Thursday Notes – A Blink of the Eye

A few updates from this end as we continue to walk the bridge from 2010 to 2011.

LBR Webinar Follow-Up - First, my thanks to Linda Raschke, the LBR team, and the 300+ traders attending last night’s Webinar. 

Linda has posted a link to the slides on her home page, and the actual Webinar will also be loaded for viewing shortly.

Content includes my personal “brutally honest” assessment of improvement areas for 2011, along with several topics to help keep this business in perspective as we clean the slate yet once again, including:

- Managing Personal Momentum
- My Perspective on the Concept of “Time”
- Maintaining Perspective Throughout the Year
- Resurrecting the Personal Scorecard (Remember that 58-3 Quarter???)
    … along with my stupidest decision ever as a trader in abandoning it!
- 2011 Reading Suggestions
    … and more.

My apologies for not getting through all the questions due to time constraints at this end, but Linda and I talked about doing a follow-up chat sometime in Q1.

Photon Transition – By Monday, my transition to the Photon order entry platform will be complete as I move my main trading account away from TT. 

As I mentioned last night, reasons for this significant change (I was on TT for eight years)  include automating my key sequences (the brain and reflexes turn 50 in a few months gang!), chart-based trading with further enhancements within a few weeks, and an outstanding support team who I’ve gotten to know quite well.

I’ve spent quite a bit of time with Linda, Damon, Noah, and Mary over the past few weeks who have been of tremendous help, and also want to publicly thank Pat Lafferty at MF Global for his help during the transition and over the last many years.  They’re all complete pros by any definition.

While the move has resulted in delaying the Trading After Dark (TM) launch – which will be resurrected once the transition is complete, I can’t ignore the immediate and long-term benefits of the change.

I’ll share my continued experience with the move as we enter the new year.

2011 Multi-Week Jellie Training – As I mentioned last night, I’m planning to continue to limit the number of live Jellie courses in 2011 so I can continue to focus on my primary trading business.  At this point, I’m tentatively planning one for the Feb-Mar timeframe should there be sufficient interest.

As you may know, I don’t broadcast these things via email blasts, am not interested in simply filling seats, and let past participant response measure their benefit. 

As always, if there’s enough interest, I’ll do one.  And if not, well, you know what I’ll be doing.  Please email me at don@donmillereducation.com if you think you may be interested so we can plan ahead.

A Blink of the Eye – Lastly, and as I mentioned last night, please forgive yourself for any 2010 shortcomings and plan to enter 2011 with a renewed sense of spirit.

In the scheme of things, 2010 – like all the years before it – is merely a blink of the eye.

For the bird hasn’t even arrived yet.

You’ll have to re-read the first paragraph of that link to “get it”.