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Thank you Pristine,

John P.

Awesome seminars yesterday – thank you! I removed all of the indicators from my charts this morning, and with the help of Ken Guynes (fellow PMTR trader), I have my Tradestation workspace populated with the market internals. I found my self almost pulling the trigger on a couple of trades this morning, then remembered the internals – took a look, and sure enough, the internals were not in line with my strategy. Minutes later, the stocks retraced and would have resulted in losses.

Also, I have been in the PMTR for a couple of months now – I believe right after the conversion to the new format. Avery is awesome – I have learned a lot from him. Susie too. I also find myself laughing out loud at some of his humor. I find it easy to ask him any “dumb” question – he provides a tremendous amount of education on the Pristine trading methods every day. His gap seminar was great as well.

It’s my plan to meet you soon at a TPM II. I’m hanging on by a thread – I’ve been at this for a couple of years, and was close to hanging it up. But I am now hitting some “singles”, and I see light at the end of the tunnel. I am now confident, more than ever, that I will be able to make a career out of trading (thanks to Pristine!). I truly love what I am doing – especially when I think I am finally learning to trade the “right way”.

Anyway – thanks again – looking forward to your new DVD series.

Best Regards -

Herb S.

Wow, what an incredible TPM2 weekend. Two days with your expert tutelage does more for my attitude and batting average than reading 100 books or reviewing 1000 charts.

For me success is all about focus. Focus on my plan, focus on my trades and focus on my education. You Ron, inspire that focus with your mastery and passion for the subject. You truly have the mind of a master and the heart of a teacher.

The more I learn the more I see I need to learn, and you never seem to tire of the endless questions from me and others in the room.

Like many of your students I have extensive experience in the business world. I can honestly say that I have never run into an instructor with your combination of knowledge and desire to make your students successful.

I sincerely appreciate your continued guidance and inspiration.

Kurt M.

I just wanted to thank you again for the incredible amount of time you spent with all of us in teaching TPM 2. Also, I wanted to especially thank you for answering all of my questions.

TPM 2 was amazing!!!! I truly feel I have most of the tools needed to become a successful intra-day trader. I say "most of the tools," because I know there is no substitute for actually taking trades (paper and real) and gaining actual market experience. Obviously, this does not mean I will instantly be a hugely profitable trader. However, I feel with the tools that I now posses, along with your generous offer to work with me over the next several weeks, Pristine will give me an excellent chance to succeed.

I look forward to working with you.

Thanks again,
Brian R.

I have to tell you that taking your gap classes and listening to you when I can have made so much difference. I’m certainly not getting rich (yet), but many mornings I make a trade or two based on what you taught, and I generally make a couple hundred dollars; I’m only risking about $100-$200 per trade, depending on my confidence in the trade. Anyway, I just thought I’d let you know that you’ve made a big difference for me, at least with the gap trading.

Thanks a lot for your help.

David J.

Just wanted to thank you again for the great Gap Class. It was well put together, very organized, well presented and had a wealth of information for us day traders.

Thanks again for the great class

Chuck E. (Lotus in RTR)

I know you are busy so I'll be brief. My experience is like many others. Interest in trading leads to software and newsletter purchases, hours of watching MSNBC and a myriad of e-mails which all tell me what the market is doing. Trouble is few of these agree.

Your explanation of the Pristine Method was a breath of fresh air and was so hopeful.

Thank you.

Tony H.

I have been a full time trader for 16 months now. I managed to "survive" my first year through determination and probably luck. You talked me into taking TPM-1 in January and since then I have taken:

---> TPM-2 with Ron Wagner
---> Options class
---> Your Trading Gaps class
---> Joined the PMTR / ETR

Very happy to say, that I have finally broken out of the top of my trading account balance from 16 months ago.

I am making enough to live off of and also a little extra to build wealth.

Thanks to you, Ron and Greg.

I am a pristine customer for a long time!

Scott S.

