I received my longest (ever) testimonial from a private coaching student I trained in January 2010. I decided to post it, unedited (sorry about the cuss words, but I didn’t write them):

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(March 20, 2010)

When asked to summarize the core of his philosophy, Ralph Waldo Emerson replied, “the infinitude of the private man.” If you asked John Lee for his outlook on life, he would probably offer a similar sentiment. However, where Emerson was known primarily as a thinker, John is a man of action. John is an example of someone that refused to be pigeonholed by society into becoming an institutionalized slave, and instead carved a path for himself through mastery of short term equity trading. For those of us lucky enough to know him, he is a true leader that changes people’s lives.

Before signing up for John’s training session, I was a college grad with a fresh job doing financial consulting . In college I had the average mindset of everyone else in the pack, “do as well as possible in school, and try to land the best paying job that will look good on a resume.” Both of my parents are self-employed, yet somewhere down the line I was brainwashed by society into thinking there was only one way to secure a future. I wasn’t sure where I really wanted my life to go. Soon after starting work, I quickly realized that being a corporate slave wasn’t for me. My biggest issue is that I am paid for my time. I know I can use my time more productively. As an employee you are rated on your “utilization” but for fucks sake how can you look at yourself in the mirror when you are being “utilized” essentially for someone else’s gain? How about trying to utilize your own time for your personal gain and development? This thought would eat at me constantly and I needed a way to live on my own terms, within a framework for creating self-made success. John’s teaching is geared toward those with the individualist spirit of Emerson, who wish to take control of their lives, but have the motivation to make it happen. He offers a framework for owning your future.

If you follow John’s blog, you know his methods work. The results speak for themselves. John has synthesized the knowledge contained within his vast library of financial texts (which he will share with you if you choose to sign up). His concise teachings are essentially a rundown of the most effective and powerful strategies for maximizing your gains while minimizing exposure (and risk).  In my first month of trading and testing the waters, I was pretty much break-even, which isn’t bad for someone that had never placed a trade in their life beforehand.  In my second month, I am up 22% in three weeks.  This is not a matter of luck; I work a full time job and have put in at least 20 hours per week scanning for set ups and studying the methods. John is a terrific teacher and offers continual support, both during and after market hours.

The $4,000 “fee” for his service is truly a gift if you have the motivation and discipline to stick with it. Would you pay Peyton Manning to teach you how to quarterback? Would you pay Larry Bird to teach you to shoot a basketball? This may sound like an exaggeration, but it’s not. Coaching by those athletes would also come with a disclaimer reading “does not guarantee results,” but it sure as hell would increase your chances of success. John’s training is just like anything else; the more time you commit, the better you will become, but how far you go is ultimately up to you.

This system requires organization, discipline, and self-analysis more than anything else. If you are motivated to self-improve, apply for the program. This has been by far the best decision I have ever made. I am incredibly motivated and will not let this opportunity go to waste. Two months after training, I feel like my life is at the apex of an ascending triangle, ready to BTFO.

-Michael

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That’s whats up. Great work!

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My program is getting finalized. All I have to do is finish creating the manual (about 70% complete). Here is the preliminary Table of Contents:

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Introduction/Orientation

Section A) Knowledge

Chapter 1) Candlestick Charting

Introduction
Basic Candlestick Charting
Continuation Patterns
Reversal Patterns
Secondary Patterns
Using Candles for Entries & Exits
CA’s Most Favorite High-Probability patterns

Chapter 2) Basic Technical Analysis

Introduction
Charting Basics
Reading the Chart
Market Cycles
Chart Patterns
Using Moving Averages
Basic Gaps
Using Volume

Chapter 3) Advanced Technical Analysis

Full Integration of Candles, Chart Patterns, and Moving Averages
Technical Indicators
Point & Figure Charting
Fibonacci Trading
Advanced Gap Trading

Chapter 4) CA’s Proprietary Strategies/Systems

The Complete Blank Box System
Long/Short Spiker Strategy
Earnings Trading System
BB Strategy
Morning Gap Strategy
Inside Day Trading

Charpter 5) Long Strategies

Complete Long Setups
Imminent Breakouts
Pattern Statistics/Facts

Chapter 6) Short Strategies

Complete Short Setups
Imminent Breakdowns
Pattern Statistics/Facts

Section B) Organization

Chapter 7) Trading Plan

Various

Chapter 8 ) Record Keeping

Custom P/L
Trading Log
*Others

Chapter 9) Stock Scanning

Parameters for All Market Conditions
Watch List Setup
Free Sites to Use
*Others

Section C) Psychology

Psychological Conditioning/Emotional Stabilization
*Not Disclosed

Section D) Practice

Demonstrate Your Understanding of the Entire Course
*Not Disclosed

Section E) Motivation/Success

Natural Laws
Learning/Knowledge
Ideas
Attitude
Magic
Fear
Skill
Concentration
Habits
Mental Force
Decision Making
Professionalism
Follow Through

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I am in preliminary talks with my contacts at Wiley & Sons. Due to time constraints, a book wouldn’t come out for at least over a year, but it will happen. I didn’t call them…they called me.

