Russell Wasendorf, Sr. Russell R. Wasendorf, Sr. is CEO of Peregrine Financial Group, Inc., publisher of SFO and author of The Complete Guide to Single Stock Futures and All About Futures. Kira Brecht Kira McCaffrey Brecht is senior editor at SFO. She has been writing about the financial markets for sixteen years. Posts during her career include Chicago bureau chief at Futures World News, market analyst at Bridge News and technical analyst at MMS Intern Adrienne Toghraie ADRIENNE TOGHRAIE, a Trader’s Coach, is an internationally recognized authority in the field of human development for the financial community. Her 8 books on the psychology of trading including, The Winning Edge1-4 and Traders' Secrets, co-authored with Murray Ruggiero, have been highly praised by financial magazines. Adrienne's public seminars and private coaching have achieved a wide level of recognition and popularity, as well as her television appearances and keynote addresses at major industry conferences. Denise K. Shull Denise K. Shull, MA, a member of the Chicago Board of Trade and a full-time trader since 1994, combines her trading experience and her study of neuropsychology to teach traders once and for all how to consistently execute against their plan. She founded Trader Psyches Inc. to offer workshops, discussion groups, and individual coaching focused on understanding and managing the relationship between intellect, emotions, and trading actions. Shull holds a master's degree from The University of Chicago, where she studied how neuroscience supports the theories of the unconscious. She continues her studies at The Mid-Manhattan Institute, where she focuses on techniques to resolve emotional conflicts in trading. Shull can be reached at denise@traderpsyches.com. She can also be reached through the website www.traderpsyches.com Jeffrey Kennedy Jeffrey Kennedy is the Senior Commodities Analyst at Elliott Wave International (EWI), the world’s largest market forecasting firm, and has more than 15 years of experience as an analyst and trader. He is the editor of Futures Junctures, EWI's premier commodity forecasting service, and author of Trader's Classroom Collection, a 128-page eBook which presents practical Elliott wave trading tips and techniques. John Bollinger John Bollinger is the president and founder of Bollinger Capital Management, Inc., an investment management company that provides technically driven money management services and develops proprietary research for institutions and individuals. Mr. Bollinger is best known for inventing Bollinger Bands, which have been widely accepted and integrated into most of the analytical software currently in use. His book, Bollinger on Bollinger Bands (McGraw-Hill, 2001), has been translated into seven languages. His two-volume DVD set, Bollinger on Bollinger Bands--The Seminar features over nine hours of presentations. He has also developed several financial Web sites: www.EquityTrader.com, www.FundsTrader.com, www.BollingerBands.com, www.BollingerOnBollingerBands.com, www.GroupPower.com, www.MarketTechnician.com and www.PatternPower.com. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) and a former board member of the Market Technicians Association. Mr. Bollinger is the recipient of the Technical Securities Analysts Association of San Francisco Lifetime Award for Outstanding Achievement in Technical Analysis and the 2005 Market Technicians Association Annual Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Technical Analysis John Yackley John Yackley, president and manager of funds at Be Free Investments, a registered commodity trading advisor, began managing money for investors in 1995. He has two unique investment strategies that focus on and trade stock index and interest rate futures and options. Mark D. Wolfinger Mark D. Wolfinger has been in the options business since 1977, when he began his career as a floor trader at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). Over the next 23 years, he worked primarily as a market maker, but also held a variety of positions in the industry, including risk manager, off-floor trader and coach for new traders. Wolfinger is still an active options trader who finds it more fun and less stressful to trade from his home computer than to trade in person on the exchange floor. After leaving the CBOE he began educating investors on how to use options profitably and safely. He gives trading seminars as well as provides individual mentoring via telephone or email. Over the past seven years, he has published three books and written more than 20 articles. More information is available on his website at www.mdwoptions.com. Mark Pankin Mark Pankin, who has a PhD in mathematics, is the founder and owner of MDP Associates LLC, and has been the secretary and a member of the board of directors of NAAIM. Before becoming a registered investment advisor in 1994, he taught math at the university level and worked as an operations research analyst. In 2000, his Rydex sector fund-trading program ranked in Select Advisors’ top five for the year. Steven R. Selengut Steven R. Selengut, author of The Brainwashing of the American Investor: The Book that Wall Street Does Not Want You to Read, has been in the financial services industry for more than forty years. He started investing while employed in a life insurer's pension investment department. At age 25, he gained responsibility for a modest trust portfolio and began his trading career using the working capital model. Selengut's twelve-year adventure in financial services produced an appreciation for the Wall Street environment that helped him fine tune his unique investment strategy. The program's success propelled him into early retirement and a new career as a private investment portfolio manager. He developed a unique cost-based approach, with individually managed investment portfolios, low annual fees, and commissions to an uninterested third party. More information about his investment management business can be found at www.sancoservices.com or by calling (800) 245-0494. Van K Tharp World renowned trading coach and President of the Van Tharp Trading Institute, Dr Tharp is most widely recognized for his work in trading psychology, systems development and position sizing. He is the author of numerous books and home study programs including the best-selling Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom and his highly regarded classic Peak Performance Home Study Course, which is suitable for all levels of traders and investors. You can learn more about Van Tharp at www.iitm.com.