About 6 years ago after one of the first TPM II's in White Plains you met several of us in the Trading Room the next morning for an hour or so of some "show and tell". Wal Mart had gapped down on news and you went through the logic of buying the climatic bottom. I learned a lot in that short period of time and still mentally refer to "the Wal Mart" play when looking at a big gap downs on news. This seminar was like that hour in White Plains, it had the same great quality of instruction throughout, and it lasted a lot longer. I know what you imparted will have a significant impact on my trading in the weeks and years ahead.

Thanks again for all you have created in this seminar, it is certainly another of the "tools of excellence" offered by Pristine and its excellent cadre of instructions.

Sincerely,

Thanks for an outstanding class and congratulations again on your VP of education appointment. Pristine definitely picked the right man for the job and especially for the students. I got back late Monday night and have been pulling together all the notes and golden nuggets of information ever since. It was really great to re-take your live class now that I've had more opportunity to actually trade the markets. I told my wife that your enthusiasm and knowledge for all aspects of trading the markets is infectious.

Thanks again,

I wanted to tell you that since I took your Trading The Pristine Method – Part II seminar back in September of 2006, my eyes were opened to a new world of trading. I have been studying the manual rigorously and have greatly improved my trading! I have put myself to the ultimate test; that is trading by myself. I have three months by myself under my belt and doing very good. I plan to trade 6 – 12 months alone then join the Advanced Trading Room again, just because I love it and miss all the guys there! I also wanted to tell you that Pristine is the best trading educational school by far! PRISTINE ROCKS!!!!!!!!!

Sincerely,

Last week provided huge gains in NFI and LEND. Today was a monster trade in AGIX that yielded around 30% return on equity in about 3 minutes!

Thanks bro…I hope the PMTR got a nice slice of the pie too!

Sincere kudos for a very complete and well-presented Trading The Pristine Method - Part I course. Your frequent and quick-witted humor, use of current market examples and ability to stick with the clock and the agenda attest to your preparation, trading and training skills for an introductory course that you know so well. And yet you were able to keep the information vibrant and current. I had attended 6 to 8 of your free evening presentations, learned much from each, and decided it was time to make the investment.

You dwelt on matters that required explanation and examples, and recommended areas that we should explore on our own from the complete and well-documented manual. Although we spent many hours of focused presentation and review, the enthusiasm and interest generated made the time fly and diminished the physical and emotional drain from the long hours.

I benefited immediately from the course, experiencing better entry and exits on trades, recognizing which opportunities to ignore, and taking higher gains with staged selling (rather than whole position) in a rising (and peaking) market.

Again, thanks for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm. You have illustrated that it is possible to survive in this competitive business, if only we have and use the appropriate tools and training.

Sincerely,

Edward C. B.

Hello Master (Ron),

Just wanted to let you know how things are going. I have been doing well the past week. I'm following my plan to the letter, carefully selecting my PBS and PSS setups, checking the MA's, watching the Tick and Trin for entry positions as well as intraday reversal times. I've been carefully selecting my entry points per my plan, and honoring my stops (actually haven't had any of my picks hit stops lately). All in all, I'm feeling much more relaxed and confident thanks to you and your guidance.

Take care,

While my fiance Amanda is a product of The Pristine Method, I took part in one of your competitor's programs. I am ashamed and embarrassed to admit that I fell victim to the "Sure, you can turn $2,000 into $60,000 by the end of the program year!" I bit (and hard!) on their big, unrealistic promise...and they (not me) went laughing to the bank! A year later, I am still paying down the $19,500 on my credit card - and yes, it hurts.

After speaking to Amanda about her experience with Pristine, I can only say that I am beyond impressed - you guys are the real deal. No gimmicks, no fakery, no false promises. Just an absolutely sincere desire to teach your students the techniques and proper mind set that, if adhered to, will put us well on our way to successful trading. In short, I have learned from the rest and am excited to now learn from the best! I have really enjoyed your past two seminars (gap/guerrilla trading tactics and market internals) and I am very impressed by your teaching style and sincerity.

Amanda and I are BEYOND excited to be spending the weekend with you soon for TPM1!

We can't wait - we positively love this stuff!

Sincerely,

I've been with Pristine for seven months and was brand new to the Markets a year ago (screwed up and started with Investools).