In addition, I got an e-mail from the programming  director at the Money Show/Trader’s Expo. I will be speaking at least on Sunday, August 23 at 10:40AM-11:25AM. I won’t be selling anything. I will sit on a panel which includes several distinguished experts such as David Brown, Director of Sabrient Systems, Roger Nausbaum (“Random Roger”), CIO of Your Source Financial, Chip Hanlon, President of Delta Global Advisors, and maybe others. If you can make it, I’d love to see you.

Profile: http://www.moneyshow.com/directory/speaker.asp?speakerid=E6E148E25A4E4A2FA78680127EC3E848

Event:  http://www.moneyshow.com/events/MoneyShows.asp

That’s all for now.

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All of you have different reasons for wanting to receive personalized instruction from me, but one thing is for certain: you would like to be successful in your own trading as I am in mine. With a track record like mine, this comes as no surprise:

2002: +2.04 (quarter year)
2003: +5.05
2004: +37.42%
2005: +88.20%
2006:  +103.67%
2007: +144.13%
2008: +256.11%
2009: +201.10% (As of July 8, goal: +300%)

(with no losing months for the last 16 consecutive months)

Are these the returns that you want to achieve? If so, then I am the right person to give you instruction. Why didn’t I choose to teach over IM or by phone? It’s simple, this program is the closest way of ‘holding your hand giving you step-by-step instructions on exactly how I trade, what I trade, and when I trade. My method of training will force you to completely understand and effectively apply what you will learn ensuring that you have no more questions for me when we are finished.

Your goal is to exponentially shorten your learning curve, to become a better trader at the fastest rate imaginable. You are seeking immediate improvement. At the end of our session together, you will:

• Be on your way to consistent profitability
• Make fewer mistakes
• Become proficient in all forms of technical analysis
• Know the most reliable long & short setups
• Execute proper entries and exits
• Learn and know basic and advanced candlestick charting
• Use multiple time frames
• Use volume, moving averages and relevant indicators properly
• Learn my proprietary strategies
• Know how to analyze any and every chart
• Risk Management
• Money Management
• Correctly use pre-market futures for opening gaps

…and more.

Separately, you will be psychologically conditioned to trade with confidence. Of course, mastering your emotions is a lengthy process, but I will lay down a rock-solid foundation for you to become a disciplined trader.

The curriculum will be comprised of 5 main parts:
1) Knowledge
2) Organization
3) Practice
4) Psychology
5) Motivation

I am an entirely self-taught trader. I learned how to conquer the market by tirelessly studying my vast physical and PDF library, a library with over 1,200 titles. I’ve read over 100 books on trading and finance for the past 5 years, every year. This knowledge will be transferred over to you. In addition to the information that is available to everyone, I will fully instruct you on several proprietary strategies that I’ve developed over the years:

1) Complete Blank Box Trading
2) Long/Short Spiker Strategy
3) Earnings Trading System
4) Long/Short Bollinger Strategy
…and more.

As for the basics, I will not leave until you fully understand every candle and technical pattern. You will demonstrate your understanding to me throughout the session as we analyze over 1,000 charts together. You will spend no more than 5 seconds on each chart. You will learn to focus on what’s most important and make a buy/sell/wait opinion on each stock in seconds. In the time it takes you to analyze a 10-K/10-Q, you will have analyzed hundreds of charts and assembled your long/short list for the next day.

The knowledge that you will acquire will be with you for the rest of your life.

You will learn how I organize each stock.  You will learn how to determine if a stock is “imminent” to capture profits faster. You will also know which stocks to wait for, and for how long, before revisiting. In summary, the organization segment is to make sure that you have a constant and steady pipeline of profitable trades, day in and day out. After all, a pharmaceutical company will not survive if it’s pipeline is empty.

The practice segment will consist of your full training in day and swing trading as well as focus on risk and money management. You will learn to know how to use morning gaps and when to trade them. You will understand when to commit to one side (50% or more) and when to use of leverage to maximize gains. You will learn how to catch breakouts immediately before they occur.  You will apply your knowledge and complete this segment subject to my satisfaction. In short, I will force you to master the way I trade in the limited time that we share.

To aid you, you will receive a training manual. This guide will not be sold separately and will only be available to coaching students.

Nobody is born successful. People are not educated because they were born educated. They’re not well-dressed because they were born well-dressed. The qualities of success are acquired over time. My job is to shorten that time with the most impact as possible. If you don’t possess the qualities of a successful trader, then you have all the more reason to begin developing them immediately. The process is not simple; but I believe that anyone with sufficient determination can make these changes.

