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Premiering tonight was a television show kicking off its second season – Brothers and Sisters. It’s actually pretty interesting. I’m sure we all have varying levels of family dynamics and drama. It’s the one show a week my wife and I always find time to watch together.
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It’s great to have a renewed focus on our trading and training initiatives. I’ve been so preoccupied with other things that even dropping into an odd Online Trading Room or Online Trading Advisory had not really occurred to me much over the past six or so months. It’s nice to feel like the focus is returning for me.

I’ve dropped into Ruth Mayne’s Advanced OTR tonight, and what sparked that was the trading overview she sent out tonight for the Goldrush Trading Club. Ruth is one who came in strictly for the marketing opportunity and she has over the course of the past few years really developed her trading. Great job Ruth, and for anyone who hasn’t seen her trading commentary, it’s fabulous.
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Mindnumbing in the past were Associates of the Company who would say anything to make a sale. Whether it was stretching the truth or flat out lying, we were attracting some unwanted attention. For everyone who presented the opportunity to trade Forex the right way, there seemed to be two who wouldn’t.

We’re more long-term thinkers than that.
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As we enter a new trading week, let me be clear (and you will hear this refrain often) that nurturing successful traders is our #1 priority. I’ve also got to hand it to Bruce from New York, I owe you a couple of emails now and also a call, which I will do before I head out of town later this week.  And yes Lee, I also owe you an email too.

It’s like I’m on overdraft on my checking account at the bank!

Please drop me a line, I’m not hard to find. And yes, your comments ALWAYS matter. How are we to improve, if you don’t tell us your experiences?

- Sam

P.S. – Rhonda found a great recipe for salmon that we had with my sister and brother-in-law tonight. There were rave reviews all around, and it’s healthy to boot.

It’s the last Saturday in September, and I can’t believe how fast it’s cooled down in Vancouver. Today is rainy – it hasn’t stopped – and downright cool with temperature in the low teens (Celsius that is).

One thing that is nice about Saturday’s, though, is the fact that the market is CLOSED! As a trader, does it sometimes seem like you’re being dunked in a water tank and you’re only able to come up every now and again for a little air? Well, the market has been a little too schizophrenic for me recently and it’s nice to just mentally relax.
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From some of the feedback we’re received so far on the marketing change, it’s been positive, although some of you have expressed a wait and see attitude. We received a comment from Jerry (from the Buckeye state ) who said he’ll have to investigate this change further.

That’s a sentiment that I completely understand, and Trading Post’s intention is to deepen that understanding as we move forward. It’s always tough to understand and internalize everything when something significant happens. Personally, I want to ensure that you don’t feel like you’re drinking from a firehose either, so there needs to be a balance of communication.

There will be three corporate presentations next week where you’ll be able to deepen understanding in what we’re doing. Visit the events page on Monday for full details of when and where these presentations will take place.

- Sam

Welcome to PipStop.

Our little blog on the World Wide Web dedicated to bringing you the latest and greatest tidbits from the offices here at Trading Post.

What you can expect to read here is first-hand information on the newest products and services Trading Post has to offer – before it hits the streets – as well as anything else that we think will interest you.

So stop by for a PipStop every once in a while to refresh your trading engines!

It’s an extraordinary day.

You’re here because of the recent change in marketing direction that Trading Post has made. It only affects Associates and it’s business as usual for all of our course and subscription Clients.

Change is never easy. But change is almost always accepted with increased understanding. I want you to understand all the information you have before you, and think about it. Then you’ll have opportunities to ask questions.

As a management group, we are caretakers of the Trading Post community. We took all the information we had before us and thought of our long-term future with you. It wasn’t an easy decision, and we wrestled with the prospects of making what amounts to a monumental change. We’ve internalized it, had hard dialogue, sleepless nights and made the best decision possible.

But it truly is a new beginning, and we’re excited. And you know what? We’re present. You can email, you can call, you can even visit. We respond to all respective inquiries.

Am I saying everything is perfect now? Not at all.

It’s an extraordinary day, because we’ve decided that we are no longer beholden to a specific marketing philosophy. We’re a trading company and now our primary focus is in the right place.

Stay here for daily updates on the goings on of the transition. In the meantime email us at info@tradingpostfinancial.com or call our hotline at 604.909.3777.

Have a great weekend!

- Sam Araki