Sang Lucci and Haim Bodek Speaking at Traders4ACause!

by | Aug 19, 2014 |

Here is Sang Lucci’s blog post to members: Here at Sang Lucci, we are pleased to announce that Haim Bodek and Anand Sanghvi (aka “Lucci”) will be speaking at the Traders4ACause charity trading conference, hosted by Traders4ACause on October 3-5 in Las Vegas. Nathan Michaud, founder of Investors Underground and member of the Traders4ACause organization, has been trading since the early 2000’s and is now known as a prominent small/mid-cap equities trader. This is the first event of what he hopes will grow into an annual tradition. From the looks of the sponsors and speakers, this is a must-attend gathering for traders who are looking to connect with some of the pros. With Haim recently in the news for helping to curb the proliferation of unfair order types, we feel that it’s a perfect time to impart some of the knowledge we’ve gathered about the way these modern markets really work. Algos, HFT’s and dark pools have taken over a lot of the limelight recently, and retail traders are finally starting to pay attention. Traders need someone to guide them through this complex market environment, and Haim Bodek is the right man for the job. Haim has been at the forefront of market structure issues since the release of Regulation NMS in 2007. He’s been on both sides of the coin, and his presentation will be a great addition to the all-star cast lined up for this conference. We’re also pretty big on the psychology of trading here; Lucci has written and toiled endlessly about this topic, while helping many students get back on track after difficult trading periods in their careers. Every trader has problems in this area (including Lucci himself), which is why things moved so violently towards automated trading. Defining good emotions versus bad emotions and staying focused during the trading day in the face of losses are big challenges to most hand traders. These psychological challenges implicit to the field have paved the way for trading coaches like Brett Steenbarger, who will also be speaking at Traders4ACause. Dr. Steenbarger was one of the first to write in detail about the psychology of trading; we’re already excited to hear his presentation in Vegas. Speaking of good emotions, all donations at Traders4ACause will go directly to benefiting this year’s designated causes: alleviating poverty and curing Parkinson’s disease. So in addition to these great presentations and other conference events, you’ll have the opportunity to help support some really great work with like-minded traders. For us to be able to do what we do, to do it out in Vegas, and to do it for a good cause? It’s a no-brainer.

Mark and Team BioRunUp Attending Traders4ACause

by | Aug 15, 2014 |

From Biorunup.com

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Team BioRunUp is pleased to be attending the Traders4ACause First Annual Charity Trading Conference and Golf Tournament in Las Vegas October 3-5.  We would like to formally invite all BioRunUp subscribers to attend this event with us and support this great cause.  BioRunUp founder Mark Messier and BioRunUp Options “guru” Steve Johannsen (as well as BioRunUp friends @JohnWelshTrades @GetBillASAP @shaneblackmon @ChetStedmon and others) are looking forward to using this opportunity to spend time with fellow traders and talk about trading.

See the details below for information on the conference, and how you can register today, before the minimum suggested donations (100% tax deductible) increases.  After you sign up, make sure to send us an email, so we can schedule a meet up.

Sign up HERE

We’ll see you in Vegas!

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Conference details from Traders4ACause:

THE EVENT

October 3-5, 2014 will be the first annual meet and greet scramble golf tournament and stock conference. This year’s beneficiaries will be Care International and Dystonia and Parkinson’s Foundation. The conference is “self-funding” the operating costs so 100% of your donations go straight to the cause!

InvestorsLive has an unmatched panel of speakers including Dr. Brett Steenbarger from TraderFeed,  Roddy Boyd from The Financial Investigator and Southern Investigative Reporting Foundation , Bill Simpson from Yellowdog Fund, Jamie Lissette of Hammerstone, Sang Lucci, and HFT expert Haim Bodek of , Daniel Mardorf aka@JohnWelshTrades, Michail Shadkin aka @EpicaCapital and a round table with most of the guys –InvestorsLive, @modern_rock and Gregg aka @lx21.

There has already been a great response — many members of the trading communities and respected twitter traders are attending as well as speaking. Because this is the first year of the event seating is limited, so on August 15th, the minimum donation will rise to $750. To ensure you have a seat please reserve your spot before then! Make sure to reserve your room at the discounted rate on Mandalay Bay discounted website.

The goal with this event is not just stocks, but an excuse to meet everyone, have fun, learn and do great things at the same time. We all work together daily online, so this is a great chance to meet one-on-one and share funny trading stories in person.

InvestorsLive has two great cocktail receptions planned, one at the brand new  Chayo Mexican Kitchen + Tequila Bar, a tour of the entire city from ride on the world’s tallest observation wheel, the High Roller, followed by a thank you brunch Sunday! I hope to see you all there and look forward to taking the 1st annual scramble golf tournament champion title.

CenterPoint Team Invites You To Charity Vegas Event

by | Aug 14, 2014 |

Email sent to CenterPoint clients:

CenterPoint Securities is excited to be the lead sponsor of this year’s Traders4ACause charity trading conference and golf outing to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada October 3rd -5th (www.traders4acause.org). Traders4ACause, now a 501(c)(3), was founded to promote philanthropy and spread generosity in the trading community. Traders4ACause works with many great charities to improve the lives of people around the world.

