Please note the following epilogue marks an end to the current phase of this journal, as well as a new yet-to-be-defined beginning as I take an indefinite hiatus from public journaling to simply trade my private fund and consider the future.  Stay tuned via both the blog and twitter.

As traders, we search.

We first search for knowledge.  An in-depth knowledge of our craft so we can provide a market service, extracting profits to sustain ourselves in the process.

Along the way, once the knowledge is obtained, the search often shifts to that of heart and courage as we face constant challenges — both internal and external — that are thrust upon us on a daily basis.

Yet we’re all searching for that elusive, magical place.  That place that can instantly provide the knowledge, heart, and courage which we lack.  That place where all of the market challenges have been overcome and are finally behind us once and for all.  That place where our career dreams are fully realized, and pain is no more.

And during our search, we stumble across an abundance of ”wizards” who we’re told can provide everything for which we’re searching.

Yet with due respect to Jack Schwager, there’s no such thing as a wizard (guides, yes … wizards, no), just as there aren’t any instant cures for those who lack knowledge, heart, or courage. 

For time after time, we realize that such people are — at best, simply on the same journey we are – and at worst, hiding behind a curtain pulling levers and pushing buttons that merely results in a grand illusion.

Then we realize — usually to our surprise — that the journey never ends.  Instead, the road (yellow perhaps) simply winds and twists as we encounter new places and challenges.

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Over the last two years, I felt called to essentially remind those on a similar journey to mine — through this diary and the more formal Jellie education – that we’re all on the same journey, and that the true answers lie within each of us.

You have the power within you.

You always have.

May the classic words of L. Frank Baum (please click on the link as I couldn’t embed the video due to copyright restrictions … and particularly take note of seconds 30-50), and all the words of this journal over the last two years guide all who venture upon these pages … now and forevermore.