These are my results from 10 trading days over the last 3 weeks (now that I have no fear, all of a sudden I got so confident. Actually it really was right after I watched your new DVD): Out of the last 10 trading days, I’ve only had 2 losing days, and they were less than the winning days (average winning day: $240, average losing day $170)!

I just have to increase reward (to max 1.5x's trading capital), and get even better at staying a little longer in the trade and go by the charts and internals to get out, not the fact I made $XXX for day.

Regards,

Just dropping you a note to tell you how much I enjoyed and appreciated your Gap class. It’s nice to hear that you've lost none of your enthusiasm. :-)

Seriously, that was the best, most complete lecture I’ve ever heard on the topic of trading gaps. In retrospect, I have to agree with the policy of requiring Trading The Pristine Method – part I prior to taking the class. I was inundated with basic questions through out your lecture. My advice would be not to allow novice traders to sit in on the class if anyone should ask your opinion. It’s too distracting and the importance of the material is just not fully comprehended by the uninitiated.

Your notes are excellent. I paid a pretty penny to have them copied (color) and bound, but it was well worth it as I have already been able to review the material. The addition of a few more charts as examples would be helpful during the lecture. This is not meant as a criticism, just an opinion.

Even though I currently have a good deal of success with trading gaps, I picked up enough good information and new ideas that it was well worth investing my time. I especially liked the idea of putting a watch list into ESP and using it to just scan that list. When you mentioned it, I slapped my forehead and said “schmuck”, why didn’t I ever think of that before?

I’ll be sure to post your name when I sign up for ESP this week.

As a side note; the education provided at Pristine is just simply unsurpassed. While I truly like the RDFN room and enjoy their technology, they just don’t come close to the education in the PMTR or the ATR. What sets Pristine apart is a method. Without a system or method to approach the markets, many new traders are just in over their heads. It’s hard enough even when you have one.

Thanks again and keep up the good work.

Great stuff....that MYTB. I took the course in July 2005 and the best part is that excel spreadsheet! Risk Per Trade (RPT), sharpe ratios, trending sharpe ratios, cummulative daily weekly and monthly sharpes...what else can I say!!

We are organized as an LLC in OH so that is also up to snuff. As you may know, I have also taken the E-mini Trading Lab and that is the majority of my trading focus....along with getting started core trading in my IRA.

For now I am spending some time this weekend making adjustments to the "Playsheet and Log" so I can use it for e-minis. At a minimum the quantity traded needs to be in tick or point multiples to make the profit/loss a readable amount on the spreadsheet.

Thanks for keeping me on your list.

I can't begin to tell you how much more I picked up this past weekend by repeating your Gap Seminar. I know I've heard you give it before, but listening a second time, every thing just falls into place so much better. Thank you so much for your time and interest in helping me. Seems like everyday I pick up something new from your 'dissertations' on the psychology of market trading.

Thanks Avery.

I attended Ron Wagner's workshop last night to review his presentation on sectors and internals. I already mentioned I took TPM1 and TPM2 from Ron over the past couple years in Denver and it's only appropriate and timely while I am writing to add my most sincere acknowledgement, with many others I am sure, to Ron for what he does for folks in getting them closer to realizing their aspiration to trade using the Pristine Method. The enthusiasm he radiates for trading is contagious and the genuine helpful service mentality and extra mile efforts he shares working with students after the seminars speaks great merit. I understand you may be taking him away from us somewhat for new responsibilities and it is easy to see why he would be such a fine choice.

Thanks for your help in getting me into a TPM2 class.

Trading is my passion and I have evolved to become what I consider extremely profitable, mostly because of the teachings of Greg for which I am ever grateful--more than he could know.

Greg changed my life and my family's life for the better. And, because I am now a portfolio manager for a major financial services firm he in no small part positively affected the lives of my clients as well.

I would appreciate you forwarding this really heartfelt thank you to him on my behalf.