Last year, CenterPoint and Traders4ACause collaborated to raise $30,000 for Building Dreams for Marines and The Rapunzel Project, mostly through the generosity of CenterPoint clients and a matching donation from our firm. This year, the beneficiaries of our efforts will be Care and The Bachmann-Strauss Dystonia & Parkinson Foundation.

Please refer to the links below for more information about this year’s charity event to be held at Mandalay Bay and DragonRidge Country Club. We would be thrilled to have you join us. If you are unable to attend the event, an online donation is also greatly appreciated. All donations are 100% tax deductible and all monies raised go directly to charity (sponsors will be covering all hard costs for this year’s event)

Traders4ACause First Annual Charity Trading Conference and Golf Tournament

Online Donation

Many Thanks,

The CenterPoint Team​

You’re Invited To: Traders4ACause First Annual Charity Trading Conference and Golf Tournament

by | Aug 14, 2014 |

Blog from Nathan Michaud

I’d like to personally invite everyone to our first annual meet and greet golf tournament and trading conference !!

All donations are 100% tax deductible. Suggested minimum is $750, current minimum is $500 per ticket;$950 or $700 if playing golf.

For details, please visit the events page for discounted hotel pricing and other relevant info.

 

HOW IT ALL STARTED

Last year on my regular bi-weekly call with Scott Herman, I started talking about an idea to use the community of traders we’ve created over the years for an even more powerful good. Something to take it beyond creating the best broker or community for traders and focus on giving back.

We’re fortunate enough to be successful at this profession, but at the end of the day it’s just us, two, three or six monitors and a bunch of Internet friends talking about tickers each and every day.

We’re surrounded by successful traders who do much wonderful work on their own, but acting together we can do so much more!

I started bouncing this idea off Scott about having a pledge day — a week or month where traders double or triple their commissions and donate without even realizing it; the more they trade, the more they donate. Another thought came to mind — we could even donate a percentage of profits during the pledge period. We ended up taking it one step further and I told him, “Why don’t we support breast cancer, turn our logos pink and do it in October?’” Scott replied, “First off, I’m 100% in and let me know ANYTHING you need. Secondly, I’ll match whatever we raise and lastly, do you know anything about my life? Are you just saying the whole ‘breast cancer thing’ because of what my wife and I went through or do you have no idea?”

I’ll get to the rest of that story in a minute!

In mid-2013, we founded Traders4ACause with a great team of traders in the community focused on using their successes and good fortune to help others. We wanted to concentrate on smaller charities where you could see the capital invested making a direct difference rather than going towards administrative fees and marketing.

RAPUNZEL PROJECT

Scott’s wife, Stephanie is a survivor of breast cancer. Scott wrote about her fight last year, what she went through and how one of the charities that we raised for on our first event,Rapunzel Project, gave Steph the confidence to keep up her fight. In 2013 we raised $21,000 for them! You can stay up-to-date on their website.

BUILDING DREAMS FOR MARINES

The second beneficiary of 2013’s events was Building Dreams for Marines, a local charity near Nate out of Londonderry, N.H., for whom we raised $9,000. Building Dreams for Marines has been established to assist Marines who have honorably served and have a physically limiting condition, with life-enhancing modifications to their homes. The great part about this charity is you can see exactly where every dollar donated goes in real time on their Facebook page – it’s extremely rewarding to know that you’re a part of each project.

 

 

TAX EXEMPT STATUS

Our first two events we had to rely on users sending in checks and donations directly to the charities as we were pending tax exempt status, but didn’t want to wait to put a good idea to use.Thankfully, that has since changed!

Earlier this year we received 501 (c)(3)tax exempt status and it was time to turn it up a notch. Our goal when creating the non-profit organization was to put on an annual event to raise money and awareness for different charities among the trading community.

THE EVENT

October 3-5, 2014 will be our first annual meet and greet scramble golf tournament and stock conference. This year’s beneficiaries will be Care International and Dystonia and Parkinson’s Foundation. We self-fund our operating costs so 100% of your donations go straight to the cause!

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We have an unmatched panel of speakers including Dr. Brett Steenbarger from TraderFeed, Roddy Boyd from The Financial Investigator and Southern Investigative Reporting Foundation , Bill Simpson from Yellowdog Fund, Jamie Lissette of Hammerstone, Sang Lucci, and HFT expert Haim Bodek of , DanielMardorf aka @JohnWelshTrades, Michail Shadkin aka @EpicaCapital and a round table with most of the guys –me, @modern_rock and Gregg aka @lx21.

We’ve already had a great response — many members of the trading communities and respected twitter traders are attending as well as speaking. Because this is the first year of our event we have limited seating, so on August 15th, the minimum donation will rise to $750. To ensure you have a seat please reserve your spot before then! Make sure to reserve your room at the discounted rate on Mandalay Bay discounted website.