Many people feel their capacity for learning has reached its limits, or that their personalities cannot be improved or modified. A lot of people accept their station in life as a part of their destiny, or as something over which they have no control. Most would deny outwardly that they believe as such, but their inaction to change anything proves otherwise.

A renowned Harvard psychologist claims the greatest discovery of this generation is that people have learned they can change their circumstances by changing their attitudes. But from my own experiences, I believe that people want to change their circumstances without changing themselves, and it just doesn’t work that way. My job is to amplify your mental strengths and suppress your emotional weaknesses fostering within you the psychological qualities of a successful trader.

Don’t just sit back wishing and hoping to be successful in trading. That’s like waiting to win the lottery – enter it if you want to, but don’t count on it. If you live with unearned wealth as your goal in life, you’ll end up with only dreams in the bank.  My job is to develop you into a self-sufficient and fully independent trader. The goal is to make sure that you will never have to rely on anyone else’s decisions to make your own. Independence means freedom from the slavery of ignorance

If you want to be successful in trading, follow the lead of the Mayans. How much corn do you think the Mayans would have grown each year if they had depended on luck to give them a crop? Probably not much, and in those days, the price of failure was your head, literally. Napoleon said luck was the ability to exploit accidents. No one becomes successful in trading by accident. Try to think of one trader that fits this profile. You can’t, and that should be no surprise.

A lot of people may have knowledge, but lack dexterity. Some may have learning, but lack competence. Some may own a set of expensive tools, and yet, not know how to use them. If you want to be a marathon runner, get your shoes and start running. Now, you may have read all about running, probably ‘studied’ running in college, and even watched marathons for 20 years. But if you haven’t practiced and become good at it yourself, the first thing that happens after you get your shoes on is you trip and fall down, sprain your ankle, or worse. My job is to get you running – on your own.

To prepare themselves for the thrill of jumping out of a plane, skydivers gain experience and practice by jumping from a jump tower or a computer simulator on the ground. A trainer grades each jumper and the jumpers performance is lacking, trainees will have to go back and repeat the whole segment before they certified to make their first jump. There isn’t any room for mistakes, since it may cost you your life. My job is to help you minimize the mistakes you make and lessen their impact on your trading, and more importantly, on your mind.

One of the most important skills learned in skydiving school is how to properly fold your parachute. No one will die if the chute is properly folded and executed. You must live by that same rule when it comes to success. You will succeed or fail according to how well you pack your chute. If you haven’t developed the abilities to succeed in trading, nothing is going to save you, not even a backup chute. My job is to make sure you know what to do well before the market opens. You will always be prepared on the night before the next trading day. Pack your chute properly, and you will have lots of fun.

Are you ready to take the jump?

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Here’s how the program will work:

-I will be training 2 people per month, one on each weekend.
-The first student will start on the weekend of July 18-19.
-The training will take place at your residence, with your own computer.
-The session will be divided in two 12-hour segments, one on each day.
-You may bring friends and family members if you wish, at no additional cost.

Due to the expenses of traveling, additional costs are unavoidable. I estimate that expenses will make up 25% of the total fee. It’s a part of doing business, so deal with it.

Program cost: $3,999

Is this cost worth it? Sure is, because trading in ignorance for the rest of your life is the highest price you will ever pay. How many years are going to pass by before you decide to become an independent trader confident in making your own trading decisions? If you want to learn how to trade for a living, NOW is the time.

Why are you trading? Is it to help send your kids to college? Provide yourself with a supplementary income? Help support your family? Want to quit your 9-to-5 job? To secure your financial future? Everyone has their reasons for trading. The training you will receive will be the only thing you will ever need. I will mold you into who I am, and as you are already aware, I’m doing just fine. Set yourself up for the rest of your life.

Are you ready to plant the seeds for your future?

If so, shoot me an e-mail at JCLee84 @ hotmail.com (no spaces).

There is a selection process. I will send you a survey/questionnaire to fill out. I will have to qualify you, since I don’t accept pikers who waste my time. Once I accept you, we will arrange a schedule to begin the training.

You will sign a non-disclosure agreement stating that you agree to any and all methods that I use (none of which will put you in any danger or harm, whatsoever). Don’t worry, I won’t handcuff you to a metal pipe since the market won’t be open.

Good luck!

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P.S. I will be a speaker at the Trader’s Expo/Money Show coming up in August 22-23 in San Francisco. I will be the youngest speaker in the history of this venue. My topic will on technical analysis, of course. You’re all welcome to attend and mingle with the thousands of other trader’s from across the country.

Profile: http://www.moneyshow.com/directory/speaker.asp?speakerid=E6E148E25A4E4A2FA78680127EC3E848

Event:  http://www.moneyshow.com/events/MoneyShows.asp

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