Best Regards,

It has been over a year since my wife and I first started studying with Pristine, and we have had the privilege to be schooled by Greg, Susie, and Avery. We decided to go with Pristine’s PhD program, and although it takes a lot of work to get through it, the lessons we have learned have proven to be invaluable. Truly, if you want to make some real money, Pristine is the vehicle you need to accomplish that goal. The principals of Pristine, Pristine as a company, and also people at MasterTrader (Pristine-owned subsidiary broker house) are the best professionals with most integrity and morals we have seen in this industry. MasterTrader is a great broker to do business with, as they cater to all your needs. We would like to especially thank Pristine’s coaches for their incredible commitment to his students’ success, which goes far beyond the call of duty.

Surely, any business that you start requires capital and time investment; trading is no different. However, the advantage here is that there are virtually no limits regarding how much money you can make, little to no overhead, and zero traffic to “get in”. I’d like to suggest to everybody to “not be penny wise and million foolish” when it comes to your education. It is the foundation of your trading business, so take it seriously and do the Pristine’s PhD. program – it is worth its weight in gold!

Tim H.

Thank you for the seminar you gave on Tuesday 8, Aug. I have been following the Pristine Method® of candle sticks for several years.

I received a tape on Swing Trading, it came with the book "Tools & Tactics For The Master Day Trader".

I would like to see more of a presence from Pristine in Vancouver...year round. I realize it that takes people and probably more than you are getting in response at this time. Too bad.

Pristine is quite unique, unlike most I have seen in this area...much more comprehensive and professional.

The Swing Trading tape has helped me developed in conjunction with and other articles as well as books build a profitable trading system. I would like to see the trading system you have so most graciously offered. I was told at one of Pristine's seminars that to be an instructor you would have to take all of their courses. That shows me a high level of commitment.

One thing I have discovered is that I will never conquer, or outsmart the market; however I can consistently take profits from them.

Yours,

Alex

Kevin M.

Great, well thought out strategies, clear explanations, inspiring instructors, beginners dream come true!

Adam W.

Great course!  Brought a lot of things together.  It was helpful to have such an experienced trader teach us.

Larry L.

Hope you made it back to New York safe and sound!!

In case you forgot about me, I attended "The Pristine Method® Part I" that you presented in Calgary last weekend. I must say that the course was nothing short of fantastic. My eyes have been open to trading now forever it is safe to say. Of course, this course is only the first stepping stone for me in my trading life…which will be "life after engineering"!!!

I have already started using some of the methods already to read/analyze charts, look for entry points, failed PBS entries, etc.

Thanks again!!

Cheers...

Evan L. K.

Just a quick note to say “Thank You” for a great class this past weekend.  The format in which you presented the material was both informative and easy to understand.  It definitely helped in allowing me to begin developing my Trading Plan.  Your class also gave me a clearer perspective on my trading as a whole.  It is greatly appreciated.

Have a great day.

Greg P.

Thank you,

I am new to trading and wanted a good education before I started. My worry was getting in with a car salesman/bs type of organization and being taken. I looked all over and hoped I had found a good place in Pristine. I feel I've made a great start with you. This weekend was everything I was hoping to find as I start my new career. One thing that impressed me the most was how much you and Michael really cared about what you were teaching and how it could change our trading lives.

Thanks again for a great time.

It is not an understatement to say Pristine has already changed my life.

I realized how much I've to catch up and how overwhelming the endeavor will be.

Sincerely,

This is Bill G. from this weekend's seminars in Las Vegas. I wanted to thank you for a wonderful, if very full, educational weekend. I have been to many seminars and classes on many different subjects, but I have to say when it comes to BOTH the quality of material and instructor, this weekend was one of the best I've ever attended. I had been avoiding taking a trading class for fear that they would never justify the cost. I have looked a a number of firms, both trading and educational. I was eventually convinced by "Tools and Tactics for the Master Day Trader" and the Pristine web site. The information in the book was more complete than any other trading book I've read and the amount of free information on the web site is remarkable. I told you how I first heard of Pristine with the Swing Trader CD from a third party where I paid $160 it. Even after finding out that it was 1/4 the price on Pristine's web site, it was still worth it for what it eventually led me to.

