We had a great meeting on Sep. 24, with Martha Stokes as our guest speaker.  If you missed that meeting, you can find out about the work Martha does teaching people to trade by visiting her company's web site, www.technitrader.com, and also, www.marthastokes.com.  

We also announced the next two meetings will be on Oct. 28 and December 2, both at 7 PM.  It is important to note that both of these days are Wednesdays, which is a shift from our past pattern of meeting on Thursdays.

Location: Southcenter Doubletree Hotel, 16500 Southcenter Parkway, Seattle 98188.  Please note that the hotel is just south of the Southcenter Mall.  See map at this link: map

The speaker for the Dec. 2 meeting will be Jim Otar, of www.retirementoptimizer.com.  Jim is a retirement income expert, and gives great presentations that have universal appeal for anyone who is an investor or trader, as well as anyone who has ambitions about one day retiring.  Jim usually charges quite a bit for his presentations, but we get the privilege of hearing him speak for just our standard $15 meeting fee (which covers the cost of the meeting room). 

For the Oct. 28 meeting, we are going to try something a little bit different.  At that meeting, the speaker is you.  We are going to do the technical analysis equivalent of "open mic night", with club members coming up and sharing a brief idea or insight that would be of interest to others in the group.  This will also be a great way for us to get to know more about each other.  Think of it as a "pot luck", not of food, but of ideas. 

What we are looking for is just a brief segment, 5-10 minutes at most, to share one chart or a few charts on a theme.  Pick something that interests you, that you use in your own work, or that has some recent market relevance.  It does not have to be really fancy; it is just a way of sharing with each other what we each are doing, and getting some discussion going. 

Here is how it will work: Those wishing to present something need to put it in electronic format, either Powerpoint (PPS) or Acrobat (PDF), and send it to Kelly Hill.  He will aggregate all of the media onto one computer, so that we won't have to fumble with disks or thumb drives on the evening of the meeting.  Email Kelly now to tell him that you are willing to help present, and get your file to him by 12 Noon on Oct. 27 the day before the meeting.  Send it to kellyh@assetoneinc.com. 

Club honchos Kelly Hill, Brant Green, and Tom McClellan have already promised to give brief presentations.  If we can get 10-12 people to each do 5-10 minutes, that should be a fun meeting. 

For both meetings, the cost is $15.  As before, the meetings will start promptly at 7 PM.  We suggest you come at 6 PM and meet informally with other members of the chapter in the bar located in the lobby of the Doubletree Hotel. 

Our group is growing, and we now have 145 people on our email list.  For now, our meetings are open to anyone interested in technical analysis, and not just MTA members and affiliates, so please help spread the word.  The meeting room is of finite size, so for headcount purposes, please RSVP to pugetsound.mta@gmail.com.