Our goal with this event is not just stocks, but an excuse to meet everyone, have fun, learn and do great things at the same time. We all work together daily online, so this is a great chance to meet one-on-one and share funny trading stories in person.

We have two great cocktail receptions planned, one at the brand new Chayo Mexican Kitchen + Tequila Bar, a tour of the entire city from ride on the world’s tallest observation wheel, the High Roller, followed by a thank you brunch Sunday! I hope to see you all there and look forward to taking the 1st annual scramble golf tournament champion title. 🙂

Hope to see you all there!

Nathan Michaud

 

Here’s some of the guests currently planning to attend!

Traders4ACause Charity Event Oct 21-25th

by | Oct 21, 2013 |

InvestorsLive has partnered with CenterPoint Securities this October!


EDIT 10/22/13 12:21PM: In the video I say I doubled my commissions I’ve actually TRIPLED them for the week and all proceeds will go to charity!

We’re excited to announce the first annual Traders4ACause charity event. For the week of October 21st – 25th will be raising money for charity. Specifically, 75% of all monies raised will be donated to the Rapunzel Project and 25% will be given to Building Dreams for Marines.

Both charities are a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and your donation is 100% tax deductible.

In addition, CenterPoint will match all monies raised during the month up to $20,000!

The Rapunzel Project was chosen as the primary beneficiary of CenterPoint’s first annual Traders4ACause event for personal reasons. In July of 2011 Scott’s (of CenterPoint) wife, Stephanie was diagnosed with breast cancer. After undergoing a double mastectomy followed by a year of chemotherapy and radiation, we feel blessed that she is doing great and is cancer free.

To read their personal blog, please visit www.tradersforthecure.com.

We are hopeful the idea of Traders4ACause will continue to grow, not just with CenterPoint, but with all traders in any organization. We sincerely appreciate your business and hope that you will consider joining us for this worthy cause. Please see the participation form to see how you can make a difference.



Please make checks payable to:

Rapunzel Project or Building Dreams for Marines

Please send all donations to:

CenterPoint Securities
13060 Signature Point Drive Suite 60
San Diego, CA 92130
Phone: 1-858-947-3635

Please contact me with any questions!
Stay tuned for more updates and a new website launch into the new year!

Traders for the Cure

by | Sep 30, 2013 |

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In July of 2011 my wife Stephanie was diagnosed with breast cancer.  Within 6 weeks, she underwent a double mastectomy followed by a year of chemotherapy and radiation.  She has now completed all treatments and we feel blessed that she is doing great, healthy and cancer free.

Upon receiving the diagnosis, our number one thought was for her to live. After that was addressed, our next concern was for our two young children, Samantha and Sean.  Samantha had just turned four and Sean was one and a half.  We wanted them to have as much normalcy as possible.

Stephanie’s doctor mentioned in passing that some patients were able to keep their hair using some sort of “cold cap”.  She researched and found a company in England that rented cold caps (http://penguincoldcaps.com/) which claimed to allow patients to keep their hair while undergoing chemotherapy.  As an active person, she preferred not to wear a wig and was excited about the possibility of not losing her hair.

During the days between treatments when Stephanie felt okay and was able to function, she did not want to “look sick”.  She also felt that keeping her hair would help protect her privacy.  Finally, when she looked in the mirror post treatments, she may be able to avoid the constant reminder of the cancer and chemo.

I was quite skeptical about the cold caps, and even more skeptical about the idea of her wearing a cap that was frozen to negative 30 degrees Celsius for 10 hours on treatment days.  Stephanie did a lot of research and networking and found several women that had success with the caps and wanted to give them a shot. The pain was so brutal that she actually vomited within a few minutes of wearing them for the first time.  This was probably a combination of the cold and nerves. Stephanie is a very strong willed woman, having much more resolve than I can imagine, and she pushed through the pain and miraculously never lost her hair. It was definitely a psychological boost for her to not go bald, and she has never regretted the decision.

In order to freeze the caps to thirty below zero, my father-in-law and I would sit in the garage and chop approximately 50 pounds of dry ice for about an hour in the evenings prior to her chemo treatments.  We would layer eight cold caps in the dry ice and lug them in two huge coolers to the Oncologist’s office for every treatment.  We then had to hire someone to change out the cold caps every 30 minutes trying to maintain the required temperature; it was quite a circus.  The process would have been significantly easier and less expensive if the treatment center had a freezer on site that was capable of freezing to 30 below zero. A normal freezer does not get anywhere near the required temperature.

After Stephanie was finished with the chemo, I researched if any treatment centers have these special freezers.  I found that a few dozen around the country (Eg. 3 in Beverly Hills) do in fact make them available to patients.  I also discovered a terrific charity based in Minnesota that donates these special freezers to treatment centers all over the country. The Rapunzel Project was founded by Shirley Billigmeier and Nancy Marshall, both breast cancer survivors.  We are thrilled to have this charitable organization as the primary beneficiary of CenterPoint’s first annual Traders4ACause charity event.  Please click the button below to participate.

Many thanks,

Scott Herman