Dear Readers,

Many things about the financial markets and trading have changed in the 35 years that I have been writing about them - new markets that can be traded, new instruments to trade them, enhanced data resources and computer power to analyze them, expanded information distribution networks to keep up with them, new electronic means to expedite trading them...In short, today's global markets are vastly different from those in 1970.

Yet, one thing does not seem to have changed all that much in those 35 years: Investors' lack of knowledge about trading and their need for education to learn what financial markets and trading are all about if they want to participate in them. In fact, the need for education about trading is even greater in today's fast-paced markets because of all the innovations in the last 35 years.

As the editor of Futures Magazine for many years, I heard many stories about investors who jumped into trading, didn't understand the risks or the need to develop a trading mentality, lost their trading stake and then dropped out before ever seeing the magazine. I often thought that if we could only have reached more people as they were just getting into trading, we could have helped them avoid the costly mistakes that many of them make when they start to trade.

That's one reason why we started TraderEducation.com and why I am involved. But the site is for more than just beginners. Whether you trade stocks, commodities, currencies, futures or options, we want you to look to TraderEducation.com as your prime source of trading education and independent opinions about what's available to traders today. We know it will take some work to achieve that status, but that's our goal and we plan to reach it.

Best Wishes,

Darrell R. Jobman
Editor-in-Chief
TradingEducation.com, LLC

What TraderEducation.com is:
TraderEducation.com is dedicated to helping traders at all levels learn their craft better so they can improve their odds for trading success. The site focuses on current market conditions as well as a variety of educational materials that will give traders of stocks, currencies, futures and options sound background information about trading and important trading concepts.

TraderEducation.com is sincere in it's efforts to help new traders learn the basics of trading and experienced traders learn new ideas and strategies that they can apply in their trading without pushing any particular product or service. You will learn about software, books, trading courses, seminars, etc. that we think can help you trade better.

Is all TraderEducation.com content really free?
The short answer is YES!  The longer answer is the site is supported through advertising revenue.  The advertisers help cover the costs of the analysts, website hosting, and other expenses that would typically be passed onto the trader.  We have found that traders like having advertisers pay the expenses rather than the traders paying for the educational material.  If you are interested in advertising on this site, please click here.

Who TraderEducation.com is:
We have assembled an outstanding team of analysts who have years of experience in trading or covering markets of all types and will continue to add analysts and present new ideas and strategies as we go along. The leaders of the TraderEducation.com team include:

Lane Mendelsohn has been involved in the trading industry dating back to 1993 and has been an associate member of the Market Technicians Association since 2001.  He has educated thousands of traders and has helped them to become more successful in their trading through his expertise with trading software.  His vision for helping traders has resulted in the successful launch of several educational websites dedicated to helping traders free of charge.

Darrell Jobman has been writing about financial markets for more than 35 years, covering all aspects of the trading industry. A decorated Vietnam War veteran, he was a newspaper farm editor and editor of several agricultural publications before becoming an editor of Futures Magazine for more than 15 years. He has written and/or edited more than a dozen books on trading including The Handbook for Technical Analysis. His passion is helping others succeed by learning the "dos and don'ts" of trading and through TraderEducation.com he has really been able to satisfy his passion.

Darla Tuttle joins TradingEducation.com, LLC with sixteen years of diverse relationship and project management experience with one of the industry's leading full service brokerage firms. She has worked with many of the industry's most influential individuals in the development of trading education resources for web publication and tradeshows. Known especially for her work with add-on software developers, Darla manages all aspects of our web and educational curriculum development.

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