It was exciting to be a featured speaker Sunday morning at the NYC Traders' Expo - had a standing-room only crowd (115+ traders), as I revealed top "tape reading" tactics to the traders.

See also links about me/videos/webcasts at:

http://www.moneyshow.com/directory/R....asp?q=calhoun

It seems that attendance was up a bit compared to last fall's Vegas show, which was good -- overall I was pleased to see that the vendors didn't seem to be overselling; it was a bit subdued, which was good.

The quality of most of the speakers was good, I liked seeing both familiar faces and new folks presenting.

The quality of the questions that traders are asking is more sophisticated overall, which is positive, meaning many of the "survivors" seem to be asking better technical questions and are working hard to learn trading.

I think it's good that there's a venue where traders can meet up and talk, as well as learn from different people, and each other - that's the biggest plus for me at least, is talking with other traders as well as colleagues to pick up new insights.... the Intershow folks run a superb show, everything worked great (all the a/v, registrations, booths etc), very professional.

Had great conversations with two guys from the NASDAQ (it was neat to be able to see it from my 39th-floor view window at the Marriott), and colleagues and traders. Even did an all-day tour of NYC - it was sobering to see "ground zero", and interesting to see all the sights of Manhattan - it's an exciting place to visit.

-Ken

hi!!
is anyone going to LA Traders Expo?

I don't think so; I'd been to a few lately in Vegas, they were a lot of fun, I'll probably take a couple of years off now.

-k

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