Summer in Colorado has passed with alarming speed, slowed hardly at all by a recent family trip to San Francisco. It is one’s daily regimen that tempers our perception of time as it is lived. A particularly memorable passage from Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain explains why this is so, and why we need an occasional vacation to refresh our sense of the interval: 

“What we call tedium is rather an abnormal shortening of the time consequent upon monotony.  Great spaces of time passed in unbroken uniformity tend to shrink together in a way to make the heart stop beating for fear; when one day is like all the others, then they are all like one; complete uniformity would make the longest life seem short, and as though it had stolen away from us unawares.  Habituation is a falling asleep or fatiguing of the sense of time; which explains why young years pass slowly, while later life flings itself faster and faster upon its course.  We are aware that the intercalation of periods of change and novelty is the only means by which we can refresh our sense of time, strengthen, retard, and rejuvenate it, and therewith renew our perception of life itself.  Such is the purpose of our changes of air and scene, of all our sojourns at cures and bathing resorts; it is the secret of the healing power of change and incident.” [Translated by H.T. Lowe-Porter]

May the sundry pleasures of your Labor Day Holiday seem endless as they unfold!  I’m going East myself to spend the holiday with friends, and will talk to you again upon my return. With any luck, the weeks ahead will hold sufficient novelty to slow the usual break-neck dash toward Thanksgiving into something more languorous and enriching for us all.

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Oz Seminar at Darling Harbour

Details concerning the upcoming Hidden Pivot seminar in Sydney are starting to firm. The event will be held in Darling Harbour on Dec 2-3 at the Novatel Hotel. This venue was recommended to us by several sources for its comfortable accommodations and close proximity to the city’s tourist attractions and night life.  Although it’ll be several weeks before registration forms go out, it’s never too early to start planning for the event.

Concerning the New York City seminar, if you would like to reserve a seat, please let me know by requesting a registration form at this link.  Those of you with registration forms already in hand should get them back to me as soon as possible, since everyone who is completely paid up by mid-September will receive a snazzy Rick’s Picks polo shirt and a $125 Hidden Pivot calculator free of charge. Below is a FAQ to speed your decision along.

FAQ

When will the Hidden Pivot Seminar be held?

There are four seminars scheduled over the next four months, all on weekends. The first will be in New York City on October 14-15; the second, in Vancouver on October 28-29; the third, in San Francisco on November 11-12; and the last, in Sydney on December 2-3.

The class takes two full days, then?

Yes, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. After an on-site brunch the second day, the remaining hours will be devoted to an informal Q&A session.

Can I take the course online?

We do not offer an online seminar at this time, but this may change if demand warrants it.

Is the seminar open to those who do not subscribe to your Rick’s Picks advisory service?

The course is open to subscribers and non-subscribers alike. However, I encourage all seminar students to subscribe to Rick’s Picks, if only for a month or two, so that they can become familiar with my methods and trading style. Also, the archives and educational pages offer a useful resource for learning about my proprietary methods prior to the seminar.

How can I sign up for the seminar?

You can request a registration form by clicking on the blue hypertext line under “Last Call!” above.

How much does the seminar cost?

Tuition for the two-day event is $1,500, This covers course materials and extensive post-grad mentoring in a real-time chat-room held during market hours.

When is the money due?

A deposit of $300 is due with the registration form. $100 of it would be non-refundable, and the remaining $200 would become non-refundable six weeks prior to the session. 

How about the remaining balance of $1,200?

It would be payable by two weeks prior to the session and would be refundable. A check is preferred, but you will be able to use a credit card for an additional administrative fee of $50.

What will I learn?

The goal of the course is to enable students to master the Hidden Pivot method and to use it to forecast price reversals at least as accurately as experts who do it for a living. In addition, you will learn to use some basic risk management strategies and to leverage swing points with puts and calls. If you’re interested in what my subscribers have said about hidden pivots, click here.

Can someone who knows little about trading or technical analysis benefit from the seminar?

Although many professionals have taken the course, it is an ideal place for the novice to start, since it offers a relatively simple, stand-alone method of forecasting and trading.  No prior trading experience or knowledge is required.