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Two things are official.

I am with my family at a friends lake house (for those of you who are familiar with Western Washington it's the beautiful Lake Samish), and I will be attending the Forex Trading Expo in September (in Las Vegas).

It always seems to be more exhausting at the end of the day "away" from things, but it's just because so much happens - whether it's a hike, swimming, dutch oven cooking or just sitting around being with friends and family.

Far more taxing is walking around an exhibitors hall at a trading expo and feeling like I'm being herded like cattle. For the record, I like just roaming or grazing around at a function like an expo, and I had that point made clear to me by a few who were chained to their booths in Los Angeles last month.

I've already had two of our trading coaches Nikhil Patel and Pierre Charlebois tell me that they'll join me in Vegas. If any others want to come and be Trading Post roamers with us, it'll be a great time.

One question, though, I still haven't booked a hotel. Any recommendations on a Vegas hotel to stay at?!?

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An interesting thing happened as I was checking my email late tonight. I got a message and subsequent Skype call with Abe Confas who I have been carrying on a dialogue for a few months with the prospects of working together.

With the flooding of fly by night trading operations, few in the Forex industry can boast the resume and experience that Abe brings to the table. He's had some exciting developments and the fact that I talked to him at 11 p.m. Pacific and he talked to me at 2 a.m. Eastern suggests that we're serious about our potential collaboration - or it might just mean that

we're both crazy .