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To: Brentsky who wrote (602)	5/14/1998 5:43:00 PM
From: Darren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3216

For example, how could anyone be a successful trader if they don't know how the "smart keys" work? Well, I could rip the page out of the manual and explain it, but for me a "smart key" is a panic button. I only use it when I want the heck out of a stock immediately. I keep the default routings in place, but I have often thought about changing the routings in the "smart keys." It's really not rocket science though. It's all in the manual... The fact is, most traders I know were trained the old-fashioned way. Learn and burn. Let me just say that you learn the lessons a lot better when your money is on the line...I also believe demo mode on CT is an incredible training tool in itself. You aren't going to learn executions, but you will learn the keyboard, and you will learn when you are right about the direction of the market and when you are wrong. And if you do that time and time again, the rest will take care of itself, meaning getting in and out of trades. The other problem is that traders are, by nature, superstitious. If I teach you how to trade using my methods, am I now competing against you for the same dollars? This is one reason it is important to come up with your own system, something that works for you...how is anybody going to teach you that?