I am spending this week analyzing past trades in "hindsight", re-writing my trading plan and reviewing the manuals from the seminars. I am focusing on swing and core trading right now. I never really thought that intra-day trading was my style, but after this weekend it has become more intriguing to me and I will probably look at it more closely in the future.

I'm also writing you to request your tracking spreadsheet, trading plan template and the location of the Pristine TC2000 scans.

Thanks again!!

Bill G.

Upon my completion of TPM1 yesterday I just thought I would send you a quick note of thanks for your efforts over the weekend. I was so enlightened with the material and the potential that lies within it that I could hardly put the book down when I returned home. I am looking forward to taking the Labs, TPM2, and other sessions as I move toward becoming a master of the Pristine methodology.

The following is from a message sent by an attendee at one of the initial pilot sessions for the new seminar, Managing Your Trading Business:

“This experience has taught me that all successful businesses require rigorous planning and management… Your new “seminar in the waiting” provides important insight, guidance and serious help in these areas… the training was highly complementary to existing Pristine offerings, not duplicative. As you know, the course also provides guidance, practical tools and useful exercises dealing with trade logging, budgeting, income and expense forecasting and performance evaluation. These are invaluable to someone seriously interested in making a living at this trading business and I am not aware of any other trading educational firm that provides this kind of training.”

Michael M.

I look forward to taking the two week trading lab before the end of the year!

I attended the introductory seminar Friday night in White Plains. You sold me. Your affability aside, I appreciated how articulate you were and the sense underlying your presentation that you appreciated and respected the Pristine system; in fact that you were a believer rather than a salesman. Moreover, I came expecting a sales pitch and it was so low key that it made me much more comfortable with your presentation.

Thank you. I look forward to seeing you somewhere along my path through the Pristine education.

Noel C.

Kent B.

Just wanted to write a quick note in appreciation of the TPM2 conference in Chicago last weekend. I greatly benefited and it was well worth the trip!!

In addition, thank you for discussing my 30 minute entry strategy we discussed at lunch. Your comments were very helpful. I've spent much of the past week backtesting various capital and profit preservation strategies and I've come up with several items to make the strategy more effective. It's been great having you in the Pristine Method® Trading Room this week - thanks for your input!!

John S.

Many people think that Pristine’s methods are only designed to trade stocks. I have learned first hand that their methods can be applied to stocks, options, and commodities…any issue that has a chart. Recently, I began day trading the S&P E-mini futures. Pristine’s methods have helped me identify:

- The intraday trend of the futures by analyzing multiple time frames
- The best times of day to trade
- Significant support and resistance points
- Intraday pivot points
- Exactly where to enter a trade
- Exactly where to place my stop
- How to trail my stop in a winning trade
- My profit target for ½ my position
- My profit target for the back ½ of my position
- How to enter at significant reversal points
- How to use bar by bar analysis to enhance my profit, enter a trade when a pattern FAILS, and when to exit BEFORE my stop is hit
- And most importantly, when to hit the sidelines and NOT trade!

The money management principles Pristine taught me have helped me determine how many futures contacts I should play according to my trading plan.

The benefits of a Pristine education are too numerous to list here. I highly recommend the education they have to offer. If you are a serious trader, take a serious look at this company!

Eddie E.

...Just writing to say thanks for the seminar in Irvine and also to boast a little (hoping you'll be proud of me.) I have no one else to talk to here (who cares about trading.) Again I made $900 on Mon, my first $1200 in a single day on Tues. and my first $2,100 today. Almost all of it thanks to the Pristine training (books, videos, etc...)

Ivan A.

Rosendo

Thank you for the incredible information in Trading the Pristine Method Part 2 presented this last weekend. Your insights and presentation skills went a long way towards furthering my trading skills. I can definitely see an improvement in my trading comprehension and look forward to continuous education from Pristine.

Best of luck, Tom G.

It was great to finally meet you at the Trading the Pristine Method Part 2 seminar in Irvine last weekend. I just wanted to express my thanks for putting on an awesome seminar as well as for all the guidance you've given me in the Advanced Trading Room the last few months. It has been making a HUGE difference in my trading skills this year and I look forward to applying everything I'm picking up from Pristine.

