Friday, June 19, 2009

Trading In The Buff - Is It A Scam

By Mike Reed

This articles is about a new forex course that has garnered a lot of attention lately. It is called Trading In The Buff. The idea behind the course is to teach traders about the concepts of price action. He teaches the method by recommending to all traders that they should get rid of their indicators that they are used to using when trading the forex market.

Templeton uses price action as a way to identify the trend of the market, so you can be sure that you are trading with the trend, and not against it. He also teaches you how to spot the countertrend so you know when the market is making a u-turn. He also talks about how to enter the market at its safest place, and how you can use this information to predict future price movement. There was a fountain of original information in the course, which makes it a great departure from a lot of the stuff that is being sold online. Most of those courses just give you the same generic information you are used to.

Thankfully this is not the case with the Trading In The Buff Course. Quite frankly, everything that I was taught was completely new to me. You can really tell that John Templeton really took the time to create something all of his own, instead of just stealing some generic trading system. He really took his time to provide an in-depth analysis of price action, as he goes through the course with incredible detail. He wants to make sure that his customers really understand every point that he is trying to teach.

The material in Trading In The Buff is presented in steps. The way it works is you read each chapter in the book, and after you are done, there is a corresponding video which reaffirms what you have just learned in the chapter. It's also extremely unique in that you are able to understand the reasons why price action works. With most price action techniques that isn't the case. For example, look at traders who use candlestick formations. Most don't really understand the underlying reasons why those formations work. All they do is memorize them.

Trading In The Buff actually explains the underlying reasons why the material works. For example, it explains in pure simple terms why there is are certain areas where you will find key support and resistance, as well as how a trend, (and even more importantly a counter-trend) can be spotted.

One more trait that I really enjoy from the course is that it's also simple. I think you'll find many trading methods that are extremely complicated (i.e. Eliot Waves). On the other end of the spectrum, there are methods that are so simple that they provide absolutely no depth (i.e. moving average crossovers). Trading In The Buff has the perfect blend of simplicity along with depth.

Another thing its got going for them is their amazing customer service. I had a small problem understanding a particular concept about the trading method, so I emailed support about it. I was expecting the usual 2-3 business days that you get from most companies. But much to my surprise I got a detailed response within hours. Not only that, but I got a response from the creator, John Templeton, not somebody in his staff.

Finally, the course just works, and after all, isn't that all that matters? As a person who has traded indicators for most of his trading career, I never really delved that deep into technical analysis, but it's amazing what you can find by just looking at the price movement. All I really knew were the generic patterns that everybody else does, like head and shoulders, double tops, etc... But there is so much more to price action than that. It's really easy once you open your eyes to the possibilities.

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