best thing about the Lifestyle Trader program is |
| world comes down with a big bump and you find | | | | the hands on lab training. Fiona went away to do the |
| yourself spending even more hours trying to correct | | | | training at the Aussie Rob offices on the Gold Coast |
| the ship. After getting out of traditional business I was | | | | and learnt so much in that three days. The training |
| looking for a way to become rich, have a neat lifestyle | | | | really helped crystallize what we needed to do to be |
| with minimal risk. A few more years of my life drifted | | | | successful traders. |
| by and my thoughts turned to "yeah right, you're just a | | | | We set up our trading strategy and for the next five |
| dreamer". | | | | months (yes, we did 'practice' for a while because the |
| Then I came across an advert on the Internet for | | | | markets were so erratic) we continued to paper trade |
| Jamie McIntyre's 21st Century Academy Home study | | | | but this time using the simulator platform which we |
| Program. When I got the free DVD my partner, Fiona, | | | | now use to place our real trades. It was fantastic to |
| and I watched it and chatted about all the opportunities | | | | have access to the platform and get a really good |
| available. We immediately became members and | | | | feel for how it worked, how to actually place the trade |
| started on our journey by watching the DVDs. | | | | and see it all happening as if it were real. |
| Then came the 4 day Education for Life event. I knew | | | | Then came the day of reckoning, our first real trade. |
| I wanted to go into share trading, but needed help (and | | | | This is putting our money on the line!! The heart pumps |
| lots of it) to know when, what and where to put my | | | | as your finger gets closer to the transmit button. We |
| hard earned money into with as little risk as humanly | | | | knew we could be up for a loss of $800. But, the |
| possible. | | | | upside was that we could potentially make much more |
| After going through the first day of mindset, Aussie | | | | than that, and we had limited our losses to an amount |
| Rob (Rob Wilson, Lifestyle Trader) came on stage to | | | | we were 'comfortable' with. Within two days we were |
| speak. He stated quite simply that his program, | | | | up $1,000. How cool is that? Not a feeling I can |
| Lifestyle Trader, is exactly as the name suggests - | | | | describe! |
| easy to manage trading leading to the lifestyle you | | | | Since then we have had a lot more successful trades. |
| want. The program allows you to trade in the affluent | | | | Keep in mind, we have had some losing trades too. |
| US market, starting with relatively small margins. Of | | | | That is just part of being a trader. We have always |
| course, there are risks involved, but you can minimize | | | | minimized our losses and let our winners run ... that is |
| the risks in various ways, the most common being | | | | part of OUR trading strategy (everyone's strategy is |
| putting stops in place. | | | | different and has to be in line with their thinking, levels |
| The Lifestyle Trader software looks at the buyers and | | | | of risk etc). |
| sellers in the market, not the price of the commodity. | | | | These days I am a day trader and have given up my |
| So if the market has more buyers than sellers then the | | | | job ... which is pretty cool and means I've finally realized |
| market is going long (or up). This usually means the | | | | my dream (one a short five years overdue). Some |
| price will go up. If the market has more sellers than | | | | days I struggle to find enough things to do. I go to the |
| buyers then the market is going short (down) and the | | | | gym in the morning, spend 30 minutes putting on my |
| price will generally come down. | | | | trades ... then spend time doing things I enjoy doing. |
| This is basic economics of supply and demand. How | | | | Our trading success paid for a month long holiday to |
| hard is that? Not hard at all! | | | | the USA and a Caribbean cruise in November 2008. It |
| When the lines cross on the software program, then | | | | was a fantastic trip and we'll always remember the |
| that is the optimum time to get in and out of the | | | | fun we had and the reason we were able to do it - |
| market. No analysing endless amounts of data - | | | | we took ACTION. |
| whew! As Aussie Rob said you can trade in any | | | | I love this program and highly recommend it. Find out |
| market - a bullish market (rising) or a bearish market | | | | whether you think Lifestyle Trader will work for you by |
| (falling). Even better, there is the opportunity to trade | | | | clicking here and getting your free introductory DVD. |
| options, commodities or forex. Recently a type E-minis | | | | You never know, it could be exactly what you've been |
| was added to the fold. | | | | looking for. |
| Fiona and I had a bit of a chat but we both knew this | | | | |