I plan to keep the process moving forward and to attend more of your events in the future. If possible, I would like to stay in touch and run my ideas by you as they come up. In particular, I could really use some help in applying the core trading style with some of the other strategies I mentioned in the seminar (i.e. with Failed Patterns). Thanks again, it was great to meet you and I hope to stay in touch.

Sincerely, Darin W.

It was good to see you again this weekend... Just wanted to drop a note to tell you how much I appreciated this past weekend and Trading the Pristine Method® - Part 2. I have come to expect a lot from you and Pristine but this certainly exceeded my expectations... as a teacher in the past I have been through the drill of trying to write lessons and presentations to explain concepts to a group and know firsthand the effort that went into the original "Intra-day Trading" but what you have in TPM2 is really something...and I can really understand and appreciate the effort that went into this work. It's one thing to come up with a seminar like "Intraday Trading" was, and I don't mean to lessen that at all because that was a great seminar and I learned much from it, but to go so far beyond the original in so clearly explaining things that are so conceptual and that you usually deal with intuitively really is amazing.

Thanks for all the effort that you have put into this ...it is certainly changing the way I look at the market...for one thing I've gotten rid of all the chart indicators that I've spent so much time trying to make useful and really begun to focus on price and the candles which makes a lot more sense this week than last...

Thanks again and good luck to you in the future in all your endevors...

John R.

I am geeked. I just did my stats for the month of January, and here's how it came out:
Batting average: .450 (scratch trades not included)
Sharp ratio: 2.89 (scratch trades not included)
It was not a perfect month. I made errors which I have addressed in my trading plan and will not happen again.......which means I can still improve on this.

For me this is a truly memorable moment!! I attribute my success to my Pristine seminar, my mentorship with you, and my own discipline in doing what you taught me to do, and what I observed you doing. Thanks for all your help and suppport!! Don't worry, I know that a little overconfidence can be squashed quickly in the market. Therefore, I remain humble.

Paul K.

To the staff of Pristine.com :

I just recently finished your two day Trading the Pristine Method® seminar in Toronto this past weekend. A simple e-mail isn't really enough to tell you my appreciation for the knowledge the Pristine instructors Mike DiGioia and Bill Knotts were able to convey to myself and the others attending the seminar.

I have no doubt in my mind my future trading success will be greatly increased by the information Pristine has given me. I only wished I had heard of Pristine much sooner! The amount of money lost to inadequate entry and exit on trades I made before taking your seminar is now going to be significantly reduced in the future in my opinion.

I am already planning to practice the "Pristine Method" and am looking into additional seminars in the near future. The amount of any monies spent on Pristine educational seminars far out-weighs the opportunity cost of continuing on the previous trading path I have been on.

Again, Thank-you
Dale F.

I gained more understanding of the function of the market in 4 hours than 2 years and $20K with other courses. You have a new follower!

Anthony S.

I recently attended the Pristine seminar on May 19-20, 2001, and I just wanted to thank all the staff and yourself of course, for your inspiring presentation of the Pristine Method®. The course was laid out perfectly, with all the sections receiving the appropriate attention -- I was truly impressed.

In addition, I would like to say that I have been delightfully surprised by the quality of the Pristine website, especially the services of the Pristine Day Trader and the Pristine Method Trading Room. I have used these programs religiously over the past 2 weeks, and have seen the quality of my trades improve dramatically, as well as my trading volume decrease (yes, that is my demon - overtrading).

I am proud to say that I can now give a coherent response when asked why I entered a trade and at what price target. I will definitely be a long-term subscriber to your services -- they enable people with a full-time day job, such as myself, to actively trade the market by doing the most difficult legwork - ie screening for the PBS. Thank you for your time and for sharing your knowledge and experiences with us so willingly.

Sincerely, Bill H.

Just a quick note to say many thanks for sharing your life's work with me. I feel very empowered and funnily quite CALM and not NERVOUS as I look forward to the future in relation to my trading. The documentation is concise, provides depth and a very understandable/useful